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| Table 264. | Doctor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1991-92 |
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| Total | Men | Women
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| | White, |Black, | | Asian/ |American| | | White, |Black, | | Asian/ |American| | | White, |Black, | | Asian/ |American|
Major field of study | Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-
| |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent | |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent | |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent
| | | panic | | | Native | alien | | | panic | | | Native | alien | | | panic | | | Native | alien
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
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All fields, total\1\ ..........................| 40,090 | 25,813 | 1,223 | 811 | 1,559 | 118 | 10,566 | 25,168 | 14,674 | 576 | 458 | 1,062 | 65 | 8,333 | 14,922 | 11,139 | 647 | 353 | 497 | 53 | 2,233
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............| 1,214 | 590 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 1 | 564 | 963 | 443 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 471 | 251 | 147 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 93
Architecture and related programs ...............| 132 | 68 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 93 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 39 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 155 | 105 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 90 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 65 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............| 4,243 | 2,785 | 57 | 89 | 214 | 11 | 1,087 | 2,620 | 1,683 | 34 | 53 | 123 | 8 | 719 | 1,623 | 1,102 | 23 | 36 | 91 | 3 | 368
Business management and administrative services..| 1,242 | 700 | 27 | 11 | 63 | 2 | 439 | 953 | 484 | 17 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 388 | 289 | 216 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 51
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Communications ..................................| 252 | 177 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 131 | 84 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 121 | 93 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15
Communications technologies .....................| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Computer and information sciences ...............| 772 | 366 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 349 | 669 | 301 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 318 | 103 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31
Education .......................................| 6,864 | 5,404 | 513 | 187 | 100 | 36 | 624 | 2,783 | 2,149 | 175 | 86 | 32 | 16 | 325 | 4,081 | 3,255 | 338 | 101 | 68 | 20 | 299
Engineering .....................................| 5,488 | 2,102 | 44 | 58 | 414 | 11 | 2,859 | 4,961 | 1,840 | 38 | 49 | 364 | 6 | 2,664 | 527 | 262 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 5 | 195
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Engineering-related technologies ................| 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
English language and literature/letters .........| 1,273 | 1,034 | 32 | 12 | 28 | 4 | 163 | 537 | 425 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 77 | 736 | 609 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 86
Foreign languages and literatures................| 850 | 514 | 13 | 66 | 18 | 1 | 238 | 378 | 218 | 4 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 120 | 472 | 296 | 9 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 118
Health professions and related sciences .........| 1,661 | 1,161 | 45 | 26 | 68 | 3 | 358 | 698 | 396 | 15 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 238 | 963 | 765 | 30 | 11 | 34 | 3 | 120
Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 293 | 209 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 71 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 222 | 164 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 41
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Law and legal studies ...........................| 68 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12
Liberal arts and sciences, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
general studies, and humanities ...............| 67 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
Library science .................................| 50 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7
Mathematics .....................................| 1,082 | 460 | 2 | 11 | 55 | 2 | 552 | 851 | 350 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 451 | 231 | 110 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 101
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 231 | 153 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 61 | 144 | 89 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 43 | 87 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18
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Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..| 61 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 41 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5
Philosophy and religion .........................| 475 | 376 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 67 | 365 | 287 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 54 | 110 | 89 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13
Physical sciences and science technologies.......| 4,391 | 2,470 | 31 | 75 | 224 | 6 | 1,585 | 3,429 | 1,923 | 23 | 51 | 158 | 5 | 1,269 | 962 | 547 | 8 | 24 | 66 | 1 | 316
Precision production trades......................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Protective services .............................| 24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2
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Psychology ......................................| 3,373 | 2,931 | 118 | 102 | 58 | 12 | 152 | 1,359 | 1,177 | 36 | 39 | 21 | 3 | 83 | 2,014 | 1,754 | 82 | 63 | 37 | 9 | 69
Public administration and services ..............| 432 | 306 | 36 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 65 | 204 | 131 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 228 | 175 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 15
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Social sciences and history......................| 3,218 | 2,052 | 107 | 63 | 112 | 13 | 871 | 2,126 | 1,242 | 63 | 41 | 71 | 9 | 700 | 1,092 | 810 | 44 | 22 | 41 | 4 | 171
Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 1,259 | 958 | 88 | 25 | 39 | 5 | 144 | 1,077 | 815 | 74 | 21 | 31 | 5 | 131 | 182 | 143 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 13
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Transportation and material 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 ......................| 906 | 726 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 116 | 504 | 405 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 62 | 402 | 321 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 54
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\1\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. Excludes 389 men and 180 women whose racial/ethnic
group and field of study were not available. NOTE.--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 Agribusiness and agriculture production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; and "Business management and administrative services" includes Business and management, Business and office, Marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared April 1994.) |
