Table 387. - | Percentage of 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients pursuing further education within one year after graduation, by type of enrollment and undergraduate major: April 1994 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | Enrolled Undergraduate major | Ever |Enrolled|Enrolled |Enrolled |Enrolled | in degree field of study | enrolled | full- | part- | and |and not | program | since | time | time |employed |employed | beyond |graduation| | | | |bachelor's _______________________________________|__________|________|_________|___________|_________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 _______________________________________|__________|________|_________|___________|_________|___________ All graduates..........................| 27.3 | 12.0 | 5.8 | --- | --- | 17.0 |__________|________|_________|___________|_________|___________ Professional fields ...................| 23.5 | 8.6 | 6.1 | --- | --- | 14.2 Engineering .........................| 28.3 | 14.6 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 20.8 Business and management .............| 15.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 13.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 Health professions ..................| 23.9 | 10.5 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 14.7 Education ...........................| 33.9 | 10.9 | 8.2 | 15.2 | 11.3 | 19.9 Public affairs and social services ..| 24.7 | 8.7 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 13.8 | | | | | | Arts and sciences fields ..............| 34.5 | 17.5 | 5.9 | --- | --- | 22.5 Biological sciences .................| 50.0 | 26.6 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 13.2 | 32.6 Mathematics and other sciences | 36.0 | 20.5 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 10.3 | 25.0 Psychology ..........................| 38.0 | 18.4 | 9.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 24.0 Social sciences .....................| 31.2 | 14.4 | 4.9 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 19.6 History .............................| 38.4 | 18.2 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 28.8 Humanities ..........................| 27.5 | 14.2 | 5.1 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 17.5 | | | | | | Other..................................| 23.6 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 12.2 | 10.4 | 14.0 |==========|========|=========|===========|=========|=========== | | | | | | Highest degree graduate expects | | | | | | to obtain | | | | | | | | | | | | Bachelor's degree....................| 8.5 | 1.1 | 2.0 | --- | --- | 0.5 Postbaccalaureate certificate........| 31.7 | 5.3 | 0.8 | --- | --- | 11.5 Master's degree......................| 22.9 | 7.4 | 6.0 | --- | --- | 12.8 Doctor's degree......................| 50.5 | 29.5 | 8.6 | --- | --- | 38.6 First-professional degree............| 52.3 | 34.8 | 6.3 | --- | --- | 41.7 Other degree.........................| 31.0 | 11.9 | 8.7 | --- | --- | 15.1 _______________________________________|__________|________|_________|___________|_________|___________ |
---Data not available. NOTE.--Data are from a sample survey of recent college graduates. Notes on methodology are included in the Guide to Sources. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study, First Follow-up" survey. (This table was prepared July 1997.) |