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Table 10. Persons age 18 and over who hold at least a bachelor's degree in specific fields of study, by sex, race/ethnicity, and age: 2001
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                                  |              |              Sex            |                                 Race/ethnicity                       |                     Age
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                                  |              |              |              |              |             |             |             |     American|             |             |
                                  |              |              |              |        White,|       Black,|             |Asian/Pacific|      Indian/|     18 to 29|     30 to 49|     50 years
Field of study                    |         Total|         Males|       Females|  non-Hispanic| non-Hispanic|     Hispanic|     Islander|Alaska Native|    years old|    years old| old and over
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1                                 |             2|             3|             4|             5|            6|            7|            8|            9|           10|           11|           12
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                                  |                                                                           Numbers in thousands
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   Number of persons with         |              |              |              |              |             |             |             |             |             |             |
      bachelor's or higher degree | 49,144(595.5)| 24,977(422.6)| 24,166(419.3)| 40,138(548.5)| 3,192(142.5)| 2,189(145.7)| 3,389(177.9)|   235 (49.2)| 7,016  (245)|24,666  (444)|17,461(378.5)
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Total population, 18 and over ....|208,762(680.6)| 99,811(484.3)|108,951(477.6)|151,898(779.3)|23,314(234.3)|23,580(273.6)| 8,097(252.9)| 1,873(135.5)|44,447(572.0)|85,830(721.6)|78,485(703.0)
Percent of population ............|   23.5 (0.57)|   25.0 (0.81)|   22.2 (0.79)|   26.4 (0.65)|  13.7 (1.61)|   9.3 (2.00)|  41.9 (2.73)|  12.6 (6.96)|  15.8 (1.29)|  28.7 (0.85)|  22.2 (0.93)
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Agriculture/forestry .............|    540 (68.7)|    421 (60.6)|     ‡    (†) |    473 (64.3)|    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |   254 (47.1)|   239 (45.7)
Art/architecture .................|  1,450(112.4)|    649 (75.2)|    801 (83.5)|  1,156(100.4)|    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |   259 (47.6)|   748 (80.8)|   443 (62.2)
Business/management ..............|  8,976(275.8)|  5,679(218.3)|  3,297(167.9)|  7,254(248.7)|   623 (65.4)|   426 (66.1)|   633 (80.2)|    ‡    (†) | 1,202(102.4)| 5,102(209.4)| 2,672(152.2)
Communications ...................|  1,164(100.7)|    577 (70.9)|    586 (71.5)|    945 (90.8)|    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |   301 (51.3)|   706 (78.5)|   157 (37.1)
Computer and information sciences |  1,249(104.3)|    871 (87.0)|    378 (57.4)|    895 (88.4)|    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |   166 (41.4)|    ‡    (†) |   268 (48.4)|   828 (85.0)|   152 (36.5)
Education ........................|  7,102(246.1)|  1,750(123.0)|  5,351(212.3)|  6,160(229.6)|   490 (58.1)|   234 (49.1)|   181 (43.2)|    ‡    (†) |   663 (76.1)| 2,891(158.2)| 3,548(175.1)
Engineering ......................|  3,959(184.8)|  3,558(174.2)|    401 (59.2)|  3,085(163.4)|    ‡    (†) |   173 (42.3)|   559 (75.5)|    ‡    (†) |   459 (63.3)| 2,057(133.7)| 1,443(112.1)
English/literature ...............|  1,527(115.3)|    597 (72.1)|    930 (89.9)|  1,316(107.1)|    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |   241 (45.9)|   633 (74.3)|   654 (75.6)
Foreign languages ................|    448 (62.6)|    135 (34.4)|    313 (52.3)|    344 (54.9)|    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |   219 (43.7)|   189 (40.6)
Health sciences ..................|  2,298(141.3)|    482 (64.8)|  1,817(125.3)|  1,811(125.5)|   173 (34.8)|    ‡    (†) |   213 (46.9)|    ‡    (†) |   382 (57.8)| 1,247(104.2)|   670 (76.5)
Liberal arts/humanities ..........|  2,846(157.0)|  1,150 (99.9)|  1,695(121.1)|  2,444(145.6)|   146 (31.9)|    ‡    (†) |   142 (38.3)|    ‡    (†) |   400 (59.1)| 1,308(106.7)| 1,137 (99.6)
Mathematics/statistics ...........|    869 (87.1)|    507 (66.5)|    362 (56.2)|    567 (70.4)|    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |   149 (39.2)|    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |   386 (58.1)|   363 (56.3)
Natural sciences (biological and  |              |              |              |              |             |             |             |             |             |             |
   physical) .....................|  2,910(158.8)|  1,756(123.2)|  1,153(100.1)|  2,260(140.1)|   190 (36.4)|    ‡    (†) |   345 (59.5)|    ‡    (†) |   413 (60.1)| 1,426(111.4)| 1,071 (96.6)
Philosophy/religion/theology .....|    628 (74.1)|    437 (61.8)|    191 (40.9)|    533 (68.3)|    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |   268 (48.4)|   255 (47.2)
Pre-professional .................|    596 (72.1)|    397 (58.9)|    199 (41.7)|    448 (62.6)|    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |   306 (51.7)|   216 (43.4)
Psychology .......................|  1,903(128.6)|    606 (72.7)|  1,297(106.1)|  1,561(116.6)|   157 (33.0)|    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |   428 (61.2)|   940 (90.6)|   535 (68.3)
Social sciences/history ..........|  2,436(145.4)|  1,026 (94.4)|  1,410(110.5)|  1,981(131.2)|   260 (42.5)|    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |    ‡    (†) |   359 (56.0)| 1,092 (97.6)|   985 (92.7)
Other fields .....................|  8,243(264.6)|  4,377(192.6)|  3,866(181.5)|  6,907(242.8)|   417 (53.7)|   337 (58.8)|   559 (75.5)|    ‡    (†) | 1,253(104.5)| 4,256(191.5)| 2,734(153.9)
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                                  |                                                             Percentage distribution of degree holders, by field
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   Total .........................|  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) | 100.0   (†) | 100.0   (†) | 100.0   (†) | 100.0   (†) | 100.0   (†) | 100.0   (†) | 100.0   (†)
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Agriculture/forestry .............|    1.1 (0.14)|    1.7 (0.24)|    0.5 (0.13)|    1.2 (0.16)|   0.7 (0.38)|   1.1 (0.73)|   0.5 (0.40)|    ‡    (†) |   0.7 (0.29)|   1.0 (0.19)|   1.4 (0.26)
Art/architecture .................|    3.0 (0.23)|    2.6 (0.30)|    3.3 (0.34)|    2.9 (0.25)|   3.3 (0.83)|   4.8 (1.47)|   2.2 (0.81)|   4.4 (4.32)|   3.7 (0.67)|   3.0 (0.32)|   2.5 (0.35)
Business/management ..............|   18.3 (0.52)|   22.7 (0.78)|   13.6 (0.65)|   18.1 (0.57)|  19.5 (1.86)|  19.5 (2.72)|  18.7 (2.16)|  17.5 (7.98)|  17.1 (1.33)|  20.7 (0.76)|  15.3 (0.81)
Communications ...................|    2.4 (0.20)|    2.3 (0.28)|    2.4 (0.29)|    2.4 (0.22)|   3.2 (0.82)|   3.3 (1.23)|   1.2 (0.60)|    ‡    (†) |   4.3 (0.72)|   2.9 (0.31)|   0.9 (0.21)
Computer and information sciences |    2.5 (0.21)|    3.5 (0.34)|    1.6 (0.24)|    2.2 (0.22)|   3.9 (0.91)|   2.6 (1.10)|   4.9 (1.19)|    ‡    (†) |   3.8 (0.68)|   3.4 (0.34)|   0.9 (0.21)
Education ........................|   14.5 (0.47)|    7.0 (0.48)|   22.1 (0.79)|   15.3 (0.53)|  15.3 (1.69)|  10.7 (2.13)|   5.3 (1.24)|  16.0 (7.69)|   9.5 (1.03)|  11.7 (0.61)|  20.3 (0.90)
Engineering ......................|    8.1 (0.36)|   14.2 (0.65)|    1.7 (0.24)|    7.7 (0.39)|   3.6 (0.87)|   7.9 (1.86)|  16.5 (2.05)|  11.4 (6.67)|   6.5 (0.87)|   8.3 (0.52)|   8.3 (0.62)
English/literature ...............|    3.1 (0.23)|    2.4 (0.29)|    3.8 (0.37)|    3.3 (0.26)|   2.6 (0.75)|   3.1 (1.19)|   1.7 (0.71)|    ‡    (†) |   3.4 (0.64)|   2.6 (0.30)|   3.7 (0.43)
Foreign languages ................|    0.9 (0.13)|    0.5 (0.14)|    1.3 (0.22)|    0.9 (0.14)|   0.8 (0.42)|   1.7 (0.90)|   1.0 (0.56)|    ‡    (†) |   0.6 (0.27)|   0.9 (0.18)|   1.1 (0.23)
Health sciences ..................|    4.7 (0.28)|    1.9 (0.26)|    7.5 (0.50)|    4.5 (0.31)|   5.4 (1.06)|   4.4 (1.41)|   6.3 (1.34)|   2.1 (2.99)|   5.4 (0.80)|   5.1 (0.41)|   3.8 (0.43)
Liberal arts/humanities ..........|    5.8 (0.31)|    4.6 (0.39)|    7.0 (0.49)|    6.1 (0.35)|   4.6 (0.98)|   4.7 (1.45)|   4.2 (1.11)|   4.5 (4.37)|   5.7 (0.82)|   5.3 (0.42)|   6.5 (0.55)
Mathematics/statistics ...........|    1.8 (0.18)|    2.0 (0.26)|    1.5 (0.23)|    1.4 (0.17)|   2.4 (0.72)|   2.4 (1.05)|   4.4 (1.13)|  10.4 (6.41)|   1.7 (0.46)|   1.6 (0.23)|   2.1 (0.32)
Natural sciences (biological and  |              |              |              |              |             |             |             |             |             |             |
   physical) .....................|    5.9 (0.31)|    7.0 (0.48)|    4.8 (0.41)|    5.6 (0.34)|   6.0 (1.11)|   4.9 (1.49)|  10.2 (1.67)|   2.7 (3.41)|   5.9 (0.83)|   5.8 (0.44)|   6.1 (0.54)
Philosophy/religion/theology .....|    1.3 (0.15)|    1.8 (0.25)|    0.8 (0.17)|    1.3 (0.17)|   0.9 (0.45)|   1.8 (0.90)|   0.8 (0.49)|    ‡    (†) |   1.5 (0.43)|   1.1 (0.20)|   1.5 (0.27)
Pre-professional .................|    1.2 (0.15)|    1.6 (0.23)|    0.8 (0.17)|    1.1 (0.16)|   1.6 (0.59)|   2.0 (0.97)|   1.5 (0.67)|    ‡    (†) |   1.1 (0.36)|   1.2 (0.21)|   1.2 (0.25)
Psychology .......................|    3.9 (0.26)|    2.4 (0.29)|    5.4 (0.43)|    3.9 (0.29)|   4.9 (1.01)|   5.0 (1.50)|   1.7 (0.72)|   7.9 (5.65)|   6.1 (0.85)|   3.8 (0.36)|   3.1 (0.39)
Social sciences/history ..........|    5.0 (0.29)|    4.1 (0.37)|    5.8 (0.45)|    4.9 (0.32)|   8.1 (1.28)|   4.7 (1.45)|   2.4 (0.85)|   4.7 (4.45)|   5.1 (0.78)|   4.4 (0.39)|   5.6 (0.52)
Other fields .....................|   16.8 (0.50)|   17.5 (0.71)|   16.0 (0.70)|   17.2 (0.56)|  13.1 (1.58)|  15.4 (2.48)|  16.5 (2.05)|   9.9 (6.26)|  17.9 (1.35)|  17.3 (0.71)|  15.7 (0.81)
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†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Data are based on a sample survey of the civilian noninstitutional population. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2001, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared September 2005.)


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