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Table 388. Enrollment status of 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients, by undergraduate major and highest degree attained: April 1997

_____________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |        Enrolled in April 1997
                                       |_____________________________________________________
                                       |          |        |         |           |
     Undergraduate major field of      |   Ever   |Enrolled|Enrolled | Enrolled  | Enrolled
   study and educational attainment    | enrolled |  full  |  part   |    and    | and not
                                       |  since   |time\1\ | time\1\ |employed\1\|employed\1\
                                       |graduation|        |         |           |
_______________________________________|__________|________|_________|___________|___________
                   1                   |    2     |   3    |    4    |     5     |     6
_______________________________________|__________|________|_________|___________|___________
                                       |                     Percent
                                       |_____________________________________________________
All graduates..........................|     29.8 |    8.5 |     9.2 |      13.0 |       4.7
                                       |__________|________|_________|___________|___________
Professional fields ...................|     25.8 |    5.0 |     9.4 |      12.0 |       2.4
  Engineering .........................|     33.9 |    6.6 |    11.1 |      14.1 |       3.6
  Business and management .............|     16.3 |    3.7 |     5.7 |       7.5 |       1.9
  Health professions ..................|     26.6 |    7.6 |     6.5 |       9.9 |       4.2
  Education ...........................|     38.0 |    5.5 |    16.9 |      20.1 |       2.3
  Public affairs and social services ..|     26.4 |    4.1 |     9.0 |      12.3 |       0.8
                                       |          |        |         |           |
Arts and sciences fields ..............|     38.5 |   15.1 |     9.3 |      15.2 |       9.2
  Biological sciences .................|     52.1 |   33.9 |     8.2 |      16.6 |      25.5
  Mathematics and other sciences       |     39.2 |   12.6 |     8.3 |      13.1 |       7.8
  Psychology ..........................|     42.0 |   18.8 |     7.7 |      18.2 |       8.3
  Social sciences .....................|     35.9 |   10.9 |    11.9 |      16.7 |       6.1
  History .............................|     40.8 |   13.8 |     9.2 |      11.8 |      11.2
  Humanities ..........................|     31.7 |   10.5 |     8.3 |      13.6 |       5.2
                                       |          |        |         |           |
Other..................................|     24.0 |    6.3 |     8.1 |      11.9 |       2.5
                                       |==========|========|=========|===========|===========
                                       |          |        |         |           |
Highest degree attained by 1997        |          |        |         |           |
                                       |          |        |         |           |
  Bachelor's degree....................|      --- |    7.2 |     9.3 |      12.6 |       3.9
  Postbaccalaureate certificate........|      --- |   11.0 |    13.9 |      19.2 |       5.7
  Master's degree......................|      --- |   13.8 |     8.0 |      15.0 |       6.8
  First-professional degree............|      --- |   33.3 |     0.9 |       8.7 |      25.5
  Doctoral degree......................|      --- |    --- |     --- |       --- |       ---
_______________________________________|__________|________|_________|___________|___________

---Not available.
\1\Percent based persons who were enrolled and/or employed.

NOTE: Data are from a sample survey of recent college graduates. Notes on methodology are included in the Guide to Sources.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study, Second Follow-up" survey. (This table was prepared April 2001.)


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