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                                                 |                            Total                             |                               Men                          |                          Women
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                                                 |          | White, |Black, |       | Asian/ |American|        |        | White, |Black, |       | Asian/ |American|        |        | White, |Black, |       | Asian/ |American|
              Major field of study               |  Total   |  non-  | non-  | His-  |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total  |  non-  | non-  | His-  |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total  |  non-  | non-  | His-  |Pacific |Indian/ | Nonresi-
                                                 |          |Hispanic| His-  | panic |Islander|Alaskan |  dent  |        |Hispanic| His-  | panic |Islander|Alaskan |  dent  |        |Hispanic| His-  | panic |Islander|Alaskan |  dent
                                                 |          |        | panic |       |        | Native | alien  |        |        | panic |       |        | Native | alien  |        |        | panic |       |        | Native | alien
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  All fields, total .............................|  414,882 |302,541 |28,224 |15,187 | 18,477 |  1,924 | 48,529 |178,165 |124,060 | 8,871 | 6,115 |  8,879 |    729 | 29,511 |236,717 |178,481 |19,353 | 9,072 |  9,598 |  1,195 | 19,018
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............|    4,516 |  3,256 |   138 |    89 |    127 |     21 |    885 |  2,608 |  1,873 |    73 |    48 |     46 |     11 |    557 |  1,908 |  1,383 |    65 |    41 |     81 |     10 |    328
Architecture and related programs ...............|    4,034 |  2,620 |   160 |   198 |    255 |     17 |    784 |  2,336 |  1,512 |    90 |   108 |    118 |      9 |    499 |  1,698 |  1,108 |    70 |    90 |    137 |      8 |    285
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|    1,651 |  1,114 |   122 |    91 |    100 |     24 |    200 |    739 |    525 |    44 |    48 |     38 |      7 |     77 |    912 |    589 |    78 |    43 |     62 |     17 |    123
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............|    6,466 |  4,519 |   246 |   188 |    582 |     23 |    908 |  3,035 |  2,188 |    72 |   100 |    254 |     11 |    410 |  3,431 |  2,331 |   174 |    88 |    328 |     12 |    498
Business ........................................|   97,619 | 67,531 | 6,359 | 3,163 |  5,681 |    320 | 14,565 | 59,611 | 42,399 | 2,810 | 1,873 |  3,179 |    180 |  9,170 | 38,008 | 25,132 | 3,549 | 1,290 |  2,502 |    140 |  5,395
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Communications ..................................|    5,227 |  3,459 |   415 |   166 |    174 |     31 |    982 |  1,800 |  1,250 |    96 |    50 |     51 |     11 |    342 |  3,427 |  2,209 |   319 |   116 |    123 |     20 |    640
Communications technologies .....................|      374 |    198 |    23 |    11 |     15 |      2 |    125 |    204 |    117 |     8 |     6 |      6 |      2 |     65 |    170 |     81 |    15 |     5 |      9 |      0 |     60
Computer and information sciences ...............|   10,098 |  4,164 |   405 |   203 |  1,364 |     27 |  3,935 |  7,248 |  3,209 |   224 |   148 |    814 |     17 |  2,836 |  2,850 |    955 |   181 |    55 |    550 |     10 |  1,099
Construction trades .............................|        0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Education .......................................|  110,087 | 89,783 | 9,630 | 4,904 |  1,990 |    619 |  3,161 | 25,806 | 20,886 | 2,146 | 1,201 |    444 |    159 |    970 | 84,281 | 68,897 | 7,484 | 3,703 |  1,546 |    460 |  2,191
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Engineering .....................................|   25,787 | 13,210 |   713 |   721 |  2,453 |     56 |  8,634 | 21,120 | 10,986 |   475 |   564 |  1,860 |     49 |  7,186 |  4,667 |  2,224 |   238 |   157 |    593 |      7 |  1,448
Engineering-related technologies ................|    1,040 |    786 |    67 |    15 |     35 |      1 |    136 |    808 |    612 |    50 |    11 |     29 |      1 |    105 |    232 |    174 |    17 |     4 |      6 |      0 |     31
English language and literature/letters .........|    7,722 |  6,500 |   318 |   241 |    231 |     55 |    377 |  2,733 |  2,344 |    70 |   107 |     63 |     20 |    129 |  4,989 |  4,156 |   248 |   134 |    168 |     35 |    248
Foreign languages and literatures................|    3,077 |  1,989 |    63 |   316 |    110 |      5 |    594 |  1,004 |    670 |    14 |    93 |     36 |      2 |    189 |  2,073 |  1,319 |    49 |   223 |     74 |      3 |    405
Health professions and related sciences .........|   35,958 | 29,414 | 2,003 | 1,013 |  1,675 |    174 |  1,679 |  7,702 |  5,871 |   341 |   241 |    529 |     34 |    686 | 28,256 | 23,543 | 1,662 |   772 |  1,146 |    140 |    993
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Home economics and vocational home economics ....|    2,888 |  2,240 |   194 |    99 |    101 |     10 |    244 |    440 |    335 |    19 |    17 |     15 |      2 |     52 |  2,448 |  1,905 |   175 |    82 |     86 |      8 |    192
Law and legal studies ...........................|    2,886 |  1,302 |    95 |    83 |    112 |      5 |  1,289 |  1,817 |    836 |    41 |    55 |     68 |      2 |    815 |  1,069 |    466 |    54 |    28 |     44 |      3 |    474
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      |          |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
  and humanities ................................|    2,661 |  2,237 |   140 |    76 |     48 |     16 |    144 |    892 |    739 |    51 |    22 |     18 |      6 |     56 |  1,769 |  1,498 |    89 |    54 |     30 |     10 |     88
Library science .................................|    4,982 |  4,299 |   225 |   112 |    170 |     18 |    158 |  1,115 |    959 |    41 |    26 |     28 |      5 |     56 |  3,867 |  3,340 |   184 |    86 |    142 |     13 |    102
Mathematics .....................................|    3,783 |  2,271 |   166 |    68 |    263 |     14 |  1,001 |  2,241 |  1,308 |    81 |    49 |    132 |      8 |    663 |  1,542 |    963 |    85 |    19 |    131 |      6 |    338
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Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|    2,819 |  2,224 |   156 |   132 |     86 |     22 |    199 |  1,214 |    946 |    58 |    55 |     35 |      6 |    114 |  1,605 |  1,278 |    98 |    77 |     51 |     16 |     85
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..|    1,966 |  1,657 |   114 |    41 |     30 |     11 |    113 |    965 |    785 |    59 |    22 |     21 |      5 |     73 |  1,001 |    872 |    55 |    19 |      9 |      6 |     40
Philosophy and religion .........................|    1,252 |  1,005 |    37 |    38 |     66 |      3 |    103 |    745 |    588 |    21 |    22 |     46 |      2 |     66 |    507 |    417 |    16 |    16 |     20 |      1 |     37
Physical sciences and science technologies.......|    5,563 |  3,316 |   150 |   111 |    321 |     17 |  1,648 |  3,752 |  2,275 |    77 |    70 |    176 |     12 |  1,142 |  1,811 |  1,041 |    73 |    41 |    145 |      5 |    506
Precision production trades......................|        3 |      3 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      3 |      3 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
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Protective services .............................|    1,845 |  1,429 |   257 |    60 |     28 |      7 |     64 |  1,098 |    919 |    90 |    28 |     15 |      5 |     41 |    747 |    510 |   167 |    32 |     13 |      2 |     23
Psychology ......................................|   14,353 | 11,558 | 1,170 |   716 |    389 |    104 |    416 |  3,852 |  3,132 |   268 |   199 |     89 |     37 |    127 | 10,501 |  8,426 |   902 |   517 |    300 |     67 |    289
Public administration and services ..............|   24,781 | 18,092 | 3,234 | 1,300 |    773 |    195 |  1,187 |  6,957 |  4,950 |   803 |   361 |    212 |     62 |    569 | 17,824 | 13,142 | 2,431 |   939 |    561 |    133 |    618
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|      136 |    127 |     5 |     0 |      1 |      0 |      3 |    132 |    123 |     5 |     0 |      1 |      0 |      3 |      4 |      4 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Social sciences and history......................|   14,787 |  9,928 |   954 |   549 |    609 |     65 |  2,682 |  7,830 |  5,283 |   411 |   304 |    267 |     35 |  1,530 |  6,957 |  4,645 |   543 |   245 |    342 |     30 |  1,152
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Theological studies and religious vocations .....|    4,975 |  3,826 |   255 |   106 |    205 |     26 |    557 |  3,025 |  2,307 |   140 |    67 |    125 |     13 |    373 |  1,950 |  1,519 |   115 |    39 |     80 |     13 |    184
Transportation and material moving workers ......|      919 |    819 |    39 |    27 |     11 |     10 |     13 |    863 |    779 |    30 |    25 |     10 |      9 |     10 |     56 |     40 |     9 |     2 |      1 |      1 |      3
Visual and performing arts ......................|   10,627 |  7,665 |   371 |   350 |    472 |     26 |  1,743 |  4,470 |  3,351 |   163 |   195 |    154 |      7 |    600 |  6,157 |  4,314 |   208 |   155 |    318 |     19 |  1,143
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NOTE: Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of degree, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Excludes 2,782 men and 1,737 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. 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; and "Business" includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared August 1999.)