Today’s Baccalaureate: The Fields and Courses That 2007–08 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients Studied

Title:	Today’s Baccalaureate: The Fields and Courses That 2007–08 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients Studied
Description:	This set of Web Tables uses data from the Postsecondary Education Transcript Study (PETS) and the 2008/09 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:08/09) to provide estimates on the broad fields and specific courses baccalaureate degree holders pursue. The tables first present students’ participation in 37 different fields by sex, race/ethnicity, age, first postsecondary institution sector, bachelor’s degree institution sector, and major. The tables then show the courses most commonly taken by bachelor’s degree recipients at large, bachelor’s degree recipients who began in 2-year colleges, and bachelor’s degree recipients who pursue specific majors. The final two tables report the five STEM courses in which non-STEM majors most frequently earned credits, and the five non-STEM courses in which STEM majors most frequently earned credits.
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Cover Date:	May 2013
Web Release:	May 23, 2013
Publication #:	NCES 2013755
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Alexandria Walton Radford, Terry Lew, and Stacy Shaw, RTI International
Type of Product:	Tables
Survey/Program Areas:	Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) Postsecondary Education Transcript Collections (PETS)
Keywords:	Bachelor's Degrees Community Colleges Coursetaking/Transcripts Degrees Conferred in Higher Education Gender Postsecondary Education • field of study Postsecondary Education Transcripts (PETS) Race/Ethnicity STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, Mathematics)
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