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Table 254. Doctor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline division: 1970-71 to 2000-01

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            Discipline division                 |1970-71|1975-76|1980-81|1985-86|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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                       1                        |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |   12   |   13   |   14   |   15   |   16    |   17
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     Total .....................................|32,107 |34,064 |32,958 |33,653 |38,371 |39,294 |40,659 |42,132 |43,185 |44,446 | 44,652 | 45,876 | 46,010 | 44,077 |  44,808 | 44,904
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Agriculture and natural resources ..............| 1,086 |   928 | 1,067 | 1,158 | 1,295 | 1,185 | 1,214 | 1,173 | 1,278 | 1,264 |  1,271 |  1,217 |  1,302 |  1,248 |   1,181 |  1,139
Architecture and related programs ..............|    36 |    82 |    93 |    73 |   103 |   135 |   132 |   148 |   161 |   141 |    141 |    135 |    131 |    123 |     129 |    153
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .............|   144 |   188 |   162 |   159 |   131 |   167 |   155 |   178 |   155 |   186 |    184 |    182 |    181 |    197 |     217 |    220
Biological sciences/life sciences ..............| 3,645 | 3,392 | 3,718 | 3,358 | 3,844 | 4,093 | 4,243 | 4,435 | 4,534 | 4,645 |  4,780 |  4,812 |  4,961 |  4,619 |   4,867 |  4,600
Business .......................................|   757 |   900 |   795 |   934 | 1,093 | 1,185 | 1,242 | 1,346 | 1,364 | 1,394 |  1,368 |  1,336 |  1,290 |  1,202 |   1,196 |  1,180
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Communications .................................|   145 |   196 |   171 |   212 |   267 |   259 |   252 |   293 |   337 |   320 |    338 |    296 |    354 |    347 |     347 |    368
Communications technologies ....................|     0 |     8 |    11 |    11 |     6 |    15 |     3 |     8 |     8 |     1 |      7 |      4 |      5 |      5 |      10 |      2
Computer and information sciences ..............|   128 |   244 |   252 |   344 |   627 |   676 |   772 |   805 |   810 |   884 |    867 |    857 |    858 |    800 |     777 |    768
Education ......................................| 6,041 | 7,202 | 7,279 | 6,605 | 6,502 | 6,187 | 6,864 | 7,030 | 6,908 | 6,905 |  6,676 |  6,751 |  6,729 |  6,841 |   6,830 |  6,716
Engineering ....................................| 3,637 | 2,819 | 2,551 | 3,398 | 4,967 | 5,258 | 5,488 | 5,823 | 5,963 | 6,110 |  6,369 |  6,201 |  5,980 |  5,422 |   5,384 |  5,558
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Engineering-related technologies ...............|     1 |     2 |    10 |    12 |    14 |    14 |    11 |    20 |    16 |    18 |     11 |      9 |     14 |      5 |       6 |     19
English language and literature/letters ........| 1,650 | 1,672 | 1,164 |   991 | 1,078 | 1,184 | 1,273 | 1,341 | 1,344 | 1,561 |  1,535 |  1,575 |  1,639 |  1,540 |   1,628 |  1,506
Foreign languages and literatures...............|   988 | 1,076 |   804 |   672 |   724 |   758 |   850 |   830 |   886 |   905 |    876 |    915 |    959 |    904 |     915 |    894
Health professions and related sciences ........|   466 |   577 |   842 | 1,241 | 1,536 | 1,613 | 1,661 | 1,767 | 1,902 | 2,069 |  2,119 |  2,672 |  2,484 |  2,535 |   2,676 |  2,855
Home economics and vocational home economics ...|   123 |   178 |   247 |   311 |   301 |   253 |   293 |   345 |   365 |   388 |    414 |    382 |    424 |    361 |     357 |    388
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Law and legal studies ..........................|    20 |    76 |    60 |    54 |   111 |    90 |    68 |    86 |    79 |    88 |     91 |     81 |     66 |     58 |      74 |    286
Liberal arts and sciences,                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |        |         |
  general studies, and humanities ..............|    32 |   162 |   121 |    90 |    63 |    70 |    67 |    81 |    80 |    90 |     75 |     77 |     87 |     78 |      83 |    102
Library science ................................|    39 |    71 |    71 |    62 |    42 |    56 |    50 |    77 |    45 |    55 |     53 |     46 |     48 |     55 |      68 |     58
Mathematics ....................................| 1,249 |   909 |   775 |   777 |   966 | 1,036 | 1,082 | 1,189 | 1,157 | 1,226 |  1,209 |  1,174 |  1,259 |  1,124 |   1,106 |  1,024
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ................|    59 |   111 |   158 |   263 |   272 |   220 |   231 |   196 |   227 |   238 |    441 |    451 |    508 |    441 |     384 |    413
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Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies |     2 |    15 |    42 |    39 |    35 |    28 |    61 |   108 |   116 |   149 |    104 |    108 |    129 |    137 |     134 |    177
Philosophy and religion ........................|   554 |   554 |   410 |   477 |   439 |   456 |   475 |   448 |   528 |   507 |    549 |    593 |    585 |    574 |     586 |    596
Physical sciences and science technologies......| 4,390 | 3,431 | 3,141 | 3,551 | 4,164 | 4,290 | 4,391 | 4,393 | 4,650 | 4,483 |  4,571 |  4,474 |  4,571 |  4,190 |   4,018 |  3,976
Protective services ............................|     1 |     9 |    21 |    21 |    38 |    28 |    24 |    32 |    25 |    26 |     38 |     31 |     39 |     48 |      52 |     44
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Psychology .....................................| 2,144 | 3,157 | 3,576 | 3,593 | 3,811 | 3,932 | 3,373 | 3,651 | 3,563 | 3,822 |  3,711 |  4,053 |  4,073 |  4,248 |   4,310 |  4,659
Public administration and services .............|   174 |   292 |   362 |   382 |   508 |   430 |   432 |   459 |   519 |   556 |    499 |    518 |    499 |    532 |     537 |    574
Social sciences and history.....................| 3,660 | 4,157 | 3,122 | 2,955 | 3,010 | 3,012 | 3,218 | 3,460 | 3,627 | 3,725 |  3,760 |  3,989 |  4,127 |  3,855 |   4,095 |  3,930
Theological studies/religious vocations ........|   312 | 1,033 | 1,276 | 1,185 | 1,317 | 1,079 | 1,259 | 1,417 | 1,448 | 1,591 |  1,521 |  1,395 |  1,460 |  1,452 |   1,643 |  1,469
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Transportation and material moving workers......|     3 |     3 |     3 |     3 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |      0
Visual and performing arts .....................|   621 |   620 |   654 |   722 |   849 |   838 |   906 |   882 | 1,054 | 1,080 |  1,067 |  1,060 |  1,163 |  1,130 |   1,127 |  1,167
Not classified by field of study ...............|     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |   258 |   747 |   569 |   111 |    36 |    19 |      7 |    482 |     85 |      6 |      71 |     63
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NOTE: Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. 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. Data for 1998-99 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

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 September 2002.)


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