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Table 272. Doctor'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
                                              |__________________________________________________________|________________________________________________________|________________________________________________________
                                              |       | 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 ..........................|44,808 | 27,843 | 2,246 |1,305 |  2,420 |    160 | 10,834 |25,028 | 14,472 |  876 | 611 |  1,356 |     57 |  7,656 |19,780 | 13,371 |1,370 | 694 |  1,064 |    103 |  3,178
                                              |_______|________|_______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|_____|________|________|________|_______|________|______|_____|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources ............| 1,181 |    568 |    27 |   16 |     35 |      2 |    533 |   811 |    379 |   15 |   9 |     20 |      1 |    387 |   370 |    189 |   12 |   7 |     15 |      1 |    146
Architecture and related programs ............|   129 |     72 |     5 |    5 |      1 |      0 |     46 |    85 |     49 |    4 |   4 |      1 |      0 |     27 |    44 |     23 |    1 |   1 |      0 |      0 |     19
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...........|   217 |    143 |    22 |    8 |      9 |      2 |     33 |   106 |     61 |   14 |   3 |      3 |      0 |     25 |   111 |     82 |    8 |   5 |      6 |      2 |      8
Biological sciences/life sciences ............| 4,867 |  2,915 |   109 |  145 |    439 |      8 |  1,251 | 2,722 |  1,605 |   42 |  78 |    232 |      5 |    760 | 2,145 |  1,310 |   67 |  67 |    207 |      3 |    491
Business .....................................| 1,196 |    676 |    57 |   18 |     64 |      5 |    376 |   814 |    442 |   29 |   7 |     31 |      4 |    301 |   382 |    234 |   28 |  11 |     33 |      1 |     75
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Communications ...............................|   347 |    239 |    20 |   10 |      3 |      1 |     74 |   163 |    110 |    9 |   3 |      0 |      0 |     41 |   184 |    129 |   11 |   7 |      3 |      1 |     33
Communications technologies ..................|    10 |      7 |     2 |    0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |     5 |      4 |    0 |   0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |     5 |      3 |    2 |   0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Computer and information sciences ............|   777 |    310 |    17 |   14 |     61 |      0 |    375 |   646 |    253 |   11 |  12 |     53 |      0 |    317 |   131 |     57 |    6 |   2 |      8 |      0 |     58
Education ....................................| 6,830 |  4,930 |   806 |  262 |    177 |     44 |    611 | 2,419 |  1,764 |  221 |  83 |     60 |     11 |    280 | 4,411 |  3,166 |  585 | 179 |    117 |     33 |    331
Engineering ..................................| 5,384 |  2,061 |    97 |   91 |    402 |      5 |  2,728 | 4,549 |  1,701 |   66 |  74 |    316 |      3 |  2,389 |   835 |    360 |   31 |  17 |     86 |      2 |    339
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Engineering-related technologies .............|     6 |      2 |     0 |    0 |      0 |      0 |      4 |     6 |      2 |    0 |   0 |      0 |      0 |      4 |     0 |      0 |    0 |   0 |      0 |      0 |      0
English language and literature/letters ......| 1,628 |  1,291 |    71 |   49 |     59 |      6 |    152 |   671 |    555 |   17 |  21 |     21 |      2 |     55 |   957 |    736 |   54 |  28 |     38 |      4 |     97
Foreign languages and literatures.............|   915 |    525 |     8 |   79 |     44 |      1 |    258 |   375 |    228 |    3 |  27 |     14 |      0 |    103 |   540 |    297 |    5 |  52 |     30 |      1 |    155
Health professions and related sciences ......| 2,676 |  1,730 |   113 |   59 |    244 |      8 |    522 | 1,038 |    610 |   28 |  16 |    120 |      1 |    263 | 1,638 |  1,120 |   85 |  43 |    124 |      7 |    259
Home economics and vocational home economics .|   357 |    239 |    21 |    8 |     13 |      1 |     75 |    83 |     62 |    2 |   2 |      2 |      1 |     14 |   274 |    177 |   19 |   6 |     11 |      0 |     61
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Law and legal studies ........................|    74 |     14 |     1 |    0 |      2 |      0 |     57 |    49 |      7 |    1 |   0 |      1 |      0 |     40 |    25 |      7 |    0 |   0 |      1 |      0 |     17
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,   |       |        |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |
  and humanities .............................|    83 |     69 |     6 |    2 |      2 |      1 |      3 |    41 |     33 |    3 |   1 |      1 |      1 |      2 |    42 |     36 |    3 |   1 |      1 |      0 |      1
Library science ..............................|    68 |     37 |     5 |    1 |      2 |      1 |     22 |    19 |      8 |    2 |   0 |      1 |      0 |      8 |    49 |     29 |    3 |   1 |      1 |      1 |     14
Mathematics ..................................| 1,106 |    494 |    17 |   12 |     75 |      2 |    506 |   830 |    359 |   11 |   6 |     57 |      0 |    397 |   276 |    135 |    6 |   6 |     18 |      2 |    109
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..............|   384 |    280 |    21 |    7 |     19 |      3 |     54 |   203 |    137 |   10 |   4 |     12 |      1 |     39 |   181 |    143 |   11 |   3 |      7 |      2 |     15
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Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies|   134 |    104 |     3 |    2 |      3 |      1 |     21 |    75 |     56 |    1 |   2 |      3 |      0 |     13 |    59 |     48 |    2 |   0 |      0 |      1 |      8
Philosophy and religion ......................|   586 |    451 |    20 |   17 |     17 |      1 |     80 |   381 |    294 |   13 |  11 |      9 |      1 |     53 |   205 |    157 |    7 |   6 |      8 |      0 |     27
Physical sciences and science technologies....| 4,018 |  2,172 |    73 |   75 |    217 |     15 |  1,466 | 2,994 |  1,621 |   45 |  50 |    143 |     12 |  1,123 | 1,024 |    551 |   28 |  25 |     74 |      3 |    343
Protective services ..........................|    52 |     40 |     5 |    2 |      0 |      0 |      5 |    28 |     24 |    1 |   1 |      0 |      0 |      2 |    24 |     16 |    4 |   1 |      0 |      0 |      3
Psychology ...................................| 4,310 |  3,472 |   230 |  225 |    189 |     31 |    163 | 1,405 |  1,157 |   58 |  63 |     47 |      5 |     75 | 2,905 |  2,315 |  172 | 162 |    142 |     26 |     88
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Public administration and services ...........|   537 |    377 |    58 |   16 |     24 |      2 |     60 |   227 |    147 |   22 |   8 |     11 |      1 |     38 |   310 |    230 |   36 |   8 |     13 |      1 |     22
Social sciences and history...................| 4,095 |  2,689 |   207 |  133 |    168 |     18 |    880 | 2,407 |  1,511 |  105 |  90 |     99 |      7 |    595 | 1,688 |  1,178 |  102 |  43 |     69 |     11 |    285
Theological studies and religious vocations ..| 1,643 |  1,075 |   187 |   26 |    100 |      1 |    254 | 1,307 |    863 |  121 |  24 |     89 |      1 |    209 |   336 |    212 |   66 |   2 |     11 |      0 |     45
Visual and performing arts ...................| 1,127 |    799 |    32 |   23 |     50 |      1 |    222 |   537 |    404 |   19 |  12 |      9 |      0 |     93 |   590 |    395 |   13 |  11 |     41 |      1 |    129
Not classified by field of study .............|    71 |     62 |     6 |    0 |      1 |      0 |      2 |    32 |     26 |    3 |   0 |      1 |      0 |      2 |    39 |     36 |    3 |   0 |      0 |      0 |      0
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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. 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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