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Table 264.Associate degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1993-94

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                                                 |                            Total                             |                               Men                          |                          Women
                                                 |______________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
                                                 |          | 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
_________________________________________________|__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________
                        1                        |    2     |   3    |   4   |   5   |   6    |   7    |   8    |   9    |   10   |  11   |  12   |   13   |   14   |   15   |   16   |   17   |  18   |  19   |   20   |   21   |   22
_________________________________________________|__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________
  All fields, total\1\ ..........................|  529,106 |418,301 |45,461 |32,074 | 18,433 |  4,871 |  9,966 |214,462 |170,137 |16,917 |13,204 |  8,288 |  1,836 |  4,080 |314,644 |248,164 |28,544 |18,870 | 10,145 |  3,035 |  5,886
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............|    5,636 |  5,290 |    49 |   106 |     31 |     86 |     74 |  3,822 |  3,584 |    32 |    74 |     25 |     59 |     48 |  1,814 |  1,706 |    17 |    32 |      6 |     27 |     26
Architecture and related programs ...............|      353 |    260 |     8 |    42 |     31 |      0 |     12 |    115 |     66 |     6 |    26 |     12 |      0 |      5 |    238 |    194 |     2 |    16 |     19 |      0 |      7
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|       75 |     12 |    10 |     9 |      0 |     20 |     24 |     25 |      5 |     6 |     3 |      0 |     10 |      1 |     50 |      7 |     4 |     6 |      0 |     10 |     23
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............|    1,771 |  1,263 |    97 |   151 |    171 |     36 |     53 |    707 |    496 |    31 |    67 |     77 |     16 |     20 |  1,064 |    767 |    66 |    84 |     94 |     20 |     33
Business ........................................|  104,195 | 78,507 |11,521 | 6,655 |  3,956 |    871 |  2,685 | 32,598 | 24,782 | 3,374 | 1,944 |  1,337 |    216 |    945 | 71,597 | 53,725 | 8,147 | 4,711 |  2,619 |    655 |  1,740
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Communications ..................................|    2,052 |  1,649 |   174 |   101 |     54 |     15 |     59 |    953 |    797 |    63 |    48 |     16 |      6 |     23 |  1,099 |    852 |   111 |    53 |     38 |      9 |     36
Communications technologies .....................|    2,469 |  1,967 |   324 |   104 |     31 |      8 |     35 |  1,635 |  1,327 |   209 |    65 |     21 |      3 |     10 |    834 |    640 |   115 |    39 |     10 |      5 |     25
Computer and information sciences ...............|    9,301 |  6,684 | 1,089 |   695 |    489 |    107 |    237 |  4,624 |  3,411 |   423 |   352 |    272 |     36 |    130 |  4,677 |  3,273 |   666 |   343 |    217 |     71 |    107
Construction trades .............................|    1,695 |  1,422 |    89 |    62 |     74 |     36 |     12 |  1,618 |  1,360 |    81 |    61 |     72 |     34 |     10 |     77 |     62 |     8 |     1 |      2 |      2 |      2
Education .......................................|    9,271 |  7,407 |   845 |   647 |    102 |    187 |     83 |  2,952 |  2,385 |   322 |   147 |     22 |     53 |     23 |  6,319 |  5,022 |   523 |   500 |     80 |    134 |     60
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Engineering .....................................|    2,445 |  1,903 |   161 |   112 |    171 |     17 |     81 |  2,145 |  1,690 |   137 |    97 |    136 |     16 |     69 |    300 |    213 |    24 |    15 |     35 |      1 |     12
Engineering-related technologies ................|   35,618 | 28,772 | 2,848 | 2,153 |  1,234 |    243 |    368 | 31,819 | 25,834 | 2,407 | 1,947 |  1,112 |    210 |    309 |  3,799 |  2,938 |   441 |   206 |    122 |     33 |     59
English language and literature/letters .........|    1,289 |    735 |    67 |   172 |     92 |     12 |    211 |    467 |    250 |    25 |    69 |     27 |      4 |     92 |    822 |    485 |    42 |   103 |     65 |      8 |    119
Foreign languages and literatures................|      492 |    346 |     7 |    61 |     26 |      8 |     44 |    147 |    102 |     3 |    21 |     10 |      2 |      9 |    345 |    244 |     4 |    40 |     16 |      6 |     35
Health professions and related sciences .........|   94,601 | 80,720 | 6,641 | 3,433 |  2,267 |    751 |    789 | 15,152 | 12,370 | 1,086 |   817 |    564 |    152 |    163 | 79,449 | 68,350 | 5,555 | 2,616 |  1,703 |    599 |    626
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Home economics and vocational home economics ....|    7,463 |  5,547 |   879 |   551 |    255 |     78 |    153 |    642 |    475 |    55 |    31 |     58 |     12 |     11 |  6,821 |  5,072 |   824 |   520 |    197 |     66 |    142
Law and legal studies ...........................|    8,681 |  6,927 |   919 |   577 |    125 |     81 |     52 |  1,029 |    735 |   155 |    85 |     30 |     14 |     10 |  7,652 |  6,192 |   764 |   492 |     95 |     67 |     42
Liberal arts and sciences,                       |          |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
  general studies, and humanities ...............|  165,106 |128,357 |13,739 |11,399 |  6,504 |  1,506 |  3,601 | 66,081 | 51,385 | 5,256 | 4,430 |  2,852 |    536 |  1,622 | 99,025 | 76,972 | 8,483 | 6,969 |  3,652 |    970 |  1,979
Library science .................................|      118 |    103 |     8 |     3 |      4 |      0 |      0 |     16 |     11 |     1 |     1 |      3 |      0 |      0 |    102 |     92 |     7 |     2 |      1 |      0 |      0
Mathematics .....................................|      704 |    460 |    32 |    85 |     79 |     10 |     38 |    395 |    244 |    24 |    45 |     50 |      7 |     25 |    309 |    216 |     8 |    40 |     29 |      3 |     13
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Mechanics and repairers .........................|   11,332 |  9,328 |   799 |   546 |    451 |    100 |    108 | 10,594 |  8,779 |   716 |   493 |    411 |     93 |    102 |    738 |    549 |    83 |    53 |     40 |      7 |      6
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|    8,436 |  6,857 |   727 |   396 |    357 |     46 |     53 |  4,054 |  3,275 |   360 |   192 |    182 |     24 |     21 |  4,382 |  3,582 |   367 |   204 |    175 |     22 |     32
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..|      755 |    603 |    73 |    39 |     18 |     11 |     11 |    454 |    349 |    55 |    23 |     13 |      9 |      5 |    301 |    254 |    18 |    16 |      5 |      2 |      6
Philosophy and religion .........................|       82 |     68 |     4 |     7 |      3 |      0 |      0 |     46 |     37 |     4 |     2 |      3 |      0 |      0 |     36 |     31 |     0 |     5 |      0 |      0 |      0
Physical sciences and science technologies.......|    2,546 |  1,999 |   182 |   120 |    160 |     26 |     59 |  1,477 |  1,196 |    74 |    67 |     94 |     13 |     33 |  1,069 |    803 |   108 |    53 |     66 |     13 |     26
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Precision production trades......................|    9,357 |  7,722 |   369 |   698 |    407 |     81 |     80 |  7,511 |  6,227 |   282 |   582 |    297 |     67 |     56 |  1,846 |  1,495 |    87 |   116 |    110 |     14 |     24
Protective services .............................|   18,199 | 15,050 | 1,536 | 1,092 |    249 |    156 |    116 | 13,068 | 11,202 |   788 |   725 |    185 |    102 |     66 |  5,131 |  3,848 |   748 |   367 |     64 |     54 |     50
Psychology ......................................|    1,377 |  1,038 |   111 |   143 |     30 |     34 |     21 |    337 |    244 |    33 |    38 |      8 |      8 |      6 |  1,040 |    794 |    78 |   105 |     22 |     26 |     15
Public administration and services ..............|    3,696 |  2,440 |   721 |   328 |     78 |     78 |     51 |    758 |    477 |   150 |    69 |     27 |     17 |     18 |  2,938 |  1,963 |   571 |   259 |     51 |     61 |     33
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|      265 |    221 |    40 |     4 |      0 |      0 |      0 |    245 |    207 |    35 |     3 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     20 |     14 |     5 |     1 |      0 |      0 |      0
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Social sciences and history......................|    3,936 |  2,638 |   401 |   476 |    194 |    105 |    122 |  1,536 |  1,050 |   158 |   161 |     82 |     32 |     53 |  2,400 |  1,588 |   243 |   315 |    112 |     73 |     69
Theological studies and religious vocations .....|      641 |    510 |    71 |    18 |     19 |      5 |     18 |    342 |    267 |    39 |    12 |     16 |      2 |      6 |    299 |    243 |    32 |     6 |      3 |      3 |     12
Transportation and material moving workers ......|    1,922 |  1,605 |   141 |    73 |     36 |     14 |     53 |  1,602 |  1,353 |   122 |    65 |     28 |     10 |     24 |    320 |    252 |    19 |     8 |      8 |      4 |     29
Visual and performing arts ......................|   13,227 |  9,891 |   779 | 1,016 |    735 |    143 |    663 |  5,496 |  4,165 |   405 |   442 |    246 |     73 |    165 |  7,731 |  5,726 |   374 |   574 |    489 |     70 |    498
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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 799 men and 727 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 Agricultural business and production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; and "Business" includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services. Data revised from previously published data.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared April 1997.)



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