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| Table 263. | Doctor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1992-93 |
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| Total | Men | Women
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| | 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
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
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All fields, total\1\ ..........................| 42,021 | 26,700 | 1,352 | 827 | 1,582 | 106 | 11,454 | 25,980 | 14,902 | 615 | 439 | 1,041 | 51 | 8,932 | 16,041 | 11,798 | 737 | 388 | 541 | 55 | 2,522
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............| 1,173 | 564 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 553 | 879 | 416 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 424 | 294 | 148 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 129
Architecture and related programs ...............| 148 | 61 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 66 | 105 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 43 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 178 | 114 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 34 | 90 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 88 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............| 4,435 | 2,810 | 63 | 84 | 265 | 5 | 1,208 | 2,664 | 1,652 | 37 | 50 | 136 | 3 | 786 | 1,771 | 1,158 | 26 | 34 | 129 | 2 | 422
Business management and administrative services..| 1,346 | 815 | 29 | 10 | 45 | 3 | 444 | 969 | 521 | 17 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 388 | 377 | 294 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 56
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Communications ..................................| 293 | 196 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 53 | 143 | 87 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 150 | 109 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14
Communications technologies .....................| 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
Computer and information sciences ...............| 805 | 383 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 1 | 352 | 689 | 309 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 1 | 325 | 116 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 27
Education .......................................| 7,030 | 5,497 | 552 | 185 | 123 | 35 | 638 | 2,867 | 2,175 | 193 | 86 | 53 | 16 | 344 | 4,163 | 3,322 | 359 | 99 | 70 | 19 | 294
Engineering .....................................| 5,823 | 2,210 | 42 | 51 | 379 | 2 | 3,139 | 5,265 | 1,932 | 31 | 39 | 343 | 1 | 2,919 | 558 | 278 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 220
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Engineering-related technologies ................| 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
English language and literature/letters .........| 1,341 | 1,094 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 163 | 550 | 432 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 82 | 791 | 662 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 81
Foreign languages and literatures................| 830 | 488 | 8 | 65 | 26 | 3 | 240 | 355 | 200 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 125 | 475 | 288 | 2 | 46 | 21 | 3 | 115
Health professions and related sciences .........| 1,767 | 1,205 | 66 | 26 | 64 | 4 | 402 | 753 | 432 | 18 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 264 | 1,014 | 773 | 48 | 20 | 32 | 3 | 138
Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 345 | 255 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 65 | 97 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 248 | 186 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 45
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Law and legal studies ...........................| 86 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17
Liberal arts and sciences, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
general studies, and humanities ...............| 81 | 65 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
Library science .................................| 77 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 51 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14
Mathematics .....................................| 1,189 | 484 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 0 | 632 | 906 | 353 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 501 | 283 | 131 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 131
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 196 | 140 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 115 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 81 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11
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Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..| 108 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 75 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 33 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
Philosophy and religion .........................| 448 | 340 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 74 | 323 | 233 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 63 | 125 | 107 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11
Physical sciences and science technologies.......| 4,393 | 2,405 | 37 | 68 | 215 | 4 | 1,664 | 3,432 | 1,874 | 29 | 49 | 154 | 2 | 1,324 | 961 | 531 | 8 | 19 | 61 | 2 | 340
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 .............................| 32 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
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Psychology ......................................| 3,651 | 3,125 | 134 | 125 | 63 | 22 | 182 | 1,415 | 1,214 | 44 | 45 | 23 | 9 | 80 | 2,236 | 1,911 | 90 | 80 | 40 | 13 | 102
Public administration and services ..............| 459 | 318 | 47 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 73 | 215 | 135 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 54 | 244 | 183 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19
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......................| 3,460 | 2,201 | 91 | 85 | 111 | 7 | 965 | 2,203 | 1,284 | 46 | 55 | 73 | 3 | 742 | 1,257 | 917 | 45 | 30 | 38 | 4 | 223
Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 1,417 | 1,065 | 102 | 12 | 38 | 4 | 196 | 1,219 | 905 | 88 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 184 | 198 | 160 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 12
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Transportation and material moving ..............| 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 ......................| 882 | 695 | 23 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 119 | 478 | 386 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 53 | 404 | 309 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 66
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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 93 men and 18 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 Agribusiness and agriculture production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; and "Business management and administrative services" includes Business and management, Business and office, 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 January 1995.) |
