| Table 310. | Mean number of semester credits completed by bachelor's degree recipients, by course area and major: 1976, 1984, and 1992-93 |
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| Course areas
Selected college |_______________________________________________________________________________________________
major | | |Computer| Educa- |Engineer-| Mathe- |Biological|Physical|Social sciences|
|Total|Business|science | tion | ing | matics | sciences |sciences|and psychology | Other
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
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1972 high school seniors | | | | | | | | | |
who completed bachelor's | | | | | | | | | |
degrees by 1976 | | | | | | | | | |
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Mean, all majors .....|124.0| 7.8| 1.0| 9.7| 2.3| 7.4| 7.6| 9.0| 30.3| 48.8
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Business and management .|124.4| 41.2| 2.3| 0.5| 0.4| 10.2| 2.5| 4.8| 30.4| 32.0
Computer science ........|133.3| 6.6| 33.5| 0.4| 5.3| 22.4| 1.9| 7.8| 20.6| 34.8
Education ...............|126.4| 0.9| 0.3| 40.2| --- | 5.0| 5.5| 4.3| 23.9| 46.4
Engineering .............|134.8| 1.6| 2.0| 0.1| 50.0| 18.2| 1.3| 20.5| 14.0| 27.1
English .................|117.8| 0.5| 0.1| 7.8| 0.1| 3.2| 3.4| 3.4| 24.2| 75.2
Fine arts ...............|124.9| 0.3| 0.1| 6.6| --- | 1.3| 2.5| 2.1| 13.6| 98.4
Life sciences ...........|122.2| 0.4| 0.8| 1.7| --- | 8.4| 35.6| 26.2| 17.8| 31.3
Physical sciences .......|122.7| 0.8| 1.4| 0.9| 1.9| 16.2| 9.6| 49.5| 13.1| 29.2
Psychology ..............|119.1| 2.0| 0.5| 5.9| 0.3| 5.5| 6.2| 5.9| 56.0| 36.9
Social sciences .........|120.6| 3.4| 0.4| 3.3| 0.4| 5.3| 3.2| 4.3| 60.3| 40.1
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1980 high school seniors | | | | | | | | | |
who completed bachelor's | | | | | | | | | |
degrees by 1984 | | | | | | | | | |
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Mean, all majors ......|123.5| 12.8| 3.3| 6.2| 4.6| 8.4| 5.3| 8.1| 27.5| 47.2
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Business and management .|122.8| 41.2| 4.5| 0.6| 1.1| 8.9| 2.2| 3.9| 27.5| 32.7
Computer science ........|129.3| 11.8| 27.9| 0.3| 4.7| 21.3| 1.8| 8.5| 19.0| 33.9
Education ...............|127.4| 0.7| 0.3| 45.5| 0.1| 4.4| 4.4| 3.8| 20.8| 47.3
Engineering .............|132.3| 1.0| 2.3| 0.8| 52.5| 16.2| 1.1| 20.2| 12.3| 25.9
English .................|114.8| 1.7| 1.5| 6.9| --- | 2.2| 2.1| 4.7| 21.4| 74.4
Fine arts ...............|120.5| 1.7| 0.6| 5.1| --- | 1.7| 2.7| 1.5| 14.1| 93.1
Life sciences ...........|121.9| 0.7| 1.5| 1.9| 0.2| 10.1| 33.5| 22.6| 18.1| 33.3
Physical sciences .......|124.3| 0.2| 4.9| 0.1| 2.0| 14.1| 12.9| 48.7| 11.6| 30.0
Psychology ..............|120.7| 3.0| 2.7| 2.1| --- | 6.5| 5.8| 4.2| 55.2| 41.2
Social sciences .........|119.2| 6.0| 1.4| 1.0| 0.5| 5.4| 4.4| 5.1| 52.0| 43.3
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1988-89 high school gradu| | | | | | | | | |
who completed bachelor's | | | | | | | | | |
degrees by 1993 | | | | | | | | | |
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Mean, all majors ......|126.5| 12.8| 3.0| 5.7| 3.2| 7.3| 6.0| 7.6| 29.5| 51.7
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Business and management .|123.9| 44.4| 3.9| 0.9| 0.1| 7.6| 2.6| 3.3| 23.1| 37.9
Computer science ........|127.6| 15.7| 34.3| 0.4| 2.4| 15.7| 1.7| 6.4| 17.6| 33.5
Education ...............|126.8| 1.6| 1.5| 32.6| --- | 5.9| 4.7| 4.4| 24.5| 51.6
Engineering .............|136.9| 1.4| 7.0| 0.6| 57.9| 16.7| 1.4| 19.0| 12.2| 20.8
English .................|127.5| 1.8| 1.0| 3.0| 0.1| 4.0| 3.5| 3.8| 22.7| 87.5
Fine arts ...............|129.6| 1.8| 1.3| 2.2| 0.8| 3.1| 2.4| 2.6| 19.8| 95.7
Life sciences ...........|128.9| 1.1| 1.4| 2.1| 1.0| 8.0| 33.8| 23.3| 20.7| 37.5
Physical sciences .......|129.1| 1.1| 2.7| 1.1| 2.3| 15.0| 7.5| 49.3| 16.9| 33.2
Psychology ..............|125.3| 3.8| 1.2| 3.6| 0.1| 5.0| 4.9| 4.5| 53.6| 48.6
Social sciences .........|125.5| 6.2| 1.2| 1.8| 0.1| 4.8| 2.9| 5.1| 55.7| 47.6
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All bachelor's degree | | | | | | | | | |
recipients of 1992-93 | | | | | | | | | |
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Mean, all majors ......|132.2| 14.6| 3.7| 7.2| 5.4| 8.3| 6.0| 7.8| 27.3| 52.0
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Business and management .|129.5| 46.8| 4.7| 0.9| 0.7| 8.8| 2.8| 3.6| 23.6| 37.6
Computer science ........|137.0| 17.4| 37.1| 0.4| 5.0| 16.7| 2.5| 7.5| 17.3| 33.0
Education ...............|135.9| 2.2| 1.5| 40.1| 0.3| 6.3| 5.4| 5.0| 24.7| 50.5
Engineering .............|142.1| 2.1| 7.1| 0.3| 61.3| 17.8| 1.3| 18.1| 11.4| 22.8
English .................|128.8| 2.9| 1.4| 4.6| 0.1| 4.3| 3.5| 4.2| 23.2| 84.5
Fine arts ...............|133.4| 2.7| 2.0| 3.2| 0.9| 3.7| 2.5| 4.2| 19.3| 94.7
Life sciences ...........|132.5| 1.7| 1.6| 2.9| 0.9| 8.7| 34.8| 22.3| 21.3| 38.2
Physical sciences .......|137.8| 2.6| 2.9| 1.9| 4.0| 15.5| 8.2| 50.6| 18.2| 33.9
Psychology ..............|129.0| 4.0| 1.4| 4.2| 0.3| 5.5| 5.1| 4.2| 52.4| 52.0
Social sciences .........|127.9| 6.2| 1.4| 2.3| 0.3| 5.6| 3.3| 5.4| 54.8| 48.6
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| ---Not available. NOTE: All majors total includes fields not shown separately. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Longitudinal Study of 1972; High School and Beyond; and Baccalaureate and Beyond survey. (This table was prepared January 1999.)
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