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Table 10. Master's degrees awarded to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, by field of degree, ethnicity, and race of recipients: 2008–18

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
U.S. citizens and permanent residents, all fieldsa 558,844 585,823 617,074 650,538 670,311 662,486 655,968 646,832 655,251 664,628 680,537
Science and engineering 130,136 137,999 145,450 157,779 171,601 179,319 185,316 188,398 197,016 205,270 214,474
Science 110,233 116,899 123,610 133,686 145,824 153,648 159,658 163,480 172,114 180,144 188,586
Computer and information sciences 9,746 9,641 10,066 10,786 11,650 12,725 13,409 14,199 14,900 16,542 17,750
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,504 1,533 1,658 1,775 1,940 1,984 2,138 2,141 2,082 2,069 2,069
Atmospheric sciences 173 203 184 200 201 201 219 204 176 183 190
Earth sciences 1,034 995 1,076 1,202 1,342 1,381 1,443 1,464 1,398 1,397 1,355
Ocean sciences 297 335 398 373 397 402 476 473 508 489 524
Life sciences 58,070 62,386 66,727 73,113 81,219 87,234 92,834 97,824 105,402 112,053 118,179
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 3,801 4,058 4,337 4,786 5,447 5,281 5,385 5,240 5,429 5,484 5,625
Biological and biomedical sciences 7,944 8,023 8,656 9,101 10,058 10,782 11,302 11,766 12,759 13,503 14,330
Health sciences 46,325 50,305 53,734 59,226 65,714 71,171 76,147 80,818 87,214 93,066 98,224
Mathematics and Statistics 3,268 3,245 3,480 3,765 3,961 4,120 4,092 4,177 4,366 4,550 5,084
Physical sciences 2,949 2,767 2,931 3,000 3,091 3,233 3,082 3,105 3,131 3,130 3,271
Astronomy 128 114 117 134 104 137 119 122 115 132 110
Chemistry 1,524 1,436 1,465 1,532 1,627 1,604 1,555 1,615 1,656 1,705 1,672
Physics 1,138 1,064 1,184 1,159 1,191 1,357 1,267 1,244 1,272 1,158 1,371
Other physical sciences 159 153 165 175 169 135 141 124 88 135 118
Psychology and social sciences 34,696 37,327 38,748 41,247 43,963 44,352 44,103 42,034 42,233 41,800 42,233
Anthropology 1,018 1,103 1,093 1,094 1,139 1,047 1,156 1,094 1,059 1,010 1,069
Economics 1,709 1,707 1,832 2,053 2,173 1,931 1,917 1,852 1,798 1,752 1,747
Political science 1,855 1,874 1,974 2,190 2,194 2,014 1,978 1,750 1,662 1,534 1,581
Psychology 18,182 20,115 20,348 21,649 23,337 24,212 24,491 23,209 24,054 23,717 24,158
Sociology 1,424 1,424 1,280 1,412 1,554 1,448 1,456 1,293 1,202 1,256 1,248
Other social sciences 10,508 11,104 12,221 12,849 13,566 13,700 13,105 12,836 12,458 12,531 12,430
Engineering 19,903 21,100 21,840 24,093 25,777 25,671 25,658 24,918 24,902 25,126 25,888
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 798 839 833 974 1,079 979 991 983 1,040 1,147 1,128
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 904 928 941 1,067 1,350 1,353 1,323 1,565 1,639 1,753 1,978
Chemical engineering 504 525 584 682 740 721 734 778 793 873 889
Civil engineering 2,520 2,685 2,898 3,529 3,926 3,910 3,804 3,377 3,300 3,111 3,138
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 3,706 3,498 3,474 3,720 3,675 3,527 3,495 3,371 3,292 3,262 3,326
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,077 2,264 2,713 2,838 3,113 3,128 3,186 2,894 2,945 2,955 3,151
Materials science engineering 392 416 429 454 506 541 542 529 616 618 653
Mechanical engineering 2,953 2,858 3,098 3,642 3,752 3,741 3,771 3,901 3,758 3,897 3,999
Other engineering 6,049 7,087 6,870 7,187 7,636 7,771 7,812 7,520 7,519 7,510 7,626
Non-science and engineering 428,708 447,824 471,624 492,759 498,710 483,167 470,652 458,434 458,235 459,358 466,063
Education 178,526 182,072 185,850 189,443 183,055 169,870 159,597 152,153 151,486 151,931 153,083
Humanities and arts 39,355 41,510 45,189 46,570 48,171 48,600 47,249 45,606 44,448 42,585 42,509
Technologies 8,929 9,656 12,514 13,122 14,644 16,302 17,697 18,777 19,663 22,188 23,159
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 201,898 214,586 228,071 243,624 252,840 248,395 246,109 241,898 242,638 242,654 247,312
Hispanic or Latino, all fields 37,354 40,395 43,037 46,594 50,398 52,804 56,007 58,619 63,063 67,353 72,630
Science and engineering 7,942 8,426 9,294 10,720 12,077 13,262 14,613 15,413 17,359 19,181 21,213
Science 6,694 7,101 7,838 9,005 10,083 11,178 12,392 13,111 15,134 16,751 18,649
Computer and information sciences 473 497 651 659 810 815 921 1,056 1,160 1,231 1,474
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 74 54 64 99 94 87 115 122 134 137 162
Atmospheric sciences 11 6 2 9 9 8 15 12 8 7 12
Earth sciences 42 30 44 62 70 67 74 76 85 94 116
Ocean sciences 21 18 18 28 15 12 26 34 41 36 34
Life sciences 3,173 3,338 3,684 4,286 4,903 5,462 6,422 6,797 8,163 9,497 10,672
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 165 216 233 279 319 307 320 325 395 401 430
Biological and biomedical sciences 449 448 508 563 666 747 854 898 1,144 1,322 1,427
Health sciences 2,559 2,674 2,943 3,444 3,918 4,408 5,248 5,574 6,624 7,774 8,815
Mathematics and Statistics 181 158 166 216 233 291 275 298 299 323 416
Physical sciences 156 165 161 174 154 187 197 232 243 252 295
Astronomy 6 4 3 6 4 5 5 5 10 7 7
Chemistry 90 89 96 107 82 99 116 123 135 149 169
Physics 53 67 56 54 65 77 71 100 92 89 111
Other physical sciences 7 5 6 7 3 6 5 4 6 7 8
Psychology and social sciences 2,637 2,889 3,112 3,571 3,889 4,336 4,462 4,606 5,135 5,311 5,630
Anthropology 59 81 80 88 80 107 82 98 100 108 115
Economics 73 82 84 137 144 148 131 153 161 159 155
Political science 112 139 142 159 190 171 198 155 180 162 194
Psychology 1,543 1,670 1,812 2,051 2,147 2,547 2,566 2,664 3,063 3,157 3,341
Sociology 105 137 106 155 185 168 195 188 187 182 212
Other social sciences 745 780 888 981 1,143 1,195 1,290 1,348 1,444 1,543 1,613
Engineering 1,248 1,325 1,456 1,715 1,994 2,084 2,221 2,302 2,225 2,430 2,564
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 32 34 45 61 68 81 78 88 74 113 115
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 47 50 47 54 73 100 78 111 106 117 160
Chemical engineering 39 34 32 39 46 43 52 68 64 77 59
Civil engineering 182 195 232 267 344 356 411 375 364 380 367
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 235 220 215 243 289 270 293 285 285 293 279
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 256 283 318 327 406 394 445 397 378 423 434
Materials science engineering 18 15 24 34 34 50 42 43 33 57 56
Mechanical engineering 158 183 198 219 273 295 303 332 347 389 410
Other engineering 281 311 345 471 461 495 519 603 574 581 684
Non-science and engineering 29,412 31,969 33,743 35,874 38,321 39,542 41,394 43,206 45,704 48,172 51,417
Education 12,616 13,197 13,211 13,431 13,909 13,917 14,013 14,573 15,308 15,925 17,152
Humanities and arts 2,075 2,436 2,568 2,821 3,105 3,291 3,528 3,504 3,604 3,593 3,842
Technologies 560 646 897 826 940 1,095 1,250 1,490 1,558 1,710 2,043
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 14,161 15,690 17,067 18,796 20,367 21,239 22,603 23,639 25,234 26,944 28,380
Not Hispanic or Latino, all fields
American Indian or Alaska Native, all fields 3,324 3,310 3,464 3,507 3,282 3,350 3,188 3,116 3,244 3,142 3,084
Science and engineering 764 748 842 798 828 856 819 795 872 928 905
Science 677 659 755 720 736 777 764 736 792 851 835
Computer and information sciences 44 36 45 48 52 45 56 53 59 72 49
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 8 12 9 14 18 17 7 7 14 8 3
Atmospheric sciences 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Earth sciences 7 9 7 9 16 12 3 6 12 6 2
Ocean sciences 1 3 2 3 2 3 4 1 2 1 1
Life sciences 382 353 397 398 407 440 431 443 443 488 505
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 32 28 40 34 34 37 21 40 27 33 37
Biological and biomedical sciences 54 36 51 39 47 37 46 42 22 42 32
Health sciences 296 289 306 325 326 366 364 361 394 413 436
Mathematics and Statistics 11 8 11 14 11 9 5 9 9 5 6
Physical sciences 14 19 9 12 11 16 12 7 14 6 9
Astronomy 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Chemistry 8 9 5 5 6 10 7 4 3 3 7
Physics 5 8 3 3 4 5 4 3 9 3 1
Other physical sciences 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Psychology and social sciences 218 231 284 234 237 250 253 217 253 272 263
Anthropology 16 16 19 13 14 12 13 4 10 16 9
Economics 7 7 7 8 4 7 3 2 5 3 4
Political science 9 12 20 8 9 9 3 6 6 3 5
Psychology 104 116 123 116 112 140 154 119 132 129 131
Sociology 12 8 11 8 15 7 6 7 4 7 6
Other social sciences 70 72 104 81 83 75 74 79 96 114 108
Engineering 87 89 87 78 92 79 55 59 80 77 70
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 7 9 3 1 6 3 3 2 3 4
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 1 3 3 4 2 5 1 7 0 4
Chemical engineering 3 3 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 2
Civil engineering 9 16 9 15 16 11 11 9 9 3 12
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 14 11 19 9 11 7 5 6 4 7 5
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 14 13 12 15 20 13 10 11 12 15 11
Materials science engineering 2 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0
Mechanical engineering 10 9 12 13 11 10 8 5 11 9 8
Other engineering 33 29 19 18 25 26 13 21 33 38 24
Non-science and engineering 2,560 2,562 2,622 2,709 2,454 2,494 2,369 2,321 2,372 2,214 2,179
Education 1,093 975 959 1,018 869 907 800 759 830 693 677
Humanities and arts 185 207 242 234 202 217 202 187 205 192 181
Technologies 62 65 96 103 82 88 97 131 112 122 109
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 1,220 1,315 1,325 1,354 1,301 1,282 1,270 1,244 1,225 1,207 1,212
Asian or Pacific Islander, all fields 32,942 35,086 37,307 38,745 40,522 40,637 40,555 40,707 42,142 44,352 46,625
Science and engineering 12,052 13,073 13,620 14,669 15,410 16,183 16,588 17,211 18,452 20,204 21,264
Science 8,525 9,114 9,851 10,651 11,522 12,237 12,926 13,665 14,797 16,465 17,502
Computer and information sciences 1,627 1,477 1,470 1,646 1,584 1,762 1,916 2,212 2,636 3,295 3,218
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 44 29 50 46 45 48 53 64 76 51 71
Atmospheric sciences 5 3 3 7 5 5 4 5 4 2 10
Earth sciences 27 17 36 29 34 27 34 44 48 34 45
Ocean sciences 12 9 11 10 6 16 15 15 24 15 16
Life sciences 4,400 5,033 5,590 6,110 6,874 7,272 7,942 8,514 9,106 9,883 10,854
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 106 149 179 215 243 206 202 194 182 207 218
Biological and biomedical sciences 971 1,032 1,240 1,262 1,436 1,570 1,634 1,734 1,789 1,949 2,112
Health sciences 3,323 3,852 4,171 4,633 5,195 5,496 6,106 6,586 7,135 7,727 8,524
Mathematics and Statistics 416 431 459 515 509 560 547 557 600 713 795
Physical sciences 236 259 291 308 258 321 281 274 307 308 310
Astronomy 2 12 7 8 6 14 9 10 9 9 8
Chemistry 154 178 186 208 174 206 197 184 200 187 198
Physics 78 66 93 81 74 96 72 74 95 103 97
Other physical sciences 2 3 5 11 4 5 3 6 3 9 7
Psychology and social sciences 1,802 1,885 1,991 2,026 2,252 2,274 2,187 2,044 2,072 2,215 2,254
Anthropology 45 58 51 42 42 28 38 39 48 27 43
Economics 207 209 180 209 256 227 206 215 182 208 196
Political science 67 83 101 104 78 99 95 80 83 69 81
Psychology 724 765 781 796 929 967 957 893 938 981 1,085
Sociology 67 66 55 69 60 77 59 58 44 79 60
Other social sciences 692 704 823 806 887 876 832 759 777 851 789
Engineering 3,527 3,959 3,769 4,018 3,888 3,946 3,662 3,546 3,655 3,739 3,762
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 74 82 87 109 128 112 111 98 108 109 148
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 235 222 267 296 329 335 351 365 355 419 419
Chemical engineering 81 93 101 128 141 140 142 144 173 163 147
Civil engineering 273 277 308 430 472 457 388 350 371 324 372
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 941 794 797 895 807 852 684 725 748 718 745
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 301 272 301 362 338 377 334 292 276 315 331
Materials science engineering 61 63 69 71 65 103 97 87 94 105 98
Mechanical engineering 368 357 384 464 427 435 430 477 472 510 474
Other engineering 1,193 1,799 1,455 1,263 1,181 1,135 1,125 1,008 1,058 1,076 1,028
Non-science and engineering 20,890 22,013 23,687 24,076 25,112 24,454 23,967 23,496 23,690 24,148 25,361
Education 4,207 4,571 4,737 4,741 4,885 4,781 4,717 4,572 4,586 4,576 4,865
Humanities and arts 1,807 1,883 2,040 2,064 2,067 2,122 2,059 2,030 1,982 1,944 2,122
Technologies 465 488 683 692 777 865 888 1,045 1,143 1,196 1,464
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 14,411 15,071 16,227 16,579 17,383 16,686 16,303 15,849 15,979 16,432 16,910
Black or African American, all fields 57,473 61,713 66,817 71,393 75,931 79,618 80,576 79,680 81,382 82,908 84,837
Science and engineering 11,307 12,062 13,142 14,112 15,796 17,738 18,762 19,429 20,617 21,930 23,018
Science 10,323 11,088 12,038 12,918 14,541 16,474 17,523 18,098 19,340 20,675 21,747
Computer and information sciences 950 919 1,111 1,212 1,420 1,776 1,801 1,913 1,998 2,152 2,401
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 33 31 24 35 42 49 44 47 35 38 52
Atmospheric sciences 4 6 4 4 4 6 6 4 3 4 5
Earth sciences 22 17 13 25 33 36 31 40 27 30 40
Ocean sciences 7 8 7 6 5 7 7 3 5 4 7
Life sciences 5,224 5,700 6,310 6,908 7,943 9,346 10,124 10,860 11,955 13,024 13,695
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 114 147 152 197 178 207 206 200 206 217 234
Biological and biomedical sciences 496 469 506 593 669 748 780 845 927 1,072 1,203
Health sciences 4,614 5,084 5,652 6,118 7,096 8,391 9,138 9,815 10,822 11,735 12,258
Mathematics and Statistics 156 140 154 164 181 207 193 204 209 212 234
Physical sciences 145 143 125 138 174 141 132 139 127 140 132
Astronomy 0 4 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 3
Chemistry 110 97 90 93 129 84 102 97 89 94 83
Physics 30 36 30 40 34 49 22 34 33 40 40
Other physical sciences 5 6 5 5 9 7 5 7 5 5 6
Psychology and social sciences 3,815 4,155 4,314 4,461 4,781 4,955 5,229 4,935 5,016 5,109 5,233
Anthropology 43 29 33 30 41 31 30 28 33 29 45
Economics 104 88 97 104 108 129 108 123 114 98 123
Political science 123 158 154 163 193 162 164 145 145 121 114
Psychology 2,411 2,724 2,640 2,856 3,127 3,179 3,313 3,089 3,237 3,271 3,358
Sociology 200 202 204 195 198 216 249 194 158 178 211
Other social sciences 934 954 1,186 1,113 1,114 1,238 1,365 1,356 1,329 1,412 1,382
Engineering 984 974 1,104 1,194 1,255 1,264 1,239 1,331 1,277 1,255 1,271
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 25 19 30 25 18 22 29 18 26 26 30
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 35 45 41 38 47 46 38 57 54 84 82
Chemical engineering 28 18 32 29 33 42 29 40 40 41 35
Civil engineering 97 88 107 125 143 137 144 121 135 137 111
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 212 189 174 237 211 182 188 191 197 184 171
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 155 166 214 232 230 233 239 255 241 235 244
Materials science engineering 15 21 14 14 19 14 20 20 29 22 24
Mechanical engineering 100 86 87 101 114 99 102 114 105 104 122
Other engineering 317 342 405 393 440 489 450 515 450 422 452
Non-science and engineering 46,166 49,651 53,675 57,281 60,135 61,880 61,814 60,251 60,765 60,978 61,819
Education 16,503 17,176 17,620 18,365 18,351 18,004 17,544 16,544 16,134 16,027 16,251
Humanities and arts 2,301 2,491 3,200 3,399 3,814 3,791 4,149 4,062 4,239 3,968 4,162
Technologies 912 935 1,380 1,478 1,609 1,953 2,188 2,192 2,190 2,840 2,916
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 26,450 29,049 31,475 34,039 36,361 38,132 37,933 37,453 38,202 38,143 38,490
White, all fields 362,206 374,920 389,668 410,814 419,809 413,610 405,699 396,460 396,186 401,523 408,500
Science and engineering 84,884 88,815 92,082 100,227 108,946 112,569 115,682 117,046 120,180 123,643 128,216
Science 72,722 76,301 79,090 85,561 92,841 96,909 100,003 101,690 105,012 108,254 112,233
Computer and information sciences 5,176 5,080 5,183 5,553 5,997 6,525 6,797 7,223 7,278 7,968 8,710
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,234 1,301 1,351 1,442 1,576 1,637 1,742 1,739 1,667 1,663 1,603
Atmospheric sciences 148 177 164 170 172 169 179 166 145 156 151
Earth sciences 848 847 871 979 1,080 1,127 1,181 1,189 1,124 1,113 1,040
Ocean sciences 238 277 316 293 324 341 382 384 398 394 412
Life sciences 39,901 42,333 44,401 48,382 53,384 56,785 59,488 62,205 65,905 69,157 72,177
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 3,153 3,243 3,356 3,698 4,266 4,090 4,193 4,048 4,195 4,159 4,221
Biological and biomedical sciences 5,122 5,146 5,424 5,674 6,279 6,635 6,903 7,082 7,597 7,959 8,403
Health sciences 31,626 33,944 35,621 39,010 42,839 46,060 48,392 51,075 54,113 57,039 59,553
Mathematics and Statistics 2,192 2,178 2,322 2,452 2,608 2,633 2,727 2,730 2,826 2,841 3,177
Physical sciences 2,090 1,894 2,005 2,061 2,231 2,264 2,183 2,147 2,151 2,158 2,256
Astronomy 106 80 93 98 82 101 90 95 86 105 85
Chemistry 1,032 941 926 964 1,110 1,061 997 1,058 1,078 1,138 1,085
Physics 838 754 855 868 901 995 990 903 931 823 1,006
Other physical sciences 114 119 131 131 138 107 106 91 56 92 80
Psychology and social sciences 22,129 23,515 23,828 25,671 27,045 27,065 27,066 25,646 25,185 24,467 24,310
Anthropology 746 816 791 771 824 734 834 808 747 720 745
Economics 973 1,051 1,024 1,255 1,319 1,171 1,212 1,119 1,144 1,082 1,104
Political science 1,279 1,273 1,329 1,505 1,462 1,358 1,313 1,193 1,101 1,050 1,025
Psychology 11,561 12,581 12,484 13,227 13,983 14,542 14,848 13,955 13,998 13,556 13,473
Sociology 910 884 787 835 945 864 830 732 723 711 660
Other social sciences 6,660 6,910 7,413 8,078 8,512 8,396 8,029 7,839 7,472 7,348 7,303
Engineering 12,162 12,514 12,992 14,666 16,105 15,660 15,679 15,356 15,168 15,389 15,983
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 601 650 600 699 805 694 708 711 758 804 749
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 481 507 493 573 761 738 732 881 968 996 1,141
Chemical engineering 307 326 357 421 452 438 457 450 442 510 550
Civil engineering 1,775 1,835 1,947 2,428 2,651 2,525 2,517 2,260 2,154 2,033 2,014
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 1,904 1,841 1,812 1,915 2,000 1,862 1,804 1,841 1,711 1,773 1,844
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,168 1,255 1,515 1,540 1,786 1,766 1,804 1,701 1,743 1,704 1,889
Materials science engineering 259 283 280 298 338 337 353 335 401 372 427
Mechanical engineering 2,052 1,977 2,130 2,554 2,636 2,577 2,549 2,597 2,452 2,551 2,660
Other engineering 3,615 3,840 3,858 4,238 4,676 4,723 4,755 4,580 4,539 4,646 4,709
Non-science and engineering 277,322 286,105 297,586 310,587 310,863 301,041 290,017 279,414 276,006 277,880 280,284
Education 123,812 125,306 127,072 129,793 124,885 116,589 108,282 101,774 99,788 100,874 101,224
Humanities and arts 28,671 29,830 31,751 32,785 33,488 33,616 32,286 30,778 29,260 28,176 27,798
Technologies 5,971 6,543 8,118 8,507 9,661 10,475 11,196 12,011 12,801 13,884 14,142
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 118,868 124,426 130,645 139,502 142,829 140,361 138,253 134,851 134,157 134,946 137,120
Other race or unknown, all fields 65,545 70,399 76,781 79,485 80,369 72,467 69,943 68,250 69,234 65,350 64,861
Science and engineering 13,187 14,875 16,470 17,253 18,544 18,711 18,852 18,504 19,536 19,384 19,858
Science 11,292 12,636 14,038 14,831 16,101 16,073 16,050 16,180 17,039 17,148 17,620
Computer and information sciences 1,476 1,632 1,606 1,668 1,787 1,802 1,918 1,742 1,769 1,824 1,898
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 111 106 160 139 165 146 177 162 156 172 178
Atmospheric sciences 5 11 11 8 11 11 15 17 16 13 12
Earth sciences 88 75 105 98 109 112 120 109 102 120 112
Ocean sciences 18 20 44 33 45 23 42 36 38 39 54
Life sciences 4,990 5,629 6,345 7,029 7,708 7,929 8,427 9,005 9,830 10,004 10,276
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 231 275 377 363 407 434 443 433 424 467 485
Biological and biomedical sciences 852 892 927 970 961 1,045 1,085 1,165 1,280 1,159 1,153
Health sciences 3,907 4,462 5,041 5,696 6,340 6,450 6,899 7,407 8,126 8,378 8,638
Mathematics and Statistics 312 330 368 404 419 420 345 379 423 456 456
Physical sciences 308 287 340 307 263 304 277 306 289 266 269
Astronomy 14 13 13 20 10 15 12 11 9 10 6
Chemistry 130 122 162 155 126 144 136 149 151 134 130
Physics 134 133 147 113 113 135 108 130 112 100 116
Other physical sciences 30 19 18 19 14 10 21 16 17 22 17
Psychology and social sciences 4,095 4,652 5,219 5,284 5,759 5,472 4,906 4,586 4,572 4,426 4,543
Anthropology 109 103 119 150 138 135 159 117 121 110 112
Economics 345 270 440 340 342 249 257 240 192 202 165
Political science 265 209 228 251 262 215 205 171 147 129 162
Psychology 1,839 2,259 2,508 2,603 3,039 2,837 2,653 2,489 2,686 2,623 2,770
Sociology 130 127 117 150 151 116 117 114 86 99 99
Other social sciences 1,407 1,684 1,807 1,790 1,827 1,920 1,515 1,455 1,340 1,263 1,235
Engineering 1,895 2,239 2,432 2,422 2,443 2,638 2,802 2,324 2,497 2,236 2,238
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 65 47 62 77 59 64 62 65 72 92 82
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 105 103 90 103 136 132 119 150 149 137 172
Chemical engineering 46 51 59 63 66 57 54 75 72 80 96
Civil engineering 184 274 295 264 300 424 333 262 267 234 262
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 400 443 457 421 357 354 521 323 347 287 282
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 183 275 353 362 333 345 354 238 295 263 242
Materials science engineering 37 34 41 37 48 34 30 42 59 62 48
Mechanical engineering 265 246 287 291 291 325 379 376 371 334 325
Other engineering 610 766 788 804 853 903 950 793 865 747 729
Non-science and engineering 52,358 55,524 60,311 62,232 61,825 53,756 51,091 49,746 49,698 45,966 45,003
Education 20,295 20,847 22,251 22,095 20,156 15,672 14,241 13,931 14,840 13,836 12,914
Humanities and arts 4,316 4,663 5,388 5,267 5,495 5,563 5,025 5,045 5,158 4,712 4,404
Technologies 959 979 1,340 1,516 1,575 1,826 2,078 1,908 1,859 2,436 2,485
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 26,788 29,035 31,332 33,354 34,599 30,695 29,747 28,862 27,841 24,982 25,200
a Ethnicity and race categories are as designated on survey form. Hispanic or Latino may be of any race or unreported race. American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, black or African American, and white are single race and not Hispanic; persons indicating a single race and not indicating ethnicity are also reported in their racial designation. Other race or unknown category includes persons whose ethnicity and race are both unknown, persons who are not Hispanic and did not indicate their race, and persons who are not Hispanic and indicated more than one race category. Ethnicity and race categories include U.S. citizens and foreign citizens on permanent visas (i.e., resident aliens who have been admitted for permanent residency).
NOTE: See technical table A-1 for specific fields included in each category.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, special tabulations (2020) of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Completions Survey, National Center for Education Statistics.