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Table 257. Doctor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline division: 1970-71 to 1999-2000

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            Discipline division                 |1970-71|1975-76|1980-81|1985-86|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96 |1996-97 |1997-98 |1998-99 |1999-2000
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                       1                        |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |   13   |   14   |   15   |   16   |   17
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     Total .....................................|32,107 |34,064 |32,958 |33,653 |35,720 |38,371 |39,294 |40,659 |42,132 |43,185 |44,446 | 44,652 | 45,876 | 46,010 | 44,077 |  44,808
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Agriculture and natural resources ..............| 1,086 |   928 | 1,067 | 1,158 | 1,183 | 1,295 | 1,185 | 1,214 | 1,173 | 1,278 | 1,264 |  1,271 |  1,217 |  1,302 |  1,248 |   1,181
Architecture and related programs ..............|    36 |    82 |    93 |    73 |    86 |   103 |   135 |   132 |   148 |   161 |   141 |    141 |    135 |    131 |    123 |     129
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .............|   144 |   188 |   162 |   159 |   114 |   131 |   167 |   155 |   178 |   155 |   186 |    184 |    182 |    181 |    197 |     217
Biological sciences/life sciences ..............| 3,645 | 3,392 | 3,718 | 3,358 | 3,520 | 3,844 | 4,093 | 4,243 | 4,435 | 4,534 | 4,645 |  4,780 |  4,812 |  4,961 |  4,619 |   4,867
Business .......................................|   757 |   900 |   795 |   934 | 1,100 | 1,093 | 1,185 | 1,242 | 1,346 | 1,364 | 1,394 |  1,368 |  1,336 |  1,290 |  1,202 |   1,196
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Communications .................................|   145 |   196 |   171 |   212 |   247 |   267 |   259 |   252 |   293 |   337 |   320 |    338 |    296 |    354 |    347 |     347
Communications technologies ....................|     0 |     8 |    11 |    11 |     6 |     6 |    15 |     3 |     8 |     8 |     1 |      7 |      4 |      5 |      5 |      10
Computer and information sciences ..............|   128 |   244 |   252 |   344 |   551 |   627 |   676 |   772 |   805 |   810 |   884 |    867 |    857 |    858 |    800 |     777
Education ......................................| 6,041 | 7,202 | 7,279 | 6,605 | 6,337 | 6,502 | 6,187 | 6,864 | 7,030 | 6,908 | 6,905 |  6,676 |  6,751 |  6,729 |  6,841 |   6,830
Engineering ....................................| 3,637 | 2,819 | 2,551 | 3,398 | 4,506 | 4,967 | 5,258 | 5,488 | 5,823 | 5,963 | 6,110 |  6,369 |  6,201 |  5,980 |  5,422 |   5,384
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Engineering-related technologies ...............|     1 |     2 |    10 |    12 |    17 |    14 |    14 |    11 |    20 |    16 |    18 |     11 |      9 |     14 |      5 |       6
English language and literature/letters ........| 1,650 | 1,672 | 1,164 |   991 | 1,022 | 1,078 | 1,184 | 1,273 | 1,341 | 1,344 | 1,561 |  1,535 |  1,575 |  1,639 |  1,540 |   1,628
Foreign languages and literatures...............|   988 | 1,076 |   804 |   672 |   632 |   724 |   758 |   850 |   830 |   886 |   905 |    876 |    915 |    959 |    904 |     915
Health professions and related sciences ........|   466 |   577 |   842 | 1,241 | 1,437 | 1,536 | 1,613 | 1,661 | 1,767 | 1,902 | 2,069 |  2,119 |  2,672 |  2,484 |  2,535 |   2,676
Home economics and vocational home economics ...|   123 |   178 |   247 |   311 |   264 |   301 |   253 |   293 |   345 |   365 |   388 |    414 |    382 |    424 |    361 |     357
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Law and legal studies ..........................|    20 |    76 |    60 |    54 |    76 |   111 |    90 |    68 |    86 |    79 |    88 |     91 |     81 |     66 |     58 |      74
Liberal arts and sciences,                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |        |
  general studies, and humanities ..............|    32 |   162 |   121 |    90 |    72 |    63 |    70 |    67 |    81 |    80 |    90 |     75 |     77 |     87 |     78 |      83
Library science ................................|    39 |    71 |    71 |    62 |    61 |    42 |    56 |    50 |    77 |    45 |    55 |     53 |     46 |     48 |     55 |      68
Mathematics ....................................| 1,249 |   909 |   775 |   777 |   915 |   966 | 1,036 | 1,082 | 1,189 | 1,157 | 1,226 |  1,209 |  1,174 |  1,259 |  1,124 |   1,106
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ................|    59 |   111 |   158 |   263 |   212 |   272 |   220 |   231 |   196 |   227 |   238 |    441 |    451 |    508 |    441 |     384
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Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies |     2 |    15 |    42 |    39 |    35 |    35 |    28 |    61 |   108 |   116 |   149 |    104 |    108 |    129 |    137 |     134
Philosophy and religion ........................|   554 |   554 |   410 |   477 |   465 |   439 |   456 |   475 |   448 |   528 |   507 |    549 |    593 |    585 |    574 |     586
Physical sciences and science technologies......| 4,390 | 3,431 | 3,141 | 3,551 | 3,858 | 4,164 | 4,290 | 4,391 | 4,393 | 4,650 | 4,483 |  4,571 |  4,474 |  4,571 |  4,190 |   4,018
Protective services ............................|     1 |     9 |    21 |    21 |    26 |    38 |    28 |    24 |    32 |    25 |    26 |     38 |     31 |     39 |     48 |      52
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Psychology .....................................| 2,144 | 3,157 | 3,576 | 3,593 | 3,685 | 3,811 | 3,932 | 3,373 | 3,651 | 3,563 | 3,822 |  3,711 |  4,053 |  4,073 |  4,248 |   4,310
Public administration and services .............|   174 |   292 |   362 |   382 |   428 |   508 |   430 |   432 |   459 |   519 |   556 |    499 |    518 |    499 |    532 |     537
Social sciences and history.....................| 3,660 | 4,157 | 3,122 | 2,955 | 2,885 | 3,010 | 3,012 | 3,218 | 3,460 | 3,627 | 3,725 |  3,760 |  3,989 |  4,127 |  3,855 |   4,095
Theological studies/religious vocations ........|   312 | 1,033 | 1,276 | 1,185 | 1,166 | 1,317 | 1,079 | 1,259 | 1,417 | 1,448 | 1,591 |  1,521 |  1,395 |  1,460 |  1,452 |   1,643
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Transportation and material moving workers......|     3 |     3 |     3 |     3 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0
Visual and performing arts .....................|   621 |   620 |   654 |   722 |   753 |   849 |   838 |   906 |   882 | 1,054 | 1,080 |  1,067 |  1,060 |  1,163 |  1,130 |   1,127
Not classified by field of study ...............|     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |    61 |   258 |   747 |   569 |   111 |    36 |    19 |      7 |    482 |     85 |      6 |      71
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NOTE: Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. The new Classification of Instructional Programs was initiated in 1991-92. The figures for earlier years have been reclassified when necessary to make them conform to the new taxonomy. 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; "Business" includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services; and "Engineering-related technologies" includes Engineering-related technologies, Mechanics and repairers, and Construction trades. Data for 1998-99 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared August 2001.)


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