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| Table 267. | Master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2001-02 |
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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 ...........................|482,118| 327,643|40,369|22,387| 25,412| 2,624| 63,683|199,120| 128,775|11,795| 8,430| 11,746| 994| 37,380|282,998| 198,868|28,574|13,957| 13,666| 1,630| 26,303
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Agriculture and natural resources ..............| 4,503| 3,444| 122| 116| 139| 27| 655| 2,340| 1,803| 61| 70| 50| 19| 337| 2,163| 1,641| 61| 46| 89| 8| 318
Architecture and related services ..............| 4,566| 2,797| 164| 220| 267| 14| 1,104| 2,606| 1,660| 76| 122| 117| 11| 620| 1,960| 1,137| 88| 98| 150| 3| 484
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .....| 1,541| 924| 130| 125| 106| 23| 233| 600| 382| 36| 62| 39| 6| 75| 941| 542| 94| 63| 67| 17| 158
Biological and biomedical sciences .............| 6,937| 4,674| 342| 274| 701| 32| 914| 2,996| 2,086| 104| 131| 298| 17| 360| 3,941| 2,588| 238| 143| 403| 15| 554
Business .......................................|119,725| 75,843|10,297| 4,983| 8,215| 507| 19,880| 70,463| 46,553| 3,886| 2,835| 4,657| 314| 12,218| 49,262| 29,290| 6,411| 2,148| 3,558| 193| 7,662
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Communications, journalism, and related programs| 5,510| 3,512| 532| 189| 251| 19| 1,007| 1,906| 1,294| 116| 59| 79| 5| 353| 3,604| 2,218| 416| 130| 172| 14| 654
Communications technologies ....................| 470| 256| 30| 11| 20| 2| 151| 263| 160| 12| 6| 9| 1| 75| 207| 96| 18| 5| 11| 1| 76
Computer and information sciences ..............| 17,173| 5,735| 883| 349| 2,401| 38| 7,767| 11,447| 4,184| 479| 240| 1,416| 23| 5,105| 5,726| 1,551| 404| 109| 985| 15| 2,662
Construction trades ............................| 9| 2| 1| 2| 0| 0| 4| 8| 2| 1| 2| 0| 0| 3| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1
Education ......................................|135,189| 106,715|12,982| 7,678| 3,039| 942| 3,833| 31,907| 25,270| 2,807| 1,812| 683| 231| 1,104|103,282| 81,445|10,175| 5,866| 2,356| 711| 2,729
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Engineering ....................................| 24,908| 10,536| 740| 709| 2,311| 56| 10,556| 19,620| 8,407| 478| 509| 1,714| 40| 8,472| 5,288| 2,129| 262| 200| 597| 16| 2,084
Engineering technologies\1\ ....................| 2,140| 1,318| 133| 89| 116| 10| 474| 1,635| 1,039| 86| 68| 75| 8| 359| 505| 279| 47| 21| 41| 2| 115
English language and literature/letters ........| 7,097| 5,805| 346| 225| 242| 43| 436| 2,270| 1,901| 74| 77| 78| 17| 123| 4,827| 3,904| 272| 148| 164| 26| 313
Family and consumer sciences ...................| 1,683| 1,227| 178| 60| 63| 12| 143| 203| 138| 18| 9| 3| 3| 32| 1,480| 1,089| 160| 51| 60| 9| 111
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 3,075| 1,722| 59| 370| 123| 10| 791| 958| 574| 18| 97| 36| 6| 227| 2,117| 1,148| 41| 273| 87| 4| 564
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Health professions and related clinical sciences| 43,560| 33,074| 3,303| 1,778| 3,183| 234| 1,988| 9,588| 6,774| 577| 455| 953| 74| 755| 33,972| 26,300| 2,726| 1,323| 2,230| 160| 1,233
Legal professions and studies ..................| 4,053| 1,304| 176| 167| 211| 11| 2,184| 2,360| 799| 82| 86| 114| 6| 1,273| 1,693| 505| 94| 81| 97| 5| 911
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and humanities ..............................| 2,754| 2,156| 214| 119| 72| 20| 173| 1,030| 813| 66| 47| 32| 7| 65| 1,724| 1,343| 148| 72| 40| 13| 108
Library science.................................| 5,113| 4,280| 259| 212| 152| 31| 179| 932| 767| 35| 41| 30| 3| 56| 4,181| 3,513| 224| 171| 122| 28| 123
Mathematics and statistics .....................| 3,350| 1,670| 122| 84| 226| 9| 1,239| 1,913| 944| 53| 54| 123| 8| 731| 1,437| 726| 69| 30| 103| 1| 508
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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 ................| 3,708| 2,589| 273| 178| 183| 30| 455| 1,336| 914| 67| 67| 60| 7| 221| 2,372| 1,675| 206| 111| 123| 23| 234
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies .| 2,580| 2,110| 184| 68| 39| 9| 170| 1,287| 1,036| 94| 41| 13| 3| 100| 1,293| 1,074| 90| 27| 26| 6| 70
Philosophy and religious studies ...............| 1,371| 1,097| 60| 36| 65| 4| 109| 840| 656| 37| 22| 43| 3| 79| 531| 441| 23| 14| 22| 1| 30
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Physical sciences and science technologies .....| 5,012| 3,051| 149| 148| 263| 21| 1,380| 3,135| 1,914| 74| 91| 146| 11| 899| 1,877| 1,137| 75| 57| 117| 10| 481
Precision production ...........................| 2| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0
Psychology .....................................| 16,357| 12,073| 1,927| 993| 648| 122| 594| 3,814| 2,836| 404| 237| 139| 36| 162| 12,543| 9,237| 1,523| 756| 509| 86| 432
Public administration and social service | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
professions .................................| 25,448| 16,889| 4,386| 1,743| 882| 228| 1,320| 6,505| 4,145| 1,010| 446| 215| 53| 636| 18,943| 12,744| 3,376| 1,297| 667| 175| 684
Security and protective services................| 2,935| 2,119| 482| 159| 59| 25| 91| 1,613| 1,222| 205| 88| 29| 12| 57| 1,322| 897| 277| 71| 30| 13| 34
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Social sciences and history ....................| 14,112| 8,660| 1,022| 670| 570| 80| 3,110| 6,941| 4,328| 403| 295| 227| 38| 1,650| 7,171| 4,332| 619| 375| 343| 42| 1,460
Social sciences ..............................| 11,692| 6,624| 901| 569| 526| 63| 3,009| 5,605| 3,185| 344| 235| 209| 33| 1,599| 6,087| 3,439| 557| 334| 317| 30| 1,410
History ......................................| 2,420| 2,036| 121| 101| 44| 17| 101| 1,336| 1,143| 59| 60| 18| 5| 51| 1,084| 893| 62| 41| 26| 12| 50
Theology and religious vocations ...............| 4,909| 3,537| 333| 163| 276| 8| 592| 3,043| 2,161| 177| 105| 165| 5| 430| 1,866| 1,376| 156| 58| 111| 3| 162
Transportation and materials moving ............| 709| 604| 32| 31| 11| 3| 28| 633| 541| 29| 28| 8| 3| 24| 76| 63| 3| 3| 3| 0| 4
Visual and performing arts .....................| 11,595| 7,906| 508| 437| 577| 54| 2,113| 4,912| 3,464| 230| 228| 194| 24| 772| 6,683| 4,442| 278| 209| 383| 30| 1,341
Not classified by field of study ...............| 24| 14| 0| 0| 0| 0| 10| 15| 8| 0| 0| 0| 0| 7| 9| 6| 0| 0| 0| 0| 3
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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. 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 November 2004.)
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