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Table 273. Associate's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, race/ethnicity, and major field of study: 2004-05
Major field of study Total Males Females
Total White Black Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Non- resident alien Total White Black Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Non- resident alien Total White Black Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Non- resident 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 696,660 475,513 86,402 78,557 33,669 8,435 14,084 267,536 188,569 27,151 29,658 13,802 2,774 5,582 429,124 286,944 59,251 48,899 19,867 5,661 8,502
Agriculture and natural resources 6,404 6,042 38 124 36 101 63 4,009 3,819 24 63 9 58 36 2,395 2,223 14 61 27 43 27
Architecture and related services 583 380 37 107 35 4 20 237 142 18 50 19 0 8 346 238 19 57 16 4 12
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies 115 25 25 21 9 32 3 38 6 11 10 1 10 0 77 19 14 11 8 22 3
Biological and biomedical sciences 1,709 1,050 132 232 197 46 52 548 343 36 83 51 17 18 1,161 707 96 149 146 29 34
Business 112,378 72,333 17,842 11,913 5,986 1,310 2,994 39,165 26,558 4,881 4,104 2,124 360 1,138 73,213 45,775 12,961 7,809 3,862 950 1,856
                                           
Communications, journalism, and related programs 2,545 1,862 263 225 88 27 80 1,254 949 108 118 33 10 36 1,291 913 155 107 55 17 44
Communications technologies 3,516 2,496 411 362 142 29 76 2,039 1,394 259 247 85 16 38 1,477 1,102 152 115 57 13 38
Computer and information sciences 36,173 23,572 5,554 3,882 1,997 385 783 25,552 17,532 3,138 2,790 1,379 212 501 10,621 6,040 2,416 1,092 618 173 282
Construction trades 3,512 3,011 243 140 53 60 5 3,308 2,857 217 129 51 50 4 204 154 26 11 2 10 1
Education 13,329 8,462 2,250 1,857 178 461 121 2,188 1,487 332 251 22 79 17 11,141 6,975 1,918 1,606 156 382 104
                                           
Engineering 2,441 1,496 300 336 153 35 121 2,078 1,327 244 263 116 26 102 363 169 56 73 37 9 19
Engineering technologies1  33,548 24,118 3,691 3,701 1,362 346 330 28,675 20,824 2,933 3,222 1,164 280 252 4,873 3,294 758 479 198 66 78
English language and literature/letters 995 610 91 191 57 17 29 313 202 26 60 12 7 6 682 408 65 131 45 10 23
Family and consumer sciences 9,707 5,337 2,036 1,726 334 150 124 446 260 84 69 23 2 8 9,261 5,077 1,952 1,657 311 148 116
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics 1,234 871 80 203 28 18 34 197 110 13 49 13 2 10 1,037 761 67 154 15 16 24
                                           
Health professions and related clinical sciences 122,520 90,192 15,578 9,512 4,673 1,298 1,267 17,097 12,008 1,987 1,612 1,083 170 237 105,423 78,184 13,591 7,900 3,590 1,128 1,030
Legal professions and studies 9,885 6,690 1,673 1,188 179 108 47 955 577 196 135 30 14 3 8,930 6,113 1,477 1,053 149 94 44
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities 240,131 161,795 25,669 30,748 13,109 2,690 6,120 87,845 60,870 8,215 10,389 5,112 847 2,412 152,286 100,925 17,454 20,359 7,997 1,843 3,708
Library science 108 86 9 8 3 1 1 11 8 2 0 0 1 0 97 78 7 8 3 0 1
Mathematics and statistics 807 433 37 162 102 13 60 529 285 25 108 62 7 42 278 148 12 54 40 6 18
                                           
Mechanics and repair technologies 13,619 10,267 966 1,451 673 179 83 12,901 9,782 884 1,372 628 162 73 718 485 82 79 45 17 10
Military technologies 355 215 87 39 9 5 0 303 186 74 30 8 5 0 52 29 13 9 1 0 0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies 13,888 8,627 1,561 1,761 1,466 110 363 5,878 3,723 683 702 572 44 154 8,010 4,904 878 1,059 894 66 209
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 966 734 116 67 7 20 22 581 448 71 37 5 10 10 385 286 45 30 2 10 12
Philosophy and religious studies 422 364 17 29 9 2 1 122 94 7 14 5 2 0 300 270 10 15 4 0 1
                                           
Physical sciences and science technologies 2,814 1,917 217 264 243 36 137 1,647 1,140 115 168 123 16 85 1,167 777 102 96 120 20 52
Precision production 2,039 1,735 88 110 67 36 3 1,877 1,614 79 101 49 31 3 162 121 9 9 18 5 0
Psychology 1,942 1,184 181 402 78 59 38 445 271 39 98 15 13 9 1,497 913 142 304 63 46 29
Public administration and social service professions 4,027 2,171 1,070 567 99 84 36 571 306 122 108 16 14 5 3,456 1,865 948 459 83 70 31
Security and protective services 23,749 16,684 3,221 2,918 521 326 79 13,360 10,357 1,043 1,424 348 147 41 10,389 6,327 2,178 1,494 173 179 38
                                           
Social sciences and history 6,533 3,685 735 1,270 483 201 159 2,191 1,302 196 401 183 53 56 4,342 2,383 539 869 300 148 103
Social sciences 6,233 3,480 719 1,212 471 192 159 2,017 1,181 184 369 178 49 56 4,216 2,299 535 843 293 143 103
History 300 205 16 58 12 9 0 174 121 12 32 5 4 0 126 84 4 26 7 5 0
Theology and religious vocations 581 421 107 21 8 8 16 270 192 50 12 3 3 10 311 229 57 9 5 5 6
Transportation and materials moving 1,435 1,095 91 142 43 21 43 1,241 969 78 111 37 16 30 194 126 13 31 6 5 13
Visual and performing arts 22,650 15,553 1,986 2,878 1,242 217 774 9,665 6,627 961 1,328 421 90 238 12,985 8,926 1,025 1,550 821 127 536
1 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanics and repair technologies," which are listed separately.
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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, 2004–05 Integrated Postsecondary Edu­cation Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2005. (This table was prepared July 2006.)

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