Table 260. | Associate's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2002-03 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Total | Males | Females |_________________________________________________________|__________________________________________________________|__________________________________________________________ Major field of study | | White, |Black,| His- | Asian/ |American|Nonresi-| | White, |Black,| His- | Asian/ |American|Nonresi-| | White, |Black,| His- | Asian/ |American|Nonresi- | Total | non- | non- |panic |Pacific |Indian/ | dent | Total | non- | non- |panic |Pacific |Indian/ | dent | Total | non- | non- |panic |Pacific |Indian/ | dent | |Hispanic| His- | |Islander| Alaska | alien | |Hispanic| His- | |Islander| Alaska | alien | |Hispanic| His- | |Islander| Alaska | alien | | |panic | | | Native | | | |panic | | | Native | | | |panic | | | Native | __________________________________________________|_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|________|________|______|______|________|________|________|________|________|______|______|________|________|________ 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 .............................|632,912| 437,794|75,430|66,175| 32,610| 7,462| 13,441| 253,060| 178,959|25,518|26,300| 14,048| 2,619| 5,616| 379,852| 258,835|49,912|39,875| 18,562| 4,843| 7,825 |_______|________|______|______|________|________|________|________|________|______|______|________|________|________|________|________|______|______|________|________|________ Agriculture and natural resources ................| 6,208| 5,843| 50| 143| 34| 98| 40| 3,946| 3,728| 32| 76| 20| 65| 25| 2,262| 2,115| 18| 67| 14| 33| 15 Architecture and related services ................| 440| 334| 31| 37| 22| 3| 13| 109| 72| 16| 14| 5| 0| 2| 331| 262| 15| 23| 17| 3| 11 Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .......| 126| 21| 24| 24| 3| 48| 6| 33| 4| 6| 8| 1| 13| 1| 93| 17| 18| 16| 2| 35| 5 Biological and biomedical sciences ...............| 1,496| 987| 126| 188| 128| 24| 43| 443| 300| 32| 58| 32| 4| 17| 1,053| 687| 94| 130| 96| 20| 26 Business .........................................|102,157| 66,982|15,439|10,047| 5,554| 1,194| 2,941| 33,940| 23,184| 4,245| 3,266| 1,793| 329| 1,123| 68,217| 43,798|11,194| 6,781| 3,761| 865| 1,818 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications, journalism, and related programs .| 2,602| 1,926| 267| 237| 90| 22| 60| 1,253| 948| 114| 122| 39| 6| 24| 1,349| 978| 153| 115| 51| 16| 36 Communications technologies ......................| 3,300| 2,488| 303| 272| 102| 32| 103| 1,796| 1,349| 176| 169| 51| 17| 34| 1,504| 1,139| 127| 103| 51| 15| 69 Computer and information sciences ................| 46,089| 29,806| 7,036| 4,412| 3,216| 444| 1,175| 30,654| 20,905| 3,828| 2,979| 2,033| 248| 661| 15,435| 8,901| 3,208| 1,433| 1,183| 196| 514 Construction trades ..............................| 3,001| 2,592| 163| 138| 48| 53| 7| 2,845| 2,474| 145| 130| 48| 41| 7| 156| 118| 18| 8| 0| 12| 0 Education ........................................| 11,199| 7,439| 1,705| 1,387| 169| 388| 111| 2,186| 1,470| 321| 257| 43| 63| 32| 9,013| 5,969| 1,384| 1,130| 126| 325| 79 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering ......................................| 2,176| 1,373| 224| 335| 144| 22| 78| 1,817| 1,185| 173| 268| 120| 14| 57| 359| 188| 51| 67| 24| 8| 21 Engineering technologies\1\ ......................| 39,957| 27,939| 4,553| 4,099| 2,556| 399| 411| 33,550| 23,773| 3,544| 3,509| 2,111| 294| 319| 6,407| 4,166| 1,009| 590| 445| 105| 92 English language and literature/letters ..........| 896| 614| 85| 110| 47| 9| 31| 272| 178| 30| 36| 17| 6| 5| 624| 436| 55| 74| 30| 3| 26 Family and consumer sciences .....................| 9,471| 5,368| 2,090| 1,413| 328| 133| 139| 386| 209| 73| 60| 29| 4| 11| 9,085| 5,159| 2,017| 1,353| 299| 129| 128 Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ..| 1,050| 775| 53| 161| 24| 8| 29| 208| 143| 7| 39| 8| 1| 10| 842| 632| 46| 122| 16| 7| 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Health professions and related clinical sciences..| 90,536| 67,569|11,376| 6,809| 3,170| 921| 691| 11,342| 7,720| 1,398| 1,335| 617| 136| 136| 79,194| 59,849| 9,978| 5,474| 2,553| 785| 555 Legal professions and studies ....................| 8,390| 5,771| 1,457| 856| 155| 105| 46| 876| 525| 185| 116| 30| 11| 9| 7,514| 5,246| 1,272| 740| 125| 94| 37 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and humanities ................................|216,814| 149,494|21,760|25,215| 12,260| 2,399| 5,686| 79,910| 56,076| 7,243| 8,546| 4,892| 795| 2,358| 136,904| 93,418|14,517|16,669| 7,368| 1,604| 3,328 Library science ..................................| 87| 72| 6| 2| 5| 2| 0| 5| 4| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 82| 68| 6| 2| 4| 2| 0 Mathematics and statistics .......................| 732| 392| 42| 131| 108| 13| 46| 465| 244| 25| 98| 60| 8| 30| 267| 148| 17| 33| 48| 5| 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mechanics and repair technologies ................| 11,994| 9,252| 872| 1,021| 560| 163| 126| 11,216| 8,774| 764| 936| 487| 149| 106| 778| 478| 108| 85| 73| 14| 20 Military technologies ............................| 85| 41| 31| 11| 2| 0| 0| 72| 36| 24| 10| 2| 0| 0| 13| 5| 7| 1| 0| 0| 0 Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 14,067| 9,232| 1,527| 1,591| 1,229| 148| 340| 6,121| 4,086| 714| 680| 461| 55| 125| 7,946| 5,146| 813| 911| 768| 93| 215 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...| 811| 630| 78| 50| 16| 13| 24| 468| 351| 50| 39| 11| 5| 12| 343| 279| 28| 11| 5| 8| 12 Philosophy and religious studies .................| 379| 308| 15| 26| 16| 0| 14| 93| 73| 5| 10| 3| 0| 2| 286| 235| 10| 16| 13| 0| 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Physical sciences and science technologies .......| 2,190| 1,548| 203| 198| 143| 29| 69| 1,212| 864| 102| 122| 80| 11| 33| 978| 684| 101| 76| 63| 18| 36 Precision production .............................| 2,279| 1,976| 79| 105| 81| 34| 4| 2,101| 1,863| 60| 88| 54| 33| 3| 178| 113| 19| 17| 27| 1| 1 Psychology .......................................| 1,784| 1,169| 151| 311| 78| 32| 43| 441| 279| 34| 79| 24| 12| 13| 1,343| 890| 117| 232| 54| 20| 30 Public administration and social service | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | professions ...................................| 3,533| 1,930| 893| 534| 57| 93| 26| 468| 223| 124| 101| 10| 7| 3| 3,065| 1,707| 769| 433| 47| 86| 23 Security and protective services .................| 18,571| 13,450| 2,157| 2,272| 375| 241| 76| 10,986| 8,628| 802| 1,144| 238| 124| 50| 7,585| 4,822| 1,355| 1,128| 137| 117| 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Social sciences and history ......................| 5,738| 3,317| 677| 1,062| 398| 138| 146| 1,989| 1,204| 194| 352| 144| 41| 54| 3,749| 2,113| 483| 710| 254| 97| 92 Social sciences ................................| 5,422| 3,088| 666| 1,004| 383| 136| 145| 1,817| 1,079| 188| 316| 140| 40| 54| 3,605| 2,009| 478| 688| 243| 96| 91 History ........................................| 316| 229| 11| 58| 15| 2| 1| 172| 125| 6| 36| 4| 1| 0| 144| 104| 5| 22| 11| 1| 1 Theology and religious vocations .................| 425| 301| 91| 14| 3| 3| 13| 190| 124| 49| 6| 1| 2| 8| 235| 177| 42| 8| 2| 1| 5 Transportation and materials moving ..............| 1,202| 930| 65| 88| 44| 6| 69| 1,040| 820| 52| 72| 36| 4| 56| 162| 110| 13| 16| 8| 2| 13 Visual and performing arts .......................| 23,127| 15,925| 1,801| 2,876| 1,445| 245| 835| 10,627| 7,143| 951| 1,575| 547| 121| 290| 12,500| 8,782| 850| 1,301| 898| 124| 545 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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 Fall survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences and Natural resources and conservation; and "Business" includes Business management, marketing, and related support services, and Personal and culinary services. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2003. (This table was prepared December 2004.)
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