Table 268. | Master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2001-02 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ..............................| 482,118| 327,635| 40,373| 22,387| 25,414| 2,626| 63,683| 199,120| 128,770| 11,796| 8,431| 11,749| 994| 37,380| 282,998| 198,865| 28,577| 13,956| 13,665| 1,632| 26,303 |__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ Agriculture and natural resources ................| 4,519| 3,454| 122| 117| 139| 27| 660| 2,345| 1,806| 61| 71| 50| 19| 338| 2,174| 1,648| 61| 46| 89| 8| 322 Architecture and related programs ................| 4,566| 2,797| 164| 220| 267| 14| 1,104| 2,606| 1,660| 76| 122| 117| 11| 620| 1,960| 1,137| 88| 98| 150| 3| 484 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...............| 1,578| 959| 130| 125| 106| 23| 235| 610| 391| 36| 62| 40| 6| 75| 968| 568| 94| 63| 66| 17| 160 Biological sciences/life sciences ................| 6,205| 4,265| 303| 261| 552| 35| 789| 2,616| 1,846| 92| 123| 239| 14| 302| 3,589| 2,419| 211| 138| 313| 21| 487 Business .........................................| 120,785| 76,435| 10,434| 5,024| 8,352| 510| 20,030| 71,157| 46,963| 3,962| 2,862| 4,745| 315| 12,310| 49,628| 29,472| 6,472| 2,162| 3,607| 195| 7,720 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications ...................................| 5,510| 3,512| 532| 189| 251| 19| 1,007| 1,906| 1,294| 116| 59| 79| 5| 353| 3,604| 2,218| 416| 130| 172| 14| 654 Communications technologies ......................| 549| 312| 36| 11| 22| 2| 166| 295| 181| 14| 6| 9| 1| 84| 254| 131| 22| 5| 13| 1| 82 Computer and information sciences ................| 16,113| 5,144| 745| 307| 2,264| 36| 7,617| 10,753| 3,774| 403| 212| 1,329| 22| 5,013| 5,360| 1,370| 342| 95| 935| 14| 2,604 Construction trades ..............................| 9| 2| 1| 2| 0| 0| 4| 8| 2| 1| 2| 0| 0| 3| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1 Education ........................................| 136,579| 107,793| 13,069| 7,751| 3,095| 955| 3,916| 32,172| 25,471| 2,829| 1,819| 694| 237| 1,122| 104,407| 82,322| 10,240| 5,932| 2,401| 718| 2,794 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering ......................................| 26,015| 11,215| 794| 775| 2,378| 61| 10,792| 20,512| 8,974| 512| 560| 1,758| 44| 8,664| 5,503| 2,241| 282| 215| 620| 17| 2,128 Engineering-related technologies\1\ ..............| 896| 583| 75| 21| 36| 4| 177| 647| 430| 49| 17| 24| 3| 124| 249| 153| 26| 4| 12| 1| 53 English language and literature/letters ..........| 7,268| 5,897| 349| 243| 250| 43| 486| 2,326| 1,931| 74| 85| 80| 17| 139| 4,942| 3,966| 275| 158| 170| 26| 347 Foreign languages and literatures.................| 2,861| 1,598| 55| 351| 115| 7| 735| 881| 529| 17| 89| 33| 4| 209| 1,980| 1,069| 38| 262| 82| 3| 526 Health professions and related sciences ..........| 43,644| 33,012| 3,249| 1,740| 3,304| 227| 2,112| 9,797| 6,883| 568| 456| 998| 74| 818| 33,847| 26,129| 2,681| 1,284| 2,306| 153| 1,294 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Home economics and vocational home economics .....| 2,616| 1,911| 270| 130| 104| 22| 179| 390| 276| 36| 21| 10| 6| 41| 2,226| 1,635| 234| 109| 94| 16| 138 Law and legal studies ............................| 4,053| 1,304| 176| 167| 211| 11| 2,184| 2,360| 799| 82| 86| 114| 6| 1,273| 1,693| 505| 94| 81| 97| 5| 911 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and humanities .................................| 2,754| 2,156| 214| 119| 72| 20| 173| 1,030| 813| 66| 47| 32| 7| 65| 1,724| 1,343| 148| 72| 40| 13| 108 Library science ..................................| 5,113| 4,280| 259| 212| 152| 31| 179| 932| 767| 35| 41| 30| 3| 56| 4,181| 3,513| 224| 171| 122| 28| 123 Mathematics ......................................| 3,487| 1,727| 126| 85| 239| 10| 1,300| 2,009| 986| 55| 54| 131| 9| 774| 1,478| 741| 71| 31| 108| 1| 526 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 3,211| 2,236| 250| 156| 150| 24| 395| 1,237| 852| 63| 61| 56| 7| 198| 1,974| 1,384| 187| 95| 94| 17| 197 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...| 2,754| 2,231| 210| 71| 56| 9| 177| 1,358| 1,083| 102| 42| 25| 3| 103| 1,396| 1,148| 108| 29| 31| 6| 74 Philosophy and religion ..........................| 1,334| 1,063| 60| 36| 64| 4| 107| 830| 647| 37| 22| 42| 3| 79| 504| 416| 23| 14| 22| 1| 28 Physical sciences and science technologies........| 5,034| 3,056| 149| 148| 267| 21| 1,393| 3,142| 1,916| 74| 91| 146| 11| 904| 1,892| 1,140| 75| 57| 121| 10| 489 Precision production trades.......................| 2| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Protective services ..............................| 2,935| 2,119| 482| 159| 59| 25| 91| 1,613| 1,222| 205| 88| 29| 12| 57| 1,322| 897| 277| 71| 30| 13| 34 Psychology .......................................| 14,888| 10,931| 1,837| 921| 592| 111| 496| 3,517| 2,610| 381| 231| 129| 31| 135| 11,371| 8,321| 1,456| 690| 463| 80| 361 Public administration and services ...............| 25,448| 16,889| 4,386| 1,743| 882| 228| 1,320| 6,505| 4,145| 1,010| 446| 215| 53| 636| 18,943| 12,744| 3,376| 1,297| 667| 175| 684 Social sciences and history.......................| 14,112| 8,660| 1,022| 670| 570| 80| 3,110| 6,941| 4,328| 403| 295| 227| 38| 1,650| 7,171| 4,332| 619| 375| 343| 42| 1,460 Theological studies and religious vocations ......| 4,952| 3,570| 334| 164| 276| 10| 598| 3,064| 2,178| 178| 105| 165| 6| 432| 1,888| 1,392| 156| 59| 111| 4| 166 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and material moving workers .......| 709| 604| 32| 31| 11| 3| 28| 633| 541| 29| 28| 8| 3| 24| 76| 63| 3| 3| 3| 0| 4 Visual and performing arts .......................| 11,595| 7,906| 508| 437| 577| 54| 2,113| 4,912| 3,464| 230| 228| 194| 24| 772| 6,683| 4,442| 278| 209| 383| 30| 1,341 Not classified by field of study .................| 24| 14| 0| 0| 0| 0| 10| 15| 8| 0| 0| 0| 0| 7| 9| 6| 0| 0| 0| 0| 3 __________________________________________________|__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ |
\1\Excludes "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. 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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