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| Total | Women
Field of study |____________________________________________|____________________________________________
|1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95
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Total ......................................|481,720 |504,231 |514,756 |530,632 |539,691 |283,086 |296,750 |302,792 |315,371 |321,339
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Agriculture and natural resources, total ........| 4,910 | 5,251 | 5,398 | 5,636 | 5,730 | 1,588 | 1,675 | 1,648 | 1,814 | 1,729
Agricultural business and production .........| 2,905 | 3,046 | 3,222 | 3,434 | 3,564 | 962 | 1,011 | 1,018 | 1,081 | 1,106
Agricultural sciences ........................| 879 | 951 | 837 | 871 | 829 | 444 | 432 | 372 | 388 | 364
Conservation and renewable natural resources .| 1,126 | 1,254 | 1,339 | 1,331 | 1,337 | 182 | 232 | 258 | 345 | 259
Architecture and related programs ...............| 2,031 | 443 | 372 | 353 | 277 | 1,741 | 337 | 253 | 238 | 207
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 19 | 29 | 33 | 75 | 68 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 50 | 51
Biological/life sciences ........................| 1,119 | 1,361 | 1,435 | 1,771 | 1,879 | 667 | 797 | 847 | 1,064 | 1,127
Business management and administrative services .| 89,537 | 93,762 | 91,719 | 92,284 | 90,113 | 62,109 | 65,459 | 63,364 | 64,857 | 63,484
Accounting ...................................| 14,577 | 15,687 | 15,115 | 15,307 | 14,970 | 11,111 | 11,888 | 11,587 | 11,867 | 11,657
Business, general ............................| 11,618 | 11,823 | 11,190 | 11,452 | 11,622 | 7,188 | 7,293 | 7,046 | 7,237 | 7,254
Business administration and management .......| 26,625 | 31,185 | 29,556 | 29,691 | 28,968 | 15,863 | 18,902 | 17,932 | 18,090 | 17,892
Business and management, other ...............| 11,663 | 11,089 | 12,285 | 11,114 | 10,233 | 6,655 | 6,769 | 6,645 | 6,493 | 6,161
Business data processing .....................| 8,182 | 6,394 | 6,405 | 6,883 | 6,962 | 4,775 | 3,679 | 3,693 | 3,853 | 3,687
Secretarial and related programs .............| 16,872 | 17,584 | 17,168 | 17,837 | 17,358 | 16,517 | 16,928 | 16,461 | 17,317 | 16,833
Communications ..................................| 1,847 | 1,886 | 1,904 | 2,052 | 3,160 | 966 | 996 | 959 | 1,099 | 1,536
Communications technologies .....................| 2,032 | 1,794 | 1,828 | 2,469 | 1,984 | 681 | 649 | 632 | 834 | 686
Computer and information sciences ...............| 7,677 | 9,290 | 9,196 | 9,301 | 9,152 | 3,770 | 4,725 | 4,655 | 4,677 | 4,409
Construction trades .............................| 1,793 | 1,560 | 1,653 | 1,695 | 1,728 | 78 | 69 | 72 | 77 | 130
Consumer and personal services ..................| 2,494 | 4,420 | 4,692 | 5,175 | 5,626 | 887 | 1,519 | 1,572 | 1,691 | 1,879
Education .......................................| 7,842 | 10,267 | 9,315 | 9,271 | 9,658 | 5,640 | 6,559 | 6,284 | 6,319 | 6,600
Engineering .....................................| 2,451 | 2,685 | 2,478 | 2,445 | 2,232 | 268 | 344 | 309 | 300 | 301
Engineering-related technologies ................| 37,890 | 35,861 | 36,321 | 35,618 | 34,732 | 3,724 | 3,757 | 3,690 | 3,799 | 3,912
English language and literature/letters .........| 426 | 1,019 | 1,320 | 1,289 | 1,548 | 302 | 671 | 851 | 822 | 1,043
Foreign languages and literatures ...............| 327 | 433 | 511 | 492 | 616 | 210 | 305 | 358 | 345 | 439
Health professions and related sciences .........| 70,833 | 79,453 | 86,237 | 94,601 | 98,474 | 61,495 | 68,648 | 73,266 | 79,449 | 81,944
Dental assisting .............................| 3,810 | 4,013 | 4,165 | 4,259 | 4,312 | 3,612 | 3,822 | 3,929 | 3,977 | 4,030
Emergency medical technician-ambulance and | | | | | | | | | |
paramedic .................................| 371 | 378 | 442 | 510 | 771 | 116 | 114 | 139 | 155 | 235
Medical lab technician .......................| 1,731 | 1,874 | 2,172 | 2,570 | 2,769 | 1,311 | 1,425 | 1,601 | 1,905 | 2,027
Medical assisting ............................| 1,496 | 1,960 | 2,130 | 2,785 | 3,544 | 1,451 | 1,741 | 1,907 | 2,672 | 3,409
Nursing assisting ............................| 5 | 19 | 86 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 70 | 5 | 2
Practical nursing ............................| 797 | 795 | 890 | 740 | 772 | 692 | 742 | 804 | 672 | 686
Nursing, R.N. and other ......................| 45,317 | 51,193 | 54,085 | 57,405 | 57,456 | 41,261 | 46,217 | 48,289 | 50,740 | 50,314
Health sciences, other .......................| 17,306 | 19,221 | 22,267 | 26,326 | 28,848 | 13,048 | 14,574 | 16,527 | 19,323 | 21,241
Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 8,067 | 6,436 | 6,914 | 7,463 | 7,821 | 6,243 | 5,749 | 6,259 | 6,821 | 7,006
Law and legal studies ...........................| 5,484 | 7,053 | 8,028 | 8,681 | 9,140 | 4,892 | 6,146 | 7,069 | 7,652 | 7,977
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | |
and humanities ................................|142,722 |154,594 |158,040 |165,106 |170,817 | 84,977 | 91,777 | 94,173 | 99,025 |102,983
Library science .................................| 111 | 103 | 85 | 118 | 101 | 102 | 85 | 76 | 102 | 92
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .| 12,713 | 8,465 | 7,445 | 6,736 | 6,187 | 9,510 | 6,494 | 5,646 | 5,049 | 4,661
Mathematics .....................................| 670 | 744 | 743 | 704 | 782 | 264 | 280 | 315 | 309 | 344
Mechanics and repairers .........................| 7,640 | 10,264 | 10,966 | 11,332 | 11,497 | 445 | 671 | 686 | 738 | 743
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 7,454 | 7,841 | 8,486 | 8,436 | 8,692 | 3,998 | 4,059 | 4,411 | 4,382 | 4,464
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .| 425 | 620 | 717 | 755 | 864 | 177 | 251 | 288 | 301 | 363
Philosophy and religion .........................| 89 | 60 | 111 | 82 | 81 | 28 | 17 | 35 | 36 | 29
Physical sciences ...............................| 2,091 | 2,066 | 2,241 | 2,546 | 2,456 | 901 | 861 | 945 | 1,069 | 1,032
Physical sciences, other .....................| 1,281 | 1,228 | 1,390 | 1,567 | 1,645 | 562 | 522 | 598 | 671 | 724
Science technologies .........................| 810 | 838 | 851 | 979 | 811 | 339 | 339 | 347 | 398 | 308
Precision production trades .....................| 9,093 | 9,005 | 9,204 | 9,357 | 9,344 | 1,975 | 1,872 | 1,811 | 1,846 | 1,891
Protective services .............................| 13,564 | 15,117 | 16,834 | 18,199 | 19,709 | 3,599 | 3,876 | 4,545 | 5,131 | 5,507
Criminal justice and corrections .............| 11,358 | 12,649 | 14,295 | 15,262 | 16,584 | 3,367 | 3,628 | 4,265 | 4,823 | 5,176
Fire control and safety ......................| 1,634 | 1,989 | 2,020 | 2,243 | 2,447 | 92 | 116 | 137 | 132 | 153
Protective services, other ...................| 572 | 479 | 519 | 694 | 678 | 140 | 132 | 143 | 176 | 178
Psychology ......................................| 997 | 1,209 | 1,237 | 1,377 | 1,600 | 740 | 871 | 955 | 1,040 | 1,154
Public administration and services ..............| 2,779 | 3,162 | 3,301 | 3,696 | 3,882 | 2,243 | 2,523 | 2,653 | 2,938 | 3,099
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............| 85 | 172 | 52 | 265 | 364 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 33
Social sciences and history .....................| 2,505 | 3,160 | 3,930 | 3,936 | 3,634 | 1,494 | 1,760 | 2,252 | 2,400 | 2,173
Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 578 | 496 | 508 | 641 | 607 | 243 | 216 | 227 | 299 | 298
Transportation and material moving workers ......| 2,609 | 2,418 | 2,210 | 1,922 | 1,446 | 469 | 440 | 360 | 320 | 220
Visual and performing arts ......................| 9,126 | 11,888 | 12,690 | 13,227 | 12,544 | 5,362 | 7,085 | 7,606 | 7,731 | 7,269
Fine arts, general ...........................| 1,166 | 1,159 | 1,346 | 1,473 | 1,420 | 766 | 767 | 886 | 907 | 937
Design and music .............................| 5,986 | 9,142 | 9,699 | 10,173 | 9,805 | 3,499 | 5,536 | 5,866 | 6,040 | 5,629
Visual and performing arts, other ............| 1,974 | 1,587 | 1,645 | 1,581 | 1,319 | 1,097 | 782 | 854 | 784 | 703
Not classified by field of study ................| 19,690 | 9,844 | 6,602 | 1,526 | 1,146 | 11,277 | 5,171 | 3,689 | 727 | 524
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