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Table 26.2. |
Percentage of degrees awarded by degree-granting institutions in the most popular fields of study, by race/ethnicity and level of study: 2007–08 |
| Level and field of study | Total1 | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/ Pacific Islander |
American Indian/ Alaska Native |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's degrees | ||||||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 11.9 | 4.5 |
| Business | 21.4 | 20.4 | 24.9 | 21.2 | 22.6 | 19.3 |
| Communication and communications technologies | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| Education | 6.6 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 7.9 |
| Engineering and engineering technologies | 5.3 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 8.7 | 4.2 |
| English language and literature/letters | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| Health professions and related clinical sciences |
7.1 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7.2 |
| Psychology | 5.9 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| Social sciences and history | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Visual and performing arts | 5.6 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Master's degrees | ||||||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.7 |
| Business | 24.9 | 22.1 | 31.6 | 23.2 | 36.4 | 22.6 |
| Computer and information sciences | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 1.4 |
| Education | 28.1 | 33.0 | 27.7 | 32.7 | 12.2 | 32.2 |
| Engineering and engineering technologies | 5.5 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 10.6 | 2.7 |
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | 9.3 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
| Psychology | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| Public administration and social services | 5.3 | 5.1 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 3.8 | 7.8 |
| Social sciences and history | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| Visual and performing arts | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.4 |
| Doctor's degrees | ||||||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 10.9 | 10.1 | 6.2 | 11.1 | 16.4 | 6.3 |
| Business | 3.3 | 2.8 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 5.5 |
| Computer and information sciences | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| Education | 13.3 | 15.4 | 36.8 | 19.4 | 7.8 | 22.4 |
| Engineering and engineering technologies | 12.8 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 15.3 | 5.9 |
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | 15.5 | 21.3 | 11.7 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 16.5 |
| Physical sciences and science technologies | 7.5 | 6.1 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 2.9 |
| Psychology | 8.3 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 14.3 | 8.8 | 16.2 |
| Social sciences and history | 6.4 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| Visual and performing arts | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 1 Includes degrees conferred to nonresident aliens not separately shown. NOTE: 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. Detail does not sum to totals because degree-granting institutions conferred degrees in many other fields not shown separately. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2007–08 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2008. | ||||||
