Table 257. | Doctor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline division: 1970-71 to 1999-2000 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 ________________________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|_________ 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 |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|_________ 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 ________________________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|_________ |
---Not available. 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.) |