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Table 208.Enrollment in postsecondary education, by major field of study, age, and level of student: 1992-93

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                            |                                 |                            Undergraduate                        |
                            |         All students            |-----------------------------------------------------------------|Graduate and first-professional
           Field            |                                 |      2-year institutions       |     4-year institutions        |
          of study          |---------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------
                            |Total, |Percentage distribution, |Total,|Percentage distribution, |Total,|Percentage distribution, |Total,|Percentage distribution,
                            |  in   |         by age          |  in  |         by age          |  in  |         by age          |  in  |         by age
                            | thou- |-------------------------|thou- |-------------------------|thou- |-------------------------|thou- |-------------------------
                            | sands |Under 25|25 to 34|Over 35|sands |Under 25|25 to 34|Over 35|sands |Under 25|25 to 34|Over 35|sands |Under 25|25 to 34|Over 35
----------------------------|-------|--------|--------|-------|------|--------|--------|-------|------|--------|--------|-------|------|--------|--------|-------
             1              |   2   |   3    |   4    |   5   |  6   |   7    |   8    |   9   |  10  |   11   |   12   |  13   |  14  |   15   |   16   |  17
----------------------------|-------|--------|--------|-------|------|--------|--------|-------|------|--------|--------|-------|------|--------|--------|-------
  Total ....................|21,096 |   54.1 |   25.0 |  20.9 |9,881 |   48.5 |   26.9 |  24.6 |8,558 |   71.7 |   16.7 |  11.7 |2,657 |   18.6 |   45.0 |  36.4
                            |-------|--------|--------|-------|------|--------|--------|-------|------|--------|--------|-------|------|--------|--------|-------
Agriculture ................|   299 |   58.2 |   23.6 |  18.2 |  141 |   47.0 |   29.7 |  23.3 |  125 |   82.6 |    8.4 |   9.0 |   32 |   12.4 |   56.2 |  31.4
Architecture ...............|   118 |   62.2 |   25.4 |  12.3 |   40 |   52.7 |   28.7 |  18.6 |   62 |   78.2 |   14.5 |   7.3 |   15 |   21.4 |   62.0 |  16.6
Business and management ....| 4,082 |   51.8 |   27.1 |  21.0 |1,945 |   46.8 |   27.5 |  25.6 |1,766 |   65.0 |   20.5 |  14.6 |  372 |   15.3 |   56.9 |  27.9
  Accounting ...............|   897 |   49.8 |   28.5 |  21.7 |  450 |   40.1 |   31.7 |  28.2 |  401 |   63.9 |   22.5 |  13.6 |   47 |   21.9 |   48.5 |  29.6
  Business .................| 2,125 |   51.8 |   27.5 |  20.8 |  870 |   48.1 |   26.4 |  25.5 |  988 |   64.9 |   20.2 |  14.9 |  267 |   15.1 |   57.8 |  27.1
  Secretary/bookkeeping ....|   973 |   51.2 |   26.6 |  22.2 |  582 |   47.8 |   27.4 |  24.8 |  333 |   64.2 |   19.7 |  16.1 |   58 |   10.7 |   59.2 |  30.1
  Marketing ................|    87 |   80.3 |   10.8 |   8.8 |   43 |   78.6 |    8.8 |  12.7 |   44 |   82.0 |   12.9 |   5.1 |(\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) | (\1\)
Communications/journalism ..|   516 |   70.6 |   18.3 |  11.1 |  174 |   60.4 |   22.5 |  17.2 |  296 |   84.3 |   11.9 |   3.8 |   47 |   21.3 |   43.5 |  35.2
Computer science ...........|   927 |   41.7 |   30.8 |  27.5 |  583 |   37.1 |   29.0 |  34.0 |  266 |   59.6 |   27.4 |  13.1 |   78 |   15.4 |   56.3 |  28.3
Cosmetology ................|   271 |   59.8 |   24.5 |  15.7 |  271 |   59.8 |   24.5 |  15.7 |(\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) | (\1\) |(\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) | (\1\)
Consumer/personal services .|    10 |   68.9 |    7.0 |  24.2 |   10 |   68.9 |    7.0 |  24.2 |(\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) | (\1\) |(\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) | (\1\)
Education ..................| 2,325 |   47.2 |   24.3 |  28.6 |  690 |   49.0 |   26.4 |  24.6 |1,005 |   69.0 |   16.8 |  14.2 |  631 |   10.4 |   33.9 |  55.7
Engineering ................| 1,229 |   60.9 |   27.5 |  11.6 |  501 |   49.5 |   31.7 |  18.8 |  564 |   80.5 |   15.0 |   4.6 |  164 |   28.6 |   57.5 |  13.9
Foreign languages ..........|   130 |   53.2 |   15.8 |  31.0 |   40 |   29.7 |    6.6 |  63.7 |   72 |   74.9 |   13.9 |  11.2 |   18 |   18.7 |   43.9 |  37.4
Health .....................| 2,809 |   47.3 |   30.6 |  22.2 |1,735 |   44.1 |   32.4 |  23.5 |  766 |   62.0 |   20.5 |  17.4 |  307 |   28.2 |   45.0 |  26.8
  Medical doctor ...........|   147 |   51.1 |   41.9 |   7.0 |   38 |   51.9 |   36.0 |  12.1 |   27 |   76.5 |   17.7 |   5.9 |   81 |   42.1 |   52.9 |   5.0
  Nursing ..................| 1,286 |   38.8 |   33.9 |  27.3 |  872 |   35.6 |   37.6 |  26.7 |  355 |   51.7 |   23.9 |  24.4 |   59 |    8.1 |   38.9 |  53.1
  Other ....................| 1,375 |   54.7 |   26.2 |  19.0 |  825 |   52.7 |   26.8 |  20.6 |  384 |   70.1 |   17.9 |  12.0 |  167 |   30.9 |   41.2 |  27.9
Home economics .............|   165 |   58.4 |   17.4 |  24.3 |   90 |   54.4 |   19.9 |  25.7 |   60 |   76.8 |   12.7 |  10.5 |   15 |    9.3 |   20.3 |  70.4
Law ........................|   293 |   45.2 |   33.5 |  21.2 |  133 |   46.8 |   24.6 |  28.7 |   45 |   53.8 |   26.2 |  20.1 |  115 |   40.1 |   46.8 |  13.2
Letters ....................|   301 |   57.3 |   24.0 |  18.6 |  104 |   37.0 |   36.4 |  26.6 |  157 |   80.4 |   10.3 |   9.3 |   40 |   19.9 |   45.7 |  34.4
Liberal arts ...............|   636 |   55.8 |   23.5 |  20.6 |  435 |   56.6 |   22.1 |  21.4 |  177 |   59.0 |   25.3 |  15.6 |   24 |   18.6 |   37.1 |  44.3
Library science ............|    15 |    6.0 |   25.6 |  68.5 |(\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) | (\1\) |(\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) | (\1\) |   15 |    6.0 |   25.6 |  68.5
Life sciences ..............|   630 |   74.2 |   17.3 |   8.5 |  149 |   66.6 |   20.0 |  13.5 |  401 |   86.8 |    9.1 |   4.1 |   81 |   26.0 |   52.7 |  21.2
Mathematics ................|   190 |   54.9 |   23.9 |  21.1 |   66 |   49.3 |   21.1 |  29.6 |   89 |   73.0 |   17.3 |   9.7 |   36 |   19.9 |   45.9 |  34.2
Philosophy and theology ....|   144 |   36.3 |   27.0 |  36.7 |   16 |   61.3 |   26.1 |  12.6 |   59 |   63.4 |   14.4 |  22.2 |   69 |    7.2 |   38.1 |  54.7
Physical sciences ..........|   254 |   57.5 |   30.4 |  12.1 |   54 |   49.7 |   33.3 |  17.0 |  133 |   78.8 |   15.5 |   5.7 |   67 |   21.5 |   57.5 |  21.0
Protective services ....... |   465 |   65.6 |   22.9 |  11.5 |  285 |   60.1 |   26.9 |  13.0 |  171 |   76.6 |   15.2 |   8.2 |    9 |   30.3 |   44.3 |  25.4
Psychology .................|   444 |   64.8 |   19.5 |  15.7 |  116 |   58.5 |   19.4 |  22.2 |  279 |   74.6 |   15.8 |   9.6 |   49 |   23.9 |   40.5 |  35.6
Social work/public          |       |        |        |       |      |        |        |       |      |        |        |       |      |        |        |
  administration ...........|   234 |   40.0 |   27.1 |  32.9 |   65 |   36.6 |   31.2 |  32.3 |   99 |   58.0 |   16.6 |  25.4 |   70 |   17.7 |   38.0 |  44.3
Social sciences ............|   974 |   70.0 |   18.1 |  11.9 |  181 |   60.8 |   18.8 |  20.4 |  677 |   80.6 |   12.4 |   7.0 |  116 |   22.4 |   49.9 |  27.7
Visual and performing arts .|   788 |   59.6 |   17.3 |  23.2 |  318 |   48.3 |   18.6 |  33.1 |  388 |   77.2 |   11.8 |  11.0 |   81 |   19.2 |   38.0 |  42.8
Other and not reported .....| 2,847 |   53.6 |   22.9 |  23.4 |1,741 |   48.7 |   24.6 |  26.8 |  901 |   72.4 |   15.3 |  12.3 |  205 |   13.5 |   42.4 |  44.0
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\1\Too few sample cases for a reliable estimate.

NOTE.--Because of different survey editing and processing procedures, enrollment data in this table may differ from those appearing in other tables. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Includes students who enrolled at any time during the 1992-93 academic year.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "The 1992-93 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study," unpublished data. (This table was prepared July 1995.)


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