Table 263. | Associate degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2000-01 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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| Alaska | dent | |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander| Alaska | dent | |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander| Alaska | 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 ..............................| 578,865| 411,075| 63,855| 57,288| 28,463| 6,623| 11,561| 231,645| 166,322| 22,147| 23,350| 12,339| 2,294| 5,193| 347,220| 244,753| 41,708| 33,938| 16,124| 4,329| 6,368 |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ Agriculture and natural resources ................| 6,649| 6,227| 45| 172| 34| 83| 88| 4,282| 4,024| 34| 103| 19| 56| 46| 2,367| 2,203| 11| 69| 15| 27| 42 Architecture and related programs ................| 417| 330| 18| 34| 19| 1| 15| 118| 95| 8| 10| 3| 0| 2| 299| 235| 10| 24| 16| 1| 13 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...............| 307| 234| 10| 9| 7| 25| 22| 44| 27| 0| 2| 0| 9| 6| 263| 207| 10| 7| 7| 16| 16 Biological sciences/life sciences ................| 1,444| 1,012| 134| 142| 87| 34| 35| 456| 323| 48| 40| 26| 7| 12| 988| 689| 86| 102| 61| 27| 23 Business .........................................| 108,818| 75,038| 15,199| 9,495| 5,294| 1,202| 2,590| 35,773| 25,694| 4,227| 2,847| 1,700| 290| 1,015| 73,045| 49,344| 10,972| 6,648| 3,594| 912| 1,575 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications ...................................| 2,949| 2,185| 287| 264| 120| 31| 62| 1,435| 1,046| 140| 148| 64| 16| 21| 1,514| 1,139| 147| 116| 56| 15| 41 Communications technologies ......................| 1,983| 1,399| 196| 217| 62| 9| 100| 1,231| 894| 118| 130| 40| 5| 44| 752| 505| 78| 87| 22| 4| 56 Computer and information sciences ................| 26,339| 17,137| 3,773| 2,525| 1,934| 289| 681| 15,672| 10,634| 1,828| 1,569| 1,143| 142| 356| 10,667| 6,503| 1,945| 956| 791| 147| 325 Construction trades ..............................| 2,682| 2,115| 192| 232| 89| 50| 4| 2,532| 1,994| 181| 223| 87| 43| 4| 150| 121| 11| 9| 2| 7| 0 Education ........................................| 9,219| 6,328| 1,296| 1,155| 99| 271| 70| 2,010| 1,397| 305| 208| 19| 59| 22| 7,209| 4,931| 991| 947| 80| 212| 48 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering ......................................| 1,825| 1,302| 120| 155| 133| 18| 97| 1,517| 1,106| 102| 117| 105| 15| 72| 308| 196| 18| 38| 28| 3| 25 Engineering-related technologies\1\ ..............| 34,467| 23,884| 3,950| 3,644| 2,010| 268| 711| 29,683| 20,729| 3,163| 3,228| 1,733| 211| 619| 4,784| 3,155| 787| 416| 277| 57| 92 English language and literature/letters ..........| 877| 641| 58| 103| 39| 6| 30| 322| 226| 20| 43| 18| 5| 10| 555| 415| 38| 60| 21| 1| 20 Foreign languages and literatures.................| 529| 312| 12| 141| 38| 6| 20| 242| 167| 2| 37| 26| 4| 6| 287| 145| 10| 104| 12| 2| 14 Health professions and related sciences ..........| 82,184| 62,573| 9,180| 5,939| 3,022| 948| 522| 11,125| 7,769| 1,259| 1,216| 642| 142| 97| 71,059| 54,804| 7,921| 4,723| 2,380| 806| 425 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Home economics and vocational home economics .....| 8,630| 5,356| 1,443| 1,093| 506| 112| 120| 712| 403| 95| 52| 133| 10| 19| 7,918| 4,953| 1,348| 1,041| 373| 102| 101 Law and legal studies ............................| 6,854| 4,790| 1,167| 675| 120| 77| 25| 898| 555| 184| 114| 22| 14| 9| 5,956| 4,235| 983| 561| 98| 63| 16 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and humanities .................................| 196,843| 138,463| 18,636| 22,086| 10,870| 2,094| 4,694| 73,015| 51,707| 6,418| 7,861| 4,306| 695| 2,028| 123,828| 86,756| 12,218| 14,225| 6,564| 1,399| 2,666 Library science ..................................| 103| 86| 0| 7| 6| 3| 1| 9| 8| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 94| 78| 0| 7| 5| 3| 1 Mathematics ......................................| 695| 374| 52| 104| 111| 12| 42| 449| 240| 32| 67| 74| 8| 28| 246| 134| 20| 37| 37| 4| 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mechanics and repairers ..........................| 12,650| 9,318| 858| 1,361| 840| 173| 100| 11,853| 8,839| 765| 1,285| 718| 153| 93| 797| 479| 93| 76| 122| 20| 7 Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 10,438| 7,769| 1,083| 810| 520| 105| 151| 4,658| 3,411| 515| 381| 227| 44| 80| 5,780| 4,358| 568| 429| 293| 61| 71 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...| 841| 620| 102| 71| 20| 10| 18| 487| 347| 72| 37| 16| 6| 9| 354| 273| 30| 34| 4| 4| 9 Philosophy and religion ..........................| 65| 50| 7| 5| 3| 0| 0| 46| 33| 6| 4| 3| 0| 0| 19| 17| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0 Physical sciences and science technologies........| 2,337| 1,665| 249| 225| 119| 22| 57| 1,266| 905| 122| 143| 52| 11| 33| 1,071| 760| 127| 82| 67| 11| 24 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Precision production trades.......................| 11,493| 8,900| 682| 1,081| 452| 131| 247| 8,857| 6,901| 496| 862| 326| 99| 173| 2,636| 1,999| 186| 219| 126| 32| 74 Protective services ..............................| 16,425| 12,238| 1,861| 1,788| 299| 196| 43| 10,430| 8,292| 763| 1,023| 222| 105| 25| 5,995| 3,946| 1,098| 765| 77| 91| 18 Psychology .......................................| 1,554| 1,056| 150| 231| 57| 35| 25| 360| 235| 35| 57| 18| 7| 8| 1,194| 821| 115| 174| 39| 28| 17 Public administration and services ...............| 3,333| 1,895| 796| 435| 97| 90| 20| 477| 254| 112| 83| 12| 12| 4| 2,856| 1,641| 684| 352| 85| 78| 16 R.O.T.C. and military technologies ...............| 120| 42| 57| 16| 3| 2| 0| 96| 34| 46| 12| 2| 2| 0| 24| 8| 11| 4| 1| 0| 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Social sciences and history.......................| 5,132| 3,063| 589| 909| 330| 115| 126| 1,717| 1,042| 184| 285| 135| 26| 45| 3,415| 2,021| 405| 624| 195| 89| 81 Theological studies and religious vocations ......| 576| 396| 111| 39| 8| 9| 13| 288| 186| 61| 24| 5| 5| 7| 288| 210| 50| 15| 3| 4| 6 Transportation and material moving workers .......| 1,068| 843| 53| 96| 30| 3| 43| 919| 736| 43| 79| 29| 3| 29| 149| 107| 10| 17| 1| 0| 14 Visual and performing arts .......................| 18,435| 13,176| 1,331| 1,920| 1,054| 174| 780| 8,300| 5,904| 690| 972| 385| 87| 262| 10,135| 7,272| 641| 948| 669| 87| 518 Not classified by field of study .................| 584| 258| 158| 109| 31| 19| 9| 366| 165| 73| 88| 28| 3| 9| 218| 93| 85| 21| 3| 16| 0 __________________________________________________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ |
\1\Excludes "Construction trades" and Mechanics and repairers," which are listed separately. 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. 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), Fall 2001 survey. (This table was prepared October 2002.)
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