Of the total
number of degrees conferred, approximately 24.7 % went to men of color, with a total of 789 being in education.
Not exact matches
The
number of B.A. and M.A. sociology
degrees conferred between 1984 and 2004 has more than doubled, to 27,020 undergraduate sociology
degrees conferred in 2004.
Last month the National Science Foundation (NSF) reported that U.S. universities awarded a record
number of Ph.D.
degrees in 2014: 54,070, with 75 %
conferred in science and engineering.
In 2014, for example, Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
conferred a disproportionate
number of degrees in education to blacks and Hispanics.
This new report, produced by the National Center for Education Statistics, covers six different areas: elementary and secondary enrollment; enrollment in
degree - granting postsecondary institutions; high school graduates;
degrees conferred; elementary and secondary teachers (including the
number of teachers in elementary and secondary schools as well as student - teacher ratios and new teacher hires); and expenditures
of public elementary and secondary schools.