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| Total | Women
Field of study |____________________________________________|____________________________________________
|1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93
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Total ......................................|436,764 |455,102 |481,720 |504,231 |514,756 |250,448 |263,907 |283,086 |296,750 |302,792
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Agriculture and natural resources, total ........| 4,725 | 4,832 | 4,910 | 5,251 | 5,398 | 1,655 | 1,600 | 1,588 | 1,675 | 1,648
Agricultural business and production .........| 2,884 | 2,894 | 2,905 | 3,046 | 3,222 | 969 | 930 | 962 | 1,011 | 1,018
Agricultural sciences ........................| 963 | 925 | 879 | 951 | 837 | 543 | 507 | 444 | 432 | 372
Conservation and renewable natural resources .| 878 | 1,013 | 1,126 | 1,254 | 1,339 | 143 | 163 | 182 | 232 | 258
Architecture and related programs ...............| 1,815 | 2,013 | 2,031 | 443 | 372 | 1,559 | 1,745 | 1,741 | 337 | 253
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 16 | 68 | 19 | 29 | 33 | 8 | 56 | 13 | 20 | 23
Biological/life sciences ........................| 982 | 1,023 | 1,119 | 1,361 | 1,435 | 568 | 593 | 667 | 797 | 847
Business management and administrative services .| 92,481 | 92,390 | 89,537 | 93,762 | 91,719 | 62,703 | 63,163 | 62,109 | 65,459 | 63,364
Accounting ...................................| 14,266 | 14,858 | 14,577 | 15,687 | 15,115 | 10,690 | 11,275 | 11,111 | 11,888 | 11,587
Business, general ............................| 11,929 | 11,878 | 11,618 | 11,823 | 11,190 | 6,940 | 7,095 | 7,188 | 7,293 | 7,046
Business administration and management .......| 27,252 | 28,292 | 26,625 | 31,185 | 29,556 | 15,782 | 16,753 | 15,863 | 18,902 | 17,932
Business and management, other ...............| 11,162 | 11,691 | 11,663 | 11,089 | 12,285 | 6,130 | 6,480 | 6,655 | 6,769 | 6,645
Business data processing .....................| 9,831 | 8,532 | 8,182 | 6,394 | 6,405 | 5,501 | 4,733 | 4,775 | 3,679 | 3,693
Secretarial and related programs .............| 18,041 | 17,139 | 16,872 | 17,584 | 17,168 | 17,660 | 16,827 | 16,517 | 16,928 | 16,461
Communications ..................................| 1,777 | 1,657 | 1,847 | 1,886 | 1,904 | 955 | 910 | 966 | 996 | 959
Communications technologies .....................| 1,993 | 2,027 | 2,032 | 1,794 | 1,828 | 681 | 678 | 681 | 649 | 632
Computer and information sciences ...............| 7,900 | 7,574 | 7,677 | 9,290 | 9,196 | 3,908 | 3,768 | 3,770 | 4,725 | 4,655
Construction trades .............................| 1,731 | 1,765 | 1,793 | 1,560 | 1,653 | 75 | 68 | 78 | 69 | 72
Consumer and personal services ..................| 2,815 | 2,121 | 2,494 | 4,420 | 4,692 | 1,028 | 843 | 887 | 1,519 | 1,572
Education .......................................| 7,445 | 8,061 | 7,842 | 10,267 | 9,315 | 5,285 | 5,731 | 5,640 | 6,559 | 6,284
Engineering .....................................| 2,676 | 2,345 | 2,451 | 2,685 | 2,478 | 310 | 279 | 268 | 344 | 309
Engineering-related technologies ................| 42,593 | 40,033 | 37,890 | 35,861 | 36,321 | 4,237 | 4,006 | 3,724 | 3,757 | 3,690
English language and literature/letters .........| 468 | 527 | 426 | 1,019 | 1,320 | 330 | 358 | 302 | 671 | 851
Foreign languages and literatures ...............| 324 | 329 | 327 | 433 | 511 | 214 | 251 | 210 | 305 | 358
Health professions and related sciences .........| 59,535 | 64,113 | 70,833 | 79,453 | 86,237 | 52,495 | 56,125 | 61,495 | 68,648 | 73,266
Dental assisting .............................| 3,650 | 3,697 | 3,810 | 4,013 | 4,165 | 3,427 | 3,502 | 3,612 | 3,822 | 3,929
Emergency medical technician-ambulance and | | | | | | | | | |
paramedic .................................| 354 | 332 | 371 | 378 | 442 | 99 | 100 | 116 | 114 | 139
Medical lab technician .......................| 1,724 | 1,627 | 1,731 | 1,874 | 2,172 | 1,339 | 1,284 | 1,311 | 1,425 | 1,601
Medical assisting ............................| 1,786 | 1,404 | 1,496 | 1,960 | 2,130 | 1,695 | 1,375 | 1,451 | 1,741 | 1,907
Nursing assisting ............................| 12 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 86 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 70
Practical nursing ............................| 591 | 589 | 797 | 795 | 890 | 539 | 535 | 692 | 742 | 804
Nursing, R.N. and other ......................| 36,475 | 40,212 | 45,317 | 51,193 | 54,085 | 33,904 | 36,915 | 41,261 | 46,217 | 48,289
Health sciences, other .......................| 14,943 | 16,252 | 17,306 | 19,221 | 22,267 | 11,481 | 12,414 | 13,048 | 14,574 | 16,527
Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 7,559 | 7,798 | 8,067 | 6,436 | 6,914 | 5,745 | 6,080 | 6,243 | 5,749 | 6,259
Law and legal studies ...........................| 3,742 | 4,552 | 5,484 | 7,053 | 8,028 | 3,271 | 3,967 | 4,892 | 6,146 | 7,069
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | | |
and humanities ................................|121,988 |133,466 |142,722 |154,594 |158,040 | 71,588 | 78,768 | 84,977 | 91,777 | 94,173
Library science .................................| 101 | 107 | 111 | 103 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 102 | 85 | 76
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .| 14,338 | 14,015 | 12,713 | 8,465 | 7,445 | 11,003 | 10,829 | 9,510 | 6,494 | 5,646
Mathematics .....................................| 654 | 756 | 670 | 744 | 743 | 239 | 270 | 264 | 280 | 315
Mechanics and repairers .........................| 7,769 | 7,704 | 7,640 | 10,264 | 10,966 | 427 | 431 | 445 | 671 | 686
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 7,737 | 8,176 | 7,454 | 7,841 | 8,486 | 3,888 | 4,156 | 3,998 | 4,059 | 4,411
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .| 641 | 485 | 425 | 620 | 717 | 329 | 200 | 177 | 251 | 288
Philosophy and religion .........................| 81 | 93 | 89 | 60 | 111 | 23 | 34 | 28 | 17 | 35
Physical sciences ...............................| 1,838 | 2,021 | 2,091 | 2,066 | 2,241 | 806 | 811 | 901 | 861 | 945
Physical sciences, other .....................| 1,090 | 1,279 | 1,281 | 1,228 | 1,390 | 487 | 539 | 562 | 522 | 598
Science technologies .........................| 748 | 742 | 810 | 838 | 851 | 319 | 272 | 339 | 339 | 347
Precision production trades .....................| 7,414 | 8,616 | 9,093 | 9,005 | 9,204 | 1,584 | 1,898 | 1,975 | 1,872 | 1,811
Protective services .............................| 11,682 | 12,855 | 13,564 | 15,117 | 16,834 | 3,292 | 3,402 | 3,599 | 3,876 | 4,545
Criminal justice and corrections .............| 9,663 | 10,658 | 11,358 | 12,649 | 14,295 | 3,079 | 3,137 | 3,367 | 3,628 | 4,265
Fire control and safety ......................| 1,493 | 1,621 | 1,634 | 1,989 | 2,020 | 78 | 91 | 92 | 116 | 137
Protective services, other ...................| 526 | 576 | 572 | 479 | 519 | 135 | 174 | 140 | 132 | 143
Psychology ......................................| 1,090 | 1,115 | 997 | 1,209 | 1,237 | 811 | 829 | 740 | 871 | 955
Public administration and services ..............| 2,493 | 2,613 | 2,779 | 3,162 | 3,301 | 1,959 | 2,076 | 2,243 | 2,523 | 2,653
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............| 164 | 129 | 85 | 172 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 8
Social sciences and history .....................| 2,741 | 2,872 | 2,505 | 3,160 | 3,930 | 1,544 | 1,611 | 1,494 | 1,760 | 2,252
Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 568 | 653 | 578 | 496 | 508 | 248 | 264 | 243 | 216 | 227
Transportation and material moving workers ......| 2,090 | 2,619 | 2,609 | 2,418 | 2,210 | 340 | 395 | 469 | 440 | 360
Visual and performing arts ......................| 8,178 | 8,740 | 9,126 | 11,888 | 12,690 | 4,952 | 5,327 | 5,362 | 7,085 | 7,606
Fine arts, general ...........................| 1,091 | 1,150 | 1,166 | 1,159 | 1,346 | 719 | 729 | 766 | 767 | 886
Design and music .............................| 5,340 | 5,900 | 5,986 | 9,142 | 9,699 | 3,218 | 3,588 | 3,499 | 5,536 | 5,866
Visual and performing arts, other ............| 1,747 | 1,690 | 1,974 | 1,587 | 1,645 | 1,015 | 1,010 | 1,097 | 782 | 854
Not classified by field of study ................| 4,620 | 4,839 | 19,690 | 9,844 | 6,602 | 2,267 | 2,275 | 11,277 | 5,171 | 3,689
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