| Table 2-7 |
| 1992–93 bachelor's degree recipients, by graduate enrollment status, highest degree attained, and baccalaureate degree major: 2003 |
| (Percent) |
| |
| |
Highest degree attained |
| |
Enrollment in graduate program |
|
Advanced degree |
| Baccalaureate degree major |
|
All ever
enrolled |
|
Completed |
|
Currently
enrolled |
|
Left
without
completing |
|
Bachelor's
degreea |
|
All |
|
Master's
degree |
|
First
professional
degree |
|
Doctoral
degree |
| |
| All majors |
|
40.1 |
|
24.8 |
|
5.9 |
|
9.4 |
|
74.4 |
|
25.6 |
|
19.7 |
|
4.0 |
|
1.9 |
| Business and management |
|
25.4 |
|
16.6 |
|
3.2 |
|
5.6 |
|
83.3 |
|
16.7 |
|
14.7 |
|
1.8 |
|
0.2 |
| Education |
|
50.3 |
|
28.3 |
|
8.1 |
|
13.9 |
|
71.1 |
|
28.9 |
|
26.3 |
|
1.5 |
|
1.1 |
| Engineering |
|
39.2 |
|
24.5 |
|
5.4 |
|
9.3 |
|
74.2 |
|
25.9 |
|
22.2 |
|
0.9 |
|
2.7 |
| Health |
|
36.5 |
|
22.0 |
|
6.5 |
|
8.0 |
|
77.9 |
|
22.1 |
|
19.4 |
|
2.1 |
|
0.6 |
| Public affairs/social services |
|
36.3 |
|
20.6 |
|
6.2 |
|
9.5 |
|
79.4 |
|
20.6 |
|
18.2 |
|
1.8 |
|
0.6 |
| Humanities |
|
42.6 |
|
25.5 |
|
7.1 |
|
10.1 |
|
73.0 |
|
27.1 |
|
21.5 |
|
4.3 |
|
1.2 |
| Social and behavioral sciences |
|
49.8 |
|
30.3 |
|
8.7 |
|
10.8 |
|
68.6 |
|
31.4 |
|
21.8 |
|
7.2 |
|
2.3 |
| Natural sciences and mathematics |
|
56.7 |
|
38.6 |
|
6.4 |
|
11.7 |
|
60.3 |
|
39.7 |
|
18.7 |
|
12.0 |
|
9.0 |
| Other |
|
34.4 |
|
21.7 |
|
4.2 |
|
8.6 |
|
77.6 |
|
22.4 |
|
18.0 |
|
3.4 |
|
1.0 |
| |
a Includes postbaccalaureate certificates.
SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Where Are They Now? A Description of 1992–93 Bachelor's Degree Recipients 10 Years Later, NCES 2007–159 (2006). Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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