Table 258. | Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1999-2000 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |Bachelor's degrees requiring | | Doctor's degrees | 4 or 5 years | Master's degrees | (Ph.D., Ed.D., etc.) Field of study |_____________________________|__________________________|__________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women ______________________________________________________________________|___________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ______________________________________________________________________|___________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ | | | | | | | | | All fields .....................................................| 1,237,875 |530,367 |707,508 |457,056 |191,792 |265,264 | 44,808 | 25,028 | 19,780 |___________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ | | | | | | | | | Agriculture and natural resources, total .............................| 24,247 | 13,850 | 10,397 | 4,375 | 2,362 | 2,013 | 1,181 | 811 | 370 | | | | | | | | | Agricultural business and production, total ........................| 5,883 | 3,970 | 1,913 | 541 | 322 | 219 | 183 | 137 | 46 Agricultural business and management, total ......................| 3,895 | 2,666 | 1,229 | 407 | 245 | 162 | 150 | 108 | 42 Agricultural business and management, general ..................| 952 | 631 | 321 | 46 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 Agricultural business/agribusiness operations ..................| 1,500 | 1,016 | 484 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 Agricultural economics .........................................| 934 | 687 | 247 | 337 | 204 | 133 | 150 | 108 | 42 Agricultural business and management, other ....................| 509 | 332 | 177 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 Agricultural mechanization .......................................| 266 | 240 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Agricultural production workers and managers .....................| 285 | 175 | 110 | 49 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 Horticulture service operations and management ...................| 746 | 509 | 237 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 1 International agriculture ........................................| 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 Agricultural business and production, other ......................| 680 | 377 | 303 | 43 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | Agricultural sciences, total ......................................| 8,656 | 4,250 | 4,406 | 1,566 | 846 | 720 | 652 | 445 | 207 Agriculture/agricultural sciences, general .......................| 1,450 | 866 | 584 | 176 | 95 | 81 | 6 | 5 | 1 Animal sciences, total ...........................................| 3,976 | 1,516 | 2,460 | 431 | 240 | 191 | 167 | 125 | 42 Animal sciences, general .......................................| 3,506 | 1,280 | 2,226 | 328 | 177 | 151 | 132 | 94 | 38 Agricultural animal breeding and genetics ......................| 27 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 Agricultural animal health .....................................| 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 Agricultural animal nutrition ..................................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 Dairy science ..................................................| 112 | 71 | 41 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 Poultry science ................................................| 110 | 70 | 40 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 Animal sciences, other .........................................| 219 | 75 | 144 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 Food sciences and technology .....................................| 672 | 222 | 450 | 270 | 99 | 171 | 148 | 81 | 67 Plant sciences, total ............................................| 2,177 | 1,426 | 751 | 520 | 318 | 202 | 256 | 173 | 83 Plant sciences, general ........................................| 421 | 263 | 158 | 70 | 44 | 26 | 36 | 25 | 11 Agronomy and crop science ......................................| 677 | 547 | 130 | 199 | 145 | 54 | 115 | 83 | 32 Horticulture science ...........................................| 801 | 420 | 381 | 127 | 63 | 64 | 51 | 29 | 22 Plant breeding and genetics ....................................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 Agricultural plant pathology ...................................| 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 Plant protection (pest management) .............................| 35 | 26 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 Range science and management ...................................| 113 | 81 | 32 | 54 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 3 Plant sciences, other ..........................................| 121 | 82 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 6 Soil sciences ....................................................| 106 | 69 | 37 | 111 | 68 | 43 | 60 | 47 | 13 Agriculture/agricultural sciences, other .........................| 275 | 151 | 124 | 58 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Conservation and renewable natural resources, total ................| 9,708 | 5,630 | 4,078 | 2,268 | 1,194 | 1,074 | 346 | 229 | 117 Natural resources conservation, general ..........................| 5,496 | 2,806 | 2,690 | 1,313 | 623 | 690 | 118 | 71 | 47 Natural resources management and policy ..........................| 657 | 388 | 269 | 183 | 96 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 1 Fishing and fisheries sciences and management ....................| 170 | 123 | 47 | 89 | 57 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 7 Forest harvesting and production technology/technician ...........| 242 | 167 | 75 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 Forestry, general ................................................| 1,546 | 1,186 | 360 | 444 | 271 | 173 | 129 | 91 | 38 Wildlife and wildlands management ................................| 1,091 | 668 | 423 | 173 | 106 | 67 | 37 | 28 | 9 Conservation and renewable natural resources, other ..............| 506 | 292 | 214 | 50 | 29 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Architecture and related programs, total .............................| 8,462 | 5,193 | 3,269 | 4,268 | 2,508 | 1,760 | 129 | 85 | 44 | | | | | | | | | Architecture .....................................................| 5,005 | 3,352 | 1,653 | 2,288 | 1,473 | 815 | 45 | 34 | 11 City/urban, community, and regional planning .....................| 467 | 301 | 166 | 1,298 | 693 | 605 | 66 | 38 | 28 Architectural environmental design ...............................| 692 | 421 | 271 | 29 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 Interior architecture ............................................| 704 | 95 | 609 | 36 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 Landscape architecture ...........................................| 944 | 621 | 323 | 340 | 176 | 164 | 1 | 0 | 1 Architectural urban design and planning ..........................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 45 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 Architecture and related programs, other .........................| 650 | 403 | 247 | 203 | 105 | 98 | 14 | 11 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Area, ethnic, and cultural studies, total ............................| 6,381 | 2,064 | 4,317 | 1,591 | 644 | 947 | 217 | 106 | 111 | | | | | | | | | Area studies, total ..............................................| 3,730 | 1,410 | 2,320 | 1,077 | 490 | 587 | 167 | 82 | 85 African studies ................................................| 30 | 14 | 16 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 American studies/civilization ..................................| 1,508 | 543 | 965 | 214 | 86 | 128 | 91 | 36 | 55 Latin American studies .........................................| 453 | 122 | 331 | 230 | 88 | 142 | 11 | 10 | 1 Middle Eastern studies .........................................| 98 | 44 | 54 | 94 | 44 | 50 | 29 | 17 | 12 Russian and Slavic studies .....................................| 93 | 36 | 57 | 79 | 43 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 Asian studies ..................................................| 876 | 389 | 487 | 247 | 130 | 117 | 21 | 10 | 11 European studies ...............................................| 138 | 42 | 96 | 63 | 29 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 3 Area studies, other ............................................| 534 | 220 | 314 | 116 | 56 | 60 | 6 | 3 | 3 Ethnic and cultural studies, total ...............................| 1,942 | 400 | 1,542 | 287 | 70 | 217 | 23 | 9 | 14 Afro-American (black) studies ..................................| 604 | 203 | 401 | 70 | 29 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 2 Hispanic-American studies ......................................| 256 | 83 | 173 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 Women's studies ................................................| 771 | 23 | 748 | 80 | 1 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 5 Ethnic studies, other ..........................................| 311 | 91 | 220 | 124 | 37 | 87 | 11 | 4 | 7 Area, ethnic and cultural studies, other .........................| 709 | 254 | 455 | 227 | 84 | 143 | 27 | 15 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Biological sciences/life sciences, total .............................| 63,532 | 26,504 | 37,028 | 6,198 | 2,773 | 3,425 | 4,867 | 2,722 | 2,145 | | | | | | | | | Biology, general .................................................| 44,982 | 18,239 | 26,743 | 2,599 | 1,181 | 1,418 | 727 | 406 | 321 Biochemistry and biophysics ......................................| 3,654 | 1,900 | 1,754 | 290 | 143 | 147 | 649 | 396 | 253 Botany, total ....................................................| 379 | 138 | 241 | 215 | 96 | 119 | 203 | 131 | 72 Botany, general ................................................| 332 | 118 | 214 | 127 | 62 | 65 | 103 | 55 | 48 Plant pathology ................................................| 4 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 31 | 40 | 74 | 59 | 15 Botany, other ..................................................| 43 | 17 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 17 | 9 Cell and molecular biology, total ................................| 2,626 | 1,230 | 1,396 | 281 | 118 | 163 | 644 | 351 | 293 Cell biology ...................................................| 268 | 115 | 153 | 48 | 19 | 29 | 169 | 93 | 76 Molecular biology ..............................................| 759 | 379 | 380 | 125 | 54 | 71 | 252 | 134 | 118 Cell and molecular biology, other ..............................| 1,599 | 736 | 863 | 108 | 45 | 63 | 223 | 124 | 99 Microbiology/bacteriology ........................................| 2,948 | 1,297 | 1,651 | 323 | 135 | 188 | 383 | 204 | 179 Miscellaneous biological specializations, total ..................| 3,891 | 1,534 | 2,357 | 1,431 | 531 | 900 | 1,235 | 650 | 585 Anatomy ........................................................| 169 | 106 | 63 | 83 | 38 | 45 | 75 | 34 | 41 Ecology ........................................................| 982 | 412 | 570 | 176 | 90 | 86 | 129 | 77 | 52 Marine/aquatic biology .........................................| 711 | 263 | 448 | 98 | 47 | 51 | 44 | 19 | 25 Neurosciences ..................................................| 625 | 269 | 356 | 69 | 40 | 29 | 283 | 181 | 102 Nutritional sciences ...........................................| 476 | 83 | 393 | 329 | 33 | 296 | 125 | 28 | 97 Toxicology .....................................................| 50 | 22 | 28 | 54 | 22 | 32 | 76 | 38 | 38 Genetics, plant and animal .....................................| 286 | 116 | 170 | 133 | 34 | 99 | 256 | 135 | 121 Biometrics .....................................................| 19 | 12 | 7 | 63 | 38 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 7 Miscellaneous specialized areas, other .........................| 573 | 251 | 322 | 426 | 189 | 237 | 225 | 123 | 102 Zoology, total ...................................................| 3,291 | 1,364 | 1,927 | 743 | 411 | 332 | 821 | 478 | 343 Zoology, general ...............................................| 2,629 | 1,085 | 1,544 | 210 | 113 | 97 | 137 | 78 | 59 Entomology .....................................................| 80 | 43 | 37 | 138 | 82 | 56 | 130 | 95 | 35 Pathology, human and animal ....................................| 6 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 30 | 110 | 59 | 51 Pharmacology, human and animal .................................| 59 | 21 | 38 | 81 | 36 | 45 | 231 | 127 | 104 Physiology, human and animal ...................................| 515 | 213 | 302 | 264 | 160 | 104 | 213 | 119 | 94 Zoology, other .................................................| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Biological sciences/life sciences, other .........................| 1,761 | 802 | 959 | 316 | 158 | 158 | 205 | 106 | 99 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Business management, administrative services and | | | | | | | | | marketing operations/marketing and distribution, total ..............| 257,709 |129,664 |128,045 |112,258 | 67,544 | 44,714 | 1,196 | 814 | 382 | | | | | | | | | Business management and administrative services, total .............| 253,531 |128,012 |125,519 |111,666 | 67,237 | 44,429 | 1,193 | 812 | 381 Business, general ................................................| 24,117 | 12,474 | 11,643 | 9,535 | 6,037 | 3,498 | 260 | 183 | 77 Business administration and management, total ....................| 97,149 | 48,747 | 48,402 | 69,338 | 43,241 | 26,097 | 531 | 364 | 167 Office supervision and management ..............................| 602 | 149 | 453 | 54 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 Operations management and supervision ..........................| 2,218 | 1,505 | 713 | 1,564 | 1,099 | 465 | 7 | 6 | 1 Business administration and management, other ..................| 94,329 | 47,093 | 47,236 | 67,720 | 42,122 | 25,598 | 524 | 358 | 166 Accounting .......................................................| 35,211 | 13,949 | 21,262 | 5,063 | 2,348 | 2,715 | 36 | 21 | 15 Secretarial and related programs .................................| 226 | 42 | 184 | 68 | 25 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 Business/managerial economics ....................................| 3,044 | 1,871 | 1,173 | 189 | 114 | 75 | 59 | 46 | 13 Small business management and ownership ..........................| 577 | 336 | 241 | 304 | 154 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 Finance, general and banking and financial support services ......| 24,068 | 15,537 | 8,531 | 5,507 | 3,751 | 1,756 | 40 | 30 | 10 Actuarial sciences ...............................................| 225 | 122 | 103 | 58 | 33 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 Insurance and risk management ....................................| 472 | 267 | 205 | 198 | 146 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 1 Investments and securities and financial planning ................| 413 | 213 | 200 | 340 | 226 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 Hospitality services management ..................................| 6,145 | 2,750 | 3,395 | 434 | 206 | 228 | 13 | 9 | 4 Human resources management .......................................| 4,942 | 1,639 | 3,303 | 2,753 | 918 | 1,835 | 23 | 15 | 8 Labor/personnel relations and studies ............................| 751 | 351 | 400 | 559 | 203 | 356 | 38 | 10 | 28 Organizational behavior studies ..................................| 1,851 | 742 | 1,109 | 2,342 | 1,018 | 1,324 | 63 | 40 | 23 International business ...........................................| 3,998 | 1,833 | 2,165 | 3,241 | 1,997 | 1,244 | 14 | 10 | 4 Business information systems, total ..............................| 16,362 | 10,197 | 6,165 | 4,396 | 2,781 | 1,615 | 14 | 11 | 3 Management information systems and data processing, general ....| 14,594 | 8,949 | 5,645 | 3,494 | 2,214 | 1,280 | 12 | 9 | 3 Business information systems, other ............................| 1,768 | 1,248 | 520 | 902 | 567 | 335 | 2 | 2 | 0 Quantitative methods and management science, total ...............| 3,194 | 1,885 | 1,309 | 1,062 | 645 | 417 | 33 | 26 | 7 Business statistics ............................................| 24 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 Management science, other ......................................| 3,170 | 1,873 | 1,297 | 1,043 | 637 | 406 | 27 | 22 | 5 Marketing management and research ................................| 25,019 | 12,176 | 12,843 | 1,590 | 756 | 834 | 28 | 19 | 9 Real estate ......................................................| 457 | 322 | 135 | 215 | 156 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 0 Taxation .........................................................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,258 | 640 | 618 | 0 | 0 | 0 Consumer and personal services ...................................| 369 | 229 | 140 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 Business management and administrative services, other ...........| 4,941 | 2,330 | 2,611 | 3,214 | 1,842 | 1,372 | 37 | 25 | 12 | | | | | | | | | Marketing operations/marketing and distribution, total .............| 4,178 | 1,652 | 2,526 | 592 | 307 | 285 | 3 | 2 | 1 Apparel and accessories marketing operations .....................| 936 | 47 | 889 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 Business and personal services marketing operations ..............| 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 General/retailing and wholesaling operations and skills ..........| 2,340 | 1,147 | 1,193 | 358 | 174 | 184 | 2 | 2 | 0 Transportation and travel marketing ..............................| 146 | 40 | 106 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 Marketing and distribution, other ................................| 746 | 417 | 329 | 224 | 129 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications and communications technologies, total ................| 56,910 | 22,063 | 34,847 | 5,605 | 2,059 | 3,546 | 357 | 168 | 189 | | | | | | | | | Communications, total ..............................................| 55,760 | 21,289 | 34,471 | 5,169 | 1,828 | 3,341 | 347 | 163 | 184 Communications, general ..........................................| 27,705 | 10,223 | 17,482 | 2,022 | 662 | 1,360 | 229 | 102 | 127 Advertising ......................................................| 3,146 | 1,092 | 2,054 | 256 | 89 | 167 | 3 | 0 | 3 Journalism .......................................................| 9,360 | 3,250 | 6,110 | 1,279 | 433 | 846 | 24 | 11 | 13 Broadcast journalism .............................................| 632 | 260 | 372 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 Public relations and organizational communications ...............| 3,023 | 863 | 2,160 | 165 | 32 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 Radio and television broadcasting ................................| 5,461 | 2,910 | 2,551 | 339 | 166 | 173 | 13 | 4 | 9 Communications, other ............................................| 6,433 | 2,691 | 3,742 | 1,087 | 443 | 644 | 78 | 46 | 32 | | | | | | | | | Communications technologies, total .................................| 1,150 | 774 | 376 | 436 | 231 | 205 | 10 | 5 | 5 Photographic technology ..........................................| 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Radio and television technology ..................................| 614 | 360 | 254 | 256 | 131 | 125 | 10 | 5 | 5 Communications technologies, other ...............................| 525 | 409 | 116 | 180 | 100 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Computer and information sciences, total .............................| 36,195 | 26,042 | 10,153 | 14,264 | 9,512 | 4,752 | 777 | 646 | 131 | | | | | | | | | Computer and information sciences, general .......................| 21,843 | 16,261 | 5,582 | 9,192 | 6,300 | 2,892 | 577 | 493 | 84 Computer programming .............................................| 372 | 252 | 120 | 117 | 85 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 Data processing technology/technician ............................| 205 | 128 | 77 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 Information science and systems ..................................| 7,137 | 4,405 | 2,732 | 2,339 | 1,416 | 923 | 49 | 31 | 18 Computer systems analysis ........................................| 165 | 122 | 43 | 88 | 50 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 Computer and information sciences, other .........................| 6,473 | 4,874 | 1,599 | 2,523 | 1,657 | 866 | 150 | 121 | 29 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Education, total .....................................................| 108,168 | 26,124 | 82,044 |124,240 | 29,321 | 94,919 | 6,830 | 2,419 | 4,411 | | | | | | | | | Education, general ...............................................| 2,006 | 373 | 1,633 | 16,402 | 3,850 | 12,552 | 1,206 | 397 | 809 Bilingual/bicultural education ...................................| 84 | 5 | 79 | 710 | 160 | 550 | 32 | 7 | 25 Curriculum and instruction .......................................| 2 | 2 | 0 | 11,493 | 2,355 | 9,138 | 824 | 258 | 566 Education administration and supervision, total ..................| 35 | 9 | 26 | 15,115 | 5,942 | 9,173 | 2,265 | 884 | 1,381 Education administration and supervision, general ..............| 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,626 | 4,246 | 6,380 | 1,633 | 655 | 978 Administration of special education ............................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 4 Adult and continuing education administration ..................| 9 | 7 | 2 | 176 | 51 | 125 | 77 | 35 | 42 Educational supervision ........................................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 871 | 297 | 574 | 46 | 13 | 33 Elementary, middle, and secondary education administration .....| 15 | 0 | 15 | 2,302 | 959 | 1,343 | 41 | 15 | 26 Higher education administration ................................| 9 | 1 | 8 | 393 | 123 | 270 | 266 | 97 | 169 Community and junior college education administration ..........| 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 Education administration and supervision, other ................| 2 | 1 | 1 | 712 | 255 | 457 | 196 | 67 | 129 Educational/instructional media design ...........................| 88 | 28 | 60 | 1,967 | 535 | 1,432 | 53 | 26 | 27 Educational evaluation and research, general .....................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 16 Educational statistics and research methods ......................| 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 15 Educational assessment, testing and measurement ..................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 4 Social and philosophical foundations of education ................| 106 | 27 | 79 | 398 | 115 | 283 | 130 | 58 | 72 Special education, total .........................................| 9,660 | 1,018 | 8,642 | 11,879 | 1,726 | 10,153 | 210 | 33 | 177 Special education, general .....................................| 7,253 | 793 | 6,460 | 9,156 | 1,371 | 7,785 | 166 | 23 | 143 Education of the deaf and hearing impaired .....................| 228 | 17 | 211 | 203 | 24 | 179 | 3 | 1 | 2 Education of the gifted and talented ...........................| 10 | 0 | 10 | 173 | 15 | 158 | 3 | 0 | 3 Education of the emotionally handicapped .......................| 253 | 40 | 213 | 275 | 67 | 208 | 9 | 4 | 5 Education of the mentally handicapped ..........................| 318 | 38 | 280 | 100 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 Education of the multiple handicapped ..........................| 103 | 7 | 96 | 242 | 29 | 213 | 2 | 0 | 2 Education of the physically handicapped ........................| 33 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 Education of the blind and visually handicapped ................| 22 | 2 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 Education of the specific learning disabled ....................| 475 | 43 | 432 | 722 | 76 | 646 | 16 | 2 | 14 Education of the speech impaired ...............................| 586 | 26 | 560 | 295 | 15 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0 Special education, other .......................................| 379 | 49 | 330 | 652 | 111 | 541 | 11 | 3 | 8 Counselor education/counseling and guidance services .............| 27 | 6 | 21 | 11,987 | 2,417 | 9,570 | 296 | 103 | 193 General teacher education, total .................................| 60,767 | 8,436 | 52,331 | 27,690 | 5,258 | 22,432 | 338 | 101 | 237 Adult and continuing education .................................| 55 | 30 | 25 | 913 | 248 | 665 | 112 | 33 | 79 Elementary education ...........................................| 47,844 | 5,990 | 41,854 | 14,187 | 1,809 | 12,378 | 67 | 13 | 54 Junior high/intermediate/middle school education ...............| 1,402 | 313 | 1,089 | 732 | 142 | 590 | 3 | 1 | 2 Pre-elementary/early childhood/kindergarten education ..........| 6,326 | 270 | 6,056 | 2,274 | 80 | 2,194 | 18 | 2 | 16 Secondary education ............................................| 3,955 | 1,657 | 2,298 | 5,368 | 1,988 | 3,380 | 49 | 22 | 27 Teacher education, general programs, other .....................| 1,185 | 176 | 1,009 | 4,216 | 991 | 3,225 | 89 | 30 | 59 Teacher education, academic and vocational programs ..............| 33,786 | 15,557 | 18,229 | 17,490 | 5,102 | 12,388 | 654 | 284 | 370 Agricultural education (vocational) ............................| 580 | 338 | 242 | 290 | 130 | 160 | 32 | 17 | 15 Art education ..................................................| 1,768 | 390 | 1,378 | 633 | 105 | 528 | 28 | 5 | 23 Business education (vocational) ................................| 826 | 257 | 569 | 346 | 111 | 235 | 8 | 4 | 4 Driver and safety education ....................................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 English education ..............................................| 2,521 | 552 | 1,969 | 792 | 183 | 609 | 16 | 4 | 12 Foreign languages education ....................................| 245 | 46 | 199 | 345 | 62 | 283 | 13 | 6 | 7 Health education ...............................................| 1,898 | 496 | 1,402 | 630 | 153 | 477 | 70 | 17 | 53 Home economics education (vocational) ..........................| 266 | 7 | 259 | 62 | 1 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 3 Technology/industrial arts education ...........................| 1,088 | 875 | 213 | 474 | 281 | 193 | 8 | 6 | 2 Marketing operations/marketing and distribution education ......| 57 | 24 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 Mathematics education ..........................................| 1,446 | 561 | 885 | 729 | 258 | 471 | 40 | 23 | 17 Music education ................................................| 3,282 | 1,363 | 1,919 | 767 | 283 | 484 | 72 | 33 | 39 Physical education and coaching ................................| 12,425 | 6,945 | 5,480 | 3,021 | 1,677 | 1,344 | 142 | 85 | 57 Reading education ..............................................| 173 | 27 | 146 | 4,577 | 233 | 4,344 | 71 | 13 | 58 Science education ..............................................| 1,064 | 418 | 646 | 700 | 256 | 444 | 38 | 14 | 24 Social science education .......................................| 828 | 482 | 346 | 124 | 67 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 Social studies education .......................................| 1,929 | 1,156 | 773 | 572 | 323 | 249 | 3 | 2 | 1 Technical education (vocational) ...............................| 182 | 111 | 71 | 209 | 73 | 136 | 37 | 17 | 20 Trade and industrial education (vocational) ....................| 1,088 | 711 | 377 | 377 | 166 | 211 | 26 | 16 | 10 Teacher education, academic and vocational programs, other .....| 2,120 | 798 | 1,322 | 2,824 | 730 | 2,094 | 45 | 20 | 25 Teaching English as a second language/foreign language ...........| 73 | 13 | 60 | 1,621 | 306 | 1,315 | 15 | 4 | 11 Education, other .................................................| 1,533 | 649 | 884 | 7,387 | 1,529 | 5,858 | 742 | 234 | 508 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering and engineering-related technologies, total ..............| 72,555 | 59,145 | 13,410 | 26,522 | 20,968 | 5,554 | 5,390 | 4,555 | 835 | | | | | | | | | Engineering, total .................................................| 58,427 | 46,525 | 11,902 | 25,596 | 20,290 | 5,306 | 5,384 | 4,549 | 835 Engineering, general .............................................| 1,838 | 1,465 | 373 | 1,236 | 982 | 254 | 202 | 179 | 23 Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical | | | | | | | | | engineering ....................................................| 1,267 | 1,029 | 238 | 560 | 484 | 76 | 203 | 179 | 24 Agricultural engineering .........................................| 759 | 551 | 208 | 176 | 115 | 61 | 68 | 56 | 12 Architectural engineering ........................................| 570 | 423 | 147 | 64 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 Bioengineering and biomedical engineering ........................| 1,256 | 748 | 508 | 505 | 335 | 170 | 204 | 143 | 61 Ceramic sciences and engineering .................................| 141 | 98 | 43 | 55 | 39 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 8 Chemical engineering .............................................| 5,807 | 3,730 | 2,077 | 1,078 | 784 | 294 | 590 | 466 | 124 Civil engineering ................................................| 8,136 | 6,263 | 1,873 | 3,433 | 2,598 | 835 | 543 | 453 | 90 Computer engineering .............................................| 4,488 | 3,939 | 549 | 1,400 | 1,019 | 381 | 123 | 106 | 17 Electrical, electronics, and communications | | | | | | | | | engineering .....................................................| 12,930 | 11,169 | 1,761 | 6,926 | 5,752 | 1,174 | 1,392 | 1,222 | 170 Engineering mechanics ............................................| 70 | 50 | 20 | 99 | 85 | 14 | 45 | 39 | 6 Engineering physics ..............................................| 268 | 223 | 45 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 1 Engineering science ..............................................| 255 | 173 | 82 | 288 | 227 | 61 | 56 | 44 | 12 Environmental/environmental health engineering ...................| 655 | 403 | 252 | 624 | 402 | 222 | 85 | 60 | 25 Geological engineering ...........................................| 156 | 101 | 55 | 42 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 Geophysical engineering ..........................................| 25 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 Industrial/manufacturing engineering .............................| 3,507 | 2,376 | 1,131 | 2,024 | 1,554 | 470 | 193 | 155 | 38 Material engineering .............................................| 525 | 361 | 164 | 555 | 405 | 150 | 324 | 264 | 60 Mechanical engineering ...........................................| 12,807 | 11,079 | 1,728 | 3,273 | 2,832 | 441 | 776 | 693 | 83 Metallurgical engineering ........................................| 210 | 172 | 38 | 70 | 60 | 10 | 51 | 47 | 4 Mining and mineral engineering ...................................| 152 | 132 | 20 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 Naval architecture and marine engineering ........................| 241 | 213 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 Nuclear engineering ..............................................| 125 | 102 | 23 | 126 | 101 | 25 | 93 | 84 | 9 Ocean engineering ................................................| 122 | 90 | 32 | 75 | 65 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 2 Petroleum engineering ............................................| 260 | 209 | 51 | 163 | 144 | 19 | 44 | 38 | 6 Systems engineering ..............................................| 459 | 364 | 95 | 566 | 445 | 121 | 45 | 34 | 11 Textile sciences and engineering .................................| 189 | 112 | 77 | 53 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 Engineering, other ...............................................| 1,209 | 930 | 279 | 2,100 | 1,669 | 431 | 249 | 205 | 44 | | | | | | | | | Engineering-related technologies, total ............................| 14,128 | 12,620 | 1,508 | 926 | 678 | 248 | 6 | 6 | 0 Architectural engineering technologies ...........................| 569 | 495 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Civil technologies ...............................................| 394 | 356 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Electrical and electronic technologies ...........................| 3,876 | 3,558 | 318 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 Electromechanical instrumentation and maintenance | | | | | | | | | technologies ....................................................| 511 | 452 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 Environmental control technologies ...............................| 152 | 113 | 39 | 156 | 109 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 Industrial production technologies ...............................| 3,576 | 3,103 | 473 | 304 | 231 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 0 Quality control and safety technologies ..........................| 475 | 373 | 102 | 203 | 133 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 Mechanical and related technologies ..............................| 1,455 | 1,340 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Mining and petroleum technologies ................................| 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Surveying ........................................................| 142 | 123 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 Mechanics and repairers ..........................................| 70 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Construction trades ..............................................| 186 | 170 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 Engineering and related technologies, other ......................| 2,715 | 2,466 | 249 | 249 | 171 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | English language and literature/letters, total .......................| 50,920 | 16,341 | 34,579 | 7,230 | 2,393 | 4,837 | 1,628 | 671 | 957 | | | | | | | | | English language and literature, general .........................| 37,674 | 11,734 | 25,940 | 4,542 | 1,495 | 3,047 | 1,205 | 512 | 693 Comparative literature ...........................................| 814 | 217 | 597 | 208 | 78 | 130 | 158 | 60 | 98 English composition ..............................................| 317 | 98 | 219 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 English creative writing .........................................| 1,109 | 422 | 687 | 1,367 | 516 | 851 | 19 | 9 | 10 American literature (United States)...............................| 33 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 English literature (British and Commonwealth) ....................| 1,161 | 380 | 781 | 209 | 57 | 152 | 50 | 16 | 34 Speech and rhetorical studies ....................................| 8,340 | 3,024 | 5,316 | 597 | 169 | 428 | 120 | 43 | 77 English technical and business writing ...........................| 278 | 77 | 201 | 228 | 57 | 171 | 3 | 2 | 1 English language and literature/letters, other ...................| 1,194 | 379 | 815 | 63 | 18 | 45 | 55 | 23 | 32 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Foreign languages and literatures, total .............................| 14,968 | 4,375 | 10,593 | 2,780 | 845 | 1,935 | 915 | 375 | 540 | | | | | | | | | Foreign languages and literatures, total .........................| 1,760 | 512 | 1,248 | 761 | 199 | 562 | 249 | 102 | 147 Foreign languages and literatures, general .....................| 1,044 | 286 | 758 | 209 | 53 | 156 | 47 | 16 | 31 Linguistics ....................................................| 716 | 226 | 490 | 552 | 146 | 406 | 202 | 86 | 116 East and Southeast Asian languages and literatures, total ........| 588 | 290 | 298 | 98 | 46 | 52 | 40 | 25 | 15 Chinese ........................................................| 183 | 77 | 106 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 6 Japanese .......................................................| 321 | 167 | 154 | 36 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 4 East and Southeast Asian languages, other ......................| 84 | 46 | 38 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 5 East European languages and literatures, total ...................| 371 | 165 | 206 | 83 | 31 | 52 | 40 | 15 | 25 Russian languages ..............................................| 340 | 153 | 187 | 33 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 6 Slavic languages (other than Russian) ..........................| 27 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 17 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 18 East European languages, other .................................| 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
NOTE: Aggregations by field of study derived from the Classification of Instructional Programs developed by the National Center for Education Statistics. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared June 2001.)
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