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Table 307. -  Mean number of semester credits completed by bachelor's degree recipients, by major and course area: 1976, 1984, and 1992-93
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                         |                                   Course areas
    Selected college     |__________________________________________________________________________________________________
         majors          |        |        |Computer| Educa- |Engineer-| Mathe- |Biological|Physical|Social sciences|
                         | Total  |Business|science |  tion  |   ing   | matics | sciences |sciences|and psychology | Other
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            1            |   2    |   3    |   4    |   5    |    6    |   7    |    8     |   9    |      10       |  11
_________________________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|__________|________|_______________|_______
                         | 1972 high school seniors who completed bachelor's degrees by 1976
                         |__________________________________________________________________________________________________
   Mean, all majors .....|  124.0 |    7.8 |    1.0 |    9.7 |     2.3 |    7.4 |      7.6 |    9.0 |          30.3 |  48.8
                         |________|________|________|________|_________|________|__________|________|_______________|_______
Business and management .|  124.4 |   41.2 |    2.3 |    0.5 |     0.4 |   10.2 |      2.5 |    4.8 |          30.4 |  32.0
Computer science ........|  133.3 |    6.6 |   33.5 |    0.4 |     5.3 |   22.4 |      1.9 |    7.8 |          20.6 |  34.8
Education ...............|  126.4 |    0.9 |    0.3 |   40.2 |     --- |    5.0 |      5.5 |    4.3 |          23.9 |  46.4
Engineering .............|  134.8 |    1.6 |    2.0 |    0.1 |    50.0 |   18.2 |      1.3 |   20.5 |          14.0 |  27.1
English .................|  117.8 |    0.5 |    0.1 |    7.8 |     0.1 |    3.2 |      3.4 |    3.4 |          24.2 |  75.2
Fine arts ...............|  124.9 |    0.3 |    0.1 |    6.6 |     --- |    1.3 |      2.5 |    2.1 |          13.6 |  98.4
Life sciences ...........|  122.2 |    0.4 |    0.8 |    1.7 |     --- |    8.4 |     35.6 |   26.2 |          17.8 |  31.3
Physical sciences .......|  122.7 |    0.8 |    1.4 |    0.9 |     1.9 |   16.2 |      9.6 |   49.5 |          13.1 |  29.2
Psychology ..............|  119.1 |    2.0 |    0.5 |    5.9 |     0.3 |    5.5 |      6.2 |    5.9 |          56.0 |  36.9
Social sciences .........|  120.6 |    3.4 |    0.4 |    3.3 |     0.4 |    5.3 |      3.2 |    4.3 |          60.3 |  40.1
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                         | 1980 high school seniors who completed bachelor's degrees by 1984
                         |__________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Mean, all majors ......|  123.5 |   12.8 |    3.3 |    6.2 |     4.6 |    8.4 |      5.3 |    8.1 |          27.5 |  47.2
                         |________|________|________|________|_________|________|__________|________|_______________|_______
Business and management .|  122.8 |   41.2 |    4.5 |    0.6 |     1.1 |    8.9 |      2.2 |    3.9 |          27.5 |  32.7
Computer science ........|  129.3 |   11.8 |   27.9 |    0.3 |     4.7 |   21.3 |      1.8 |    8.5 |          19.0 |  33.9
Education ...............|  127.4 |    0.7 |    0.3 |   45.5 |     0.1 |    4.4 |      4.4 |    3.8 |          20.8 |  47.3
Engineering .............|  132.3 |    1.0 |    2.3 |    0.8 |    52.5 |   16.2 |      1.1 |   20.2 |          12.3 |  25.9
English .................|  114.8 |    1.7 |    1.5 |    6.9 |     --- |    2.2 |      2.1 |    4.7 |          21.4 |  74.4
Fine arts ...............|  120.5 |    1.7 |    0.6 |    5.1 |     --- |    1.7 |      2.7 |    1.5 |          14.1 |  93.1
Life sciences ...........|  121.9 |    0.7 |    1.5 |    1.9 |     0.2 |   10.1 |     33.5 |   22.6 |          18.1 |  33.3
Physical sciences .......|  124.3 |    0.2 |    4.9 |    0.1 |     2.0 |   14.1 |     12.9 |   48.7 |          11.6 |  30.0
Psychology ..............|  120.7 |    3.0 |    2.7 |    2.1 |     --- |    6.5 |      5.8 |    4.2 |          55.2 |  41.2
Social sciences .........|  119.2 |    6.0 |    1.4 |    1.0 |     0.5 |    5.4 |      4.4 |    5.1 |          52.0 |  43.3
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                         | 1988-89 high school graduates who completed bachelor's degrees by 1993
                         |__________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Mean, all majors ......|  126.5 |   12.8 |    3.0 |    5.7 |     3.2 |    7.3 |      6.0 |    7.6 |          29.5 |  51.7
                         |________|________|________|________|_________|________|__________|________|_______________|_______
Business and management .|  123.9 |   44.4 |    3.9 |    0.9 |     0.1 |    7.6 |      2.6 |    3.3 |          23.1 |  37.9
Computer science ........|  127.6 |   15.7 |   34.3 |    0.4 |     2.4 |   15.7 |      1.7 |    6.4 |          17.6 |  33.5
Education ...............|  126.8 |    1.6 |    1.5 |   32.6 |     --- |    5.9 |      4.7 |    4.4 |          24.5 |  51.6
Engineering .............|  136.9 |    1.4 |    7.0 |    0.6 |    57.9 |   16.7 |      1.4 |   19.0 |          12.2 |  20.8
English .................|  127.5 |    1.8 |    1.0 |    3.0 |     0.1 |    4.0 |      3.5 |    3.8 |          22.7 |  87.5
Fine arts ...............|  129.6 |    1.8 |    1.3 |    2.2 |     0.8 |    3.1 |      2.4 |    2.6 |          19.8 |  95.7
Life sciences ...........|  128.9 |    1.1 |    1.4 |    2.1 |     1.0 |    8.0 |     33.8 |   23.3 |          20.7 |  37.5
Physical sciences .......|  129.1 |    1.1 |    2.7 |    1.1 |     2.3 |   15.0 |      7.5 |   49.3 |          16.9 |  33.2
Psychology ..............|  125.3 |    3.8 |    1.2 |    3.6 |     0.1 |    5.0 |      4.9 |    4.5 |          53.6 |  48.6
Social sciences .........|  125.5 |    6.2 |    1.2 |    1.8 |     0.1 |    4.8 |      2.9 |    5.1 |          55.7 |  47.6
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                         |         All bachelor's degree recipients of 1992-93
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  Mean, all majors ......|  132.2 |   14.6 |    3.7 |    7.2 |     5.4 |    8.3 |      6.0 |    7.8 |          27.3 |  52.0
                         |________|________|________|________|_________|________|__________|________|_______________|_______
Business and management .|  129.5 |   46.8 |    4.7 |    0.9 |     0.7 |    8.8 |      2.8 |    3.6 |          23.6 |  37.6
Computer science ........|  137.0 |   17.4 |   37.1 |    0.4 |     5.0 |   16.7 |      2.5 |    7.5 |          17.3 |  33.0
Education ...............|  135.9 |    2.2 |    1.5 |   40.1 |     0.3 |    6.3 |      5.4 |    5.0 |          24.7 |  50.5
Engineering .............|  142.1 |    2.1 |    7.1 |    0.3 |    61.3 |   17.8 |      1.3 |   18.1 |          11.4 |  22.8
English .................|  128.8 |    2.9 |    1.4 |    4.6 |     0.1 |    4.3 |      3.5 |    4.2 |          23.2 |  84.5
Fine arts ...............|  133.4 |    2.7 |    2.0 |    3.2 |     0.9 |    3.7 |      2.5 |    4.2 |          19.3 |  94.7
Life sciences ...........|  132.5 |    1.7 |    1.6 |    2.9 |     0.9 |    8.7 |     34.8 |   22.3 |          21.3 |  38.2
Physical sciences .......|  137.8 |    2.6 |    2.9 |    1.9 |     4.0 |   15.5 |      8.2 |   50.6 |          18.2 |  33.9
Psychology ..............|  129.0 |    4.0 |    1.4 |    4.2 |     0.3 |    5.5 |      5.1 |    4.2 |          52.4 |  52.0
Social sciences .........|  127.9 |    6.2 |    1.4 |    2.3 |     0.3 |    5.6 |      3.3 |    5.4 |          54.8 |  48.6
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NOTE.--All majors total includes fields not shown separately. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Longitudinal Study of 1972; High School and Beyond; and Baccalaureate and Beyond survey. (This table was prepared January 1999.)


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