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Table 269. -  Master's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1994-95 
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                                                 |                            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\ ..........................|  397,052 |292,784 |24,171 |12,907 | 16,842 |  1,621 | 48,727 |178,123 |123,809 | 8,103 | 5,490 |  8,920 |    659 | 31,142 |218,929 |168,975 |16,068 | 7,417 |  7,922 |    962 | 17,585
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............|    4,252 |  3,007 |   116 |    98 |    129 |     15 |    887 |  2,551 |  1,787 |    57 |    54 |     59 |     11 |    583 |  1,701 |  1,220 |    59 |    44 |     70 |      4 |    304
Architecture and related programs ...............|    3,923 |  2,628 |   142 |   155 |    282 |      9 |    707 |  2,310 |  1,557 |    73 |    93 |    134 |      4 |    449 |  1,613 |  1,071 |    69 |    62 |    148 |      5 |    258
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|    1,639 |  1,138 |   121 |    93 |     86 |     12 |    189 |    765 |    542 |    47 |    49 |     39 |      4 |     84 |    874 |    596 |    74 |    44 |     47 |      8 |    105
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............|    5,393 |  3,741 |   169 |   154 |    431 |     21 |    877 |  2,602 |  1,805 |    52 |    68 |    215 |     11 |    451 |  2,791 |  1,936 |   117 |    86 |    216 |     10 |    426
Business ........................................|   93,809 | 66,553 | 5,165 | 2,590 |  4,924 |    311 | 14,266 | 59,109 | 42,711 | 2,427 | 1,621 |  2,902 |    199 |  9,249 | 34,700 | 23,842 | 2,738 |   969 |  2,022 |    112 |  5,017
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Communications ..................................|    5,142 |  3,597 |   376 |   131 |    171 |     21 |    846 |  1,869 |  1,358 |   105 |    45 |     46 |      7 |    308 |  3,273 |  2,239 |   271 |    86 |    125 |     14 |    538
Communications technologies .....................|      467 |    259 |    34 |    12 |     14 |      0 |    148 |    239 |    149 |    16 |     8 |      5 |      0 |     61 |    228 |    110 |    18 |     4 |      9 |      0 |     87
Computer and information sciences ...............|   10,326 |  4,521 |   372 |   207 |  1,329 |     17 |  3,880 |  7,627 |  3,488 |   215 |   160 |    847 |     12 |  2,905 |  2,699 |  1,033 |   157 |    47 |    482 |      5 |    975
Construction trades .............................|        7 |      0 |     3 |     1 |      0 |      0 |      3 |      4 |      0 |     1 |     1 |      0 |      0 |      2 |      3 |      0 |     2 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      1
Education .......................................|  101,242 | 83,646 | 8,163 | 4,048 |  1,706 |    514 |  3,165 | 23,806 | 19,303 | 1,875 | 1,032 |    411 |    133 |  1,052 | 77,436 | 64,343 | 6,288 | 3,016 |  1,295 |    381 |  2,113
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Engineering .....................................|   28,553 | 14,686 |   706 |   688 |  2,732 |     45 |  9,696 | 23,935 | 12,323 |   494 |   561 |  2,153 |     42 |  8,362 |  4,618 |  2,363 |   212 |   127 |    579 |      3 |  1,334
Engineering-related technologies ................|    1,110 |    808 |    58 |    31 |     46 |      6 |    161 |    897 |    649 |    42 |    27 |     40 |      4 |    135 |    213 |    159 |    16 |     4 |      6 |      2 |     26
English language and literature/letters .........|    7,845 |  6,758 |   300 |   198 |    192 |     38 |    359 |  2,764 |  2,418 |    74 |    73 |     63 |     15 |    121 |  5,081 |  4,340 |   226 |   125 |    129 |     23 |    238
Foreign languages and literatures................|    3,136 |  2,071 |    75 |   288 |    112 |      5 |    585 |    995 |    690 |    27 |    83 |     28 |      3 |    164 |  2,141 |  1,381 |    48 |   205 |     84 |      2 |    421
Health professions and related sciences .........|   31,243 | 25,244 | 1,682 |   849 |  1,590 |    131 |  1,747 |  6,754 |  4,879 |   293 |   233 |    606 |     28 |    715 | 24,489 | 20,365 | 1,389 |   616 |    984 |    103 |  1,032
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Home economics and vocational home economics ....|    2,864 |  2,176 |   238 |    92 |     76 |     12 |    270 |    492 |    359 |    26 |    25 |     13 |      3 |     66 |  2,372 |  1,817 |   212 |    67 |     63 |      9 |    204
Law and legal studies ...........................|    2,511 |  1,228 |    89 |    65 |     59 |      6 |  1,064 |  1,680 |    818 |    43 |    47 |     38 |      3 |    731 |    831 |    410 |    46 |    18 |     21 |      3 |    333
Liberal arts and sciences,                       |          |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |        |        |
  general studies, and humanities ...............|    2,565 |  2,114 |   158 |    70 |     39 |     14 |    170 |    924 |    747 |    60 |    24 |      8 |      7 |     78 |  1,641 |  1,367 |    98 |    46 |     31 |      7 |     92
Library science .................................|    5,057 |  4,384 |   227 |   114 |    146 |     12 |    174 |  1,054 |    925 |    30 |    27 |     26 |      3 |     43 |  4,003 |  3,459 |   197 |    87 |    120 |      9 |    131
Mathematics .....................................|    4,181 |  2,523 |   162 |    72 |    257 |     11 |  1,156 |  2,543 |  1,485 |    70 |    52 |    147 |      5 |    784 |  1,638 |  1,038 |    92 |    20 |    110 |      6 |    372
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Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|    2,457 |  2,001 |   131 |    65 |     75 |     13 |    172 |  1,093 |    860 |    54 |    28 |     42 |      7 |    102 |  1,364 |  1,141 |    77 |    37 |     33 |      6 |     70
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..|    1,755 |  1,519 |    64 |    33 |     20 |      7 |    112 |    892 |    769 |    36 |    20 |     10 |      4 |     53 |    863 |    750 |    28 |    13 |     10 |      3 |     59
Philosophy and religion .........................|    1,380 |  1,128 |    44 |    51 |     27 |      9 |    121 |    875 |    704 |    31 |    28 |     18 |      4 |     90 |    505 |    424 |    13 |    23 |      9 |      5 |     31
Physical sciences and science technologies.......|    5,753 |  3,385 |   156 |   119 |    307 |     23 |  1,763 |  4,013 |  2,401 |    91 |    79 |    199 |     15 |  1,228 |  1,740 |    984 |    65 |    40 |    108 |      8 |    535
Precision production trades......................|        5 |      5 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      4 |      4 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      1 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
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Protective services .............................|    1,706 |  1,321 |   252 |    54 |     33 |      3 |     43 |    912 |    705 |   117 |    34 |     20 |      3 |     33 |    794 |    616 |   135 |    20 |     13 |      0 |     10
Psychology ......................................|   13,921 | 11,562 |   898 |   579 |    310 |     88 |    484 |  3,893 |  3,240 |   228 |   164 |     82 |     31 |    148 | 10,028 |  8,322 |   670 |   415 |    228 |     57 |    336
Public administration and services ..............|   23,501 | 18,056 | 2,702 | 1,128 |    593 |    137 |    885 |  6,870 |  5,030 |   739 |   357 |    205 |     38 |    501 | 16,631 | 13,026 | 1,963 |   771 |    388 |     99 |    384
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|      124 |    105 |     7 |     4 |      7 |      1 |      0 |    117 |     99 |     6 |     4 |      7 |      1 |      0 |      7 |      6 |     1 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Social sciences and history......................|   14,845 | 10,299 |   874 |   483 |    485 |     87 |  2,617 |  8,207 |  5,636 |   403 |   248 |    255 |     32 |  1,633 |  6,638 |  4,663 |   471 |   235 |    230 |     55 |    984
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Theological studies and religious vocations .....|    5,240 |  3,949 |   274 |   120 |    230 |      4 |    663 |  3,178 |  2,322 |   177 |    84 |    157 |      2 |    436 |  2,062 |  1,627 |    97 |    36 |     73 |      2 |    227
Transportation and material moving workers ......|      823 |    741 |    30 |    19 |     18 |      6 |      9 |    775 |    703 |    26 |    18 |     16 |      4 |      8 |     48 |     38 |     4 |     1 |      2 |      2 |      1
Visual and performing arts ......................|   10,277 |  7,631 |   383 |   296 |    416 |     43 |  1,508 |  4,374 |  3,343 |   168 |   143 |    129 |     24 |    567 |  5,903 |  4,288 |   215 |   153 |    287 |     19 |    941
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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 475 men and 102 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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