| Table 257. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1992-93 |
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| Total | Men | Women
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| | White, |Black, | | Asian/ |American| | | White, |Black, | | Asian/ |American| | | White, |Black, | | Asian/ |American|
Major field of study | Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-
| |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent | |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent | |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent
| | | panic | | | Native | alien | | | panic | | | Native | alien | | | panic | | | Native | alien
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All fields, total\1\ ..........................|1,159,931 |947,309 |77,872 |45,376 | 51,463 | 5,671 | 32,240 |530,541 |435,084 |28,883 |19,865 | 25,293 | 2,449 | 18,967 |629,390 |512,225 |48,989 |25,511 | 26,170 | 3,222 | 13,273
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............| 16,778 | 15,152 | 435 | 325 | 318 | 90 | 458 | 11,080 | 10,101 | 233 | 210 | 168 | 63 | 305 | 5,698 | 5,051 | 202 | 115 | 150 | 27 | 153
Architecture and related programs ...............| 9,167 | 7,289 | 293 | 461 | 667 | 35 | 422 | 5,940 | 4,762 | 200 | 313 | 373 | 23 | 269 | 3,227 | 2,527 | 93 | 148 | 294 | 12 | 153
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies...............| 5,481 | 3,864 | 530 | 437 | 463 | 51 | 136 | 1,977 | 1,430 | 191 | 140 | 150 | 17 | 49 | 3,504 | 2,434 | 339 | 297 | 313 | 34 | 87
Biological/life sciences.........................| 47,038 | 35,766 | 2,784 | 1,855 | 5,203 | 215 | 1,215 | 22,842 | 17,673 | 898 | 909 | 2,690 | 105 | 567 | 24,196 | 18,093 | 1,886 | 946 | 2,513 | 110 | 648
Business management and administrative services .| 256,842 |205,083 |19,187 | 9,588 | 11,780 | 1,051 | 10,153 |135,573 |111,478 | 7,644 | 4,711 | 5,249 | 530 | 5,961 |121,269 | 93,605 |11,543 | 4,877 | 6,531 | 521 | 4,192
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Communications...................................| 53,874 | 45,480 | 4,164 | 1,883 | 1,178 | 201 | 968 | 21,601 | 18,621 | 1,435 | 706 | 399 | 86 | 354 | 32,273 | 26,859 | 2,729 | 1,177 | 779 | 115 | 614
Communications technologies .....................| 832 | 666 | 93 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 427 | 359 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 405 | 307 | 58 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 11
Computer and information sciences................| 24,200 | 16,502 | 2,261 | 860 | 2,294 | 83 | 2,200 | 17,403 | 12,591 | 1,071 | 565 | 1,524 | 54 | 1,598 | 6,797 | 3,911 | 1,190 | 295 | 770 | 29 | 602
Construction trades .............................| 69 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Education........................................| 107,781 | 96,857 | 5,590 | 2,973 | 1,100 | 644 | 617 | 23,233 | 20,538 | 1,380 | 657 | 288 | 154 | 216 | 84,548 | 76,319 | 4,210 | 2,316 | 812 | 490 | 401
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Engineering......................................| 61,973 | 45,803 | 2,630 | 2,312 | 6,542 | 180 | 4,506 | 52,185 | 39,071 | 1,802 | 1,884 | 5,241 | 145 | 4,042 | 9,788 | 6,732 | 828 | 428 | 1,301 | 35 | 464
Engineering-related technologies.................| 15,904 | 12,929 | 1,068 | 622 | 765 | 103 | 417 | 14,485 | 11,878 | 882 | 553 | 692 | 91 | 389 | 1,419 | 1,051 | 186 | 69 | 73 | 12 | 28
English language and literature/letters..........| 56,133 | 48,957 | 3,065 | 1,756 | 1,583 | 235 | 537 | 19,247 | 17,129 | 751 | 605 | 492 | 94 | 176 | 36,886 | 31,828 | 2,314 | 1,151 | 1,091 | 141 | 361
Foreign languages and literatures ...............| 14,387 | 11,240 | 477 | 1,647 | 526 | 53 | 444 | 4,158 | 3,315 | 123 | 417 | 148 | 21 | 134 | 10,229 | 7,925 | 354 | 1,230 | 378 | 32 | 310
Health professions and related sciences..........| 67,089 | 56,464 | 4,744 | 2,009 | 2,513 | 348 | 1,011 | 11,347 | 9,282 | 688 | 457 | 573 | 69 | 278 | 55,742 | 47,182 | 4,056 | 1,552 | 1,940 | 279 | 733
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Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 15,100 | 13,019 | 945 | 400 | 475 | 59 | 202 | 1,638 | 1,371 137 43 53 6 28 13,462 11,648 808 357 422 53 174
Law and legal studies ...........................| 2,056 | 1,678 | 192 | 100 | 71 | 12 | 3 | 667 | 520 | 54 | 52 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 1,389 | 1,158 | 138 | 48 | 34 | 8 | 3
Liberal arts and sciences, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
general studies, and humanities ...............| 33,456 | 26,965 | 2,725 | 1,892 | 1,004 | 258 | 612 | 13,275 | 10,916 | 992 | 639 | 361 | 94 | 273 | 20,181 | 16,049 | 1,733 | 1,253 | 643 | 164 | 339
Library science..................................| 83 | 74 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1
Mathematics......................................| 14,812 | 11,867 | 978 | 437 | 929 | 56 | 545 | 7,827 | 6,244 | 450 | 254 | 510 | 27 | 342 | 6,985 | 5,623 | 528 | 183 | 419 | 29 | 203
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Mechanics and repairers .........................| 105 | 76 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 102 | 74 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 23,955 | 19,207 | 1,495 | 1,556 | 1,188 | 117 | 392 | 8,917 | 7,140 | 551 | 411 | 561 | 54 | 200 | 15,038 | 12,067 | 944 | 1,145 | 627 | 63 | 192
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..| 9,859 | 8,885 | 447 | 285 | 103 | 36 | 103 | 4,885 | 4,317 | 258 | 183 | 53 | 15 | 59 | 4,974 | 4,568 | 189 | 102 | 50 | 21 | 44
Philosophy and religion..........................| 7,781 | 6,693 | 333 | 244 | 314 | 46 | 151 | 4,938 | 4,259 | 197 | 168 | 173 | 29 | 112 | 2,843 | 2,434 | 136 | 76 | 141 | 17 | 39
Physical sciences and science technologies ......| 17,545 | 14,275 | 850 | 438 | 1,124 | 93 | 765 | 11,825 | 9,865 | 379 | 300 | 695 | 62 | 524 | 5,720 | 4,410 | 471 | 138 | 429 | 31 | 241
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Precision production trades .....................| 388 | 331 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 281 | 240 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 107 | 91 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2
Protective services..............................| 20,902 | 15,952 | 3,099 | 1,265 | 325 | 130 | 131 | 13,020 | 10,478 | 1,448 | 724 | 223 | 71 | 76 | 7,882 | 5,474 | 1,651 | 541 | 102 | 59 | 55
Psychology.......................................| 66,728 | 55,057 | 4,727 | 3,175 | 2,596 | 344 | 829 | 17,908 | 14,876 | 1,127 | 833 | 756 | 96 | 220 | 48,820 | 40,181 | 3,600 | 2,342 | 1,840 | 248 | 609
Public administration and services ..............| 16,775 | 12,716 | 2,506 | 886 | 327 | 187 | 153 | 3,801 | 2,819 | 547 | 229 | 109 | 46 | 51 | 12,974 | 9,897 | 1,959 | 657 | 218 | 141 | 102
R.O.T.C. and military sciences...................| 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
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Social sciences and history .....................| 135,703 |109,942 | 9,964 | 6,067 | 5,712 | 772 | 3,246 | 73,589 | 61,332 | 4,277 | 2,992 | 2,802 | 372 | 1,814 | 62,114 | 48,610 | 5,687 | 3,075 | 2,910 | 400 | 1,432
Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 5,433 | 4,841 | 151 | 111 | 128 | 27 | 175 | 4,168 | 3,734 | 117 | 82 | 88 | 18 | 129 | 1,265 | 1,107 | 34 | 29 | 40 | 9 | 46
Transportation and material moving ..............| 3,930 | 3,482 | 163 | 136 | 73 | 18 | 58 | 3,508 | 3,121 | 131 | 120 | 66 | 15 | 55 | 422 | 361 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3
Visual and performing arts ......................| 47,761 | 40,128 | 1,925 | 1,618 | 2,130 | 213 | 1,747 | 18,610 | 15,478 | 850 | 687 | 796 | 83 | 716 | 29,151 | 24,650 | 1,075 | 931 | 1,334 | 130 | 1,031
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\1\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. Excludes 2,340 men and 2,907 women whose racial/ethnic
group and field of study were not available. NOTE.--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; and "Business management and administrative services" includes Business and management, Business and office, Marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared January 1995.) |
