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                                     |         |        Sex      |        Race     |                             Age
           Field of study            |  Total  |_________________|_________________|______________________________________________________________
          of highest degree          |         |        |        |        |        |18 to 24 |25 to 34 |35 to 44 |45 to 54 |55 to 64 |65 years old
                                     |         |  Men   | Women  |White\1\|Black\1\|years old|years old|years old|years old|years old|  and over
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                  1                  |    2    |   3    |   4    |   5    |   6    |    7    |    8    |    9    |   10    |   11    |     12
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      Total population, 18 and over .| 182,591 | 87,240 | 95,350 |156,385 | 20,401 |  25,145 |  43,245 |  37,708 |  25,489 |  21,228 |     29,776
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  Number of persons with bachelor's  |         |        |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |         |
    or higher degree ................|  33,554 | 18,145 | 15,408 | 30,049 |  1,908 |   1,797 |   9,657 |  10,215 |   5,355 |   3,249 |      3,281
  Percent of population .............|    18.4 |   20.8 |   16.2 |   19.2 |    9.4 |     7.1 |    22.3 |    27.1 |    21.0 |    15.3 |       11.0
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Agriculture and forestry ............|     371 |    339 |     32 |    351 |      6 |       9 |      90 |      63 |      77 |      28 |        103
Biology .............................|     857 |    506 |    351 |    767 |     34 |      89 |     233 |     305 |     118 |      67 |         43
Business and management .............|   6,189 |  4,313 |  1,876 |  5,531 |    368 |     384 |   2,148 |   1,697 |   1,005 |     500 |        454
Economics ...........................|     691 |    467 |    224 |    581 |     40 |      76 |     206 |     114 |     127 |      84 |         83
Education ...........................|   5,879 |  1,633 |  4,246 |  5,296 |    478 |     220 |     943 |   2,125 |   1,123 |     702 |        766
Engineering .........................|   3,090 |  2,821 |    269 |  2,635 |    154 |     159 |   1,104 |     702 |     466 |     340 |        321
English and journalism ..............|   1,369 |    360 |  1,009 |  1,306 |     40 |      58 |     367 |     434 |     181 |     124 |        204
Home economics ......................|     385 |      8 |    377 |    350 |     14 |       3 |      75 |      85 |      60 |      76 |         85
Law .................................|   1,004 |    797 |    207 |    948 |     15 |      14 |     260 |     320 |     191 |     123 |         96
Liberal arts and humanities .........|   3,002 |  1,174 |  1,828 |  2,703 |    160 |     164 |     938 |   1,021 |     396 |     202 |        282
Mathematics and statistics ..........|     699 |    467 |    232 |    648 |     13 |      72 |     171 |     173 |     160 |      84 |         36
Medicine and dentistry ..............|   1,046 |    752 |    294 |    893 |     36 |      44 |     328 |     309 |     104 |     104 |        157
Nursing, pharmacy, and health        |         |        |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |         |
  technologies ......................|   1,913 |    353 |  1,560 |  1,717 |     83 |     111 |     661 |     602 |     249 |     156 |        134
Physical and earth sciences .........|     856 |    631 |    225 |    781 |     35 |      33 |     239 |     283 |     147 |      82 |         73
Police science and law enforcement ..|     238 |    183 |     55 |    201 |     25 |       9 |      53 |      94 |      37 |      33 |         12
Psychology ..........................|   1,103 |    458 |    645 |  1,001 |     80 |      45 |     356 |     358 |     172 |     113 |         58
Religion and theology ...............|     488 |    413 |     75 |    452 |     24 |      14 |      85 |     165 |      72 |     103 |         47
Social sciences .....................|   1,960 |  1,034 |    926 |  1,769 |    125 |     121 |     527 |     666 |     300 |     178 |        169
Vocational and technical studies ....|     179 |    157 |     22 |    155 |     19 |      12 |      69 |      27 |      37 |      26 |          9
Other fields ........................|   2,233 |  1,277 |    956 |  1,963 |    162 |     159 |     803 |     667 |     329 |     124 |        149
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                                     |                                     Percentage distribution of degree holders, by field
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      Total .........................|   100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |      100.0
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Agriculture and forestry ............|     1.1 |    1.9 |    0.2 |    1.2 |    0.3 |     0.5 |     0.9 |     0.6 |     1.4 |     0.9 |        3.1
Biology .............................|     2.6 |    2.8 |    2.3 |    2.6 |    1.8 |     5.0 |     2.4 |     3.0 |     2.2 |     2.1 |        1.3
Business and management .............|    18.4 |   23.8 |   12.2 |   18.4 |   19.3 |    21.4 |    22.2 |    16.6 |    18.8 |    15.4 |       13.8
Economics ...........................|     2.1 |    2.6 |    1.5 |    1.9 |    2.1 |     4.2 |     2.1 |     1.1 |     2.4 |     2.6 |        2.5
Education ...........................|    17.5 |    9.0 |   27.6 |   17.6 |   25.1 |    12.2 |     9.8 |    20.8 |    21.0 |    21.6 |       23.3
Engineering .........................|     9.2 |   15.5 |    1.7 |    8.8 |    8.1 |     8.8 |    11.4 |     6.9 |     8.7 |    10.5 |        9.8
English and journalism ..............|     4.1 |    2.0 |    6.5 |    4.3 |    2.1 |     3.2 |     3.8 |     4.2 |     3.4 |     3.8 |        6.2
Home economics ......................|     1.1 |    0.0 |    2.4 |    1.2 |    0.7 |     0.2 |     0.8 |     0.8 |     1.1 |     2.3 |        2.6
Law .................................|     3.0 |    4.4 |    1.3 |    3.2 |    0.8 |     0.8 |     2.7 |     3.1 |     3.6 |     3.8 |        2.9
Liberal arts and humanities .........|     8.9 |    6.5 |   11.9 |    9.0 |    8.4 |     9.1 |     9.7 |    10.0 |     7.4 |     6.2 |        8.6
Mathematics and statistics ..........|     2.1 |    2.6 |    1.5 |    2.2 |    0.7 |     4.0 |     1.8 |     1.7 |     3.0 |     2.6 |        1.1
Medicine and dentistry ..............|     3.1 |    4.1 |    1.9 |    3.0 |    1.9 |     2.4 |     3.4 |     3.0 |     1.9 |     3.2 |        4.8
Nursing, pharmacy, and health        |         |        |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |         |
  technologies ......................|     5.7 |    1.9 |   10.1 |    5.7 |    4.4 |     6.2 |     6.8 |     5.9 |     4.6 |     4.8 |        4.1
Physical and earth sciences .........|     2.6 |    3.5 |    1.5 |    2.6 |    1.8 |     1.8 |     2.5 |     2.8 |     2.7 |     2.5 |        2.2
Police science and law enforcement ..|     0.7 |    1.0 |    0.4 |    0.7 |    1.3 |     0.5 |     0.5 |     0.9 |     0.7 |     1.0 |        0.4
Psychology ..........................|     3.3 |    2.5 |    4.2 |    3.3 |    4.2 |     2.5 |     3.7 |     3.5 |     3.2 |     3.5 |        1.8
Religion and theology ...............|     1.5 |    2.3 |    0.5 |    1.5 |    1.3 |     0.8 |     0.9 |     1.6 |     1.3 |     3.2 |        1.4
Social sciences .....................|     5.8 |    5.7 |    6.0 |    5.9 |    6.6 |     6.7 |     5.5 |     6.5 |     5.6 |     5.5 |        5.2
Vocational and technical studies ....|     0.5 |    0.9 |    0.1 |    0.5 |    1.0 |     0.7 |     0.7 |     0.3 |     0.7 |     0.8 |        0.3
Other fields ........................|     6.7 |    7.0 |    6.2 |    6.5 |    8.5 |     8.8 |     8.3 |     6.5 |     6.1 |     3.8 |        4.5
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-70, No. 32, "What's It Worth? Educational Background and Economic Status: Spring 1990." (This table was prepared February 1993.)