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

Table 275.

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                                              |                            Total                         |                               Men                      |                          Women
                                              |__________________________________________________________|________________________________________________________|________________________________________________________
                                              |       | 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 ..........................|44,808 | 27,520 | 2,220 |1,291 |  2,380 |    159 | 11,238 |25,028 | 14,241 |  863 | 603 |  1,329 |     56 |  7,936 |19,780 | 13,279 |1,357 | 688 |  1,051 |    103 |  3,302
                                              |_______|________|_______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|_____|________|________|________|_______|________|______|_____|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources ............| 1,181 |    559 |    25 |   16 |     33 |      2 |    546 |   811 |    372 |   14 |   9 |     19 |      1 |    396 |   370 |    187 |   11 |   7 |     14 |      1 |    150
Architecture and related programs ............|   129 |     68 |     5 |    5 |      1 |      0 |     50 |    85 |     47 |    4 |   4 |      1 |      0 |     29 |    44 |     21 |    1 |   1 |      0 |      0 |     21
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...........|   217 |    140 |    21 |    8 |      9 |      2 |     37 |   106 |     59 |   13 |   3 |      3 |      0 |     28 |   111 |     81 |    8 |   5 |      6 |      2 |      9
Biological sciences/life sciences ............| 4,867 |  2,880 |   107 |  143 |    434 |      8 |  1,295 | 2,722 |  1,585 |   41 |  77 |    229 |      5 |    785 | 2,145 |  1,295 |   66 |  66 |    205 |      3 |    510
Business .....................................| 1,196 |    665 |    56 |   18 |     64 |      5 |    388 |   814 |    434 |   29 |   7 |     31 |      4 |    309 |   382 |    231 |   27 |  11 |     33 |      1 |     79
                                              |       |        |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |
Communications ...............................|   347 |    238 |    20 |   10 |      3 |      1 |     75 |   163 |    110 |    9 |   3 |      0 |      0 |     41 |   184 |    128 |   11 |   7 |      3 |      1 |     34
Communications technologies ..................|    10 |      5 |     2 |    0 |      0 |      0 |      3 |     5 |      2 |    0 |   0 |      0 |      0 |      3 |     5 |      3 |    2 |   0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Computer and information sciences ............|   777 |    302 |    15 |   13 |     58 |      0 |    389 |   646 |    246 |   10 |  11 |     51 |      0 |    328 |   131 |     56 |    5 |   2 |      7 |      0 |     61
Education ....................................| 6,830 |  4,915 |   803 |  262 |    176 |     44 |    630 | 2,419 |  1,756 |  220 |  83 |     60 |     11 |    289 | 4,411 |  3,159 |  583 | 179 |    116 |     33 |    341
Engineering ..................................| 5,384 |  2,001 |    94 |   89 |    391 |      5 |  2,804 | 4,549 |  1,650 |   64 |  72 |    307 |      3 |  2,453 |   835 |    351 |   30 |  17 |     84 |      2 |    351
                                              |       |        |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |
Engineering-related technologies .............|     6 |      2 |     0 |    0 |      0 |      0 |      4 |     6 |      2 |    0 |   0 |      0 |      0 |      4 |     0 |      0 |    0 |   0 |      0 |      0 |      0
English language and literature/letters ......| 1,628 |  1,284 |    71 |   49 |     59 |      6 |    159 |   671 |    553 |   17 |  21 |     21 |      2 |     57 |   957 |    731 |   54 |  28 |     38 |      4 |    102
Foreign languages and literatures.............|   915 |    513 |     8 |   78 |     43 |      1 |    272 |   375 |    221 |    3 |  27 |     14 |      0 |    110 |   540 |    292 |    5 |  51 |     29 |      1 |    162
Health professions and related sciences ......| 2,676 |  1,717 |   112 |   59 |    242 |      8 |    538 | 1,038 |    602 |   28 |  16 |    119 |      1 |    272 | 1,638 |  1,115 |   84 |  43 |    123 |      7 |    266
Home economics and vocational home economics .|   357 |    238 |    21 |    8 |     13 |      1 |     76 |    83 |     62 |    2 |   2 |      2 |      1 |     14 |   274 |    176 |   19 |   6 |     11 |      0 |     62
                                              |       |        |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |
Law and legal studies ........................|    74 |     11 |     1 |    0 |      2 |      0 |     60 |    49 |      5 |    1 |   0 |      1 |      0 |     42 |    25 |      6 |    0 |   0 |      1 |      0 |     18
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,   |       |        |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |
  and humanities .............................|    83 |     69 |     6 |    2 |      2 |      1 |      3 |    41 |     33 |    3 |   1 |      1 |      1 |      2 |    42 |     36 |    3 |   1 |      1 |      0 |      1
Library science ..............................|    68 |     36 |     5 |    1 |      2 |      1 |     23 |    19 |      8 |    2 |   0 |      1 |      0 |      8 |    49 |     28 |    3 |   1 |      1 |      1 |     15
Mathematics ..................................| 1,106 |    482 |    16 |   12 |     72 |      2 |    522 |   830 |    349 |   10 |   6 |     55 |      0 |    410 |   276 |    133 |    6 |   6 |     17 |      2 |    112
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..............|   384 |    279 |    20 |    7 |     19 |      3 |     56 |   203 |    136 |   10 |   4 |     12 |      1 |     40 |   181 |    143 |   10 |   3 |      7 |      2 |     16
                                              |       |        |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies|   134 |    104 |     3 |    2 |      3 |      1 |     21 |    75 |     56 |    1 |   2 |      3 |      0 |     13 |    59 |     48 |    2 |   0 |      0 |      1 |      8
Philosophy and religion ......................|   586 |    448 |    20 |   16 |     16 |      1 |     85 |   381 |    292 |   13 |  11 |      8 |      1 |     56 |   205 |    156 |    7 |   5 |      8 |      0 |     29
Physical sciences and science technologies....| 4,018 |  2,115 |    71 |   72 |    210 |     15 |  1,535 | 2,994 |  1,575 |   44 |  48 |    138 |     12 |  1,177 | 1,024 |    540 |   27 |  24 |     72 |      3 |    358
Protective services ..........................|    52 |     40 |     5 |    2 |      0 |      0 |      5 |    28 |     24 |    1 |   1 |      0 |      0 |      2 |    24 |     16 |    4 |   1 |      0 |      0 |      3
Psychology ...................................| 4,310 |  3,466 |   229 |  225 |    189 |     31 |    170 | 1,405 |  1,154 |   58 |  63 |     47 |      5 |     78 | 2,905 |  2,312 |  171 | 162 |    142 |     26 |     92
                                              |       |        |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |
Public administration and services ...........|   537 |    376 |    58 |   16 |     24 |      2 |     61 |   227 |    146 |   22 |   8 |     11 |      1 |     39 |   310 |    230 |   36 |   8 |     13 |      1 |     22
Social sciences and history...................| 4,095 |  2,645 |   203 |  130 |    165 |     17 |    935 | 2,407 |  1,479 |  102 |  88 |     97 |      6 |    635 | 1,688 |  1,166 |  101 |  42 |     68 |     11 |    300
Theological studies and religious vocations ..| 1,643 |  1,070 |   186 |   26 |     99 |      1 |    261 | 1,307 |    859 |  120 |  24 |     88 |      1 |    215 |   336 |    211 |   66 |   2 |     11 |      0 |     46
Visual and performing arts ...................| 1,127 |    790 |    31 |   22 |     50 |      1 |    233 |   537 |    398 |   19 |  12 |      9 |      0 |     99 |   590 |    392 |   12 |  10 |     41 |      1 |    134
Not classified by field of study .............|    71 |     62 |     6 |    0 |      1 |      0 |      2 |    32 |     26 |    3 |   0 |      1 |      0 |      2 |    39 |     36 |    3 |   0 |      0 |      0 |      0
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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. 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. 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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