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Table 262. Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2003-04 
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                                                  |                                Total                        |                               Males                     |                           Females
                                                  |_____________________________________________________________|_________________________________________________________|_________________________________________________________
                                                  |         |         | Black,|      |        |American|        |       |        |Black,|      |        |American|        |       |        |Black,|      |        |American|
                                                  |         |   White,|   non-|      |  Asian/| Indian/|Nonresi-|       |  White,|  non-|      |  Asian/| Indian/|Nonresi-|       |  White,|  non-|      |  Asian/| Indian/|Nonresi-
                                                  |         |     non-|   His-|  His-| Pacific|  Alaska|    dent|       |    non-|  His-|  His-| Pacific|  Alaska|    dent|       |    non-|  His-|  His-| Pacific|  Alaska|   dent
Major field of study                              |    Total| Hispanic|  panic| panic|Islander|  Native|   alien|  Total|Hispanic| panic| panic|Islander|  Native|   alien|  Total|Hispanic| panic| panic|Islander|  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 .............................|1,399,542|1,026,114|131,241|94,644|  92,073|  10,638|  44,832|595,425| 445,483|43,851|37,288|  41,360|   4,244|  23,199|804,117| 580,631|87,390|57,356|  50,713|   6,394|  21,633
                                                  |_________|_________|_______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources ................|   22,835|   20,216|    657|   760|     653|     224|     325| 11,889|  10,753|   272|   344|     250|     118|     152| 10,946|   9,463|   385|   416|     403|     106|     173
Architecture and related services ................|    8,838|    6,604|    390|   674|     698|      43|     429|  5,059|   3,896|   214|   384|     324|      23|     218|  3,779|   2,708|   176|   290|     374|      20|     211
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .......|    7,181|    4,143|    960|   870|     873|     167|     168|  2,162|   1,247|   280|   248|     277|      61|      49|  5,019|   2,896|   680|   622|     596|     106|     119
Biological and biomedical sciences ...............|   61,509|   42,926|  5,081| 3,641|   7,838|     424|   1,599| 23,248|  16,838| 1,321| 1,331|   2,978|     156|     624| 38,261|  26,088| 3,760| 2,310|   4,860|     268|     975
Business .........................................|  307,149|  213,892| 33,404|20,942|  22,185|   2,048|  14,678|152,513| 112,686|11,959| 9,489|   9,764|     917|   7,698|154,636| 101,206|21,445|11,453|  12,421|   1,131|   6,980
                                                  |         |         |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
Communications, journalism, and related programs .|   70,968|   55,423|  6,572| 4,174|   2,866|     378|   1,555| 24,591|  19,654| 2,088| 1,299|     869|     141|     540| 46,377|  35,769| 4,484| 2,875|   1,997|     237|   1,015
Communications technologies ......................|    2,034|    1,547|    201|   117|     110|      20|      39|  1,222|     923|   100|    82|      82|      15|      20|    812|     624|   101|    35|      28|       5|      19
Computer and information sciences ................|   59,488|   34,836|  6,945| 3,658|   8,496|     494|   5,059| 44,585|  28,206| 3,858| 2,654|   5,919|     378|   3,570| 14,903|   6,630| 3,087| 1,004|   2,577|     116|   1,489
Construction trades ..............................|      119|      103|     10|     5|       1|       0|       0|    107|      99|     2|     5|       1|       0|       0|     12|       4|     8|     0|       0|       0|       0
Education ........................................|  106,278|   91,279|  6,457| 4,792|   1,759|     990|   1,001| 22,802|  19,463| 1,571|   945|     333|     241|     249| 83,476|  71,816| 4,886| 3,847|   1,426|     749|     752
                                                  |         |         |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
Engineering ......................................|   63,558|   43,615|  3,402| 3,568|   8,046|     350|   4,577| 50,557|  35,764| 2,239| 2,727|   5,917|     256|   3,654| 13,001|   7,851| 1,163|   841|   2,129|      94|     923
Engineering technologies\1\ ......................|   14,391|   10,444|  1,557|   946|     732|     201|     511| 12,689|   9,405| 1,217|   839|     624|     171|     433|  1,702|   1,039|   340|   107|     108|      30|      78
English language and literature/letters ..........|   53,984|   43,656|  4,168| 3,067|   2,175|     371|     547| 16,792|  13,902| 1,007|   992|     611|     129|     151| 37,192|  29,754| 3,161| 2,075|   1,564|     242|     396
Family and consumer sciences .....................|   19,172|   15,066|  2,058|   874|     775|     161|     238|  2,298|   1,719|   297|   114|     102|      19|      47| 16,874|  13,347| 1,761|   760|     673|     142|     191
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ..|   17,754|   12,692|    761| 2,843|     935|      97|     426|  5,215|   3,836|   176|   786|     277|      35|     105| 12,539|   8,856|   585| 2,057|     658|      62|     321
                                                  |         |         |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
Health professions and related clinical sciences .|   73,934|   56,033|  8,527| 4,129|   3,758|     577|     910| 10,017|   7,247| 1,037|   739|     734|      86|     174| 63,917|  48,786| 7,490| 3,390|   3,024|     491|     736
Legal professions and studies ....................|    2,841|    1,931|    435|   241|     182|      31|      21|    896|     617|   115|    76|      73|       8|       7|  1,945|   1,314|   320|   165|     109|      23|      14
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,       |         |         |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
   and humanities ................................|   42,106|   29,164|  5,255| 4,593|   1,875|     509|     710| 13,336|   9,903| 1,504|   983|     529|     161|     256| 28,770|  19,261| 3,751| 3,610|   1,346|     348|     454
Library science ..................................|       72|       69|      3|     0|       0|       0|       0|      4|       4|     0|     0|       0|       0|       0|     68|      65|     3|     0|       0|       0|       0
Mathematics and statistics .......................|   13,327|    9,861|    805|   676|   1,283|      62|     640|  7,203|   5,394|   344|   367|     697|      39|     362|  6,124|   4,467|   461|   309|     586|      23|     278
                                                  |         |         |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
Mechanics and repair technologies ................|      159|      131|      5|     4|       3|       6|      10|    149|     121|     5|     4|       3|       6|      10|     10|      10|     0|     0|       0|       0|       0
Military technologies ............................|       10|       10|      0|     0|       0|       0|       0|      9|       9|     0|     0|       0|       0|       0|      1|       1|     0|     0|       0|       0|       0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................|   29,162|   20,743|  2,651| 2,872|   2,047|     247|     602|  9,537|   6,915|   800|   668|     821|      73|     260| 19,625|  13,828| 1,851| 2,204|   1,226|     174|     342
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...|   22,164|   17,621|  1,996| 1,463|     569|     165|     350| 11,289|   8,761| 1,161|   808|     282|      86|     191| 10,875|   8,860|   835|   655|     287|      79|     159
Philosophy and religious studies .................|   11,152|    9,234|    564|   540|     574|      68|     172|  7,046|   5,887|   321|   345|     352|      37|     104|  4,106|   3,347|   243|   195|     222|      31|      68
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Physical sciences and science technologies .......|   17,983|   13,973|  1,097|   773|   1,384|     113|     643| 10,476|   8,476|   419|   441|     710|      61|     369|  7,507|   5,497|   678|   332|     674|      52|     274
Precision production .............................|       61|       58|      0|     0|       1|       0|       2|     38|      36|     0|     0|       1|       0|       1|     23|      22|     0|     0|       0|       0|       1
Psychology .......................................|   82,098|   59,480|  8,985| 6,975|   4,555|     628|   1,475| 18,193|  13,436| 1,671| 1,541|   1,105|     135|     305| 63,905|  46,044| 7,314| 5,434|   3,450|     493|   1,170
Public administration and social service          |         |         |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
   professions ...................................|   20,552|   12,845|  4,642| 2,002|     642|     220|     201|  3,793|   2,409|   752|   403|     150|      36|      43| 16,759|  10,436| 3,890| 1,599|     492|     184|     158
Security and protective services .................|   28,175|   18,964|  5,080| 2,960|     731|     266|     174| 14,195|  10,434| 1,866| 1,327|     382|     114|      72| 13,980|   8,530| 3,214| 1,633|     349|     152|     102
                                                  |         |         |       |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |        |       |        |      |      |        |        |
Social sciences and history ......................|  150,357|  108,775| 13,723|11,190|  11,197|   1,158|   4,314| 73,834|  56,266| 4,985| 4,816|   5,141|     483|   2,143| 76,523|  52,509| 8,738| 6,374|   6,056|     675|   2,171
  Social sciences ................................|  120,549|   83,663| 12,163| 9,538|  10,130|     936|   4,119| 56,431|  41,275| 4,229| 3,867|   4,653|     365|   2,042| 64,118|  42,388| 7,934| 5,671|   5,477|     571|   2,077
  History ........................................|   29,808|   25,112|  1,560| 1,652|   1,067|     222|     195| 17,403|  14,991|   756|   949|     488|     118|     101| 12,405|  10,121|   804|   703|     579|     104|      94
Theology and religious vocations .................|    8,126|    6,882|    466|   342|     182|      47|     207|  5,381|   4,627|   277|   201|     117|      23|     136|  2,745|   2,255|   189|   141|      65|      24|      71
Transportation and materials moving ..............|    4,824|    3,995|    249|   242|     153|      33|     152|  4,263|   3,524|   216|   218|     141|      28|     136|    561|     471|    33|    24|      12|       5|      16
Visual and performing arts .......................|   77,181|   59,903|  4,135| 4,711|   4,795|     540|   3,097| 30,037|  23,026| 1,777| 2,112|   1,794|     208|   1,120| 47,144|  36,877| 2,358| 2,599|   3,001|     332|   1,977
__________________________________________________|_________|_________|_______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________
\1\Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanics and repair technologies," 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 Fall survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences and Natural resources and conservation; and "Business" includes Business management, marketing, and related support services, and Personal and culinary services.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2004. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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