Table 254. | Doctor'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 .......................................| 32,107| 34,064| 32,958| 33,653| 39,294| 40,659| 42,132| 43,185| 44,446| 44,652| 45,876| 46,010| 44,077| 44,808| 44,904| 44,160 |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________|________|_________ Agriculture and natural resources ................| 1,086| 928| 1,067| 1,158| 1,185| 1,214| 1,173| 1,278| 1,264| 1,271| 1,217| 1,302| 1,248| 1,181| 1,139| 1,166 Architecture and related programs ................| 36| 82| 93| 73| 135| 132| 148| 161| 141| 141| 135| 131| 123| 129| 153| 183 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...............| 144| 188| 162| 159| 167| 155| 178| 155| 186| 184| 182| 181| 197| 217| 220| 216 Biological sciences/life sciences ................| 3,645| 3,392| 3,718| 3,358| 4,093| 4,243| 4,435| 4,534| 4,645| 4,780| 4,812| 4,961| 4,619| 4,867| 4,600| 4,489 Business .........................................| 757| 900| 795| 934| 1,185| 1,242| 1,346| 1,364| 1,394| 1,368| 1,336| 1,290| 1,202| 1,196| 1,180| 1,158 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications ...................................| 145| 196| 171| 212| 259| 252| 293| 337| 320| 338| 296| 354| 347| 347| 368| 374 Communications technologies ......................| 0| 8| 11| 11| 15| 3| 8| 8| 1| 7| 4| 5| 5| 10| 2| 9 Computer and information sciences ................| 128| 244| 252| 344| 676| 772| 805| 810| 884| 867| 857| 858| 800| 777| 768| 750 Education ........................................| 6,041| 7,202| 7,279| 6,605| 6,187| 6,864| 7,030| 6,908| 6,905| 6,676| 6,751| 6,729| 6,841| 6,830| 6,716| 6,967 Engineering ......................................| 3,637| 2,819| 2,551| 3,398| 5,258| 5,488| 5,823| 5,963| 6,110| 6,369| 6,201| 5,980| 5,422| 5,384| 5,558| 5,195 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering-related technologies .................| 1| 2| 10| 12| 14| 11| 20| 16| 18| 11| 9| 14| 5| 6| 19| 15 English language and literature/letters ..........| 1,650| 1,672| 1,164| 991| 1,184| 1,273| 1,341| 1,344| 1,561| 1,535| 1,575| 1,639| 1,540| 1,628| 1,506| 1,446 Foreign languages and literatures.................| 988| 1,076| 804| 672| 758| 850| 830| 886| 905| 876| 915| 959| 904| 915| 894| 843 Health professions and related sciences ..........| 466| 577| 842| 1,241| 1,613| 1,661| 1,767| 1,902| 2,069| 2,119| 2,672| 2,484| 2,535| 2,676| 2,855| 3,523 Home economics and vocational home economics .....| 123| 178| 247| 311| 253| 293| 345| 365| 388| 414| 382| 424| 361| 357| 388| 355 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Law and legal studies ............................| 20| 76| 60| 54| 90| 68| 86| 79| 88| 91| 81| 66| 58| 74| 286| 79 Liberal arts and sciences, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | general studies, and humanities ................| 32| 162| 121| 90| 70| 67| 81| 80| 90| 75| 77| 87| 78| 83| 102| 113 Library science ..................................| 39| 71| 71| 62| 56| 50| 77| 45| 55| 53| 46| 48| 55| 68| 58| 45 Mathematics ......................................| 1,249| 909| 775| 777| 1,036| 1,082| 1,189| 1,157| 1,226| 1,209| 1,174| 1,259| 1,124| 1,106| 1,024| 958 Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 59| 111| 158| 263| 220| 231| 196| 227| 238| 441| 451| 508| 441| 384| 413| 384 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies ..| 2| 15| 42| 39| 28| 61| 108| 116| 149| 104| 108| 129| 137| 134| 177| 151 Philosophy and religion ..........................| 554| 554| 410| 477| 456| 475| 448| 528| 507| 549| 593| 585| 574| 586| 596| 606 Physical sciences and science technologies........| 4,390| 3,431| 3,141| 3,551| 4,290| 4,391| 4,393| 4,650| 4,483| 4,571| 4,474| 4,571| 4,190| 4,018| 3,976| 3,803 Protective services ..............................| 1| 9| 21| 21| 28| 24| 32| 25| 26| 38| 31| 39| 48| 52| 44| 49 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Psychology .......................................| 2,144| 3,157| 3,576| 3,593| 3,932| 3,373| 3,651| 3,563| 3,822| 3,711| 4,053| 4,073| 4,248| 4,310| 4,659| 4,341 Public administration and services ...............| 174| 292| 362| 382| 430| 432| 459| 519| 556| 499| 518| 499| 532| 537| 574| 571 Social sciences and history.......................| 3,660| 4,157| 3,122| 2,955| 3,012| 3,218| 3,460| 3,627| 3,725| 3,760| 3,989| 4,127| 3,855| 4,095| 3,930| 3,902 Theological studies/religious vocations ..........| 312| 1,033| 1,276| 1,185| 1,079| 1,259| 1,417| 1,448| 1,591| 1,521| 1,395| 1,460| 1,452| 1,643| 1,469| 1,355 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and material moving workers........| 3| 3| 3| 3| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0 Visual and performing arts .......................| 621| 620| 654| 722| 838| 906| 882| 1,054| 1,080| 1,067| 1,060| 1,163| 1,130| 1,127| 1,167| 1,114 Not classified by field of study .................| 0| 0| 0| 0| 747| 569| 111| 36| 19| 7| 482| 85| 6| 71| 63| 0 __________________________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________|________|_________ |
NOTE: Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. 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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