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| Table 262. | Associate degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2001-02 |
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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| 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 ..............................| 595,133| 417,739| 67,337| 60,003| 30,947| 6,830| 12,277| 238,109| 170,627| 22,800| 23,963| 13,259| 2,306| 5,154| 357,024| 247,112| 44,537| 36,040| 17,688| 4,524| 7,123
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Agriculture and natural resources ................| 6,494| 6,118| 51| 120| 39| 89| 77| 4,195| 3,966| 38| 66| 21| 58| 46| 2,299| 2,152| 13| 54| 18| 31| 31
Architecture and related programs ................| 443| 331| 23| 28| 30| 3| 28| 101| 71| 9| 5| 6| 1| 9| 342| 260| 14| 23| 24| 2| 19
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...............| 319| 240| 13| 17| 2| 32| 15| 63| 34| 9| 5| 2| 10| 3| 256| 206| 4| 12| 0| 22| 12
Biological sciences/life sciences ................| 1,517| 1,074| 141| 137| 91| 44| 30| 478| 338| 44| 49| 23| 11| 13| 1,039| 736| 97| 88| 68| 33| 17
Business .........................................| 108,911| 73,361| 16,052| 9,823| 5,505| 1,244| 2,926| 36,518| 25,708| 4,479| 3,026| 1,824| 326| 1,155| 72,393| 47,653| 11,573| 6,797| 3,681| 918| 1,771
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Communications ...................................| 2,819| 2,252| 240| 167| 89| 26| 45| 1,395| 1,168| 108| 66| 36| 7| 10| 1,424| 1,084| 132| 101| 53| 19| 35
Communications technologies ......................| 2,021| 1,518| 166| 185| 55| 19| 78| 1,247| 957| 95| 117| 32| 10| 36| 774| 561| 71| 68| 23| 9| 42
Computer and information sciences ................| 30,965| 19,943| 4,328| 3,024| 2,392| 301| 977| 19,815| 13,445| 2,233| 1,959| 1,502| 154| 522| 11,150| 6,498| 2,095| 1,065| 890| 147| 455
Construction trades ..............................| 2,639| 2,216| 172| 117| 63| 62| 9| 2,500| 2,118| 151| 108| 59| 55| 9| 139| 98| 21| 9| 4| 7| 0
Education ........................................| 9,267| 6,318| 1,397| 1,050| 98| 316| 88| 1,870| 1,286| 280| 197| 18| 66| 23| 7,397| 5,032| 1,117| 853| 80| 250| 65
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Engineering ......................................| 1,724| 1,284| 140| 124| 101| 18| 57| 1,436| 1,092| 107| 96| 78| 16| 47| 288| 192| 33| 28| 23| 2| 10
Engineering-related technologies\1\ ..............| 32,895| 22,920| 3,743| 3,468| 2,154| 263| 347| 28,380| 20,049| 2,950| 3,085| 1,801| 208| 287| 4,515| 2,871| 793| 383| 353| 55| 60
English language and literature/letters ..........| 864| 625| 69| 101| 44| 6| 19| 295| 203| 24| 46| 15| 3| 4| 569| 422| 45| 55| 29| 3| 15
Foreign languages and literatures.................| 517| 298| 13| 143| 26| 16| 21| 220| 141| 7| 44| 19| 5| 4| 297| 157| 6| 99| 7| 11| 17
Health professions and related sciences ..........| 79,888| 60,300| 9,381| 5,903| 2,922| 862| 520| 10,185| 6,977| 1,193| 1,152| 622| 121| 120| 69,703| 53,323| 8,188| 4,751| 2,300| 741| 400
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Home economics and vocational home economics .....| 9,480| 5,652| 1,792| 1,252| 466| 154| 164| 741| 443| 97| 58| 114| 9| 20| 8,739| 5,209| 1,695| 1,194| 352| 145| 144
Law and legal studies ............................| 6,825| 4,785| 1,174| 626| 133| 73| 34| 777| 474| 184| 83| 18| 12| 6| 6,048| 4,311| 990| 543| 115| 61| 28
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and humanities .................................| 207,163| 144,594| 19,935| 23,275| 11,944| 2,170| 5,245| 76,176| 53,965| 6,724| 7,970| 4,652| 674| 2,191| 130,987| 90,629| 13,211| 15,305| 7,292| 1,496| 3,054
Library science ..................................| 96| 85| 3| 5| 2| 1| 0| 12| 10| 2| 0| 0| 0| 0| 84| 75| 1| 5| 2| 1| 0
Mathematics ......................................| 685| 407| 28| 112| 95| 7| 36| 445| 260| 20| 76| 62| 6| 21| 240| 147| 8| 36| 33| 1| 15
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Mechanics and repairers ..........................| 12,086| 9,012| 824| 1,343| 613| 175| 119| 11,319| 8,532| 734| 1,257| 532| 158| 106| 767| 480| 90| 86| 81| 17| 13
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 13,204| 8,826| 1,379| 1,476| 1,137| 101| 285| 5,770| 3,935| 617| 627| 436| 31| 124| 7,434| 4,891| 762| 849| 701| 70| 161
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...| 830| 629| 88| 68| 16| 10| 19| 463| 351| 53| 38| 11| 2| 8| 367| 278| 35| 30| 5| 8| 11
Philosophy and religion ..........................| 134| 67| 21| 27| 17| 0| 2| 70| 39| 12| 14| 4| 0| 1| 64| 28| 9| 13| 13| 0| 1
Physical sciences and science technologies........| 2,308| 1,707| 205| 200| 118| 22| 56| 1,246| 944| 89| 123| 56| 10| 24| 1,062| 763| 116| 77| 62| 12| 32
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Precision production trades.......................| 10,818| 8,470| 673| 1,033| 452| 109| 81| 8,391| 6,660| 493| 804| 315| 71| 48| 2,427| 1,810| 180| 229| 137| 38| 33
Protective services ..............................| 16,689| 12,276| 1,941| 1,832| 376| 200| 64| 10,292| 8,105| 772| 1,026| 257| 91| 41| 6,397| 4,171| 1,169| 806| 119| 109| 23
Psychology .......................................| 1,705| 1,166| 147| 270| 53| 33| 36| 371| 242| 42| 54| 16| 7| 10| 1,334| 924| 105| 216| 37| 26| 26
Public administration and services ...............| 3,323| 1,862| 817| 460| 87| 73| 24| 468| 236| 114| 76| 25| 14| 3| 2,855| 1,626| 703| 384| 62| 59| 21
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ...............| 62| 32| 27| 3| 0| 0| 0| 54| 29| 23| 2| 0| 0| 0| 8| 3| 4| 1| 0| 0| 0
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Social sciences and history.......................| 5,593| 3,326| 650| 946| 382| 172| 117| 1,846| 1,115| 193| 310| 137| 44| 47| 3,747| 2,211| 457| 636| 245| 128| 70
Theological studies and religious vocations ......| 414| 314| 68| 16| 4| 1| 11| 178| 128| 36| 10| 1| 1| 2| 236| 186| 32| 6| 3| 0| 9
Transportation and material moving workers .......| 1,159| 901| 61| 96| 41| 13| 47| 998| 800| 55| 74| 33| 10| 26| 161| 101| 6| 22| 8| 3| 21
Visual and performing arts .......................| 20,911| 14,546| 1,521| 2,545| 1,388| 211| 700| 9,613| 6,668| 786| 1,333| 524| 114| 188| 11,298| 7,878| 735| 1,212| 864| 97| 512
Not classified by field of study .................| 365| 284| 54| 11| 12| 4| 0| 181| 138| 27| 7| 8| 1| 0| 184| 146| 27| 4| 4| 3| 0
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| \1\Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanics and repairers," which are 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. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2002 survey. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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