| Table 255. | Associate 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\ ..........................| 494,387 |400,530 |39,411 |26,905 | 15,596 | 4,008 | 7,937 |202,808 |164,799 |14,294 |11,536 | 7,254 | 1,531 | 3,394 |291,579 |235,731 |25,117 |15,369 | 8,342 | 2,477 | 4,543
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............| 5,251 | 4,970 | 39 | 61 | 29 | 53 | 99 | 3,576 | 3,393 | 24 | 43 | 18 | 38 | 60 | 1,675 | 1,577 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 39
Architecture and related programs ...............| 443 | 344 | 9 | 34 | 42 | 3 | 11 | 106 | 65 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 337 | 279 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 9
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............| 1,361 | 992 | 76 | 113 | 133 | 15 | 32 | 564 | 404 | 32 | 54 | 57 | 5 | 12 | 797 | 588 | 44 | 59 | 76 | 10 | 20
Business management and administrative services..| 106,647 | 83,347 |10,703 | 5,972 | 3,737 | 824 | 2,064 | 33,175 | 26,256 | 2,948 | 1,750 | 1,269 | 201 | 751 | 73,472 | 57,091 | 7,755 | 4,222 | 2,468 | 623 | 1,313
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Communications ..................................| 1,886 | 1,594 | 145 | 66 | 34 | 14 | 33 | 890 | 761 | 74 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 996 | 833 | 71 | 40 | 21 | 7 | 24
Communications technologies .....................| 1,794 | 1,455 | 170 | 97 | 32 | 4 | 36 | 1,145 | 954 | 90 | 60 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 649 | 501 | 80 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 14
Computer and information sciences ...............| 9,290 | 6,716 | 1,162 | 624 | 509 | 67 | 212 | 4,565 | 3,443 | 414 | 312 | 263 | 26 | 107 | 4,725 | 3,273 | 748 | 312 | 246 | 41 | 105
Construction trades .............................| 1,560 | 1,322 | 64 | 52 | 90 | 26 | 6 | 1,491 | 1,268 | 60 | 45 | 86 | 26 | 6 | 69 | 54 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0
Education .......................................| 10,267 | 8,037 | 999 | 775 | 168 | 200 | 88 | 3,708 | 2,869 | 406 | 248 | 79 | 79 | 27 | 6,559 | 5,168 | 593 | 527 | 89 | 121 | 61
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Engineering .....................................| 2,685 | 2,154 | 139 | 105 | 191 | 15 | 81 | 2,341 | 1,896 | 107 | 92 | 169 | 13 | 64 | 344 | 258 | 32 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 17
Engineering-related technologies ................| 35,861 | 29,288 | 2,491 | 2,044 | 1,385 | 185 | 468 | 32,104 | 26,342 | 2,108 | 1,850 | 1,236 | 152 | 416 | 3,757 | 2,946 | 383 | 194 | 149 | 33 | 52
English language and literature/letters .........| 1,019 | 618 | 74 | 78 | 59 | 6 | 184 | 348 | 193 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 70 | 671 | 425 | 43 | 49 | 40 | 0 | 114
Foreign languages and literatures................| 433 | 334 | 6 | 58 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 128 | 101 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 305 | 233 | 5 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 12
Health professions and related sciences .........| 79,453 | 68,000 | 5,865 | 2,745 | 1,644 | 559 | 640 | 10,805 | 8,864 | 750 | 601 | 368 | 100 | 122 | 68,648 | 59,136 | 5,115 | 2,144 | 1,276 | 459 | 518
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Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 6,436 | 5,025 | 681 | 409 | 152 | 39 | 130 | 687 | 519 | 78 | 33 | 41 | 2 | 14 | 5,749 | 4,506 | 603 | 376 | 111 | 37 | 116
Law and legal studies ...........................| 7,053 | 5,902 | 653 | 334 | 95 | 50 | 19 | 907 | 676 | 140 | 63 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 6,146 | 5,226 | 513 | 271 | 77 | 42 | 17
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general studies, and humanities ...............| 154,594 |124,653 |11,607 | 9,362 | 4,809 | 1,245 | 2,918 | 62,817 | 50,642 | 4,515 | 3,815 | 2,094 | 465 | 1,286 | 91,777 | 74,011 | 7,092 | 5,547 | 2,715 | 780 | 1,632
Library science .................................| 103 | 94 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
Mathematics .....................................| 744 | 539 | 27 | 65 | 67 | 8 | 38 | 464 | 343 | 9 | 43 | 41 | 3 | 25 | 280 | 196 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 13
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Mechanics and repairers .........................| 10,264 | 8,338 | 600 | 652 | 494 | 91 | 89 | 9,593 | 7,873 | 543 | 575 | 438 | 79 | 85 | 671 | 465 | 57 | 77 | 56 | 12 | 4
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 7,841 | 6,932 | 392 | 208 | 211 | 26 | 72 | 3,782 | 3,349 | 181 | 99 | 104 | 8 | 41 | 4,059 | 3,583 | 211 | 109 | 107 | 18 | 31
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..| 620 | 542 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 369 | 320 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 251 | 222 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3
Philosophy and religion .........................| 60 | 51 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
Physical sciences and science technologies.......| 2,066 | 1,611 | 140 | 110 | 147 | 8 | 50 | 1,205 | 954 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 4 | 31 | 861 | 657 | 71 | 38 | 72 | 4 | 19
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Precision production trades......................| 9,005 | 7,510 | 413 | 521 | 409 | 75 | 77 | 7,133 | 5,978 | 309 | 423 | 305 | 59 | 59 | 1,872 | 1,532 | 104 | 98 | 104 | 16 | 18
Protective services .............................| 15,117 | 12,766 | 1,102 | 851 | 216 | 132 | 50 | 11,241 | 9,722 | 614 | 606 | 176 | 90 | 33 | 3,876 | 3,044 | 488 | 245 | 40 | 42 | 17
Psychology ......................................| 1,209 | 933 | 79 | 119 | 34 | 31 | 13 | 338 | 251 | 29 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 871 | 682 | 50 | 88 | 18 | 22 | 11
Public administration and services ..............| 3,162 | 2,193 | 570 | 258 | 63 | 64 | 14 | 639 | 452 | 90 | 62 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2,523 | 1,741 | 480 | 196 | 46 | 49 | 11
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............| 172 | 132 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 156 | 121 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0
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Social sciences and history......................| 3,160 | 2,176 | 375 | 354 | 108 | 80 | 67 | 1,400 | 974 | 188 | 137 | 50 | 24 | 27 | 1,760 | 1,202 | 187 | 217 | 58 | 56 | 40
Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 496 | 417 | 40 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 280 | 238 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 216 | 179 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 6
Transportation and material moving ..............| 2,418 | 2,108 | 88 | 101 | 50 | 38 | 33 | 1,978 | 1,746 | 72 | 83 | 30 | 29 | 18 | 440 | 362 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 15
Visual and performing arts ......................| 11,888 | 9,422 | 614 | 696 | 643 | 137 | 376 | 4,803 | 3,777 | 325 | 322 | 219 | 76 | 84 | 7,085 | 5,645 | 289 | 374 | 424 | 61 | 292
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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 4,673 men and 5,171 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.) |
