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Table 12. Master's degrees awarded to female 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
Female U.S. citizens and permanent residents, all fieldsa 351,519 368,225 386,376 406,035 416,202 411,558 407,741 403,093 410,150 419,117 432,292
Science and engineering 78,526 83,716 88,517 95,800 104,349 110,166 115,197 118,123 124,966 131,187 137,876
Science 74,002 79,015 83,841 90,480 98,775 104,443 109,457 112,283 119,034 125,087 131,419
Computer and information sciences 2,534 2,446 2,653 2,928 3,065 3,303 3,668 4,031 4,254 4,622 5,096
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 711 771 835 823 887 905 978 997 992 957 984
Atmospheric sciences 62 80 72 77 73 72 92 64 55 74 73
Earth sciences 474 482 522 521 582 608 599 650 618 576 569
Ocean sciences 175 209 241 225 232 225 287 283 319 307 342
Life sciences 44,885 48,156 51,663 56,658 62,857 67,680 72,178 76,306 82,207 87,876 93,070
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2,075 2,145 2,239 2,561 2,896 2,882 2,951 2,893 3,041 3,074 3,234
Biological and biomedical sciences 4,621 4,638 4,991 5,189 5,788 6,084 6,355 6,682 7,254 7,821 8,517
Health sciences 38,189 41,373 44,433 48,908 54,173 58,714 62,872 66,731 71,912 76,981 81,319
Mathematics and Statistics 1,387 1,318 1,337 1,426 1,509 1,513 1,570 1,501 1,616 1,773 1,857
Physical sciences 1,081 1,018 1,097 1,108 1,098 1,132 1,108 1,052 1,074 1,128 1,137
Astronomy 50 45 44 53 39 67 48 47 43 59 40
Chemistry 726 666 707 723 717 733 726 704 738 745 755
Physics 219 224 252 243 258 255 263 242 249 259 269
Other physical sciences 86 83 94 89 84 77 71 59 44 65 73
Psychology and social sciences 23,404 25,306 26,256 27,537 29,359 29,910 29,955 28,396 28,891 28,731 29,275
Anthropology 693 745 750 756 773 729 804 745 701 695 759
Economics 562 602 661 702 765 637 649 638 628 611 573
Political science 843 850 911 951 948 830 830 723 679 638 705
Psychology 14,397 15,870 16,128 17,096 18,466 19,156 19,357 18,300 19,075 18,746 19,236
Sociology 972 947 866 944 1,031 964 997 871 775 834 809
Other social sciences 5,937 6,292 6,940 7,088 7,376 7,594 7,318 7,119 7,033 7,207 7,193
Engineering 4,524 4,701 4,676 5,320 5,574 5,723 5,740 5,840 5,932 6,100 6,457
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 144 131 121 138 144 142 165 134 166 159 168
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 383 356 367 413 517 507 478 629 632 694 810
Chemical engineering 169 193 178 197 223 226 203 248 244 299 301
Civil engineering 696 722 748 900 1,002 1,054 1,012 944 974 926 932
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 551 469 474 525 489 459 490 489 509 469 479
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 551 630 668 769 821 804 805 812 722 777 920
Materials science engineering 120 118 117 122 166 170 161 155 166 195 187
Mechanical engineering 440 449 447 503 467 536 563 630 611 668 655
Other engineering 1,470 1,633 1,556 1,753 1,745 1,825 1,863 1,799 1,908 1,913 2,005
Non-science and engineering 272,993 284,509 297,859 310,235 311,853 301,392 292,544 284,970 285,184 287,930 294,416
Education 137,238 140,091 142,508 145,166 139,302 129,430 121,006 115,277 114,604 115,386 116,634
Humanities and arts 21,270 22,019 23,687 24,187 25,243 24,860 23,968 22,964 22,414 21,506 21,797
Technologies 6,381 6,950 9,003 9,444 10,599 11,893 13,019 13,737 14,208 16,039 16,876
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 108,104 115,449 122,661 131,438 136,709 135,209 134,551 132,992 133,958 134,999 139,109
Hispanic or Latino, all fields 24,613 26,407 27,798 29,950 32,353 33,867 35,810 37,676 40,619 43,774 47,614
Science and engineering 4,840 5,183 5,722 6,524 7,408 8,025 9,012 9,389 10,882 12,168 13,446
Science 4,491 4,822 5,354 6,092 6,885 7,485 8,434 8,831 10,306 11,548 12,755
Computer and information sciences 118 144 159 178 225 189 236 273 334 329 392
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 41 33 39 50 42 41 56 69 69 69 81
Atmospheric sciences 6 4 1 6 4 4 7 7 2 1 7
Earth sciences 23 17 26 27 32 31 30 41 43 43 53
Ocean sciences 12 12 12 17 6 6 19 21 24 25 21
Life sciences 2,368 2,501 2,798 3,251 3,744 4,088 4,830 5,084 6,086 7,166 7,998
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 93 126 127 156 184 186 196 199 229 241 249
Biological and biomedical sciences 279 263 313 344 409 438 490 530 643 758 841
Health sciences 1,996 2,112 2,358 2,751 3,151 3,464 4,144 4,355 5,214 6,167 6,908
Mathematics and Statistics 75 60 56 73 83 101 94 95 102 118 150
Physical sciences 61 63 65 63 64 52 71 79 83 95 106
Astronomy 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 4 4 2
Chemistry 49 45 47 51 46 42 57 55 57 64 84
Physics 7 13 12 6 15 6 13 19 16 23 16
Other physical sciences 3 3 4 4 1 3 1 4 6 4 4
Psychology and social sciences 1,828 2,021 2,237 2,477 2,727 3,014 3,147 3,231 3,632 3,771 4,028
Anthropology 34 57 53 57 48 72 55 64 73 73 78
Economics 16 25 33 61 54 41 49 59 57 53 47
Political science 51 59 77 67 94 67 82 66 72 76 84
Psychology 1,198 1,328 1,471 1,619 1,743 2,019 2,054 2,108 2,455 2,527 2,666
Sociology 72 78 71 95 117 112 130 136 107 116 143
Other social sciences 457 474 532 578 671 703 777 798 868 926 1,010
Engineering 349 361 368 432 523 540 578 558 576 620 691
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 5 8 7 10 16 15 16 12 18 17
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 19 18 24 18 20 42 30 41 40 47 70
Chemical engineering 19 15 9 12 23 10 15 21 24 31 18
Civil engineering 58 57 69 80 118 102 127 106 106 117 110
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 37 38 37 36 33 28 34 49 47 45 33
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 90 109 98 112 126 140 142 120 102 140 149
Materials science engineering 8 7 10 12 18 16 16 10 13 19 25
Mechanical engineering 32 34 33 34 41 49 63 59 62 53 75
Other engineering 81 78 80 121 134 137 136 136 170 150 194
Non-science and engineering 19,773 21,224 22,076 23,426 24,945 25,842 26,798 28,287 29,737 31,606 34,168
Education 9,885 10,258 10,167 10,400 10,803 10,698 10,856 11,230 11,746 12,210 13,294
Humanities and arts 1,163 1,356 1,374 1,507 1,686 1,783 1,814 1,847 1,864 1,918 2,039
Technologies 391 429 603 566 668 778 904 1,116 1,129 1,242 1,479
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 8,334 9,181 9,932 10,953 11,788 12,583 13,224 14,094 14,998 16,236 17,356
Not Hispanic or Latino, all fields
American Indian or Alaska Native, all fields 2,204 2,143 2,236 2,265 2,134 2,201 2,090 2,006 2,124 2,085 2,088
Science and engineering 499 483 559 500 546 572 534 523 572 631 645
Science 475 464 533 485 517 549 523 505 551 607 627
Computer and information sciences 9 12 10 11 18 14 22 13 22 22 17
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5 5 6 3 10 6 1 4 9 4 2
Atmospheric sciences 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earth sciences 4 4 4 2 8 5 0 3 7 3 2
Ocean sciences 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 0
Life sciences 291 271 306 306 322 336 318 333 333 387 411
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 21 17 21 21 17 26 9 26 11 24 22
Biological and biomedical sciences 26 21 27 22 31 20 27 21 10 24 25
Health sciences 244 233 258 263 274 290 282 286 312 339 364
Mathematics and Statistics 7 2 7 7 3 3 1 4 4 2 2
Physical sciences 10 8 2 3 4 9 3 3 3 0 2
Astronomy 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Chemistry 6 7 1 1 2 7 0 1 0 0 1
Physics 3 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 2 0 0
Other physical sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Psychology and social sciences 153 166 202 155 160 181 178 148 180 192 193
Anthropology 11 11 13 5 9 8 10 3 4 10 6
Economics 1 2 3 4 1 4 2 1 3 1 2
Political science 6 5 9 3 6 4 0 3 3 3 3
Psychology 86 96 93 89 92 117 119 93 96 99 108
Sociology 9 6 7 5 10 5 3 3 3 4 3
Other social sciences 40 46 77 49 42 43 44 45 71 75 71
Engineering 24 19 26 15 29 23 11 18 21 24 18
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 5 0 1
Chemical engineering 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Civil engineering 5 3 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 1 4
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 3 1 4 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 1
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 8 5 4 3 10 4 4 4 1 6 2
Materials science engineering 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Mechanical engineering 1 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Other engineering 5 5 5 3 7 11 2 4 7 12 8
Non-science and engineering 1,705 1,660 1,677 1,765 1,588 1,629 1,556 1,483 1,552 1,454 1,443
Education 831 734 706 769 656 707 594 561 623 523 522
Humanities and arts 95 121 129 109 108 117 111 91 98 90 105
Technologies 43 47 64 73 61 63 66 78 83 85 79
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 736 758 778 814 763 742 785 753 748 756 737
Asian or Pacific Islander, all fields 17,902 18,971 20,378 21,114 22,110 22,271 22,532 22,902 23,800 25,230 26,888
Science and engineering 6,233 6,657 7,134 7,759 8,242 8,663 9,106 9,614 10,329 11,317 12,148
Science 5,198 5,581 6,117 6,580 7,205 7,577 8,080 8,569 9,243 10,250 11,037
Computer and information sciences 537 467 469 554 506 519 633 760 861 1,057 1,095
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 30 21 25 23 29 23 23 36 49 28 37
Atmospheric sciences 3 2 0 2 2 1 3 3 2 1 4
Earth sciences 21 12 21 15 21 12 12 23 32 16 21
Ocean sciences 6 7 4 6 6 10 8 10 15 11 12
Life sciences 3,091 3,456 3,914 4,285 4,867 5,139 5,606 6,090 6,515 7,214 7,873
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 63 97 107 130 147 133 119 121 116 130 133
Biological and biomedical sciences 556 573 681 684 806 867 911 929 998 1,087 1,213
Health sciences 2,472 2,786 3,126 3,471 3,914 4,139 4,576 5,040 5,401 5,997 6,527
Mathematics and Statistics 207 196 206 213 225 224 231 236 262 340 345
Physical sciences 115 113 132 139 103 135 121 111 138 133 136
Astronomy 1 3 3 5 3 9 2 6 5 5 5
Chemistry 84 96 103 108 82 102 98 81 111 89 101
Physics 29 12 25 23 16 19 18 22 19 32 28
Other physical sciences 1 2 1 3 2 5 3 2 3 7 2
Psychology and social sciences 1,218 1,328 1,371 1,366 1,475 1,537 1,466 1,336 1,418 1,478 1,551
Anthropology 29 46 38 34 36 18 26 29 33 19 36
Economics 87 100 84 98 104 107 94 99 73 78 91
Political science 35 50 55 55 42 49 45 35 41 40 46
Psychology 574 624 630 617 697 758 739 673 741 755 833
Sociology 47 48 38 48 43 49 39 39 26 59 39
Other social sciences 446 460 526 514 553 556 523 461 504 527 506
Engineering 1,035 1,076 1,017 1,179 1,037 1,086 1,026 1,045 1,086 1,067 1,111
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 14 11 16 14 18 16 21 14 18 16 26
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 99 97 104 117 132 132 125 153 140 165 177
Chemical engineering 41 38 38 45 51 50 49 55 59 67 67
Civil engineering 106 113 112 145 137 147 121 106 128 107 141
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 215 174 170 183 177 167 134 154 172 144 151
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 77 81 86 116 103 113 92 91 83 105 119
Materials science engineering 22 21 22 26 21 41 36 28 32 34 34
Mechanical engineering 70 72 80 86 63 81 75 98 94 104 100
Other engineering 391 469 389 447 335 339 373 346 360 325 296
Non-science and engineering 11,669 12,314 13,244 13,355 13,868 13,608 13,426 13,288 13,471 13,913 14,740
Education 3,337 3,583 3,718 3,642 3,771 3,701 3,635 3,452 3,517 3,553 3,815
Humanities and arts 1,063 1,132 1,110 1,149 1,113 1,153 1,087 1,067 1,060 1,042 1,120
Technologies 328 337 456 468 530 612 667 733 795 848 1,046
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 6,941 7,262 7,960 8,096 8,454 8,142 8,037 8,036 8,099 8,470 8,759
Black or African American, all fields 41,439 44,491 47,662 50,583 53,754 55,956 56,622 55,842 56,770 58,078 59,368
Science and engineering 8,176 8,741 9,498 10,137 11,363 12,787 13,512 13,962 14,965 15,977 16,786
Science 7,880 8,436 9,163 9,765 10,982 12,435 13,170 13,588 14,604 15,633 16,405
Computer and information sciences 385 355 463 482 580 689 664 698 736 804 846
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 18 11 14 10 15 17 18 21 14 21 21
Atmospheric sciences 2 2 3 2 2 0 2 2 0 3 0
Earth sciences 11 5 6 6 11 13 13 16 10 15 17
Ocean sciences 5 4 5 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 4
Life sciences 4,340 4,709 5,243 5,714 6,562 7,770 8,359 8,957 9,878 10,754 11,346
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 71 85 86 111 104 122 119 112 117 115 136
Biological and biomedical sciences 344 328 348 387 461 524 517 570 621 727 821
Health sciences 3,925 4,296 4,809 5,216 5,997 7,124 7,723 8,275 9,140 9,912 10,389
Mathematics and Statistics 81 71 48 69 75 66 75 73 81 85 89
Physical sciences 76 71 65 72 85 72 75 74 58 67 58
Astronomy 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
Chemistry 62 56 49 61 71 54 67 61 44 54 43
Physics 10 10 11 9 10 15 4 8 10 11 10
Other physical sciences 4 4 5 2 3 3 2 5 4 1 3
Psychology and social sciences 2,980 3,219 3,330 3,418 3,665 3,821 3,979 3,765 3,837 3,902 4,045
Anthropology 38 22 25 23 30 24 21 23 26 18 40
Economics 29 33 29 35 39 51 33 47 49 42 49
Political science 57 94 84 90 104 89 77 72 73 60 61
Psychology 2,069 2,282 2,232 2,401 2,596 2,668 2,763 2,582 2,680 2,690 2,782
Sociology 149 141 153 138 144 157 178 140 108 127 149
Other social sciences 638 647 807 731 752 832 907 901 901 965 964
Engineering 296 305 335 372 381 352 342 374 361 344 381
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 4 8 4 3 3 5 2 5 5 5
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 20 26 22 14 18 23 18 26 22 48 48
Chemical engineering 15 8 11 11 11 18 8 15 15 19 14
Civil engineering 39 32 31 42 33 38 33 22 51 32 31
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 34 34 24 41 36 20 41 32 40 22 26
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 62 67 71 93 95 90 77 95 71 72 77
Materials science engineering 6 6 6 5 8 4 12 6 9 9 8
Mechanical engineering 11 20 19 25 23 21 15 25 20 26 24
Other engineering 106 108 143 137 154 135 133 151 128 111 148
Non-science and engineering 33,263 35,750 38,164 40,446 42,391 43,169 43,110 41,880 41,805 42,101 42,582
Education 13,027 13,611 13,776 14,354 14,355 13,952 13,567 12,662 12,292 12,144 12,206
Humanities and arts 1,359 1,450 1,861 1,958 2,178 2,095 2,299 2,222 2,287 2,159 2,302
Technologies 663 684 1,057 1,139 1,237 1,488 1,663 1,681 1,616 2,142 2,238
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 18,214 20,005 21,470 22,995 24,621 25,634 25,581 25,315 25,610 25,656 25,836
White, all fields 226,279 234,097 241,958 254,278 257,659 254,414 249,097 243,757 244,581 249,667 255,914
Science and engineering 51,224 54,034 56,097 60,702 65,634 68,878 71,635 73,209 76,039 78,815 82,071
Science 48,832 51,611 53,665 57,879 62,582 65,726 68,482 69,905 72,766 75,317 78,394
Computer and information sciences 1,114 1,058 1,130 1,252 1,247 1,370 1,559 1,735 1,732 1,843 2,123
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 562 650 668 670 702 749 802 789 778 756 748
Atmospheric sciences 50 68 64 62 60 64 76 49 44 63 57
Earth sciences 374 409 409 427 451 494 494 515 483 451 428
Ocean sciences 138 173 195 181 191 191 232 225 251 242 263
Life sciences 30,974 32,902 34,601 37,738 41,422 44,214 46,530 48,954 51,805 54,625 57,458
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1,697 1,653 1,708 1,933 2,257 2,171 2,277 2,194 2,331 2,302 2,410
Biological and biomedical sciences 2,928 2,949 3,097 3,214 3,526 3,627 3,792 3,965 4,242 4,544 4,913
Health sciences 26,349 28,300 29,796 32,591 35,639 38,416 40,461 42,795 45,232 47,779 50,135
Mathematics and Statistics 912 864 887 912 967 967 1,039 976 1,021 1,065 1,099
Physical sciences 711 664 716 709 762 749 728 684 694 745 713
Astronomy 42 34 37 36 31 47 38 36 30 45 27
Chemistry 459 406 432 428 463 458 441 433 461 484 453
Physics 151 159 173 174 199 186 197 172 180 174 182
Other physical sciences 59 65 74 71 69 58 52 43 23 42 51
Psychology and social sciences 14,559 15,473 15,663 16,598 17,482 17,677 17,824 16,767 16,736 16,283 16,253
Anthropology 509 538 540 532 549 512 581 547 489 504 517
Economics 284 321 343 376 430 345 372 336 380 359 315
Political science 568 551 588 630 593 529 537 483 424 410 442
Psychology 9,009 9,750 9,694 10,315 10,927 11,329 11,554 10,827 11,014 10,590 10,626
Sociology 607 586 521 552 616 571 563 481 477 455 413
Other social sciences 3,582 3,727 3,977 4,193 4,367 4,391 4,217 4,093 3,952 3,965 3,940
Engineering 2,392 2,423 2,432 2,823 3,052 3,152 3,153 3,304 3,273 3,498 3,677
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 113 102 76 102 100 98 109 91 117 108 109
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 202 175 183 226 286 258 260 348 369 376 452
Chemical engineering 80 114 96 111 119 127 115 132 118 154 164
Civil engineering 436 426 455 562 636 641 634 618 600 602 565
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 197 170 167 195 193 188 192 213 202 212 225
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 267 295 327 357 395 381 392 436 384 394 515
Materials science engineering 73 76 66 69 101 98 89 96 97 112 111
Mechanical engineering 280 274 276 323 297 347 359 370 359 421 399
Other engineering 744 791 786 878 925 1,014 1,003 1,000 1,027 1,119 1,137
Non-science and engineering 175,055 180,063 185,861 193,576 192,025 185,536 177,462 170,548 168,542 170,852 173,843
Education 94,849 96,126 97,227 99,345 94,753 88,735 81,807 76,968 75,273 76,529 77,152
Humanities and arts 15,211 15,402 16,298 16,609 17,168 16,856 16,001 15,128 14,365 13,831 13,836
Technologies 4,289 4,729 5,840 6,125 6,973 7,597 8,193 8,735 9,254 9,985 10,228
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 60,706 63,806 66,496 71,497 73,131 72,348 71,461 69,717 69,650 70,507 72,627
Other race or unknown, all fields 39,082 42,116 46,344 47,845 48,192 42,849 41,590 40,910 42,256 40,283 40,420
Science and engineering 7,554 8,618 9,507 10,178 11,156 11,241 11,398 11,426 12,179 12,279 12,780
Science 7,126 8,101 9,009 9,679 10,604 10,671 10,768 10,885 11,564 11,732 12,201
Computer and information sciences 371 410 422 451 489 522 554 552 569 567 623
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 55 51 83 67 89 69 78 78 73 79 95
Atmospheric sciences 1 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 7 6 5
Earth sciences 41 35 56 44 59 53 50 52 43 48 48
Ocean sciences 13 12 23 19 25 13 24 23 23 25 42
Life sciences 3,821 4,317 4,801 5,364 5,940 6,133 6,535 6,888 7,590 7,730 7,984
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 130 167 190 210 187 244 231 241 237 262 284
Biological and biomedical sciences 488 504 525 538 555 608 618 667 740 681 704
Health sciences 3,203 3,646 4,086 4,616 5,198 5,281 5,686 5,980 6,613 6,787 6,996
Mathematics and Statistics 105 125 133 152 156 152 130 117 146 163 172
Physical sciences 108 99 117 122 80 115 110 101 98 88 122
Astronomy 5 5 2 8 2 9 6 4 3 4 3
Chemistry 66 56 75 74 53 70 63 73 65 54 73
Physics 19 29 30 31 16 28 29 19 22 19 33
Other physical sciences 18 9 10 9 9 8 12 5 8 11 13
Psychology and social sciences 2,666 3,099 3,453 3,523 3,850 3,680 3,361 3,149 3,088 3,105 3,205
Anthropology 72 71 81 105 101 95 111 79 76 71 82
Economics 145 121 169 128 137 89 99 96 66 78 69
Political science 126 91 98 106 109 92 89 64 66 49 69
Psychology 1,461 1,790 2,008 2,055 2,411 2,265 2,128 2,017 2,089 2,085 2,221
Sociology 88 88 76 106 101 70 84 72 54 73 62
Other social sciences 774 938 1,021 1,023 991 1,069 850 821 737 749 702
Engineering 428 517 498 499 552 570 630 541 615 547 579
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8 7 10 11 13 9 15 11 13 11 10
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 43 40 32 37 60 50 45 60 56 58 62
Chemical engineering 13 18 23 17 18 21 16 24 28 27 38
Civil engineering 52 91 78 67 73 124 94 88 84 67 81
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 65 52 72 68 49 56 89 39 47 44 43
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 47 73 82 88 92 76 98 66 81 60 58
Materials science engineering 11 8 12 10 16 9 8 14 15 21 9
Mechanical engineering 46 46 36 34 41 36 49 77 75 63 56
Other engineering 143 182 153 167 190 189 216 162 216 196 222
Non-science and engineering 31,528 33,498 36,837 37,667 37,036 31,608 30,192 29,484 30,077 28,004 27,640
Education 15,309 15,779 16,914 16,656 14,964 11,637 10,547 10,404 11,153 10,427 9,645
Humanities and arts 2,379 2,558 2,915 2,855 2,990 2,856 2,656 2,609 2,740 2,466 2,395
Technologies 667 724 983 1,073 1,130 1,355 1,526 1,394 1,331 1,737 1,806
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 13,173 14,437 16,025 17,083 17,952 15,760 15,463 15,077 14,853 13,374 13,794
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.