(42KB)| Table 251. | Doctor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline division: Selected years, 1970-71 through 2003-04 |
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Discipline division |1970-71|1975-76|1980-81|1985-86|1990-91|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98| 99\1\| 2000|2000-01|2001-02|2002-03|2003-04
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Total .........................................| 32,107| 34,064| 32,958| 33,653| 39,294| 43,185| 44,446| 44,652| 45,876| 46,010| 44,077| 44,808| 44,904| 44,160| 46,024| 48,378
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Agriculture and natural resources ................| 1,086| 928| 1,067| 1,158| 1,185| 1,262| 1,256| 1,259| 1,202| 1,290| 1,231| 1,168| 1,127| 1,148| 1,229| 1,185
Architecture and related services ................| 36| 82| 93| 73| 135| 161| 141| 141| 135| 131| 123| 129| 153| 183| 152| 173
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .......| 143| 186| 161| 156| 159| 149| 185| 183| 171| 176| 187| 205| 216| 212| 186| 209
Biological and biomedical sciences ...............| 3,595| 3,313| 3,591| 3,352| 4,034| 4,724| 4,881| 5,035| 5,094| 5,236| 5,024| 5,180| 4,953| 4,823| 5,003| 5,242
Business .........................................| 774| 906| 808| 923| 1,185| 1,364| 1,391| 1,366| 1,336| 1,290| 1,201| 1,194| 1,180| 1,156| 1,251| 1,481
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Communication, journalism, and related programs ..| 145| 196| 171| 212| 259| 337| 320| 338| 296| 354| 347| 347| 368| 374| 394| 418
Communications technologies ......................| 0| 8| 11| 6| 13| 8| 1| 7| 4| 5| 5| 10| 2| 9| 4| 8
Computer and information sciences ................| 128| 244| 252| 344| 676| 810| 887| 869| 857| 858| 801| 779| 768| 752| 816| 909
Education ........................................| 6,041| 7,202| 7,279| 6,610| 6,189| 6,450| 6,475| 6,246| 6,297| 6,261| 6,394| 6,409| 6,284| 6,549| 6,835| 7,088
Engineering ......................................| 3,687| 2,872| 2,598| 3,444| 5,316| 5,968| 6,122| 6,381| 6,203| 5,996| 5,432| 5,390| 5,542| 5,187| 5,276| 5,923
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Engineering technologies .........................| 1| 2| 10| 12| 14| 43| 51| 50| 47| 42| 29| 31| 62| 58| 57| 58
English language and literature/letters ..........| 1,554| 1,514| 1,040| 895| 1,056| 1,205| 1,393| 1,395| 1,431| 1,489| 1,407| 1,470| 1,330| 1,291| 1,246| 1,207
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences ......| 123| 178| 247| 307| 229| 318| 346| 375| 352| 386| 323| 327| 354| 311| 372| 329
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ..| 1,084| 1,245| 931| 768| 889| 1,033| 1,081| 1,020| 1,064| 1,118| 1,049| 1,086| 1,078| 1,003| 1,042| 1,031
Health professions and related clinical sciences .| 518| 617| 868| 1,139| 1,534| 1,552| 1,653| 1,651| 2,179| 1,975| 1,920| 2,053| 2,242| 2,913| 3,328| 4,361
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Legal professions and studies ....................| 20| 76| 60| 54| 90| 79| 88| 91| 81| 66| 58| 74| 286| 79| 105| 119
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and humanities .................................| 32| 162| 121| 90| 70| 80| 90| 75| 77| 87| 78| 83| 102| 113| 78| 95
Library science ..................................| 39| 71| 71| 62| 56| 45| 55| 53| 46| 48| 55| 68| 58| 45| 62| 47
Mathematics and statistics .......................| 1,199| 856| 728| 742| 978| 1,125| 1,181| 1,158| 1,134| 1,215| 1,090| 1,075| 997| 923| 1,007| 1,060
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 109| 190| 285| 405| 424| 505| 530| 764| 764| 843| 754| 792| 784| 765| 899| 876
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Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...| 2| 15| 42| 39| 28| 116| 149| 104| 108| 129| 137| 134| 177| 151| 199| 222
Philosophy and religious studies .................| 555| 556| 411| 480| 464| 534| 508| 550| 604| 590| 584| 598| 600| 610| 662| 595
Physical sciences and science technologies .......| 4,324| 3,388| 3,105| 3,521| 4,248| 4,595| 4,421| 4,512| 4,417| 4,520| 4,142| 3,963| 3,911| 3,760| 3,858| 3,815
Psychology .......................................| 2,144| 3,157| 3,576| 3,593| 3,932| 4,021| 4,252| 4,141| 4,507| 4,541| 4,695| 4,731| 5,091| 4,759| 4,831| 4,827
Public administration and social services ........| 174| 292| 362| 382| 430| 519| 556| 499| 518| 499| 532| 537| 574| 571| 596| 649
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Security and protective services .................| 1| 9| 21| 21| 28| 25| 26| 38| 31| 39| 48| 52| 44| 49| 72| 54
Social sciences and history ......................| 3,660| 4,157| 3,122| 2,955| 3,012| 3,627| 3,725| 3,760| 3,989| 4,127| 3,855| 4,095| 3,930| 3,902| 3,850| 3,811
Theology and religious vocations .................| 312| 1,022| 1,273| 1,185| 1,076| 1,440| 1,583| 1,517| 1,390| 1,451| 1,440| 1,630| 1,461| 1,350| 1,321| 1,304
Transportation and materials moving ..............| 0| 0| 0| 3| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0
Visual and performing arts .......................| 621| 620| 654| 722| 838| 1,054| 1,080| 1,067| 1,060| 1,163| 1,130| 1,127| 1,167| 1,114| 1,293| 1,282
Not classified by field of study .................| 0| 0| 0| 0| 747| 36| 19| 7| 482| 85| 6| 71| 63| 0| 0| 0
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\1\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) NOTE: Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. The new Classification of Instructional Programs was initiated in 2002-03. The figures for earlier years have been reclassified when necessary to make them conform to the new taxonomy. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS "Completions Survey:" "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences and Natural resources and conservation; "Business" includes Business, management, marketing, and related support services and Personal and culinary services; and "Engineering technologies" includes Engineering technologies/technicians, Construction trades, and Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1970-71 through 1985-86; and 1990-91 through 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:91-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2004. (This table was prepared July 2005.)
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