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Graduates earn 1,062 degrees from the United States Naval Academy

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About 39.6 percent of the 1,062 degrees and certificates handed out by the United States Naval Academy in 2017-18 were to students in engineering programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Annapolis conferred 421 bachelor's degrees in engineering programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in econometrics and quantitative economics. Data shows the school gave out 152 bachelor's degrees in econometrics and quantitative economics, followed by 133 bachelor's degrees in general political science and government and 84 bachelor's degrees in mechatronics, robotics, and automation engineering.

The academy enrolled 4,512 students for 2017-18, all of whom were enrolled in undergraduate programs.

Degrees awarded for 2017-18
ProgramBachelor's degrees awardedTotal degrees and certificates awardedPercent of total
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering8484
Mechanical Engineering7373
Operations Research6464
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering5454
Ocean Engineering5353
Nuclear Engineering3030
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering2525
Electrical and Electronics Engineering1818
Computer Engineering, General1111
Engineering, General99
Engineering total42142139.6
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics152152
Political Science and Government, General133133
Economics, General66
Social Sciences total29129127.4
Chemistry, General3333
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical3131
Physics, General1313
Physical Sciences1010
Physical Sciences total87878.2
Computer Science4545
Information Technology1313
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total58585.5
History, General5555
History total55555.2
Mathematics, General3636
Mathematics, Other1818
Mathematics and Statistics total54545.1
English Language and Literature, General5151
English Language and Literature/Letters total51514.8
Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare2222
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences total22222.1
Chinese Language and Literature77
Arabic Language and Literature77
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total14141.3
General Studies99
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total990.8

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