Doctor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, racial/ethnic group, and major field of study: 2003-04

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                                                  |                            Total                      |                            Males                      |                            Females
                                                  |_______________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
                                                  |      |        |Black,|     |        |American|        |      |        |Black,|     |        |American|        |      |        |Black,|     |        |American|
                                                  |      |  White,|  non-|     |  Asian/| Indian/|Nonresi-|      |  White,|  non-|     |  Asian/| Indian/|Nonresi-|      |  White,|  non-|     |  Asian/| Indian/|Nonresi-
                                                  |      |    non-|  His-| His-| Pacific|  Alaska|    dent|      |    non-|  His-| His-| Pacific|  Alaska|    dent|      |    non-|  His-| His-| Pacific|  Alaska|   dent
Major field of study                              | Total|Hispanic| panic|panic|Islander|  Native|   alien| Total|Hispanic| panic|panic|Islander|  Native|   alien| Total|Hispanic| panic|panic|Islander|  Native|  alien
__________________________________________________|______|________|______|_____|________|________|________|______|________|______|_____|________|________|________|______|________|______|_____|________|________|________
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 .............................|48,378|  28,214| 2,900|1,662|   2,632|     217|  12,753|25,323|  13,567| 1,015|  766|   1,293|      90|   8,592|23,055|  14,647| 1,885|  896|   1,339|     127|   4,161
                                                  |______|________|______|_____|________|________|________|______|________|______|_____|________|________|________|______|________|______|_____|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources ................| 1,185|     587|    24|   18|      33|       7|     516|   758|     376|    15|    9|      15|       4|     339|   427|     211|     9|    9|      18|       3|     177
Architecture and related services ................|   173|      69|     7|    3|      13|       0|      81|    94|      34|     4|    2|       8|       0|      46|    79|      35|     3|    1|       5|       0|      35
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .......|   209|     109|    24|   15|      20|       3|      38|    97|      53|    10|    9|       7|       1|      17|   112|      56|    14|    6|      13|       2|      21
Biological and biomedical sciences ...............| 5,242|   3,072|   163|  173|     496|      16|   1,322| 2,804|   1,649|    71|   79|     252|       9|     744| 2,438|   1,423|    92|   94|     244|       7|     578
Business .........................................| 1,481|     673|   112|   51|      67|       9|     569|   960|     434|    56|   36|      39|       8|     387|   521|     239|    56|   15|      28|       1|     182
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Communications, journalism, and related programs .|   418|     250|    29|    8|      19|       2|     110|   181|     116|     4|    4|       3|       0|      54|   237|     134|    25|    4|      16|       2|      56
Communications technologies ......................|     8|       5|     0|    0|       0|       0|       3|     5|       3|     0|    0|       0|       0|       2|     3|       2|     0|    0|       0|       0|       1
Computer and information sciences ................|   909|     344|    21|   19|      69|       1|     455|   709|     265|    16|   10|      53|       1|     364|   200|      79|     5|    9|      16|       0|      91
Construction trades ..............................|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0
Education ........................................| 7,088|   4,746| 1,111|  307|     203|      56|     665| 2,403|   1,647|   314|  109|      56|      12|     265| 4,685|   3,099|   797|  198|     147|      44|     400
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Engineering ......................................| 5,923|   1,751|   104|  104|     368|       8|   3,588| 4,872|   1,395|    70|   81|     290|       4|   3,032| 1,051|     356|    34|   23|      78|       4|     556
Engineering technologies\1\ ......................|    58|      20|     6|    1|       4|       0|      27|    51|      19|     4|    1|       2|       0|      25|     7|       1|     2|    0|       2|       0|       2
English language and literature/letters ..........| 1,207|     939|    64|   30|      49|       6|     119|   479|     382|    18|   15|      13|       2|      49|   728|     557|    46|   15|      36|       4|      70
Family and consumer sciences .....................|   329|     198|    43|    8|       7|       2|      71|    94|      63|     8|    1|       1|       1|      20|   235|     135|    35|    7|       6|       1|      51
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ..| 1,031|     567|    26|   89|      39|       1|     309|   410|     240|     9|   42|       7|       0|     112|   621|     327|    17|   47|      32|       1|     197
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Health professions and related clinical sciences .| 4,361|   3,144|   209|  148|     286|      19|     555| 1,261|     828|    44|   49|      78|       5|     257| 3,100|   2,316|   165|   99|     208|      14|     298
Legal professions and studies ....................|   119|      17|     8|    0|       3|       0|      91|    80|      11|     3|    0|       1|       0|      65|    39|       6|     5|    0|       2|       0|      26
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,       |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |
   and humanities ................................|    95|      76|     4|    6|       1|       0|       8|    39|      29|     1|    2|       1|       0|       6|    56|      47|     3|    4|       0|       0|       2
Library science...................................|    47|      24|     5|    2|       3|       0|      13|    16|       8|     2|    0|       1|       0|       5|    31|      16|     3|    2|       2|       0|       8
Mathematics and statistics .......................| 1,060|     419|     9|   25|      50|       0|     557|   762|     290|     8|   19|      36|       0|     409|   298|     129|     1|    6|      14|       0|     148
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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 ..................|   876|     575|    50|   32|      61|       5|     153|   410|     281|    16|   19|      25|       2|      67|   466|     294|    34|   13|      36|       3|      86
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...|   222|     146|     9|    9|       9|       0|      49|   118|      67|     5|    5|       8|       0|      33|   104|      79|     4|    4|       1|       0|      16
Philosophy and religious studies .................|   595|     454|    17|   10|      26|       2|      86|   391|     293|    12|    7|      20|       1|      58|   204|     161|     5|    3|       6|       1|      28
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Physical sciences and science technologies .......| 3,815|   1,929|    72|   76|     192|      16|   1,530| 2,753|   1,394|    40|   45|     125|      13|   1,136| 1,062|     535|    32|   31|      67|       3|     394
Precision production .............................|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0|     0|       0|     0|    0|       0|       0|       0
Psychology .......................................| 4,827|   3,684|   341|  276|     247|      40|     239| 1,496|   1,199|    67|   83|      52|      12|      83| 3,331|   2,485|   274|  193|     195|      28|     156
Public administration and social service          |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |        |      |        |      |     |        |        |
   professions ...................................|   649|     407|    92|   28|      23|       4|      95|   275|     167|    32|   12|       3|       2|      59|   374|     240|    60|   16|      20|       2|      36
Security and protective services..................|    54|      46|     3|    0|       0|       0|       5|    21|      18|     0|    0|       0|       0|       3|    33|      28|     3|    0|       0|       0|       2
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Social sciences and history ......................| 3,811|   2,354|   188|  153|     152|      16|     948| 2,188|   1,312|    78|   80|      75|      10|     633| 1,623|   1,042|   110|   73|      77|       6|     315
  Social sciences ................................| 2,956|   1,678|   139|  124|     124|      13|     878| 1,687|     910|    59|   66|      60|       8|     584| 1,269|     768|    80|   58|      64|       5|     294
  History ........................................|   855|     676|    49|   29|      28|       3|      70|   501|     402|    19|   14|      15|       2|      49|   354|     274|    30|   15|      13|       1|      21
Theology and religious vocations .................| 1,304|     762|   130|   39|     116|       2|     255| 1,024|     595|    95|   28|      94|       1|     211|   280|     167|    35|   11|      22|       1|      44
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 .......................| 1,282|     847|    29|   32|      76|       2|     296|   572|     399|    13|   19|      28|       2|     111|   710|     448|    16|   13|      48|       0|     185
__________________________________________________|______|________|______|_____|________|________|________|______|________|______|_____|________|________|________|______|________|______|_____|________|________|________
\1\Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanics and repair technologies," 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, 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2004. (This table was prepared July 2005.)
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