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Table 266. Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1999-2000

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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| Alaska |  dent  |        |Hispanic| His-  | panic |Islander| Alaska |  dent  |        |Hispanic| His-  | panic |Islander| Alaska |  dent
                                              |          |        | panic  |       |        | Native | alien  |        |        | panic |       |        | Native | alien  |        |        | panic |       |        | Native | alien
______________________________________________|__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________
                      1                       |    2     |   3    |   4    |   5   |   6    |   7    |   8    |   9    |   10   |  11   |  12   |   13   |   14   |   15   |   16   |   17   |  18   |  19   |   20   |   21   |   22
______________________________________________|__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________
  All fields, total ..........................|1,237,875 |929,106 |108,013 |75,059 | 77,912 |  8,719 | 39,066 |530,367 |402,961 |37,024 |30,301 | 35,853 |  3,464 | 20,764 |707,508 |526,145 |70,989 |44,758 | 42,059 |  5,255 | 18,302
                                              |__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources ............|   24,247 | 21,571 |    668 |   736 |    718 |    234 |    320 | 13,850 | 12,541 |   312 |   388 |    314 |    121 |    174 | 10,397 |  9,030 |   356 |   348 |    404 |    113 |    146
Architecture and related programs ............|    8,462 |  6,178 |    325 |   586 |    774 |     61 |    538 |  5,193 |  3,875 |   197 |   368 |    421 |     38 |    294 |  3,269 |  2,303 |   128 |   218 |    353 |     23 |    244
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...........|    6,381 |  3,704 |    825 |   736 |    833 |     93 |    190 |  2,064 |  1,213 |   261 |   240 |    265 |     29 |     56 |  4,317 |  2,491 |   564 |   496 |    568 |     64 |    134
Biological sciences/life sciences ............|   63,532 | 45,281 |  4,878 | 3,328 |  8,284 |    391 |  1,370 | 26,504 | 19,301 | 1,423 | 1,389 |  3,686 |    161 |    544 | 37,028 | 25,980 | 3,455 | 1,939 |  4,598 |    230 |    826
Business .....................................|  257,709 |186,961 | 23,689 |14,898 | 17,609 |  1,488 | 13,064 |129,664 | 98,014 | 8,982 | 6,856 |  8,022 |    654 |  7,136 |128,045 | 88,947 |14,707 | 8,042 |  9,587 |    834 |  5,928
                                              |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
Communications................................|   55,760 | 44,056 |  4,972 | 2,936 |  1,923 |    297 |  1,576 | 21,289 | 17,181 | 1,727 | 1,033 |    637 |    120 |    591 | 34,471 | 26,875 | 3,245 | 1,903 |  1,286 |    177 |    985
Communications technologies ..................|    1,150 |    836 |    118 |   112 |     52 |      8 |     24 |    774 |    568 |    60 |    87 |     42 |      4 |     13 |    376 |    268 |    58 |    25 |     10 |      4 |     11
Computer and information sciences.............|   36,195 | 22,234 |  3,541 | 1,836 |  5,521 |    174 |  2,889 | 26,042 | 17,119 | 1,848 | 1,241 |  3,735 |    113 |  1,986 | 10,153 |  5,115 | 1,693 |   595 |  1,786 |     61 |    903
Construction trades ..........................|      186 |    171 |      1 |     4 |      4 |      2 |      4 |    170 |    158 |     1 |     4 |      3 |      1 |      3 |     16 |     13 |     0 |     0 |      1 |      1 |      1
Education.....................................|  108,168 | 91,833 |  7,725 | 4,866 |  1,899 |    948 |    897 | 26,124 | 21,928 | 2,036 | 1,113 |    531 |    259 |    257 | 82,044 | 69,905 | 5,689 | 3,753 |  1,368 |    689 |    640
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Engineering...................................|   58,427 | 40,148 |  3,161 | 3,194 |  7,059 |    336 |  4,529 | 46,525 | 32,691 | 2,042 | 2,473 |  5,350 |    245 |  3,724 | 11,902 |  7,457 | 1,119 |   721 |  1,709 |     91 |    805
Engineering-related technologies\1\...........|   13,872 | 10,415 |  1,406 |   778 |    750 |    104 |    419 | 12,386 |  9,438 | 1,110 |   693 |    680 |     83 |    382 |  1,486 |    977 |   296 |    85 |     70 |     21 |     37
English language and literature/letters.......|   50,920 | 41,440 |  3,885 | 2,758 |  1,987 |    321 |    529 | 16,341 | 13,769 |   926 |   881 |    534 |     92 |    139 | 34,579 | 27,671 | 2,959 | 1,877 |  1,453 |    229 |    390
Foreign languages and literatures ............|   14,968 | 10,566 |    574 | 2,540 |    762 |     67 |    459 |  4,375 |  3,158 |   141 |   707 |    231 |     18 |    120 | 10,593 |  7,408 |   433 | 1,833 |    531 |     49 |    339
Health professions and related sciences.......|   78,458 | 61,187 |  7,819 | 3,507 |  4,535 |    571 |    839 | 12,727 |  9,539 | 1,094 |   681 |  1,111 |    111 |    191 | 65,731 | 51,648 | 6,725 | 2,826 |  3,424 |    460 |    648
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Home economics and vocational home economics .|   17,779 | 14,545 |  1,508 |   672 |    697 |    113 |    244 |  2,160 |  1,682 |   227 |    95 |    100 |     14 |     42 | 15,619 | 12,863 | 1,281 |   577 |    597 |     99 |    202
Law and legal studies ........................|    1,925 |  1,354 |    299 |   155 |     85 |     12 |     20 |    520 |    358 |    66 |    52 |     33 |      5 |      6 |  1,405 |    996 |   233 |   103 |     52 |      7 |     14
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,   |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
  and humanities .............................|   36,104 | 25,928 |  4,284 | 3,486 |  1,402 |    377 |    627 | 12,250 |  9,204 | 1,324 |   895 |    446 |    126 |    255 | 23,854 | 16,724 | 2,960 | 2,591 |    956 |    251 |    372
Library science...............................|      154 |    121 |     21 |     6 |      3 |      2 |      1 |     77 |     55 |    14 |     6 |      1 |      1 |      0 |     77 |     66 |     7 |     0 |      2 |      1 |      1
Mathematics...................................|   12,070 |  8,911 |  1,000 |   632 |    983 |     72 |    472 |  6,382 |  4,707 |   485 |   341 |    509 |     34 |    306 |  5,688 |  4,204 |   515 |   291 |    474 |     38 |    166
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Mechanics and repairers ......................|       70 |     55 |      3 |     1 |      1 |      0 |     10 |     64 |     49 |     3 |     1 |      1 |      0 |     10 |      6 |      6 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..............|   27,460 | 19,333 |  2,490 | 2,858 |  2,070 |    221 |    488 |  9,136 |  6,493 |   733 |   733 |    855 |     69 |    253 | 18,324 | 12,840 | 1,757 | 2,125 |  1,215 |    152 |    235
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies|   19,111 | 15,822 |  1,565 |   936 |    367 |    156 |    265 |  9,170 |  7,397 |   830 |   534 |    167 |     90 |    152 |  9,941 |  8,425 |   735 |   402 |    200 |     66 |    113
Philosophy and religion.......................|    8,366 |  6,888 |    417 |   408 |    449 |     49 |    155 |  5,228 |  4,354 |   241 |   248 |    261 |     27 |     97 |  3,138 |  2,534 |   176 |   160 |    188 |     22 |     58
Physical sciences and science technologies ...|   18,385 | 14,213 |  1,189 |   654 |  1,631 |    115 |    583 | 10,972 |  8,799 |   494 |   390 |    875 |     59 |    355 |  7,413 |  5,414 |   695 |   264 |    756 |     56 |    228
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Precision production trades ..................|      393 |    322 |     36 |    11 |     11 |      5 |      8 |    281 |    226 |    28 |    10 |      7 |      4 |      6 |    112 |     96 |     8 |     1 |      4 |      1 |      2
Protective services...........................|   24,877 | 17,249 |  4,141 | 2,421 |    640 |    280 |    146 | 14,069 | 10,403 | 1,740 | 1,284 |    404 |    145 |     93 | 10,808 |  6,846 | 2,401 | 1,137 |    236 |    135 |     53
Psychology....................................|   74,060 | 54,328 |  7,843 | 5,759 |  4,333 |    537 |  1,260 | 17,430 | 12,867 | 1,709 | 1,370 |  1,077 |    133 |    274 | 56,630 | 41,461 | 6,134 | 4,389 |  3,256 |    404 |    986
Public administration and services ...........|   20,185 | 13,283 |  4,196 | 1,670 |    606 |    221 |    209 |  3,816 |  2,407 |   825 |   359 |    142 |     39 |     44 | 16,369 | 10,876 | 3,371 | 1,311 |    464 |    182 |    165
R.O.T.C. and military sciences................|        7 |      7 |      0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      6 |      6 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      1 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
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Social sciences and history ..................|  127,101 | 93,263 | 11,892 | 9,047 |  8,254 |    971 |  3,674 | 62,062 | 47,426 | 4,452 | 4,048 |  3,842 |    441 |  1,853 | 65,039 | 45,837 | 7,440 | 4,999 |  4,412 |    530 |  1,821
Theological studies and religious vocations ..|    6,809 |  5,951 |    320 |   159 |    146 |     35 |    198 |  4,791 |  4,237 |   187 |   113 |     85 |     20 |    149 |  2,018 |  1,714 |   133 |    46 |     61 |     15 |     49
Transportation and material moving workers ...|    3,395 |  2,784 |    188 |   161 |     81 |     33 |    148 |  2,985 |  2,443 |   166 |   148 |     75 |     29 |    124 |    410 |    341 |    22 |    13 |      6 |      4 |     24
Visual and performing arts ...................|   58,791 | 46,226 |  2,887 | 3,055 |  3,367 |    419 |  2,837 | 24,003 | 18,623 | 1,286 | 1,455 |  1,374 |    174 |  1,091 | 34,788 | 27,603 | 1,601 | 1,600 |  1,993 |    245 |  1,746
Not classified by field of study .............|    2,398 |  1,942 |    147 |   153 |     76 |      6 |     74 |    937 |    732 |    54 |    65 |     37 |      5 |     44 |  1,461 |  1,210 |    93 |    88 |     39 |      1 |     30
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\1\Excludes "Construction trades" and Mechanics and repairers," which are listed separately.

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. 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared October 2002.)


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