Table 384.

Full-time employment status of bachelor's degree recipients 1 year after graduation, by field of study: Selected years, 1976 through 2001

Field of study	Percent employed full time							Percent employed full time in a job closely related to field of study
	1974–75 graduates in May 1976	1979–80 graduates in May 1981	1983–84 graduates in June 1985	1985–86 graduates in June 1987	1989–90 graduates in June 1991	1999–2000 graduates in July 2001		1974–75 graduates in May 1976	1979–80 graduates in May 1981	1983–84 graduates in June 1985	1985–86 graduates in June 1987	1989–90 graduates in June 1991	1999–2000 graduates in July 2001
1	2	3	4	5	6	7		8	9	10	11	12	13
Total	67	71	73	74	74	84	(0.6)	35	38	38	38	39	52	(0.8)
Professional/technical fields	77	80	82	81	80	88	(0.8)	51	51	47	47	48	63	(1.3)
Arts and sciences fields	56	56	56	62	64	77	(1.1)	18	17	15	25	26	39	(1.3)
Other	65	74	75	74	73	88	(1.2)	36	43	47	36	38	45	(2.2)
Newly qualified to teach	66	75	73	68	74	82	(1.0)	43	56	54	47	58	44	(1.3)
Not newly qualified to teach	67	71	73	74	73	86	(0.7)	33	36	36	37	36	56	(1.1)
Professional/technical fields	80	81	82	82	83	89	(0.9)	52	49	47	47	48	66	(1.5)
Engineering	79	84	84	83	84	87	(2.3)	57	55	53	46	50	71	(3.3)
Business and management	84	83	85	85	83	93	(1.2)	49	44	41	40	42	62	(2.3)
Health	75	77	75	76	86	84	(1.7)	71	66	70	65	83	81	(2.3)
Education1	66	67	63	73	67	81	(6.9)	22	29	24	57	39	30	(9.2)
Public affairs and services	—	77	74	72	66	87	(2.8)	—	46	31	37	49	58	(4.6)
Arts and sciences fields	57	56	56	63	64	77	(1.5)	17	16	15	25	23	42	(1.8)
Biological sciences	56	45	43	42	50	66	(3.9)	26	18	17	15	26	47	(5.0)
Physical sciences and mathematics2	50	58	51	76	72	89	(2.3)	19	29	20	48	48	66	(3.4)
Psychology	61	56	57	66	59	80	(3.2)	22	17	12	22	22	37	(4.5)
Social sciences	59	61	61	61	68	76	(2.8)	12	10	13	12	16	25	(3.1)
Humanities	56	55	59	59	59	72	(3.5)	12	14	17	19	11	41	(3.9)
Other	68	75	77	75	73	89	(1.5)	36	43	42	36	37	48	(2.8)
Communications	—	71	76	77	75	—	(†)	—	31	31	33	29	—	(†)
Miscellaneous	66	76	77	74	73	—	(†)	35	46	46	38	38	—	(†)

—Not available. †Not applicable. 1 Includes those who have not finished all requirements for teaching certification or were previously qualified to teach. 2 Includes computer sciences. NOTE: Data are from sample surveys of recent college graduates. Notes on methodology are included in the Guide to Sources. Data exclude bachelor's recipients from U.S. Service Schools, deceased graduates, and graduates living at foreign addresses at the time of the survey. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Standard error values are not available for all years. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Recent College Graduates" surveys, 1976 through 1991; and 2000/01 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:2000/01). (This table was prepared September 2003.)