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Table 263. Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2002-03 
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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 .............................|1,348,503| 994,234|124,241|89,030|  87,943|   9,816|  43,239| 573,079| 430,024|41,472|35,080|  40,210|   3,853|  22,440| 775,424| 564,210|82,769|53,950|  47,733|   5,963|  20,799
                                                  |_________|________|_______|______|________|________|________|________|________|______|______|________|________|________|________|________|______|______|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources ................|   23,294|  20,630|    614|   738|     760|     206|     346|  12,327|  11,102|   281|   356|     316|      94|     178|  10,967|   9,528|   333|   382|     444|     112|     168
Architecture and related services ................|    9,054|   6,663|    365|   682|     780|      55|     509|   5,329|   4,011|   201|   425|     395|      34|     263|   3,725|   2,652|   164|   257|     385|      21|     246
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .......|    6,629|   3,858|    860|   830|     760|     148|     173|   2,056|   1,191|   254|   248|     267|      46|      50|   4,573|   2,667|   606|   582|     493|     102|     123
Biological and biomedical sciences ...............|   60,072|  42,249|  4,945| 3,613|   7,398|     383|   1,484|  22,899|  16,539| 1,305| 1,380|   2,948|     144|     583|  37,173|  25,710| 3,640| 2,233|   4,450|     239|     901
Business .........................................|  293,545| 206,672| 30,746|18,916|  21,100|   1,962|  14,149| 145,151| 108,114|10,804| 8,479|   9,383|     960|   7,411| 148,394|  98,558|19,942|10,437|  11,717|   1,002|   6,738
                                                  |         |        |       |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |
Communications, journalism, and related programs .|   67,859|  53,307|  6,141| 3,896|   2,567|     363|   1,585|  24,142|  19,230| 2,152| 1,268|     814|     135|     543|  43,717|  34,077| 3,989| 2,628|   1,753|     228|   1,042
Communications technologies ......................|    1,933|   1,520|    191|   101|      73|       4|      44|   1,183|     948|    93|    68|      48|       3|      23|     750|     572|    98|    33|      25|       1|      21
Computer and information sciences ................|   57,439|  33,474|  6,540| 3,363|   8,910|     299|   4,853|  41,950|  26,472| 3,491| 2,335|   6,125|     209|   3,318|  15,489|   7,002| 3,049| 1,028|   2,785|      90|   1,535
Construction trades ..............................|      166|     145|     10|     5|       1|       1|       4|     148|     135|     3|     4|       1|       1|       4|      18|      10|     7|     1|       0|       0|       0
Education ........................................|  105,790|  90,592|  6,923| 4,719|   1,654|   1,028|     874|  22,602|  19,099| 1,748|   939|     350|     218|     248|  83,188|  71,493| 5,175| 3,780|   1,304|     810|     626
                                                  |         |        |       |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |
Engineering ......................................|   62,611|  43,527|  3,276| 3,413|   7,771|     333|   4,291|  49,945|  35,569| 2,137| 2,643|   5,837|     254|   3,505|  12,666|   7,958| 1,139|   770|   1,934|      79|     786
Engineering technologies\1\ ......................|   14,356|  10,554|  1,525|   947|     745|     132|     453|  12,622|   9,493| 1,160|   828|     650|     104|     387|   1,734|   1,061|   365|   119|      95|      28|      66
English language and literature/letters ..........|   53,670|  43,407|  4,098| 3,087|   2,247|     351|     480|  16,725|  13,925|   979|   920|     650|     116|     135|  36,945|  29,482| 3,119| 2,167|   1,597|     235|     345
Family and consumer sciences .....................|   18,166|  14,516|  1,716|   813|     776|     130|     215|   2,212|   1,714|   248|   100|      99|      11|      40|  15,954|  12,802| 1,468|   713|     677|     119|     175
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ..|   16,901|  11,955|    700| 2,793|     882|     108|     463|   4,996|   3,675|   174|   730|     257|      31|     129|  11,905|   8,280|   526| 2,063|     625|      77|     334
                                                  |         |        |       |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |
Health professions and related clinical sciences .|   71,223|  54,136|  7,994| 3,884|   3,730|     533|     946|  10,091|   7,296| 1,035|   703|     774|      80|     203|  61,132|  46,840| 6,959| 3,181|   2,956|     453|     743
Legal professions and studies ....................|    2,466|   1,647|    386|   214|     172|      28|      19|     715|     464|    94|    81|      64|       6|       6|   1,751|   1,183|   292|   133|     108|      22|      13
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,       |         |        |       |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |
   and humanities ................................|   40,221|  28,199|  5,029| 4,297|   1,596|     447|     653|  12,560|   9,380| 1,391|   955|     449|     126|     259|  27,661|  18,819| 3,638| 3,342|   1,147|     321|     394
Library science ..................................|       99|      79|      7|     2|       9|       0|       2|      26|      16|     0|     2|       8|       0|       0|      73|      63|     7|     0|       1|       0|       2
Mathematics and statistics .......................|   12,493|   9,182|    815|   663|   1,172|      68|     593|   6,776|   4,987|   388|   370|     621|      31|     379|   5,717|   4,195|   427|   293|     551|      37|     214
                                                  |         |        |       |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |
Mechanics and repair technologies ................|      134|     115|      2|     3|       2|       2|      10|     122|     106|     2|     2|       0|       2|      10|      12|       9|     0|     1|       2|       0|       0
Military technologies ............................|        6|       5|      0|     1|       0|       0|       0|       6|       5|     0|     1|       0|       0|       0|       0|       0|     0|     0|       0|       0|       0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................|   28,757|  20,117|  2,801| 2,908|   2,043|     232|     656|   9,371|   6,696|   825|   717|     785|      75|     273|  19,386|  13,421| 1,976| 2,191|   1,258|     157|     383
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...|   21,428|  17,037|  1,847| 1,403|     623|     156|     362|  10,736|   8,313| 1,006|   819|     330|      73|     195|  10,692|   8,724|   841|   584|     293|      83|     167
Philosophy and religious studies .................|   10,344|   8,551|    536|   513|     528|      57|     159|   6,353|   5,308|   298|   314|     306|      33|      94|   3,991|   3,243|   238|   199|     222|      24|      65
                                                  |         |        |       |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |
Physical sciences and science technologies .......|   17,940|  14,175|  1,043|   737|   1,264|     133|     588|  10,556|   8,596|   438|   449|     668|      71|     334|   7,384|   5,579|   605|   288|     596|      62|     254
Precision production .............................|       42|      33|      0|     1|       2|       0|       6|      30|      25|     0|     0|       2|       0|       3|      12|       8|     0|     1|       0|       0|       3
Psychology .......................................|   78,613|  57,486|  8,424| 6,488|   4,251|     571|   1,393|  17,504|  12,892| 1,653| 1,425|   1,127|     126|     281|  61,109|  44,594| 6,771| 5,063|   3,124|     445|   1,112
Public administration and social service          |         |        |       |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |
   professions ...................................|   19,878|  12,537|  4,321| 1,976|     632|     205|     207|   3,724|   2,389|   718|   377|     151|      33|      56|  16,154|  10,148| 3,603| 1,599|     481|     172|     151
Security and protective services .................|   26,189|  17,579|  4,794| 2,733|     676|     252|     155|  13,402|   9,716| 1,814| 1,314|     370|     108|      80|  12,787|   7,863| 2,980| 1,419|     306|     144|      75
                                                  |         |        |       |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |        |        |        |      |      |        |        |
Social sciences and history ......................|  143,218| 103,783| 13,240|10,728|  10,202|   1,091|   4,174|  69,498|  53,093| 4,746| 4,596|   4,562|     463|   2,038|  73,720|  50,690| 8,494| 6,132|   5,640|     628|   2,136
  Social sciences ................................|  115,488|  80,594| 11,675| 9,080|   9,256|     914|   3,969|  53,263|  39,216| 4,020| 3,648|   4,092|     362|   1,925|  62,225|  41,378| 7,655| 5,432|   5,164|     552|   2,044
  History ........................................|   27,730|  23,189|  1,565| 1,648|     946|     177|     205|  16,235|  13,877|   726|   948|     470|     101|     113|  11,495|   9,312|   839|   700|     476|      76|      92
Theology and religious vocations .................|    7,926|   6,792|    468|   250|     197|      39|     180|   5,322|   4,604|   270|   170|     128|      22|     128|   2,604|   2,188|   198|    80|      69|      17|      52
Transportation and materials moving ..............|    4,567|   3,722|    238|   252|     165|      40|     150|   4,084|   3,337|   206|   232|     143|      35|     131|     483|     385|    32|    20|      22|       5|      19
Visual and performing arts .......................|   71,474|  55,990|  3,646| 4,061|   4,255|     459|   3,063|  27,916|  21,584| 1,558| 1,830|   1,582|     209|   1,153|  43,558|  34,406| 2,088| 2,231|   2,673|     250|   1,910
__________________________________________________|_________|________|_______|______|________|________|________|________|________|______|______|________|________|________|________|________|______|______|________|________|________
\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, 2002-03 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2003. (This table was prepared December 2004.)


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