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| Table 258. | Associate degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1992-93 |
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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/ |
| |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent | |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent | |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander|Alaskan |
| | | panic | | | Native | alien | | | panic | | | Native | alien | | | panic | | | Native |
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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 |
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All fields, total\1\ ..........................| 508,154 |405,883 |42,340 |29,991 | 16,632 | 4,379 | 8,929 |209,051 |167,312 |15,497 |12,924 | 7,877 | 1,663 | 3,778 |299,103 |238,571 |26,843 |17,067 | 8,755 | 2,716 |
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............| 5,398 | 5,130 | 47 | 75 | 18 | 58 | 70 | 3,750 | 3,569 | 40 | 46 | 11 | 37 | 47 | 1,648 | 1,561 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 21 |
Architecture and related programs ...............| 372 | 300 | 12 | 23 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 119 | 83 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 253 | 217 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 33 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............| 1,435 | 1,000 | 96 | 131 | 145 | 25 | 38 | 588 | 406 | 31 | 62 | 68 | 7 | 14 | 847 | 594 | 65 | 69 | 77 | 18 |
Business management and administrative services..| 103,856 | 79,407 |11,088 | 6,595 | 3,629 | 848 | 2,289 | 33,274 | 25,629 | 3,084 | 2,127 | 1,332 | 210 | 892 | 70,582 | 53,778 | 8,004 | 4,468 | 2,297 | 638 |
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Communications ..................................| 1,904 | 1,564 | 144 | 79 | 53 | 10 | 54 | 945 | 805 | 68 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 15 | 959 | 759 | 76 | 52 | 27 | 6 |
Communications technologies .....................| 1,828 | 1,468 | 178 | 98 | 42 | 7 | 35 | 1,196 | 975 | 101 | 65 | 29 | 4 | 22 | 632 | 493 | 77 | 33 | 13 | 3 |
Computer and information sciences ...............| 9,196 | 6,528 | 1,056 | 792 | 480 | 109 | 231 | 4,541 | 3,322 | 418 | 388 | 248 | 36 | 129 | 4,655 | 3,206 | 638 | 404 | 232 | 73 |
Construction trades .............................| 1,653 | 1,399 | 76 | 47 | 86 | 40 | 5 | 1,581 | 1,339 | 73 | 46 | 79 | 39 | 5 | 72 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Education .......................................| 9,315 | 7,313 | 867 | 732 | 140 | 198 | 65 | 3,031 | 2,356 | 300 | 221 | 59 | 72 | 23 | 6,284 | 4,957 | 567 | 511 | 81 | 126 |
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Engineering .....................................| 2,478 | 1,936 | 207 | 109 | 139 | 8 | 79 | 2,169 | 1,699 | 178 | 86 | 127 | 7 | 72 | 309 | 237 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 1 |
Engineering-related technologies ................| 36,321 | 29,417 | 2,750 | 2,157 | 1,431 | 221 | 345 | 32,631 | 26,531 | 2,306 | 1,989 | 1,317 | 188 | 300 | 3,690 | 2,886 | 444 | 168 | 114 | 33 |
English language and literature/letters .........| 1,320 | 758 | 104 | 138 | 59 | 19 | 242 | 469 | 243 | 57 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 91 | 851 | 515 | 47 | 89 | 39 | 10 |
Foreign languages and literatures................| 511 | 373 | 9 | 83 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 153 | 116 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 358 | 257 | 7 | 59 | 7 | 3 |
Health professions and related sciences .........| 86,237 | 73,795 | 6,187 | 3,032 | 1,915 | 662 | 646 | 86,237 | 10,613 | 869 | 706 | 524 | 115 | 144 | 73,266 | 63,182 | 5,318 | 2,326 | 1,391 | 547 |
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Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 6,914 | 5,329 | 767 | 417 | 248 | 47 | 106 | 655 | 485 | 66 | 32 | 62 | 2 | 8 | 6,259 | 4,844 | 701 | 385 | 186 | 45 |
Law and legal studies ...........................| 8,028 | 6,617 | 751 | 506 | 91 | 45 | 18 | 959 | 719 | 127 | 83 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 7,069 | 5,898 | 624 | 423 | 70 | 40 |
Liberal arts and sciences, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
general studies, and humanities ...............| 158,040 |124,989 |12,593 |10,359 | 5,441 | 1,287 | 3,371 | 63,867 | 50,543 | 4,860 | 4,156 | 2,369 | 477 | 1,462 | 94,173 | 74,446 | 7,733 | 6,203 | 3,072 | 810 |
Library science .................................| 85 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Mathematics .....................................| 743 | 516 | 26 | 69 | 70 | 15 | 47 | 428 | 295 | 10 | 40 | 46 | 12 | 25 | 315 | 221 | 16 | 29 | 24 | 3 |
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Mechanics and repairers .........................| 10,966 | 8,878 | 670 | 634 | 548 | 119 | 117 | 10,280 | 8,380 | 595 | 596 | 493 | 109 | 107 | 686 | 498 | 75 | 38 | 55 | 10 |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 8,486 | 7,089 | 621 | 361 | 302 | 39 | 74 | 4,075 | 3,430 | 273 | 169 | 145 | 20 | 38 | 4,411 | 3,659 | 348 | 192 | 157 | 19 |
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..| 717 | 549 | 98 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 429 | 309 | 71 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 288 | 240 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
Philosophy and religion .........................| 111 | 95 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 68 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences and science technologies.......| 2,241 | 1,784 | 143 | 100 | 123 | 12 | 79 | 1,296 | 1,072 | 62 | 55 | 59 | 7 | 41 | 945 | 712 | 81 | 45 | 64 | 5 |
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Precision production trades......................| 9,204 | 7,654 | 411 | 642 | 349 | 86 | 62 | 7,393 | 6,174 | 326 | 533 | 254 | 66 | 40 | 1,811 | 1,480 | 85 | 109 | 95 | 20 |
Protective services .............................| 16,834 | 14,077 | 1,382 | 952 | 215 | 163 | 45 | 12,289 | 10,593 | 724 | 666 | 173 | 101 | 32 | 4,545 | 3,484 | 658 | 286 | 42 | 62 |
Psychology ......................................| 1,237 | 913 | 111 | 144 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 282 | 197 | 33 | 38 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 955 | 716 | 78 | 106 | 27 | 12 |
Public administration and services ..............| 3,301 | 2,240 | 635 | 296 | 47 | 69 | 14 | 648 | 446 | 115 | 55 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2,653 | 1,794 | 520 | 241 | 30 | 58 |
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............| 52 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Social sciences and history......................| 3,930 | 2,555 | 507 | 458 | 192 | 100 | 118 | 1,678 | 1,086 | 255 | 174 | 82 | 33 | 48 | 2,252 | 1,469 | 252 | 284 | 110 | 67 |
Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 508 | 438 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 281 | 237 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 227 | 201 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Transportation and material moving ..............| 2,210 | 1,927 | 68 | 98 | 60 | 18 | 39 | 1,850 | 1,633 | 56 | 84 | 42 | 12 | 23 | 360 | 294 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 6 |
Visual and performing arts ......................| 12,690 | 9,733 | 664 | 801 | 703 | 133 | 656 | 5,084 | 3,924 | 342 | 353 | 230 | 64 | 171 | 7,606 | 5,809 | 322 | 448 | 473 | 69 |
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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 2,913 men and 3,689 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 January 1995.)
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