Doctor's degrees conferred to females by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: Academic years 2020-21 and 2021-22

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Table 324.35.Doctor's degrees conferred to females by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: Academic years 2020-21 and 2021-22
Field of study	2020-21	2021-22
All fields, total	108,689	410	13,116	12,963	153	11,522	9,825	60,971	3,479	9,366	116,112	447	13,340	13,175	165	12,638	10,537	65,131	3,689	10,330
Agriculture and natural resources¹	3,489	11	168	165	3	102	280	2,532	106	290	3,608	18	152	152	0	93	291	2,610	129	315
Architecture and related services	123	0	11	10	1	7	9	37	2	57	130	1	12	12	0	7	8	30	3	69
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	171	4	13	11	2	24	21	69	14	26	241	5	17	16	1	31	37	91	15	45
Biological and biomedical sciences	3,976	11	374	373	1	169	322	2,048	113	939	4,670	12	436	435	1	203	410	2,407	128	1,074
Business²	1,787	7	80	79	1	572	106	681	50	291	2,240	8	125	118	7	790	137	811	49	320

Communication, journalism, and related programs	294	2	15	15	0	27	11	146	15	78	397	1	19	19	0	29	15	194	14	125
Communications technologies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Computer and information sciences and support services	650	0	52	52	0	51	12	172	11	352	716	0	57	57	0	44	13	173	8	421
Education	9,512	50	410	385	25	2,397	890	5,035	249	481	10,528	62	393	370	23	2,551	1,066	5,670	272	514
Engineering	2,850	2	247	246	1	62	114	812	75	1,538	3,217	1	254	253	1	76	144	931	80	1,731

Engineering technologies³	61	0	7	7	0	10	0	11	0	33	56	0	7	7	0	6	0	26	0	17
English language and literature/letters	660	4	28	28	0	42	38	446	28	74	752	7	36	36	0	49	44	496	27	93
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	183	2	9	9	0	24	17	84	12	35	219	0	11	10	1	34	17	107	4	46
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	545	0	30	30	0	14	66	226	13	196	577	0	25	25	0	9	69	248	9	217
Health professions and related programs	52,423	167	9,417	9,334	83	4,852	4,347	30,306	1,697	1,637	54,695	187	9,458	9,362	96	5,229	4,521	31,864	1,792	1,644

Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	130	0	2	1	1	38	15	62	6	7	156	2	5	5	0	28	12	92	4	13
Legal professions and studies	19,118	104	1,462	1,445	17	1,750	2,552	11,776	716	758	19,858	100	1,485	1,460	25	1,896	2,618	12,247	746	766
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	55	1	1	1	0	11	4	35	2	1	68	0	3	3	0	9	6	43	3	4
Library science	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	3
Mathematics and statistics	546	0	39	39	0	9	21	173	9	295	639	0	40	39	1	6	17	189	12	375

Military technologies and applied sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	626	1	38	36	2	56	45	329	15	142	684	3	46	45	1	57	47	342	21	168
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology	154	0	7	6	1	18	7	94	6	22	168	2	1	1	0	11	9	100	5	40
Philosophy and religious studies	192	0	12	12	0	23	10	110	1	36	224	0	5	5	0	23	17	129	3	47
Physical sciences and science technologies	2,015	1	110	109	1	47	114	882	52	809	2,309	2	143	142	1	56	108	1,056	42	902

Precision production	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Psychology	4,791	27	278	273	5	560	524	2,922	183	297	5,104	15	308	305	3	623	582	3,114	197	265
Public administration and social services	1,006	7	61	59	2	317	92	408	29	92	1,086	10	51	50	1	335	117	446	23	104
Social sciences and history	1,951	6	122	118	4	132	137	946	47	561	2,147	6	120	117	3	147	142	1,026	55	651
Social sciences	1,637	5	114	110	4	114	106	740	42	516	1,811	6	109	106	3	124	118	814	45	595
History	314	1	8	8	0	18	31	206	5	45	336	0	11	11	0	23	24	212	10	56

Theology and religious vocations	525	1	34	31	3	185	31	218	11	45	675	4	35	35	0	273	29	263	18	53
Transportation and materials moving	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Visual and performing arts	842	2	89	89	0	22	39	403	17	270	931	1	96	96	0	23	60	413	30	308
Other and not classified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¹Includes Agricultural, animal, plant, veterinary science, and related fields; and Natural resources and conservation.
²Includes Business, management, marketing, and related support services; and Culinary, entertainment, and personal services.
³Includes Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields; Construction trades; and Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs and U.S. service academies. Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of study, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Data in this table are based on the 2020 Classification of Instructional Programs. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions component, Fall 2021 (final data) and Fall 2022 (provisional data). (This table was prepared September 2023.)

Table 324.35.Doctor's degrees conferred to females by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: Academic years 2020-21 and 2021-22

Field of study

2020-21

2021-22

Total

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian/Pacific Islander

Black

Hispanic

White

Two or more races

Nonresident

Total

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian/Pacific Islander

Black

Hispanic

White

Two or more races

Nonresident

Total

Asian

Pacific Islander

Total

Asian

Pacific Islander

All fields, total

108,689

410

13,116

12,963

153

11,522

9,825

60,971

3,479

9,366

116,112

447

13,340

13,175

165

12,638

10,537

65,131

3,689

10,330

Agriculture and natural resources¹

3,489

168

165

102

280

2,532

106

290

3,608

152

291

2,610

129

315

Architecture and related services

123

130

Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies

171

241

Biological and biomedical sciences

3,976

374

373

169

322

2,048

113

939

4,670

436

435

203

410

2,407

128

1,074

Business²

1,787

572

106

681

291

2,240

125

118

790

137

811

320

Communication, journalism, and related programs

294

146

397

194

125

Communications technologies

Computer and information sciences and support services

650

172

352

716

173

421

Education

9,512

410

385

2,397

890

5,035

249

481

10,528

393

370

2,551

1,066

5,670

272

514

Engineering

2,850

247

246

114

812

1,538

3,217

254

253

144

931

1,731

Engineering technologies³

English language and literature/letters

660

446

752

496

Family and consumer sciences/human sciences

183

219

107

Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics

545

226

196

577

248

217

Health professions and related programs

52,423

167

9,417

9,334

4,852

4,347

30,306

1,697

1,637

54,695

187

9,458

9,362

5,229

4,521

31,864

1,792

1,644

Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting

130

156

Legal professions and studies

19,118

104

1,462

1,445

1,750

2,552

11,776

716

758

19,858

100

1,485

1,460

1,896

2,618

12,247

746

766

Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and
humanities

Library science

Mathematics and statistics

546

173

295

639

189

375

Military technologies and applied sciences

Multi/interdisciplinary studies

626

329

142

684

342

168

Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology

154

168

100

Philosophy and religious studies

192

110

224

129

Physical sciences and science technologies

2,015

110

109

114

882

809

2,309

143

142

108

1,056

902

Precision production

Psychology

4,791

278

273

560

524

2,922

183

297

5,104

308

305

623

582

3,114

197

265

Public administration and social services

1,006

317

408

1,086

335

117

446

104

Social sciences and history

1,951

122

118

132

137

946

561

2,147

120

117

147

142

1,026

651

Social sciences

1,637

114

110

114

106

740

516

1,811

109

106

124

118

814

595

History

314

206

336

212

Theology and religious vocations

525

185

218

675

273

263

Transportation and materials moving

Visual and performing arts

842

403

270

931

413

308

Other and not classified

¹Includes Agricultural, animal, plant, veterinary science, and related fields; and Natural resources and conservation.

²Includes Business, management, marketing, and related support services; and Culinary, entertainment, and personal services.

³Includes Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields; Construction trades; and Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs and U.S. service academies. Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of study, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Data in this table are based on the 2020 Classification of Instructional Programs. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions component, Fall 2021 (final data) and Fall 2022 (provisional data). (This table was prepared September 2023.)