Table 269. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1999-2000 |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ..........................|1,237,875 |928,013 |107,891 |74,963 | 77,793 | 8,711 | 40,504 |530,367 |402,368 |36,972 |30,255 | 35,789 | 3,459 | 21,524 |707,508 |525,645 |70,919 |44,708 | 42,004 | 5,252 | 18,980 |__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ Agriculture and natural resources ............| 24,247 | 21,563 | 668 | 736 | 717 | 233 | 330 | 13,850 | 12,537 | 312 | 388 | 314 | 120 | 179 | 10,397 | 9,026 | 356 | 348 | 403 | 113 | 151 Architecture and related programs ............| 8,462 | 6,163 | 324 | 584 | 772 | 61 | 558 | 5,193 | 3,868 | 196 | 367 | 420 | 38 | 304 | 3,269 | 2,295 | 128 | 217 | 352 | 23 | 254 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...........| 6,381 | 3,696 | 824 | 736 | 832 | 93 | 200 | 2,064 | 1,210 | 261 | 240 | 265 | 29 | 59 | 4,317 | 2,486 | 563 | 496 | 567 | 64 | 141 Biological sciences/life sciences ............| 63,532 | 45,247 | 4,874 | 3,326 | 8,279 | 391 | 1,415 | 26,504 | 19,286 | 1,422 | 1,388 | 3,684 | 161 | 563 | 37,028 | 25,961 | 3,452 | 1,938 | 4,595 | 230 | 852 Business .....................................| 257,709 |186,605 | 23,645 |14,869 | 17,575 | 1,486 | 13,529 |129,664 | 97,817 | 8,964 | 6,842 | 8,006 | 653 | 7,382 |128,045 | 88,788 |14,681 | 8,027 | 9,569 | 833 | 6,147 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications................................| 55,760 | 44,015 | 4,968 | 2,934 | 1,921 | 297 | 1,625 | 21,289 | 17,165 | 1,726 | 1,032 | 636 | 120 | 610 | 34,471 | 26,850 | 3,242 | 1,902 | 1,285 | 177 | 1,015 Communications technologies ..................| 1,150 | 836 | 118 | 111 | 52 | 8 | 25 | 774 | 568 | 60 | 86 | 42 | 4 | 14 | 376 | 268 | 58 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 Computer and information sciences.............| 36,195 | 22,149 | 3,527 | 1,828 | 5,499 | 174 | 3,018 | 26,042 | 17,056 | 1,841 | 1,236 | 3,721 | 113 | 2,075 | 10,153 | 5,093 | 1,686 | 592 | 1,778 | 61 | 943 Construction trades ..........................| 186 | 171 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 170 | 158 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 Education.....................................| 108,168 | 91,816 | 7,723 | 4,865 | 1,899 | 948 | 917 | 26,124 | 21,922 | 2,035 | 1,113 | 531 | 259 | 264 | 82,044 | 69,894 | 5,688 | 3,752 | 1,368 | 689 | 653 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering...................................| 58,427 | 40,052 | 3,153 | 3,187 | 7,043 | 335 | 4,657 | 46,525 | 32,609 | 2,036 | 2,467 | 5,337 | 244 | 3,832 | 11,902 | 7,443 | 1,117 | 720 | 1,706 | 91 | 825 Engineering-related technologies..............| 13,872 | 10,404 | 1,404 | 776 | 749 | 104 | 435 | 12,386 | 9,428 | 1,108 | 692 | 679 | 83 | 396 | 1,486 | 976 | 296 | 84 | 70 | 21 | 39 English language and literature/letters.......| 50,920 | 41,424 | 3,884 | 2,757 | 1,985 | 320 | 550 | 16,341 | 13,764 | 926 | 881 | 533 | 92 | 145 | 34,579 | 27,660 | 2,958 | 1,876 | 1,452 | 228 | 405 Foreign languages and literatures ............| 14,968 | 10,554 | 573 | 2,536 | 761 | 67 | 477 | 4,375 | 3,154 | 141 | 706 | 231 | 18 | 125 | 10,593 | 7,400 | 432 | 1,830 | 530 | 49 | 352 Health professions and related sciences.......| 78,458 | 61,168 | 7,817 | 3,506 | 4,533 | 571 | 863 | 12,727 | 9,534 | 1,094 | 681 | 1,110 | 111 | 197 | 65,731 | 51,634 | 6,723 | 2,825 | 3,423 | 460 | 666 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Home economics and vocational home economics .| 17,779 | 14,540 | 1,508 | 672 | 697 | 113 | 249 | 2,160 | 1,681 | 227 | 95 | 100 | 14 | 43 | 15,619 | 12,859 | 1,281 | 577 | 597 | 99 | 206 Law and legal studies ........................| 1,925 | 1,354 | 299 | 155 | 85 | 12 | 20 | 520 | 358 | 66 | 52 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 1,405 | 996 | 233 | 103 | 52 | 7 | 14 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and humanities .............................| 36,104 | 25,899 | 4,280 | 3,482 | 1,401 | 377 | 665 | 12,250 | 9,193 | 1,323 | 894 | 446 | 126 | 268 | 23,854 | 16,706 | 2,957 | 2,588 | 955 | 251 | 397 Library science...............................| 154 | 121 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 55 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 Mathematics...................................| 12,070 | 8,896 | 999 | 632 | 982 | 72 | 489 | 6,382 | 4,697 | 484 | 341 | 508 | 34 | 318 | 5,688 | 4,199 | 515 | 291 | 474 | 38 | 171 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mechanics and repairers ......................| 70 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 64 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..............| 27,460 | 19,319 | 2,488 | 2,856 | 2,067 | 220 | 510 | 9,136 | 6,484 | 732 | 732 | 853 | 68 | 267 | 18,324 | 12,835 | 1,756 | 2,124 | 1,214 | 152 | 243 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies| 19,111 | 15,818 | 1,565 | 935 | 367 | 156 | 270 | 9,170 | 7,394 | 830 | 534 | 167 | 90 | 155 | 9,941 | 8,424 | 735 | 401 | 200 | 66 | 115 Philosophy and religion.......................| 8,366 | 6,882 | 417 | 406 | 449 | 49 | 163 | 5,228 | 4,350 | 241 | 247 | 261 | 27 | 102 | 3,138 | 2,532 | 176 | 159 | 188 | 22 | 61 Physical sciences and science technologies ...| 18,385 | 14,197 | 1,187 | 654 | 1,630 | 115 | 602 | 10,972 | 8,789 | 493 | 390 | 874 | 59 | 367 | 7,413 | 5,408 | 694 | 264 | 756 | 56 | 235 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Precision production trades ..................| 393 | 322 | 36 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 281 | 226 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 112 | 96 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 Protective services...........................| 24,877 | 17,244 | 4,141 | 2,420 | 640 | 280 | 152 | 14,069 | 10,399 | 1,740 | 1,284 | 404 | 145 | 97 | 10,808 | 6,845 | 2,401 | 1,136 | 236 | 135 | 55 Psychology....................................| 74,060 | 54,295 | 7,838 | 5,755 | 4,330 | 537 | 1,305 | 17,430 | 12,860 | 1,708 | 1,369 | 1,076 | 133 | 284 | 56,630 | 41,435 | 6,130 | 4,386 | 3,254 | 404 | 1,021 Public administration and services ...........| 20,185 | 13,279 | 4,194 | 1,669 | 606 | 221 | 216 | 3,816 | 2,406 | 824 | 359 | 142 | 39 | 46 | 16,369 | 10,873 | 3,370 | 1,310 | 464 | 182 | 170 R.O.T.C. and military sciences................| 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Social sciences and history ..................| 127,101 | 93,149 | 11,878 | 9,035 | 8,243 | 970 | 3,826 | 62,062 | 47,365 | 4,447 | 4,042 | 3,837 | 441 | 1,930 | 65,039 | 45,784 | 7,431 | 4,993 | 4,406 | 529 | 1,896 Theological studies and religious vocations ..| 6,809 | 5,950 | 320 | 159 | 146 | 35 | 199 | 4,791 | 4,236 | 187 | 113 | 85 | 20 | 150 | 2,018 | 1,714 | 133 | 46 | 61 | 15 | 49 Transportation and material moving workers ...| 3,395 | 2,779 | 188 | 160 | 81 | 33 | 154 | 2,985 | 2,439 | 166 | 147 | 75 | 29 | 129 | 410 | 340 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 25 Visual and performing arts ...................| 58,791 | 46,104 | 2,879 | 3,047 | 3,357 | 418 | 2,986 | 24,003 | 18,574 | 1,282 | 1,451 | 1,370 | 173 | 1,153 | 34,788 | 27,530 | 1,597 | 1,596 | 1,987 | 245 | 1,833 Not classified by field of study .............| 2,398 | 1,940 | 147 | 153 | 76 | 6 | 76 | 937 | 731 | 54 | 65 | 37 | 5 | 45 | 1,461 | 1,209 | 93 | 88 | 39 | 1 | 31 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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. 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 July 2001.)
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