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                                                 |           Total                             |                    Women
                 Field of study                  |_____________________________________________|_____________________________________________
                                                 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95 | 1995-96 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95 | 1995-96
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     Total ......................................|504,231 |514,756 |530,632 |539,691 | 555,216 |296,750 |302,792 |315,371 |321,339 | 335,702
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Agriculture and natural resources, total ........|  5,251 |  5,398 |  5,636 |  5,730 |   6,182 |  1,675 |  1,648 |  1,814 |  1,729 |   1,964
   Agricultural business and production .........|  3,046 |  3,222 |  3,434 |  3,564 |   3,846 |  1,011 |  1,018 |  1,081 |  1,106 |   1,272
   Agricultural sciences ........................|    951 |    837 |    871 |    829 |     877 |    432 |    372 |    388 |    364 |     401
   Conservation and renewable natural resources .|  1,254 |  1,339 |  1,331 |  1,337 |   1,459 |    232 |    258 |    345 |    259 |     291
Architecture and related programs ...............|    443 |    372 |    353 |    277 |     256 |    337 |    253 |    238 |    207 |     216
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|     29 |     33 |     75 |     68 |     111 |     20 |     23 |     50 |     51 |      83
Biological/life sciences ........................|  1,361 |  1,435 |  1,771 |  1,879 |   2,037 |    797 |    847 |  1,064 |  1,127 |   1,220
Business management and administrative services .| 93,762 | 91,719 | 92,284 | 90,113 |  93,487 | 65,459 | 63,364 | 64,857 | 63,484 |  67,555
   Accounting ...................................| 15,687 | 15,115 | 15,307 | 14,970 |  15,926 | 11,888 | 11,587 | 11,867 | 11,657 |  12,551
   Business, general ............................| 11,823 | 11,190 | 11,452 | 11,622 |  11,397 |  7,293 |  7,046 |  7,237 |  7,254 |   7,292
   Business administration and management .......| 31,185 | 29,556 | 29,691 | 28,968 |  28,901 | 18,902 | 17,932 | 18,090 | 17,892 |  18,206
   Business and management, other ...............| 11,089 | 12,285 | 11,114 | 10,233 |   9,950 |  6,769 |  6,645 |  6,493 |  6,161 |   6,254
   Business data processing .....................|  6,394 |  6,405 |  6,883 |  6,962 |   7,381 |  3,679 |  3,693 |  3,853 |  3,687 |   3,970
   Secretarial and related programs .............| 17,584 | 17,168 | 17,837 | 17,358 |  19,932 | 16,928 | 16,461 | 17,317 | 16,833 |  19,282
Communications ..................................|  1,886 |  1,904 |  2,052 |  3,160 |   2,187 |    996 |    959 |  1,099 |  1,536 |   1,110
Communications technologies .....................|  1,794 |  1,828 |  2,469 |  1,984 |   1,757 |    649 |    632 |    834 |    686 |     588
Computer and information sciences ...............|  9,290 |  9,196 |  9,301 |  9,152 |   9,658 |  4,725 |  4,655 |  4,677 |  4,409 |   4,704
Construction trades .............................|  1,560 |  1,653 |  1,695 |  1,728 |   2,141 |     69 |     72 |     77 |    130 |     106
Consumer and personal services ..................|  4,420 |  4,692 |  5,175 |  5,626 |   7,721 |  1,519 |  1,572 |  1,691 |  1,879 |   2,754
Education .......................................| 10,267 |  9,315 |  9,271 |  9,658 |   9,750 |  6,559 |  6,284 |  6,319 |  6,600 |   6,641
Engineering .....................................|  2,685 |  2,478 |  2,445 |  2,232 |   2,197 |    344 |    309 |    300 |    301 |     283
Engineering-related technologies ................| 35,861 | 36,321 | 35,618 | 34,732 |  33,002 |  3,757 |  3,690 |  3,799 |  3,912 |   4,131
English language and literature/letters .........|  1,019 |  1,320 |  1,289 |  1,548 |   1,310 |    671 |    851 |    822 |  1,043 |     839
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|    433 |    511 |    492 |    616 |     607 |    305 |    358 |    345 |    439 |     444
Health professions and related sciences .........| 79,453 | 86,237 | 94,601 | 98,474 | 101,872 | 68,648 | 73,266 | 79,449 | 81,944 |  84,577
   Dental assisting .............................|  4,013 |  4,165 |  4,259 |  4,312 |   4,564 |  3,822 |  3,929 |  3,977 |  4,030 |   4,274
   Emergency medical technician-ambulance and    |        |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
      paramedic .................................|    378 |    442 |    510 |    771 |     889 |    114 |    139 |    155 |    235 |     259
   Medical lab technician .......................|  1,874 |  2,172 |  2,570 |  2,769 |   2,982 |  1,425 |  1,601 |  1,905 |  2,027 |   2,206
   Medical assisting ............................|  1,960 |  2,130 |  2,785 |  3,544 |   4,941 |  1,741 |  1,907 |  2,672 |  3,409 |   4,738
   Nursing assisting ............................|     19 |     86 |      6 |      2 |       7 |     13 |     70 |      5 |      2 |       7
   Practical nursing ............................|    795 |    890 |    740 |    772 |     605 |    742 |    804 |    672 |    686 |     550
   Nursing, R.N. and other ......................| 51,193 | 54,085 | 57,405 | 57,456 |  56,562 | 46,217 | 48,289 | 50,740 | 50,314 |  49,255
   Health sciences, other .......................| 19,221 | 22,267 | 26,326 | 28,848 |  31,322 | 14,574 | 16,527 | 19,323 | 21,241 |  23,288
Home economics and vocational home economics ....|  6,436 |  6,914 |  7,463 |  7,821 |   8,192 |  5,749 |  6,259 |  6,821 |  7,006 |   7,435
Law and legal studies ...........................|  7,053 |  8,028 |  8,681 |  9,140 |   9,106 |  6,146 |  7,069 |  7,652 |  7,977 |   7,987
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      |        |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
  and humanities ................................|154,594 |158,040 |165,106 |170,817 | 174,970 | 91,777 | 94,173 | 99,025 |102,983 | 106,976
Library science .................................|    103 |     85 |    118 |    101 |      94 |     85 |     76 |    102 |     92 |      81
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .|  8,465 |  7,445 |  6,736 |  6,187 |   5,960 |  6,494 |  5,646 |  5,049 |  4,661 |   4,536
Mathematics .....................................|    744 |    743 |    704 |    782 |     758 |    280 |    315 |    309 |    344 |     295
Mechanics and repairers .........................| 10,264 | 10,966 | 11,332 | 11,497 |  12,524 |    671 |    686 |    738 |    743 |     801
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|  7,841 |  8,486 |  8,436 |  8,692 |   8,611 |  4,059 |  4,411 |  4,382 |  4,464 |   4,399
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .|    620 |    717 |    755 |    864 |     936 |    251 |    288 |    301 |    363 |     391
Philosophy and religion .........................|     60 |    111 |     82 |     81 |      83 |     17 |     35 |     36 |     29 |      38
Physical sciences ...............................|  2,066 |  2,241 |  2,546 |  2,456 |   2,612 |    861 |    945 |  1,069 |  1,032 |   1,154
   Physical sciences, other .....................|  1,228 |  1,390 |  1,567 |  1,645 |   1,749 |    522 |    598 |    671 |    724 |     788
   Science technologies .........................|    838 |    851 |    979 |    811 |     863 |    339 |    347 |    398 |    308 |     366
Precision production trades .....................|  9,005 |  9,204 |  9,357 |  9,344 |  10,217 |  1,872 |  1,811 |  1,846 |  1,891 |   2,098
Protective services .............................| 15,117 | 16,834 | 18,199 | 19,709 |  19,196 |  3,876 |  4,545 |  5,131 |  5,507 |   5,769
   Criminal justice and corrections .............| 12,649 | 14,295 | 15,262 | 16,584 |  15,990 |  3,628 |  4,265 |  4,823 |  5,176 |   5,380
   Fire control and safety ......................|  1,989 |  2,020 |  2,243 |  2,447 |   2,523 |    116 |    137 |    132 |    153 |     166
   Protective services, other ...................|    479 |    519 |    694 |    678 |     683 |    132 |    143 |    176 |    178 |     223
Psychology ......................................|  1,209 |  1,237 |  1,377 |  1,600 |   1,583 |    871 |    955 |  1,040 |  1,154 |   1,177
Public administration and services ..............|  3,162 |  3,301 |  3,696 |  3,882 |   4,218 |  2,523 |  2,653 |  2,938 |  3,099 |   3,453
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|    172 |     52 |    265 |    364 |     556 |     16 |      8 |     20 |     33 |      42
Social sciences and history .....................|  3,160 |  3,930 |  3,936 |  3,634 |   4,021 |  1,760 |  2,252 |  2,400 |  2,173 |   2,533
Theological studies/religious vocations .........|    496 |    508 |    641 |    607 |     608 |    216 |    227 |    299 |    298 |     294
Transportation and material moving workers ......|  2,418 |  2,210 |  1,922 |  1,446 |   1,571 |    440 |    360 |    320 |    220 |     246
Visual and performing arts ......................| 11,888 | 12,690 | 13,227 | 12,544 |  13,534 |  7,085 |  7,606 |  7,731 |  7,269 |   7,728
   Fine arts, general ...........................|  1,159 |  1,346 |  1,473 |  1,420 |   1,515 |    767 |    886 |    907 |    937 |     946
   Design and music .............................|  9,142 |  9,699 | 10,173 |  9,805 |  10,579 |  5,536 |  5,866 |  6,040 |  5,629 |   6,055
   Visual and performing arts, other ............|  1,587 |  1,645 |  1,581 |  1,319 |   1,440 |    782 |    854 |    784 |    703 |     727
Not classified by field of study ................|  9,844 |  6,602 |  1,526 |  1,146 |   1,591 |  5,171 |  3,689 |    727 |    524 |   1,054
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared June 2000.)