| Table 10. | Number of persons age 18 and over who hold a bachelor's or higher degree, by field of study, sex, race, and age: Spring 1990 |
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| | Sex | Race | Age
Field of study | Total |_________________|_________________|______________________________________________________________
of highest degree | | | | | |18 to 24 |25 to 34 |35 to 44 |45 to 54 |55 to 64 |65 years old
| | Men | Women |White\1\|Black\1\|years old|years old|years old|years old|years old| and over
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
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Total population, 18 and over .| 182,591 | 87,240 | 95,350 |156,385 | 20,401 | 25,145 | 43,245 | 37,708 | 25,489 | 21,228 | 29,776
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Number of persons with bachelor's | | | | | | | | | | |
or higher degree ................| 33,554 | 18,145 | 15,408 | 30,049 | 1,908 | 1,797 | 9,657 | 10,215 | 5,355 | 3,249 | 3,281
Percent of population .............| 18.4 | 20.8 | 16.2 | 19.2 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 22.3 | 27.1 | 21.0 | 15.3 | 11.0
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Agriculture and forestry ............| 371 | 339 | 32 | 351 | 6 | 9 | 90 | 63 | 77 | 28 | 103
Biology .............................| 857 | 506 | 351 | 767 | 34 | 89 | 233 | 305 | 118 | 67 | 43
Business and management .............| 6,189 | 4,313 | 1,876 | 5,531 | 368 | 384 | 2,148 | 1,697 | 1,005 | 500 | 454
Economics ...........................| 691 | 467 | 224 | 581 | 40 | 76 | 206 | 114 | 127 | 84 | 83
Education ...........................| 5,879 | 1,633 | 4,246 | 5,296 | 478 | 220 | 943 | 2,125 | 1,123 | 702 | 766
Engineering .........................| 3,090 | 2,821 | 269 | 2,635 | 154 | 159 | 1,104 | 702 | 466 | 340 | 321
English and journalism ..............| 1,369 | 360 | 1,009 | 1,306 | 40 | 58 | 367 | 434 | 181 | 124 | 204
Home economics ......................| 385 | 8 | 377 | 350 | 14 | 3 | 75 | 85 | 60 | 76 | 85
Law .................................| 1,004 | 797 | 207 | 948 | 15 | 14 | 260 | 320 | 191 | 123 | 96
Liberal arts and humanities .........| 3,002 | 1,174 | 1,828 | 2,703 | 160 | 164 | 938 | 1,021 | 396 | 202 | 282
Mathematics and statistics ..........| 699 | 467 | 232 | 648 | 13 | 72 | 171 | 173 | 160 | 84 | 36
Medicine and dentistry ..............| 1,046 | 752 | 294 | 893 | 36 | 44 | 328 | 309 | 104 | 104 | 157
Nursing, pharmacy, and health | | | | | | | | | | |
technologies ......................| 1,913 | 353 | 1,560 | 1,717 | 83 | 111 | 661 | 602 | 249 | 156 | 134
Physical and earth sciences .........| 856 | 631 | 225 | 781 | 35 | 33 | 239 | 283 | 147 | 82 | 73
Police science and law enforcement ..| 238 | 183 | 55 | 201 | 25 | 9 | 53 | 94 | 37 | 33 | 12
Psychology ..........................| 1,103 | 458 | 645 | 1,001 | 80 | 45 | 356 | 358 | 172 | 113 | 58
Religion and theology ...............| 488 | 413 | 75 | 452 | 24 | 14 | 85 | 165 | 72 | 103 | 47
Social sciences .....................| 1,960 | 1,034 | 926 | 1,769 | 125 | 121 | 527 | 666 | 300 | 178 | 169
Vocational and technical studies ....| 179 | 157 | 22 | 155 | 19 | 12 | 69 | 27 | 37 | 26 | 9
Other fields ........................| 2,233 | 1,277 | 956 | 1,963 | 162 | 159 | 803 | 667 | 329 | 124 | 149
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| Percentage distribution of degree holders, by field
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Total .........................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
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Agriculture and forestry ............| 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3.1
Biology .............................| 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.3
Business and management .............| 18.4 | 23.8 | 12.2 | 18.4 | 19.3 | 21.4 | 22.2 | 16.6 | 18.8 | 15.4 | 13.8
Economics ...........................| 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5
Education ...........................| 17.5 | 9.0 | 27.6 | 17.6 | 25.1 | 12.2 | 9.8 | 20.8 | 21.0 | 21.6 | 23.3
Engineering .........................| 9.2 | 15.5 | 1.7 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 11.4 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 9.8
English and journalism ..............| 4.1 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 6.2
Home economics ......................| 1.1 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 2.6
Law .................................| 3.0 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.9
Liberal arts and humanities .........| 8.9 | 6.5 | 11.9 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 8.6
Mathematics and statistics ..........| 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.1
Medicine and dentistry ..............| 3.1 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 4.8
Nursing, pharmacy, and health | | | | | | | | | | |
technologies ......................| 5.7 | 1.9 | 10.1 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.1
Physical and earth sciences .........| 2.6 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.2
Police science and law enforcement ..| 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.4
Psychology ..........................| 3.3 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 1.8
Religion and theology ...............| 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 1.4
Social sciences .....................| 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.2
Vocational and technical studies ....| 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.3
Other fields ........................| 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 4.5
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\1\ Includes persons of Hispanic origin. NOTE.--Data are based on a sample survey of the civilian noninstitutional population. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-70, No. 32, "What's It Worth? Educational Background and Economic Status: Spring 1990." (This table was prepared February 1993.) |
