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(18 KB) | Table 265. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2001-02 |
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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| Alaska | dent | |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander| Alaska | dent | |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander| Alaska | dent
| | | panic | | | Native | alien | | | panic | | | Native | alien | | | panic | | | Native | alien
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All fields, total ..............................| 1,291,900| 958,585| 116,624| 82,969| 83,101| 9,165| 41,456| 549,816| 414,885| 39,194| 32,953| 37,666| 3,625| 21,493| 742,084| 543,700| 77,430| 50,016| 45,435| 5,540| 19,963
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Agriculture and natural resources ................| 23,353| 20,659| 653| 744| 760| 191| 346| 12,643| 11,365| 281| 378| 334| 107| 178| 10,710| 9,294| 372| 366| 426| 84| 168
Architecture and related programs ................| 8,808| 6,518| 348| 640| 729| 58| 515| 5,224| 3,932| 203| 395| 360| 39| 295| 3,584| 2,586| 145| 245| 369| 19| 220
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...............| 6,557| 3,841| 881| 775| 758| 132| 170| 2,042| 1,193| 290| 239| 223| 46| 51| 4,515| 2,648| 591| 536| 535| 86| 119
Biological sciences/life sciences ................| 60,256| 42,831| 4,807| 3,256| 7,485| 426| 1,451| 23,612| 17,263| 1,329| 1,307| 3,008| 169| 536| 36,644| 25,568| 3,478| 1,949| 4,477| 257| 915
Business .........................................| 281,330| 199,906| 28,153| 17,557| 20,083| 1,810| 13,821| 140,566| 105,165| 10,088| 8,140| 8,961| 858| 7,354| 140,764| 94,741| 18,065| 9,417| 11,122| 952| 6,467
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Communications....................................| 62,791| 49,483| 5,540| 3,510| 2,368| 344| 1,546| 22,914| 18,474| 1,873| 1,127| 765| 122| 553| 39,877| 31,009| 3,667| 2,383| 1,603| 222| 993
Communications technologies ......................| 1,110| 781| 149| 94| 62| 5| 19| 699| 478| 76| 78| 53| 4| 10| 411| 303| 73| 16| 9| 1| 9
Computer and information sciences.................| 47,299| 28,311| 5,030| 2,442| 7,408| 239| 3,869| 34,248| 22,111| 2,670| 1,689| 4,988| 152| 2,638| 13,051| 6,200| 2,360| 753| 2,420| 87| 1,231
Construction trades ..............................| 202| 182| 6| 10| 1| 0| 3| 182| 166| 4| 10| 1| 0| 1| 20| 16| 2| 0| 0| 0| 2
Education.........................................| 106,383| 90,475| 6,976| 4,893| 1,916| 1,018| 1,105| 24,051| 20,102| 1,822| 1,096| 474| 239| 318| 82,332| 70,373| 5,154| 3,797| 1,442| 779| 787
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Engineering.......................................| 59,481| 41,192| 3,099| 3,208| 7,400| 320| 4,262| 47,171| 33,492| 1,966| 2,484| 5,475| 243| 3,511| 12,310| 7,700| 1,133| 724| 1,925| 77| 751
Engineering-related technologies\1\...............| 14,117| 10,567| 1,387| 875| 739| 102| 447| 12,480| 9,536| 1,077| 746| 652| 87| 382| 1,637| 1,031| 310| 129| 87| 15| 65
English language and literature/letters...........| 53,162| 43,129| 4,049| 2,908| 2,233| 308| 535| 16,704| 13,892| 1,029| 913| 634| 88| 148| 36,458| 29,237| 3,020| 1,995| 1,599| 220| 387
Foreign languages and literatures ................| 15,318| 10,885| 622| 2,558| 726| 73| 454| 4,413| 3,276| 153| 641| 211| 26| 106| 10,905| 7,609| 469| 1,917| 515| 47| 348
Health professions and related sciences...........| 70,517| 53,533| 8,011| 3,700| 3,961| 528| 784| 10,257| 7,418| 1,041| 721| 819| 86| 172| 60,260| 46,115| 6,970| 2,979| 3,142| 442| 612
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Home economics and vocational home economics .....| 18,153| 14,722| 1,659| 724| 653| 123| 272| 2,182| 1,715| 235| 101| 74| 12| 45| 15,971| 13,007| 1,424| 623| 579| 111| 227
Law and legal studies ............................| 1,971| 1,359| 303| 146| 136| 15| 12| 588| 414| 58| 46| 62| 4| 4| 1,383| 945| 245| 100| 74| 11| 8
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and humanities .................................| 39,333| 27,786| 4,688| 4,106| 1,572| 442| 739| 12,902| 9,630| 1,399| 989| 460| 138| 286| 26,431| 18,156| 3,289| 3,117| 1,112| 304| 453
Library science...................................| 74| 67| 0| 1| 4| 0| 2| 18| 15| 0| 0| 2| 0| 1| 56| 52| 0| 1| 2| 0| 1
Mathematics.......................................| 12,395| 9,190| 935| 695| 1,057| 59| 459| 6,608| 4,970| 417| 356| 550| 31| 284| 5,787| 4,220| 518| 339| 507| 28| 175
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Mechanics and repairers ..........................| 164| 104| 18| 21| 13| 0| 8| 157| 100| 17| 20| 13| 0| 7| 7| 4| 1| 1| 0| 0| 1
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 27,629| 19,866| 2,739| 2,793| 1,474| 194| 563| 8,948| 6,616| 824| 623| 579| 65| 241| 18,681| 13,250| 1,915| 2,170| 895| 129| 322
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...| 20,554| 16,795| 1,751| 1,068| 447| 157| 336| 9,919| 7,902| 951| 591| 222| 69| 184| 10,635| 8,893| 800| 477| 225| 88| 152
Philosophy and religion...........................| 9,306| 7,661| 481| 472| 474| 56| 162| 5,688| 4,684| 273| 325| 280| 31| 95| 3,618| 2,977| 208| 147| 194| 25| 67
Physical sciences and science technologies .......| 17,851| 13,900| 1,142| 709| 1,379| 114| 607| 10,314| 8,316| 463| 424| 695| 63| 353| 7,537| 5,584| 679| 285| 684| 51| 254
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Precision production trades ......................| 468| 391| 25| 24| 16| 1| 11| 324| 268| 21| 18| 9| 1| 7| 144| 123| 4| 6| 7| 0| 4
Protective services...............................| 25,536| 17,262| 4,484| 2,659| 715| 306| 110| 13,727| 9,980| 1,812| 1,284| 441| 156| 54| 11,809| 7,282| 2,672| 1,375| 274| 150| 56
Psychology........................................| 76,671| 55,824| 8,107| 6,381| 4,426| 567| 1,366| 17,275| 12,525| 1,614| 1,524| 1,171| 131| 310| 59,396| 43,299| 6,493| 4,857| 3,255| 436| 1,056
Public administration and services ...............| 19,392| 12,529| 4,036| 1,847| 595| 178| 207| 3,706| 2,316| 757| 378| 173| 40| 42| 15,686| 10,213| 3,279| 1,469| 422| 138| 165
R.O.T.C. and military sciences....................| 3| 3| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 3| 3| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0
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Social sciences and history ......................| 132,874| 96,346| 12,530| 9,917| 9,258| 886| 3,937| 64,170| 48,921| 4,493| 4,269| 4,198| 385| 1,904| 68,704| 47,425| 8,037| 5,648| 5,060| 501| 2,033
Theological studies and religious vocations ......| 7,785| 6,699| 411| 258| 161| 28| 228| 5,293| 4,596| 247| 164| 109| 15| 162| 2,492| 2,103| 164| 94| 52| 13| 66
Transportation and material moving workers .......| 4,020| 3,339| 220| 181| 101| 29| 150| 3,555| 2,949| 197| 153| 96| 22| 138| 465| 390| 23| 28| 5| 7| 12
Visual and performing arts .......................| 66,773| 52,224| 3,373| 3,787| 3,983| 456| 2,950| 27,130| 21,020| 1,506| 1,718| 1,571| 196| 1,119| 39,643| 31,204| 1,867| 2,069| 2,412| 260| 1,831
Not classified by field of study .................| 264| 225| 11| 10| 8| 0| 10| 103| 82| 8| 6| 3| 0| 4| 161| 143| 3| 4| 5| 0| 6
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| \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 2002 survey. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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