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| Table 260. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1993-94 |
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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\ ..........................|1,165,973 |936,227 |83,576 |50,241 | 55,660 | 6,189 | 34,080 |530,804 |429,121 |30,648 |21,807 | 26,938 | 2,616 | 19,674 |635,169 |507,106 |52,928 |28,434 | 28,722 | 3,573 | 14,406
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............| 18,070 | 16,404 | 502 | 386 | 309 | 128 | 341 | 11,748 | 10,801 | 266 | 223 | 148 | 78 | 232 | 6,322 | 5,603 | 236 | 163 | 161 | 50 | 109
Architecture and related programs ...............| 8,975 | 6,961 | 348 | 479 | 717 | 36 | 434 | 5,764 | 4,495 | 233 | 305 | 424 | 22 | 285 | 3,211 | 2,466 | 115 | 174 | 293 | 14 | 149
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies...............| 5,573 | 3,737 | 636 | 484 | 479 | 53 | 184 | 1,958 | 1,318 | 215 | 161 | 148 | 19 | 97 | 3,615 | 2,419 | 421 | 323 | 331 | 34 | 87
Biological/life sciences.........................| 51,383 | 38,736 | 3,022 | 2,137 | 6,083 | 252 | 1,153 | 25,050 | 19,298 | 944 | 1,063 | 3,057 | 115 | 573 | 26,333 | 19,438 | 2,078 | 1,074 | 3,026 | 137 | 580
Business management and administrative services .| 246,654 |191,111 |20,366 |10,264 | 12,486 | 1,036 | 11,391 |129,161 |103,573 | 7,966 | 4,997 | 5,619 | 474 | 6,532 |117,493 | 87,538 |12,400 | 5,267 | 6,867 | 562 | 4,859
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Communications...................................| 51,164 | 42,453 | 4,122 | 1,942 | 1,301 | 223 | 1,123 | 21,023 | 17,854 | 1,427 | 765 | 450 | 95 | 432 | 30,141 | 24,599 | 2,695 | 1,177 | 851 | 128 | 691
Communications technologies .....................| 663 | 535 | 88 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 336 | 284 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 327 | 251 | 56 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7
Computer and information sciences................| 24,200 | 16,191 | 2,455 | 899 | 2,301 | 79 | 2,275 | 17,317 | 12,305 | 1,188 | 584 | 1,511 | 60 | 1,669 | 6,883 | 3,886 | 1,267 | 315 | 790 | 19 | 606
Construction trades .............................| 75 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 70 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Education........................................| 107,600 | 95,482 | 6,316 | 3,295 | 1,122 | 739 | 646 | 24,450 | 21,549 | 1,477 | 746 | 270 | 199 | 209 | 83,150 | 73,933 | 4,839 | 2,549 | 852 | 540 | 437
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Engineering......................................| 62,220 | 45,639 | 2,712 | 2,452 | 6,652 | 223 | 4,542 | 52,035 | 38,677 | 1,824 | 2,005 | 5,352 | 183 | 3,994 | 10,185 | 6,962 | 888 | 447 | 1,300 | 40 | 548
Engineering-related technologies.................| 15,823 | 12,682 | 1,190 | 651 | 726 | 98 | 476 | 14,386 | 11,693 | 950 | 582 | 652 | 85 | 424 | 1,437 | 989 | 240 | 69 | 74 | 13 | 52
English language and literature/letters..........| 53,924 | 46,166 | 3,250 | 1,980 | 1,738 | 262 | 528 | 18,425 | 16,150 | 829 | 639 | 548 | 93 | 166 | 35,499 | 30,016 | 2,421 | 1,341 | 1,190 | 169 | 362
Foreign languages and literatures ...............| 14,378 | 10,963 | 510 | 1,798 | 588 | 55 | 464 | 4,304 | 3,374 | 113 | 515 | 162 | 18 | 122 | 10,074 | 7,589 | 397 | 1,283 | 426 | 37 | 342
Health professions and related sciences..........| 74,421 | 62,756 | 4,896 | 2,274 | 3,070 | 398 | 1,027 | 13,062 | 10,861 | 674 | 469 | 709 | 82 | 267 | 61,359 | 51,895 | 4,222 | 1,805 | 2,361 | 316 | 760
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Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 15,522 | 13,369 | 959 | 394 | 476 | 87 | 237 | 1,933 | 1,618 | 148 | 53 | 64 | 11 | 39 | 13,589 | 11,751 | 811 | 341 | 412 | 76 | 198
Law and legal studies ...........................| 2,171 | 1,735 | 208 | 121 | 87 | 14 | 6 | 648 | 503 | 52 | 46 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1,523 | 1,232 | 156 | 75 | 50 | 6 | 4
Liberal arts and sciences, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
general studies, and humanities ...............| 33,397 | 26,450 | 2,968 | 2,084 | 1,072 | 302 | 521 | 13,117 | 10,715 | 995 | 671 | 396 | 105 | 235 | 20,280 | 15,735 | 1,973 | 1,413 | 676 | 197 | 286
Library science..................................| 62 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3
Mathematics......................................| 14,396 | 11,300 | 1,004 | 526 | 944 | 61 | 561 | 7,735 | 6,051 | 465 | 291 | 535 | 30 | 363 | 6,661 | 5,249 | 539 | 235 | 409 | 31 | 198
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Mechanics and repairers .........................| 107 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 106 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 25,167 | 19,778 | 1,687 | 1,884 | 1,340 | 141 | 337 | 9,058 | 7,264 | 557 | 451 | 561 | 57 | 168 | 16,109 | 12,514 | 1,130 | 1,433 | 779 | 84 | 169
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..| 11,470 | 10,190 | 556 | 424 | 118 | 75 | 107 | 5,823 | 5,085 | 320 | 257 | 66 | 32 | 63 | 5,647 | 5,105 | 236 | 167 | 52 | 43 | 44
Philosophy and religion..........................| 7,546 | 6,416 | 319 | 305 | 336 | 35 | 135 | 4,844 | 4,136 | 207 | 202 | 200 | 20 | 79 | 2,702 | 2,280 | 112 | 103 | 136 | 15 | 56
Physical sciences and science technologies ......| 18,400 | 15,007 | 946 | 523 | 1,126 | 85 | 713 | 12,223 | 10,220 | 475 | 342 | 666 | 53 | 467 | 6,177 | 4,787 | 471 | 181 | 460 | 32 | 246
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Precision production trades .....................| 420 | 355 | 41 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 308 | 264 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 112 | 91 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3
Protective services..............................| 23,009 | 17,393 | 3,482 | 1,412 | 403 | 160 | 159 | 14,169 | 11,254 | 1,634 | 798 | 280 | 96 | 107 | 8,840 | 6,139 | 1,848 | 614 | 123 | 64 | 52
Psychology.......................................| 69,259 | 56,220 | 5,359 | 3,581 | 2,841 | 404 | 854 | 18,642 | 15,307 | 1,266 | 917 | 829 | 116 | 207 | 50,617 | 40,913 | 4,093 | 2,664 | 2,012 | 288 | 647
Public administration and services ..............| 17,815 | 13,253 | 2,717 | 1,067 | 396 | 188 | 194 | 3,919 | 2,879 | 593 | 258 | 115 | 35 | 39 | 13,896 | 10,374 | 2,124 | 809 | 281 | 153 | 155
R.O.T.C. and military sciences...................| 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
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Social sciences and history .....................| 133,680 |105,776 |10,460 | 6,851 | 6,408 | 783 | 3,402 | 72,006 | 58,555 | 4,543 | 3,453 | 3,133 | 385 | 1,937 | 61,674 | 47,221 | 5,917 | 3,398 | 3,275 | 398 | 1,465
Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 5,434 | 4,770 | 188 | 121 | 159 | 20 | 176 | 4,125 | 3,649 | 144 | 85 | 99 | 16 | 132 | 1,309 | 1,121 | 44 | 36 | 60 | 4 | 44
Transportation and material moving ..............| 3,923 | 3,425 | 183 | 134 | 79 | 18 | 84 | 3,500 | 3,057 | 156 | 119 | 71 | 16 | 81 | 423 | 368 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3
Visual and performing arts ......................| 49,053 | 40,757 | 2,068 | 1,754 | 2,279 | 228 | 1,967 | 19,538 | 16,170 | 913 | 798 | 824 | 110 | 723 | 29,515 | 24,587 | 1,155 | 956 | 1,455 | 118 | 1,244
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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 1,618 men and 1,684 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 February 1996.)
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