Table 269. | Master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2000-01 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ..............................| 468,476| 320,480| 38,265| 21,543| 24,283| 2,481| 61,424| 194,351| 125,993| 11,568| 8,271| 11,349| 917| 36,253| 274,125| 194,487| 26,697| 13,272| 12,934| 1,564| 25,171 |__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ Agriculture and natural resources ................| 4,281| 3,271| 126| 100| 119| 24| 641| 2,254| 1,737| 65| 45| 43| 16| 348| 2,027| 1,534| 61| 55| 76| 8| 293 Architecture and related programs ................| 4,302| 2,588| 159| 206| 297| 9| 1,043| 2,515| 1,546| 91| 112| 163| 9| 594| 1,787| 1,042| 68| 94| 134| 0| 449 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...............| 1,601| 977| 105| 130| 122| 23| 244| 622| 400| 29| 53| 45| 7| 88| 979| 577| 76| 77| 77| 16| 156 Biological sciences/life sciences ................| 6,344| 4,283| 329| 282| 558| 31| 861| 2,689| 1,836| 98| 134| 247| 16| 358| 3,655| 2,447| 231| 148| 311| 15| 503 Business .........................................| 116,475| 74,238| 9,872| 5,107| 7,649| 516| 19,093| 69,060| 45,487| 4,053| 2,987| 4,292| 278| 11,963| 47,415| 28,751| 5,819| 2,120| 3,357| 238| 7,130 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications ...................................| 5,218| 3,363| 478| 165| 213| 20| 979| 1,735| 1,161| 106| 46| 69| 4| 349| 3,483| 2,202| 372| 119| 144| 16| 630 Communications technologies ......................| 533| 322| 41| 14| 40| 0| 116| 265| 171| 13| 8| 21| 0| 52| 268| 151| 28| 6| 19| 0| 64 Computer and information sciences ................| 16,038| 4,875| 697| 405| 2,292| 63| 7,706| 10,606| 3,623| 363| 264| 1,325| 38| 4,993| 5,432| 1,252| 334| 141| 967| 25| 2,713 Construction trades ..............................| 7| 4| 0| 0| 0| 0| 3| 3| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 2| 4| 3| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1 Education ........................................| 129,066| 102,752| 12,148| 7,157| 2,831| 845| 3,333| 30,238| 24,132| 2,736| 1,709| 615| 209| 837| 98,828| 78,620| 9,412| 5,448| 2,216| 636| 2,496 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering ......................................| 26,250| 11,137| 750| 726| 2,574| 64| 10,999| 20,688| 8,968| 487| 539| 1,903| 46| 8,745| 5,562| 2,169| 263| 187| 671| 18| 2,254 Engineering-related technologies\1\ ..............| 851| 568| 80| 32| 32| 3| 136| 609| 415| 47| 27| 24| 2| 94| 242| 153| 33| 5| 8| 1| 42 English language and literature/letters ..........| 6,941| 5,653| 355| 217| 228| 52| 436| 2,225| 1,855| 85| 93| 65| 16| 111| 4,716| 3,798| 270| 124| 163| 36| 325 Foreign languages and literatures.................| 2,801| 1,566| 60| 327| 135| 5| 708| 874| 531| 22| 92| 27| 2| 200| 1,927| 1,035| 38| 235| 108| 3| 508 Health professions and related sciences ..........| 43,617| 33,571| 3,085| 1,685| 2,990| 214| 2,072| 9,875| 7,198| 498| 428| 935| 54| 762| 33,742| 26,373| 2,587| 1,257| 2,055| 160| 1,310 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Home economics and vocational home economics .....| 2,801| 2,059| 253| 145| 104| 15| 225| 416| 290| 32| 31| 12| 2| 49| 2,385| 1,769| 221| 114| 92| 13| 176 Law and legal studies ............................| 3,829| 1,451| 183| 143| 192| 12| 1,848| 2,227| 883| 87| 78| 103| 5| 1,071| 1,602| 568| 96| 65| 89| 7| 777 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and humanities .................................| 3,193| 2,587| 215| 111| 67| 28| 185| 1,137| 931| 63| 35| 32| 16| 60| 2,056| 1,656| 152| 76| 35| 12| 125 Library science ..................................| 4,727| 4,071| 251| 131| 116| 19| 139| 971| 807| 49| 36| 27| 4| 48| 3,756| 3,264| 202| 95| 89| 15| 91 Mathematics ......................................| 3,373| 1,676| 128| 77| 227| 10| 1,255| 1,962| 973| 75| 43| 111| 7| 753| 1,411| 703| 53| 34| 116| 3| 502 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 2,960| 2,176| 208| 138| 113| 24| 301| 1,159| 838| 63| 43| 42| 9| 164| 1,801| 1,338| 145| 95| 71| 15| 137 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...| 2,487| 2,036| 172| 59| 65| 12| 143| 1,197| 974| 83| 29| 33| 6| 72| 1,290| 1,062| 89| 30| 32| 6| 71 Philosophy and religion ..........................| 1,340| 1,067| 52| 50| 53| 4| 114| 867| 691| 26| 36| 31| 4| 79| 473| 376| 26| 14| 22| 0| 35 Physical sciences and science technologies........| 5,082| 3,106| 161| 117| 263| 22| 1,413| 3,226| 1,970| 88| 71| 151| 10| 936| 1,856| 1,136| 73| 46| 112| 12| 477 Precision production trades.......................| 2| 2| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Protective services ..............................| 2,514| 1,868| 367| 133| 75| 13| 58| 1,429| 1,134| 148| 68| 42| 3| 34| 1,085| 734| 219| 65| 33| 10| 24 Psychology .......................................| 15,196| 11,349| 1,784| 922| 551| 116| 474| 3,615| 2,763| 334| 221| 137| 32| 128| 11,581| 8,586| 1,450| 701| 414| 84| 346 Public administration and services ...............| 25,268| 16,950| 4,270| 1,740| 931| 176| 1,201| 6,544| 4,233| 977| 426| 254| 43| 611| 18,724| 12,717| 3,293| 1,314| 677| 133| 590 Social sciences and history.......................| 13,791| 8,631| 1,014| 590| 573| 106| 2,877| 6,816| 4,301| 428| 274| 246| 49| 1,518| 6,975| 4,330| 586| 316| 327| 57| 1,359 Theological studies and religious vocations ......| 4,900| 3,559| 354| 151| 240| 7| 589| 2,907| 2,103| 167| 91| 140| 7| 399| 1,993| 1,456| 187| 60| 100| 0| 190 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and material moving workers .......| 756| 641| 32| 33| 18| 7| 25| 679| 576| 27| 31| 18| 6| 21| 77| 65| 5| 2| 0| 1| 4 Visual and performing arts .......................| 11,404| 7,725| 491| 391| 597| 41| 2,159| 4,788| 3,372| 213| 202| 193| 17| 791| 6,616| 4,353| 278| 189| 404| 24| 1,368 Not classified by field of study .................| 528| 358| 45| 59| 18| 0| 48| 152| 92| 15| 19| 3| 0| 23| 376| 266| 30| 40| 15| 0| 25 __________________________________________________|__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ |
\1\Excludes "Construction trades" which is 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. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2001 survey. (This table was prepared October 2002.)
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