Table 266. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1997-98 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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 .............................|1,183,033 |900,317 |98,132 |65,937 | 71,592 | 7,894 | 39,161 |519,360 |399,105 |34,469 |27,648 | 33,405 | 3,148 | 21,585 |663,673 |501,212 |63,663 |38,289 | 38,187 | 4,746 | 17,576 |__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ Agriculture and natural resources ...............| 23,284 | 20,797 | 640 | 651 | 632 | 191 | 373 | 13,809 | 12,547 | 301 | 343 | 283 | 106 | 229 | 9,475 | 8,250 | 339 | 308 | 349 | 85 | 144 Architecture and related programs ...............| 7,652 | 5,551 | 292 | 534 | 695 | 40 | 540 | 4,966 | 3,694 | 204 | 347 | 386 | 30 | 305 | 2,686 | 1,857 | 88 | 187 | 309 | 10 | 235 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 6,153 | 3,626 | 739 | 730 | 750 | 80 | 228 | 2,045 | 1,198 | 236 | 257 | 235 | 31 | 88 | 4,108 | 2,428 | 503 | 473 | 515 | 49 | 140 Biological sciences/life sciences ...............| 65,868 | 47,070 | 4,664 | 3,207 | 9,098 | 410 | 1,419 | 29,589 | 21,466 | 1,483 | 1,476 | 4,290 | 196 | 678 | 36,279 | 25,604 | 3,181 | 1,731 | 4,808 | 214 | 741 Business ........................................| 233,119 |170,139 |20,626 |12,487 | 14,910 | 1,290 | 13,667 |120,069 | 90,868 | 7,983 | 6,153 | 6,855 | 551 | 7,659 |113,050 | 79,271 |12,643 | 6,334 | 8,055 | 739 | 6,008 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications...................................| 49,385 | 39,092 | 4,427 | 2,440 | 1,663 | 265 | 1,498 | 19,631 | 16,033 | 1,477 | 879 | 557 | 111 | 574 | 29,754 | 23,059 | 2,950 | 1,561 | 1,106 | 154 | 924 Communications technologies .....................| 729 | 535 | 102 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 35 | 383 | 304 | 40 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 346 | 231 | 62 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 24 Computer and information sciences................| 26,852 | 17,414 | 2,701 | 1,211 | 3,287 | 109 | 2,130 | 19,686 | 13,543 | 1,378 | 815 | 2,368 | 74 | 1,508 | 7,166 | 3,871 | 1,323 | 396 | 919 | 35 | 622 Construction trades .............................| 182 | 163 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 169 | 152 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Education........................................| 105,968 | 90,389 | 7,659 | 4,369 | 1,755 | 952 | 844 | 26,302 | 22,178 | 2,081 | 1,029 | 495 | 267 | 252 | 79,666 | 68,211 | 5,578 | 3,340 | 1,260 | 685 | 592 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering......................................| 59,910 | 41,521 | 3,088 | 3,229 | 7,169 | 259 | 4,644 | 48,852 | 34,480 | 2,028 | 2,544 | 5,573 | 211 | 4,016 | 11,058 | 7,041 | 1,060 | 685 | 1,596 | 48 | 628 Engineering-related technologies.................| 13,727 | 10,797 | 1,324 | 490 | 460 | 101 | 555 | 12,330 | 9,800 | 1,078 | 435 | 418 | 86 | 513 | 1,397 | 997 | 246 | 55 | 42 | 15 | 42 English language and literature/letters..........| 49,708 | 40,889 | 3,622 | 2,457 | 1,952 | 289 | 499 | 16,477 | 13,950 | 925 | 797 | 569 | 90 | 146 | 33,231 | 26,939 | 2,697 | 1,660 | 1,383 | 199 | 353 Foreign languages and literatures ...............| 14,451 | 10,260 | 549 | 2,365 | 707 | 81 | 489 | 4,342 | 3,145 | 144 | 707 | 187 | 26 | 133 | 10,109 | 7,115 | 405 | 1,658 | 520 | 55 | 356 Health professions and related sciences..........| 84,379 | 67,502 | 7,237 | 3,324 | 4,810 | 601 | 905 | 15,082 | 11,653 | 1,080 | 758 | 1,198 | 145 | 248 | 69,297 | 55,849 | 6,157 | 2,566 | 3,612 | 456 | 657 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 17,296 | 14,364 | 1,298 | 585 | 676 | 98 | 275 | 1,980 | 1,557 | 171 | 87 | 101 | 11 | 53 | 15,316 | 12,807 | 1,127 | 498 | 575 | 87 | 222 Law and legal studies ...........................| 2,017 | 1,532 | 239 | 123 | 88 | 26 | 9 | 569 | 418 | 61 | 47 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1,448 | 1,114 | 178 | 76 | 56 | 17 | 7 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and humanities ................................| 33,202 | 24,347 | 3,812 | 2,764 | 1,313 | 334 | 632 | 11,866 | 9,052 | 1,148 | 801 | 470 | 116 | 279 | 21,336 | 15,295 | 2,664 | 1,963 | 843 | 218 | 353 Library science..................................| 73 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 Mathematics......................................| 12,328 | 9,247 | 1,052 | 636 | 871 | 68 | 454 | 6,596 | 4,961 | 498 | 334 | 471 | 40 | 292 | 5,732 | 4,286 | 554 | 302 | 400 | 28 | 162 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mechanics and repairers .........................| 91 | 64 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 89 | 62 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 26,163 | 18,908 | 2,291 | 2,538 | 1,826 | 190 | 410 | 8,866 | 6,566 | 677 | 644 | 720 | 61 | 198 | 17,297 | 12,342 | 1,614 | 1,894 | 1,106 | 129 | 212 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..| 16,781 | 14,204 | 1,109 | 788 | 338 | 97 | 245 | 8,350 | 6,967 | 603 | 451 | 165 | 37 | 127 | 8,431 | 7,237 | 506 | 337 | 173 | 60 | 118 Philosophy and religion..........................| 8,207 | 6,739 | 405 | 430 | 433 | 48 | 152 | 5,178 | 4,285 | 227 | 290 | 261 | 25 | 90 | 3,029 | 2,454 | 178 | 140 | 172 | 23 | 62 Physical sciences and science technologies ......| 19,416 | 15,091 | 1,169 | 622 | 1,747 | 110 | 677 | 11,955 | 9,615 | 540 | 363 | 940 | 67 | 430 | 7,461 | 5,476 | 629 | 259 | 807 | 43 | 247 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Precision production trades .....................| 407 | 327 | 41 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 296 | 240 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 111 | 87 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 Protective services..............................| 25,076 | 18,087 | 3,908 | 2,182 | 527 | 232 | 140 | 14,934 | 11,453 | 1,744 | 1,197 | 354 | 111 | 75 | 10,142 | 6,634 | 2,164 | 985 | 173 | 121 | 65 Psychology.......................................| 73,972 | 55,691 | 7,027 | 5,192 | 4,368 | 528 | 1,166 | 18,959 | 14,339 | 1,590 | 1,325 | 1,259 | 151 | 295 | 55,013 | 41,352 | 5,437 | 3,867 | 3,109 | 377 | 871 Public administration and services ..............| 20,408 | 13,969 | 3,879 | 1,499 | 570 | 258 | 233 | 3,881 | 2,568 | 739 | 321 | 154 | 44 | 55 | 16,527 | 11,401 | 3,140 | 1,178 | 416 | 214 | 178 R.O.T.C. and military sciences...................| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Social sciences and history .....................| 125,040 | 92,951 |11,464 | 8,167 | 7,810 | 884 | 3,764 | 63,537 | 49,010 | 4,578 | 3,810 | 3,708 | 390 | 2,041 | 61,503 | 43,941 | 6,886 | 4,357 | 4,102 | 494 | 1,723 Theological studies and religious vocations .....| 5,903 | 5,240 | 220 | 167 | 110 | 16 | 150 | 4,260 | 3,826 | 138 | 121 | 69 | 10 | 96 | 1,643 | 1,414 | 82 | 46 | 41 | 6 | 54 Transportation and material moving workers ......| 3,206 | 2,642 | 164 | 155 | 71 | 26 | 148 | 2,809 | 2,300 | 137 | 144 | 64 | 25 | 139 | 397 | 342 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 9 Visual and performing arts ......................| 52,077 | 41,103 | 2,364 | 2,551 | 2,910 | 298 | 2,851 | 21,483 | 16,857 | 1,136 | 1,144 | 1,197 | 120 | 1,029 | 30,594 | 24,246 | 1,228 | 1,407 | 1,713 | 178 | 1,822 _________________________________________________|__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ |
NOTE: 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 2,614 men and 2,242 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. 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 2000.)
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