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| Total | Women
Field of study |____________________________________________|____________________________________________
|1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91
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Total ......................................|436,304 |435,085 |436,764 |455,102 |481,720 |245,465 |245,038 |250,448 |263,907 |283,086
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Agriculture and natural resources, total ........| 5,460 | 5,029 | 4,725 | 4,832 | 4,910 | 1,768 | 1,658 | 1,655 | 1,600 | 1,588
Agricultural business and production .........| 3,655 | 3,003 | 2,884 | 2,894 | 2,905 | 1,182 | 960 | 969 | 930 | 962
Agricultural sciences ........................| 808 | 1,015 | 963 | 925 | 879 | 436 | 543 | 543 | 507 | 444
Conservation and renewable natural resources .| 997 | 1,011 | 878 | 1,013 | 1,126 | 150 | 155 | 143 | 163 | 182
Architecture and related programs ...............| 1,666 | 1,809 | 1,815 | 2,013 | 2,031 | 1,436 | 1,591 | 1,559 | 1,745 | 1,741
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 14 | 18 | 16 | 68 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 56 | 13
Biological/life sciences ........................| 893 | 854 | 982 | 1,023 | 1,119 | 495 | 506 | 568 | 593 | 667
Business management and administrative services .|114,501 |110,064 |106,819 |106,405 |102,250 | 77,999 | 75,412 | 73,706 | 73,992 | 71,619
Accounting ...................................| 14,569 | 14,221 | 14,266 | 14,858 | 14,577 | 10,760 | 10,615 | 10,690 | 11,275 | 11,111
Business, general ............................| 12,357 | 12,458 | 11,929 | 11,878 | 11,618 | 7,474 | 7,295 | 6,940 | 7,095 | 7,188
Business administration and management .......| 24,856 | 26,791 | 27,252 | 28,292 | 26,625 | 14,029 | 15,392 | 15,782 | 16,753 | 15,863
Business and management, other ...............| 12,002 | 11,936 | 11,162 | 11,691 | 11,663 | 6,391 | 6,399 | 6,130 | 6,480 | 6,655
Business data processing .....................| 13,446 | 10,544 | 9,831 | 8,532 | 8,182 | 7,396 | 5,861 | 5,501 | 4,733 | 4,775
Secretarial and related programs .............| 20,365 | 19,059 | 18,041 | 17,139 | 16,872 | 20,037 | 18,732 | 17,660 | 16,827 | 16,517
Marketing and distribution ...................| 16,906 | 15,055 | 14,338 | 14,015 | 12,713 | 11,912 | 11,118 | 11,003 | 10,829 | 9,510
Communications ..................................| 1,591 | 1,919 | 1,777 | 1,657 | 1,847 | 695 | 915 | 955 | 910 | 966
Communications technologies .....................| 1,944 | 1,507 | 1,993 | 2,027 | 2,032 | 779 | 592 | 681 | 678 | 681
Computer and information sciences ...............| 9,101 | 8,628 | 7,900 | 7,574 | 7,677 | 4,310 | 4,154 | 3,908 | 3,768 | 3,770
Construction trades .............................| 2,082 | 2,020 | 1,731 | 1,765 | 1,793 | 75 | 64 | 75 | 68 | 78
Consumer and personal services ..................| 2,165 | 2,542 | 2,815 | 2,121 | 2,494 | 820 | 985 | 1,028 | 843 | 887
Education .......................................| 7,333 | 7,219 | 7,445 | 8,061 | 7,842 | 5,220 | 4,904 | 5,285 | 5,731 | 5,640
Engineering .....................................| 4,539 | 3,850 | 2,676 | 2,345 | 2,451 | 478 | 413 | 310 | 279 | 268
Engineering-related technologies ................| 43,189 | 44,019 | 42,593 | 40,033 | 37,890 | 4,078 | 4,265 | 4,237 | 4,006 | 3,724
English language and literature/letters .........| 507 | 484 | 468 | 527 | 426 | 348 | 321 | 330 | 358 | 302
Foreign languages and literatures ...............| 424 | 418 | 324 | 329 | 327 | 192 | 193 | 214 | 251 | 210
Health professions and related sciences .........| 62,532 | 59,692 | 59,535 | 64,113 | 70,833 | 55,322 | 52,759 | 52,495 | 56,125 | 61,495
Dental assisting .............................| 4,018 | 3,675 | 3,650 | 3,697 | 3,810 | 3,703 | 3,425 | 3,427 | 3,502 | 3,612
Emergency medical technician-ambulance and | | | | | | | | | |
paramedic .................................| 370 | 356 | 354 | 332 | 371 | 107 | 110 | 99 | 100 | 116
Medical lab technician .......................| 2,205 | 1,839 | 1,724 | 1,627 | 1,731 | 1,793 | 1,436 | 1,339 | 1,284 | 1,311
Medical assisting ............................| 1,862 | 1,701 | 1,786 | 1,404 | 1,496 | 1,828 | 1,659 | 1,695 | 1,375 | 1,451
Nursing assisting ............................| 24 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 4
Practical nursing ............................| 603 | 561 | 591 | 589 | 797 | 567 | 522 | 539 | 535 | 692
Nursing, R.N. and other ......................| 38,198 | 36,945 | 36,475 | 40,212 | 45,317 | 35,538 | 34,338 | 33,904 | 36,915 | 41,261
Health sciences, other .......................| 15,252 | 14,607 | 14,943 | 16,252 | 17,306 | 11,772 | 11,263 | 11,481 | 12,414 | 13,048
Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 7,309 | 7,043 | 7,559 | 7,798 | 8,067 | 5,572 | 5,369 | 5,745 | 6,080 | 6,243
Law and legal studies ...........................| 2,498 | 3,139 | 3,742 | 4,552 | 5,484 | 2,211 | 2,770 | 3,271 | 3,967 | 4,892
Liberal/general studies and humanities ..........|111,218 |116,411 |121,988 |133,466 |142,722 | 63,773 | 67,172 | 71,588 | 78,768 | 84,977
Library science .................................| 117 | 67 | 101 | 107 | 111 | 98 | 61 | 90 | 95 | 102
Mathematics .....................................| 667 | 765 | 654 | 756 | 670 | 248 | 295 | 239 | 270 | 264
Mechanics and repairers .........................| 10,806 | 10,473 | 7,769 | 7,704 | 7,640 | 584 | 588 | 427 | 431 | 445
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 6,676 | 7,477 | 7,737 | 8,176 | 7,454 | 3,220 | 3,719 | 3,888 | 4,156 | 3,998
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .| 573 | 647 | 641 | 485 | 425 | 289 | 350 | 329 | 200 | 177
Philosophy and religion .........................| 100 | 94 | 81 | 93 | 89 | 36 | 30 | 23 | 34 | 28
Physical sciences ...............................| 2,012 | 1,856 | 1,838 | 2,021 | 2,091 | 799 | 774 | 806 | 811 | 901
Physical sciences, other .....................| 1,156 | 1,176 | 1,090 | 1,279 | 1,281 | 448 | 480 | 487 | 539 | 562
Science technologies .........................| 856 | 680 | 748 | 742 | 810 | 351 | 294 | 319 | 272 | 339
Precision production trades .....................| 7,981 | 7,734 | 7,414 | 8,616 | 9,093 | 1,683 | 1,720 | 1,584 | 1,898 | 1,975
Protective services .............................| 11,909 | 11,829 | 11,682 | 12,855 | 13,564 | 3,199 | 3,157 | 3,292 | 3,402 | 3,599
Criminal justice and corrections .............| 10,012 | 9,901 | 9,663 | 10,658 | 11,358 | 3,006 | 2,949 | 3,079 | 3,137 | 3,367
Fire control and safety ......................| 1,449 | 1,397 | 1,493 | 1,621 | 1,634 | 59 | 53 | 78 | 91 | 92
Protective services, other ...................| 448 | 531 | 526 | 576 | 572 | 134 | 155 | 135 | 174 | 140
Psychology ......................................| 1,016 | 1,000 | 1,090 | 1,115 | 997 | 722 | 701 | 811 | 829 | 740
Public administration and services ..............| 2,257 | 2,317 | 2,493 | 2,613 | 2,779 | 1,783 | 1,823 | 1,959 | 2,076 | 2,243
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............| 50 | 138 | 164 | 129 | 85 | 2 | 20 | 31 | 15 | 8
Social sciences and history .....................| 2,582 | 2,709 | 2,741 | 2,872 | 2,505 | 1,489 | 1,556 | 1,544 | 1,611 | 1,494
Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 595 | 627 | 568 | 653 | 578 | 240 | 239 | 248 | 264 | 243
Transportation and material moving ..............| 1,294 | 1,327 | 2,090 | 2,619 | 2,609 | 223 | 202 | 340 | 395 | 469
Visual and performing arts ......................| 8,703 | 8,998 | 8,178 | 8,740 | 9,126 | 5,271 | 5,495 | 4,952 | 5,327 | 5,362
Fine arts, general ...........................| 1,012 | 1,123 | 1,091 | 1,150 | 1,166 | 652 | 742 | 719 | 729 | 766
Design and music .............................| 4,497 | 5,677 | 5,340 | 5,900 | 5,986 | 2,611 | 3,510 | 3,218 | 3,588 | 3,499
Visual and performing arts, other ............| 3,194 | 2,198 | 1,747 | 1,690 | 1,974 | 2,008 | 1,243 | 1,015 | 1,010 | 1,097
Not classified by field of study ................| 0 | 362 | 4,620 | 4,839 | 19,690 | 0 | 251 | 2,267 | 2,275 | 11,277
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