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                                |Average salary\1\|Average salary\1\|Average salary\1\|  Average salary |  Average salary |Average salary\1\|         Average| Percent| Percent
                                |    of 1974-75   |    of 1979-80   |    of 1983-84   |    of 1985-86   |    of 1989-90   |    of 1992-93   |    salary\1\ of|  change|  change
                                |degree recipients|degree recipients|degree recipients|degree recipients|degree recipients|degree recipients|       1999-2000|      in|      in
Field of study                  | in February 1976|   in May 1981   |   in June 1985  |   in June 1987  |   in June 1991  |  in April 1994  |          degree|constant|constant
                                |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|      recipients|dollars,|dollars,
                                |Current| Constant|Current| Constant|Current| Constant|Current| Constant|Current| Constant|Current| Constant|              in| 1976 to| 1991 to
                                |dollars|     2001|dollars|     2001|dollars|     2001|dollars|     2001|dollars|     2001|dollars|     2001|            2001|    2001|    2001
                                |       |  dollars|       |  dollars|       |  dollars|       |  dollars|       |  dollars|       |  dollars|                |        |
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________________________________|_______|_________|_______|_________|_______|_________|_______|_________|_______|_________|_______|_________|________________|________|________
   Total .......................| $7,600|  $23,700|$15,200|  $29,600|$17,700|  $29,100|$20,400|  $31,700|$23,600|  $30,700|$24,200|  $28,900|$35,400  (316.0)|    49.4|    15.3
                                |_______|_________|_______|_________|_______|_________|_______|_________|_______|_________|_______|_________|________________|________|________
Engineering ....................| 12,200|   38,000| 22,400|   43,600| 24,100|   39,700| 26,600|   41,500| 30,900|   40,200| 30,900|   37,000| 47,900  (790.0)|    26.1|    19.2
Business and management ........| 10,200|   31,700| 16,300|   31,800| 18,700|   30,800| 21,100|   32,900| 24,700|   32,200| 27,100|   32,300| 41,000  (941.2)|    29.3|    27.3
Health professions .............|  8,600|   26,800| 17,300|   33,700| 20,800|   34,200| 22,600|   35,200| 31,500|   40,900| 31,300|   37,400| 39,400(1,089.6)|    47.0|    -3.7
Education\2\ ...................|  6,300|   19,600| 11,500|   22,400| 13,800|   22,700| 15,800|   24,600| 19,100|   24,800| 19,300|   23,000| 27,600  (345.7)|    40.8|    11.3
Public affairs and social       |       |         |       |         |       |         |       |         |       |         |       |         |                |        |
   services ....................|   --- |     --- | 13,700|   26,700| 15,100|   24,900| 17,700|   27,600| 20,800|   27,000| 22,000|   26,300| 30,400(1,054.7)|    --- |    12.6
Biological sciences ............|  6,500|   20,200| 14,500|   28,300| 15,100|   24,900| 16,400|   25,500| 21,100|   27,400| 22,800|   27,200| 30,700  (978.4)|    52.0|    12.0
Mathematics and other sciences .|  7,000|   21,800| 16,300|   31,800| 17,500|   28,800| 22,500|   35,100| 27,200|   35,300| 25,400|   30,400| 42,800  (981.0)|    96.3|    21.2
Psychology .....................|   --- |     --- | 12,500|   24,400| 14,600|   24,000| 17,300|   27,000| 19,200|   24,900| 19,500|   23,300| 28,800  (905.7)|    --- |    15.7
Social sciences ................|  6,700|   20,900| 14,000|   27,300| 15,800|   26,000| 20,300|   31,700| 22,200|   28,900| 22,100|   26,400| 33,900  (916.0)|    62.2|    17.3
History ........................|   --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |   --- |     --- | 21,000|   25,200| 30,000(1,053.2)|    --- |    ---
Humanities .....................|  5,800|   18,100| 12,600|   24,500| 14,000|   23,000| 16,200|   25,300| 19,100|   24,800| 21,300|   25,500| 30,100  (846.5)|    66.3|    21.4
Communications .................|   --- |     --- |   --- |     --- | 16,200|   26,700|   --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |   ---      (†) |    --- |    ---
Miscellaneous ..................|  6,800|   21,200| 15,100|   29,400| 18,600|   30,600| 17,600|   27,500| 20,800|   27,000| 21,600|   25,800| 32,800  (627.5)|    54.7|    21.5
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