Table 256. | Master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline division: 1970-71 to 1999-2000 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Discipline division |1970-71 |1975-76 |1980-81 |1985-86 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95 |1995-96 |1996-97 |1997-98 |1998-99 |1999-2000 ________________________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 ________________________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________ Total .....................................|230,509 |311,771 |295,739 |288,567 |310,621 |324,301 |337,168 |352,838 |369,585 |387,070 |397,629 |406,301 |419,401 |430,164 |439,986 | 457,056 |________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________ Agriculture and natural resources ..............| 2,457 | 3,340 | 4,003 | 3,801 | 3,245 | 3,382 | 3,295 | 3,735 | 3,965 | 4,119 | 4,252 | 4,569 | 4,516 | 4,475 | 4,417 | 4,375 Architecture and related programs ..............| 1,705 | 3,215 | 3,153 | 3,260 | 3,383 | 3,499 | 3,490 | 3,640 | 3,808 | 3,943 | 3,923 | 3,993 | 4,034 | 4,347 | 4,172 | 4,268 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .............| 1,032 | 995 | 804 | 945 | 1,016 | 1,212 | 1,263 | 1,385 | 1,523 | 1,633 | 1,639 | 1,713 | 1,651 | 1,617 | 1,500 | 1,591 Biological sciences/life sciences ..............| 5,728 | 6,582 | 5,978 | 5,013 | 4,961 | 4,869 | 4,765 | 4,785 | 4,756 | 5,196 | 5,393 | 6,157 | 6,466 | 6,261 | 6,192 | 6,198 Business .......................................| 25,977 | 42,054 | 57,391 | 66,689 | 73,065 | 76,676 | 78,255 | 84,642 | 89,615 | 93,437 | 93,809 | 93,982 | 97,619 |102,171 |108,085 | 112,258 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications .................................| 1,770 | 2,961 | 2,896 | 3,500 | 3,940 | 4,063 | 4,123 | 4,180 | 4,754 | 5,005 | 5,142 | 5,080 | 5,227 | 5,611 | 5,293 | 5,169 Communications technologies ....................| 86 | 165 | 209 | 323 | 317 | 299 | 213 | 284 | 455 | 414 | 467 | 524 | 374 | 564 | 325 | 436 Computer and information sciences ..............| 1,588 | 2,603 | 4,218 | 8,070 | 9,414 | 9,677 | 9,324 | 9,530 | 10,163 | 10,416 | 10,326 | 10,151 | 10,098 | 11,246 | 12,250 | 14,264 Education ......................................| 87,666 |126,061 | 96,713 | 74,801 | 81,174 | 84,881 | 87,343 | 92,668 | 96,028 | 98,938 |101,242 |106,253 |110,087 |114,691 |119,427 | 124,240 Engineering ....................................| 16,309 | 16,014 | 16,386 | 21,040 | 23,740 | 23,863 | 23,962 | 24,983 | 27,626 | 28,621 | 28,553 | 27,441 | 25,787 | 25,936 | 25,544 | 25,596 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering-related technologies ...............| 134 | 328 | 323 | 617 | 828 | 909 | 996 | 994 | 1,100 | 1,133 | 1,117 | 1,125 | 1,040 | 1,152 | 1,014 | 926 English language and literature/letters ........| 10,686 | 8,809 | 5,929 | 5,518 | 5,950 | 6,567 | 7,026 | 7,450 | 7,790 | 7,885 | 7,845 | 7,893 | 7,722 | 7,795 | 7,478 | 7,230 Foreign languages and literatures...............| 5,217 | 4,190 | 2,690 | 2,494 | 2,595 | 2,760 | 2,800 | 2,926 | 3,198 | 3,288 | 3,136 | 3,124 | 3,077 | 2,927 | 2,860 | 2,780 Health professions and related sciences ........| 5,749 | 12,556 | 16,515 | 18,573 | 19,268 | 20,321 | 21,200 | 23,065 | 25,718 | 28,025 | 31,243 | 33,398 | 35,958 | 39,260 | 40,589 | 42,456 Home economics and vocational home economics ...| 1,452 | 2,179 | 2,570 | 2,294 | 2,164 | 2,100 | 2,019 | 2,412 | 2,479 | 2,421 | 2,864 | 2,917 | 2,888 | 2,914 | 2,880 | 2,830 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Law and legal studies ..........................| 955 | 1,442 | 1,832 | 1,924 | 2,013 | 1,888 | 2,057 | 2,369 | 2,197 | 2,432 | 2,511 | 2,751 | 2,886 | 3,228 | 3,308 | 3,750 Liberal arts and sciences, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | general studies, and humanities ..............| 885 | 2,633 | 2,375 | 1,586 | 1,850 | 1,999 | 2,213 | 2,394 | 2,416 | 2,496 | 2,565 | 2,778 | 2,661 | 2,801 | 3,101 | 3,256 Library science ................................| 7,001 | 8,037 | 4,859 | 3,564 | 3,906 | 4,341 | 4,763 | 4,893 | 4,871 | 5,116 | 5,057 | 5,099 | 4,982 | 4,871 | 4,752 | 4,577 Mathematics ....................................| 5,695 | 4,315 | 3,074 | 3,607 | 3,903 | 4,146 | 4,041 | 4,011 | 4,067 | 4,100 | 4,181 | 4,031 | 3,783 | 3,643 | 3,466 | 3,412 Multi/interdisciplinary studies ................| 821 | 1,158 | 2,144 | 2,625 | 2,762 | 2,834 | 1,796 | 2,126 | 2,498 | 2,464 | 2,457 | 2,347 | 2,819 | 2,677 | 2,663 | 3,064 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies .| 218 | 571 | 643 | 570 | 535 | 529 | 483 | 1,358 | 1,434 | 1,625 | 1,755 | 1,751 | 1,966 | 2,024 | 2,076 | 2,478 Philosophy and religion ........................| 1,326 | 1,356 | 1,229 | 1,163 | 1,280 | 1,306 | 1,441 | 1,146 | 1,425 | 1,350 | 1,380 | 1,302 | 1,252 | 1,307 | 1,295 | 1,329 Physical sciences and science technologies......| 6,367 | 5,466 | 5,284 | 5,902 | 5,723 | 5,449 | 5,309 | 5,374 | 5,366 | 5,679 | 5,753 | 5,847 | 5,563 | 5,361 | 5,159 | 4,841 Precision production trades.....................| --- | --- | --- | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 5 Protective services ............................| 194 | 1,197 | 1,538 | 1,074 | 1,047 | 1,151 | 1,108 | 1,249 | 1,357 | 1,437 | 1,706 | 1,812 | 1,845 | 2,000 | 2,249 | 2,609 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Psychology .....................................| 5,717 | 10,167 | 10,223 | 9,845 | 9,940 | 10,730 | 11,349 | 10,215 | 10,957 | 12,181 | 13,921 | 13,792 | 14,353 | 13,747 | 14,247 | 14,465 Public administration and services .............| 7,785 | 15,209 | 17,803 | 15,692 | 17,020 | 17,399 | 17,905 | 19,243 | 20,634 | 21,833 | 23,501 | 24,229 | 24,781 | 25,144 | 24,925 | 25,594 R.O.T.C. and military technologies .............| 2 | 0 | 43 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 124 | 124 | 136 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 Social sciences and history.....................| 16,539 | 15,953 | 11,945 | 10,564 | 11,023 | 11,634 | 12,233 | 12,702 | 13,471 | 14,561 | 14,845 | 15,012 | 14,787 | 14,938 | 14,431 | 14,066 Theological studies/religious vocations ........| 2,710 | 3,290 | 4,220 | 4,556 | 4,749 | 4,959 | 4,810 | 5,185 | 4,985 | 4,956 | 5,240 | 5,107 | 4,975 | 4,692 | 4,727 | 5,576 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and material moving workers .....| 63 | 108 | 120 | 454 | 692 | 538 | 406 | 385 | 495 | 664 | 823 | 919 | 919 | 736 | 713 | 697 Visual and performing arts .....................| 6,675 | 8,817 | 8,629 | 8,420 | 8,267 | 8,481 | 8,657 | 9,353 | 9,440 | 9,925 | 10,277 | 10,280 | 10,627 | 11,145 | 10,753 | 10,918 Not classified by field of study ...............| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 851 | 1,836 | 8,523 | 4,156 | 884 | 1,651 | 577 | 780 | 4,519 | 868 | 88 | 1,802 ________________________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________ |
---Not available. NOTE: The new Classification of Instructional Programs was initiated in 1991-92. The figures for earlier years have been reclassified when necessary to make them conform to the new taxonomy. 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 Agricultural business and production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; "Business" includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services; and "Engineering-related technologies" includes Engineering-related technologies, Mechanics and repairers, and Construction trades. Data for 1998-99 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared August 2001.)
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