Mean number of semester credits completed by bachelor's degree recipients, by major and course area: 1972 to 1976 and 1980 to 1984

Table 300.

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                         |                                   Course areas
    Selected college     |___________________________________________________________________________________________
         majors          |        |        |Computer| Educa- |Engineer-| Mathe- |Biological|Physical| Social |
                         | Total  |Business|science |  tion  |   ing   | matics | sciences |sciences|sciences| Other
_________________________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|__________|________|________|_______
            1            |   2    |   3    |   4    |   5    |    6    |   7    |    8     |   9    |   10   |  11
_________________________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|__________|________|________|_______
       1972-76 1/        |        |        |        |        |         |        |          |        |        |
   Mean, all majors .....|  124.0 |    7.8 |    1.0 |    9.7 |     2.3 |    7.4 |      7.6 |    9.0 |   30.3 |  48.8
                         |________|________|________|________|_________|________|__________|________|________|_______
Business and management .|  124.4 |   41.2 |    2.3 |    0.5 |     0.4 |   10.2 |      2.5 |    4.8 |   30.4 |  32.0
Computer science ........|  133.3 |    6.6 |   33.5 |    0.4 |     5.3 |   22.4 |      1.9 |    7.8 |   20.6 |  34.8
Education ...............|  126.4 |    0.9 |    0.3 |   40.2 |     --- |    5.0 |      5.5 |    4.3 |   23.9 |  46.4
Engineering .............|  134.8 |    1.6 |    2.0 |    0.1 |    50.0 |   18.2 |      1.3 |   20.5 |   14.0 |  27.1
English .................|  117.8 |    0.5 |    0.1 |    7.8 |     0.1 |    3.2 |      3.4 |    3.4 |   24.2 |  75.2
Fine arts ...............|  124.9 |    0.3 |    0.1 |    6.6 |     --- |    1.3 |      2.5 |    2.1 |   13.6 |  98.4
Life sciences ...........|  122.2 |    0.4 |    0.8 |    1.7 |     --- |    8.4 |     35.6 |   26.2 |   17.8 |  31.3
Physical sciences .......|  122.7 |    0.8 |    1.4 |    0.9 |     1.9 |   16.2 |      9.6 |   49.5 |   13.1 |  29.2
Psychology ..............|  119.1 |    2.0 |    0.5 |    5.9 |     0.3 |    5.5 |      6.2 |    5.9 |   56.0 |  36.9
Social sciences .........|  120.6 |    3.4 |    0.4 |    3.3 |     0.4 |    5.3 |      3.2 |    4.3 |   60.3 |  40.1
                         |========|========|========|========|=========|========|==========|========|========|=======
       1980-84 2/        |        |        |        |        |         |        |          |        |        |
  Mean, all majors ......|  123.5 |   12.8 |    3.3 |    6.2 |     4.6 |    8.4 |      5.3 |    8.1 |   27.5 |  47.2
                         |________|________|________|________|_________|________|__________|________|________|_______
Business and management .|  122.8 |   41.2 |    4.5 |    0.6 |     1.1 |    8.9 |      2.2 |    3.9 |   27.5 |  32.7
Computer science ........|  129.3 |   11.8 |   27.9 |    0.3 |     4.7 |   21.3 |      1.8 |    8.5 |   19.0 |  33.9
Education ...............|  127.4 |    0.7 |    0.3 |   45.5 |     0.1 |    4.4 |      4.4 |    3.8 |   20.8 |  47.3
Engineering .............|  132.3 |    1.0 |    2.3 |    0.8 |    52.5 |   16.2 |      1.1 |   20.2 |   12.3 |  25.9
English .................|  114.8 |    1.7 |    1.5 |    6.9 |     --- |    2.2 |      2.1 |    4.7 |   21.4 |  74.4
Fine arts ...............|  120.5 |    1.7 |    0.6 |    5.1 |     --- |    1.7 |      2.7 |    1.5 |   14.1 |  93.1
Life sciences ...........|  121.9 |    0.7 |    1.5 |    1.9 |     0.2 |   10.1 |     33.5 |   22.6 |   18.1 |  33.3
Physical sciences .......|  124.3 |    0.2 |    4.9 |    0.1 |     2.0 |   14.1 |     12.9 |   48.7 |   11.6 |  30.0
Psychology ..............|  120.7 |    3.0 |    2.7 |    2.1 |     --- |    6.5 |      5.8 |    4.2 |   55.2 |  41.2
Social sciences .........|  119.2 |    6.0 |    1.4 |    1.0 |     0.5 |    5.4 |      4.4 |    5.1 |   52.0 |  43.3
_________________________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|__________|________|________|_______

1/Sample survey based on 1972 high school seniors who completed bachelor's degrees by 1976.
2/Sample survey based on 1980 high school seniors who completed bachelor's degrees by 1984.
---Data not available.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond survey. (This table was prepared April 1986.)

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