Table 261. | Associate's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2001-02 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ...........................| 595,133| 417,749| 67,334| 60,000| 30,942| 6,831| 12,277| 238,109| 170,629| 22,800| 23,962| 13,256| 2,308| 5,154| 357,024| 247,120| 44,534| 36,038| 17,686| 4,523| 7,123 |__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ Agriculture and natural resources ..............| 6,494| 6,118| 51| 120| 39| 89| 77| 4,195| 3,966| 38| 66| 21| 58| 46| 2,299| 2,152| 13| 54| 18| 31| 31 Architecture and related services ..............| 443| 331| 23| 28| 30| 3| 28| 101| 71| 9| 5| 6| 1| 9| 342| 260| 14| 23| 24| 2| 19 Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .....| 94| 28| 13| 17| 2| 32| 2| 39| 13| 9| 5| 2| 10| 0| 55| 15| 4| 12| 0| 22| 2 Biological and biomedical sciences .............| 1,534| 1,086| 144| 137| 93| 44| 30| 483| 342| 44| 49| 24| 11| 13| 1,051| 744| 100| 88| 69| 33| 17 Business .......................................| 96,038| 64,156| 14,199| 8,930| 4,912| 1,126| 2,715| 30,684| 21,335| 3,853| 2,632| 1,530| 278| 1,056| 65,354| 42,821| 10,346| 6,298| 3,382| 848| 1,659 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications, journalism, and related programs| 2,819| 2,252| 240| 167| 89| 26| 45| 1,395| 1,168| 108| 66| 36| 7| 10| 1,424| 1,084| 132| 101| 53| 19| 35 Communications technologies ....................| 3,006| 2,288| 239| 242| 103| 31| 103| 1,692| 1,304| 132| 139| 57| 14| 46| 1,314| 984| 107| 103| 46| 17| 57 Computer and information sciences ..............| 40,127| 26,480| 5,592| 3,619| 2,892| 379| 1,165| 25,416| 17,656| 2,835| 2,321| 1,787| 199| 618| 14,711| 8,824| 2,757| 1,298| 1,105| 180| 547 Construction trades ............................| 2,639| 2,216| 172| 117| 63| 62| 9| 2,500| 2,118| 151| 108| 59| 55| 9| 139| 98| 21| 9| 4| 7| 0 Education ......................................| 9,611| 6,585| 1,418| 1,083| 111| 320| 94| 2,081| 1,450| 293| 221| 24| 67| 26| 7,530| 5,135| 1,125| 862| 87| 253| 68 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering ....................................| 1,691| 1,256| 137| 123| 101| 18| 56| 1,406| 1,065| 106| 95| 78| 16| 46| 285| 191| 31| 28| 23| 2| 10 Engineering technologies\1\ ....................| 40,217| 28,504| 4,233| 4,308| 2,441| 337| 394| 34,150| 24,481| 3,325| 3,764| 2,003| 258| 319| 6,067| 4,023| 908| 544| 438| 79| 75 English language and literature/letters ........| 864| 625| 69| 101| 44| 6| 19| 295| 203| 24| 46| 15| 3| 4| 569| 422| 45| 55| 29| 3| 15 Family and consumer sciences ...................| 9,208| 5,450| 1,759| 1,227| 457| 154| 161| 720| 429| 95| 54| 113| 9| 20| 8,488| 5,021| 1,664| 1,173| 344| 145| 141 Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 1,085| 809| 36| 164| 32| 19| 25| 259| 172| 8| 50| 19| 5| 5| 826| 637| 28| 114| 13| 14| 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Health professions and related clinical sciences| 82,361| 62,001| 9,883| 6,063| 2,992| 882| 540| 10,397| 7,127| 1,214| 1,180| 629| 125| 122| 71,964| 54,874| 8,669| 4,883| 2,363| 757| 418 Legal professions and studies ..................| 7,815| 5,497| 1,267| 768| 155| 91| 37| 802| 490| 189| 85| 19| 13| 6| 7,013| 5,007| 1,078| 683| 136| 78| 31 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and humanities ..............................| 207,163| 144,594| 19,935| 23,275| 11,944| 2,170| 5,245| 76,176| 53,965| 6,724| 7,970| 4,652| 674| 2,191| 130,987| 90,629| 13,211| 15,305| 7,292| 1,496| 3,054 Library science.................................| 96| 85| 3| 5| 2| 1| 0| 12| 10| 2| 0| 0| 0| 0| 84| 75| 1| 5| 2| 1| 0 Mathematics and statistics .....................| 685| 407| 28| 112| 95| 7| 36| 445| 260| 20| 76| 62| 6| 21| 240| 147| 8| 36| 33| 1| 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mechanics and repair technologies ..............| 12,063| 8,991| 821| 1,342| 616| 174| 119| 11,295| 8,511| 731| 1,256| 534| 157| 106| 768| 480| 90| 86| 82| 17| 13 Military technologies ..........................| 62| 32| 27| 3| 0| 0| 0| 54| 29| 23| 2| 0| 0| 0| 8| 3| 4| 1| 0| 0| 0 Multi/interdisciplinary studies ................| 13,205| 8,827| 1,379| 1,476| 1,137| 101| 285| 5,770| 3,935| 617| 627| 436| 31| 124| 7,435| 4,892| 762| 849| 701| 70| 161 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies .| 764| 567| 88| 67| 16| 8| 18| 436| 325| 53| 38| 11| 1| 8| 328| 242| 35| 29| 5| 7| 10 Philosophy and religious studies ...............| 359| 279| 21| 27| 17| 0| 15| 94| 60| 12| 14| 4| 0| 4| 265| 219| 9| 13| 13| 0| 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Physical sciences and science technologies .....| 2,308| 1,707| 205| 200| 118| 22| 56| 1,246| 944| 89| 123| 56| 10| 24| 1,062| 763| 116| 77| 62| 12| 32 Precision production ...........................| 2,260| 1,934| 94| 104| 102| 22| 4| 2,053| 1,799| 72| 80| 80| 18| 4| 207| 135| 22| 24| 22| 4| 0 Psychology .....................................| 1,705| 1,166| 147| 270| 53| 33| 36| 371| 242| 42| 54| 16| 7| 10| 1,334| 924| 105| 216| 37| 26| 26 Public administration and social service | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | professions .................................| 3,323| 1,862| 817| 460| 87| 73| 24| 468| 236| 114| 76| 25| 14| 3| 2,855| 1,626| 703| 384| 62| 59| 21 Security and protective services................| 16,689| 12,276| 1,941| 1,832| 376| 200| 64| 10,292| 8,105| 772| 1,026| 257| 91| 41| 6,397| 4,171| 1,169| 806| 119| 109| 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Social sciences and history ....................| 5,593| 3,328| 650| 945| 381| 172| 117| 1,846| 1,115| 193| 310| 137| 44| 47| 3,747| 2,213| 457| 635| 244| 128| 70 Social sciences ..............................| 5,304| 3,112| 635| 904| 369| 170| 114| 1,692| 1,005| 181| 285| 133| 42| 46| 3,612| 2,107| 454| 619| 236| 128| 68 History ......................................| 289| 216| 15| 41| 12| 2| 3| 154| 110| 12| 25| 4| 2| 1| 135| 106| 3| 16| 8| 0| 2 Theology and religious vocations ...............| 414| 314| 68| 16| 4| 1| 11| 178| 128| 36| 10| 1| 1| 2| 236| 186| 32| 6| 3| 0| 9 Transportation and materials moving ............| 1,122| 868| 60| 96| 38| 13| 47| 964| 769| 54| 74| 31| 10| 26| 158| 99| 6| 22| 7| 3| 21 Visual and performing arts .....................| 20,911| 14,546| 1,521| 2,545| 1,388| 211| 700| 9,613| 6,668| 786| 1,333| 524| 114| 188| 11,298| 7,878| 735| 1,212| 864| 97| 512 Not classified by field of study ...............| 365| 284| 54| 11| 12| 4| 0| 181| 138| 27| 7| 8| 1| 0| 184| 146| 27| 4| 4| 3| 0 ________________________________________________|__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ |
\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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2002. (This table was prepared December 2004.)
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