Bachelor's degrees earned in the United States by field of research 2021

In 2021, there were a total of 391,375 Bachelor's degrees earned in business studies across the United States, making it the most common field of study. In that same year, a further 126,944 Bachelor's degrees were earned in the field of psychology.

Number of bachelor's degrees earned in the United States in 2020/21, by field of research

Field of research	Number of degrees
Business	391,375
Health professions and related programs	268,018
Social sciences and history	160,827
Biological and biomedical sciences	131,499
Psychology	126,944
Engineering	126,037
Computer and information sciences	104,874
Communication, journalism, and related programs	90,775
Visual and performing arts	90,022
Education	89,398
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	58,009
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	54,584
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	54,294
Agriculture and natural resources	41,925
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	41,909
English language and literature/letters	35,762
Public administration and social services	34,817
Physical sciences and science technologies	29,238
Mathematics and statistics	27,092
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	22,319
Engineering technologies	19,004
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	15,518
Philosophy and religious studies	11,988
Architecture and related services	9,296
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	7,374
Theology and religious vocations	6,737
Transportation and materials moving	5,993
Legal professions and studies	4,589
Communications technologies	4,557
Military technologies and applied sciences	1,524
Library science	119
Precision production	28