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| Table 266. | Master'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
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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 .............................|512,645| 341,735|44,272|24,974| 27,245| 2,837| 71,582|211,381| 133,220|12,805| 9,251| 12,500| 1,022| 42,583|301,264| 208,515|31,467|15,723| 14,745| 1,815| 28,999
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Agriculture and natural resources ................| 4,492| 3,413| 130| 104| 113| 27| 705| 2,232| 1,717| 53| 40| 43| 12| 367| 2,260| 1,696| 77| 64| 70| 15| 338
Architecture and related services ................| 4,925| 3,050| 182| 254| 291| 15| 1,133| 2,832| 1,807| 103| 139| 139| 9| 635| 2,093| 1,243| 79| 115| 152| 6| 498
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .......| 1,509| 842| 146| 135| 111| 35| 240| 544| 337| 42| 49| 28| 12| 76| 965| 505| 104| 86| 83| 23| 164
Biological and biomedical sciences ...............| 6,990| 4,592| 350| 264| 748| 34| 1,002| 2,982| 1,990| 119| 108| 312| 19| 434| 4,008| 2,602| 231| 156| 436| 15| 568
Business .........................................|127,545| 78,312|11,702| 5,658| 8,956| 541| 22,376| 75,184| 48,369| 4,383| 3,223| 5,000| 293| 13,916| 52,361| 29,943| 7,319| 2,435| 3,956| 248| 8,460
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Communications, journalism, and related programs .| 6,053| 3,820| 530| 250| 285| 22| 1,146| 2,072| 1,333| 130| 92| 97| 8| 412| 3,981| 2,487| 400| 158| 188| 14| 734
Communications technologies ......................| 442| 201| 47| 22| 39| 2| 131| 229| 109| 20| 13| 19| 0| 68| 213| 92| 27| 9| 20| 2| 63
Computer and information sciences ................| 19,503| 5,960| 1,122| 558| 2,648| 48| 9,167| 13,265| 4,435| 656| 356| 1,636| 25| 6,157| 6,238| 1,525| 466| 202| 1,012| 23| 3,010
Construction trades ..............................| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0
Education ........................................|147,448| 116,305|14,154| 8,802| 3,297| 968| 3,922| 33,871| 26,888| 2,945| 2,050| 645| 246| 1,097|113,577| 89,417|11,209| 6,752| 2,652| 722| 2,825
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Engineering ......................................| 28,337| 10,891| 819| 799| 2,544| 71| 13,213| 22,383| 8,772| 539| 595| 1,854| 56| 10,567| 5,954| 2,119| 280| 204| 690| 15| 2,646
Engineering technologies\1\ ......................| 2,332| 1,329| 188| 88| 170| 11| 546| 1,786| 1,069| 117| 63| 105| 9| 423| 546| 260| 71| 25| 65| 2| 123
English language and literature/letters ..........| 7,413| 6,029| 381| 289| 235| 45| 434| 2,426| 2,034| 80| 102| 69| 12| 129| 4,987| 3,995| 301| 187| 166| 33| 305
Family and consumer sciences .....................| 1,610| 1,188| 156| 56| 55| 7| 148| 183| 131| 20| 4| 5| 1| 22| 1,427| 1,057| 136| 52| 50| 6| 126
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ..| 3,049| 1,679| 57| 381| 120| 13| 799| 874| 536| 11| 81| 32| 2| 212| 2,175| 1,143| 46| 300| 88| 11| 587
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Health professions and related clinical sciences..| 42,715| 31,828| 3,557| 1,903| 3,195| 289| 1,943| 9,269| 6,495| 620| 466| 910| 78| 700| 33,446| 25,333| 2,937| 1,437| 2,285| 211| 1,243
Legal professions and studies ....................| 4,126| 1,394| 176| 151| 151| 19| 2,235| 2,321| 825| 80| 69| 84| 8| 1,255| 1,805| 569| 96| 82| 67| 11| 980
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and humanities ................................| 3,312| 2,703| 215| 123| 78| 30| 163| 1,176| 993| 44| 35| 32| 11| 61| 2,136| 1,710| 171| 88| 46| 19| 102
Library science ..................................| 5,314| 4,482| 292| 168| 167| 27| 178| 1,060| 859| 56| 46| 39| 2| 58| 4,254| 3,623| 236| 122| 128| 25| 120
Mathematics and statistics .......................| 3,626| 1,731| 103| 104| 234| 8| 1,446| 2,000| 983| 52| 64| 121| 4| 776| 1,626| 748| 51| 40| 113| 4| 670
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Mechanics and repair technologies ................| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0
Military technologies ............................| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 3,780| 2,677| 251| 166| 150| 29| 507| 1,285| 865| 86| 50| 46| 10| 228| 2,495| 1,812| 165| 116| 104| 19| 279
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...| 2,978| 2,373| 219| 94| 73| 21| 198| 1,505| 1,181| 103| 55| 31| 14| 121| 1,473| 1,192| 116| 39| 42| 7| 77
Philosophy and religious studies .................| 1,578| 1,262| 63| 49| 70| 5| 129| 1,045| 830| 36| 32| 52| 2| 93| 533| 432| 27| 17| 18| 3| 36
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Physical sciences and science technologies .......| 5,109| 3,155| 139| 136| 275| 23| 1,381| 3,211| 1,943| 74| 92| 154| 10| 938| 1,898| 1,212| 65| 44| 121| 13| 443
Precision production .............................| 3| 3| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 2| 2| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0
Psychology .......................................| 17,123| 12,393| 2,162| 1,036| 637| 129| 766| 3,827| 2,849| 415| 238| 123| 38| 164| 13,296| 9,544| 1,747| 798| 514| 91| 602
Public administration and social service | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
professions ...................................| 25,894| 16,841| 4,666| 1,882| 913| 248| 1,344| 6,391| 4,070| 1,001| 419| 216| 63| 622| 19,503| 12,771| 3,665| 1,463| 697| 185| 722
Security and protective services .................| 2,955| 2,150| 440| 179| 53| 25| 108| 1,566| 1,197| 168| 95| 26| 9| 71| 1,389| 953| 272| 84| 27| 16| 37
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Social sciences and history ......................| 14,634| 8,909| 1,054| 646| 681| 70| 3,274| 7,202| 4,434| 423| 314| 270| 34| 1,727| 7,432| 4,475| 631| 332| 411| 36| 1,547
Social sciences ................................| 12,109| 6,793| 932| 558| 622| 61| 3,143| 5,769| 3,219| 369| 261| 247| 29| 1,644| 6,340| 3,574| 563| 297| 375| 32| 1,499
History ........................................| 2,525| 2,116| 122| 88| 59| 9| 131| 1,433| 1,215| 54| 53| 23| 5| 83| 1,092| 901| 68| 35| 36| 4| 48
Theology and religious vocations .................| 5,099| 3,555| 403| 171| 307| 14| 649| 3,014| 2,071| 178| 107| 192| 8| 458| 2,085| 1,484| 225| 64| 115| 6| 191
Transportation and materials moving ..............| 765| 649| 37| 36| 19| 6| 18| 669| 571| 31| 30| 16| 6| 15| 96| 78| 6| 6| 3| 0| 3
Visual and performing arts .......................| 11,986| 8,019| 531| 470| 630| 55| 2,281| 4,975| 3,525| 220| 224| 204| 21| 781| 7,011| 4,494| 311| 246| 426| 34| 1,500
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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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