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(18 KB) | Table 266. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2000-01 |
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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 ..............................| 1,244,171| 927,357| 111,307| 77,745| 78,902| 9,049| 39,811| 531,840| 401,780| 38,103| 31,368| 35,865| 3,700| 21,024| 712,331| 525,577| 73,204| 46,377| 43,037| 5,349| 18,787
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Agriculture and natural resources ................| 23,382| 20,789| 610| 685| 710| 251| 337| 12,845| 11,612| 278| 348| 289| 138| 180| 10,537| 9,177| 332| 337| 421| 113| 157
Architecture and related programs ................| 8,480| 6,234| 330| 585| 698| 42| 591| 5,086| 3,821| 200| 357| 368| 30| 310| 3,394| 2,413| 130| 228| 330| 12| 281
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...............| 6,317| 3,715| 768| 734| 804| 117| 179| 1,916| 1,106| 228| 249| 239| 49| 45| 4,401| 2,609| 540| 485| 565| 68| 134
Biological sciences/life sciences ................| 60,553| 42,717| 4,851| 3,343| 7,764| 447| 1,431| 24,549| 17,642| 1,370| 1,423| 3,333| 201| 580| 36,004| 25,075| 3,481| 1,920| 4,431| 246| 851
Business .........................................| 265,746| 190,353| 26,303| 16,352| 18,053| 1,595| 13,090| 133,856| 100,478| 9,931| 7,509| 8,017| 732| 7,189| 131,890| 89,875| 16,372| 8,843| 10,036| 863| 5,901
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Communications....................................| 58,013| 45,930| 5,013| 3,135| 2,108| 362| 1,465| 21,813| 17,688| 1,750| 1,111| 641| 120| 503| 36,200| 28,242| 3,263| 2,024| 1,467| 242| 962
Communications technologies ......................| 1,050| 708| 162| 88| 41| 3| 48| 651| 436| 69| 71| 33| 3| 39| 399| 272| 93| 17| 8| 0| 9
Computer and information sciences.................| 41,954| 25,247| 4,384| 2,116| 6,537| 286| 3,384| 30,347| 19,608| 2,339| 1,460| 4,404| 204| 2,332| 11,607| 5,639| 2,045| 656| 2,133| 82| 1,052
Construction trades ..............................| 174| 157| 6| 4| 0| 1| 6| 159| 147| 5| 2| 0| 1| 4| 15| 10| 1| 2| 0| 0| 2
Education.........................................| 105,566| 89,715| 7,394| 4,696| 1,900| 921| 940| 24,592| 20,577| 1,981| 1,032| 505| 235| 262| 80,974| 69,138| 5,413| 3,664| 1,395| 686| 678
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Engineering.......................................| 58,098| 40,022| 2,994| 3,123| 7,278| 264| 4,417| 46,519| 32,763| 1,932| 2,445| 5,540| 198| 3,641| 11,579| 7,259| 1,062| 678| 1,738| 66| 776
Engineering-related technologies\1\...............| 13,922| 10,444| 1,330| 801| 721| 132| 494| 12,343| 9,365| 1,068| 712| 631| 120| 447| 1,579| 1,079| 262| 89| 90| 12| 47
English language and literature/letters...........| 51,419| 41,696| 3,872| 2,773| 2,234| 329| 515| 16,257| 13,610| 917| 862| 626| 118| 124| 35,162| 28,086| 2,955| 1,911| 1,608| 211| 391
Foreign languages and literatures ................| 15,146| 10,716| 650| 2,574| 717| 76| 413| 4,411| 3,213| 162| 708| 190| 27| 111| 10,735| 7,503| 488| 1,866| 527| 49| 302
Health professions and related sciences...........| 73,490| 56,540| 7,520| 3,669| 4,183| 530| 1,048| 11,908| 8,811| 1,028| 776| 991| 89| 213| 61,582| 47,729| 6,492| 2,893| 3,192| 441| 835
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Home economics and vocational home economics .....| 17,777| 14,432| 1,607| 697| 679| 134| 228| 2,207| 1,696| 240| 101| 119| 8| 43| 15,570| 12,736| 1,367| 596| 560| 126| 185
Law and legal studies ............................| 1,958| 1,366| 281| 172| 110| 14| 15| 530| 353| 63| 65| 44| 4| 1| 1,428| 1,013| 218| 107| 66| 10| 14
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and humanities .................................| 37,962| 27,065| 4,418| 3,835| 1,537| 404| 703| 12,567| 9,354| 1,326| 958| 478| 151| 300| 25,395| 17,711| 3,092| 2,877| 1,059| 253| 403
Library science...................................| 52| 42| 6| 0| 2| 0| 2| 7| 4| 1| 0| 0| 0| 2| 45| 38| 5| 0| 2| 0| 0
Mathematics.......................................| 11,674| 8,657| 874| 673| 983| 54| 433| 6,107| 4,535| 390| 356| 526| 28| 272| 5,567| 4,122| 484| 317| 457| 26| 161
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Mechanics and repairers ..........................| 93| 80| 3| 4| 1| 2| 3| 89| 77| 2| 4| 1| 2| 3| 4| 3| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 25,999| 18,823| 2,556| 2,508| 1,422| 192| 498| 8,434| 6,263| 746| 612| 567| 59| 187| 17,565| 12,560| 1,810| 1,896| 855| 133| 311
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...| 19,565| 15,958| 1,702| 1,014| 427| 159| 305| 9,324| 7,388| 912| 573| 192| 94| 165| 10,241| 8,570| 790| 441| 235| 65| 140
Philosophy and religion...........................| 8,560| 7,044| 422| 413| 463| 62| 156| 5,318| 4,396| 246| 272| 256| 38| 110| 3,242| 2,648| 176| 141| 207| 24| 46
Physical sciences and science technologies .......| 17,979| 13,913| 1,113| 721| 1,507| 114| 611| 10,574| 8,475| 473| 428| 774| 62| 362| 7,405| 5,438| 640| 293| 733| 52| 249
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Precision production trades ......................| 347| 303| 24| 5| 7| 1| 7| 238| 207| 17| 4| 5| 1| 4| 109| 96| 7| 1| 2| 0| 3
Protective services...............................| 25,211| 17,220| 4,509| 2,532| 589| 264| 97| 13,772| 10,104| 1,896| 1,258| 353| 110| 51| 11,439| 7,116| 2,613| 1,274| 236| 154| 46
Psychology........................................| 73,534| 53,659| 7,863| 5,832| 4,313| 584| 1,283| 16,572| 12,093| 1,625| 1,332| 1,089| 163| 270| 56,962| 41,566| 6,238| 4,500| 3,224| 421| 1,013
Public administration and services ...............| 19,447| 12,769| 3,960| 1,735| 596| 214| 173| 3,670| 2,337| 715| 359| 180| 41| 38| 15,777| 10,432| 3,245| 1,376| 416| 173| 135
R.O.T.C. and military sciences....................| 21| 18| 0| 1| 1| 0| 1| 20| 18| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0
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Social sciences and history ......................| 128,036| 93,199| 12,149| 9,134| 8,790| 985| 3,779| 61,749| 47,001| 4,384| 4,074| 3,952| 428| 1,910| 66,287| 46,198| 7,765| 5,060| 4,838| 557| 1,869
Theological studies and religious vocations ......| 6,967| 6,106| 348| 184| 119| 42| 168| 4,816| 4,254| 220| 121| 76| 25| 120| 2,151| 1,852| 128| 63| 43| 17| 48
Transportation and material moving workers .......| 3,748| 3,094| 189| 185| 106| 46| 128| 3,312| 2,747| 161| 159| 94| 44| 107| 436| 347| 28| 26| 12| 2| 21
Visual and performing arts .......................| 61,148| 48,063| 2,996| 3,392| 3,470| 422| 2,805| 24,967| 19,373| 1,389| 1,613| 1,339| 177| 1,076| 36,181| 28,690| 1,607| 1,779| 2,131| 245| 1,729
Not classified by field of study .................| 783| 563| 100| 30| 32| 0| 58| 315| 228| 39| 13| 13| 0| 22| 468| 335| 61| 17| 19| 0| 36
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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 2001 survey. (This table was prepared November 2002.)
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