Table 213. | Enrollment in postsecondary education, by major field of study, age, and level of student: 1995-96 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Undergraduate | | All students |_________________________________________________________________|Graduate and first-professional Field | | 2-year institutions\1\ | 4-year institutions | of study |___________________________________|________________________________|________________________________|________________________________ | Total, |Percentage distribution, |Total,|Percentage distribution, |Total,|Percentage distribution, |Total,|Percentage distribution, | in | by age | in | by age | in | by age | in | by age | thou- |_________________________|thou- |_________________________|thou- |_________________________|thou- |_________________________ | sands |Under 25|25 to 34|Over 35|sands |Under 25|25 to 34|Over 35|sands |Under 25|25 to 34|Over 35|sands |Under 25|25 to 34|Over 35 ___________________________________|_________|________|________|_______|______|________|________|_______|______|________|________|_______|______|________|________|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 ___________________________________|_________|________|________|_______|______|________|________|_______|______|________|________|_______|______|________|________|_______ Total .........................| 19,444 | 53.0 | 26.3 | 20.7 |8,887 | 48.1 | 27.0 | 24.9 |7,791 | 71.4 | 17.1 | 11.5 |2,767 | 17.4 | 49.5 | 33.1 |_________|________|________|_______|______|________|________|_______|______|________|________|_______|______|________|________|_______ Agriculture .......................| 204 | 65.8 | 21.1 | 13.1 | 71 | 60.5 | 21.0 | 18.5 | 109 | 80.5 | 12.0 | 7.5 | 24 | 13.7 | 63.8 | 22.5 Architecture/city planning ........| 82 | 62.8 | 32.5 | 4.6 |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | 50 | 89.0 | 8.8 | 2.2 | 22 | 16.3 | 73.5 | 10.2 Area studies ......................| --- | --- | --- | --- |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | 24 | 76.2 | 11.5 | 12.3 |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) Business ..........................| 2,949 | 48.7 | 29.7 | 21.6 |1,295 | 45.2 | 29.0 | 25.8 |1,233 | 64.2 | 20.8 | 15.0 | 420 | 13.9 | 58.0 | 28.1 Communications/journalism .........| 335 | 71.5 | 17.5 | 11.0 | 89 | 57.3 | 23.1 | 19.6 | 224 | 82.0 | 11.8 | 6.2 | 22 | 21.3 | 52.9 | 25.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Computer science ..................| 554 | 42.7 | 31.6 | 25.7 | 275 | 34.4 | 31.1 | 34.5 | 219 | 62.4 | 23.4 | 14.2 | 60 | 9.2 | 63.3 | 27.6 Education .........................| 1,590 | 45.0 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 337 | 63.0 | 22.2 | 14.8 | 649 | 67.0 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 604 | 11.3 | 39.9 | 48.9 Engineering .......................| 1,002 | 58.6 | 28.9 | 12.5 | 403 | 48.2 | 30.4 | 21.5 | 477 | 77.6 | 18.5 | 3.8 | 122 | 18.7 | 64.4 | 16.9 Foreign language ..................| --- | --- | --- | --- |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | 55 | 78.2 | 16.1 | 5.7 |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) Health ............................| 2,157 | 47.4 | 31.4 | 21.2 |1,273 | 42.7 | 34.4 | 22.9 | 637 | 65.9 | 19.8 | 14.3 | 247 | 23.6 | 46.1 | 30.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Medicine/dentistry ................| 83 | 43.3 | 49.9 | 6.8 |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | 83 | 43.3 | 49.9 | 6.8 Home economics ....................| 473 | 55.8 | 27.7 | 16.5 | 375 | 53.0 | 30.5 | 16.6 | 81 | 77.8 | 13.0 | 9.2 | 17 | 15.0 | 36.1 | 48.9 Industrial arts ...................| 210 | 53.2 | 30.0 | 16.8 | 181 | 41.9 | 33.5 | 24.7 | 28 | 81.9 | 11.0 | 7.1 |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) Interdisciplinary science .........| 153 | 62.8 | 22.4 | 14.9 | 37 | 73.8 | 11.7 | 14.6 | 89 | 72.8 | 17.0 | 10.2 | 27 | 14.0 | 55.1 | 30.9 Law ...............................| 636 | 53.2 | 30.0 | 16.8 | 352 | 52.2 | 27.1 | 20.6 | 142 | 69.0 | 21.0 | 10.0 | 142 | 39.6 | 46.3 | 14.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Letters/liberal studies ...........| 1,340 | 60.6 | 21.9 | 17.5 | 908 | 59.1 | 22.3 | 18.6 | 383 | 69.9 | 17.4 | 12.7 | 48 | 15.8 | 50.9 | 33.3 Library science ...................| 24 | 5.8 | 57.6 | 36.6 |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | 24 | 5.8 | 57.6 | 36.6 Life sciences .....................| 558 | 77.2 | 19.1 | 3.7 | 118 | 72.0 | 23.2 | 4.8 | 380 | 87.4 | 10.3 | 2.3 | 60 | 22.5 | 67.1 | 10.4 Mathematics .......................| 113 | 56.7 | 28.8 | 14.5 |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | 63 | 76.5 | 17.6 | 6.0 | 25 | 20.6 | 61.1 | 18.4 Mechanics/transportation ..........| 230 | 39.4 | 29.3 | 31.3 | 208 | 34.8 | 30.9 | 34.3 | 22 | 82.1 | 15.0 | 3.0 |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Philosophy and religion ...........| 90 | 44.6 | 33.9 | 21.5 |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | 46 | 71.5 | 15.0 | 13.5 | 42 | 12.5 | 56.1 | 31.4 Physical science ..................| 178 | 63.4 | 29.1 | 7.5 |(\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | 106 | 81.4 | 17.0 | 1.6 | 44 | 20.9 | 59.5 | 19.6 Psychology ........................| 495 | 67.4 | 21.1 | 11.5 | 84 | 69.8 | 20.8 | 9.4 | 347 | 75.3 | 15.7 | 9.1 | 65 | 21.9 | 50.8 | 27.3 Public administration/social work .| 241 | 38.7 | 34.5 | 26.8 | 59 | 39.1 | 33.5 | 27.4 | 90 | 55.0 | 20.7 | 24.2 | 93 | 22.7 | 48.4 | 29.0 Social sciences ...................| 713 | 67.3 | 21.4 | 11.3 | 122 | 65.2 | 22.0 | 12.8 | 492 | 76.9 | 15.0 | 8.2 | 99 | 22.7 | 52.4 | 24.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Visual and performing arts ........| 603 | 66.0 | 20.7 | 13.3 | 169 | 57.1 | 19.4 | 23.5 | 357 | 79.4 | 14.7 | 5.9 | 78 | 23.6 | 51.2 | 25.2 Other\3\ ..........................| 181 | 53.0 | 23.4 | 23.5 | 27 | 35.1 | 27.0 | 37.9 | 115 | 71.3 | 16.2 | 12.6 | 38 | 10.3 | 43.1 | 46.5 Undeclared ........................| 3,523 | 54.0 | 21.2 | 24.9 |2,196 | 45.5 | 23.4 | 31.1 |1,248 | 71.7 | 15.5 | 12.8 | 78 | 9.8 | 49.0 | 41.2 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---Not available. NOTE: Because of different survey editing and processing procedures, enrollment data in this table may differ from those appearing in other tables. Includes students who enrolled at any time during the 1995-96 academic year. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "The 1995-96 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study," unpublished data. (This table was prepared November 1997). |