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Table 290. | Master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, race/ethnicity, and field of study: 2006-07 |
Field of study | Total | Males | Females | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total | White | Black | His- panic | Asian/ Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native | Non- resi- dent alien | Total | White | Black | His- panic | Asian/ Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native | Non- resi- dent alien | Total | White | Black | His- panic | Asian/ Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native | Non- resi- dent 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 | 604,607 | 399,267 | 62,574 | 34,822 | 36,134 | 3,575 | 68,235 | 238,189 | 151,358 | 17,907 | 12,362 | 16,451 | 1,264 | 38,847 | 366,418 | 247,909 | 44,667 | 22,460 | 19,683 | 2,311 | 29,388 |
Agriculture and natural resources | 4,623 | 3,469 | 158 | 139 | 147 | 39 | 671 | 2,174 | 1,633 | 52 | 62 | 57 | 13 | 357 | 2,449 | 1,836 | 106 | 77 | 90 | 26 | 314 |
Architecture and related services | 5,951 | 3,902 | 301 | 391 | 390 | 24 | 943 | 3,304 | 2,243 | 156 | 217 | 159 | 10 | 519 | 2,647 | 1,659 | 145 | 174 | 231 | 14 | 424 |
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies | 1,699 | 995 | 175 | 163 | 128 | 27 | 211 | 617 | 365 | 49 | 61 | 53 | 16 | 73 | 1,082 | 630 | 126 | 102 | 75 | 11 | 138 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8,747 | 5,525 | 505 | 392 | 989 | 37 | 1,299 | 3,568 | 2,375 | 134 | 132 | 382 | 20 | 525 | 5,179 | 3,150 | 371 | 260 | 607 | 17 | 774 |
Business | 150,211 | 87,416 | 19,746 | 7,966 | 12,705 | 806 | 21,572 | 84,115 | 51,925 | 7,152 | 4,285 | 7,204 | 420 | 13,129 | 66,096 | 35,491 | 12,594 | 3,681 | 5,501 | 386 | 8,443 |
Communications, journalism, and related programs | 6,773 | 4,404 | 714 | 332 | 374 | 27 | 922 | 2,153 | 1,489 | 166 | 93 | 120 | 9 | 276 | 4,620 | 2,915 | 548 | 239 | 254 | 18 | 646 |
Communications technologies | 499 | 203 | 63 | 17 | 33 | 12 | 171 | 332 | 142 | 41 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 110 | 167 | 61 | 22 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 61 |
Computer and information sciences | 16,232 | 6,342 | 1,043 | 479 | 2,038 | 46 | 6,284 | 11,985 | 5,012 | 641 | 368 | 1,406 | 39 | 4,519 | 4,247 | 1,330 | 402 | 111 | 632 | 7 | 1,765 |
Construction trades | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Education | 176,572 | 135,539 | 18,361 | 11,857 | 4,731 | 1,140 | 4,944 | 40,164 | 31,068 | 3,843 | 2,695 | 953 | 284 | 1,321 | 136,408 | 104,471 | 14,518 | 9,162 | 3,778 | 856 | 3,623 |
Engineering | 29,472 | 12,415 | 924 | 1,131 | 3,502 | 70 | 11,430 | 22,872 | 10,117 | 625 | 851 | 2,464 | 51 | 8,764 | 6,600 | 2,298 | 299 | 280 | 1,038 | 19 | 2,666 |
Engineering technologies1 | 2,690 | 1,395 | 229 | 135 | 270 | 16 | 645 | 1,993 | 1,059 | 148 | 90 | 197 | 12 | 487 | 697 | 336 | 81 | 45 | 73 | 4 | 158 |
English language and literature/letters | 8,742 | 7,119 | 435 | 395 | 312 | 66 | 415 | 2,867 | 2,406 | 90 | 135 | 85 | 23 | 128 | 5,875 | 4,713 | 345 | 260 | 227 | 43 | 287 |
Family and consumer sciences | 2,080 | 1,489 | 233 | 101 | 88 | 5 | 164 | 292 | 207 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 32 | 1,788 | 1,282 | 205 | 89 | 76 | 4 | 132 |
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 3,443 | 1,960 | 86 | 530 | 129 | 12 | 726 | 1,058 | 647 | 30 | 138 | 34 | 5 | 204 | 2,385 | 1,313 | 56 | 392 | 95 | 7 | 522 |
Health professions and related clinical sciences | 54,531 | 38,847 | 5,632 | 2,875 | 4,005 | 358 | 2,814 | 10,636 | 7,067 | 886 | 619 | 1,052 | 69 | 943 | 43,895 | 31,780 | 4,746 | 2,256 | 2,953 | 289 | 1,871 |
Legal professions and studies | 4,486 | 1,397 | 257 | 192 | 232 | 15 | 2,393 | 2,335 | 784 | 95 | 78 | 110 | 7 | 1,261 | 2,151 | 613 | 162 | 114 | 122 | 8 | 1,132 |
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities |
3,634 | 2,792 | 311 | 205 | 161 | 20 | 145 | 1,352 | 1,048 | 96 | 72 | 68 | 7 | 61 | 2,282 | 1,744 | 215 | 133 | 93 | 13 | 84 |
Library science | 6,767 | 5,651 | 288 | 351 | 311 | 37 | 129 | 1,309 | 1,090 | 36 | 72 | 73 | 8 | 30 | 5,458 | 4,561 | 252 | 279 | 238 | 29 | 99 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4,884 | 2,342 | 169 | 163 | 483 | 15 | 1,712 | 2,859 | 1,430 | 87 | 103 | 250 | 9 | 980 | 2,025 | 912 | 82 | 60 | 233 | 6 | 732 |
Mechanics and repair technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Military technologies | 202 | 178 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 178 | 162 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 4,762 | 3,306 | 363 | 260 | 280 | 38 | 515 | 1,703 | 1,130 | 125 | 96 | 93 | 12 | 247 | 3,059 | 2,176 | 238 | 164 | 187 | 26 | 268 |
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies | 4,110 | 3,233 | 374 | 134 | 113 | 27 | 229 | 2,116 | 1,639 | 214 | 64 | 51 | 15 | 133 | 1,994 | 1,594 | 160 | 70 | 62 | 12 | 96 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 1,716 | 1,388 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 5 | 127 | 1,087 | 876 | 38 | 43 | 43 | 2 | 85 | 629 | 512 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 42 |
Physical sciences and science technologies | 5,839 | 3,549 | 157 | 185 | 331 | 22 | 1,595 | 3,556 | 2,171 | 74 | 116 | 173 | 13 | 1,009 | 2,283 | 1,378 | 83 | 69 | 158 | 9 | 586 |
Precision production | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Psychology | 21,037 | 15,002 | 2,719 | 1,523 | 902 | 139 | 752 | 4,265 | 3,196 | 470 | 262 | 166 | 35 | 136 | 16,772 | 11,806 | 2,249 | 1,261 | 736 | 104 | 616 |
Public administration and social service professions |
31,131 | 19,579 | 5,733 | 2,677 | 1,334 | 328 | 1,480 | 7,758 | 4,829 | 1,211 | 613 | 355 | 59 | 691 | 23,373 | 14,750 | 4,522 | 2,064 | 979 | 269 | 789 |
Security and protective services | 4,906 | 3,339 | 929 | 349 | 139 | 40 | 110 | 2,315 | 1,674 | 322 | 160 | 85 | 17 | 57 | 2,591 | 1,665 | 607 | 189 | 54 | 23 | 53 |
Social sciences and history | 17,665 | 11,240 | 1,287 | 952 | 876 | 110 | 3,200 | 8,577 | 5,651 | 486 | 428 | 336 | 47 | 1,629 | 9,088 | 5,589 | 801 | 524 | 540 | 63 | 1,571 |
Social sciences | 14,521 | 8,597 | 1,150 | 801 | 797 | 85 | 3,091 | 6,879 | 4,192 | 421 | 354 | 302 | 35 | 1,575 | 7,642 | 4,405 | 729 | 447 | 495 | 50 | 1,516 |
History | 3,144 | 2,643 | 137 | 151 | 79 | 25 | 109 | 1,698 | 1,459 | 65 | 74 | 34 | 12 | 54 | 1,446 | 1,184 | 72 | 77 | 45 | 13 | 55 |
Theology and religious vocations | 6,446 | 4,794 | 600 | 213 | 275 | 20 | 544 | 3,909 | 2,945 | 290 | 126 | 148 | 14 | 386 | 2,537 | 1,849 | 310 | 87 | 127 | 6 | 158 |
Transportation and materials moving | 985 | 767 | 78 | 55 | 32 | 9 | 44 | 828 | 652 | 64 | 45 | 26 | 6 | 35 | 157 | 115 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Visual and performing arts | 13,767 | 9,687 | 627 | 590 | 752 | 63 | 2,048 | 5,910 | 4,325 | 250 | 309 | 275 | 31 | 720 | 7,857 | 5,362 | 377 | 281 | 477 | 32 | 1,328 |
1 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanics and repair technologies," which are listed separately. | |||||||||||||||||||||
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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 Fall survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences and Natural resources and conservation; and "Business" includes Business management, marketing, and related support services and Personal and culinary services. | |||||||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2006-07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2007. (This table was prepared July 2008.) |