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| Table 104.50. | Persons age 25 and over who hold a bachelor's or higher degree, by sex, race/ethnicity, age group, and field of bachelor's degree: 2013 |
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| Field of bachelor's degree | Total | Sex | Race/ethnicity1 | Age | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Males | Females | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Pacific Islander | American Indian/Alaska Native | 25 to 29 years old |
30 to 49 years old |
50 years old and over |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total population, 25 and over (in thousands) |
210,991 | (52.9) | 101,749 | (34.8) | 109,243 | (30.7) | 141,461 | (14.8) | 24,112 | (27.2) | 29,685 | (23.6) | 11,244 | (18.3) | 1,267 | (11.0) | 21,371 | (20.8) | 83,156 | (26.2) | 106,465 | (36.4) | |||||||||||
| Percent of population with bachelor's degree |
29.6 | (0.02) | 29.5 | (0.07) | 29.7 | (0.07) | 33.0 | (0.07) | 19.3 | (0.13) | 14.0 | (0.11) | 50.6 | (0.19) | 14.7 | (0.37) | 32.0 | (0.16) | 32.5 | (0.09) | 26.9 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| Bachelor's degree holders | Number (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 62,454 | (142.7) | 30,060 | (72.0) | 32,394 | (84.5) | 46,747 | (95.4) | 4,648 | (32.8) | 4,169 | (34.5) | 5,690 | (24.3) | 186 | (5.0) | 6,830 | (34.1) | 27,033 | (81.2) | 28,592 | (66.8) | |||||||||||
| Agriculture/forestry | 650 | (10.9) | 457 | (8.4) | 194 | (4.9) | 544 | (9.2) | 28 | (2.4) | 32 | (2.0) | 38 | (2.2) | ‡ | (†) | 61 | (3.1) | 240 | (6.7) | 349 | (6.2) | |||||||||||
| Art/architecture | 2,987 | (21.3) | 1,297 | (13.3) | 1,690 | (14.8) | 2,326 | (18.2) | 131 | (5.3) | 220 | (5.3) | 244 | (5.7) | 7 | (1.0) | 444 | (10.0) | 1,352 | (16.5) | 1,191 | (12.2) | |||||||||||
| Business/management | 12,756 | (41.1) | 7,155 | (29.7) | 5,601 | (28.0) | 9,327 | (35.2) | 1,122 | (14.7) | 967 | (15.6) | 1,112 | (14.0) | 35 | (2.3) | 1,313 | (14.2) | 6,012 | (23.6) | 5,431 | (28.3) | |||||||||||
| Communications | 2,270 | (17.9) | 940 | (10.6) | 1,330 | (14.2) | 1,784 | (15.7) | 191 | (5.4) | 143 | (4.5) | 103 | (3.6) | 4 | (0.7) | 377 | (7.8) | 1,232 | (13.3) | 661 | (9.5) | |||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 1,798 | (16.7) | 1,271 | (14.6) | 527 | (8.8) | 1,074 | (13.4) | 157 | (4.9) | 127 | (5.9) | 399 | (7.5) | 4 | (0.7) | 227 | (5.3) | 1,117 | (13.8) | 454 | (8.9) | |||||||||||
| Education | 8,530 | (32.1) | 2,111 | (15.6) | 6,420 | (28.2) | 7,003 | (28.1) | 622 | (10.6) | 482 | (9.1) | 298 | (7.2) | 36 | (2.2) | 558 | (10.4) | 2,640 | (18.8) | 5,332 | (26.4) | |||||||||||
| Engineering | 4,888 | (29.3) | 4,197 | (26.4) | 691 | (10.9) | 3,261 | (23.5) | 209 | (6.9) | 357 | (9.3) | 969 | (12.4) | 9 | (1.0) | 479 | (8.9) | 2,094 | (18.1) | 2,315 | (17.7) | |||||||||||
| English/literature | 2,059 | (17.9) | 698 | (10.3) | 1,361 | (13.6) | 1,686 | (15.0) | 108 | (4.0) | 89 | (4.0) | 136 | (4.6) | 4 | (0.7) | 203 | (5.9) | 850 | (10.0) | 1,006 | (12.5) | |||||||||||
| Foreign languages | 668 | (9.5) | 188 | (4.8) | 481 | (8.2) | 498 | (8.5) | 28 | (2.3) | 67 | (3.5) | 62 | (3.3) | ‡ | (†) | 65 | (3.5) | 254 | (6.8) | 349 | (5.9) | |||||||||||
| Health sciences | 4,442 | (24.7) | 805 | (9.8) | 3,638 | (20.5) | 3,215 | (20.2) | 391 | (9.3) | 252 | (6.6) | 509 | (8.5) | 12 | (1.2) | 478 | (10.1) | 1,854 | (15.5) | 2,110 | (17.0) | |||||||||||
| Liberal arts/humanities | 938 | (11.0) | 379 | (7.1) | 558 | (9.3) | 689 | (10.5) | 74 | (4.1) | 80 | (3.9) | 76 | (4.3) | 3 | (0.7) | 90 | (3.9) | 403 | (8.5) | 445 | (7.7) | |||||||||||
| Mathematics/statistics | 951 | (13.4) | 550 | (9.1) | 401 | (8.2) | 721 | (10.8) | 55 | (3.1) | 39 | (2.3) | 118 | (4.1) | ‡ | (†) | 78 | (3.5) | 343 | (8.6) | 531 | (8.1) | |||||||||||
| Natural sciences (biological and physical) |
4,832 | (26.3) | 2,773 | (18.3) | 2,058 | (16.6) | 3,518 | (20.6) | 276 | (7.4) | 258 | (7.1) | 677 | (9.3) | 14 | (1.4) | 584 | (9.2) | 2,092 | (18.2) | 2,155 | (14.3) | |||||||||||
| Philosophy/religion/theology | 854 | (10.9) | 599 | (9.2) | 254 | (5.8) | 681 | (10.0) | 61 | (3.2) | 46 | (3.0) | 48 | (2.6) | 4 | (0.7) | 79 | (3.8) | 315 | (7.7) | 459 | (7.2) | |||||||||||
| Pre-professional | 1,002 | (11.9) | 613 | (9.4) | 389 | (8.0) | 694 | (10.1) | 155 | (5.7) | 105 | (4.9) | 26 | (2.2) | 5 | (0.8) | 157 | (5.0) | 557 | (9.0) | 288 | (6.7) | |||||||||||
| Psychology | 2,922 | (20.2) | 915 | (10.4) | 2,008 | (14.9) | 2,208 | (17.2) | 253 | (6.4) | 229 | (6.7) | 164 | (5.2) | 8 | (0.9) | 405 | (8.5) | 1,367 | (14.9) | 1,151 | (11.9) | |||||||||||
| Social sciences/history | 6,061 | (30.6) | 3,439 | (23.2) | 2,623 | (16.8) | 4,659 | (24.9) | 428 | (8.3) | 397 | (8.9) | 449 | (8.9) | 20 | (1.5) | 703 | (10.5) | 2,517 | (21.1) | 2,841 | (20.2) | |||||||||||
| Other fields | 3,845 | (23.8) | 1,675 | (14.3) | 2,171 | (17.2) | 2,858 | (20.6) | 359 | (7.9) | 278 | (7.1) | 259 | (5.9) | 17 | (1.6) | 528 | (10.9) | 1,793 | (17.3) | 1,525 | (13.6) | |||||||||||
| Percentage distribution, by field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | |||||||||||
| Agriculture/forestry | 1.0 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.03) | 0.6 | (0.01) | 1.2 | (0.02) | 0.6 | (0.05) | 0.8 | (0.05) | 0.7 | (0.04) | 0.8 | (0.17) | 0.9 | (0.04) | 0.9 | (0.02) | 1.2 | (0.02) | |||||||||||
| Art/architecture | 4.8 | (0.03) | 4.3 | (0.04) | 5.2 | (0.04) | 5.0 | (0.04) | 2.8 | (0.11) | 5.3 | (0.13) | 4.3 | (0.10) | 3.7 | (0.52) | 6.5 | (0.15) | 5.0 | (0.06) | 4.2 | (0.04) | |||||||||||
| Business/management | 20.4 | (0.05) | 23.8 | (0.09) | 17.3 | (0.08) | 20.0 | (0.07) | 24.1 | (0.28) | 23.2 | (0.30) | 19.6 | (0.23) | 18.9 | (1.15) | 19.2 | (0.19) | 22.2 | (0.07) | 19.0 | (0.09) | |||||||||||
| Communications | 3.6 | (0.03) | 3.1 | (0.03) | 4.1 | (0.04) | 3.8 | (0.03) | 4.1 | (0.11) | 3.4 | (0.11) | 1.8 | (0.06) | 2.2 | (0.37) | 5.5 | (0.11) | 4.6 | (0.05) | 2.3 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 2.9 | (0.03) | 4.2 | (0.05) | 1.6 | (0.03) | 2.3 | (0.03) | 3.4 | (0.11) | 3.0 | (0.14) | 7.0 | (0.13) | 2.1 | (0.37) | 3.3 | (0.08) | 4.1 | (0.05) | 1.6 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Education | 13.7 | (0.05) | 7.0 | (0.05) | 19.8 | (0.08) | 15.0 | (0.05) | 13.4 | (0.21) | 11.6 | (0.21) | 5.2 | (0.13) | 19.2 | (1.05) | 8.2 | (0.14) | 9.8 | (0.06) | 18.6 | (0.08) | |||||||||||
| Engineering | 7.8 | (0.04) | 14.0 | (0.08) | 2.1 | (0.03) | 7.0 | (0.05) | 4.5 | (0.15) | 8.6 | (0.21) | 17.0 | (0.20) | 4.8 | (0.55) | 7.0 | (0.13) | 7.7 | (0.06) | 8.1 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| English/literature | 3.3 | (0.03) | 2.3 | (0.03) | 4.2 | (0.04) | 3.6 | (0.03) | 2.3 | (0.08) | 2.1 | (0.09) | 2.4 | (0.08) | 2.3 | (0.35) | 3.0 | (0.09) | 3.1 | (0.03) | 3.5 | (0.04) | |||||||||||
| Foreign languages | 1.1 | (0.01) | 0.6 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.1 | (0.02) | 0.6 | (0.05) | 1.6 | (0.08) | 1.1 | (0.06) | 0.4 | ! | (0.13) | 1.0 | (0.05) | 0.9 | (0.02) | 1.2 | (0.02) | ||||||||||
| Health sciences | 7.1 | (0.04) | 2.7 | (0.03) | 11.2 | (0.06) | 6.9 | (0.04) | 8.4 | (0.20) | 6.0 | (0.16) | 9.0 | (0.15) | 6.7 | (0.64) | 7.0 | (0.14) | 6.9 | (0.05) | 7.4 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| Liberal arts/humanities | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.3 | (0.02) | 1.7 | (0.03) | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.6 | (0.09) | 1.9 | (0.09) | 1.3 | (0.07) | 1.8 | (0.38) | 1.3 | (0.06) | 1.5 | (0.03) | 1.6 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Mathematics/statistics | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.8 | (0.03) | 1.2 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.2 | (0.07) | 0.9 | (0.06) | 2.1 | (0.07) | 1.0 | (0.27) | 1.1 | (0.05) | 1.3 | (0.03) | 1.9 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Natural sciences (biological and physical) |
7.7 | (0.04) | 9.2 | (0.06) | 6.4 | (0.05) | 7.5 | (0.04) | 5.9 | (0.15) | 6.2 | (0.16) | 11.9 | (0.17) | 7.3 | (0.71) | 8.6 | (0.13) | 7.7 | (0.06) | 7.5 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| Philosophy/religion/theology | 1.4 | (0.02) | 2.0 | (0.03) | 0.8 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.3 | (0.07) | 1.1 | (0.07) | 0.8 | (0.04) | 2.0 | (0.39) | 1.2 | (0.06) | 1.2 | (0.03) | 1.6 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Pre-professional | 1.6 | (0.02) | 2.0 | (0.03) | 1.2 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.02) | 3.3 | (0.12) | 2.5 | (0.11) | 0.5 | (0.04) | 2.8 | (0.43) | 2.3 | (0.07) | 2.1 | (0.03) | 1.0 | (0.02) | |||||||||||
| Psychology | 4.7 | (0.03) | 3.0 | (0.03) | 6.2 | (0.05) | 4.7 | (0.04) | 5.4 | (0.13) | 5.5 | (0.15) | 2.9 | (0.09) | 4.2 | (0.50) | 5.9 | (0.12) | 5.1 | (0.05) | 4.0 | (0.04) | |||||||||||
| Social sciences/history | 9.7 | (0.04) | 11.4 | (0.07) | 8.1 | (0.05) | 10.0 | (0.05) | 9.2 | (0.17) | 9.5 | (0.19) | 7.9 | (0.15) | 10.6 | (0.76) | 10.3 | (0.14) | 9.3 | (0.07) | 9.9 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| Other fields | 6.2 | (0.03) | 5.6 | (0.04) | 6.7 | (0.05) | 6.1 | (0.04) | 7.7 | (0.15) | 6.7 | (0.17) | 4.6 | (0.10) | 9.4 | (0.83) | 7.7 | (0.15) | 6.6 | (0.06) | 5.3 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases for a reliable estimate). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2013. (This table was prepared March 2015.) |