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| Total | Women
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|1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92
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Total ......................................|435,085 |436,764 |455,102 |481,720 |504,231 |245,038 |250,448 |263,907 |283,086 |296,750
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Agriculture and natural resources, total ........| 5,029 | 4,725 | 4,832 | 4,910 | 5,251 | 1,658 | 1,655 | 1,600 | 1,588 | 1,675
Agricultural business and production .........| 3,003 | 2,884 | 2,894 | 2,905 | 3,046 | 960 | 969 | 930 | 962 | 1,011
Agricultural sciences ........................| 1,015 | 963 | 925 | 879 | 951 | 543 | 543 | 507 | 444 | 432
Conservation and renewable natural resources .| 1,011 | 878 | 1,013 | 1,126 | 1,254 | 155 | 143 | 163 | 182 | 232
Architecture and related programs ...............| 1,809 | 1,815 | 2,013 | 2,031 | 443 | 1,591 | 1,559 | 1,745 | 1,741 | 337
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 18 | 16 | 68 | 19 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 56 | 13 | 20
Biological/life sciences ........................| 854 | 982 | 1,023 | 1,119 | 1,361 | 506 | 568 | 593 | 667 | 797
Business management and administrative services .|110,064 |106,819 |106,405 |102,250 |102,227 | 75,412 | 73,706 | 73,992 | 71,619 | 71,953
Accounting ...................................| 14,221 | 14,266 | 14,858 | 14,577 | 15,687 | 10,615 | 10,690 | 11,275 | 11,111 | 11,888
Business, general ............................| 12,458 | 11,929 | 11,878 | 11,618 | 11,823 | 7,295 | 6,940 | 7,095 | 7,188 | 7,293
Business administration and management .......| 26,791 | 27,252 | 28,292 | 26,625 | 31,185 | 15,392 | 15,782 | 16,753 | 15,863 | 18,902
Business and management, other ...............| 11,936 | 11,162 | 11,691 | 11,663 | 11,089 | 6,399 | 6,130 | 6,480 | 6,655 | 6,769
Business data processing .....................| 10,544 | 9,831 | 8,532 | 8,182 | 6,394 | 5,861 | 5,501 | 4,733 | 4,775 | 3,679
Secretarial and related programs .............| 19,059 | 18,041 | 17,139 | 16,872 | 17,584 | 18,732 | 17,660 | 16,827 | 16,517 | 16,928
Marketing and distribution ...................| 15,055 | 14,338 | 14,015 | 12,713 | 8,465 | 11,118 | 11,003 | 10,829 | 9,510 | 6,494
Communications ..................................| 1,919 | 1,777 | 1,657 | 1,847 | 1,886 | 915 | 955 | 910 | 966 | 996
Communications technologies .....................| 1,507 | 1,993 | 2,027 | 2,032 | 1,794 | 592 | 681 | 678 | 681 | 649
Computer and information sciences ...............| 8,628 | 7,900 | 7,574 | 7,677 | 9,290 | 4,154 | 3,908 | 3,768 | 3,770 | 4,725
Construction trades .............................| 2,020 | 1,731 | 1,765 | 1,793 | 1,560 | 64 | 75 | 68 | 78 | 69
Consumer and personal services ..................| 2,542 | 2,815 | 2,121 | 2,494 | 4,420 | 985 | 1,028 | 843 | 887 | 1,519
Education .......................................| 7,219 | 7,445 | 8,061 | 7,842 | 10,267 | 4,904 | 5,285 | 5,731 | 5,640 | 6,559
Engineering .....................................| 3,850 | 2,676 | 2,345 | 2,451 | 2,685 | 413 | 310 | 279 | 268 | 344
Engineering-related technologies ................| 44,019 | 42,593 | 40,033 | 37,890 | 35,861 | 4,265 | 4,237 | 4,006 | 3,724 | 3,757
English language and literature/letters .........| 484 | 468 | 527 | 426 | 1,019 | 321 | 330 | 358 | 302 | 671
Foreign languages and literatures ...............| 418 | 324 | 329 | 327 | 433 | 193 | 214 | 251 | 210 | 305
Health professions and related sciences .........| 59,692 | 59,535 | 64,113 | 70,833 | 79,453 | 52,759 | 52,495 | 56,125 | 61,495 | 68,648
Dental assisting .............................| 3,675 | 3,650 | 3,697 | 3,810 | 4,013 | 3,425 | 3,427 | 3,502 | 3,612 | 3,822
Emergency medical technician-ambulance and | | | | | | | | | |
paramedic .................................| 356 | 354 | 332 | 371 | 378 | 110 | 99 | 100 | 116 | 114
Medical lab technician .......................| 1,839 | 1,724 | 1,627 | 1,731 | 1,874 | 1,436 | 1,339 | 1,284 | 1,311 | 1,425
Medical assisting ............................| 1,701 | 1,786 | 1,404 | 1,496 | 1,960 | 1,659 | 1,695 | 1,375 | 1,451 | 1,741
Nursing assisting ............................| 8 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 13
Practical nursing ............................| 561 | 591 | 589 | 797 | 795 | 522 | 539 | 535 | 692 | 742
Nursing, R.N. and other ......................| 36,945 | 36,475 | 40,212 | 45,317 | 51,193 | 34,338 | 33,904 | 36,915 | 41,261 | 46,217
Health sciences, other .......................| 14,607 | 14,943 | 16,252 | 17,306 | 19,221 | 11,263 | 11,481 | 12,414 | 13,048 | 14,574
Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 7,043 | 7,559 | 7,798 | 8,067 | 6,436 | 5,369 | 5,745 | 6,080 | 6,243 | 5,749
Law and legal studies ...........................| 3,139 | 3,742 | 4,552 | 5,484 | 7,053 | 2,770 | 3,271 | 3,967 | 4,892 | 6,146
Liberal/general studies and humanities ..........|116,411 |121,988 |133,466 |142,722 |154,594 | 67,172 | 71,588 | 78,768 | 84,977 | 91,777
Library science .................................| 67 | 101 | 107 | 111 | 103 | 61 | 90 | 95 | 102 | 85
Mathematics .....................................| 765 | 654 | 756 | 670 | 744 | 295 | 239 | 270 | 264 | 280
Mechanics and repairers .........................| 10,473 | 7,769 | 7,704 | 7,640 | 10,264 | 588 | 427 | 431 | 445 | 671
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 7,477 | 7,737 | 8,176 | 7,454 | 7,841 | 3,719 | 3,888 | 4,156 | 3,998 | 4,059
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .| 647 | 641 | 485 | 425 | 620 | 350 | 329 | 200 | 177 | 251
Philosophy and religion .........................| 94 | 81 | 93 | 89 | 60 | 30 | 23 | 34 | 28 | 17
Physical sciences ...............................| 1,856 | 1,838 | 2,021 | 2,091 | 2,066 | 774 | 806 | 811 | 901 | 861
Physical sciences, other .....................| 1,176 | 1,090 | 1,279 | 1,281 | 1,228 | 480 | 487 | 539 | 562 | 522
Science technologies .........................| 680 | 748 | 742 | 810 | 838 | 294 | 319 | 272 | 339 | 339
Precision production trades .....................| 7,734 | 7,414 | 8,616 | 9,093 | 9,005 | 1,720 | 1,584 | 1,898 | 1,975 | 1,872
Protective services .............................| 11,829 | 11,682 | 12,855 | 13,564 | 15,117 | 3,157 | 3,292 | 3,402 | 3,599 | 3,876
Criminal justice and corrections .............| 9,901 | 9,663 | 10,658 | 11,358 | 12,649 | 2,949 | 3,079 | 3,137 | 3,367 | 3,628
Fire control and safety ......................| 1,397 | 1,493 | 1,621 | 1,634 | 1,989 | 53 | 78 | 91 | 92 | 116
Protective services, other ...................| 531 | 526 | 576 | 572 | 479 | 155 | 135 | 174 | 140 | 132
Psychology ......................................| 1,000 | 1,090 | 1,115 | 997 | 1,209 | 701 | 811 | 829 | 740 | 871
Public administration and services ..............| 2,317 | 2,493 | 2,613 | 2,779 | 3,162 | 1,823 | 1,959 | 2,076 | 2,243 | 2,523
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............| 138 | 164 | 129 | 85 | 172 | 20 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 16
Social sciences and history .....................| 2,709 | 2,741 | 2,872 | 2,505 | 3,160 | 1,556 | 1,544 | 1,611 | 1,494 | 1,760
Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 627 | 568 | 653 | 578 | 496 | 239 | 248 | 264 | 243 | 216
Transportation and material moving ..............| 1,327 | 2,090 | 2,619 | 2,609 | 2,418 | 202 | 340 | 395 | 469 | 440
Visual and performing arts ......................| 8,998 | 8,178 | 8,740 | 9,126 | 11,888 | 5,495 | 4,952 | 5,327 | 5,362 | 7,085
Fine arts, general ...........................| 1,123 | 1,091 | 1,150 | 1,166 | 1,159 | 742 | 719 | 729 | 766 | 767
Design and music .............................| 5,677 | 5,340 | 5,900 | 5,986 | 9,142 | 3,510 | 3,218 | 3,588 | 3,499 | 5,536
Visual and performing arts, other ............| 2,198 | 1,747 | 1,690 | 1,974 | 1,587 | 1,243 | 1,015 | 1,010 | 1,097 | 782
Not classified by field of study ................| 362 | 4,620 | 4,839 | 19,690 | 9,844 | 251 | 2,267 | 2,275 | 11,277 | 5,171
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