| Table 252. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline division: Selected years, 1970-71 to 2001-02 |
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Discipline division |1970-71 |1975-76 |1980-81 |1985-86 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 |1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02
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Total .......................................| 839,730| 925,746| 935,140| 987,823| 1,094,538| 1,136,553| 1,165,178| 1,169,275| 1,160,134| 1,164,792| 1,172,879| 1,184,406| 1,200,303| 1,237,875| 1,244,171| 1,291,900
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Agriculture and natural resources ................| 12,672| 19,402| 21,886| 16,823| 13,124| 15,124| 16,778| 18,070| 19,841| 21,431| 22,602| 23,284| 23,930| 24,247| 23,382| 23,353
Architecture and related programs ................| 5,570| 9,146| 9,455| 9,119| 9,781| 8,753| 9,167| 8,975| 8,756| 8,352| 7,944| 7,652| 8,246| 8,462| 8,480| 8,808
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...............| 2,582| 3,577| 2,887| 3,178| 4,884| 5,342| 5,481| 5,573| 5,706| 5,786| 5,839| 6,153| 6,252| 6,381| 6,317| 6,557
Biological sciences/life sciences ................| 35,743| 54,275| 43,216| 38,524| 39,530| 42,941| 47,038| 51,383| 55,984| 60,994| 63,975| 65,868| 65,014| 63,532| 60,553| 60,256
Business .........................................| 114,729| 142,034| 198,983| 237,319| 249,311| 256,603| 256,842| 246,654| 234,323| 227,102| 226,633| 233,119| 242,236| 257,709| 265,746| 281,330
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Communications ...................................| 10,324| 20,045| 29,428| 41,666| 51,650| 54,257| 53,874| 51,164| 48,104| 47,320| 47,230| 49,385| 51,384| 55,760| 58,013| 62,791
Communications technologies ......................| 478| 1,237| 1,854| 1,410| 1,123| 720| 832| 663| 699| 683| 538| 729| 935| 1,150| 1,050| 1,110
Computer and information sciences ................| 2,388| 5,652| 15,121| 41,889| 25,083| 24,557| 24,200| 24,200| 24,404| 24,098| 24,768| 26,852| 29,345| 36,195| 41,954| 47,299
Education ........................................| 176,307| 154,437| 108,074| 87,114| 110,807| 108,006| 107,781| 107,600| 106,079| 105,509| 105,233| 105,968| 107,172| 108,168| 105,566| 106,383
Engineering ......................................| 44,898| 38,388| 63,287| 76,225| 61,531| 61,206| 61,973| 62,220| 62,342| 62,114| 61,185| 59,910| 57,918| 58,427| 58,098| 59,481
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Engineering-related technologies .................| 5,148| 7,943| 11,713| 19,435| 17,119| 16,335| 16,078| 16,005| 15,812| 15,323| 13,972| 14,000| 13,986| 14,128| 14,189| 14,483
English language and literature/letters ..........| 64,342| 42,006| 32,254| 34,552| 51,841| 54,951| 56,133| 53,924| 51,901| 50,698| 49,345| 49,708| 50,535| 50,920| 51,419| 53,162
Foreign languages and literatures.................| 20,536| 16,484| 11,273| 10,984| 13,133| 13,903| 14,387| 14,378| 13,775| 13,952| 13,674| 14,451| 14,962| 14,968| 15,146| 15,318
Health professions and related sciences ..........| 25,226| 53,958| 63,649| 64,396| 59,070| 61,720| 67,089| 74,421| 79,855| 84,036| 85,631| 84,379| 82,622| 78,458| 73,490| 70,517
Home economics and vocational home economics .....| 11,167| 17,409| 18,370| 14,889| 14,892| 14,898| 15,100| 15,522| 15,345| 15,803| 16,571| 17,296| 17,689| 17,779| 17,777| 18,153
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Law and legal studies ............................| 545| 531| 776| 1,197| 1,758| 2,144| 2,056| 2,171| 2,032| 2,052| 2,038| 2,017| 1,901| 1,925| 1,958| 1,971
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general studies, and humanities ................| 7,481| 18,855| 21,643| 21,336| 30,526| 32,174| 33,456| 33,397| 33,356| 33,997| 34,776| 33,202| 34,772| 36,104| 37,962| 39,333
Library science ..................................| 1,013| 843| 375| 155| 90| 97| 83| 62| 50| 58| 48| 73| 78| 154| 52| 74
Mathematics ......................................| 24,937| 16,329| 11,433| 17,147| 15,310| 14,783| 14,812| 14,396| 13,723| 13,143| 12,820| 12,328| 12,539| 12,070| 11,674| 12,395
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 6,286| 13,588| 12,848| 13,489| 17,561| 20,647| 23,955| 25,167| 26,033| 26,515| 26,137| 26,163| 26,581| 27,460| 25,999| 27,629
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Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...| 1,621| 5,182| 5,729| 4,620| 4,315| 8,446| 9,859| 11,470| 12,889| 13,983| 15,401| 16,781| 18,064| 19,111| 19,565| 20,554
Philosophy and religion ..........................| 8,146| 8,447| 6,776| 6,239| 7,315| 7,526| 7,781| 7,546| 7,276| 7,388| 7,685| 8,207| 8,263| 8,366| 8,560| 9,306
Physical sciences and science technologies........| 21,412| 21,465| 23,952| 21,717| 16,344| 16,960| 17,545| 18,400| 19,177| 19,647| 19,531| 19,416| 18,337| 18,385| 17,979| 17,851
Precision production trades.......................| ---| ---| ---| 400| 460| 378| 388| 420| 353| 401| 326| 407| 386| 393| 347| 468
Protective services ..............................| 2,045| 12,507| 13,707| 12,704| 16,806| 18,855| 20,902| 23,009| 24,157| 24,810| 25,165| 25,076| 24,601| 24,877| 25,211| 25,536
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Psychology .......................................| 38,187| 50,278| 41,068| 40,628| 58,655| 63,513| 66,728| 69,259| 72,083| 73,291| 74,191| 73,972| 73,536| 74,060| 73,534| 76,671
Public administration and services ...............| 5,466| 15,440| 16,707| 11,887| 14,350| 15,987| 16,775| 17,815| 18,586| 19,849| 20,649| 20,408| 20,287| 20,185| 19,447| 19,392
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ...............| 357| 952| 42| 256| 183| 184| 11| 19| 27| 7| 4| 3| 2| 7| 21| 3
Social sciences and history.......................| 155,324| 126,396| 100,513| 93,840| 125,107| 133,974| 135,703| 133,680| 128,154| 126,479| 124,891| 125,040| 124,658| 127,101| 128,036| 132,874
Theological studies/religious vocations ..........| 3,744| 5,520| 5,841| 5,607| 4,813| 4,729| 5,433| 5,434| 5,578| 5,358| 5,591| 5,903| 6,280| 6,809| 6,967| 7,785
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Transportation and material moving workers .......| 662| 1,282| 1,801| 1,837| 2,622| 3,598| 3,930| 3,923| 3,698| 3,561| 3,547| 3,206| 3,383| 3,395| 3,748| 4,020
Visual and performing arts .......................| 30,394| 42,138| 40,479| 37,241| 42,186| 46,522| 47,761| 49,053| 48,690| 49,296| 50,083| 52,077| 54,404| 58,791| 61,148| 66,773
Not classified by field of study .................| 0| 0| 0| 0| 13,258| 6,720| 5,247| 3,302| 1,346| 1,756| 4,856| 1,373| 5| 2,398| 783| 264
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| ---Not available. NOTE: The new Classification of Instructional Programs was initiated in 1991-92. The figures for earlier years have been reclassified when necessary to make them conform to the new taxonomy. 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; "Business" includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services; and "Engineering-related technologies" includes Engineering-related technologies, Mechanics and repairers, and Construction trades. Data for 1998-99 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys, 1990-91 through 1998-99, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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