Table 252. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline division: Selected years, 1970-71 to 2001-02 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Discipline division |1970-71 |1975-76 |1980-81 |1985-86 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 |1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 __________________________________________________|________|________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 __________________________________________________|________|________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ Total .......................................| 839,730| 925,746| 935,140| 987,823| 1,094,538| 1,136,553| 1,165,178| 1,169,275| 1,160,134| 1,164,792| 1,172,879| 1,184,406| 1,200,303| 1,237,875| 1,244,171| 1,291,900 |________|________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ Agriculture and natural resources ................| 12,672| 19,402| 21,886| 16,823| 13,124| 15,124| 16,778| 18,070| 19,841| 21,431| 22,602| 23,284| 23,930| 24,247| 23,382| 23,353 Architecture and related programs ................| 5,570| 9,146| 9,455| 9,119| 9,781| 8,753| 9,167| 8,975| 8,756| 8,352| 7,944| 7,652| 8,246| 8,462| 8,480| 8,808 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...............| 2,582| 3,577| 2,887| 3,178| 4,884| 5,342| 5,481| 5,573| 5,706| 5,786| 5,839| 6,153| 6,252| 6,381| 6,317| 6,557 Biological sciences/life sciences ................| 35,743| 54,275| 43,216| 38,524| 39,530| 42,941| 47,038| 51,383| 55,984| 60,994| 63,975| 65,868| 65,014| 63,532| 60,553| 60,256 Business .........................................| 114,729| 142,034| 198,983| 237,319| 249,311| 256,603| 256,842| 246,654| 234,323| 227,102| 226,633| 233,119| 242,236| 257,709| 265,746| 281,330 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications ...................................| 10,324| 20,045| 29,428| 41,666| 51,650| 54,257| 53,874| 51,164| 48,104| 47,320| 47,230| 49,385| 51,384| 55,760| 58,013| 62,791 Communications technologies ......................| 478| 1,237| 1,854| 1,410| 1,123| 720| 832| 663| 699| 683| 538| 729| 935| 1,150| 1,050| 1,110 Computer and information sciences ................| 2,388| 5,652| 15,121| 41,889| 25,083| 24,557| 24,200| 24,200| 24,404| 24,098| 24,768| 26,852| 29,345| 36,195| 41,954| 47,299 Education ........................................| 176,307| 154,437| 108,074| 87,114| 110,807| 108,006| 107,781| 107,600| 106,079| 105,509| 105,233| 105,968| 107,172| 108,168| 105,566| 106,383 Engineering ......................................| 44,898| 38,388| 63,287| 76,225| 61,531| 61,206| 61,973| 62,220| 62,342| 62,114| 61,185| 59,910| 57,918| 58,427| 58,098| 59,481 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering-related technologies .................| 5,148| 7,943| 11,713| 19,435| 17,119| 16,335| 16,078| 16,005| 15,812| 15,323| 13,972| 14,000| 13,986| 14,128| 14,189| 14,483 English language and literature/letters ..........| 64,342| 42,006| 32,254| 34,552| 51,841| 54,951| 56,133| 53,924| 51,901| 50,698| 49,345| 49,708| 50,535| 50,920| 51,419| 53,162 Foreign languages and literatures.................| 20,536| 16,484| 11,273| 10,984| 13,133| 13,903| 14,387| 14,378| 13,775| 13,952| 13,674| 14,451| 14,962| 14,968| 15,146| 15,318 Health professions and related sciences ..........| 25,226| 53,958| 63,649| 64,396| 59,070| 61,720| 67,089| 74,421| 79,855| 84,036| 85,631| 84,379| 82,622| 78,458| 73,490| 70,517 Home economics and vocational home economics .....| 11,167| 17,409| 18,370| 14,889| 14,892| 14,898| 15,100| 15,522| 15,345| 15,803| 16,571| 17,296| 17,689| 17,779| 17,777| 18,153 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Law and legal studies ............................| 545| 531| 776| 1,197| 1,758| 2,144| 2,056| 2,171| 2,032| 2,052| 2,038| 2,017| 1,901| 1,925| 1,958| 1,971 Liberal arts and sciences, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | general studies, and humanities ................| 7,481| 18,855| 21,643| 21,336| 30,526| 32,174| 33,456| 33,397| 33,356| 33,997| 34,776| 33,202| 34,772| 36,104| 37,962| 39,333 Library science ..................................| 1,013| 843| 375| 155| 90| 97| 83| 62| 50| 58| 48| 73| 78| 154| 52| 74 Mathematics ......................................| 24,937| 16,329| 11,433| 17,147| 15,310| 14,783| 14,812| 14,396| 13,723| 13,143| 12,820| 12,328| 12,539| 12,070| 11,674| 12,395 Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 6,286| 13,588| 12,848| 13,489| 17,561| 20,647| 23,955| 25,167| 26,033| 26,515| 26,137| 26,163| 26,581| 27,460| 25,999| 27,629 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...| 1,621| 5,182| 5,729| 4,620| 4,315| 8,446| 9,859| 11,470| 12,889| 13,983| 15,401| 16,781| 18,064| 19,111| 19,565| 20,554 Philosophy and religion ..........................| 8,146| 8,447| 6,776| 6,239| 7,315| 7,526| 7,781| 7,546| 7,276| 7,388| 7,685| 8,207| 8,263| 8,366| 8,560| 9,306 Physical sciences and science technologies........| 21,412| 21,465| 23,952| 21,717| 16,344| 16,960| 17,545| 18,400| 19,177| 19,647| 19,531| 19,416| 18,337| 18,385| 17,979| 17,851 Precision production trades.......................| ---| ---| ---| 400| 460| 378| 388| 420| 353| 401| 326| 407| 386| 393| 347| 468 Protective services ..............................| 2,045| 12,507| 13,707| 12,704| 16,806| 18,855| 20,902| 23,009| 24,157| 24,810| 25,165| 25,076| 24,601| 24,877| 25,211| 25,536 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Psychology .......................................| 38,187| 50,278| 41,068| 40,628| 58,655| 63,513| 66,728| 69,259| 72,083| 73,291| 74,191| 73,972| 73,536| 74,060| 73,534| 76,671 Public administration and services ...............| 5,466| 15,440| 16,707| 11,887| 14,350| 15,987| 16,775| 17,815| 18,586| 19,849| 20,649| 20,408| 20,287| 20,185| 19,447| 19,392 R.O.T.C. and military technologies ...............| 357| 952| 42| 256| 183| 184| 11| 19| 27| 7| 4| 3| 2| 7| 21| 3 Social sciences and history.......................| 155,324| 126,396| 100,513| 93,840| 125,107| 133,974| 135,703| 133,680| 128,154| 126,479| 124,891| 125,040| 124,658| 127,101| 128,036| 132,874 Theological studies/religious vocations ..........| 3,744| 5,520| 5,841| 5,607| 4,813| 4,729| 5,433| 5,434| 5,578| 5,358| 5,591| 5,903| 6,280| 6,809| 6,967| 7,785 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and material moving workers .......| 662| 1,282| 1,801| 1,837| 2,622| 3,598| 3,930| 3,923| 3,698| 3,561| 3,547| 3,206| 3,383| 3,395| 3,748| 4,020 Visual and performing arts .......................| 30,394| 42,138| 40,479| 37,241| 42,186| 46,522| 47,761| 49,053| 48,690| 49,296| 50,083| 52,077| 54,404| 58,791| 61,148| 66,773 Not classified by field of study .................| 0| 0| 0| 0| 13,258| 6,720| 5,247| 3,302| 1,346| 1,756| 4,856| 1,373| 5| 2,398| 783| 264 __________________________________________________|________|________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ |
---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 were 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, 1990-91 through 1998-99, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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