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Table 271. Doctor's 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
                                                  |__________________________________________________________|________________________________________________________|________________________________________________________
                                                  |       | 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 ..............................| 44,160|  26,905|  2,397| 1,432|   2,317|     180|  10,929| 23,708|  13,334|   921|  649|   1,240|      67|   7,497| 20,452|  13,571| 1,476|  783|   1,077|     113|   3,432
                                                  |_______|________|_______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|_____|________|________|________|_______|________|______|_____|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources ................|  1,166|     562|     19|    25|      24|       0|     536|    775|     355|    12|   15|      15|       0|     378|    391|     207|     7|   10|       9|       0|     158
Architecture and related programs ................|    183|      71|      8|     8|      11|       0|      85|    117|      44|     0|    5|       8|       0|      60|     66|      27|     8|    3|       3|       0|      25
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...............|    216|     125|     33|    11|      15|       3|      29|    107|      65|    14|    7|       6|       0|      15|    109|      60|    19|    4|       9|       3|      14
Biological sciences/life sciences ................|  4,489|   2,691|    117|   127|     401|      14|   1,139|  2,500|   1,520|    54|   53|     209|       9|     655|  1,989|   1,171|    63|   74|     192|       5|     484
Business .........................................|  1,158|     612|     71|    22|      53|       4|     396|    748|     369|    42|   10|      28|       3|     296|    410|     243|    29|   12|      25|       1|     100
                                                  |       |        |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |
Communications ...................................|    374|     243|     33|     8|      14|       1|      75|    168|     110|    10|    3|       5|       0|      40|    206|     133|    23|    5|       9|       1|      35
Communications technologies ......................|      9|       6|      0|     0|       0|       0|       3|      0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|      9|       6|     0|    0|       0|       0|       3
Computer and information sciences ................|    750|     288|     22|    21|      78|       1|     340|    579|     218|    14|   18|      58|       0|     271|    171|      70|     8|    3|      20|       1|      69
Education ........................................|  6,967|   4,938|    900|   312|     180|      54|     583|  2,335|   1,665|   252|   99|      54|      16|     249|  4,632|   3,273|   648|  213|     126|      38|     334
Engineering ......................................|  5,195|   1,696|     86|    93|     380|       6|   2,934|  4,299|   1,389|    60|   72|     283|       6|   2,489|    896|     307|    26|   21|      97|       0|     445
                                                  |       |        |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |
Engineering-related technologies .................|     15|       5|      0|     0|       1|       0|       9|     11|       2|     0|    0|       1|       0|       8|      4|       3|     0|    0|       0|       0|       1
English language and literature/letters ..........|  1,446|   1,101|     74|    49|      56|      10|     156|    600|     458|    24|   24|      23|       5|      66|    846|     643|    50|   25|      33|       5|      90
Foreign languages and literatures.................|    843|     463|     17|    96|      34|       1|     232|    346|     197|     7|   39|       9|       1|      93|    497|     266|    10|   57|      25|       0|     139
Health professions and related sciences ..........|  3,523|   2,461|    124|    82|     258|      11|     587|  1,293|     836|    32|   33|     100|       3|     289|  2,230|   1,625|    92|   49|     158|       8|     298
Home economics and vocational home economics .....|    355|     227|     32|    10|      12|       0|      74|    108|      70|     6|    3|       5|       0|      24|    247|     157|    26|    7|       7|       0|      50
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Law and legal studies ............................|     79|      18|      1|     1|       0|       1|      58|     48|       8|     0|    1|       0|       0|      39|     31|      10|     1|    0|       0|       1|      19
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,       |       |        |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |        |       |        |      |     |        |        |
  and humanities .................................|    113|      94|      6|     2|       1|       1|       9|     40|      36|     1|    1|       1|       1|       0|     73|      58|     5|    1|       0|       0|       9
Library science ..................................|     45|      25|      5|     1|       0|       0|      14|     17|       8|     0|    1|       0|       0|       8|     28|      17|     5|    0|       0|       0|       6
Mathematics ......................................|    958|     396|     16|     9|      27|       2|     508|    680|     281|     7|    7|      20|       1|     364|    278|     115|     9|    2|       7|       1|     144
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................|    384|     259|     18|    14|      19|       3|      71|    209|     132|    11|    8|      11|       1|      46|    175|     127|     7|    6|       8|       2|      25
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Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...|    151|     107|      5|     4|       3|       0|      32|     86|      57|     2|    3|       2|       0|      22|     65|      50|     3|    1|       1|       0|      10
Philosophy and religion ..........................|    606|     466|     17|    13|      23|       1|      86|    437|     330|     6|   13|      17|       1|      70|    169|     136|    11|    0|       6|       0|      16
Physical sciences and science technologies........|  3,803|   2,054|     77|    68|     196|       9|   1,399|  2,740|   1,459|    44|   48|     138|       5|   1,046|  1,063|     595|    33|   20|      58|       4|     353
Protective services ..............................|     49|      43|      3|     1|       0|       0|       2|     23|      19|     2|    0|       0|       0|       2|     26|      24|     1|    1|       0|       0|       0
Psychology .......................................|  4,341|   3,454|    257|   263|     192|      28|     147|  1,379|   1,131|    52|   77|      56|       8|      55|  2,962|   2,323|   205|  186|     136|      20|      92
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Public administration and services ...............|    571|     386|     75|    13|      29|       2|      66|    250|     163|    31|    6|      13|       1|      36|    321|     223|    44|    7|      16|       1|      30
Social sciences and history.......................|  3,902|   2,485|    206|   120|     149|      19|     923|  2,219|   1,366|   107|   64|      69|       2|     611|  1,683|   1,119|    99|   56|      80|      17|     312
Theological studies and religious vocations ......|  1,355|     862|    150|    22|     105|       4|     212|  1,104|     694|   115|   18|      91|       1|     185|    251|     168|    35|    4|      14|       3|      27
Visual and performing arts .......................|  1,114|     767|     25|    37|      56|       5|     224|    490|     352|    16|   21|      18|       3|      80|    624|     415|     9|   16|      38|       2|     144
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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), Fall 2002 survey. (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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