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| Table 10. | Persons age 18 and over who hold at least a bachelor's degree in specific fields of study, by sex, race/ethnicity, and age: 1996 [Numbers in thousands] |
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| | Sex | Race/ethnicity | Age
| |_______________|______________________________|___________________________
Field of study | Total| Males |Females| White,| Black\1\| Hispanic| 18 to 29| 30 to 49|50 year
| | | |Non-His-| | |years old|years old| old a
| | | | panic| | | | | over
__________________________________|_______|_______|_______|________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_______
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
__________________________________|_______|_______|_______|________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_______
Total population, 18 |196,121| 94,092|102,029| 148,397| 22,813| 18,081| 43,775| 83,107| 69,238
and over ...................| | | | | | | | |
|_______|_______|_______|________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_______
Number of persons with | | | | | | | | |
bachelor's or higher degree | 40,543| 21,084| 19,459| 34,090| 2,640| 1,515| 6,787| 21,976| 11,780
Percent of population .........| 20.7| 22.4| 19.1| 23.0| 11.6| 8.4| 15.5| 26.4| 17.0
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Agriculture ......................| 484| 421| 63| 414| 18| 27| 51| 276| 156
Architecture .....................| 1,118| 490| 627| 960| 27| 50| 236| 601| 281
Business .........................| 8,019| 5,241| 2,778| 6,726| 606| 286| 1,333| 4,790| 1,897
Communications ...................| 895| 452| 443| 773| 56| 39| 281| 514| 100
Computer .........................| 913| 621| 292| 704| 91| 41| 172| 659| 83
Education ........................| 6,785| 1,737| 5,049| 5,806| 553| 281| 701| 3,315| 2,768
Engineering ......................| 2,913| 2,656| 256| 2,452| 74| 61| 425| 1,480| 1,009
Literature .......................| 1,093| 315| 777| 955| 46| 46| 231| 491| 370
Foreign language .................| 297| 79| 218| 246| 11| 18| 56| 126| 114
Health sciences ..................| 1,611| 295| 1,316| 1,301| 108| 55| 339| 894| 378
Law ..............................| 1,127| 889| 237| 1,024| 47| 29| 85| 691| 351
Liberal arts .....................| 2,030| 883| 1,149| 1,670| 139| 96| 404| 1,011| 616
Mathematics ......................| 736| 479| 257| 612| 79| 23| 134| 394| 209
Medicine and dentistry ...........| 996| 731| 265| 794| 7| 72| 85| 559| 352
Natural science ..................| 1,928| 1,092| 835| 1,599| 81| 61| 413| 990| 525
Nursing, public health ...........| 424| 65| 359| 377| 23| 5| 18| 245| 160
Philosophy .......................| 610| 489| 121| 532| 30| 18| 88| 260| 260
Pre-professional .................| 147| 66| 80| 101| 22| 21| 60| 51| 35
Psychology .......................| 1,350| 493| 857| 1,130| 110| 51| 319| 735| 295
Social sciences ..................| 1,795| 815| 979| 1,494| 173| 49| 364| 944| 485
Other fields .....................| 5,273| 2,774| 2,500| 4,419| 342| 187| 988| 2,947| 1,338
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| Percentage distribution of degree holders, by field
|__________________________________________________________________________________
Total .........................| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
|_______|_______|_______|________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_______
Agriculture ......................| 1.2| 2.0| 0.3| 1.2| 0.7| 1.8| 0.8| 1.3| 1.3
Architecture .....................| 2.8| 2.3| 3.2| 2.8| 1.0| 3.3| 3.5| 2.7| 2.4
Business .........................| 19.8| 24.9| 14.3| 19.7| 23.0| 18.9| 19.6| 21.8| 16.1
Communications ...................| 2.2| 2.1| 2.3| 2.3| 2.1| 2.6| 4.1| 2.3| 0.8
Computer .........................| 2.3| 2.9| 1.5| 2.1| 3.4| 2.7| 2.5| 3.0| 0.7
Education ........................| 16.7| 8.2| 25.9| 17.0| 20.9| 18.5| 10.3| 15.1| 23.5
Engineering ......................| 7.2| 12.6| 1.3| 7.2| 2.8| 4.0| 6.3| 6.7| 8.6
Literature .......................| 2.7| 1.5| 4.0| 2.8| 1.7| 3.0| 3.4| 2.2| 3.1
Foreign language .................| 0.7| 0.4| 1.1| 0.7| 0.4| 1.2| 0.8| 0.6| 1.0
Health sciences ..................| 4.0| 1.4| 6.8| 3.8| 4.1| 3.6| 5.0| 4.1| 3.2
Law ..............................| 2.8| 4.2| 1.2| 3.0| 1.8| 1.9| 1.3| 3.1| 3.0
Liberal arts .....................| 5.0| 4.2| 5.9| 4.9| 5.3| 6.3| 6.0| 4.6| 5.2
Mathematics ......................| 1.8| 2.3| 1.3| 1.8| 3.0| 1.5| 2.0| 1.8| 1.8
Medicine and dentistry ...........| 2.5| 3.5| 1.4| 2.3| 0.3| 4.8| 1.3| 2.5| 3.0
Natural science ..................| 4.8| 5.2| 4.3| 4.7| 3.1| 4.0| 6.1| 4.5| 4.5
Nursing, public health ...........| 1.0| 0.3| 1.8| 1.1| 0.9| 0.3| 0.3| 1.1| 1.4
Philosophy .......................| 1.5| 2.3| 0.6| 1.6| 1.1| 1.2| 1.3| 1.2| 2.2
Pre-professional .................| 0.4| 0.3| 0.4| 0.3| 0.8| 1.4| 0.9| 0.2| 0.3
Psychology .......................| 3.3| 2.3| 4.4| 3.3| 4.2| 3.4| 4.7| 3.3| 2.5
Social sciences ..................| 4.4| 3.9| 5.0| 4.4| 6.6| 3.2| 5.4| 4.3| 4.1
Other fields .....................| 13.0| 13.2| 12.8| 13.0| 13.0| 12.3| 14.6| 13.4| 11.4
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\1\Includes Black persons of Hispanic origin. NOTE: Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Data are based on a sample survey of the civilian noninstitutional population. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 2001.)
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