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Table 269. Master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1997-98
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                                                 |                            Total                             |                               Men                          |                          Women
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                                                 |          | White, |Black, |       | Asian/ |American|        |        | White, |Black, |       | Asian/ |American|        |        | White, |Black, |       | Asian/ |American|
              Major field of study               |  Total   |  non-  | non-  | His-  |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total  |  non-  | non-  | His-  |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total  |  non-  | non-  | His-  |Pacific |Indian/ | Nonresi-
                                                 |          |Hispanic| His-  | panic |Islander|Alaskan |  dent  |        |Hispanic| His-  | panic |Islander|Alaskan |  dent  |        |Hispanic| His-  | panic |Islander|Alaskan |  dent
                                                 |          |        | panic |       |        | Native | alien  |        |        | panic |       |        | Native | alien  |        |        | panic |       |        | Native | 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 .............................|  429,296 |307,587 |30,097 |16,215 | 21,088 |  2,049 | 52,260 |183,982 |125,343 | 9,631 | 6,499 | 10,239 |    780 | 31,490 |245,314 |182,244 |20,466 | 9,716 | 10,849 |  1,269 | 20,770
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............|    4,475 |  3,303 |   144 |   102 |     96 |     26 |    804 |  2,552 |  1,880 |    59 |    54 |     50 |     17 |    492 |  1,923 |  1,423 |    85 |    48 |     46 |      9 |    312
Architecture and related programs ...............|    4,347 |  2,823 |   157 |   180 |    288 |     16 |    883 |  2,537 |  1,676 |    78 |   103 |    140 |      7 |    533 |  1,810 |  1,147 |    79 |    77 |    148 |      9 |    350
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|    1,617 |  1,075 |   113 |   106 |     89 |     15 |    219 |    709 |    477 |    44 |    49 |     31 |      6 |    102 |    908 |    598 |    69 |    57 |     58 |      9 |    117
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............|    6,261 |  4,371 |   200 |   174 |    602 |     23 |    891 |  2,981 |  2,116 |    72 |    87 |    304 |     10 |    392 |  3,280 |  2,255 |   128 |    87 |    298 |     13 |    499
Business ........................................|  102,171 | 69,027 | 6,583 | 3,247 |  6,671 |    349 | 16,294 | 62,713 | 43,509 | 2,939 | 1,908 |  3,846 |    205 | 10,306 | 39,458 | 25,518 | 3,644 | 1,339 |  2,825 |    144 |  5,988
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Communications ..................................|    5,611 |  3,674 |   488 |   195 |    234 |     17 |  1,003 |  2,110 |  1,451 |   150 |    72 |     65 |      9 |    363 |  3,501 |  2,223 |   338 |   123 |    169 |      8 |    640
Communications technologies .....................|      564 |    316 |    52 |    22 |     34 |      0 |    140 |    282 |    179 |    17 |    12 |     17 |      0 |     57 |    282 |    137 |    35 |    10 |     17 |      0 |     83
Computer and information sciences ...............|   11,246 |  4,247 |   404 |   194 |  1,636 |     15 |  4,750 |  7,987 |  3,253 |   246 |   126 |    975 |     12 |  3,375 |  3,259 |    994 |   158 |    68 |    661 |      3 |  1,375
Construction trades .............................|       16 |      5 |     4 |     0 |      2 |      0 |      5 |      9 |      2 |     3 |     0 |      2 |      0 |      2 |      7 |      3 |     1 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      3
Education .......................................|  114,691 | 93,116 |10,241 | 5,229 |  2,152 |    651 |  3,302 | 27,070 | 21,828 | 2,314 | 1,318 |    476 |    174 |    960 | 87,621 | 71,288 | 7,927 | 3,911 |  1,676 |    477 |  2,342
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Engineering .....................................|   25,936 | 12,652 |   752 |   738 |  2,582 |     57 |  9,155 | 20,813 | 10,330 |   496 |   583 |  1,924 |     48 |  7,432 |  5,123 |  2,322 |   256 |   155 |    658 |      9 |  1,723
Engineering-related technologies ................|    1,136 |    839 |   104 |    28 |     31 |      6 |    128 |    876 |    647 |    81 |    20 |     25 |      4 |     99 |    260 |    192 |    23 |     8 |      6 |      2 |     29
English language and literature/letters .........|    7,795 |  6,489 |   339 |   257 |    262 |     50 |    398 |  2,643 |  2,250 |    96 |    98 |     74 |     18 |    107 |  5,152 |  4,239 |   243 |   159 |    188 |     32 |    291
Foreign languages and literatures................|    2,927 |  1,808 |    75 |   344 |    125 |      7 |    568 |    932 |    602 |    23 |   107 |     28 |      1 |    171 |  1,995 |  1,206 |    52 |   237 |     97 |      6 |    397
Health professions and related sciences .........|   39,260 | 31,218 | 2,490 | 1,264 |  2,495 |    202 |  1,591 |  8,751 |  6,442 |   454 |   350 |    854 |     53 |    598 | 30,509 | 24,776 | 2,036 |   914 |  1,641 |    149 |    993
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Home economics and vocational home economics ....|    2,914 |  2,234 |   212 |   120 |     96 |     18 |    234 |    494 |    374 |    31 |    27 |     21 |      0 |     41 |  2,420 |  1,860 |   181 |    93 |     75 |     18 |    193
Law and legal studies ...........................|    3,228 |  1,374 |   115 |    96 |    112 |     15 |  1,516 |  2,070 |    911 |    50 |    60 |     66 |      8 |    975 |  1,158 |    463 |    65 |    36 |     46 |      7 |    541
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      |          |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
  and humanities ................................|    2,801 |  2,274 |   172 |    85 |     64 |     12 |    194 |  1,023 |    827 |    53 |    37 |     26 |      5 |     75 |  1,778 |  1,447 |   119 |    48 |     38 |      7 |    119
Library science .................................|    4,871 |  4,231 |   221 |    90 |    138 |     27 |    164 |  1,015 |    885 |    38 |    22 |     23 |      7 |     40 |  3,856 |  3,346 |   183 |    68 |    115 |     20 |    124
Mathematics .....................................|    3,643 |  2,124 |   160 |    90 |    229 |     12 |  1,028 |  2,151 |  1,240 |    76 |    48 |    119 |      4 |    664 |  1,492 |    884 |    84 |    42 |    110 |      8 |    364
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Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|    2,677 |  2,094 |   150 |    94 |     87 |     28 |    224 |  1,076 |    838 |    44 |    28 |     35 |     12 |    119 |  1,601 |  1,256 |   106 |    66 |     52 |     16 |    105
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..|    2,024 |  1,695 |   115 |    55 |     36 |      8 |    115 |  1,053 |    871 |    52 |    39 |     23 |      2 |     66 |    971 |    824 |    63 |    16 |     13 |      6 |     49
Philosophy and religion .........................|    1,307 |  1,021 |    56 |    39 |     62 |      6 |    123 |    848 |    655 |    34 |    24 |     45 |      4 |     86 |    459 |    366 |    22 |    15 |     17 |      2 |     37
Physical sciences and science technologies.......|    5,361 |  3,270 |   152 |   117 |    293 |     25 |  1,504 |  3,435 |  2,123 |    84 |    73 |    158 |     14 |    983 |  1,926 |  1,147 |    68 |    44 |    135 |     11 |    521
Precision production trades......................|       15 |      6 |     1 |     2 |      2 |      0 |      4 |     10 |      3 |     1 |     2 |      0 |      0 |      4 |      5 |      3 |     0 |     0 |      2 |      0 |      0
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Protective services .............................|    2,000 |  1,534 |   314 |    67 |     32 |     14 |     39 |  1,172 |    936 |   143 |    37 |     20 |     10 |     26 |    828 |    598 |   171 |    30 |     12 |      4 |     13
Psychology ......................................|   13,747 | 10,894 | 1,124 |   730 |    413 |    117 |    469 |  3,699 |  2,983 |   273 |   193 |     97 |     37 |    116 | 10,048 |  7,911 |   851 |   537 |    316 |     80 |    353
Public administration and services ..............|   25,144 | 18,036 | 3,474 | 1,445 |    834 |    182 |  1,173 |  7,025 |  4,828 |   894 |   430 |    232 |     41 |    600 | 18,119 | 13,208 | 2,580 | 1,015 |    602 |    141 |    573
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|        0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Social sciences and history......................|   14,938 |  9,933 |   956 |   590 |    604 |     79 |  2,776 |  7,960 |  5,311 |   413 |   294 |    275 |     38 |  1,629 |  6,978 |  4,622 |   543 |   296 |    329 |     41 |  1,147
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Theological studies and religious vocations .....|    4,692 |  3,535 |   271 |   115 |    216 |     16 |    539 |  2,726 |  2,002 |   156 |    80 |    123 |      6 |    359 |  1,966 |  1,533 |   115 |    35 |     93 |     10 |    180
Transportation and material moving workers ......|      736 |    658 |    37 |    15 |     10 |      5 |     11 |    664 |    598 |    26 |    15 |     10 |      5 |     10 |     72 |     60 |    11 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      1
Visual and performing arts ......................|   11,145 |  7,711 |   421 |   385 |    561 |     51 |  2,016 |  4,596 |  3,316 |   191 |   203 |    155 |     23 |    708 |  6,549 |  4,395 |   230 |   182 |    406 |     28 |  1,308
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NOTE: 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. Excludes 2,782 men and 1,737 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS "Completions" survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agricultural business and production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; and "Business" includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared June 2000.)


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