Doctor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1996-97

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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\ ..........................|   45,394 | 28,344 | 1,847 | 1,098 |  2,607 |    173 | 11,325 | 26,826 | 15,339 |   786 |   572 |  1,606 |     86 |  8,437 | 18,568 | 13,005 | 1,061 |   526 |  1,001 |     87 |  2,888
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............|    1,217 |    582 |    26 |    22 |     45 |      3 |    539 |    884 |    400 |    18 |    18 |     38 |      3 |    407 |    333 |    182 |     8 |     4 |      7 |      0 |    132
Architecture and related programs ...............|      135 |     72 |     7 |     3 |      7 |      0 |     46 |     93 |     47 |     4 |     1 |      3 |      0 |     38 |     42 |     25 |     3 |     2 |      4 |      0 |      8
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|      182 |    125 |    23 |     5 |      5 |      6 |     18 |     95 |     65 |     7 |     2 |      3 |      4 |     14 |     87 |     60 |    16 |     3 |      2 |      2 |      4
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............|    4,812 |  2,825 |   101 |   115 |    433 |      5 |  1,333 |  2,738 |  1,598 |    45 |    57 |    223 |      1 |    814 |  2,074 |  1,227 |    56 |    58 |    210 |      4 |    519
Business ........................................|    1,336 |    824 |    55 |    23 |     73 |      4 |    357 |    947 |    546 |    31 |    14 |     48 |      2 |    306 |    389 |    278 |    24 |     9 |     25 |      2 |     51
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Communications ..................................|      296 |    202 |    16 |     7 |     18 |      1 |     52 |    152 |    107 |     5 |     2 |     12 |      0 |     26 |    144 |     95 |    11 |     5 |      6 |      1 |     26
Communications technologies .....................|        4 |      3 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      3 |      2 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      1 |      1 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Computer and information sciences ...............|      857 |    399 |     5 |    12 |     70 |      2 |    369 |    721 |    328 |     4 |    11 |     53 |      2 |    323 |    136 |     71 |     1 |     1 |     17 |      0 |     46
Education .......................................|    6,751 |  5,137 |   654 |   217 |    146 |     52 |    545 |  2,512 |  1,879 |   208 |    83 |     53 |     19 |    270 |  4,239 |  3,258 |   446 |   134 |     93 |     33 |    275
Engineering .....................................|    6,201 |  2,519 |    91 |    91 |    481 |     13 |  3,006 |  5,438 |  2,154 |    66 |    74 |    398 |     12 |  2,734 |    763 |    365 |    25 |    17 |     83 |      1 |    272
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Engineering-related technologies ................|        9 |      4 |     1 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      4 |      8 |      3 |     1 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      4 |      1 |      1 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
English language and literature/letters .........|    1,575 |  1,271 |    43 |    37 |     41 |      4 |    179 |    670 |    533 |    11 |    17 |     18 |      3 |     88 |    905 |    738 |    32 |    20 |     23 |      1 |     91
Foreign languages and literatures................|      915 |    516 |    11 |    82 |     40 |      4 |    262 |    385 |    209 |     4 |    36 |     19 |      1 |    116 |    530 |    307 |     7 |    46 |     21 |      3 |    146
Health professions and related sciences .........|    2,672 |  1,536 |    77 |    56 |    363 |      5 |    635 |  1,176 |    555 |    22 |    22 |    217 |      1 |    359 |  1,496 |    981 |    55 |    34 |    146 |      4 |    276
Home economics and vocational home economics ....|      382 |    261 |    33 |    12 |      8 |      0 |     68 |     95 |     65 |     6 |     5 |      1 |      0 |     18 |    287 |    196 |    27 |     7 |      7 |      0 |     50
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Law and legal studies ...........................|       81 |     19 |     2 |     1 |      3 |      1 |     55 |     59 |     15 |     0 |     1 |      1 |      1 |     41 |     22 |      4 |     2 |     0 |      2 |      0 |     14
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      |          |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
  and humanities ................................|       77 |     56 |    10 |     3 |      1 |      1 |      6 |     34 |     24 |     3 |     2 |      1 |      0 |      4 |     43 |     32 |     7 |     1 |      0 |      1 |      2
Library science .................................|       46 |     25 |     3 |     1 |      1 |      0 |     16 |     16 |      6 |     2 |     1 |      0 |      0 |      7 |     30 |     19 |     1 |     0 |      1 |      0 |      9
Mathematics .....................................|    1,174 |    506 |     7 |    18 |     83 |      2 |    558 |    891 |    360 |     4 |    12 |     59 |      2 |    454 |    283 |    146 |     3 |     6 |     24 |      0 |    104
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|      451 |    310 |    36 |    15 |     17 |      4 |     69 |    232 |    156 |    11 |     7 |     11 |      1 |     46 |    219 |    154 |    25 |     8 |      6 |      3 |     23
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Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..|      108 |     81 |     2 |     3 |      5 |      0 |     17 |     60 |     39 |     2 |     3 |      5 |      0 |     11 |     48 |     42 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      6
Philosophy and religion .........................|      593 |    437 |    29 |    11 |     23 |      2 |     91 |    418 |    301 |    20 |    10 |     18 |      2 |     67 |    175 |    136 |     9 |     1 |      5 |      0 |     24
Physical sciences and science technologies.......|    4,474 |  2,460 |    58 |    65 |    309 |     11 |  1,571 |  3,444 |  1,892 |    42 |    53 |    212 |     10 |  1,235 |  1,030 |    568 |    16 |    12 |     97 |      1 |    336
Precision production trades......................|        0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Protective services .............................|       31 |     22 |     3 |     2 |      1 |      1 |      2 |     15 |     11 |     1 |     1 |      1 |      0 |      1 |     16 |     11 |     2 |     1 |      0 |      1 |      1
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Psychology ......................................|    4,053 |  3,405 |   170 |   156 |    138 |     30 |    154 |  1,350 |  1,139 |    44 |    50 |     35 |     12 |     70 |  2,703 |  2,266 |   126 |   106 |    103 |     18 |     84
Public administration and services ..............|      518 |    347 |    47 |    15 |     27 |      0 |     82 |    243 |    147 |    16 |     8 |     14 |      0 |     58 |    275 |    200 |    31 |     7 |     13 |      0 |     24
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|        0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Social sciences and history......................|    3,989 |  2,623 |   144 |    91 |    167 |     13 |    951 |  2,479 |  1,541 |    80 |    55 |     98 |      4 |    701 |  1,510 |  1,082 |    64 |    36 |     69 |      9 |    250
Theological studies and religious vocations .....|    1,395 |    978 |   152 |    20 |     61 |      4 |    180 |  1,143 |    805 |   109 |    19 |     53 |      4 |    153 |    252 |    173 |    43 |     1 |      8 |      0 |     27
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Transportation and material moving workers ......|        0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Visual and performing arts ......................|    1,060 |    799 |    41 |    15 |     41 |      5 |    159 |    525 |    412 |    20 |     8 |     12 |      2 |     71 |    535 |    387 |    21 |     7 |     29 |      3 |     88
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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 320 men and 162 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. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared August 1999.)
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