Number of persons age 18 and over who hold a bachelor's or higher degree, by field of study, sex, race, and age: Spring 1993

Table 10. -
Number of persons age 18 and over who hold a bachelor's or higher degree, by field of study, sex, race, and age: Spring 1993 [Numbers in thousands]
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                                     |         |        Sex               Race                                   Age
           Field of study            |  Total  |__________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                     |         |        |        |        |        |18 to 24 |25 to 34 |35 to 44 |45 to 54 |55 to 64 |65 years old
                                     |         | Males  |Females |White\1\|Black\1\|years old|years old|years old|years old|years old|  and over
_____________________________________|_________|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|____________
                  1                  |    2    |   3    |   4    |   5    |   6    |    7    |    8    |    9    |   10    |   11    |     12
_____________________________________|_________|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|____________
      Total population, 18 and over .| 188,683 | 90,555 | 98,128 |159,940 | 21,391 |  25,507 |  42,162 |  41,094 |  28,657 |  20,524 |     30,739
                                     |_________|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|____________
  Number of persons with bachelor's  |         |        |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |         |
    or higher degree ................|  36,786 | 19,352 | 17,436 | 32,280 |  2,314 |   2,456 |   9,635 |  10,691 |   6,869 |   3,470 |      3,664
  Percent of population .............|    19.5 |   21.4 |   17.8 |   20.2 |   10.8 |     9.6 |    22.9 |    26.0 |    24.0 |    16.9 |       11.9
                                     |_________|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|____________
Agriculture and forestry ............|     543 |    437 |    107 |    517 |     11 |      39 |      94 |     198 |     103 |      56 |         53
Biology .............................|     827 |    525 |    302 |    674 |     59 |     102 |     190 |     283 |     156 |      65 |         30
Business and management .............|   6,739 |  4,524 |  2,215 |  5,947 |    458 |     472 |   2,091 |   1,839 |   1,250 |     595 |        490
Economics ...........................|     815 |    551 |    263 |    695 |     42 |      58 |     236 |     213 |     144 |      96 |         67
Education ...........................|   6,078 |  1,482 |  4,597 |  5,493 |    409 |     268 |     965 |   1,764 |   1,438 |     798 |        845
Engineering .........................|   3,425 |  2,986 |    439 |  2,874 |    164 |     197 |   1,165 |     906 |     489 |     353 |        315
English and journalism ..............|   1,356 |    519 |    837 |  1,163 |     97 |     109 |     363 |     383 |     285 |      86 |        130
Home economics ......................|     375 |     17 |    358 |    329 |     27 |       6 |      61 |     113 |      49 |      60 |         86
Law .................................|   1,167 |    865 |    301 |  1,045 |     53 |      56 |     279 |     372 |     226 |     110 |        124
Liberal arts and humanities .........|   2,855 |  1,228 |  1,629 |  2,570 |    132 |     242 |     690 |     855 |     518 |     236 |        315
Mathematics and statistics ..........|     754 |    477 |    276 |    637 |     80 |      44 |     223 |     188 |     146 |      54 |         99
Medicine and dentistry ..............|   1,119 |    825 |    294 |    900 |     27 |      22 |     253 |     413 |     187 |      85 |        159
Nursing, pharmacy, and health        |         |        |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |         |
  technologies ......................|   2,166 |    352 |  1,814 |  1,845 |    137 |     156 |     649 |     665 |     329 |     180 |        186
Physical and earth sciences .........|     918 |    650 |    270 |    837 |     31 |      48 |     270 |     198 |     192 |      77 |        133
Police science and law enforcement ..|     363 |    251 |    112 |    309 |     30 |      19 |     149 |     114 |      57 |      14 |          9
Psychology ..........................|   1,342 |    531 |    811 |  1,216 |     63 |     138 |     364 |     415 |     243 |      75 |        107
Religion and theology ...............|     577 |    484 |     93 |    525 |     48 |       9 |     112 |     172 |      95 |      88 |        101
Social sciences .....................|   2,341 |  1,023 |  1,318 |  2,028 |    232 |     226 |     576 |     689 |     440 |     210 |        200
Vocational and technical studies ....|     202 |    140 |     62 |    165 |     17 |      20 |      82 |      38 |      29 |      20 |         13
Other fields ........................|   2,825 |  1,487 |  1,338 |  2,507 |    198 |     226 |     824 |     872 |     492 |     213 |        199
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                                     |         |        |        |        |    Percentage    |         |         |         |         |
                                     |_________|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|____________
      Total .........................|   100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |   99.8 |   100.1 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.1 |   100.0 |       99.9
                                     |_________|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|____________
Agriculture and forestry ............|     1.5 |    2.3 |    0.6 |    1.6 |    0.5 |     1.6 |     1.0 |     1.9 |     1.5 |     1.6 |        1.4
Biology .............................|     2.2 |    2.7 |    1.7 |    2.1 |    2.5 |     4.2 |     2.0 |     2.6 |     2.3 |     1.9 |        0.8
Business and management .............|    18.3 |   23.4 |   12.7 |   18.4 |   19.8 |    19.2 |    21.7 |    17.2 |    18.2 |    17.1 |       13.4
Economics ...........................|     2.2 |    2.8 |    1.5 |    2.2 |    1.8 |     2.4 |     2.4 |     2.0 |     2.1 |     2.8 |        1.8
Education ...........................|    16.5 |    7.7 |   26.4 |   17.0 |   17.7 |    10.9 |    10.0 |    16.5 |    20.9 |    23.0 |       23.1
Engineering .........................|     9.3 |   15.4 |    2.5 |    8.9 |    7.1 |     8.0 |    12.1 |     8.5 |     7.1 |    10.2 |        8.6
English and journalism ..............|     3.7 |    2.7 |    4.8 |    3.6 |    4.2 |     4.4 |     3.8 |     3.6 |     4.1 |     2.5 |        3.5
Home economics ......................|     1.0 |    0.1 |    2.1 |    1.0 |    1.2 |     0.2 |     0.6 |     1.1 |     0.7 |     1.7 |        2.3
Law .................................|     3.2 |    4.5 |    1.7 |    3.2 |    2.3 |     2.3 |     2.9 |     3.5 |     3.3 |     3.2 |        3.4
Liberal arts and humanities .........|     7.8 |    6.3 |    9.3 |    8.0 |    5.7 |     9.9 |     7.2 |     8.0 |     7.5 |     6.8 |        8.6
Mathematics and statistics ..........|     2.0 |    2.5 |    1.6 |    2.0 |    3.5 |     1.8 |     2.3 |     1.8 |     2.1 |     1.6 |        2.7
Medicine and dentistry ..............|     3.0 |    4.3 |    1.7 |    2.8 |    1.2 |     0.9 |     2.6 |     3.9 |     2.7 |     2.4 |        4.3
Nursing, pharmacy, and health        |         |        |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |         |
  technologies ......................|     5.9 |    1.8 |   10.4 |    5.7 |    5.9 |     6.4 |     6.7 |     6.2 |     4.8 |     5.2 |        5.1
Physical and earth sciences .........|     2.5 |    3.4 |    1.5 |    2.6 |    1.3 |     2.0 |     2.8 |     1.9 |     2.8 |     2.2 |        3.6
Police science and law enforcement ..|     1.0 |    1.3 |    0.6 |    1.0 |    1.3 |     0.8 |     1.5 |     1.1 |     0.8 |     0.4 |        0.2
Psychology ..........................|     3.6 |    2.7 |    4.7 |    3.8 |    2.7 |     5.6 |     3.8 |     3.9 |     3.5 |     2.2 |        2.9
Religion and theology ...............|     1.6 |    2.5 |    0.5 |    1.6 |    2.1 |     0.4 |     1.2 |     1.6 |     1.4 |     2.5 |        2.8
Social sciences .....................|     6.4 |    5.3 |    7.6 |    6.3 |   10.0 |     9.2 |     6.0 |     6.4 |     6.4 |     6.1 |        5.5
Vocational and technical studies ....|     0.5 |    0.7 |    0.4 |    0.5 |    0.7 |     0.8 |     0.9 |     0.4 |     0.4 |     0.6 |        0.4
Other fields ........................|     7.7 |    7.7 |    7.7 |    7.8 |    8.6 |     9.2 |     8.6 |     8.2 |     7.2 |     6.1 |        5.4
_____________________________________|_________|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|____________
\1\Includes persons of Hispanic origin.
NOTE.--Data are based on a sample survey of the civilian noninstitutional population. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-70, No. 51, "What's It Worth? Educational Background and Economic Status: Spring 1993." (This table was prepared April 1996.)
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