Doctor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by discipline division: 1970-71 to 1992-93

Table 245.

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            Discipline division                   | 1970-71  | 1975-76  | 1979-80  | 1980-81  | 1981-82  | 1982-83  | 1983-84  | 1984-85  | 1985-86  | 1986-87  | 1987-88  | 1988-89  | 1989-90  | 1990-91  | 1991-92  | 1992-93
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                        1                         |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |    10    |    11    |    12    |    13    |    14    |    15    |    16    |    17
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     Total .......................................|   32,107 |   34,064 |   32,615 |   32,958 |   32,707 |   32,775 |   33,209 |   32,943 |   33,653 |   34,041 |   34,870 |   35,720 |   38,371 |   39,294 |   40,659 |   42,132
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Agriculture and natural resources ................|    1,086 |      928 |      991 |    1,067 |    1,079 |    1,149 |    1,172 |    1,213 |    1,158 |    1,049 |    1,142 |    1,183 |    1,295 |    1,185 |    1,214 |    1,173
Architecture and related programs ................|       36 |       82 |       79 |       93 |       80 |       97 |       84 |       89 |       73 |       92 |       98 |       86 |      103 |      135 |      132 |      148
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...............|      144 |      188 |      151 |      162 |      102 |      155 |      141 |      140 |      159 |      134 |      142 |      114 |      131 |      167 |      155 |      178
Biological sciences/life sciences ................|    3,645 |    3,392 |    3,636 |    3,718 |    3,743 |    3,341 |    3,437 |    3,432 |    3,358 |    3,419 |    3,629 |    3,520 |    3,844 |    4,093 |    4,243 |    4,435
Business management and administrative services...|      757 |      900 |      753 |      795 |      815 |      776 |      929 |      831 |      934 |    1,062 |    1,063 |    1,100 |    1,093 |    1,185 |    1,242 |    1,346
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Communications ...................................|      145 |      196 |      182 |      171 |      182 |      205 |      215 |      228 |      212 |      273 |      230 |      247 |      267 |      259 |      252 |      293
Communications technologies ......................|        0 |        8 |       11 |       11 |       18 |        9 |        4 |        6 |       11 |        2 |        4 |        6 |        6 |       15 |        3 |        8
Computer and information sciences ................|      128 |      244 |      240 |      252 |      251 |      262 |      251 |      248 |      344 |      374 |      428 |      551 |      627 |      676 |      772 |      805
Education ........................................|    6,041 |    7,202 |    7,314 |    7,279 |    6,999 |    7,057 |    6,911 |    6,612 |    6,605 |    6,407 |    6,060 |    6,337 |    6,502 |    6,187 |    6,864 |    7,030
Engineering ......................................|    3,637 |    2,819 |    2,502 |    2,551 |    2,621 |    2,818 |    2,979 |    3,221 |    3,398 |    3,801 |    4,174 |    4,506 |    4,967 |    5,258 |    5,488 |    5,823
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Engineering-related technologies .................|        1 |        2 |        5 |       10 |       15 |       13 |        2 |        9 |       12 |       17 |       17 |       17 |       14 |       14 |       11 |       20
English language and literature/letters ..........|    1,650 |    1,672 |    1,294 |    1,164 |    1,101 |      991 |    1,018 |    1,041 |      991 |      961 |      981 |    1,022 |    1,078 |    1,184 |    1,273 |    1,341
Foreign languages and literatures.................|      988 |    1,076 |      755 |      804 |      748 |      673 |      659 |      635 |      672 |      661 |      602 |      632 |      724 |      758 |      850 |      830
Health professions and related sciences ..........|      466 |      577 |      786 |      842 |      925 |    1,155 |    1,164 |    1,199 |    1,241 |    1,213 |    1,261 |    1,437 |    1,536 |    1,613 |    1,661 |    1,767
Home economics and vocational home economics .....|      123 |      178 |      192 |      247 |      247 |      255 |      277 |      273 |      311 |      296 |      307 |      264 |      301 |      253 |      293 |      345
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Law and legal studies ............................|       20 |       76 |       40 |       60 |       22 |       72 |      121 |      105 |       54 |      120 |       89 |       76 |      111 |       90 |       68 |       86
Liberal arts and sciences,                        |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  general studies, and humanities ................|       32 |      162 |      192 |      121 |      155 |      215 |      173 |      112 |       90 |       56 |       66 |       72 |       63 |       70 |       67 |       81
Library science ..................................|       39 |       71 |       73 |       71 |       84 |       52 |       74 |       87 |       62 |       57 |       46 |       61 |       42 |       56 |       50 |       77
Mathematics ......................................|    1,249 |      909 |      763 |      775 |      721 |      731 |      743 |      734 |      777 |      759 |      796 |      915 |      966 |    1,036 |    1,082 |    1,189
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................|       59 |      111 |      209 |      158 |      238 |      225 |      249 |      219 |      263 |      247 |      224 |      212 |      272 |      220 |      231 |      196
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Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies ..|        2 |       15 |       21 |       42 |       33 |       33 |       27 |       36 |       39 |       32 |       29 |       35 |       35 |       28 |       61 |      108
Philosophy and religion ..........................|      554 |      554 |      374 |      410 |      364 |      404 |      442 |      468 |      477 |      421 |      405 |      465 |      439 |      456 |      475 |      448
Physical sciences and science technologies........|    4,390 |    3,431 |    3,089 |    3,141 |    3,286 |    3,269 |    3,306 |    3,403 |    3,551 |    3,673 |    3,809 |    3,858 |    4,164 |    4,290 |    4,391 |    4,393
Precision production trades.......................|        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
Protective services ..............................|        1 |        9 |       18 |       21 |       24 |       38 |       31 |       33 |       21 |       18 |       32 |       26 |       38 |       28 |       24 |       32
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Psychology .......................................|    2,144 |    3,157 |    3,395 |    3,576 |    3,461 |    3,602 |    3,535 |    3,447 |    3,593 |    3,560 |    3,480 |    3,685 |    3,811 |    3,932 |    3,373 |    3,651
Public administration and services ...............|      174 |      292 |      342 |      362 |      372 |      347 |      420 |      431 |      382 |      398 |      470 |      428 |      508 |      430 |      432 |      459
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ...............|        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
Social sciences and history.......................|    3,660 |    4,157 |    3,230 |    3,122 |    3,061 |    2,931 |    2,911 |    2,851 |    2,955 |    2,916 |    2,781 |    2,885 |    3,010 |    3,012 |    3,218 |    3,460
Theological studies/religious vocations ..........|      312 |    1,033 |    1,319 |    1,276 |    1,288 |    1,208 |    1,204 |    1,144 |    1,185 |    1,230 |    1,199 |    1,166 |    1,317 |    1,079 |    1,259 |    1,417
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Transportation and material moving ...............|        3 |        3 |        4 |        3 |        2 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        3 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
Visual and performing arts .......................|      621 |      620 |      655 |      654 |      670 |      692 |      730 |      696 |      722 |      793 |      727 |      753 |      849 |      838 |      906 |      882
Not classified by field of study .................|        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |      579 |       61 |      258 |      747 |      569 |      111
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NOTE.--The new Classification of Instructional Programs was initiated in 1991-92. The figures for earlier years have been reclassified when necessary to make them conform to the new taxonomy. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS "Completions" survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agribusiness and agriculture production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; "Business management and administrative services" includes Business and management, Business (administrative support), Marketing and distribution, and Consumer, personal, and miscellaneous services; and "Engineering-related technologies" includes Engineering-related technologies, Mechanics and repairers, and Construction trades.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared January 1995.)

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