Percentage of 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients pursuing further education within one year after graduation, by type of enrollment and undergraduate major: April 1994

Table 387. -

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                                       |          |        |         |           |         | Enrolled
          Undergraduate major          |   Ever   |Enrolled|Enrolled |Enrolled   |Enrolled | in degree
            field of study             | enrolled | full-  |  part-  |    and    |and not  |  program
                                       |  since   |  time  |  time   |employed   |employed |  beyond
                                       |graduation|        |         |           |         |bachelor's
_______________________________________|__________|________|_________|___________|_________|___________
                   1                   |    2     |   3    |    4    |     5     |    6    |     7
_______________________________________|__________|________|_________|___________|_________|___________
All graduates..........................|     27.3 |   12.0 |     5.8 |       --- |     --- |      17.0
                                       |__________|________|_________|___________|_________|___________
Professional fields ...................|     23.5 |    8.6 |     6.1 |       --- |     --- |      14.2
  Engineering .........................|     28.3 |   14.6 |     6.6 |       7.0 |     8.1 |      20.8
  Business and management .............|     15.7 |    5.0 |     4.7 |      13.9 |     8.9 |       8.8
  Health professions ..................|     23.9 |   10.5 |     6.8 |       7.8 |     6.1 |      14.7
  Education ...........................|     33.9 |   10.9 |     8.2 |      15.2 |    11.3 |      19.9
  Public affairs and social services ..|     24.7 |    8.7 |     5.4 |       2.7 |     2.9 |      13.8
                                       |          |        |         |           |         |
Arts and sciences fields ..............|     34.5 |   17.5 |     5.9 |       --- |     --- |      22.5
  Biological sciences .................|     50.0 |   26.6 |     8.6 |       6.4 |    13.2 |      32.6
  Mathematics and other sciences       |     36.0 |   20.5 |     4.5 |       6.7 |    10.3 |      25.0
  Psychology ..........................|     38.0 |   18.4 |     9.9 |       5.8 |     5.7 |      24.0
  Social sciences .....................|     31.2 |   14.4 |     4.9 |      10.0 |    10.4 |      19.6
  History .............................|     38.4 |   18.2 |     5.3 |       2.1 |     2.7 |      28.8
  Humanities ..........................|     27.5 |   14.2 |     5.1 |      10.1 |    10.1 |      17.5
                                       |          |        |         |           |         |
Other..................................|     23.6 |   10.5 |     4.5 |      12.2 |    10.4 |      14.0
                                       |==========|========|=========|===========|=========|===========
                                       |          |        |         |           |         |
Highest degree graduate expects        |          |        |         |           |         |
  to obtain                            |          |        |         |           |         |
                                       |          |        |         |           |         |
  Bachelor's degree....................|      8.5 |    1.1 |     2.0 |       --- |     --- |       0.5
  Postbaccalaureate certificate........|     31.7 |    5.3 |     0.8 |       --- |     --- |      11.5
  Master's degree......................|     22.9 |    7.4 |     6.0 |       --- |     --- |      12.8
  Doctor's degree......................|     50.5 |   29.5 |     8.6 |       --- |     --- |      38.6
  First-professional degree............|     52.3 |   34.8 |     6.3 |       --- |     --- |      41.7
  Other degree.........................|     31.0 |   11.9 |     8.7 |       --- |     --- |      15.1
_______________________________________|__________|________|_________|___________|_________|___________

---Data not available.

NOTE.--Data are from a sample survey of recent college graduates. Notes on methodology are included in the Guide to Sources.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study, First Follow-up" survey. (This table was prepared July 1997.)

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