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Field of study |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95 |1995-96 |1996-97 |1997-98 |1998-99 |1999-2000| 2000-01
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Total ......................................|455,102 |481,720 |504,231 |514,756 |530,632 |539,691 |555,216 |571,226 |558,555 |559,954 | 564,933 | 578,865
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Agriculture and natural resources, total ........| 4,832 | 4,910 | 5,251 | 5,398 | 5,636 | 5,730 | 6,182 | 6,463 | 6,673 | 6,633 | 6,667 | 6,649
Agricultural business and production .........| 2,894 | 2,905 | 3,046 | 3,222 | 3,434 | 3,564 | 3,846 | 4,176 | 4,247 | 4,327 | 4,350 | 4,221
Agricultural sciences ........................| 925 | 879 | 951 | 837 | 871 | 829 | 877 | 845 | 959 | 894 | 943 | 979
Conservation and renewable natural resources .| 1,013 | 1,126 | 1,254 | 1,339 | 1,331 | 1,337 | 1,459 | 1,442 | 1,467 | 1,412 | 1,374 | 1,449
Architecture and related programs ...............| 2,013 | 2,031 | 443 | 372 | 353 | 277 | 256 | 316 | 265 | 405 | 392 | 417
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 68 | 19 | 29 | 33 | 75 | 68 | 111 | 84 | 104 | 308 | 259 | 307
Biological/life sciences ........................| 1,023 | 1,119 | 1,361 | 1,435 | 1,771 | 1,879 | 2,037 | 2,116 | 2,113 | 2,211 | 1,434 | 1,444
Business management and administrative services .| 92,390 | 89,537 | 93,762 | 91,719 | 92,284 | 90,113 | 93,487 | 95,532 | 91,399 | 91,190 | 92,274 | 93,072
Accounting ...................................| 14,858 | 14,577 | 15,687 | 15,115 | 15,307 | 14,970 | 15,926 | 16,017 | 14,807 | 14,325 | 13,562 | 13,158
Business, general ............................| 11,878 | 11,618 | 11,823 | 11,190 | 11,452 | 11,622 | 11,397 | 11,385 | 11,311 | 11,514 | 12,283 | 12,621
Business administration and management .......| 28,292 | 26,625 | 31,185 | 29,556 | 29,691 | 28,968 | 28,901 | 29,804 | 28,793 | 28,615 | 28,486 | 28,947
Business and management, other ...............| 11,691 | 11,663 | 11,089 | 12,285 | 11,114 | 10,233 | 9,950 | 12,166 | 8,632 | 8,575 | 7,841 | 7,805
Business data processing .....................| 8,532 | 8,182 | 6,394 | 6,405 | 6,883 | 6,962 | 7,381 | 8,553 | 8,576 | 10,003 | 13,129 | 14,033
Secretarial and related programs .............| 17,139 | 16,872 | 17,584 | 17,168 | 17,837 | 17,358 | 19,932 | 17,607 | 19,280 | 18,158 | 16,973 | 16,508
Communications ..................................| 1,657 | 1,847 | 1,886 | 1,904 | 2,052 | 3,160 | 2,187 | 2,030 | 2,368 | 2,639 | 2,754 | 2,949
Communications technologies .....................| 2,027 | 2,032 | 1,794 | 1,828 | 2,469 | 1,984 | 1,757 | 1,743 | 1,602 | 1,541 | 1,709 | 1,983
Computer and information sciences ...............| 7,574 | 7,677 | 9,290 | 9,196 | 9,301 | 9,152 | 9,658 | 10,990 | 13,870 | 16,968 | 20,450 | 26,339
Construction trades .............................| 1,765 | 1,793 | 1,560 | 1,653 | 1,695 | 1,728 | 2,141 | 1,928 | 2,172 | 2,137 | 2,337 | 2,682
Consumer and personal services ..................| 2,121 | 2,494 | 4,420 | 4,692 | 5,175 | 5,626 | 7,721 | 8,211 | 7,744 | 9,206 | 9,570 | 10,429
Education .......................................| 8,061 | 7,842 | 10,267 | 9,315 | 9,271 | 9,658 | 9,750 | 10,526 | 9,278 | 9,971 | 8,226 | 9,219
Engineering .....................................| 2,345 | 2,451 | 2,685 | 2,478 | 2,445 | 2,232 | 2,197 | 1,952 | 2,149 | 2,033 | 1,752 | 1,825
Engineering-related technologies ................| 40,033 | 37,890 | 35,861 | 36,321 | 35,618 | 34,732 | 33,002 | 33,810 | 32,748 | 34,047 | 35,395 | 34,467
English language and literature/letters .........| 527 | 426 | 1,019 | 1,320 | 1,289 | 1,548 | 1,310 | 1,455 | 1,609 | 1,621 | 947 | 877
Foreign languages and literatures ...............| 329 | 327 | 433 | 511 | 492 | 616 | 607 | 689 | 543 | 549 | 501 | 529
Health professions and related sciences .........| 64,113 | 70,833 | 79,453 | 86,237 | 94,601 | 98,474 |101,872 | 98,921 | 92,031 | 90,557 | 84,081 | 82,184
Dental assisting .............................| 3,697 | 3,810 | 4,013 | 4,165 | 4,259 | 4,312 | 4,564 | 4,866 | 4,904 | 6,628 | 5,566 | 4,709
Emergency medical technician-ambulance and | | | | | | | | | | | |
paramedic .................................| 332 | 371 | 378 | 442 | 510 | 771 | 889 | 1,048 | 975 | 918 | 1,152 | 1,134
Medical lab technician .......................| 1,627 | 1,731 | 1,874 | 2,172 | 2,570 | 2,769 | 2,982 | 2,641 | 2,370 | 2,033 | 1,644 | 1,502
Medical assisting ............................| 1,404 | 1,496 | 1,960 | 2,130 | 2,785 | 3,544 | 4,941 | 5,019 | 5,102 | 5,358 | 5,414 | 5,863
Nursing assisting ............................| 0 | 5 | 19 | 86 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2
Practical nursing ............................| 589 | 797 | 795 | 890 | 740 | 772 | 605 | 429 | 499 | 447 | 575 | 619
Nursing, R.N. and other ......................| 40,212 | 45,317 | 51,193 | 54,085 | 57,405 | 57,456 | 56,562 | 53,103 | 47,365 | 43,035 | 40,772 | 40,284
Health sciences, other .......................| 16,252 | 17,306 | 19,221 | 22,267 | 26,326 | 28,848 | 31,322 | 31,802 | 30,793 | 32,126 | 28,951 | 28,071
Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 7,798 | 8,067 | 6,436 | 6,914 | 7,463 | 7,821 | 8,192 | 8,551 | 8,292 | 8,502 | 8,381 | 8,630
Law and legal studies ...........................| 4,552 | 5,484 | 7,053 | 8,028 | 8,681 | 9,140 | 9,106 | 8,968 | 7,797 | 7,400 | 7,265 | 6,854
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | |
and humanities ................................|133,466 |142,722 |154,594 |158,040 |165,106 |170,817 |174,970 |181,341 |186,248 |181,977 | 187,454 | 196,843
Library science .................................| 107 | 111 | 103 | 85 | 118 | 101 | 94 | 126 | 96 | 86 | 98 | 103
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .| 14,015 | 12,713 | 8,465 | 7,445 | 6,736 | 6,187 | 5,960 | 5,656 | 5,516 | 5,452 | 5,557 | 5,317
Mathematics .....................................| 756 | 670 | 744 | 743 | 704 | 782 | 758 | 792 | 844 | 823 | 675 | 695
Mechanics and repairers .........................| 7,704 | 7,640 | 10,264 | 10,966 | 11,332 | 11,497 | 12,524 | 12,180 | 10,616 | 10,806 | 11,614 | 12,650
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 8,176 | 7,454 | 7,841 | 8,486 | 8,436 | 8,692 | 8,611 | 9,182 | 9,401 | 8,658 | 11,784 | 10,438
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .| 485 | 425 | 620 | 717 | 755 | 864 | 936 | 913 | 895 | 871 | 855 | 841
Philosophy and religion .........................| 93 | 89 | 60 | 111 | 82 | 81 | 83 | 89 | 94 | 74 | 63 | 65
Physical sciences ...............................| 2,021 | 2,091 | 2,066 | 2,241 | 2,546 | 2,456 | 2,612 | 2,526 | 2,286 | 2,399 | 2,460 | 2,337
Physical sciences, other .....................| 1,279 | 1,281 | 1,228 | 1,390 | 1,567 | 1,645 | 1,749 | 1,728 | 1,584 | 1,594 | 1,350 | 1,207
Science technologies .........................| 742 | 810 | 838 | 851 | 979 | 811 | 863 | 798 | 702 | 805 | 1,110 | 1,130
Precision production trades .....................| 8,616 | 9,093 | 9,005 | 9,204 | 9,357 | 9,344 | 10,217 | 10,368 | 11,085 | 11,598 | 11,814 | 11,493
Protective services .............................| 12,855 | 13,564 | 15,117 | 16,834 | 18,199 | 19,709 | 19,196 | 19,889 | 19,002 | 17,430 | 16,298 | 16,425
Criminal justice and corrections .............| 10,658 | 11,358 | 12,649 | 14,295 | 15,262 | 16,584 | 15,990 | 16,644 | 15,915 | 14,448 | 13,487 | 13,589
Fire control and safety ......................| 1,621 | 1,634 | 1,989 | 2,020 | 2,243 | 2,447 | 2,523 | 2,638 | 2,480 | 2,395 | 2,364 | 2,346
Protective services, other ...................| 576 | 572 | 479 | 519 | 694 | 678 | 683 | 607 | 607 | 587 | 447 | 490
Psychology ......................................| 1,115 | 997 | 1,209 | 1,237 | 1,377 | 1,600 | 1,583 | 1,612 | 1,765 | 1,625 | 1,455 | 1,554
Public administration and services ..............| 2,613 | 2,779 | 3,162 | 3,301 | 3,696 | 3,882 | 4,218 | 4,270 | 4,156 | 3,881 | 3,656 | 3,333
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............| 129 | 85 | 172 | 52 | 265 | 364 | 556 | 556 | 22 | 42 | 65 | 120
Social sciences and history .....................| 2,872 | 2,505 | 3,160 | 3,930 | 3,936 | 3,634 | 4,021 | 4,056 | 4,196 | 4,550 | 5,136 | 5,132
Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 653 | 578 | 496 | 508 | 641 | 607 | 608 | 574 | 570 | 476 | 636 | 576
Transportation and material moving workers ......| 2,619 | 2,609 | 2,418 | 2,210 | 1,922 | 1,446 | 1,571 | 1,612 | 1,009 | 1,154 | 1,021 | 1,068
Visual and performing arts ......................| 8,740 | 9,126 | 11,888 | 12,690 | 13,227 | 12,544 | 13,534 | 13,593 | 14,980 | 17,640 | 17,100 | 18,435
Fine arts, general ...........................| 1,150 | 1,166 | 1,159 | 1,346 | 1,473 | 1,420 | 1,515 | 1,516 | 1,281 | 3,029 | 1,314 | 1,435
Design and music .............................| 5,900 | 5,986 | 9,142 | 9,699 | 10,173 | 9,805 | 10,579 | 10,459 | 11,591 | 12,026 | 12,780 | 14,410
Visual and performing arts, other ............| 1,690 | 1,974 | 1,587 | 1,645 | 1,581 | 1,319 | 1,440 | 1,618 | 2,108 | 2,585 | 3,006 | 2,590
Not classified by field of study ................| 4,839 | 19,690 | 9,844 | 6,602 | 1,526 | 1,146 | 1,591 | 7,606 | 3,017 | 2,494 | 2,798 | 584
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