Doctor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline division: Selected years, 1970-71 to 2002-03

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Table 252.

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Discipline division                               |1970-7|1975-7|1980-8|1985-8|1990-9|1992-93|1993-9|1994-9|1995-9|1996-9|1997-9|1998-9|  1999|2000-0|2001-0|2002-03
                                                  |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |      |      |  \1\ | -2000|      |      |
__________________________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______
1                                                 |    2 |    3 |    4 |    5 |    6 |     7 |    8 |    9 |   10 |   11 |   12 |   13 |   14 |   15 |   16 |    17
__________________________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______
   Total .........................................|32,107|34,064|32,958|33,653|39,294| 42,132|43,185|44,446|44,652|45,876|46,010|44,077|44,808|44,904|44,160|46,024
                                                  |______|______|______|______|______|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______
Agriculture and natural resources ................| 1,086|   928| 1,067| 1,158| 1,185|  1,159| 1,262| 1,256| 1,259| 1,202| 1,290| 1,231| 1,168| 1,127| 1,148| 1,229
Architecture and related services ................|    36|    82|    93|    73|   135|    148|   161|   141|   141|   135|   131|   123|   129|   153|   183|   152
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .......|   143|   186|   161|   156|   159|    177|   149|   185|   183|   171|   176|   187|   205|   216|   212|   186
Biological and biomedical sciences ...............| 3,595| 3,313| 3,591| 3,352| 4,034|  4,595| 4,724| 4,881| 5,035| 5,094| 5,236| 5,024| 5,180| 4,953| 4,823| 5,003
Business .........................................|   774|   906|   808|   923| 1,185|  1,346| 1,364| 1,391| 1,366| 1,336| 1,290| 1,201| 1,194| 1,180| 1,156| 1,251
                                                  |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
Communication, journalism, and related programs ..|   145|   196|   171|   212|   259|    293|   337|   320|   338|   296|   354|   347|   347|   368|   374|   394
Communications technologies ......................|     0|     8|    11|     6|    13|      8|     8|     1|     7|     4|     5|     5|    10|     2|     9|     4
Computer and information sciences ................|   128|   244|   252|   344|   676|    805|   810|   887|   869|   857|   858|   801|   779|   768|   752|   816
Education ........................................| 6,041| 7,202| 7,279| 6,610| 6,189|  6,581| 6,450| 6,475| 6,246| 6,297| 6,261| 6,394| 6,409| 6,284| 6,549| 6,835
Engineering ......................................| 3,687| 2,872| 2,598| 3,444| 5,316|  5,850| 5,968| 6,122| 6,381| 6,203| 5,996| 5,432| 5,390| 5,542| 5,187| 5,276
                                                  |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
Engineering technologies .........................|     1|     2|    10|    12|    14|     44|    43|    51|    50|    47|    42|    29|    31|    62|    58|    57
English language and literature/letters ..........| 1,554| 1,514| 1,040|   895| 1,056|  1,201| 1,205| 1,393| 1,395| 1,431| 1,489| 1,407| 1,470| 1,330| 1,291| 1,246
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences ......|   123|   178|   247|   307|   229|    308|   318|   346|   375|   352|   386|   323|   327|   354|   311|   372
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ..| 1,084| 1,245|   931|   768|   889|    977| 1,033| 1,081| 1,020| 1,064| 1,118| 1,049| 1,086| 1,078| 1,003| 1,042
Health professions and related clinical sciences .|   518|   617|   868| 1,139| 1,534|  1,451| 1,552| 1,653| 1,651| 2,179| 1,975| 1,920| 2,053| 2,242| 2,913| 3,328
                                                  |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
Legal professions and studies ....................|    20|    76|    60|    54|    90|     86|    79|    88|    91|    81|    66|    58|    74|   286|    79|   105
Liberal arts and sciences,                        |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  general studies, and humanities ................|    32|   162|   121|    90|    70|     81|    80|    90|    75|    77|    87|    78|    83|   102|   113|    78
Library science ..................................|    39|    71|    71|    62|    56|     77|    45|    55|    53|    46|    48|    55|    68|    58|    45|    62
Mathematics and statistics .......................| 1,199|   856|   728|   742|   978|  1,138| 1,125| 1,181| 1,158| 1,134| 1,215| 1,090| 1,075|   997|   923| 1,007
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................|   109|   190|   285|   405|   424|    450|   505|   530|   764|   764|   843|   754|   792|   784|   765|   899
                                                  |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...|     2|    15|    42|    39|    28|    106|   116|   149|   104|   108|   129|   137|   134|   177|   151|   199
Philosophy and religious studies .................|   555|   556|   411|   480|   464|    449|   534|   508|   550|   604|   590|   584|   598|   600|   610|   662
Physical sciences and science technologies .......| 4,324| 3,388| 3,105| 3,521| 4,248|  4,348| 4,595| 4,421| 4,512| 4,417| 4,520| 4,142| 3,963| 3,911| 3,760| 3,858
Psychology .......................................| 2,144| 3,157| 3,576| 3,593| 3,932|  4,100| 4,021| 4,252| 4,141| 4,507| 4,541| 4,695| 4,731| 5,091| 4,759| 4,831
Public administration and social services ........|   174|   292|   362|   382|   430|    459|   519|   556|   499|   518|   499|   532|   537|   574|   571|   596
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Security and protective services .................|     1|     9|    21|    21|    28|     32|    25|    26|    38|    31|    39|    48|    52|    44|    49|    72
Social sciences and history ......................| 3,660| 4,157| 3,122| 2,955| 3,012|  3,460| 3,627| 3,725| 3,760| 3,989| 4,127| 3,855| 4,095| 3,930| 3,902| 3,850
Theology and religious vocations .................|   312| 1,022| 1,273| 1,185| 1,076|  1,410| 1,440| 1,583| 1,517| 1,390| 1,451| 1,440| 1,630| 1,461| 1,350| 1,321
Transportation and materials moving ..............|     0|     0|     0|     3|     0|      0|     0|     0|     0|     0|     0|     0|     0|     0|     0|     0
Visual and performing arts .......................|   621|   620|   654|   722|   838|    882| 1,054| 1,080| 1,067| 1,060| 1,163| 1,130| 1,127| 1,167| 1,114| 1,293
Not classified by field of study .................|     0|     0|     0|     0|   747|    111|    36|    19|     7|   482|    85|     6|    71|    63|     0|     0
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\1\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

NOTE: Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. The new Classification of Instructional Programs was initiated in 2002-03. The figures for earlier years have been reclassified when necessary to make them conform to the new taxonomy. 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 Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences and Natural resources and conservation; "Business" includes Business, management, marketing, and related support services and Personal and culinary services; and "Engineering technologies" includes Engineering technologies/technicians, Construction trades, and Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1970-71 through 1985-86; and 1990-91 through 2002-03 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:91-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2003. (This table was prepared April 2005.)

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