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Table 263. Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2002-03

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                                                  |                                 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 .............................| 1,348,503| 994,234| 124,241| 89,030|  87,943|   9,816|  43,239| 573,079| 430,024| 41,472| 35,080|  40,210|   3,853|  22,440| 775,424| 564,210| 82,769| 53,950|  47,733|   5,963|  20,799
                                                  |__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources ................|    23,294|  20,630|     614|    738|     760|     206|     346|  12,327|  11,102|    281|    356|     316|      94|     178|  10,967|   9,528|    333|    382|     444|     112|     168
Architecture and related services ................|     9,054|   6,663|     365|    682|     780|      55|     509|   5,329|   4,011|    201|    425|     395|      34|     263|   3,725|   2,652|    164|    257|     385|      21|     246
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .......|     6,629|   3,858|     860|    830|     760|     148|     173|   2,056|   1,191|    254|    248|     267|      46|      50|   4,573|   2,667|    606|    582|     493|     102|     123
Biological and biomedical sciences ...............|    60,072|  42,249|   4,945|  3,613|   7,398|     383|   1,484|  22,899|  16,539|  1,305|  1,380|   2,948|     144|     583|  37,173|  25,710|  3,640|  2,233|   4,450|     239|     901
Business .........................................|   293,545| 206,672|  30,746| 18,916|  21,100|   1,962|  14,149| 145,151| 108,114| 10,804|  8,479|   9,383|     960|   7,411| 148,394|  98,558| 19,942| 10,437|  11,717|   1,002|   6,738
                                                  |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
Communications, journalism, and related programs .|    67,859|  53,307|   6,141|  3,896|   2,567|     363|   1,585|  24,142|  19,230|  2,152|  1,268|     814|     135|     543|  43,717|  34,077|  3,989|  2,628|   1,753|     228|   1,042
Communications technologies ......................|     1,933|   1,520|     191|    101|      73|       4|      44|   1,183|     948|     93|     68|      48|       3|      23|     750|     572|     98|     33|      25|       1|      21
Computer and information sciences ................|    57,439|  33,474|   6,540|  3,363|   8,910|     299|   4,853|  41,950|  26,472|  3,491|  2,335|   6,125|     209|   3,318|  15,489|   7,002|  3,049|  1,028|   2,785|      90|   1,535
Construction trades ..............................|       166|     145|      10|      5|       1|       1|       4|     148|     135|      3|      4|       1|       1|       4|      18|      10|      7|      1|       0|       0|       0
Education ........................................|   105,790|  90,592|   6,923|  4,719|   1,654|   1,028|     874|  22,602|  19,099|  1,748|    939|     350|     218|     248|  83,188|  71,493|  5,175|  3,780|   1,304|     810|     626
                                                  |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
Engineering ......................................|    62,611|  43,527|   3,276|  3,413|   7,771|     333|   4,291|  49,945|  35,569|  2,137|  2,643|   5,837|     254|   3,505|  12,666|   7,958|  1,139|    770|   1,934|      79|     786
Engineering technologies\1\ ......................|    14,356|  10,554|   1,525|    947|     745|     132|     453|  12,622|   9,493|  1,160|    828|     650|     104|     387|   1,734|   1,061|    365|    119|      95|      28|      66
English language and literature/letters ..........|    53,670|  43,407|   4,098|  3,087|   2,247|     351|     480|  16,725|  13,925|    979|    920|     650|     116|     135|  36,945|  29,482|  3,119|  2,167|   1,597|     235|     345
Family and consumer sciences .....................|    18,166|  14,516|   1,716|    813|     776|     130|     215|   2,212|   1,714|    248|    100|      99|      11|      40|  15,954|  12,802|  1,468|    713|     677|     119|     175
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ..|    16,901|  11,955|     700|  2,793|     882|     108|     463|   4,996|   3,675|    174|    730|     257|      31|     129|  11,905|   8,280|    526|  2,063|     625|      77|     334
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Health professions and related clinical sciences..|    71,223|  54,136|   7,994|  3,884|   3,730|     533|     946|  10,091|   7,296|  1,035|    703|     774|      80|     203|  61,132|  46,840|  6,959|  3,181|   2,956|     453|     743
Legal professions and studies ....................|     2,466|   1,647|     386|    214|     172|      28|      19|     715|     464|     94|     81|      64|       6|       6|   1,751|   1,183|    292|    133|     108|      22|      13
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,       |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
   and humanities ................................|    40,221|  28,199|   5,029|  4,297|   1,596|     447|     653|  12,560|   9,380|  1,391|    955|     449|     126|     259|  27,661|  18,819|  3,638|  3,342|   1,147|     321|     394
Library science ..................................|        99|      79|       7|      2|       9|       0|       2|      26|      16|      0|      2|       8|       0|       0|      73|      63|      7|      0|       1|       0|       2
Mathematics and statistics .......................|    12,493|   9,182|     815|    663|   1,172|      68|     593|   6,776|   4,987|    388|    370|     621|      31|     379|   5,717|   4,195|    427|    293|     551|      37|     214
                                                  |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
Mechanics and repair technologies ................|       134|     115|       2|      3|       2|       2|      10|     122|     106|      2|      2|       0|       2|      10|      12|       9|      0|      1|       2|       0|       0
Military technologies ............................|         6|       5|       0|      1|       0|       0|       0|       6|       5|      0|      1|       0|       0|       0|       0|       0|      0|      0|       0|       0|       0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................|    28,757|  20,117|   2,801|  2,908|   2,043|     232|     656|   9,371|   6,696|    825|    717|     785|      75|     273|  19,386|  13,421|  1,976|  2,191|   1,258|     157|     383
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...|    21,428|  17,037|   1,847|  1,403|     623|     156|     362|  10,736|   8,313|  1,006|    819|     330|      73|     195|  10,692|   8,724|    841|    584|     293|      83|     167
Philosophy and religious studies .................|    10,344|   8,551|     536|    513|     528|      57|     159|   6,353|   5,308|    298|    314|     306|      33|      94|   3,991|   3,243|    238|    199|     222|      24|      65
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Physical sciences and science technologies .......|    17,940|  14,175|   1,043|    737|   1,264|     133|     588|  10,556|   8,596|    438|    449|     668|      71|     334|   7,384|   5,579|    605|    288|     596|      62|     254
Precision production .............................|        42|      33|       0|      1|       2|       0|       6|      30|      25|      0|      0|       2|       0|       3|      12|       8|      0|      1|       0|       0|       3
Psychology .......................................|    78,613|  57,486|   8,424|  6,488|   4,251|     571|   1,393|  17,504|  12,892|  1,653|  1,425|   1,127|     126|     281|  61,109|  44,594|  6,771|  5,063|   3,124|     445|   1,112
Public administration and social service          |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
   professions ...................................|    19,878|  12,537|   4,321|  1,976|     632|     205|     207|   3,724|   2,389|    718|    377|     151|      33|      56|  16,154|  10,148|  3,603|  1,599|     481|     172|     151
Security and protective services .................|    26,189|  17,579|   4,794|  2,733|     676|     252|     155|  13,402|   9,716|  1,814|  1,314|     370|     108|      80|  12,787|   7,863|  2,980|  1,419|     306|     144|      75
                                                  |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
Social sciences and history ......................|   143,218| 103,783|  13,240| 10,728|  10,202|   1,091|   4,174|  69,498|  53,093|  4,746|  4,596|   4,562|     463|   2,038|  73,720|  50,690|  8,494|  6,132|   5,640|     628|   2,136
  Social sciences ................................|   115,488|  80,594|  11,675|  9,080|   9,256|     914|   3,969|  53,263|  39,216|  4,020|  3,648|   4,092|     362|   1,925|  62,225|  41,378|  7,655|  5,432|   5,164|     552|   2,044
  History ........................................|    27,730|  23,189|   1,565|  1,648|     946|     177|     205|  16,235|  13,877|    726|    948|     470|     101|     113|  11,495|   9,312|    839|    700|     476|      76|      92
Theology and religious vocations .................|     7,926|   6,792|     468|    250|     197|      39|     180|   5,322|   4,604|    270|    170|     128|      22|     128|   2,604|   2,188|    198|     80|      69|      17|      52
Transportation and materials moving ..............|     4,567|   3,722|     238|    252|     165|      40|     150|   4,084|   3,337|    206|    232|     143|      35|     131|     483|     385|     32|     20|      22|       5|      19
Visual and performing arts .......................|    71,474|  55,990|   3,646|  4,061|   4,255|     459|   3,063|  27,916|  21,584|  1,558|  1,830|   1,582|     209|   1,153|  43,558|  34,406|  2,088|  2,231|   2,673|     250|   1,910
__________________________________________________|__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________

\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.)