Field of degree: Minorities

Bachelor's degrees in science and engineering

Like Hispanics, blacks or African Americans earn larger shares of bachelor's degrees in psychology and social sciences, but they also earn larger shares in computer sciences. In the past 2 decades, their share has increased in psychology, social sciences, and biological sciences but has declined in the other S&E fields, most notably in mathematics and statistics.

In the past 2 decades, American Indians or Alaska Natives have earned about 1% of the bachelor's degrees in each of the broad science and engineering fields.