Master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1999-2000

Table 272.
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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 ..........................|  457,056 |317,999 |35,625 |19,093 | 22,899 |  2,232 | 59,208 |191,792 |126,522 |11,093 | 7,543 | 10,853 |    829 | 34,952 |265,264 |191,477 |24,532 |11,550 | 12,046 |  1,403 | 24,256
                                              |__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources ............|    4,375 |  3,310 |   108 |   109 |    110 |     26 |    712 |  2,362 |  1,777 |    52 |    58 |     44 |     19 |    412 |  2,013 |  1,533 |    56 |    51 |     66 |      7 |    300
Architecture and related programs ............|    4,268 |  2,601 |   153 |   193 |    284 |     11 |  1,026 |  2,508 |  1,544 |    81 |   111 |    147 |      7 |    618 |  1,760 |  1,057 |    72 |    82 |    137 |      4 |    408
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...........|    1,591 |  1,023 |    99 |   106 |     85 |     18 |    260 |    644 |    438 |    36 |    41 |     27 |      9 |     93 |    947 |    585 |    63 |    65 |     58 |      9 |    167
Biological sciences/life sciences ............|    6,198 |  4,309 |   230 |   248 |    611 |     27 |    773 |  2,773 |  1,967 |    75 |   117 |    300 |     14 |    300 |  3,425 |  2,342 |   155 |   131 |    311 |     13 |    473
Business .....................................|  112,258 | 73,252 | 8,630 | 4,241 |  7,371 |    414 | 18,350 | 67,544 | 45,167 | 3,691 | 2,547 |  4,290 |    235 | 11,614 | 44,714 | 28,085 | 4,939 | 1,694 |  3,081 |    179 |  6,736
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Communications ...............................|    5,169 |  3,227 |   433 |   187 |    204 |     19 |  1,099 |  1,828 |  1,179 |   106 |    65 |     61 |      5 |    412 |  3,341 |  2,048 |   327 |   122 |    143 |     14 |    687
Communications technologies ..................|      436 |    290 |    28 |    14 |     25 |      1 |     78 |    231 |    165 |     8 |    10 |     12 |      1 |     35 |    205 |    125 |    20 |     4 |     13 |      0 |     43
Computer and information sciences ............|   14,264 |  4,472 |   567 |   253 |  2,086 |     27 |  6,859 |  9,512 |  3,340 |   317 |   179 |  1,207 |     18 |  4,451 |  4,752 |  1,132 |   250 |    74 |    879 |      9 |  2,408
Construction trades ..........................|       12 |      5 |     1 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      6 |      7 |      3 |     1 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      3 |      5 |      2 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      3
Education ....................................|  124,240 | 99,300 |12,100 | 6,303 |  2,538 |    740 |  3,259 | 29,321 | 23,529 | 2,729 | 1,487 |    535 |    180 |    861 | 94,919 | 75,771 | 9,371 | 4,816 |  2,003 |    560 |  2,398
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Engineering ..................................|   25,596 | 11,427 |   683 |   751 |  2,471 |     67 | 10,197 | 20,290 |  9,315 |   468 |   579 |  1,785 |     50 |  8,093 |  5,306 |  2,112 |   215 |   172 |    686 |     17 |  2,104
Engineering-related technologies .............|      914 |    610 |    97 |    30 |     32 |      2 |    143 |    671 |    463 |    60 |    26 |     19 |      1 |    102 |    243 |    147 |    37 |     4 |     13 |      1 |     41
English language and literature/letters ......|    7,230 |  5,919 |   331 |   265 |    231 |     46 |    438 |  2,393 |  2,006 |    74 |   100 |     76 |     10 |    127 |  4,837 |  3,913 |   257 |   165 |    155 |     36 |    311
Foreign languages and literatures.............|    2,780 |  1,645 |    39 |   308 |    118 |      6 |    664 |    845 |    536 |    14 |    89 |     35 |      1 |    170 |  1,935 |  1,109 |    25 |   219 |     83 |      5 |    494
Health professions and related sciences ......|   42,456 | 33,419 | 2,684 | 1,415 |  2,724 |    242 |  1,972 |  9,624 |  7,100 |   514 |   386 |    836 |     68 |    720 | 32,832 | 26,319 | 2,170 | 1,029 |  1,888 |    174 |  1,252
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Home economics and vocational home economics .|    2,830 |  2,112 |   252 |   118 |    105 |     13 |    230 |    457 |    332 |    40 |    24 |     20 |      5 |     36 |  2,373 |  1,780 |   212 |    94 |     85 |      8 |    194
Law and legal studies ........................|    3,750 |  1,375 |   156 |   132 |    136 |      6 |  1,945 |  2,192 |    814 |    58 |    66 |     78 |      2 |  1,174 |  1,558 |    561 |    98 |    66 |     58 |      4 |    771
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,   |          |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
  and humanities .............................|    3,256 |  2,671 |   214 |   108 |     67 |     21 |    175 |  1,143 |    940 |    62 |    43 |     20 |      8 |     70 |  2,113 |  1,731 |   152 |    65 |     47 |     13 |    105
Library science ..............................|    4,577 |  3,948 |   234 |   121 |    100 |     17 |    157 |    947 |    807 |    36 |    32 |     22 |      4 |     46 |  3,630 |  3,141 |   198 |    89 |     78 |     13 |    111
Mathematics ..................................|    3,412 |  1,794 |   107 |    91 |    212 |     10 |  1,198 |  1,881 |    992 |    50 |    52 |     99 |      6 |    682 |  1,531 |    802 |    57 |    39 |    113 |      4 |    516
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Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..............|    3,064 |  2,286 |   230 |   133 |    120 |     23 |    272 |  1,173 |    865 |    65 |    50 |     51 |      9 |    133 |  1,891 |  1,421 |   165 |    83 |     69 |     14 |    139
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies|    2,478 |  2,055 |   182 |    61 |     47 |     11 |    122 |  1,238 |  1,032 |    83 |    37 |     20 |      6 |     60 |  1,240 |  1,023 |    99 |    24 |     27 |      5 |     62
Philosophy and religion ......................|    1,329 |  1,028 |    51 |    55 |     57 |      4 |    134 |    827 |    628 |    32 |    35 |     36 |      3 |     93 |    502 |    400 |    19 |    20 |     21 |      1 |     41
Physical sciences and science technologies....|    4,841 |  2,939 |   130 |    93 |    272 |     19 |  1,388 |  3,126 |  1,892 |    69 |    59 |    160 |     14 |    932 |  1,715 |  1,047 |    61 |    34 |    112 |      5 |    456
Precision production trades...................|        5 |      4 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      3 |      3 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      2 |      1 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      1
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Protective services ..........................|    2,609 |  2,037 |   328 |   117 |     31 |     23 |     73 |  1,534 |  1,244 |   150 |    73 |      8 |     17 |     42 |  1,075 |    793 |   178 |    44 |     23 |      6 |     31
Psychology ...................................|   14,465 | 11,088 | 1,489 |   774 |    518 |     79 |    517 |  3,552 |  2,721 |   342 |   220 |    118 |     16 |    135 | 10,913 |  8,367 | 1,147 |   554 |    400 |     63 |    382
Public administration and services ...........|   25,594 | 17,613 | 4,075 | 1,647 |    834 |    204 |  1,221 |  6,808 |  4,520 |   987 |   431 |    211 |     50 |    609 | 18,786 | 13,093 | 3,088 | 1,216 |    623 |    154 |    612
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...................|   14,066 |  8,784 | 1,021 |   584 |    596 |     88 |  2,993 |  7,024 |  4,436 |   422 |   287 |    247 |     39 |  1,593 |  7,042 |  4,348 |   599 |   297 |    349 |     49 |  1,400
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Theological studies and religious vocations ..|    5,576 |  4,072 |   394 |   156 |    257 |     13 |    684 |  3,352 |  2,425 |   205 |    94 |    160 |      8 |    460 |  2,224 |  1,647 |   189 |    62 |     97 |      5 |    224
Transportation and material moving workers ...|      697 |    602 |    26 |    26 |     13 |      8 |     22 |    629 |    546 |    22 |    23 |      9 |      7 |     22 |     68 |     56 |     4 |     3 |      4 |      1 |      0
Visual and performing arts ...................|   10,918 |  7,340 |   441 |   418 |    580 |     45 |  2,094 |  4,672 |  3,278 |   201 |   208 |    195 |     17 |    773 |  6,246 |  4,062 |   240 |   210 |    385 |     28 |  1,321
Not classified by field of study .............|    1,802 |  1,442 |   112 |    36 |     64 |      2 |    146 |    681 |    518 |    43 |    14 |     25 |      0 |     81 |  1,121 |    924 |    69 |    22 |     39 |      2 |     65
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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. 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 July 2001.)
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