Table 264. | Master's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1992-93 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Total | Men | Women |--------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------ | | 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 -------------------------------------------------|----------|--------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|--------|--------|-------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 -------------------------------------------------|----------|--------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|--------|--------|-------- All fields, total\1\ ..........................| 368,701 |278,829 |19,780 |10,665 | 13,866 | 1,407 | 44,154 |168,754 |120,225 | 6,821 | 4,735 | 7,544 | 586 | 28,843 |199,947 |158,604 |12,959 | 5,930 | 6,322 | 821 | 15,311 |----------|--------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|--------|--------|-------- Agriculture and natural resources ...............| 3,965 | 2,743 | 93 | 85 | 80 | 10 | 954 | 2,477 | 1,655 | 56 | 44 | 40 | 7 | 675 | 1,488 | 1,088 | 37 | 41 | 40 | 3 | 279 Architecture and related programs ...............| 3,808 | 2,586 | 145 | 148 | 206 | 12 | 711 | 2,376 | 1,604 | 80 | 95 | 124 | 7 | 466 | 1,432 | 982 | 65 | 53 | 82 | 5 | 245 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 1,523 | 1,040 | 131 | 77 | 86 | 10 | 179 | 732 | 531 | 38 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 90 | 791 | 509 | 93 | 39 | 56 | 5 | 89 Biological sciences/life sciences ...............| 4,756 | 3,281 | 141 | 140 | 317 | 27 | 850 | 2,343 | 1,663 | 49 | 74 | 141 | 9 | 407 | 2,413 | 1,618 | 92 | 66 | 176 | 18 | 443 Business management and administrative services..| 89,615 | 66,535 | 4,474 | 2,241 | 4,304 | 269 | 11,792 | 57,651 | 43,235 | 2,184 | 1,432 | 2,627 | 158 | 8,015 | 31,964 | 23,300 | 2,290 | 809 | 1,677 | 111 | 3,777 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications ..................................| 4,754 | 3,461 | 273 | 122 | 151 | 10 | 737 | 1,725 | 1,284 | 80 | 42 | 56 | 5 | 258 | 3,029 | 2,177 | 193 | 80 | 95 | 5 | 479 Communications technologies .....................| 455 | 307 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 105 | 255 | 176 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 200 | 131 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 47 Computer and information sciences ...............| 10,163 | 4,700 | 324 | 167 | 1,163 | 15 | 3,794 | 7,410 | 3,513 | 204 | 109 | 750 | 12 | 2,822 | 2,753 | 1,187 | 120 | 58 | 413 | 3 | 972 Education .......................................| 96,028 | 81,290 | 6,725 | 3,181 | 1,391 | 459 | 2,982 | 22,197 | 18,341 | 1,523 | 835 | 369 | 142 | 987 | 73,831 | 62,949 | 5,202 | 2,346 | 1,022 | 317 | 1,995 Engineering .....................................| 27,626 | 14,827 | 600 | 618 | 2,405 | 53 | 9,123 | 23,537 | 12,580 | 435 | 512 | 1,943 | 39 | 8,028 | 4,089 | 2,247 | 165 | 106 | 462 | 14 | 1,095 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering-related technologies ................| 1,100 | 824 | 40 | 17 | 36 | 8 | 175 | 917 | 690 | 24 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 154 | 183 | 134 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 21 English language and literature/letters .........| 7,790 | 6,732 | 269 | 174 | 158 | 37 | 420 | 2,667 | 2,341 | 66 | 67 | 46 | 17 | 130 | 5,123 | 4,391 | 203 | 107 | 112 | 20 | 290 Foreign languages and literatures................| 3,198 | 2,060 | 44 | 262 | 108 | 6 | 718 | 1,062 | 718 | 9 | 82 | 26 | 2 | 225 | 2,136 | 1,342 | 35 | 180 | 82 | 4 | 493 Health professions and related sciences .........| 25,718 | 21,328 | 1,301 | 638 | 864 | 120 | 1,467 | 5,227 | 3,987 | 217 | 158 | 233 | 21 | 611 | 20,491 | 17,341 | 1,084 | 480 | 631 | 99 | 856 Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 2,479 | 1,935 | 153 | 105 | 52 | 9 | 225 | 422 | 310 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 2,057 | 1,625 | 126 | 78 | 46 | 7 | 175 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Law and legal studies ...........................| 2,197 | 1,188 | 41 | 84 | 66 | 5 | 813 | 1,481 | 814 | 22 | 45 | 37 | 3 | 560 | 716 | 374 | 19 | 39 | 29 | 2 | 253 Liberal arts and sciences, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | general studies, and humanities ...............| 2,416 | 2,076 | 106 | 50 | 34 | 7 | 143 | 840 | 709 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 59 | 1,576 | 1,367 | 71 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 84 Library science .................................| 4,871 | 4,154 | 187 | 118 | 118 | 16 | 278 | 961 | 807 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 78 | 3,910 | 3,347 | 157 | 95 | 98 | 13 | 200 Mathematics .....................................| 4,067 | 2,530 | 105 | 69 | 212 | 8 | 1,143 | 2,455 | 1,467 | 53 | 43 | 133 | 4 | 755 | 1,612 | 1,063 | 52 | 26 | 79 | 4 | 388 Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 2,498 | 2,100 | 96 | 65 | 63 | 14 | 160 | 1,221 | 1,018 | 39 | 31 | 34 | 4 | 95 | 1,277 | 1,082 | 57 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 65 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..| 1,434 | 1,227 | 80 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 84 | 714 | 603 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 47 | 720 | 624 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 37 Philosophy and religion .........................| 1,425 | 1,170 | 57 | 26 | 50 | 5 | 117 | 988 | 802 | 37 | 16 | 37 | 4 | 92 | 437 | 368 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 25 Physical sciences and science technologies.......| 5,366 | 3,262 | 112 | 107 | 262 | 13 | 1,610 | 3,808 | 2,379 | 63 | 74 | 159 | 9 | 1,124 | 1,558 | 883 | 49 | 33 | 103 | 4 | 486 Precision production trades......................| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Protective services .............................| 1,357 | 1,024 | 214 | 45 | 17 | 6 | 51 | 837 | 663 | 99 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 33 | 520 | 361 | 115 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Psychology ......................................| 10,957 | 9,357 | 578 | 425 | 203 | 61 | 333 | 3,029 | 2,583 | 123 | 148 | 53 | 11 | 111 | 7,928 | 6,774 | 455 | 277 | 150 | 50 | 222 Public administration and services ..............| 20,634 | 16,130 | 2,271 | 890 | 466 | 92 | 785 | 6,105 | 4,536 | 633 | 294 | 143 | 31 | 468 | 14,529 | 11,594 | 1,638 | 596 | 323 | 61 | 317 R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............| 108 | 93 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 86 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Social sciences and history......................| 13,471 | 9,474 | 645 | 396 | 422 | 72 | 2,462 | 7,671 | 5,276 | 330 | 247 | 205 | 43 | 1,570 | 5,800 | 4,198 | 315 | 149 | 217 | 29 | 892 Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 4,985 | 3,836 | 227 | 123 | 207 | 9 | 583 | 2,989 | 2,274 | 143 | 74 | 133 | 5 | 360 | 1,996 | 1,562 | 84 | 49 | 74 | 4 | 223 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and material moving ..............| 495 | 439 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 456 | 401 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 Visual and performing arts ......................| 9,440 | 7,118 | 295 | 235 | 393 | 47 | 1,352 | 4,099 | 3,177 | 146 | 123 | 121 | 25 | 507 | 5,341 | 3,941 | 149 | 112 | 272 | 22 | 845 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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 504 men and 380 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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