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Which one of the following broad categories best describes your [current/ most recent] educational program?
Field of current or most recent educational program · Asked in 5 waves, 2014–2018 · 30,815 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Humanities/arts | Social/behavioral sciences | Life sciences | Physical sciences/math | Computer/information sciences | Engineering | Education | Business/management | Health | Law | Vocational/technical training | Undeclared | Other (Please specify) | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 9% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 20% | 12% | 4% | 9% | 7% | 0% | 8575 | ±1 | |
| Less than high school † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | ±22 |
| High school | 8% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 10% | 3% | 3% | 10% | 13% | 3% | 26% | 16% | 0% | 381 | ±6 | |
| Some college | 7% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 10% | 6% | 4% | 19% | 14% | 3% | 15% | 12% | 0% | 3842 | ±2 | |
| Bachelor's | 15% | 10% | 6% | 4% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 26% | 9% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2481 | ±2 | |
| Postgraduate | 8% | 11% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 8% | 20% | 20% | 13% | 6% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1844 | ±3 |
SHED 2018 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.