Table 10. | Number of persons age 18 and over who hold a bachelor's or higher degree, by field of study, sex,
race/ethnicity, and age: 1996 [Numbers in thousands] |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Sex | Race/ethnicity | Age Field of study | Total |________________|_________________________|________________________________ | | | | White, | | |18 to 29 |30 to 49 | 50 years | | Males |Females |Non-His-| Black |Hispanic|years old|years old|old and over | | | | panic | | | | | _____________________________________|________|_______|________|________|_______|________|_________|_________|____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 _____________________________________|________|_______|________|________|_______|________|_________|_________|____________ Total population, 18 and over .|196,121 |94,092 |102,029 |148,397 |22,813 | 18,081 | 43,775 | 83,107 | 69,238 |________|_______|________|________|_______|________|_________|_________|____________ Number of persons with bachelor's | | | | | | | | | or higher degree ................| 40,543 |21,084 | 19,459 | 34,090 | 2,640 | 1,515 | 6,787 | 21,976 | 11,780 Percent of population .............| 20.7 | 22.4 | 19.1 | 23.0 | 11.6 | 8.4 | 15.5 | 26.4 | 17.0 |________|_______|________|________|_______|________|_________|_________|____________ Agriculture ........................| 484 | 421 | 63 | 414 | 18 | 27 | 51 | 276 | 156 Architecture ........................| 1,118 | 490 | 627 | 960 | 27 | 50 | 236 | 601 | 281 Business ............................| 8,019 | 5,241 | 2,778 | 6,726 | 606 | 286 | 1,333 | 4,790 | 1,897 Communications ......................| 895 | 452 | 443 | 773 | 56 | 39 | 281 | 514 | 100 Computer ............................| 913 | 621 | 292 | 704 | 91 | 41 | 172 | 659 | 83 Education ...........................| 6,785 | 1,737 | 5,049 | 5,806 | 553 | 281 | 701 | 3,315 | 2,768 Engineering .........................| 2,913 | 2,656 | 256 | 2,452 | 74 | 61 | 425 | 1,480 | 1,009 Literature ..........................| 1,093 | 315 | 777 | 955 | 46 | 46 | 231 | 491 | 370 Foreign language ....................| 297 | 79 | 218 | 246 | 11 | 18 | 56 | 126 | 114 Health sciences .....................| 1,611 | 295 | 1,316 | 1,301 | 108 | 55 | 339 | 894 | 378 Law .................................| 1,127 | 889 | 237 | 1,024 | 47 | 29 | 85 | 691 | 351 Liberal arts .......................| 2,030 | 883 | 1,149 | 1,670 | 139 | 96 | 404 | 1,011 | 616 Mathematics .........................| 736 | 479 | 257 | 612 | 79 | 23 | 134 | 394 | 209 Medicine and dentistry ..............| 996 | 731 | 265 | 794 | 7 | 72 | 85 | 559 | 352 Natural science .....................| 1,928 | 1,092 | 835 | 1,599 | 81 | 61 | 413 | 990 | 525 Nursing, public health ..............| 424 | 65 | 359| 377| 23 | 5 | 18| 245 | 160 Philosophy ..........................| 610 | 489 | 121 | 532 | 30 | 18 | 88 | 260 | 260 Pre-professional ....................| 147 | 66 | 80 | 101 | 22 | 21 | 60 | 51 | 35 Psychology ..........................| 1,350 | 493 | 857 | 1,130 | 110 | 51 | 319 | 735 | 295 Social sciences .....................| 1,795 | 815 | 979 | 1,494 | 173 | 49 | 364 | 944 | 485 Other fields ........................| 5,273 | 2,774 | 2,500 | 4,419 | 342 | 187 | 988 | 2,947 | 1,338 |========|=======|========|========|=======|========|=========|=========|============ | Percentage distribution of degree holders, by field |____________________________________________________________________________________ Total .........................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |________|_______|________|________|_______|________|_________|_________|____________ Agriculture ........................| 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 Architecture ........................| 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 Business ............................| 19.8 | 24.9 | 14.3 | 19.7 | 23.0 | 18.9 | 19.6 | 21.8 | 16.1 Communications ......................| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 0.8 Computer ............................| 2.3 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.7 Education ...........................| 16.7 | 8.2 | 25.9 | 17.0 | 20.9 | 18.5 | 10.3 | 15.1 | 23.5 Engineering .........................| 7.2 | 12.6 | 1.3 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 8.6 Literature ..........................| 2.7 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 3.1 Foreign language ....................| 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 Health sciences .....................| 4.0 | 1.4 | 6.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.2 Law .................................| 2.8 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 Liberal arts .......................| 5.0 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 5.2 Mathematics .........................| 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 Medicine and dentistry ..............| 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 Natural science .....................| 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 Nursing, public health ..............| 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 Philosophy ..........................| 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.2 Pre-professional ....................| 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 Psychology ..........................| 3.3 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 2.5 Social sciences .....................| 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 Other fields ........................| 13.0 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 11.4 _____________________________________|________|_______|________|________|_______|________|_________|_________|____________ |
NOTE: Data are based on a sample survey of the civilian noninstitutional population. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Survey of Income and Program Participatin, unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 2001.) |