(59KB)| Table 10. | Persons age 18 and over who hold at least a bachelor's degree in specific fields of study, by sex, race/ethnicity, and age: 2001 |
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| | Sex | Race/ethnicity | Age
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| | | | White,| Black,| |Asian/Pacific| Indian/| 18 to 29| 30 to 49| 50 years
Field of study | Total| Males| Females| non-Hispanic| non-Hispanic| Hispanic| Islander|Alaska Native| years old| years old| old and over
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| Numbers in thousands
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Number of persons with | | | | | | | | | | |
bachelor's or higher degree | 49,144(595.5)| 24,977(422.6)| 24,166(419.3)| 40,138(548.5)| 3,192(142.5)| 2,189(145.7)| 3,389(177.9)| 235 (49.2)| 7,016 (245)|24,666 (444)|17,461(378.5)
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Total population, 18 and over ....|208,762(680.6)| 99,811(484.3)|108,951(477.6)|151,898(779.3)|23,314(234.3)|23,580(273.6)| 8,097(252.9)| 1,873(135.5)|44,447(572.0)|85,830(721.6)|78,485(703.0)
Percent of population ............| 23.5 (0.57)| 25.0 (0.81)| 22.2 (0.79)| 26.4 (0.65)| 13.7 (1.61)| 9.3 (2.00)| 41.9 (2.73)| 12.6 (6.96)| 15.8 (1.29)| 28.7 (0.85)| 22.2 (0.93)
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Agriculture/forestry .............| 540 (68.7)| 421 (60.6)| ‡ (†) | 473 (64.3)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 254 (47.1)| 239 (45.7)
Art/architecture .................| 1,450(112.4)| 649 (75.2)| 801 (83.5)| 1,156(100.4)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 259 (47.6)| 748 (80.8)| 443 (62.2)
Business/management ..............| 8,976(275.8)| 5,679(218.3)| 3,297(167.9)| 7,254(248.7)| 623 (65.4)| 426 (66.1)| 633 (80.2)| ‡ (†) | 1,202(102.4)| 5,102(209.4)| 2,672(152.2)
Communications ...................| 1,164(100.7)| 577 (70.9)| 586 (71.5)| 945 (90.8)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 301 (51.3)| 706 (78.5)| 157 (37.1)
Computer and information sciences | 1,249(104.3)| 871 (87.0)| 378 (57.4)| 895 (88.4)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 166 (41.4)| ‡ (†) | 268 (48.4)| 828 (85.0)| 152 (36.5)
Education ........................| 7,102(246.1)| 1,750(123.0)| 5,351(212.3)| 6,160(229.6)| 490 (58.1)| 234 (49.1)| 181 (43.2)| ‡ (†) | 663 (76.1)| 2,891(158.2)| 3,548(175.1)
Engineering ......................| 3,959(184.8)| 3,558(174.2)| 401 (59.2)| 3,085(163.4)| ‡ (†) | 173 (42.3)| 559 (75.5)| ‡ (†) | 459 (63.3)| 2,057(133.7)| 1,443(112.1)
English/literature ...............| 1,527(115.3)| 597 (72.1)| 930 (89.9)| 1,316(107.1)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 241 (45.9)| 633 (74.3)| 654 (75.6)
Foreign languages ................| 448 (62.6)| 135 (34.4)| 313 (52.3)| 344 (54.9)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 219 (43.7)| 189 (40.6)
Health sciences ..................| 2,298(141.3)| 482 (64.8)| 1,817(125.3)| 1,811(125.5)| 173 (34.8)| ‡ (†) | 213 (46.9)| ‡ (†) | 382 (57.8)| 1,247(104.2)| 670 (76.5)
Liberal arts/humanities ..........| 2,846(157.0)| 1,150 (99.9)| 1,695(121.1)| 2,444(145.6)| 146 (31.9)| ‡ (†) | 142 (38.3)| ‡ (†) | 400 (59.1)| 1,308(106.7)| 1,137 (99.6)
Mathematics/statistics ...........| 869 (87.1)| 507 (66.5)| 362 (56.2)| 567 (70.4)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 149 (39.2)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 386 (58.1)| 363 (56.3)
Natural sciences (biological and | | | | | | | | | | |
physical) .....................| 2,910(158.8)| 1,756(123.2)| 1,153(100.1)| 2,260(140.1)| 190 (36.4)| ‡ (†) | 345 (59.5)| ‡ (†) | 413 (60.1)| 1,426(111.4)| 1,071 (96.6)
Philosophy/religion/theology .....| 628 (74.1)| 437 (61.8)| 191 (40.9)| 533 (68.3)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 268 (48.4)| 255 (47.2)
Pre-professional .................| 596 (72.1)| 397 (58.9)| 199 (41.7)| 448 (62.6)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 306 (51.7)| 216 (43.4)
Psychology .......................| 1,903(128.6)| 606 (72.7)| 1,297(106.1)| 1,561(116.6)| 157 (33.0)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 428 (61.2)| 940 (90.6)| 535 (68.3)
Social sciences/history ..........| 2,436(145.4)| 1,026 (94.4)| 1,410(110.5)| 1,981(131.2)| 260 (42.5)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 359 (56.0)| 1,092 (97.6)| 985 (92.7)
Other fields .....................| 8,243(264.6)| 4,377(192.6)| 3,866(181.5)| 6,907(242.8)| 417 (53.7)| 337 (58.8)| 559 (75.5)| ‡ (†) | 1,253(104.5)| 4,256(191.5)| 2,734(153.9)
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| Percentage distribution of degree holders, by field
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Total .........................| 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†)
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Agriculture/forestry .............| 1.1 (0.14)| 1.7 (0.24)| 0.5 (0.13)| 1.2 (0.16)| 0.7 (0.38)| 1.1 (0.73)| 0.5 (0.40)| ‡ (†) | 0.7 (0.29)| 1.0 (0.19)| 1.4 (0.26)
Art/architecture .................| 3.0 (0.23)| 2.6 (0.30)| 3.3 (0.34)| 2.9 (0.25)| 3.3 (0.83)| 4.8 (1.47)| 2.2 (0.81)| 4.4 (4.32)| 3.7 (0.67)| 3.0 (0.32)| 2.5 (0.35)
Business/management ..............| 18.3 (0.52)| 22.7 (0.78)| 13.6 (0.65)| 18.1 (0.57)| 19.5 (1.86)| 19.5 (2.72)| 18.7 (2.16)| 17.5 (7.98)| 17.1 (1.33)| 20.7 (0.76)| 15.3 (0.81)
Communications ...................| 2.4 (0.20)| 2.3 (0.28)| 2.4 (0.29)| 2.4 (0.22)| 3.2 (0.82)| 3.3 (1.23)| 1.2 (0.60)| ‡ (†) | 4.3 (0.72)| 2.9 (0.31)| 0.9 (0.21)
Computer and information sciences | 2.5 (0.21)| 3.5 (0.34)| 1.6 (0.24)| 2.2 (0.22)| 3.9 (0.91)| 2.6 (1.10)| 4.9 (1.19)| ‡ (†) | 3.8 (0.68)| 3.4 (0.34)| 0.9 (0.21)
Education ........................| 14.5 (0.47)| 7.0 (0.48)| 22.1 (0.79)| 15.3 (0.53)| 15.3 (1.69)| 10.7 (2.13)| 5.3 (1.24)| 16.0 (7.69)| 9.5 (1.03)| 11.7 (0.61)| 20.3 (0.90)
Engineering ......................| 8.1 (0.36)| 14.2 (0.65)| 1.7 (0.24)| 7.7 (0.39)| 3.6 (0.87)| 7.9 (1.86)| 16.5 (2.05)| 11.4 (6.67)| 6.5 (0.87)| 8.3 (0.52)| 8.3 (0.62)
English/literature ...............| 3.1 (0.23)| 2.4 (0.29)| 3.8 (0.37)| 3.3 (0.26)| 2.6 (0.75)| 3.1 (1.19)| 1.7 (0.71)| ‡ (†) | 3.4 (0.64)| 2.6 (0.30)| 3.7 (0.43)
Foreign languages ................| 0.9 (0.13)| 0.5 (0.14)| 1.3 (0.22)| 0.9 (0.14)| 0.8 (0.42)| 1.7 (0.90)| 1.0 (0.56)| ‡ (†) | 0.6 (0.27)| 0.9 (0.18)| 1.1 (0.23)
Health sciences ..................| 4.7 (0.28)| 1.9 (0.26)| 7.5 (0.50)| 4.5 (0.31)| 5.4 (1.06)| 4.4 (1.41)| 6.3 (1.34)| 2.1 (2.99)| 5.4 (0.80)| 5.1 (0.41)| 3.8 (0.43)
Liberal arts/humanities ..........| 5.8 (0.31)| 4.6 (0.39)| 7.0 (0.49)| 6.1 (0.35)| 4.6 (0.98)| 4.7 (1.45)| 4.2 (1.11)| 4.5 (4.37)| 5.7 (0.82)| 5.3 (0.42)| 6.5 (0.55)
Mathematics/statistics ...........| 1.8 (0.18)| 2.0 (0.26)| 1.5 (0.23)| 1.4 (0.17)| 2.4 (0.72)| 2.4 (1.05)| 4.4 (1.13)| 10.4 (6.41)| 1.7 (0.46)| 1.6 (0.23)| 2.1 (0.32)
Natural sciences (biological and | | | | | | | | | | |
physical) .....................| 5.9 (0.31)| 7.0 (0.48)| 4.8 (0.41)| 5.6 (0.34)| 6.0 (1.11)| 4.9 (1.49)| 10.2 (1.67)| 2.7 (3.41)| 5.9 (0.83)| 5.8 (0.44)| 6.1 (0.54)
Philosophy/religion/theology .....| 1.3 (0.15)| 1.8 (0.25)| 0.8 (0.17)| 1.3 (0.17)| 0.9 (0.45)| 1.8 (0.90)| 0.8 (0.49)| ‡ (†) | 1.5 (0.43)| 1.1 (0.20)| 1.5 (0.27)
Pre-professional .................| 1.2 (0.15)| 1.6 (0.23)| 0.8 (0.17)| 1.1 (0.16)| 1.6 (0.59)| 2.0 (0.97)| 1.5 (0.67)| ‡ (†) | 1.1 (0.36)| 1.2 (0.21)| 1.2 (0.25)
Psychology .......................| 3.9 (0.26)| 2.4 (0.29)| 5.4 (0.43)| 3.9 (0.29)| 4.9 (1.01)| 5.0 (1.50)| 1.7 (0.72)| 7.9 (5.65)| 6.1 (0.85)| 3.8 (0.36)| 3.1 (0.39)
Social sciences/history ..........| 5.0 (0.29)| 4.1 (0.37)| 5.8 (0.45)| 4.9 (0.32)| 8.1 (1.28)| 4.7 (1.45)| 2.4 (0.85)| 4.7 (4.45)| 5.1 (0.78)| 4.4 (0.39)| 5.6 (0.52)
Other fields .....................| 16.8 (0.50)| 17.5 (0.71)| 16.0 (0.70)| 17.2 (0.56)| 13.1 (1.58)| 15.4 (2.48)| 16.5 (2.05)| 9.9 (6.26)| 17.9 (1.35)| 17.3 (0.71)| 15.7 (0.81)
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†Not applicable. ‡Reporting standards not met. NOTE: Data are based on a sample survey of the civilian noninstitutional population. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2001, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared September 2005.) |