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(10 KB)| Table 389. | Enrollment status of 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients, by undergraduate major and highest degree obtained: April 1997 |
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Undergraduate major | Ever |Enrolled|Enrolled | Enrolled |Enrolled
field of study | enrolled | full- | part- | and |and not
| since | time | time | employed |employed
|graduation| | | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| Percent distribution
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All graduates..........................| 29.8 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 13.0 | 4.7
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Professional fields ...................| 25.8 | 5.0 | 9.4 | 12.0 | 2.4
Engineering .........................| 33.9 | 6.6 | 11.1 | 14.1 | 3.6
Business and management .............| 16.3 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 1.9
Health professions ..................| 26.6 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 9.9 | 4.2
Education ...........................| 38.0 | 5.5 | 16.9 | 20.1 | 2.3
Public affairs and social services ..| 26.4 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 12.3 | 0.8
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Arts and sciences fields ..............| 38.5 | 15.1 | 9.3 | 15.2 | 9.2
Biological sciences .................| 52.1 | 33.9 | 8.2 | 16.6 | 25.5
Mathematics and other sciences | 39.2 | 12.6 | 8.3 | 13.1 | 7.8
Psychology ..........................| 42.0 | 18.8 | 7.7 | 18.2 | 8.3
Social sciences .....................| 35.9 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 16.7 | 6.1
History .............................| 40.8 | 13.8 | 9.2 | 11.8 | 11.2
Humanities ..........................| 31.7 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 13.6 | 5.2
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Other..................................| 24.0 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 11.9 | 2.5
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Highest degree attained by 1997 | | | | |
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Bachelor's degree....................| --- | 7.2 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 3.9
Postbaccalaureate certificate........| --- | 11.0 | 13.9 | 19.2 | 5.7
Master's degree......................| --- | 13.8 | 8.0 | 15.0 | 6.8
First-professional degree............| --- | 33.3 | 0.9 | 8.7 | 25.5
Doctoral degree......................| --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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---Not available. NOTE: Data are from a sample survey of recent college graduates. Notes on methodology are included in the Guide to Sources. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study, Second Follow-up" survey. (This table was prepared April 2001.) |