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

Table 269.
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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| Alaska |  dent  |        |Hispanic| His-  |panic |Islander| Alaska |  dent  |        |Hispanic| His-  | panic |Islander| Alaska |  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 |320,485 |35,874 |19,253 | 23,218 |  2,246 | 55,980 |191,792 |128,046 |11,212 |7,635 | 11,047 |    836 | 33,016 |265,264 |192,439 |24,662 |11,618 | 12,171 |  1,410 | 22,964
                                              |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources ............|  4,375 |  3,334 |   108 |   110 |    111 |     26 |    686 |  2,362 |  1,791 |    52 |   59 |     44 |     19 |    397 |  2,013 |  1,543 |    56 |    51 |     67 |      7 |    289
Architecture and related programs ............|  4,268 |  2,639 |   156 |   196 |    287 |     11 |    979 |  2,508 |  1,567 |    82 |  113 |    149 |      7 |    590 |  1,760 |  1,072 |    74 |    83 |    138 |      4 |    389
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...........|  1,591 |  1,037 |   101 |   107 |     86 |     18 |    242 |    644 |    443 |    37 |   41 |     27 |      9 |     87 |    947 |    594 |    64 |    66 |     59 |      9 |    155
Biological sciences/life sciences ............|  6,198 |  4,336 |   232 |   250 |    615 |     27 |    738 |  2,773 |  1,976 |    76 |  118 |    302 |     14 |    287 |  3,425 |  2,360 |   156 |   132 |    313 |     13 |    451
Business .....................................|112,258 | 74,234 | 8,738 | 4,298 |  7,470 |    419 | 17,099 | 67,544 | 45,843 | 3,746 |2,585 |  4,355 |    238 | 10,777 | 44,714 | 28,391 | 4,992 | 1,713 |  3,115 |    181 |  6,322
                                              |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |      |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
Communications ...............................|  5,169 |  3,281 |   440 |   190 |    207 |     19 |  1,032 |  1,828 |  1,198 |   108 |   66 |     62 |      5 |    389 |  3,341 |  2,083 |   332 |   124 |    145 |     14 |    643
Communications technologies ..................|    436 |    295 |    28 |    15 |     26 |      1 |     71 |    231 |    168 |     8 |   10 |     12 |      1 |     32 |    205 |    127 |    20 |     5 |     14 |      0 |     39
Computer and information sciences ............| 14,264 |  4,658 |   590 |   263 |  2,172 |     29 |  6,552 |  9,512 |  3,485 |   330 |  186 |  1,259 |     19 |  4,233 |  4,752 |  1,173 |   260 |    77 |    913 |     10 |  2,319
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 | 99,452 |12,118 | 6,314 |  2,542 |    742 |  3,072 | 29,321 | 23,569 | 2,733 |1,490 |    536 |    181 |    812 | 94,919 | 75,883 | 9,385 | 4,824 |  2,006 |    561 |  2,260
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Engineering ..................................| 25,596 | 11,705 |   700 |   770 |  2,530 |     68 |  9,823 | 20,290 |  9,542 |   480 |  594 |  1,828 |     51 |  7,795 |  5,306 |  2,163 |   220 |   176 |    702 |     17 |  2,028
Engineering-related technologies\1\ ..........|    914 |    617 |    99 |    30 |     33 |      2 |    133 |    671 |    468 |    61 |   26 |     20 |      1 |     95 |    243 |    149 |    38 |     4 |     13 |      1 |     38
English language and literature/letters ......|  7,230 |  5,944 |   332 |   267 |    233 |     47 |    407 |  2,393 |  2,014 |    74 |  101 |     77 |     10 |    117 |  4,837 |  3,930 |   258 |   166 |    156 |     37 |    290
Foreign languages and literatures.............|  2,780 |  1,677 |    39 |   314 |    120 |      6 |    624 |    845 |    544 |    14 |   90 |     35 |      1 |    161 |  1,935 |  1,133 |    25 |   224 |     85 |      5 |    463
Health professions and related sciences ......| 42,456 | 33,493 | 2,689 | 1,418 |  2,731 |    242 |  1,883 |  9,624 |  7,128 |   516 |  387 |    839 |     68 |    686 | 32,832 | 26,365 | 2,173 | 1,031 |  1,892 |    174 |  1,197
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Home economics and vocational home economics .|  2,830 |  2,120 |   253 |   119 |    105 |     13 |    220 |    457 |    333 |    40 |   24 |     20 |      5 |     35 |  2,373 |  1,787 |   213 |    95 |     85 |      8 |    185
Law and legal studies ........................|  3,750 |  1,484 |   170 |   143 |    148 |      7 |  1,798 |  2,192 |    884 |    64 |   72 |     85 |      2 |  1,085 |  1,558 |    600 |   106 |    71 |     63 |      5 |    713
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,   |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |      |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
  and humanities .............................|  3,256 |  2,681 |   215 |   109 |     68 |     21 |    162 |  1,143 |    944 |    62 |   44 |     20 |      8 |     65 |  2,113 |  1,737 |   153 |    65 |     48 |     13 |     97
Library science ..............................|  4,577 |  3,958 |   235 |   122 |    100 |     17 |    145 |    947 |    811 |    36 |   32 |     22 |      4 |     42 |  3,630 |  3,147 |   199 |    90 |     78 |     13 |    103
Mathematics ..................................|  3,412 |  1,835 |   110 |    93 |    217 |     10 |  1,147 |  1,881 |  1,015 |    51 |   54 |    102 |      6 |    653 |  1,531 |    820 |    59 |    39 |    115 |      4 |    494
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Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..............|  3,064 |  2,304 |   230 |   133 |    120 |     23 |    254 |  1,173 |    875 |    65 |   50 |     51 |      9 |    123 |  1,891 |  1,429 |   165 |    83 |     69 |     14 |    131
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies|  2,478 |  2,058 |   183 |    61 |     47 |     11 |    118 |  1,238 |  1,033 |    84 |   37 |     20 |      6 |     58 |  1,240 |  1,025 |    99 |    24 |     27 |      5 |     60
Philosophy and religion ......................|  1,329 |  1,036 |    52 |    55 |     57 |      4 |    125 |    827 |    634 |    33 |   35 |     36 |      3 |     86 |    502 |    402 |    19 |    20 |     21 |      1 |     39
Physical sciences and science technologies....|  4,841 |  2,983 |   132 |    95 |    276 |     19 |  1,336 |  3,126 |  1,923 |    70 |   60 |    163 |     14 |    896 |  1,715 |  1,060 |    62 |    35 |    113 |      5 |    440
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 |  2,043 |   330 |   117 |     32 |     23 |     64 |  1,534 |  1,249 |   151 |   73 |      9 |     17 |     35 |  1,075 |    794 |   179 |    44 |     23 |      6 |     29
Psychology ...................................| 14,465 | 11,112 | 1,492 |   777 |    520 |     79 |    485 |  3,552 |  2,727 |   343 |  221 |    119 |     16 |    126 | 10,913 |  8,385 | 1,149 |   556 |    401 |     63 |    359
Public administration and services ...........| 25,594 | 17,662 | 4,086 | 1,652 |    836 |    204 |  1,154 |  6,808 |  4,544 |   993 |  434 |    212 |     50 |    575 | 18,786 | 13,118 | 3,093 | 1,218 |    624 |    154 |    579
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 |  8,907 | 1,035 |   592 |    604 |     90 |  2,838 |  7,024 |  4,508 |   429 |  291 |    251 |     40 |  1,505 |  7,042 |  4,399 |   606 |   301 |    353 |     50 |  1,333
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Theological studies and religious vocations ..|  5,576 |  4,087 |   395 |   156 |    258 |     13 |    667 |  3,352 |  2,435 |   205 |   94 |    160 |      8 |    450 |  2,224 |  1,652 |   190 |    62 |     98 |      5 |    217
Transportation and material moving workers ...|    697 |    603 |    26 |    26 |     13 |      8 |     21 |    629 |    547 |    22 |   23 |      9 |      7 |     21 |     68 |     56 |     4 |     3 |      4 |      1 |      0
Visual and performing arts ...................| 10,918 |  7,456 |   447 |   425 |    590 |     45 |  1,955 |  4,672 |  3,322 |   203 |  211 |    198 |     17 |    721 |  6,246 |  4,134 |   244 |   214 |    392 |     28 |  1,234
Not classified by field of study .............|  1,802 |  1,445 |   112 |    36 |     64 |      2 |    143 |    681 |    520 |    43 |   14 |     25 |      0 |     79 |  1,121 |    925 |    69 |    22 |     39 |      2 |     64
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\1\Exludes "Construction trades" which is listed separately.
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. 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared October 2002.)
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