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(19 KB)| Table 254. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline division: 1970-71 to 1997-98 |
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Discipline division |1970-71 |1975-76 |1980-81 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 | 1988-89 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98
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Total .....................................|839,730 |925,746 |935,140 |987,823 |991,264 |994,829 |1,018,755 |1,051,344 |1,094,538 |1,136,553 |1,165,178 |1,169,275 |1,160,134 |1,164,792 |1,172,879 |1,184,406
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Agriculture and natural resources ..............| 12,672 | 19,402 | 21,886 | 16,823 | 14,991 | 14,222 | 13,492 | 12,900 | 13,124 | 15,124 | 16,778 | 18,070 | 19,841 | 21,431 | 22,602 | 23,284
Architecture and related programs ..............| 5,570 | 9,146 | 9,455 | 9,119 | 8,950 | 8,603 | 9,150 | 9,364 | 9,781 | 8,753 | 9,167 | 8,975 | 8,756 | 8,352 | 7,944 | 7,652
Area, ethnic and cultural studies ..............| 2,582 | 3,577 | 2,887 | 3,178 | 3,427 | 3,601 | 4,102 | 4,613 | 4,884 | 5,342 | 5,481 | 5,573 | 5,706 | 5,786 | 5,839 | 6,153
Biological sciences/life sciences ..............| 35,743 | 54,275 | 43,216 | 38,524 | 38,121 | 36,755 | 36,059 | 37,204 | 39,530 | 42,941 | 47,038 | 51,383 | 55,984 | 60,994 | 63,975 | 65,868
Business .......................................|114,729 |142,034 |198,983 |237,319 |240,546 |243,021 | 246,399 | 248,698 | 249,311 | 256,603 | 256,842 | 246,654 | 234,323 | 227,102 | 226,633 | 233,119
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Communications .................................| 10,324 | 20,045 | 29,428 | 41,666 | 43,953 | 45,410 | 47,405 | 50,114 | 51,650 | 54,257 | 53,874 | 51,164 | 48,104 | 47,320 | 47,230 | 49,385
Communications technologies ....................| 478 | 1,237 | 1,854 | 1,410 | 1,384 | 1,239 | 1,204 | 1,194 | 1,123 | 720 | 832 | 663 | 699 | 683 | 538 | 729
Computer and information sciences ..............| 2,388 | 5,652 | 15,121 | 41,889 | 39,589 | 34,523 | 30,454 | 27,257 | 25,083 | 24,557 | 24,200 | 24,200 | 24,404 | 24,098 | 24,768 | 26,852
Education ......................................|176,307 |154,437 |108,074 | 87,114 | 86,936 | 91,112 | 96,913 | 105,112 | 110,807 | 108,006 | 107,781 | 107,600 | 106,079 | 105,509 | 105,233 | 105,968
Engineering ....................................| 44,898 | 38,388 | 63,287 | 76,225 | 73,747 | 69,380 | 66,099 | 63,609 | 61,531 | 61,206 | 61,973 | 62,220 | 62,342 | 62,114 | 61,185 | 59,910
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Engineering-related technologies ...............| 5,148 | 7,943 | 11,713 | 19,435 | 19,069 | 19,126 | 18,903 | 17,713 | 17,119 | 16,335 | 16,078 | 16,005 | 15,812 | 15,323 | 13,972 | 14,000
English language and literature/letters ........| 64,342 | 42,006 | 32,254 | 34,552 | 36,284 | 38,661 | 42,470 | 47,519 | 51,841 | 54,951 | 56,133 | 53,924 | 51,901 | 50,698 | 49,345 | 49,708
Foreign languages and literatures...............| 20,536 | 16,484 | 11,273 | 10,984 | 11,034 | 10,926 | 11,693 | 12,386 | 13,133 | 13,903 | 14,387 | 14,378 | 13,775 | 13,952 | 13,674 | 14,451
Health professions and related sciences ........| 25,226 | 53,958 | 63,649 | 64,396 | 63,103 | 60,644 | 59,005 | 58,302 | 59,070 | 61,720 | 67,089 | 74,421 | 79,855 | 84,036 | 85,631 | 84,379
Home economics and vocational home economics ...| 11,167 | 17,409 | 18,370 | 14,889 | 14,417 | 14,320 | 14,160 | 14,491 | 14,892 | 14,898 | 15,100 | 15,522 | 15,345 | 15,803 | 16,571 | 17,296
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Law and legal studies ..........................| 545 | 531 | 776 | 1,197 | 1,178 | 1,303 | 1,976 | 1,592 | 1,758 | 2,144 | 2,056 | 2,171 | 2,032 | 2,052 | 2,038 | 2,017
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general studies, and humanities ..............| 7,481 | 18,855 | 21,643 | 21,336 | 23,717 | 24,274 | 26,388 | 27,985 | 30,526 | 32,174 | 33,456 | 33,397 | 33,356 | 33,997 | 34,776 | 33,202
Library science ................................| 1,013 | 843 | 375 | 155 | 136 | 119 | 121 | 77 | 90 | 97 | 83 | 62 | 50 | 58 | 48 | 73
Mathematics ....................................| 24,937 | 16,329 | 11,433 | 17,147 | 16,999 | 16,608 | 15,994 | 15,176 | 15,310 | 14,783 | 14,812 | 14,396 | 13,723 | 13,143 | 12,820 | 12,328
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ................| 6,286 | 13,588 | 12,848 | 13,489 | 13,933 | 14,723 | 15,168 | 16,267 | 17,561 | 20,647 | 23,955 | 25,167 | 26,033 | 26,515 | 26,137 | 26,163
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Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies .| 1,621 | 5,182 | 5,729 | 4,620 | 4,264 | 4,235 | 4,376 | 4,582 | 4,315 | 8,446 | 9,859 | 11,470 | 12,889 | 13,983 | 15,401 | 16,781
Philosophy and religion ........................| 8,146 | 8,447 | 6,776 | 6,239 | 5,984 | 5,963 | 6,425 | 6,868 | 7,315 | 7,526 | 7,781 | 7,546 | 7,276 | 7,388 | 7,685 | 8,207
Physical sciences and science technologies......| 21,412 | 21,465 | 23,952 | 21,717 | 20,070 | 17,806 | 17,186 | 16,066 | 16,344 | 16,960 | 17,545 | 18,400 | 19,177 | 19,647 | 19,531 | 19,416
Precision production trades.....................| --- | --- | --- | 400 | 455 | 481 | 482 | 528 | 460 | 378 | 388 | 420 | 353 | 401 | 326 | 407
Protective services ............................| 2,045 | 12,507 | 13,707 | 12,704 | 12,930 | 13,367 | 14,698 | 15,354 | 16,806 | 18,855 | 20,902 | 23,009 | 24,157 | 24,810 | 25,165 | 25,076
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Psychology .....................................| 38,187 | 50,278 | 41,068 | 40,628 | 42,994 | 45,187 | 48,910 | 53,952 | 58,655 | 63,513 | 66,728 | 69,259 | 72,083 | 73,291 | 74,191 | 73,972
Public administration and services .............| 5,466 | 15,440 | 16,707 | 11,887 | 12,328 | 12,385 | 13,162 | 13,908 | 14,350 | 15,987 | 16,775 | 17,815 | 18,586 | 19,849 | 20,649 | 20,408
R.O.T.C. and military technologies .............| 357 | 952 | 42 | 256 | 384 | 82 | 198 | 196 | 183 | 184 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 3
Social sciences and history.....................|155,324 |126,396 |100,513 | 93,840 | 96,342 |100,460 | 108,151 | 118,083 | 125,107 | 133,974 | 135,703 | 133,680 | 128,154 | 126,479 | 124,891 | 125,040
Theological studies/religious vocations ........| 3,744 | 5,520 | 5,841 | 5,607 | 5,730 | 5,565 | 5,318 | 5,200 | 4,813 | 4,729 | 5,433 | 5,434 | 5,578 | 5,358 | 5,591 | 5,903
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Transportation and material moving workers .....| 662 | 1,282 | 1,801 | 1,837 | 1,654 | 1,983 | 2,062 | 2,387 | 2,622 | 3,598 | 3,930 | 3,923 | 3,698 | 3,561 | 3,547 | 3,206
Visual and performing arts .....................| 30,394 | 42,138 | 40,479 | 37,241 | 36,615 | 36,944 | 38,227 | 39,934 | 42,186 | 46,522 | 47,761 | 49,053 | 48,690 | 49,296 | 50,083 | 52,077
Not classified by field of study ...............| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,801 | 2,405 | 2,713 | 13,258 | 6,720 | 5,247 | 3,302 | 1,346 | 1,756 | 4,856 | 1,373
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---Not available. NOTE: The new Classification of Instructional Programs was initiated in 1991-92. The figures for earlier years have been reclassified when necessary to make them conform to the new taxonomy. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS "Completions" survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agricultural business and production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; "Business" includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services; and "Engineering-related technologies" includes Engineering-related technologies, Mechanics and repairers, and Construction trades. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared June 2000.)
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