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Table 265. -  Bachelor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1995-96 
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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\ ..........................|1,163,036 |904,709 |91,166 |58,288 | 64,359 |  6,970 | 37,544 |521,439 |408,829 |32,852 |24,994 | 30,630 |  2,885 | 21,249 |641,597 |495,880 |58,314 |33,294 | 33,729 |  4,085 | 16,295
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............|   21,431 | 19,286 |   606 |   573 |    448 |    171 |    347 | 13,535 | 12,341 |   323 |   337 |    215 |    100 |    219 |  7,896 |  6,945 |   283 |   236 |    233 |     71 |    128
Architecture and related programs ...............|    8,352 |  6,293 |   317 |   576 |    706 |     33 |    427 |  5,340 |  4,088 |   207 |   369 |    392 |     23 |    261 |  3,012 |  2,205 |   110 |   207 |    314 |     10 |    166
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|    5,786 |  3,583 |   690 |   573 |    668 |     68 |    204 |  1,984 |  1,226 |   228 |   186 |    222 |     21 |    101 |  3,802 |  2,357 |   462 |   387 |    446 |     47 |    103
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............|   60,994 | 44,676 | 3,874 | 2,616 |  8,143 |    324 |  1,361 | 28,849 | 21,586 | 1,261 | 1,269 |  3,976 |    147 |    610 | 32,145 | 23,090 | 2,613 | 1,347 |  4,167 |    177 |    751
Business ........................................|  227,102 |168,220 |20,190 |11,286 | 13,523 |  1,089 | 12,794 |116,842 | 89,656 | 7,728 | 5,488 |  6,131 |    518 |  7,321 |110,260 | 78,564 |12,462 | 5,798 |  7,392 |    571 |  5,473
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Communications...................................|   47,320 | 38,144 | 4,220 | 2,049 |  1,430 |    198 |  1,279 | 19,391 | 16,016 | 1,520 |   797 |    495 |     80 |    483 | 27,929 | 22,128 | 2,700 | 1,252 |    935 |    118 |    796
Communications technologies .....................|      683 |    564 |    74 |     9 |     12 |      8 |     16 |    369 |    321 |    31 |     4 |      5 |      2 |      6 |    314 |    243 |    43 |     5 |      7 |      6 |     10
Computer and information sciences................|   24,098 | 15,827 | 2,471 | 1,042 |  2,502 |     91 |  2,165 | 17,468 | 12,198 | 1,248 |   678 |  1,734 |     51 |  1,559 |  6,630 |  3,629 | 1,223 |   364 |    768 |     40 |    606
Construction trades .............................|       80 |     73 |     2 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      5 |     76 |     69 |     2 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      5 |      4 |      4 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Education........................................|  105,509 | 91,259 | 7,149 | 3,792 |  1,517 |    886 |    906 | 26,233 | 22,539 | 1,863 |   889 |    415 |    234 |    293 | 79,276 | 68,720 | 5,286 | 2,903 |  1,102 |    652 |    613
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Engineering......................................|   62,114 | 44,185 | 3,073 | 2,883 |  6,968 |    249 |  4,756 | 51,069 | 36,922 | 2,016 | 2,292 |  5,503 |    200 |  4,136 | 11,045 |  7,263 | 1,057 |   591 |  1,465 |     49 |    620
Engineering-related technologies.................|   15,189 | 11,719 | 1,326 |   748 |    727 |    105 |    564 | 13,763 | 10,785 | 1,033 |   678 |    661 |     86 |    520 |  1,426 |    934 |   293 |    70 |     66 |     19 |     44
English language and literature/letters..........|   50,698 | 42,166 | 3,499 | 2,235 |  1,979 |    273 |    546 | 17,253 | 14,673 |   900 |   750 |    623 |    110 |    197 | 33,445 | 27,493 | 2,599 | 1,485 |  1,356 |    163 |    349
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|   13,952 | 10,137 |   488 | 2,122 |    695 |     61 |    449 |  4,219 |  3,182 |   112 |   602 |    184 |     14 |    125 |  9,733 |  6,955 |   376 | 1,520 |    511 |     47 |    324
Health professions and related sciences..........|   84,036 | 69,156 | 6,317 | 2,912 |  4,013 |    520 |  1,118 | 15,432 | 12,515 |   938 |   650 |    982 |     95 |    252 | 68,604 | 56,641 | 5,379 | 2,262 |  3,031 |    425 |    866
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Home economics and vocational home economics ....|   15,803 | 13,351 | 1,101 |   448 |    552 |     98 |    253 |  1,885 |  1,531 |   159 |    66 |     74 |     17 |     38 | 13,918 | 11,820 |   942 |   382 |    478 |     81 |    215
Law and legal studies ...........................|    2,052 |  1,634 |   214 |   104 |     75 |     14 |     11 |    556 |    431 |    51 |    34 |     30 |      6 |      4 |  1,496 |  1,203 |   163 |    70 |     45 |      8 |      7
Liberal arts and sciences,                       |          |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
  general studies, and humanities ...............|   33,997 | 26,053 | 3,474 | 2,470 |  1,193 |    279 |    528 | 13,379 | 10,682 | 1,173 |   747 |    446 |     98 |    233 | 20,618 | 15,371 | 2,301 | 1,723 |    747 |    181 |    295
Library science..................................|       58 |     52 |     3 |     0 |      2 |      0 |      1 |      8 |      5 |     1 |     0 |      1 |      0 |      1 |     50 |     47 |     2 |     0 |      1 |      0 |      0
Mathematics......................................|   13,143 | 10,033 |   986 |   558 |    955 |     54 |    557 |  7,134 |  5,366 |   465 |   334 |    552 |     31 |    386 |  6,009 |  4,667 |   521 |   224 |    403 |     23 |    171
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Mechanics and repairers .........................|       54 |     39 |     3 |     2 |      2 |      4 |      4 |     48 |     36 |     2 |     1 |      1 |      4 |      4 |      6 |      3 |     1 |     1 |      1 |      0 |      0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|   26,515 | 20,043 | 2,115 | 2,192 |  1,568 |    210 |    387 |  9,286 |  7,129 |   668 |   540 |    675 |     66 |    208 | 17,229 | 12,914 | 1,447 | 1,652 |    893 |    144 |    179
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..|   13,983 | 12,146 |   790 |   579 |    219 |     79 |    170 |  7,090 |  6,022 |   457 |   350 |    113 |     46 |    102 |  6,893 |  6,124 |   333 |   229 |    106 |     33 |     68
Philosophy and religion..........................|    7,388 |  6,182 |   346 |   307 |    375 |     20 |    158 |  4,859 |  4,071 |   209 |   219 |    242 |     12 |    106 |  2,529 |  2,111 |   137 |    88 |    133 |      8 |     52
Physical sciences and science technologies ......|   19,647 | 15,551 | 1,130 |   566 |  1,605 |    108 |    687 | 12,578 | 10,277 |   497 |   355 |    934 |     77 |    438 |  7,069 |  5,274 |   633 |   211 |    671 |     31 |    249
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Precision production trades .....................|      401 |    345 |    32 |    13 |      7 |      0 |      4 |    305 |    261 |    24 |    12 |      6 |      0 |      2 |     96 |     84 |     8 |     1 |      1 |      0 |      2
Protective services..............................|   24,810 | 18,386 | 3,710 | 1,918 |    447 |    222 |    127 | 15,274 | 11,979 | 1,687 | 1,106 |    294 |    126 |     82 |  9,536 |  6,407 | 2,023 |   812 |    153 |     96 |     45
Psychology.......................................|   73,291 | 57,254 | 6,157 | 4,640 |  3,744 |    482 |  1,014 | 19,817 | 15,582 | 1,455 | 1,218 |  1,151 |    136 |    275 | 53,474 | 41,672 | 4,702 | 3,422 |  2,593 |    346 |    739
Public administration and services ..............|   19,849 | 14,205 | 3,433 | 1,290 |    546 |    194 |    181 |  4,205 |  2,942 |   747 |   286 |    147 |     33 |     50 | 15,644 | 11,263 | 2,686 | 1,004 |    399 |    161 |    131
R.O.T.C. and military sciences...................|        7 |      7 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      7 |      7 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
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Social sciences and history .....................|  126,479 | 96,637 |10,977 | 7,366 |  6,892 |    811 |  3,796 | 65,872 | 51,938 | 4,635 | 3,568 |  3,242 |    395 |  2,094 | 60,607 | 44,699 | 6,342 | 3,798 |  3,650 |    416 |  1,702
Theological studies and religious vocations .....|    5,358 |  4,740 |   205 |   106 |    122 |     20 |    165 |  4,044 |  3,630 |   139 |    74 |     74 |     17 |    110 |  1,314 |  1,110 |    66 |    32 |     48 |      3 |     55
Transportation and material moving workers ......|    3,561 |  3,020 |   192 |   137 |     75 |     21 |    116 |  3,143 |  2,681 |   159 |   118 |     67 |     19 |     99 |    418 |    339 |    33 |    19 |      8 |      2 |     17
Visual and performing arts ......................|   49,296 | 39,743 | 2,002 | 2,176 |  2,649 |    278 |  2,448 | 20,126 | 16,142 |   914 |   977 |  1,043 |    121 |    929 | 29,170 | 23,601 | 1,088 | 1,199 |  1,606 |    157 |  1,519
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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 1,015 men and 741 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 June 1998.)


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