Bachelor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1994-95

Table 266.
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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
_________________________________________________|__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________
                        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\ ..........................|1,158,788 |913,377 |87,203 |54,201 | 60,478 |  6,606 | 36,923 |525,174 |417,006 |31,775 |23,600 | 28,973 |  2,736 | 21,084 |633,614 |496,371 |55,428 |30,601 | 31,505 |  3,870 | 15,839
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............|   19,841 | 17,986 |   472 |   460 |    424 |    163 |    336 | 12,692 | 11,645 |   233 |   280 |    204 |     99 |    231 |  7,149 |  6,341 |   239 |   180 |    220 |     64 |    105
Architecture and related programs ...............|    8,756 |  6,716 |   345 |   544 |    704 |     28 |    419 |  5,741 |  4,470 |   213 |   366 |    404 |     17 |    271 |  3,015 |  2,246 |   132 |   178 |    300 |     11 |    148
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|    5,706 |  3,704 |   650 |   519 |    558 |     47 |    228 |  2,092 |  1,321 |   221 |   189 |    196 |     25 |    140 |  3,614 |  2,383 |   429 |   330 |    362 |     22 |     88
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............|   55,984 | 41,573 | 3,303 | 2,331 |  7,208 |    291 |  1,278 | 26,687 | 20,276 | 1,004 | 1,102 |  3,553 |    131 |    621 | 29,297 | 21,297 | 2,299 | 1,229 |  3,655 |    160 |    657
Business ........................................|  234,323 |176,471 |20,286 |10,753 | 13,174 |    999 | 12,640 |121,898 | 95,039 | 7,991 | 5,258 |  6,029 |    478 |  7,103 |112,425 | 81,432 |12,295 | 5,495 |  7,145 |    521 |  5,537
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Communications...................................|   48,104 | 39,240 | 4,036 | 2,014 |  1,378 |    204 |  1,232 | 20,028 | 16,808 | 1,389 |   773 |    490 |     79 |    489 | 28,076 | 22,432 | 2,647 | 1,241 |    888 |    125 |    743
Communications technologies .....................|      699 |    553 |    86 |    14 |     16 |      2 |     28 |    376 |    318 |    30 |     8 |      8 |      1 |     11 |    323 |    235 |    56 |     6 |      8 |      1 |     17
Computer and information sciences................|   24,404 | 15,932 | 2,563 | 1,077 |  2,425 |    113 |  2,294 | 17,463 | 12,095 | 1,273 |   730 |  1,623 |     75 |  1,667 |  6,941 |  3,837 | 1,290 |   347 |    802 |     38 |    627
Construction trades .............................|      113 |     95 |     8 |     0 |      2 |      1 |      7 |     91 |     75 |     6 |     0 |      2 |      1 |      7 |     22 |     20 |     2 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Education........................................|  106,079 | 93,033 | 6,658 | 3,430 |  1,381 |    846 |    731 | 25,641 | 22,347 | 1,640 |   823 |    382 |    214 |    235 | 80,438 | 70,686 | 5,018 | 2,607 |    999 |    632 |    496
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Engineering......................................|   62,342 | 44,735 | 2,908 | 2,724 |  6,939 |    226 |  4,810 | 51,646 | 37,662 | 1,890 | 2,203 |  5,467 |    180 |  4,244 | 10,696 |  7,073 | 1,018 |   521 |  1,472 |     46 |    566
Engineering-related technologies.................|   15,633 | 12,332 | 1,262 |   688 |    714 |    115 |    522 | 14,133 | 11,253 | 1,035 |   610 |    639 |     99 |    497 |  1,500 |  1,079 |   227 |    78 |     75 |     16 |     25
English language and literature/letters..........|   51,901 | 43,881 | 3,303 | 2,101 |  1,755 |    288 |    573 | 17,810 | 15,495 |   816 |   686 |    524 |     99 |    190 | 34,091 | 28,386 | 2,487 | 1,415 |  1,231 |    189 |    383
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|   13,775 | 10,251 |   498 | 1,903 |    591 |     55 |    477 |  4,243 |  3,284 |   134 |   526 |    154 |     12 |    133 |  9,532 |  6,967 |   364 | 1,377 |    437 |     43 |    344
Health professions and related sciences..........|   79,855 | 66,402 | 5,806 | 2,601 |  3,563 |    467 |  1,016 | 14,443 | 11,757 |   869 |   543 |    910 |     95 |    269 | 65,412 | 54,645 | 4,937 | 2,058 |  2,653 |    372 |    747
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Home economics and vocational home economics ....|   15,345 | 13,103 | 1,051 |   395 |    459 |     93 |    244 |  1,808 |  1,487 |   154 |    47 |     71 |      8 |     41 | 13,537 | 11,616 |   897 |   348 |    388 |     85 |    203
Law and legal studies ...........................|    2,032 |  1,646 |   211 |    88 |     66 |     14 |      7 |    595 |    467 |    67 |    26 |     28 |      5 |      2 |  1,437 |  1,179 |   144 |    62 |     38 |      9 |      5
Liberal arts and sciences,                       |          |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
  general studies, and humanities ...............|   33,356 | 25,842 | 3,155 | 2,413 |  1,091 |    298 |    557 | 13,157 | 10,557 | 1,077 |   791 |    380 |    100 |    252 | 20,199 | 15,285 | 2,078 | 1,622 |    711 |    198 |    305
Library science..................................|       50 |     46 |     2 |     0 |      0 |      1 |      1 |      2 |      2 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     48 |     44 |     2 |     0 |      0 |      1 |      1
Mathematics......................................|   13,723 | 10,559 | 1,011 |   520 |    984 |     59 |    590 |  7,295 |  5,589 |   485 |   306 |    530 |     30 |    355 |  6,428 |  4,970 |   526 |   214 |    454 |     29 |    235
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Mechanics and repairers .........................|       66 |     57 |     2 |     0 |      2 |      0 |      5 |     63 |     56 |     2 |     0 |      1 |      0 |      4 |      3 |      1 |     0 |     0 |      1 |      0 |      1
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|   26,033 | 20,006 | 1,893 | 2,088 |  1,478 |    147 |    421 |  9,158 |  7,081 |   649 |   557 |    608 |     56 |    207 | 16,875 | 12,925 | 1,244 | 1,531 |    870 |     91 |    214
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..|   12,889 | 11,245 |   715 |   499 |    183 |     74 |    173 |  6,724 |  5,769 |   439 |   310 |     87 |     34 |     85 |  6,165 |  5,476 |   276 |   189 |     96 |     40 |     88
Philosophy and religion..........................|    7,276 |  6,102 |   326 |   315 |    346 |     42 |    145 |  4,670 |  3,911 |   194 |   238 |    199 |     24 |    104 |  2,606 |  2,191 |   132 |    77 |    147 |     18 |     41
Physical sciences and science technologies ......|   19,177 | 15,398 | 1,056 |   507 |  1,387 |    102 |    727 | 12,497 | 10,319 |   505 |   320 |    809 |     69 |    475 |  6,680 |  5,079 |   551 |   187 |    578 |     33 |    252
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Precision production trades .....................|      353 |    281 |    43 |    11 |     12 |      1 |      5 |    247 |    200 |    29 |     8 |      7 |      1 |      2 |    106 |     81 |    14 |     3 |      5 |      0 |      3
Protective services..............................|   24,157 | 17,980 | 3,702 | 1,701 |    420 |    203 |    151 | 15,049 | 11,845 | 1,726 |   983 |    287 |    107 |    101 |  9,108 |  6,135 | 1,976 |   718 |    133 |     96 |     50
Psychology.......................................|   72,083 | 57,297 | 5,878 | 4,149 |  3,404 |    417 |    938 | 19,548 | 15,653 | 1,439 | 1,111 |    990 |    123 |    232 | 52,535 | 41,644 | 4,439 | 3,038 |  2,414 |    294 |    706
Public administration and services ..............|   18,586 | 13,533 | 3,026 | 1,170 |    467 |    205 |    185 |  3,935 |  2,833 |   640 |   253 |    134 |     36 |     39 | 14,651 | 10,700 | 2,386 |   917 |    333 |    169 |    146
R.O.T.C. and military sciences...................|       27 |     26 |     0 |     0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |     24 |     23 |     0 |     0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      3 |      3 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
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Social sciences and history .....................|  128,154 | 99,544 |10,562 | 7,002 |  6,626 |    798 |  3,622 | 68,139 | 54,659 | 4,466 | 3,462 |  3,136 |    389 |  2,027 | 60,015 | 44,885 | 6,096 | 3,540 |  3,490 |    409 |  1,595
Theological studies and religious vocations .....|    5,578 |  4,830 |   243 |   136 |    151 |     24 |    194 |  4,201 |  3,707 |   160 |    99 |     96 |     16 |    123 |  1,377 |  1,123 |    83 |    37 |     55 |      8 |     71
Transportation and material moving workers ......|    3,698 |  3,213 |   168 |   120 |    101 |     24 |     72 |  3,297 |  2,880 |   139 |   105 |     90 |     21 |     62 |    401 |    333 |    29 |    15 |     11 |      3 |     10
Visual and performing arts ......................|   48,690 | 39,765 | 1,975 | 1,928 |  2,468 |    259 |  2,295 | 19,781 | 16,123 |   860 |   887 |    934 |    112 |    865 | 28,909 | 23,642 | 1,115 | 1,041 |  1,534 |    147 |  1,430
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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 957 men and 389 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 Agricultural business and production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; and "Business" includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/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 April 1997.)
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