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| Table 212. | Enrollment in postsecondary education, by student level, type of institution, age, and major field of study: 1999-2000 |
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| All students | Undergraduate | Graduate
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Field of study | Total,| Percentage distribution, by age | 2-year institutions\1\ | 4-year institutions | professional
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| thousands| | | | Total,| Percentage distribution, by age | Total,| Percentage distribution, by age | Total,
| | Under 25| 25 to 34 | Over 35| in|_________________________________________| in|______________________________________| in
| | | | | thousands| Under 25 | 25 to 34| Over 35 | thousands| Under 25| 25 to 34| Over 35| thousands
_____________________________________|_____________|___________|____________|___________|_____________|______________|____________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|______________
1 | 2| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
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Total ............................| 19,197 (1.2)| 55.3(0.59)| 24.5 (0.30)| 20.2(0.40)| 8,418 (7.2)| 50.3 (1.02)| 24.7 (0.58)| 25.1 (0.64)| 8,121(34.3)| 72.9 (0.34)| 16.2 (0.24)| 11.0 (0.21)| 2,658 (31.5)
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Agriculture .........................| 136 (8.3)| 75.9(1.90)| 16.7 (2.11)| 7.5(1.06)| 38 (5.3)| 71.0 (5.22)| 13.8 (2.55)| 15.2 (4.92)| 80 (6.4)| 88.9 (2.18)| 9.3 (1.63)| 1.8 (1.19)| 17 (1.8)
Architecture/city planning ..........| 98 (4.3)| 66.2(3.40)| 25.4 (4.34)| 8.4(2.15)| 27 (2.8)| 65.9 (7.27)| 22.3 (8.42)| 11.7 (2.66)| 57 (6.7)| 78.2 (4.65)| 15.9 (4.21)| 5.8 (2.83)| 14 (2.2)
Area studies ........................| 17 (3.1)| 56.4(8.33)| 24.3 (6.85)| 19.3(6.24)| ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | 10 (1.8)| 83.1 (5.24)| 11.0 (3.84)| 5.9 (5.08)| ‡ (‡)
Business ............................| 2,949(39.1)| 52.9(1.08)| 25.7 (0.42)| 21.5(0.90)| 1,117 (31.7)| 49.1 (2.33)| 24.4 (0.68)| 26.5 (2.31)| 1,439(19.8)| 66.9 (0.72)| 17.8 (0.64)| 15.3 (0.72)| 393 (22.9)
Communications/journalism ...........| 454(28.3)| 73.8(1.65)| 16.0 (0.92)| 10.2(1.31)| 106 (11.1)| 59.8 (4.55)| 20.0 (3.30)| 20.2 (2.95)| 316(21.0)| 84.2 (1.92)| 11.2 (1.26)| 4.5 (0.83)| 32 (2.4)
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Computer science ....................| 1,297(50.0)| 44.6(1.51)| 28.4 (1.10)| 27.1(1.54)| 774 (41.8)| 38.2 (1.78)| 27.9 (1.22)| 33.9 (2.32)| 439(25.0)| 61.2 (2.41)| 24.2 (1.90)| 14.6 (1.26)| 85 (4.8)
Cosmetology .........................| 127(28.6)| 53.5(4.38)| 30.3 (4.69)| 16.2(1.94)| 125 (28.7)| 53.3 (4.13)| 30.7 (4.87)| 16.0 (2.19)| ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡)
Education ...........................| 1,646(25.0)| 44.4(1.24)| 27.5 (0.55)| 28.2(1.02)| 406 (31.8)| 52.9 (1.55)| 20.3 (1.68)| 26.8 (2.10)| 674(18.0)| 69.2 (1.61)| 17.0 (0.46)| 13.8 (1.38)| 566 (13.6)
Engineering .........................| 751(21.1)| 61.8(1.05)| 25.0 (1.19)| 13.2(0.77)| 239 (12.9)| 50.8 (2.17)| 25.9 (2.29)| 23.2 (1.91)| 418(14.8)| 77.4 (1.26)| 16.2 (1.12)| 6.3 (0.62)| 94 (4.9)
Foreign language ....................| 94(11.2)| 57.8(2.27)| 25.4 (2.60)| 16.8(1.83)| ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | 56 (4.4)| 78.7 (5.15)| 14.0 (4.01)| 7.3 (1.84)| 18 (2.1)
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Health ..............................| 1,955(77.3)| 50.9(0.55)| 28.3 (0.64)| 20.8(0.86)| 1,047 (56.0)| 46.4 (0.87)| 29.5 (1.06)| 24.0 (1.15)| 653(19.2)| 66.1 (1.38)| 20.6 (1.04)| 13.3 (1.30)| 255 (16.0)
Medicine/dentistry ..................| 112 (9.0)| 38.7(4.04)| 53.8 (4.37)| 7.6(1.02)| ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | 97 (8.5)
Home economics ......................| 163(25.2)| 49.8(4.03)| 22.0 (5.88)| 28.2(3.81)| 104 (21.4)| 41.1 (4.35)| 27.0 (7.27)| 31.9 (6.11)| 52 (5.6)| 72.2 (4.62)| 12.1 (4.27)| 15.7 (2.80)| ‡ (‡)
Industrial arts .....................| 256(27.6)| 44.3(2.29)| 28.1 (2.16)| 27.6(1.90)| 220 (27.1)| 41.9 (2.72)| 28.7 (2.73)| 29.4 (2.13)| 33 (3.1)| 62.8 (3.03)| 23.2 (7.12)| 14.0 (5.58)| ‡ (‡)
Interdisciplinary studies ...........| 224(12.9)| 58.0(2.82)| 24.0 (1.51)| 18.0(2.90)| 98 (14.4)| 55.7 (6.74)| 24.6 (3.63)| 19.7 (7.12)| 94 (6.2)| 73.2 (2.81)| 15.6 (4.01)| 11.2 (2.22)| 31 (2.9)
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Law .................................| 318(17.5)| 47.7(2.45)| 34.6 (1.52)| 17.7(1.40)| 123 (8.2)| 50.1 (5.76)| 23.2 (3.40)| 26.7 (3.65)| 63 (4.3)| 66.0 (2.93)| 22.0 (3.03)| 12.0 (2.03)| 132 (10.6)
Letters/liberal studies .............| 1,291(41.1)| 60.0(2.51)| 21.2 (1.38)| 18.8(1.45)| 845 (43.0)| 56.9 (3.34)| 22.7 (1.91)| 20.4 (2.02)| 387(16.6)| 73.5 (1.73)| 13.8 (1.13)| 12.7 (1.04)| 59 (3.6)
Library science .....................| 29 (2.3)| 3.0(2.20)| 38.2 (3.86)| 58.8(5.48)| ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | ‡ (‡) | 21 (2.7)
Life sciences .......................| 538(11.2)| 75.6(0.76)| 18.3 (0.77)| 6.1(0.68)| 92 (11.8)| 68.6 (2.38)| 23.3 (2.39)| 8.1 (1.73)| 381 (7.0)| 85.6 (1.11)| 10.5 (0.64)| 3.9 (0.91)| 64 (5.7)
Mathematics .........................| 132 (6.6)| 60.7(3.83)| 23.2 (1.50)| 16.1(3.99)| 43 (3.1)| 45.1 (10.84)| 28.6 (3.36)| 26.4 (10.28)| 64 (4.2)| 85.6 (3.13)| 11.0 (3.26)| 3.4 (1.06)| 25 (2.3)
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Mechanics/transportation ............| 258(19.5)| 47.6(2.44)| 26.6 (1.88)| 25.8(2.25)| 214 (21.2)| 45.4 (2.82)| 26.3 (2.08)| 28.3 (2.52)| 39 (6.2)| 63.7 (3.19)| 23.9 (2.67)| 12.4 (2.93)| ‡ (‡)
Philosophy and religion .............| 272(32.0)| 42.5(1.49)| 29.9 (3.70)| 27.6(3.72)| 60 (9.0)| 43.5 (5.23)| 33.6 (9.22)| 22.8 (10.40)| 116(16.5)| 70.3 (3.59)| 17.2 (2.84)| 12.6 (2.92)| 96 (14.4)
Physical science ....................| 211 (9.8)| 63.5(1.53)| 26.9 (1.64)| 9.6(1.41)| 45 (5.0)| 60.6 (3.31)| 29.4 (4.60)| 10.0 (4.43)| 120 (8.7)| 79.6 (2.33)| 13.6 (1.74)| 6.9 (1.67)| 45 (1.9)
Protective services .................| 332(19.5)| 61.3(1.92)| 24.0 (1.39)| 14.7(1.61)| 208 (12.2)| 55.9 (2.74)| 26.1 (2.31)| 18.1 (2.46)| 120(11.6)| 72.5 (1.90)| 18.4 (1.94)| 9.1 (1.81)| ‡ (‡)
Psychology ..........................| 522(18.8)| 69.5(1.61)| 19.5 (1.11)| 11.0(0.92)| 100 (8.1)| 76.5 (4.01)| 13.6 (3.08)| 10.0 (1.60)| 349 (8.5)| 78.4 (1.33)| 13.3 (1.49)| 8.2 (0.63)| 74 (12.3)
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Public administration/social work ...| 248(16.0)| 45.9(3.67)| 23.7 (1.92)| 30.4(2.39)| 91 (12.8)| 42.8 (9.09)| 19.7 (6.92)| 37.5 (3.54)| 105 (6.4)| 62.1 (2.01)| 18.6 (2.22)| 19.3 (3.14)| 51 (3.8)
Social sciences .....................| 744(17.9)| 70.5(0.94)| 18.9 (0.48)| 10.7(0.67)| 103 (10.7)| 61.5 (5.10)| 25.0 (2.44)| 13.6 (3.83)| 549(14.2)| 81.4 (0.70)| 11.8 (0.57)| 6.8 (0.46)| 92 (5.0)
Visual and performing arts ..........| 1,036(34.3)| 67.8(0.94)| 19.0 (0.86)| 13.2(0.58)| 478 (39.1)| 61.3 (1.46)| 19.1 (1.53)| 19.6 (1.07)| 491(38.1)| 80.5 (2.26)| 14.4 (1.70)| 5.1 (0.84)| 66 (11.3)
Undeclared ..........................| 1,889(82.9)| 54.7(1.10)| 20.8 (0.86)| 24.5(0.72)| 1,140 (82.9)| 50.0 (1.12)| 22.1 (1.19)| 27.9 (1.04)| 596(18.3)| 73.2 (1.82)| 14.9 (0.95)| 11.9 (1.10)| 153 (7.2)
Other ...............................| 158(13.0)| 51.6(1.78)| 27.4 (1.64)| 21.0(1.39)| 46 (9.1)| 42.5 (4.18)| 34.1 (3.89)| 23.4 (3.14)| 68 (3.9)| 82.9 (2.28)| 8.5 (1.79)| 8.7 (2.31)| 45 (6.5)
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Unknown .............................| 943(75.6)| 50.7(2.40)| 25.2 (0.88)| 24.1(1.88)| 493 (69.2)| 47.4 (3.08)| 25.3 (1.69)| 27.3 (2.00)| 342(30.5)| 66.5 (2.03)| 19.0 (1.02)| 14.6 (2.09)| 108 (6.4)
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‡Reporting standards not met. NOTE: Because of different survey editing and processing procedures, enrollment data in this table may differ from those appearing in other tables. Includes students who enrolled at any time during the 1999-2000 academic year. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1999-2000 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:2000), unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2002).
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