| Table 258. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1991-92 |
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| Total | Men | Women
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| | 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
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All fields, total\1\ ..........................|1,129,833 |936,771 |72,326 |40,761 | 46,720 | 5,176 | 28,079 |516,976 |429,842 |26,956 |17,976 | 23,248 | 2,182 | 16,772 |612,857 |506,929 |45,370 |22,785 | 23,472 | 2,994 | 11,307
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............| 15,124 | 13,743 | 413 | 296 | 300 | 83 | 289 | 9,869 | 9,054 | 229 | 178 | 149 | 59 | 200 | 5,255 | 4,689 | 184 | 118 | 151 | 24 | 89
Architecture and related programs ...............| 8,753 | 7,050 | 294 | 407 | 551 | 33 | 418 | 5,805 | 4,715 | 211 | 268 | 323 | 21 | 267 | 2,948 | 2,335 | 83 | 139 | 228 | 12 | 151
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies...............| 5,342 | 3,875 | 517 | 355 | 382 | 48 | 165 | 1,907 | 1,384 | 185 | 132 | 126 | 16 | 64 | 3,435 | 2,491 | 332 | 223 | 256 | 32 | 101
Biological/life sciences.........................| 42,941 | 33,179 | 2,428 | 1,673 | 4,488 | 185 | 988 | 20,798 | 16,386 | 764 | 797 | 2,278 | 95 | 478 | 22,143 | 16,793 | 1,664 | 876 | 2,210 | 90 | 510
Business management and administrative services .| 256,603 |209,768 |18,304 | 8,466 | 10,592 | 949 | 8,524 |135,440 |113,660 | 7,167 | 4,194 | 4,761 | 462 | 5,196 |121,163 | 96,108 |11,137 | 4,272 | 5,831 | 487 | 3,328
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Communications...................................| 54,257 | 46,554 | 3,970 | 1,650 | 1,088 | 177 | 818 | 21,150 | 18,473 | 1,331 | 604 | 359 | 70 | 313 | 33,107 | 28,081 | 2,639 | 1,046 | 729 | 107 | 505
Communications technologies .....................| 720 | 588 | 99 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 347 | 288 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 373 | 300 | 58 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6
Computer and information sciences................| 24,557 | 17,311 | 2,147 | 901 | 2,140 | 81 | 1,977 | 17,510 | 12,924 | 1,123 | 581 | 1,412 | 49 | 1,421 | 7,047 | 4,387 | 1,024 | 320 | 728 | 32 | 556
Construction trades .............................| 67 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Education........................................| 108,006 | 97,460 | 5,226 | 3,116 | 977 | 654 | 573 | 22,686 | 20,096 | 1,266 | 717 | 246 | 155 | 206 | 85,320 | 77,364 | 3,960 | 2,399 | 731 | 499 | 367
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Engineering......................................| 61,206 | 45,923 | 2,406 | 2,087 | 6,387 | 186 | 4,217 | 51,768 | 39,321 | 1,648 | 1,724 | 5,173 | 154 | 3,748 | 9,438 | 6,602 | 758 | 363 | 1,214 | 32 | 469
Engineering-related technologies.................| 16,190 | 13,071 | 1,174 | 558 | 794 | 88 | 505 | 14,806 | 12,129 | 935 | 490 | 708 | 81 | 463 | 1,384 | 942 | 239 | 68 | 86 | 7 | 42
English language and literature/letters..........| 54,951 | 48,543 | 2,658 | 1,623 | 1,447 | 222 | 458 | 18,536 | 16,687 | 703 | 516 | 431 | 72 | 127 | 36,415 | 31,856 | 1,955 | 1,107 | 1,016 | 150 | 331
Foreign languages and literatures ...............| 13,903 | 11,157 | 427 | 1,426 | 480 | 46 | 367 | 3,985 | 3,253 | 104 | 387 | 127 | 15 | 99 | 9,918 | 7,904 | 323 | 1,039 | 353 | 31 | 268
Health professions and related sciences..........| 61,720 | 52,281 | 4,222 | 1,765 | 2,261 | 332 | 859 | 10,189 | 8,428 | 543 | 355 | 554 | 62 | 247 | 51,531 | 43,853 | 3,679 | 1,410 | 1,707 | 270 | 612
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Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 14,898 | 12,980 | 868 | 340 | 425 | 67 | 218 | 1,687 | 1,400 | 121 | 59 | 56 | 6 | 45 | 13,211 | 11,580 | 747 | 281 | 369 | 61 | 173
Law and legal studies ...........................| 2,144 | 1,835 | 149 | 69 | 67 | 16 | 8 | 701 | 593 | 38 | 33 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 1,443 | 1,242 | 111 | 36 | 41 | 10 | 3
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general studies, and humanities ...............| 32,174 | 26,457 | 2,670 | 1,581 | 817 | 205 | 444 | 12,784 | 10,655 | 992 | 539 | 310 | 84 | 204 | 19,390 | 15,802 | 1,678 | 1,042 | 507 | 121 | 240
Library science..................................| 97 | 85 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4
Mathematics......................................| 14,783 | 11,906 | 916 | 455 | 868 | 46 | 592 | 7,888 | 6,369 | 381 | 264 | 494 | 22 | 358 | 6,895 | 5,537 | 535 | 191 | 374 | 24 | 234
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Mechanics and repairers .........................| 78 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 20,647 | 16,853 | 1,290 | 957 | 1,056 | 126 | 365 | 8,628 | 7,037 | 522 | 346 | 476 | 46 | 201 | 12,019 | 9,816 | 768 | 611 | 580 | 80 | 164
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..| 8,446 | 7,679 | 393 | 181 | 85 | 38 | 70 | 4,144 | 3,681 | 255 | 105 | 48 | 16 | 39 | 4,302 | 3,998 | 138 | 76 | 37 | 22 | 31
Philosophy and religion..........................| 7,526 | 6,559 | 311 | 229 | 276 | 27 | 124 | 4,752 | 4,143 | 193 | 148 | 173 | 16 | 79 | 2,774 | 2,416 | 118 | 81 | 103 | 11 | 45
Physical sciences and science technologies ......| 16,960 | 14,044 | 836 | 382 | 1,025 | 66 | 607 | 11,431 | 9,696 | 392 | 254 | 632 | 40 | 417 | 5,529 | 4,348 | 444 | 128 | 393 | 26 | 190
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Precision production trades .....................| 378 | 303 | 42 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 280 | 221 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 98 | 82 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2
Protective services..............................| 18,855 | 14,574 | 2,699 | 1,075 | 262 | 135 | 110 | 11,659 | 9,435 | 1,281 | 610 | 186 | 76 | 71 | 7,196 | 5,139 | 1,418 | 465 | 76 | 59 | 39
Psychology.......................................| 63,513 | 53,242 | 4,271 | 2,827 | 2,194 | 319 | 660 | 17,031 | 14,377 | 1,008 | 745 | 633 | 93 | 175 | 46,482 | 38,865 | 3,263 | 2,082 | 1,561 | 226 | 485
Public administration and services ..............| 15,987 | 12,169 | 2,369 | 798 | 302 | 174 | 175 | 3,479 | 2,609 | 504 | 189 | 95 | 34 | 48 | 12,508 | 9,560 | 1,865 | 609 | 207 | 140 | 127
R.O.T.C. and military sciences...................| 184 | 149 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 158 | 127 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
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Social sciences and history .....................| 133,974 |110,086 | 9,188 | 5,808 | 5,470 | 606 | 2,816 | 73,001 | 61,613 | 3,978 | 2,914 | 2,661 | 291 | 1,544 | 60,973 | 48,473 | 5,210 | 2,894 | 2,809 | 315 | 1,272
Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 4,729 | 4,143 | 159 | 102 | 136 | 21 | 168 | 3,552 | 3,118 | 125 | 77 | 93 | 16 | 123 | 1,177 | 1,025 | 34 | 25 | 43 | 5 | 45
Transportation and material moving ..............| 3,598 | 3,156 | 174 | 123 | 55 | 28 | 62 | 3,239 | 2,852 | 147 | 104 | 52 | 26 | 58 | 359 | 304 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 4
Visual and performing arts ......................| 46,522 | 39,926 | 1,666 | 1,478 | 1,774 | 208 | 1,470 | 17,616 | 14,991 | 709 | 620 | 651 | 89 | 556 | 28,906 | 24,935 | 957 | 858 | 1,123 | 119 | 914
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\1\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. Excludes 3,835 men and 2,885 women whose racial/ethnic
group and field of study were not available. NOTE.--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 Agribusiness and agriculture production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; and "Business management and administrative services" includes Business and management, Business and office, 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 April 1994.) |
