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Digest of Education Statistics: 2004
Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005


Table 270. Doctor'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
                                                |_______________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
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 ...........................|44,160|  26,903| 2,395|1,434|   2,319|     180|  10,929|23,708|  13,330|   922|  650|   1,242|      67|   7,497|20,452|  13,573| 1,473|  784|   1,077|     113|   3,432
                                                |______|________|______|_____|________|________|________|______|________|______|_____|________|________|________|______|________|______|_____|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources ..............| 1,148|     551|    19|   25|      22|       0|     531|   760|     346|    12|   15|      14|       0|     373|   388|     205|     7|   10|       8|       0|     158
Architecture and related services ..............|   183|      71|     8|    8|      11|       0|      85|   117|      44|     0|    5|       8|       0|      60|    66|      27|     8|    3|       3|       0|      25
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .....|   212|     122|    33|   11|      15|       3|      28|   104|      63|    14|    7|       6|       0|      14|   108|      59|    19|    4|       9|       3|      14
Biological and biomedical sciences .............| 4,823|   2,921|   126|  125|     435|      14|   1,202| 2,667|   1,625|    54|   52|     224|       8|     704| 2,156|   1,296|    72|   73|     211|       6|     498
Business .......................................| 1,156|     612|    71|   22|      53|       4|     394|   746|     369|    42|   10|      28|       3|     294|   410|     243|    29|   12|      25|       1|     100
                                                |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |
Communications, journalism, and related programs|   374|     243|    33|    8|      14|       1|      75|   168|     110|    10|    3|       5|       0|      40|   206|     133|    23|    5|       9|       1|      35
Communications technologies ....................|     9|       6|     0|    0|       0|       0|       3|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|     9|       6|     0|    0|       0|       0|       3
Computer and information sciences ..............|   752|     288|    22|   21|      78|       1|     342|   581|     218|    14|   18|      58|       0|     273|   171|      70|     8|    3|      20|       1|      69
Construction trades ............................|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0
Education ......................................| 6,549|   4,621|   871|  300|     161|      53|     543| 2,211|   1,565|   249|   97|      50|      16|     234| 4,338|   3,056|   622|  203|     111|      37|     309
                                                |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |
Engineering ....................................| 5,187|   1,692|    85|   92|     379|       7|   2,932| 4,291|   1,386|    59|   71|     282|       6|   2,487|   896|     306|    26|   21|      97|       1|     445
Engineering technologies\1\ ....................|    58|      22|     2|    1|       2|       0|      31|    41|      13|     1|    1|       2|       0|      24|    17|       9|     1|    0|       0|       0|       7
English language and literature/letters ........| 1,291|   1,008|    69|   41|      45|       9|     119|   532|     420|    23|   20|      18|       5|      46|   759|     588|    46|   21|      27|       4|      73
Family and consumer sciences ...................|   311|     196|    30|    8|      10|       0|      67|    85|      52|     6|    1|       4|       0|      22|   226|     144|    24|    7|       6|       0|      45
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 1,003|     559|    21|  104|      45|       2|     272|   418|     236|     8|   43|      14|       1|     116|   585|     323|    13|   61|      31|       1|     156
                                                |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |
Health professions and related clinical sciences| 2,913|   2,075|   105|   72|     195|       8|     458|   991|     656|    27|   29|      66|       3|     210| 1,922|   1,419|    78|   43|     129|       5|     248
Legal professions and studies ..................|    79|      18|     1|    1|       0|       1|      58|    48|       8|     0|    1|       0|       0|      39|    31|      10|     1|    0|       0|       1|      19
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,     |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |
   and humanities ..............................|   113|      94|     6|    2|       1|       1|       9|    40|      36|     1|    1|       1|       1|       0|    73|      58|     5|    1|       0|       0|       9
Library science.................................|    45|      25|     5|    1|       0|       0|      14|    17|       8|     0|    1|       0|       0|       8|    28|      17|     5|    0|       0|       0|       6
Mathematics and statistics .....................|   923|     383|    15|    9|      27|       1|     488|   658|     273|     7|    7|      20|       1|     350|   265|     110|     8|    2|       7|       0|     138
                                                |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |
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 ................|   765|     475|    31|   30|      61|       6|     162|   403|     244|    17|   16|      37|       2|      87|   362|     231|    14|   14|      24|       4|      75
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies .|   151|     107|     5|    4|       3|       0|      32|    86|      57|     2|    3|       2|       0|      22|    65|      50|     3|    1|       1|       0|      10
Philosophy and religious studies ...............|   610|     469|    17|   13|      23|       1|      87|   440|     332|     6|   13|      17|       1|      71|   170|     137|    11|    0|       6|       0|      16
                                                |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |
Physical sciences and science technologies .....| 3,760|   2,031|    76|   68|     190|       9|   1,386| 2,719|   1,445|    44|   48|     135|       5|   1,042| 1,041|     586|    32|   20|      55|       4|     344
Precision production ...........................|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0
Psychology .....................................| 4,759|   3,772|   285|  275|     211|      29|     187| 1,503|   1,231|    55|   79|      60|       8|      70| 3,256|   2,541|   230|  196|     151|      21|     117
Public administration and social service        |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |
   professions .................................|   571|     386|    75|   13|      29|       2|      66|   250|     163|    31|    6|      13|       1|      36|   321|     223|    44|    7|      16|       1|      30
Security and protective services................|    49|      43|     3|    1|       0|       0|       2|    23|      19|     2|    0|       0|       0|       2|    26|      24|     1|    1|       0|       0|       0
                                                |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |
Social sciences and history ....................| 3,902|   2,486|   206|  120|     148|      19|     923| 2,219|   1,366|   107|   64|      69|       2|     611| 1,683|   1,120|    99|   56|      79|      17|     312
  Social sciences ..............................| 2,978|   1,756|   159|   95|     116|      16|     836| 1,658|     910|    78|   50|      55|       1|     564| 1,320|     846|    81|   45|      61|      15|     272
  History ......................................|   924|     730|    47|   25|      32|       3|      87|   561|     456|    29|   14|      14|       1|      47|   363|     274|    18|   11|      18|       2|      40
Theology and religious vocations ...............| 1,350|     860|   150|   22|     105|       4|     209| 1,100|     693|   115|   18|      91|       1|     182|   250|     167|    35|    4|      14|       3|      27
Transportation and materials moving ............|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0
Visual and performing arts .....................| 1,114|     767|    25|   37|      56|       5|     224|   490|     352|    16|   21|      18|       3|      80|   624|     415|     9|   16|      38|       2|     144
Not classified by field of study ...............|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       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.)