Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Visual and performing arts, general ................................................. 1,508 599 909 96 37 59 9 6 3 Crafts, folk art, and artisanry ............................................................ 173 59 114 6 2 4 0 0 0 Dance ............................................................................................... 1,135 95 1,040 191 36 155 10 1 9 Design and applied art ..................................................................... 9,232 4,002 5,230 871 372 499 0 0 0 Dramatic/ theater arts and stagecraft ................................................ 7,040 2,726 4,314 1,332 600 732 92 41 51 Film/ video and photographic arts, total ............................................ 3,153 1,888 1,265 661 360 301 16 8 8 Film video making/ cinematography and production ..................... 885 589 296 382 217 165 7 2 5 Photography .................................................................................. 913 391 522 168 87 81 4 3 1 Film arts, other .............................................................................. 1,355 908 447 111 56 55 5 3 2 Fine arts and art studies, total ......................................................... 21,591 7,661 13,930 3,260 1,163 2,097 168 48 120 Art, general ................................................................................... 11,188 4,143 7,045 879 353 526 15 6 9 Art history, criticism and conservation .......................................... 3,483 824 2,659 705 173 532 145 39 106 Arts management .......................................................................... 127 25 102 185 32 153 1 0 1 Painting ......................................................................................... 783 360 423 176 71 105 0 0 0 Ceramic arts and ceramics ........................................................... 219 71 148 43 24 19 0 0 0 Fiber, textile and weaving arts ...................................................... 105 6 99 28 3 25 2 0 2 Metal and jewelry arts ................................................................... 84 15 69 25 8 17 0 0 0 Fine arts and art studies, other .................................................... 5,602 2,217 3,385 1,219 499 720 5 3 2 Music, total ....................................................................................... 9,908 4,970 4,938 3,932 1,830 2,102 807 456 351 Music, general ............................................................................... 4,933 2,377 2,556 1,198 559 639 314 187 127 Music history and literature ........................................................... 75 34 41 40 14 26 24 16 8 Music, general performance ......................................................... 3,062 1,508 1,554 1,937 873 1,064 293 147 146 Music theory and composition ...................................................... 341 241 100 188 126 62 77 53 24 Music, other .................................................................................. 1,497 810 687 569 258 311 99 53 46 Visual and performing arts, other ..................................................... 664 281 383 404 143 261 28 14 14 Not classified by field of study .............................................................. 5 2 3 88 36 52 6 4 2 NOTE: Aggregations by field of study derived from the Classification of Instructional Programs developed by the National Center for Education Statistics. Data imputed using alternative procedures. ( See Guide to Sources for details.) SOURCE: U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ( IPEDS), `` Completions'' survey. ( This table was prepared August 2001.) 320 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 260.   Degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by control of institution: 1969   70 to 1999   2000 Year Public institutions Private institutions Associate Bachelor's Master's Doctor's 1 Firstprofessional 2 Associate Bachelor's Master's Doctor's 1 Firstprofessional 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1969   70 ....................................... 170,966 519,550 134,545 19,183 14,542 35,057 272,766 73,746 10,683 20,376 1970   71 ....................................... 215,645 557,996 151,603 20,788 16,139 36,666 281,734 78,906 11,319 21,807 1974   75 ....................................... 318,474 634,785 193,804 22,176 23,612 41,697 288,148 98,646 11,907 32,304 1975   76 ....................................... 345,006 635,161 206,298 21,751 25,766 46,448 290,585 105,473 12,313 36,883 1976   77 ....................................... 355,650 630,463 208,901 21,229 26,344 50,727 289,086 108,263 12,003 38,015 1977   78 ....................................... 358,874 627,903 202,099 20,456 27,097 53,372 293,301 109,521 11,675 39,484 1978   79 ....................................... 346,808 621,666 192,016 20,817 27,785 55,894 299,724 109,063 11,913 41,063 1979   80 ....................................... 344,536 624,084 187,499 20,608 27,942 56,374 305,333 110,582 12,007 42,189 1980   81 ....................................... 352,391 626,452 184,384 20,895 29,128 63,986 308,688 111,355 12,063 42,828 1981   82 ....................................... 3 366,732 636,475 182,295 20,889 29,611 3 67,794 316,523 113,251 11,818 42,421 1982   83 ....................................... 377,817 646,317 176,246 21,186 29,757 71,803 323,193 113,675 11,589 43,297 1983   84 ....................................... 3 379,249 646,013 170,693 21,141 29,586 3 72,991 328,296 113,570 12,068 44,882 1984   85 ....................................... 377,625 652,246 170,000 21,337 30,152 77,087 327,231 116,251 11,606 44,911 1985   86 ....................................... 369,052 658,586 169,903 21,433 29,568 76,995 329,237 118,664 12,220 44,342 1986   87 ....................................... 358,811 659,260 167,797 21,870 29,346 77,493 332,004 121,552 12,171 42,271 1987   88 ....................................... 354,180 658,491 173,778 22,488 29,153 80,905 336,338 125,539 12,382 41,582 1988   89 ....................................... 357,001 675,675 179,109 22,970 28,993 79,763 343,080 131,512 12,750 41,863 1989   90 ....................................... 375,635 700,015 186,104 24,641 28,810 79,467 351,329 138,197 13,730 42,178 1990   91 ....................................... 398,055 724,062 193,057 25,681 29,554 83,665 370,476 144,111 13,613 42,394 1991   92 ....................................... 420,265 759,475 203,398 26,820 29,366 83,966 377,078 149,440 13,839 44,780 1992   93 ....................................... 430,321 785,112 213,843 27,392 29,628 84,435 380,066 155,742 14,740 45,759 1993   94 ....................................... 444,373 789,148 221,428 28,524 29,842 86,259 380,127 165,642 14,661 45,576 1994   95 ....................................... 451,539 776,670 224,152 28,917 29,871 88,152 383,464 173,477 15,529 45,929 1995   96 ....................................... 454,291 774,070 227,179 29,516 29,882 100,925 390,722 179,122 15,136 46,852 1996   97 ....................................... 465,494 776,677 233,237 29,838 31,243 105,732 396,202 186,164 16,038 47,487 1997   98 ....................................... 455,084 784,296 235,922 29,715 31,233 103,471 400,110 194,242 16,295 47,365 1998   99 4 ..................................... 448,334 790,287 238,501 28,134 31,693 111,620 410,016 201,485 15,943 46,746 1999   2000 ................................... 448,446 810,855 243,157 28,408 32,247 116,487 427,020 213,899 16,400 47,810 1 Includes Ph. D., Ed. D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes firstprofessional degrees, such as M. D., D. D. S., and law degrees. 2 Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion ( including at least 2 years of preprofessional training). 3 Data are approximations. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. 4 Data 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.)

Table 261.   Degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 1999   2000 Discipline division Public institutions Private institutions Associate degrees Bachelor's degrees Master's degrees Doctor's degrees 1 Associate degrees Bachelor's degrees Master's degrees Doctor's degrees 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total ................................................................................................................................. 448,446 810,855 243,157 28,408 116,487 427,020 213,899 16,400 Agriculture and natural resources 2 ...................................................................................... 6,278 21,975 3,830 1,159 389 2,272 545 22 Architecture and related programs ....................................................................................... 308 6,444 2,848 76 84 2,018 1,420 53 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ......................................................................................... 106 3,652 817 114 153 2,729 774 103 Biological sciences/ life sciences .......................................................................................... 1,376 41,663 4,274 3,223 58 21,869 1,924 1,644 Business 3 ............................................................................................................................. 71,139 150,637 43,905 717 36,262 107,072 68,353 479 Communications ................................................................................................................... 1,475 38,579 2,635 280 1,279 17,181 2,534 67 Communications technologies ............................................................................................. 1,270 448 90 0 439 702 346 10 Computer and information sciences .................................................................................... 10,961 21,095 7,510 512 9,489 15,100 6,754 265 Construction trades .............................................................................................................. 1,950 40 0 0 387 146 12 0 Education .............................................................................................................................. 6,936 77,997 72,754 4,801 1,290 30,171 51,486 2,029 Engineering .......................................................................................................................... 1,435 44,093 17,317 3,784 317 14,334 8,279 1,600 Engineering related technologies ......................................................................................... 18,147 10,219 746 5 17,248 3,653 168 1 English language and literature/ letters ................................................................................. 870 34,277 5,247 1,213 77 16,643 1,983 415 Foreign languages and literatures ....................................................................................... 400 9,755 2,090 560 101 5,213 690 355 Health professions and related sciences ............................................................................. 69,051 51,376 23,512 1,869 15,030 27,082 18,944 807 Home economics and vocational home economics ............................................................ 7,960 15,292 1,649 245 421 2,487 1,181 112 Law and legal studies .......................................................................................................... 4,093 1,051 714 11 3,172 874 3,036 63 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities ................................................ 178,725 25,037 1,361 38 8,729 11,067 1,895 45 Library science ..................................................................................................................... 98 151 3,663 62 0 3 914 6 Mathematics ......................................................................................................................... 639 7,784 2,599 781 36 4,286 813 325 Mechanics and repairers ...................................................................................................... 8,264 55 0 0 3,350 15 0 0 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ................................................................................................ 11,544 21,006 1,898 238 240 6,454 1,166 146 Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies ..................................................................... 691 14,115 1,943 123 164 4,996 535 11 Philosophy and religion ........................................................................................................ 35 3,357 446 243 28 5,009 883 343 Physical sciences and science technologies ....................................................................... 2,320 11,984 3,569 2,869 140 6,401 1,272 1,149 Precision production trades .................................................................................................. 7,147 331 0 0 4,667 62 5 0 Protective services ............................................................................................................... 15,275 18,889 1,351 50 1,023 5,988 1,258 2 Psychology ........................................................................................................................... 1,291 48,856 5,581 1,869 164 25,204 8,884 2,441 Public administration and services ....................................................................................... 3,311 13,921 15,657 289 345 6,264 9,937 248 R. O. T. C. and military technologies ...................................................................................... 65 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 Social sciences and history .................................................................................................. 4,805 81,922 8,785 2,534 331 45,179 5,281 1,561 Theological studies/ religious vocations ................................................................................ 1 0 0 0 635 6,809 5,576 1,643 Transportation and material moving workers ....................................................................... 711 1,387 94 0 310 2,008 603 0 Visual and performing arts ................................................................................................... 7,232 32,743 5,471 743 9,868 26,048 5,447 384 Not classified by field of study ............................................................................................. 2,537 717 801 0 261 1,681 1,001 71 1 Includes Ph. D., Ed. D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes firstprofessional degrees such as M. D., D. D. S., and law degrees.

2 Includes `` Agricultural business and production,'' `` Agricultural sciences,'' and `` Conservation and renewable natural resources.'' 3 Includes `` Business management and administrative services,'' `` Marketing operations/ marketing and distribution,'' and `` Consumer and personal services.''

SOURCE: U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, `` Completions'' survey, 1999   2000 and `` Consolidated'' survey 2000. ( This table was prepared July 2001.) 321 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 262.   Number of degree granting institutions conferring degrees, by level of degree and discipline division: 1999   2000 Discipline division Total number of institutions awarding degrees Number of public institutions awarding degrees Number of private institutions awarding degrees Associate degrees Bachelor's degrees Master's degrees Doctor's degrees Associate degrees Bachelor's degrees Master's degrees Doctor's degrees Associate degrees Bachelor's degrees Master's degrees Doctor's degrees 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Total ................................................ 2,546 1,995 1,499 535 1,288 583 503 236 1,258 1,412 996 299 Agricultural business and production .. 336 128 57 33 322 97 55 32 14 31 2 1 Agricultural sciences ........................... 105 133 79 50 97 115 76 50 8 18 3 0 Architecture and related programs ..... 39 171 127 28 33 107 90 20 6 64 37 8 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ....... 44 424 117 39 36 187 70 22 8 237 47 17 Biological sciences/ life sciences ......... 184 1,269 435 224 166 480 309 151 18 789 126 73 Business management and administrative services .................... 1,788 1,480 846 128 1,144 518 372 84 644 962 474 44 Communications ................................. 245 941 249 50 195 383 169 40 50 558 80 10 Communications technologies ............ 177 42 13 2 160 19 2 0 17 23 11 2 Computer and information sciences ... 912 1,123 381 124 571 444 231 84 341 679 150 40 Conservation and renewable natural resources ......................................... 139 388 138 59 125 181 107 54 14 207 31 5 Consumer and personal services ....... 282 20 1 0 219 9 0 0 63 11 1 0 Construction trades ............................. 219 12 1 0 206 6 0 0 13 6 1 0 Education ............................................ 410 1,146 935 245 332 425 432 168 78 721 503 77 Engineering ......................................... 253 415 270 180 231 224 177 131 22 191 93 49 Engineering related technologies ....... 1,044 319 68 3 813 216 56 2 231 103 12 1 English language and literature/ letters 133 1,272 435 143 122 486 300 94 11 786 135 49 Foreign languages and literatures ...... 76 855 201 88 72 378 147 60 4 477 54 28 Health professions and related sciences ........................................... 1,437 1,007 667 164 1,009 442 330 116 428 565 337 48 Home economics ................................ 91 306 181 42 75 204 118 32 16 102 63 10 Law and legal studies ......................... 525 159 82 17 332 49 32 4 193 110 50 13 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities .................. 1,327 789 174 20 1,030 329 86 7 297 460 88 13 Library science .................................... 29 12 68 17 29 11 56 15 0 1 12 2 Marketing operations/ marketing and distribution ....................................... 410 150 18 2 324 55 2 1 86 95 16 1 Mathematics ........................................ 146 1,127 317 156 137 472 245 108 9 655 72 48 Mechanics and repairers .................... 593 7 0 0 545 4 0 0 48 3 0 0 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies .............. 227 634 220 58 205 265 143 38 22 369 77 20 Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies ............................................. 133 607 156 29 117 264 125 27 16 343 31 2 Philosophy and religion ....................... 27 839 196 98 20 285 85 53 7 554 111 45 Physical sciences ................................ 149 1,069 330 207 139 460 241 137 10 609 89 70 Precision production trades ................ 719 30 1 0 586 22 0 0 133 8 1 0 Protective services .............................. 858 513 136 11 762 262 97 10 96 251 39 1 Psychology .......................................... 162 1,283 593 259 143 471 309 133 19 812 284 126 Public administration and services ..... 277 653 369 85 239 299 249 53 38 354 120 32 R. O. T. C. and military technologies ..... 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Science technologies .......................... 140 24 6 1 127 12 5 1 13 12 1 0 Social sciences and history ................ 253 1,302 427 180 213 488 298 119 40 814 129 61 Theological studies/ religious vocations 83 349 268 118 1 0 0 0 82 349 268 118 Transportation and material moving workers ............................................ 117 65 7 0 103 38 4 0 14 27 3 0 Visual and performing arts .................. 643 1,266 375 100 466 454 235 66 177 812 140 34 Vocational home economics ............... 571 32 7 0 547 15 4 0 24 17 3 0 Not classified by field of study ............ 17 11 12 3 8 3 3 0 9 8 9 3 NOTE: Doctor's degrees include 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. Data represent programs, not organizational units within institutions. SOURCE: U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, `` Completions'' survey, 1999   2000 and `` Consolidated'' survey, 2000. ( This table was prepared July 2001.) 322 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 263.   First professional degrees conferred by degree granting institutions in dentistry, medicine, and law, by sex, and number of institutions conferring degrees: 1949   50 to 1999   2000 Year Dentistry ( D. D. S. or D. M. D.) Medicine ( M. D.) Law ( LL. B. or J. D.)

Number of institutions conferring degrees Degrees conferred Number of institutions conferring degrees Degrees conferred Number of institutions conferring degrees Degrees conferred Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1949   50 ....................... 40 2,579 2,561 18 72 5,612 5,028 584         1951   52 ....................... 41 2,918 2,895 23 72 6,201 5,871 330         1953   54 ....................... 42 3,102 3,063 39 73 6,712 6,377 335         1955   56 ....................... 42 3,009 2,975 34 73 6,810 6,464 346 131 8,262 7,974 288 1957   58 ....................... 43 3,065 3,031 34 75 6,816 6,469 347 131 9,394 9,122 272 1959   60 ....................... 45 3,247 3,221 26 79 7,032 6,645 387 134 9,240 9,010 230 1961   62 ....................... 46 3,183 3,166 17 81 7,138 6,749 389 134 9,364 9,091 273 1963   64 ....................... 46 3,180 3,168 12 82 7,303 6,878 425 133 10,679 10,372 307 1965   66 ....................... 47 3,178 3,146 32 84 7,673 7,170 503 136 13,246 12,776 470 1967   68 ....................... 48 3,422 3,375 47 85 7,944 7,318 626 138 16,454 15,805 649 1969   70 ....................... 48 3,718 3,684 34 86 8,314 7,615 699 145 14,916 14,115 801 1970   71 ....................... 48 3,745 3,703 42 89 8,919 8,110 809 147 17,421 16,181 1,240 1971   72 ....................... 48 3,862 3,819 43 92 9,253 8,423 830 147 21,764 20,266 1,498 1972   73 ....................... 51 4,047 3,992 55 97 10,307 9,388 919 152 27,205 25,037 2,168 1973   74 ....................... 52 4,440 4,355 85 99 11,356 10,093 1,263 151 29,326 25,986 3,340 1974   75 ....................... 52 4,773 4,627 146 104 12,447 10,818 1,629 154 29,296 24,881 4,415 1975   76 ....................... 56 5,425 5,187 238 107 13,426 11,252 2,174 166 32,293 26,085 6,208 1976   77 ....................... 57 5,138 4,764 374 109 13,461 10,891 2,570 169 34,104 26,447 7,657 1977   78 ....................... 57 5,189 4,623 566 109 14,279 11,210 3,069 169 34,402 25,457 8,945 1978   79 ....................... 58 5,434 4,794 640 109 14,786 11,381 3,405 175 35,206 25,180 10,026 1979   80 ....................... 58 5,258 4,558 700 112 14,902 11,416 3,486 179 35,647 24,893 10,754 1980   81 ....................... 58 5,460 4,672 788 116 15,505 11,672 3,833 176 36,331 24,563 11,768 1981   82 ....................... 59 5,282 4,467 815 119 15,814 11,867 3,947 180 35,991 23,965 12,026 1982   83 ....................... 59 5,585 4,631 954 118 15,484 11,350 4,134 177 36,853 23,550 13,303 1983   84 ....................... 60 5,353 4,302 1,051 119 15,813 11,359 4,454 179 37,012 23,382 13,630 1984   85 ....................... 59 5,339 4,233 1,106 120 16,041 11,167 4,874 181 37,491 23,070 14,421 1985   86 ....................... 59 5,046 3,907 1,139 120 15,938 11,022 4,916 181 35,844 21,874 13,970 1986   87 ....................... 58 4,741 3,603 1,138 121 15,428 10,431 4,997 179 36,056 21,561 14,495 1987   88 ....................... 57 4,477 3,300 1,177 122 15,358 10,278 5,080 180 35,397 21,067 14,330 1988   89 ....................... 58 4,265 3,124 1,141 124 15,460 10,310 5,150 182 35,634 21,069 14,565 1989   90 ....................... 57 4,100 2,834 1,266 124 15,075 9,923 5,152 182 36,485 21,079 15,406 1990   91 ....................... 55 3,699 2,510 1,189 121 15,043 9,629 5,414 179 37,945 21,643 16,302 1991   92 ....................... 52 3,593 2,431 1,162 120 15,243 9,796 5,447 177 38,848 22,260 16,588 1992   93 ....................... 55 3,605 2,383 1,222 122 15,531 9,679 5,852 184 40,302 23,182 17,120 1993   94 ....................... 53 3,787 2,330 1,457 121 15,368 9,544 5,824 185 40,044 22,826 17,218 1994   95 ....................... 53 3,897 2,480 1,417 119 15,537 9,507 6,030 183 39,349 22,592 16,757 1995   96 ....................... 53 3,697 2,374 1,323 119 15,341 9,061 6,280 183 39,828 22,508 17,320 1996   97 ....................... 52 3,784 2,387 1,397 118 15,571 9,121 6,450 184 40,079 22,548 17,531 1997   98 ....................... 53 4,032 2,490 1,542 117 15,424 9,006 6,418 185 39,331 21,876 17,455 1998   99 ....................... 53 4,144 2,674 1,470 118 15,562 8,954 6,608 188 39,167 21,628 17,539 1999   2000 ................... 54 4,250 2,547 1,703 118 15,286 8,761 6,525 190 38,152 20,638 17,514   Not available.

NOTE: Data for 1998   99 imputed using alternative procedures. ( See Guide to Sources for details.) Some data have been revised from previously published figures. 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.) 323 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 264.   First professional degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study:

1985   86 to 1999   2000 Control of institution and field of study 1985   86 1987   88 1989   90 1990   91 1991   92 1992   93 1993   94 1994   95 1995   96 1996   97 1997   98 1998   99 1999   2000 Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Men Women Total Men Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total, all institutions .................................... 73,910 70,735 70,988 71,948 74,146 75,387 75,418 75,800 76,734 78,730 78,598 78,439 44,339 34,100 80,057 44,239 35,818 Dentistry ( D. D. S. or D. M. D.) .............................. 5,046 4,477 4,100 3,699 3,593 3,605 3,787 3,897 3,697 3,784 4,032 4,144 2,674 1,470 4,250 2,547 1,703 Medicine ( M. D.) ................................................. 15,938 15,358 15,075 15,043 15,243 15,531 15,368 15,537 15,341 15,571 15,424 15,562 8,954 6,608 15,286 8,761 6,525 Optometry ( O. D.) ............................................... 1,029 1,023 1,072 1,115 1,232 1,148 1,103 1,185 1,231 1,264 1,274 1,285 637 648 1,293 604 689 Osteopathic medicine ( D. O.) ............................. 1,547 1,544 1,555 1,459 1,326 1,627 1,798 1,854 1,895 2,011 2,110 2,135 1,338 797 2,236 1,399 837 Pharmacy ( Pharm. D.) ........................................ 903 962 1,199 1,244 1,339 1,904 1,936 2,264 2,555 2,708 3,660 3,992 1,319 2,673 5,669 1,943 3,726 Podiatry ( Pod. D. or D. P.) or podiatric medicine ( D. P. M.) .......................... 612 645 675 589 504 476 465 545 650 614 594 578 417 161 569 396 173 Veterinary medicine ( D. V. M.) ............................ 2,270 2,235 2,151 2,032 2,044 2,057 2,089 2,148 2,109 2,188 2,193 2,226 725 1,501 2,251 710 1,541 Chiropractic ( D. C. or D. C. M.) ............................ 3,395 2,628 2,581 2,640 2,694 2,799 2,806 2,968 3,379 3,654 3,735 3,639 2,594 1,045 3,809 2,718 1,091 Law ( LL. B. or J. D.) ............................................ 35,844 35,397 36,485 37,945 38,848 40,302 40,044 39,349 39,828 40,079 39,331 39,167 21,628 17,539 38,152 20,638 17,514 Theology ( M. Div., M. H. L., B. D.,

or Ord. and M. H. L./ Rav.) .............................. 7,283 6,466 5,851 5,695 5,251 5,447 5,967 5,978 5,879 5,859 5,873 5,558 3,986 1,572 6,129 4,337 1,792 Other .................................................................. 43 0 244 487 2,072 491 55 75 170 998 372 153 67 86 413 186 227 Total, public institutions ............................. 29,568 29,153 28,810 29,554 29,366 29,628 29,842 29,871 29,882 31,243 31,233 31,693 17,035 14,658 32,247 16,923 15,324 Dentistry ( D. D. S. or D. M. D.) .............................. 2,827 2,524 2,353 2,308 2,200 2,167 2,189 2,236 2,198 2,350 2,468 2,479 1,656 823 2,512 1,585 927 Medicine ( M. D.) ................................................. 9,991 9,557 9,108 9,364 9,259 9,370 9,506 9,599 9,370 9,773 9,474 9,515 5,527 3,988 9,389 5,394 3,995 Optometry ( O. D.) ............................................... 441 429 444 477 595 460 471 461 499 498 537 488 222 266 493 226 267 Osteopathic medicine ( D. O.) ............................. 486 434 458 493 416 490 531 492 528 527 568 548 319 229 535 305 230 Pharmacy ( Pharm. D.) ........................................ 473 615 727 808 852 1,171 1,185 1,344 1,557 1,765 2,212 2,503 822 1,681 3,485 1,227 2,258 Podiatry ( Pod. D. or D. P.) or podiatric medicine ( D. P. M.) .......................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 97 60 37 84 57 27 Veterinary medicine ( D. V. M.) ............................ 1,931 2,014 1,943 1,814 1,831 1,840 1,895 1,927 1,889 1,950 1,971 1,989 662 1,327 2,021 646 1,375 Chiropractic ( D. C. or D. C. M.) ............................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Law ( LL. B. or J. D.) ............................................ 13,419 13,580 13,585 14,290 14,097 14,130 14,065 13,812 13,841 14,380 13,900 14,074 7,767 6,307 13,728 7,483 6,245 Theology ( M. Div., M. H. L., B. D.,

or Ord. and M. H. L./ Rav.) .............................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other .................................................................. 0 0 192 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total, private institutions ............................ 44,342 41,582 42,178 42,394 44,780 45,759 45,576 45,929 46,852 47,487 47,365 46,746 27,304 19,442 47,810 27,316 20,494 Dentistry ( D. D. S. or D. M. D.) .............................. 2,219 1,953 1,747 1,391 1,393 1,438 1,598 1,661 1,499 1,434 1,564 1,665 1,018 647 1,738 962 776 Medicine ( M. D.) ................................................. 5,947 5,801 5,967 5,679 5,984 6,161 5,862 5,938 5,971 5,798 5,950 6,047 3,427 2,620 5,897 3,367 2,530 Optometry ( O. D.) ............................................... 588 594 628 638 637 688 632 724 732 766 737 797 415 382 800 378 422 Osteopathic medicine ( D. O.) ............................. 1,061 1,110 1,097 966 910 1,137 1,267 1,362 1,367 1,484 1,542 1,587 1,019 568 1,701 1,094 607 Pharmacy ( Pharm. D.) ........................................ 430 347 472 436 487 733 751 920 998 943 1,448 1,489 497 992 2,184 716 1,468 Podiatry ( Pod. D. or D. P.) or podiatric medicine ( D. P. M.) .......................... 612 645 675 589 504 476 465 545 650 614 491 481 357 124 485 339 146 Veterinary medicine ( D. V. M.) ............................ 339 221 208 218 213 217 194 221 220 238 222 237 63 174 230 64 166 Chiropractic ( D. C. or D. C. M.) ............................ 3,395 2,628 2,581 2,640 2,694 2,799 2,806 2,968 3,379 3,654 3,735 3,639 2,594 1,045 3,809 2,718 1,091 Law ( LL. B. or J. D.) ............................................ 22,425 21,817 22,900 23,655 24,751 26,172 25,979 25,537 25,987 25,699 25,431 25,093 13,861 11,232 24,424 13,155 11,269 Theology ( M. Div., M. H. L., B. D.,

or Ord. and M. H. L./ Rav.) .............................. 7,283 6,466 5,851 5,695 5,251 5,447 5,967 5,978 5,879 5,859 5,873 5,558 3,986 1,572 6,129 4,337 1,792 Other .................................................................. 43 0 52 487 1,956 491 55 75 170 998 372 153 67 86 413 186 227 NOTE: Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion ( including at least 2 years of preprofessional training). Data for 1998   99 imputed using alternative procedures. ( See Guide to Sources for details.)

Some data have been revised from previously published figures. 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.) 324 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 265.   Associate degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group and sex of student: 1976   77 to 1999   2000 Year Number of degrees conferred Percentage distribution of degrees conferred to U. S. citizens Total White, non Hispanic Black, non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White, non Hispanic Black, non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaskan Native 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total Total 1976   77 1 ........ 404,956 342,290 33,159 16,636 7,044 2,498 3,329 100.0 85.2 8.3 4.1 1.8 0.6 1978   79 2 ........ 396,745 331,092 34,979 16,269 7,518 2,336 4,551 100.0 84.4 8.9 4.1 1.9 0.6 1980   81 3 ........ 410,174 339,167 35,330 17,800 8,650 2,584 6,643 100.0 84.0 8.8 4.4 2.1 0.6 1984   85 4 ........ 429,815 355,343 35,791 19,407 9,914 2,953 6,407 100.0 83.9 8.5 4.6 2.3 0.7 1986   87 .......... 436,304 361,861 35,447 19,334 11,779 3,195 4,688 100.0 83.8 8.2 4.5 2.7 0.7 1988   89 5 ........ 432,144 354,865 34,664 20,384 12,519 3,331 6,381 100.0 83.3 8.1 4.8 2.9 0.8 1989   90 6 ........ 450,263 369,580 35,327 22,195 13,482 3,530 6,149 100.0 83.2 8.0 5.0 3.0 0.8 1990   91 7 ........ 462,030 376,081 37,657 24,251 13,725 3,672 6,644 100.0 82.6 8.3 5.3 3.0 0.8 1991   92 8 ........ 494,387 400,530 39,411 26,905 15,596 4,008 7,937 100.0 82.3 8.1 5.5 3.2 0.8 1992   93 9 ........ 508,154 405,883 42,340 29,991 16,632 4,379 8,929 100.0 81.3 8.5 6.0 3.3 0.9 1993   94 10 ....... 529,106 418,301 45,461 32,074 18,433 4,871 9,966 100.0 80.6 8.8 6.2 3.6 0.9 1994   95 11 ....... 538,545 419,323 47,142 36,013 20,717 5,492 9,858 100.0 79.3 8.9 6.8 3.9 1.0 1995   96 12 ....... 553,625 425,028 51,672 38,163 23,091 5,556 10,115 100.0 78.2 9.5 7.0 4.2 1.0 1996   97 13 ....... 563,620 424,364 55,260 42,645 24,829 5,927 10,595 100.0 76.7 10.0 7.7 4.5 1.1 1997   98 14 ....... 555,538 411,336 55,008 45,627 25,047 6,220 12,300 100.0 75.7 10.1 8.4 4.6 1.1 1998   99 .......... 559,954 408,844 57,405 48,643 27,566 6,417 11,079 100.0 74.5 10.5 8.9 5.0 1.2 1999   2000 ...... 564,933 408,508 60,181 51,541 27,764 6,494 10,445 100.0 73.7 10.9 9.3 5.0 1.2 Men Men 1976   77 1 ........ 209,672 178,236 15,330 9,105 3,630 1,216 2,155 100.0 85.9 7.4 4.4 1.7 0.6 1978   79 2 ........ 187,284 156,671 14,425 8,135 4,058 1,069 2,926 100.0 85.0 7.8 4.4 2.2 0.6 1980   81 3 ........ 183,819 151,242 14,290 8,327 4,557 1,108 4,295 100.0 84.2 8.0 4.6 2.5 0.6 1984   85 4 ........ 190,409 157,278 14,184 8,561 5,492 1,198 3,696 100.0 84.2 7.6 4.6 2.9 0.6 1986   87 .......... 190,839 158,132 13,959 8,760 6,169 1,263 2,556 100.0 84.0 7.4 4.7 3.3 0.7 1988   89 5 ........ 183,963 150,978 12,884 9,217 6,366 1,323 3,195 100.0 83.5 7.1 5.1 3.5 0.7 1989   90 6 ........ 188,631 154,748 13,147 9,859 6,477 1,433 2,967 100.0 83.3 7.1 5.3 3.5 0.8 1990   91 7 ........ 190,221 155,330 13,718 10,210 6,440 1,373 3,150 100.0 83.0 7.3 5.5 3.4 0.7 1991   92 8 ........ 202,808 164,799 14,294 11,536 7,254 1,531 3,394 100.0 82.6 7.2 5.8 3.6 0.8 1992   93 9 ........ 209,051 167,312 15,497 12,924 7,877 1,663 3,778 100.0 81.5 7.5 6.3 3.8 0.8 1993   94 10 ....... 214,462 170,137 16,917 13,204 8,288 1,836 4,080 100.0 80.9 8.0 6.3 3.9 0.9 1994   95 11 ....... 217,730 169,475 16,786 15,717 9,283 2,106 4,363 100.0 79.4 7.9 7.4 4.4 1.0 1995   96 12 ....... 218,977 168,858 17,854 15,700 10,204 1,989 4,372 100.0 78.7 8.3 7.3 4.8 0.9 1996   97 13 ....... 220,722 166,732 18,994 17,583 10,770 2,047 4,596 100.0 77.1 8.8 8.1 5.0 0.9 1997   98 14 ....... 216,440 160,346 18,584 19,006 10,885 2,243 5,376 100.0 76.0 8.8 9.0 5.2 1.1 1998   99 .......... 218,417 160,681 19,386 19,367 11,662 2,239 5,082 100.0 75.3 9.1 9.1 5.5 1.0 1999   2000 ...... 224,721 164,197 20,951 20,933 12,001 2,224 4,415 100.0 74.5 9.5 9.5 5.4 1.0 Women Women 1976   77 1 ........ 195,284 164,054 17,829 7,531 3,414 1,282 1,174 100.0 84.5 9.2 3.9 1.8 0.7 1978   79 2 ........ 209,461 174,421 20,554 8,134 3,460 1,267 1,625 100.0 83.9 9.9 3.9 1.7 0.6 1980   81 3 ........ 226,355 187,925 21,040 9,473 4,093 1,476 2,348 100.0 83.9 9.4 4.2 1.8 0.7 1984   85 4 ........ 239,406 198,065 21,607 10,846 4,422 1,755 2,711 100.0 83.7 9.1 4.6 1.9 0.7 1986   87 .......... 245,465 203,729 21,488 10,574 5,610 1,932 2,132 100.0 83.7 8.8 4.3 2.3 0.8 1988   89 5 ........ 248,181 203,887 21,780 11,167 6,153 2,008 3,186 100.0 83.2 8.9 4.6 2.5 0.8 1989   90 6 ........ 261,632 214,832 22,180 12,336 7,005 2,097 3,182 100.0 83.1 8.6 4.8 2.7 0.8 1990   91 7 ........ 271,809 220,751 23,939 14,041 7,285 2,299 3,494 100.0 82.3 8.9 5.2 2.7 0.9 1991   92 8 ........ 291,579 235,731 25,117 15,369 8,342 2,477 4,543 100.0 82.1 8.8 5.4 2.9 0.9 1992   93 9 ........ 299,103 238,571 26,843 17,067 8,755 2,716 5,151 100.0 81.2 9.1 5.8 3.0 0.9 1993   94 10 ....... 314,644 248,164 28,544 18,870 10,145 3,035 5,886 100.0 80.4 9.2 6.1 3.3 1.0 1994   95 11 ....... 320,815 249,848 30,356 20,296 11,434 3,386 5,495 100.0 79.2 9.6 6.4 3.6 1.1 1995   96 12 ....... 334,648 256,170 33,818 22,463 12,887 3,567 5,743 100.0 77.9 10.3 6.8 3.9 1.1 1996   97 13 ....... 342,898 257,632 36,266 25,062 14,059 3,880 5,999 100.0 76.5 10.8 7.4 4.2 1.2 1997   98 14 ....... 339,098 250,990 36,424 26,621 14,162 3,977 6,924 100.0 75.6 11.0 8.0 4.3 1.2 1998   99 .......... 341,537 248,163 38,019 29,276 15,904 4,178 5,997 100.0 74.0 11.3 8.7 4.7 1.2 1999   2000 ...... 340,212 244,311 39,230 30,608 15,763 4,270 6,030 100.0 73.1 11.7 9.2 4.7 1.3 1 Excludes 1,170 men and 251 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 2 Excludes 4,807 men and 1,150 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 3 Excludes 4,819 men and 1,384 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 4 Excludes 1,033 men and 1,512 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 5 Excludes 2,353 men and 2,267 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 6 Excludes 2,564 men and 2,275 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 7 Excludes 8,413 men and 11,277 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 8 Excludes 4,673 men and 5,171 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 9 Excludes 2,913 men and 3,689 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 10 Excludes 799 men and 727 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 11 Excludes 622 men and 524 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 12 Excludes 537 men and 1,054 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 13 Excludes 3,226 men and 4,380 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 14 Excludes 1,173 men and 1,844 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

NOTE: For years 1984   85 to 1999   2000, 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. Data for 1998   99 imputed using alternative procedures. ( See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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.) 325 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 266.   Associate degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1999   2000 Major field of study Total Men Women Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 All fields, total ................................................. 564,933 408,508 60,181 51,541 27,764 6,494 10,445 224,721 164,197 20,951 20,933 12,001 2,224 4,415 340,212 244,311 39,230 30,608 15,763 4,270 6,030 Agriculture and natural resources ........................ 6,667 6,316 53 86 46 103 63 4,353 4,151 31 53 23 59 36 2,314 2,165 22 33 23 44 27 Architecture and related programs ...................... 392 312 11 30 28 0 11 101 89 0 5 5 0 2 291 223 11 25 23 0 9 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ........................ 259 119 26 30 5 54 25 56 18 7 7 1 13 10 203 101 19 23 4 41 15 Biological sciences/ life sciences .......................... 1,434 968 144 142 112 40 28 481 329 40 53 40 10 9 953 639 104 89 72 30 19 Business ............................................................... 107,401 74,627 14,656 9,275 5,179 1,191 2,473 34,525 24,820 4,007 2,789 1,608 284 1,017 72,876 49,807 10,649 6,486 3,571 907 1,456 Communications ................................................... 2,754 2,059 263 228 114 26 64 1,435 1,073 145 134 46 11 26 1,319 986 118 94 68 15 38 Communications technologies ............................. 1,709 1,245 188 162 48 6 60 1,059 794 111 103 25 3 23 650 451 77 59 23 3 37 Computer and information sciences .................... 20,450 13,451 3,005 1,695 1,563 248 488 11,700 8,106 1,392 998 864 97 243 8,750 5,345 1,613 697 699 151 245 Construction trades .............................................. 2,337 1,978 141 112 55 46 5 2,220 1,879 131 111 54 40 5 117 99 10 1 1 6 0 Education ............................................................. 8,226 5,698 1,136 994 115 208 75 1,702 1,188 248 184 17 43 22 6,524 4,510 888 810 98 165 53 Engineering .......................................................... 1,752 1,203 136 163 163 17 70 1,509 1,054 110 134 139 13 59 243 149 26 29 24 4 11 Engineering related technologies ......................... 35,395 25,110 3,823 3,733 2,106 359 264 30,736 22,033 3,110 3,289 1,815 272 217 4,659 3,077 713 444 291 87 47 English language and literature/ letters ................ 947 712 66 84 47 12 26 333 247 28 32 15 6 5 614 465 38 52 32 6 21 Foreign languages and literatures ....................... 501 320 20 99 32 1 29 235 175 9 28 17 1 5 266 145 11 71 15 0 24 Health professions and related sciences ............. 84,081 65,616 8,562 5,406 3,050 922 525 11,728 8,601 1,152 1,033 725 116 101 72,353 57,015 7,410 4,373 2,325 806 424 Home economics and vocational home economics ......................................................... 8,381 5,292 1,253 1,079 525 104 128 704 441 71 66 102 8 16 7,677 4,851 1,182 1,013 423 96 112 Law and legal studies .......................................... 7,265 5,125 1,149 735 144 88 24 881 545 152 127 30 21 6 6,384 4,580 997 608 114 67 18 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities ................................................ 187,454 134,558 17,539 18,856 10,070 1,982 4,449 69,746 50,201 6,161 6,819 4,025 672 1,868 117,708 84,357 11,378 12,037 6,045 1,310 2,581 Library science ..................................................... 98 82 1 6 6 2 1 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 90 75 1 5 6 2 1 Mathematics ......................................................... 675 400 40 101 93 7 34 408 231 26 65 56 4 26 267 169 14 36 37 3 8 Mechanics and repairers ...................................... 11,614 8,793 783 1,020 735 128 155 10,791 8,263 708 937 612 121 150 823 530 75 83 123 7 5 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ............................... 11,784 8,564 1,228 1,058 690 95 149 5,521 3,788 655 544 401 45 88 6,263 4,776 573 514 289 50 61 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...... 855 634 105 62 21 8 25 511 381 72 33 11 3 11 344 253 33 29 10 5 14 Philosophy and religion ........................................ 63 46 3 7 2 0 5 32 20 1 5 2 0 4 31 26 2 2 0 0 1 Physical sciences and science technologies ....... 2,460 1,735 240 201 197 21 66 1,299 950 107 118 82 12 30 1,161 785 133 83 115 9 36 Precision production trades ................................. 11,814 9,357 637 1,052 567 141 60 9,200 7,329 500 831 409 96 35 2,614 2,028 137 221 158 45 25 Protective services ............................................... 16,298 12,426 1,689 1,609 317 222 35 10,507 8,428 748 955 241 116 19 5,791 3,998 941 654 76 106 16 Psychology ........................................................... 1,455 998 142 200 53 39 23 326 204 46 46 17 7 6 1,129 794 96 154 36 32 17 Public administration and services ...................... 3,656 2,006 890 514 105 120 21 555 268 150 91 17 27 2 3,101 1,738 740 423 88 93 19 R. O. T. C. and military technologies ...................... 65 23 27 13 2 0 0 54 22 21 9 2 0 0 11 1 6 4 0 0 0 Social sciences and history ................................. 5,136 3,108 617 799 371 127 114 1,791 1,102 205 276 143 28 37 3,345 2,006 412 523 228 99 77 Theological studies and religious vocations ........ 636 447 125 30 4 2 28 355 262 63 18 3 2 7 281 185 62 12 1 0 21 Transportation and material moving workers ...... 1,021 807 32 82 30 11 59 870 696 30 68 29 10 37 151 111 2 14 1 1 22 Visual and performing arts ................................... 17,100 12,495 1,090 1,612 954 144 805 7,999 5,817 593 884 348 77 280 9,101 6,678 497 728 606 67 525 Not classified by field of study ............................. 2,798 1,878 361 266 215 20 58 990 685 121 87 77 7 13 1,808 1,193 240 179 138 13 45 NOTE: 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. 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; and `` Business'' includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/

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 July 2001.) 326 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 267.   Associate degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1998   99 Major field of study Total Men Women Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 All fields, total ................................................. 559,954 408,844 57,405 48,643 27,566 6,417 11,079 218,417 160,681 19,386 19,367 11,662 2,239 5,082 341,537 248,163 38,019 29,276 15,904 4,178 5,997 Agriculture and natural resources ........................ 6,633 6,194 55 154 33 116 81 4,320 4,061 43 90 14 67 45 2,313 2,133 12 64 19 49 36 Architecture and related programs ...................... 405 314 15 39 30 2 5 67 45 6 7 7 1 1 338 269 9 32 23 1 4 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ........................ 308 126 47 47 4 71 13 66 27 14 10 0 14 1 242 99 33 37 4 57 12 Biological sciences/ life sciences .......................... 2,211 1,380 170 253 311 57 40 765 463 63 99 113 15 12 1,446 917 107 154 198 42 28 Business ............................................................... 105,848 74,463 13,600 8,825 5,241 1,155 2,564 32,551 23,490 3,634 2,613 1,510 249 1,055 73,297 50,973 9,966 6,212 3,731 906 1,509 Communications ................................................... 2,639 1,990 233 242 76 23 75 1,346 998 117 143 38 11 39 1,293 992 116 99 38 12 36 Communications technologies ............................. 1,541 1,110 147 157 58 7 62 961 707 80 101 41 6 26 580 403 67 56 17 1 36 Computer and information sciences .................... 16,968 11,043 2,440 1,413 1,423 239 410 9,420 6,397 1,058 763 857 110 235 7,548 4,646 1,382 650 566 129 175 Construction trades .............................................. 2,137 1,811 142 91 59 30 4 2,029 1,724 132 86 57 26 4 108 87 10 5 2 4 0 Education ............................................................. 9,971 6,915 1,235 1,277 205 251 88 2,356 1,597 309 276 68 81 25 7,615 5,318 926 1,001 137 170 63 Engineering .......................................................... 2,033 1,448 116 173 168 17 111 1,719 1,233 95 146 137 9 99 314 215 21 27 31 8 12 Engineering related technologies ......................... 34,047 24,246 3,545 3,083 2,006 324 843 29,534 21,182 2,914 2,721 1,720 257 740 4,513 3,064 631 362 286 67 103 English language and literature/ letters ................ 1,621 926 122 223 127 15 208 575 331 47 75 47 6 69 1,046 595 75 148 80 9 139 Foreign languages and literatures ....................... 549 342 24 116 46 4 17 244 165 10 33 29 1 6 305 177 14 83 17 3 11 Health professions and related sciences ............. 90,557 71,715 8,767 5,381 3,182 978 534 13,340 9,921 1,243 1,130 752 168 126 77,217 61,794 7,524 4,251 2,430 810 408 Home economics and vocational home economics ......................................................... 8,502 5,593 1,200 984 491 98 136 699 458 69 39 110 12 11 7,803 5,135 1,131 945 381 86 125 Law and legal studies .......................................... 7,400 5,436 1,071 671 121 72 29 886 622 141 89 19 7 8 6,514 4,814 930 582 102 65 21 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities ................................................ 181,977 131,616 17,201 17,399 9,918 1,807 4,036 68,209 49,798 5,901 6,283 3,896 605 1,726 113,768 81,818 11,300 11,116 6,022 1,202 2,310 Library science ..................................................... 86 77 2 4 2 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 81 73 1 4 2 1 0 Mathematics ......................................................... 823 500 36 137 121 7 22 451 266 24 74 74 3 10 372 234 12 63 47 4 12 Mechanics and repairers ...................................... 10,806 8,110 764 939 738 137 118 9,915 7,516 667 871 621 126 114 891 594 97 68 117 11 4 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ............................... 8,658 6,846 664 590 359 93 106 3,997 3,139 326 274 156 60 42 4,661 3,707 338 316 203 33 64 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...... 871 688 74 61 14 15 19 529 406 55 37 12 8 11 342 282 19 24 2 7 8 Philosophy and religion ........................................ 74 57 4 8 2 1 2 35 26 2 5 1 0 1 39 31 2 3 1 1 1 Physical sciences and science technologies ....... 2,399 1,646 201 191 262 27 72 1,198 832 88 104 121 10 43 1,201 814 113 87 141 17 29 Precision production trades ................................. 11,598 9,038 701 897 560 114 288 9,009 7,114 517 716 369 83 210 2,589 1,924 184 181 191 31 78 Protective services ............................................... 17,430 13,300 1,779 1,679 400 220 52 11,449 9,207 795 1,029 267 120 31 5,981 4,093 984 650 133 100 21 Psychology ........................................................... 1,625 1,091 163 237 63 40 31 395 255 49 53 23 9 6 1,230 836 114 184 40 31 25 Public administration and services ...................... 3,881 2,201 951 494 104 91 40 613 344 141 82 22 18 6 3,268 1,857 810 412 82 73 34 R. O. T. C. and military technologies ...................... 42 19 13 8 2 0 0 40 19 11 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Social sciences and history ................................. 4,550 2,726 546 743 277 127 131 1,593 947 182 271 114 28 51 2,957 1,779 364 472 163 99 80 Theological studies and religious vocations ........ 476 354 80 6 7 5 24 229 175 33 5 2 2 12 247 179 47 1 5 3 12 Transportation and material moving workers ...... 1,154 906 43 96 43 8 58 975 790 39 77 27 5 37 179 116 4 19 16 3 21 Visual and performing arts ................................... 17,640 12,766 1,013 1,824 993 240 804 7,942 5,711 500 977 384 113 257 9,698 7,055 513 847 609 127 547 Not classified by field of study ............................. 2,494 1,851 241 201 120 25 56 955 711 80 80 52 9 23 1,539 1,140 161 121 68 16 33 NOTE: 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. 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; and `` Business'' includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/ marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services. Data imputed using alternative procedures. ( See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ( IPEDS), `` Completions'' survey. ( This table was prepared August 2001.) 327 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 268.   Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group and sex of student: 1976   77 to 1999   2000 Year Number of degrees conferred Percentage distribution of degrees conferred to U. S. citizens Total White, non Hispanic Black, non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White, non

Hispanic Black, non

Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaskan Native 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total Total 1976   77 1 ........ 917,900 807,688 58,636 18,743 13,793 3,326 15,714 100.0 89.5 6.5 2.1 1.5 0.4 1978   79 2 ........ 919,540 802,542 60,246 20,096 15,407 3,410 17,839 100.0 89.0 6.7 2.2 1.7 0.4 1980   81 3 ........ 934,800 807,319 60,673 21,832 18,794 3,593 22,589 100.0 88.5 6.7 2.4 2.1 0.4 1984   85 4 ........ 968,311 826,106 57,473 25,874 25,395 4,246 29,217 100.0 88.0 6.1 2.8 2.7 0.5 1986   87 .......... 991,264 841,818 56,560 26,988 32,624 3,968 29,306 100.0 87.5 5.9 2.8 3.4 0.4 1988   89 5 ........ 1,016,350 859,703 58,078 29,918 37,674 3,951 27,026 100.0 86.9 5.9 3.0 3.8 0.4 1989   90 6 ........ 1,048,631 884,376 61,063 32,844 39,248 4,392 26,708 100.0 86.5 6.0 3.2 3.8 0.4 1990   91 7 ........ 1,081,280 904,062 65,341 36,612 41,618 4,513 29,134 100.0 85.9 6.2 3.5 4.0 0.4 1991   92 8 ........ 1,129,833 936,771 72,326 40,761 46,720 5,176 28,079 100.0 85.0 6.6 3.7 4.2 0.5 1992   93 9 ........ 1,159,931 947,309 77,872 45,376 51,463 5,671 32,240 100.0 84.0 6.9 4.0 4.6 0.5 1993   94 10 ...... 1,165,973 936,227 83,576 50,241 55,660 6,189 34,080 100.0 82.7 7.4 4.4 4.9 0.5 1994   95 11 ...... 1,158,788 913,377 87,203 54,201 60,478 6,606 36,923 100.0 81.4 7.8 4.8 5.4 0.6 1995   96 12 ...... 1,163,036 904,709 91,166 58,288 64,359 6,970 37,544 100.0 80.4 8.1 5.2 5.7 0.6 1996   97 13 ...... 1,168,023 898,224 94,053 61,941 67,969 7,409 38,427 100.0 79.5 8.3 5.5 6.0 0.7 1997   98 14 ...... 1,183,033 900,317 98,132 65,937 71,592 7,894 39,161 100.0 78.7 8.6 5.8 6.3 0.7 1998   99 .......... 1,200,303 906,305 102,106 70,008 74,102 8,418 39,364 100.0 78.1 8.8 6.0 6.4 0.7 1999   2000 ...... 1,237,875 928,013 107,891 74,963 77,793 8,711 40,504 100.0 77.5 9.0 6.3 6.5 0.7 Men Men 1976   77 1 ........ 494,424 438,161 25,147 10,318 7,638 1,804 11,356 100.0 90.7 5.2 2.1 1.6 0.4 1978   79 2 ........ 476,065 418,215 24,659 10,418 8,261 1,736 12,776 100.0 90.3 5.3 2.2 1.8 0.4 1980   81 3 ........ 469,625 406,173 24,511 10,810 10,107 1,700 16,324 100.0 89.6 5.4 2.4 2.2 0.4 1984   85 4 ........ 476,148 405,085 23,018 12,402 13,554 1,998 20,091 100.0 88.8 5.0 2.7 3.0 0.4 1986   87 .......... 480,782 406,749 22,501 12,865 17,253 1,817 19,597 100.0 88.2 4.9 2.8 3.7 0.4 1988   89 5 ........ 481,946 407,154 22,370 13,950 19,260 1,730 17,482 100.0 87.7 4.8 3.0 4.1 0.4 1989   90 6 ........ 490,317 413,573 23,262 14,941 19,721 1,859 16,961 100.0 87.4 4.9 3.2 4.2 0.4 1990   91 7 ........ 496,424 415,505 24,328 16,158 20,678 1,901 17,854 100.0 86.8 5.1 3.4 4.3 0.4 1991   92 8 ........ 516,976 429,842 26,956 17,976 23,248 2,182 16,772 100.0 85.9 5.4 3.6 4.6 0.4 1992   93 9 ........ 530,541 435,084 28,883 19,865 25,293 2,449 18,967 100.0 85.0 5.6 3.9 4.9 0.5 1993   94 10 ...... 530,804 429,121 30,648 21,807 26,938 2,616 19,674 100.0 84.0 6.0 4.3 5.3 0.5 1994   95 11 ...... 525,174 417,006 31,775 23,600 28,973 2,736 21,084 100.0 82.7 6.3 4.7 5.7 0.5 1995   96 12 ...... 521,439 408,829 32,852 24,994 30,630 2,885 21,249 100.0 81.7 6.6 5.0 6.1 0.6 1996   97 13 ...... 517,901 401,878 33,509 26,007 32,111 2,988 21,408 100.0 80.9 6.7 5.2 6.5 0.6 1997   98 14 ...... 519,360 399,105 34,469 27,648 33,405 3,148 21,585 100.0 80.2 6.9 5.6 6.7 0.6 1998   99 .......... 518,746 396,476 34,827 28,624 34,172 3,320 21,327 100.0 79.7 7.0 5.8 6.9 0.7 1999   2000 ...... 530,367 402,368 36,972 30,255 35,789 3,459 21,524 100.0 79.1 7.3 5.9 7.0 0.7 Women Women 1976   77 1 ........ 423,476 369,527 33,489 8,425 6,155 1,522 4,358 100.0 88.2 8.0 2.0 1.5 0.4 1978   79 2 ........ 443,475 384,327 35,587 9,678 7,146 1,674 5,063 100.0 87.7 8.1 2.2 1.6 0.4 1980   81 3 ........ 465,175 401,146 36,162 11,022 8,687 1,893 6,265 100.0 87.4 7.9 2.4 1.9 0.4 1984   85 4 ........ 492,163 421,021 34,455 13,472 11,841 2,248 9,126 100.0 87.2 7.1 2.8 2.5 0.5 1986   87 .......... 510,482 435,069 34,059 14,123 15,371 2,151 9,709 100.0 86.9 6.8 2.8 3.1 0.4 1988   89 5 ........ 534,404 452,549 35,708 15,968 18,414 2,221 9,544 100.0 86.2 6.8 3.0 3.5 0.4 1989   90 6 ........ 558,314 470,803 37,801 17,903 19,527 2,533 9,747 100.0 85.8 6.9 3.3 3.6 0.5 1990   91 7 ........ 584,856 488,557 41,013 20,454 20,940 2,612 11,280 100.0 85.2 7.2 3.6 3.7 0.5 1991   92 8 ........ 612,857 506,929 45,370 22,785 23,472 2,994 11,307 100.0 84.3 7.5 3.8 3.9 0.5 1992   93 9 ........ 629,390 512,225 48,989 25,511 26,170 3,222 13,273 100.0 83.1 8.0 4.1 4.2 0.5 1993   94 10 ...... 635,169 507,106 52,928 28,434 28,722 3,573 14,406 100.0 81.7 8.5 4.6 4.6 0.6 1994   95 11 ...... 633,614 496,371 55,428 30,601 31,505 3,870 15,839 100.0 80.3 9.0 5.0 5.1 0.6 1995   96 12 ...... 641,597 495,880 58,314 33,294 33,729 4,085 16,295 100.0 79.3 9.3 5.3 5.4 0.7 1996   97 13 ...... 650,122 496,346 60,544 35,934 35,858 4,421 17,019 100.0 78.4 9.6 5.7 5.7 0.7 1997   98 14 ...... 663,673 501,212 63,663 38,289 38,187 4,746 17,576 100.0 77.6 9.9 5.9 5.9 0.7 1998   99 .......... 681,557 509,829 67,279 41,384 39,930 5,098 18,037 100.0 76.8 10.1 6.2 6.0 0.8 1999   2000 ...... 707,508 525,645 70,919 44,708 42,004 5,252 18,980 100.0 76.3 10.3 6.5 6.1 0.8 1 Excludes 1,121 men and 528 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

2 Excludes 1,279 men and 571 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

3 Excludes 258 men and 82 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

4 Excludes 6,380 men and 4,786 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

5 Excludes 1,400 men and 1,005 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

6 Excludes 1,379 men and 1,334 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

7 Excludes 7,621 men and 5,637 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

8 Excludes 3,835 men and 2,885 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

9 Excludes 2,340 men and 2,907 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

10 Excludes 1,618 men and 1,684 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

11 Excludes 957 men and 389 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

12 Excludes 1,015 men and 741 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

13 Excludes 2,614 men and 2,242 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

14 Excludes 596 men and 777 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. NOTE: For years 1984   85 to 1999   2000, 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. Data for 1998   99 imputed using alternative procedures. ( See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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.) 328 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 269.   Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1999   2000 Major field of study Total Men Women Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 All fields, total ........................................... 1,237,875 928,013 107,891 74,963 77,793 8,711 40,504 530,367 402,368 36,972 30,255 35,789 3,459 21,524 707,508 525,645 70,919 44,708 42,004 5,252 18,980 Agriculture and natural resources .................. 24,247 21,563 668 736 717 233 330 13,850 12,537 312 388 314 120 179 10,397 9,026 356 348 403 113 151 Architecture and related programs ................ 8,462 6,163 324 584 772 61 558 5,193 3,868 196 367 420 38 304 3,269 2,295 128 217 352 23 254 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .................. 6,381 3,696 824 736 832 93 200 2,064 1,210 261 240 265 29 59 4,317 2,486 563 496 567 64 141 Biological sciences/ life sciences .................... 63,532 45,247 4,874 3,326 8,279 391 1,415 26,504 19,286 1,422 1,388 3,684 161 563 37,028 25,961 3,452 1,938 4,595 230 852 Business ......................................................... 257,709 186,605 23,645 14,869 17,575 1,486 13,529 129,664 97,817 8,964 6,842 8,006 653 7,382 128,045 88,788 14,681 8,027 9,569 833 6,147 Communications ............................................. 55,760 44,015 4,968 2,934 1,921 297 1,625 21,289 17,165 1,726 1,032 636 120 610 34,471 26,850 3,242 1,902 1,285 177 1,015 Communications technologies ....................... 1,150 836 118 111 52 8 25 774 568 60 86 42 4 14 376 268 58 25 10 4 11 Computer and information sciences .............. 36,195 22,149 3,527 1,828 5,499 174 3,018 26,042 17,056 1,841 1,236 3,721 113 2,075 10,153 5,093 1,686 592 1,778 61 943 Construction trades ........................................ 186 171 1 4 4 2 4 170 158 1 4 3 1 3 16 13 0 0 1 1 1 Education ....................................................... 108,168 91,816 7,723 4,865 1,899 948 917 26,124 21,922 2,035 1,113 531 259 264 82,044 69,894 5,688 3,752 1,368 689 653 Engineering .................................................... 58,427 40,052 3,153 3,187 7,043 335 4,657 46,525 32,609 2,036 2,467 5,337 244 3,832 11,902 7,443 1,117 720 1,706 91 825 Engineering related technologies ................... 13,872 10,404 1,404 776 749 104 435 12,386 9,428 1,108 692 679 83 396 1,486 976 296 84 70 21 39 English language and literature/ letters .......... 50,920 41,424 3,884 2,757 1,985 320 550 16,341 13,764 926 881 533 92 145 34,579 27,660 2,958 1,876 1,452 228 405 Foreign languages and literatures ................. 14,968 10,554 573 2,536 761 67 477 4,375 3,154 141 706 231 18 125 10,593 7,400 432 1,830 530 49 352 Health professions and related sciences ....... 78,458 61,168 7,817 3,506 4,533 571 863 12,727 9,534 1,094 681 1,110 111 197 65,731 51,634 6,723 2,825 3,423 460 666 Home economics and vocational home economics ................................................... 17,779 14,540 1,508 672 697 113 249 2,160 1,681 227 95 100 14 43 15,619 12,859 1,281 577 597 99 206 Law and legal studies .................................... 1,925 1,354 299 155 85 12 20 520 358 66 52 33 5 6 1,405 996 233 103 52 7 14 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities .......................................... 36,104 25,899 4,280 3,482 1,401 377 665 12,250 9,193 1,323 894 446 126 268 23,854 16,706 2,957 2,588 955 251 397 Library science ............................................... 154 121 21 6 3 2 1 77 55 14 6 1 1 0 77 66 7 0 2 1 1 Mathematics ................................................... 12,070 8,896 999 632 982 72 489 6,382 4,697 484 341 508 34 318 5,688 4,199 515 291 474 38 171 Mechanics and repairers ................................ 70 55 3 1 1 0 10 64 49 3 1 1 0 10 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ......................... 27,460 19,319 2,488 2,856 2,067 220 510 9,136 6,484 732 732 853 68 267 18,324 12,835 1,756 2,124 1,214 152 243 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 19,111 15,818 1,565 935 367 156 270 9,170 7,394 830 534 167 90 155 9,941 8,424 735 401 200 66 115 Philosophy and religion .................................. 8,366 6,882 417 406 449 49 163 5,228 4,350 241 247 261 27 102 3,138 2,532 176 159 188 22 61 Physical sciences and science technologies 18,385 14,197 1,187 654 1,630 115 602 10,972 8,789 493 390 874 59 367 7,413 5,408 694 264 756 56 235 Precision production trades ........................... 393 322 36 11 11 5 8 281 226 28 10 7 4 6 112 96 8 1 4 1 2 Protective services ......................................... 24,877 17,244 4,141 2,420 640 280 152 14,069 10,399 1,740 1,284 404 145 97 10,808 6,845 2,401 1,136 236 135 55 Psychology ..................................................... 74,060 54,295 7,838 5,755 4,330 537 1,305 17,430 12,860 1,708 1,369 1,076 133 284 56,630 41,435 6,130 4,386 3,254 404 1,021 Public administration and services ................ 20,185 13,279 4,194 1,669 606 221 216 3,816 2,406 824 359 142 39 46 16,369 10,873 3,370 1,310 464 182 170 R. O. T. C. and military sciences ...................... 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Social sciences and history ........................... 127,101 93,149 11,878 9,035 8,243 970 3,826 62,062 47,365 4,447 4,042 3,837 441 1,930 65,039 45,784 7,431 4,993 4,406 529 1,896 Theological studies and religious vocations .. 6,809 5,950 320 159 146 35 199 4,791 4,236 187 113 85 20 150 2,018 1,714 133 46 61 15 49 Transportation and material moving workers 3,395 2,779 188 160 81 33 154 2,985 2,439 166 147 75 29 129 410 340 22 13 6 4 25 Visual and performing arts ............................. 58,791 46,104 2,879 3,047 3,357 418 2,986 24,003 18,574 1,282 1,451 1,370 173 1,153 34,788 27,530 1,597 1,596 1,987 245 1,833 Not classified by field of study ....................... 2,398 1,940 147 153 76 6 76 937 731 54 65 37 5 45 1,461 1,209 93 88 39 1 31 NOTE: 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. 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; and `` Business'' includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/

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 July 2001.) 329 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 270.   Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1998   99 Major field of study Total Men Women Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 All fields, total ........................................... 1,200,303 906,305 102,106 70,008 74,102 8,418 39,364 518,746 396,476 34,827 28,624 34,172 3,320 21,327 681,557 509,829 67,279 41,384 39,930 5,098 18,037 Agriculture and natural resources .................. 23,930 21,344 646 721 637 209 373 13,873 12,534 304 414 289 112 220 10,057 8,810 342 307 348 97 153 Architecture and related programs ................ 8,246 5,997 342 614 689 52 552 5,157 3,831 213 384 383 35 311 3,089 2,166 129 230 306 17 241 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .................. 6,252 3,760 765 703 739 85 200 2,023 1,215 228 230 234 34 82 4,229 2,545 537 473 505 51 118 Biological sciences/ life sciences .................... 65,014 46,076 4,841 3,349 8,848 413 1,487 28,254 20,468 1,402 1,486 4,090 177 631 36,760 25,608 3,439 1,863 4,758 236 856 Business ......................................................... 242,236 176,124 21,785 13,426 16,196 1,359 13,346 123,158 93,117 8,224 6,459 7,292 603 7,463 119,078 83,007 13,561 6,967 8,904 756 5,883 Communications ............................................. 51,384 40,725 4,624 2,529 1,754 264 1,488 20,298 16,556 1,579 907 594 88 574 31,086 24,169 3,045 1,622 1,160 176 914 Communications technologies ....................... 935 668 107 73 27 3 57 563 401 49 54 21 3 35 372 267 58 19 6 0 22 Computer and information sciences .............. 29,345 18,865 2,827 1,330 3,830 145 2,348 21,392 14,648 1,417 907 2,690 95 1,635 7,953 4,217 1,410 423 1,140 50 713 Construction trades ........................................ 204 184 9 6 2 0 3 187 171 7 4 2 0 3 17 13 2 2 0 0 0 Education ....................................................... 107,172 90,717 7,921 4,701 1,916 1,027 890 26,226 21,977 2,137 1,070 546 264 232 80,946 68,740 5,784 3,631 1,370 763 658 Engineering .................................................... 57,918 39,736 3,169 3,184 6,914 314 4,601 46,579 32,611 2,036 2,479 5,319 226 3,908 11,339 7,125 1,133 705 1,595 88 693 Engineering related technologies ................... 13,743 10,547 1,279 676 594 108 539 12,383 9,636 1,057 573 530 85 502 1,360 911 222 103 64 23 37 English language and literature/ letters .......... 50,535 41,435 3,718 2,565 2,029 278 510 16,490 13,905 884 848 610 92 151 34,045 27,530 2,834 1,717 1,419 186 359 Foreign languages and literatures ................. 14,962 10,696 551 2,381 753 78 503 4,496 3,346 116 665 215 24 130 10,466 7,350 435 1,716 538 54 373 Health professions and related sciences ....... 82,622 65,185 7,577 3,515 4,857 570 918 14,520 11,069 1,095 775 1,234 114 233 68,102 54,116 6,482 2,740 3,623 456 685 Home economics and vocational home economics ................................................... 17,689 14,570 1,346 621 777 114 261 2,100 1,669 197 80 96 11 47 15,589 12,901 1,149 541 681 103 214 Law and legal studies .................................... 1,901 1,414 247 126 86 22 6 534 380 67 44 36 7 0 1,367 1,034 180 82 50 15 6 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities ........................................... 34,772 24,867 4,110 3,280 1,429 342 744 12,171 9,180 1,176 894 504 98 319 22,601 15,687 2,934 2,386 925 244 425 Library science ............................................... 78 70 4 3 1 0 0 31 27 2 2 0 0 0 47 43 2 1 1 0 0 Mathematics ................................................... 12,539 9,406 958 703 916 75 481 6,545 4,927 444 377 468 38 291 5,994 4,479 514 326 448 37 190 Mechanics and repairers ................................ 39 32 3 1 0 0 3 38 31 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ......................... 26,581 18,787 2,322 2,796 2,010 177 489 8,738 6,272 683 670 838 51 224 17,843 12,515 1,639 2,126 1,172 126 265 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 18,064 15,134 1,355 846 349 129 251 8,839 7,284 729 450 169 73 134 9,225 7,850 626 396 180 56 117 Philosophy and religion .................................. 8,263 6,768 405 388 461 61 180 5,189 4,202 252 272 300 41 122 3,074 2,566 153 116 161 20 58 Physical sciences and science technologies 18,337 14,241 1,138 650 1,573 116 619 11,029 8,875 469 396 852 73 364 7,308 5,366 669 254 721 43 255 Precision production trades ........................... 386 306 42 9 16 2 11 274 221 28 6 12 2 5 112 85 14 3 4 0 6 Protective services ......................................... 24,601 17,404 3,988 2,267 568 260 114 14,085 10,651 1,647 1,223 368 137 59 10,516 6,753 2,341 1,044 200 123 55 Psychology ..................................................... 73,536 54,474 7,567 5,508 4,302 553 1,132 18,294 13,596 1,719 1,341 1,221 153 264 55,242 40,878 5,848 4,167 3,081 400 868 Public administration and services ................ 20,287 13,749 3,912 1,588 592 263 183 3,791 2,405 770 340 168 59 49 16,496 11,344 3,142 1,248 424 204 134 R. O. T. C. and military sciences ...................... 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Social sciences and history ........................... 124,658 92,080 11,603 8,381 7,789 993 3,812 61,736 47,431 4,418 3,807 3,631 462 1,987 62,922 44,649 7,185 4,574 4,158 531 1,825 Theological studies and religious vocations .. 6,280 5,543 258 138 166 21 154 4,484 4,010 154 90 106 16 108 1,796 1,533 104 48 60 5 46 Transportation and material moving workers .......................................... 3,383 2,791 187 150 78 22 155 2,984 2,462 158 133 70 19 142 399 329 29 17 8 3 13 Visual and performing arts ............................. 54,404 42,603 2,500 2,780 3,204 363 2,954 22,281 17,364 1,163 1,243 1,284 128 1,099 32,123 25,239 1,337 1,537 1,920 235 1,855 Not classified by field of study ....................... 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 NOTE: 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. 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; and `` Business'' includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/ marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services. Data imputed using alternative procedures. ( See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ( IPEDS), `` Completions'' survey. ( This table was prepared August 2001.) 330 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 271.   Master's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group and sex of student: 1976   77 to 1999   2000 Year Number of degrees conferred Percentage distribution of degrees conferred to U. S. citizens Total White, non Hispanic Black, non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White, non Hispanic Black, non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaskan Native 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total Total 1976   77 1 ........ 316,602 266,061 21,037 6,071 5,122 967 17,344 100.0 88.9 7.0 2.0 1.7 0.3 1978   79 2 ........ 300,255 249,360 19,418 5,555 5,496 999 19,427 100.0 88.8 6.9 2.0 2.0 0.4 1980   81 3 ........ 294,183 241,216 17,133 6,461 6,282 1,034 22,057 100.0 88.6 6.3 2.4 2.3 0.4 1984   85 4 ........ 280,421 223,628 13,939 6,864 7,782 1,256 26,952 100.0 88.2 5.5 2.7 3.1 0.5 1986   87 .......... 289,349 228,874 13,873 7,044 8,559 1,103 29,896 100.0 88.2 5.3 2.7 3.3 0.4 1988   89 5 ........ 309,770 242,764 14,095 7,277 10,335 1,086 34,213 100.0 88.1 5.1 2.6 3.8 0.4 1989   90 6 ........ 322,465 251,690 15,446 7,950 10,577 1,101 35,701 100.0 87.8 5.4 2.8 3.7 0.4 1990   91 7 ........ 328,645 255,281 16,139 8,386 11,180 1,136 36,523 100.0 87.4 5.5 2.9 3.8 0.4 1991   92 8 ........ 348,682 268,371 18,116 9,358 12,658 1,273 38,906 100.0 86.6 5.8 3.0 4.1 0.4 1992   93 9 ........ 368,701 278,829 19,780 10,665 13,866 1,407 44,154 100.0 85.9 6.1 3.3 4.3 0.4 1993   94 10 ....... 385,419 288,288 21,937 11,913 15,267 1,697 46,317 100.0 85.0 6.5 3.5 4.5 0.5 1994   95 11 ....... 397,052 292,784 24,171 12,907 16,842 1,621 48,727 100.0 84.1 6.9 3.7 4.8 0.5 1995   96 12 ....... 405,521 297,558 25,801 14,412 18,161 1,778 47,811 100.0 83.2 7.2 4.0 5.1 0.5 1996   97 13 ....... 414,882 302,541 28,224 15,187 18,477 1,924 48,529 100.0 82.6 7.7 4.1 5.0 0.5 1997   98 14 ....... 429,296 307,587 30,097 16,215 21,088 2,049 52,260 100.0 81.6 8.0 4.3 5.6 0.5 1998   99 .......... 439,986 311,299 32,344 17,708 21,803 2,004 54,828 100.0 80.8 8.4 4.6 5.7 0.5 1999   2000 ...... 457,056 317,999 35,625 19,093 22,899 2,232 59,208 100.0 79.9 9.0 4.8 5.8 0.6 Men Men 1976   77 1 ........ 167,396 139,210 7,781 3,268 3,123 521 13,493 100.0 90.5 5.1 2.1 2.0 0.3 1978   79 2 ........ 152,637 124,058 7,070 2,786 3,325 495 14,903 100.0 90.1 5.1 2.0 2.4 0.4 1980   81 3 ........ 145,666 115,562 6,158 3,085 3,773 501 16,587 100.0 89.5 4.8 2.4 2.9 0.4 1984   85 4 ........ 139,417 106,059 5,200 3,059 4,842 583 19,674 100.0 88.6 4.3 2.6 4.0 0.5 1986   87 .......... 141,269 105,572 5,153 3,331 5,239 518 21,456 100.0 88.1 4.3 2.8 4.4 0.4 1988   89 5 ........ 148,872 109,715 5,175 3,325 6,048 476 24,133 100.0 88.0 4.1 2.7 4.8 0.4 1989   90 6 ........ 152,926 112,877 5,539 3,586 6,002 463 24,459 100.0 87.9 4.3 2.8 4.7 0.4 1990   91 7 ........ 151,796 111,224 5,709 3,670 6,319 459 24,415 100.0 87.3 4.5 2.9 5.0 0.4 1991   92 8 ........ 159,543 116,096 6,054 4,132 7,062 523 25,676 100.0 86.7 4.5 3.1 5.3 0.4 1992   93 9 ........ 168,754 120,225 6,821 4,735 7,544 586 28,843 100.0 85.9 4.9 3.4 5.4 0.4 1993   94 10 ....... 175,355 123,854 7,413 5,113 8,225 691 30,059 100.0 85.2 5.1 3.5 5.7 0.5 1994   95 11 ....... 178,123 123,809 8,103 5,490 8,920 659 31,142 100.0 84.2 5.5 3.7 6.1 0.4 1995   96 12 ....... 178,661 124,514 8,442 5,833 9,373 704 29,795 100.0 83.6 5.7 3.9 6.3 0.5 1996   97 13 ....... 178,165 124,060 8,871 6,115 8,879 729 29,511 100.0 83.5 6.0 4.1 6.0 0.5 1997   98 14 ....... 183,982 125,343 9,631 6,499 10,239 780 31,490 100.0 82.2 6.3 4.3 6.7 0.5 1998   99 .......... 186,148 125,310 9,965 6,956 10,328 765 32,824 100.0 81.7 6.5 4.5 6.7 0.5 1999   2000 ...... 191,792 126,522 11,093 7,543 10,853 829 34,952 100.0 80.7 7.1 4.8 6.9 0.5 Women Women 1976   77 1 ........ 149,206 126,851 13,256 2,803 1,999 446 3,851 100.0 87.3 9.1 1.9 1.4 0.3 1978   79 2 ........ 147,618 125,302 12,348 2,769 2,171 504 4,524 100.0 87.6 8.6 1.9 1.5 0.4 1980   81 3 ........ 148,517 125,654 10,975 3,376 2,509 533 5,470 100.0 87.8 7.7 2.4 1.8 0.4 1984   85 4 ........ 141,004 117,569 8,739 3,805 2,940 673 7,278 100.0 87.9 6.5 2.8 2.2 0.5 1986   87 .......... 148,080 123,302 8,720 3,713 3,320 585 8,440 100.0 88.3 6.2 2.7 2.4 0.4 1988   89 5 ........ 160,898 133,049 8,920 3,952 4,287 610 10,080 100.0 88.2 5.9 2.6 2.8 0.4 1989   90 6 ........ 169,539 138,813 9,907 4,364 4,575 638 11,242 100.0 87.7 6.3 2.8 2.9 0.4 1990   91 7 ........ 176,849 144,057 10,430 4,716 4,861 677 12,108 100.0 87.4 6.3 2.9 3.0 0.4 1991   92 8 ........ 189,139 152,275 12,062 5,226 5,596 750 13,230 100.0 86.6 6.9 3.0 3.2 0.4 1992   93 9 ........ 199,947 158,604 12,959 5,930 6,322 821 15,311 100.0 85.9 7.0 3.2 3.4 0.4 1993   94 10 ....... 210,064 164,434 14,524 6,800 7,042 1,006 16,258 100.0 84.8 7.5 3.5 3.6 0.5 1994   95 11 ....... 218,929 168,975 16,068 7,417 7,922 962 17,585 100.0 83.9 8.0 3.7 3.9 0.5 1995   96 12 ....... 226,860 173,044 17,359 8,579 8,788 1,074 18,016 100.0 82.9 8.3 4.1 4.2 0.5 1996   97 13 ....... 236,717 178,481 19,353 9,072 9,598 1,195 19,018 100.0 82.0 8.9 4.2 4.4 0.5 1997   98 14 ....... 245,314 182,244 20,466 9,716 10,849 1,269 20,770 100.0 81.2 9.1 4.3 4.8 0.6 1998   99 .......... 253,838 185,989 22,379 10,752 11,475 1,239 22,004 100.0 80.2 9.7 4.6 4.9 0.5 1999   2000 ...... 265,264 191,477 24,532 11,550 12,046 1,403 24,256 100.0 79.4 10.2 4.8 5.0 0.6 1 Excludes 387 men and 175 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 2 Excludes 733 men and 91 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 3 Excludes 1,377 men and 179 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 4 Excludes 3,973 men and 1,857 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 5 Excludes 482 men and 369 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 6 Excludes 727 men and 1,109 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 7 Excludes 4,686 men and 3,837 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 8 Excludes 2,299 men and 1,857 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 9 Excludes 504 men and 380 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 10 Excludes 730 men and 921 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 11 Excludes 475 men and 102 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 12 Excludes 420 men and 360 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 13 Excludes 2,782 men and 1,737 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 14 Excludes 393 men and 475 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

NOTE: For years 1984   85 to 1999   2000, 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. Data for 1998   99 imputed using alternative procedures. ( See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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.) 331 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 272.   Master's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1999   2000 Major field of study Total Men Women Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 All fields, total ............................................. 457,056 317,999 35,625 19,093 22,899 2,232 59,208 191,792 126,522 11,093 7,543 10,853 829 34,952 265,264 191,477 24,532 11,550 12,046 1,403 24,256 Agriculture and natural resources .................... 4,375 3,310 108 109 110 26 712 2,362 1,777 52 58 44 19 412 2,013 1,533 56 51 66 7 300 Architecture and related programs .................. 4,268 2,601 153 193 284 11 1,026 2,508 1,544 81 111 147 7 618 1,760 1,057 72 82 137 4 408 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .................... 1,591 1,023 99 106 85 18 260 644 438 36 41 27 9 93 947 585 63 65 58 9 167 Biological sciences/ life sciences ...................... 6,198 4,309 230 248 611 27 773 2,773 1,967 75 117 300 14 300 3,425 2,342 155 131 311 13 473 Business ........................................................... 112,258 73,252 8,630 4,241 7,371 414 18,350 67,544 45,167 3,691 2,547 4,290 235 11,614 44,714 28,085 4,939 1,694 3,081 179 6,736 Communications ............................................... 5,169 3,227 433 187 204 19 1,099 1,828 1,179 106 65 61 5 412 3,341 2,048 327 122 143 14 687 Communications technologies ......................... 436 290 28 14 25 1 78 231 165 8 10 12 1 35 205 125 20 4 13 0 43 Computer and information sciences ................ 14,264 4,472 567 253 2,086 27 6,859 9,512 3,340 317 179 1,207 18 4,451 4,752 1,132 250 74 879 9 2,408 Construction trades .......................................... 12 5 1 0 0 0 6 7 3 1 0 0 0 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 Education ......................................................... 124,240 99,300 12,100 6,303 2,538 740 3,259 29,321 23,529 2,729 1,487 535 180 861 94,919 75,771 9,371 4,816 2,003 560 2,398 Engineering ...................................................... 25,596 11,427 683 751 2,471 67 10,197 20,290 9,315 468 579 1,785 50 8,093 5,306 2,112 215 172 686 17 2,104 Engineering related technologies ..................... 914 610 97 30 32 2 143 671 463 60 26 19 1 102 243 147 37 4 13 1 41 English language and literature/ letters ............ 7,230 5,919 331 265 231 46 438 2,393 2,006 74 100 76 10 127 4,837 3,913 257 165 155 36 311 Foreign languages and literatures ................... 2,780 1,645 39 308 118 6 664 845 536 14 89 35 1 170 1,935 1,109 25 219 83 5 494 Health professions and related sciences ......... 42,456 33,419 2,684 1,415 2,724 242 1,972 9,624 7,100 514 386 836 68 720 32,832 26,319 2,170 1,029 1,888 174 1,252 Home economics and vocational home economics ..................................................... 2,830 2,112 252 118 105 13 230 457 332 40 24 20 5 36 2,373 1,780 212 94 85 8 194 Law and legal studies ...................................... 3,750 1,375 156 132 136 6 1,945 2,192 814 58 66 78 2 1,174 1,558 561 98 66 58 4 771 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities ............................................ 3,256 2,671 214 108 67 21 175 1,143 940 62 43 20 8 70 2,113 1,731 152 65 47 13 105 Library science ................................................. 4,577 3,948 234 121 100 17 157 947 807 36 32 22 4 46 3,630 3,141 198 89 78 13 111 Mathematics ..................................................... 3,412 1,794 107 91 212 10 1,198 1,881 992 50 52 99 6 682 1,531 802 57 39 113 4 516 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ........................... 3,064 2,286 230 133 120 23 272 1,173 865 65 50 51 9 133 1,891 1,421 165 83 69 14 139 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies .. 2,478 2,055 182 61 47 11 122 1,238 1,032 83 37 20 6 60 1,240 1,023 99 24 27 5 62 Philosophy and religion .................................... 1,329 1,028 51 55 57 4 134 827 628 32 35 36 3 93 502 400 19 20 21 1 41 Physical sciences and science technologies ... 4,841 2,939 130 93 272 19 1,388 3,126 1,892 69 59 160 14 932 1,715 1,047 61 34 112 5 456 Precision production trades ............................. 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Protective services ........................................... 2,609 2,037 328 117 31 23 73 1,534 1,244 150 73 8 17 42 1,075 793 178 44 23 6 31 Psychology ....................................................... 14,465 11,088 1,489 774 518 79 517 3,552 2,721 342 220 118 16 135 10,913 8,367 1,147 554 400 63 382 Public administration and services .................. 25,594 17,613 4,075 1,647 834 204 1,221 6,808 4,520 987 431 211 50 609 18,786 13,093 3,088 1,216 623 154 612 R. O. T. C. and military technologies .................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Social sciences and history ............................. 14,066 8,784 1,021 584 596 88 2,993 7,024 4,436 422 287 247 39 1,593 7,042 4,348 599 297 349 49 1,400 Theological studies and religious vocations .... 5,576 4,072 394 156 257 13 684 3,352 2,425 205 94 160 8 460 2,224 1,647 189 62 97 5 224 Transportation and material moving workers .. 697 602 26 26 13 8 22 629 546 22 23 9 7 22 68 56 4 3 4 1 0 Visual and performing arts ............................... 10,918 7,340 441 418 580 45 2,094 4,672 3,278 201 208 195 17 773 6,246 4,062 240 210 385 28 1,321 Not classified by field of study ......................... 1,802 1,442 112 36 64 2 146 681 518 43 14 25 0 81 1,121 924 69 22 39 2 65 NOTE: 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. 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; and `` Business'' includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/

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 July 2001.) 332 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 273.   Master's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1998   99 Major field of study Total Men Women Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 All fields, total ............................................. 439,986 311,299 32,344 17,708 21,803 2,004 54,828 186,148 125,310 9,965 6,956 10,328 765 32,824 253,838 185,989 22,379 10,752 11,475 1,239 22,004 Agriculture and natural resources .................... 4,417 3,284 156 114 98 16 749 2,381 1,763 77 62 39 10 430 2,036 1,521 79 52 59 6 319 Architecture and related programs .................. 4,172 2,638 152 192 261 12 917 2,394 1,537 72 111 143 6 525 1,778 1,101 80 81 118 6 392 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .................... 1,500 945 138 86 92 21 218 600 385 54 39 28 8 86 900 560 84 47 64 13 132 Biological sciences/ life sciences ...................... 6,192 4,326 265 203 530 20 848 2,839 2,065 86 93 234 8 353 3,353 2,261 179 110 296 12 495 Business ........................................................... 108,085 72,039 7,487 3,882 7,283 437 16,957 65,113 44,717 3,168 2,259 4,133 252 10,584 42,972 27,322 4,319 1,623 3,150 185 6,373 Communications ............................................... 5,293 3,392 472 168 219 21 1,021 1,847 1,249 120 64 58 7 349 3,446 2,143 352 104 161 14 672 Communications technologies ......................... 325 234 18 5 20 1 47 185 143 7 3 9 1 22 140 91 11 2 11 0 25 Computer and information sciences ................ 12,250 4,247 440 234 1,728 20 5,581 8,458 3,203 270 158 1,025 14 3,788 3,792 1,044 170 76 703 6 1,793 Construction trades .......................................... 7 3 0 0 2 0 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 Education ......................................................... 119,427 96,428 11,029 5,781 2,452 603 3,134 28,263 22,680 2,510 1,456 554 154 909 91,164 73,748 8,519 4,325 1,898 449 2,225 Engineering ...................................................... 25,544 11,918 748 723 2,471 50 9,634 20,505 9,808 485 549 1,852 40 7,771 5,039 2,110 263 174 619 10 1,863 Engineering related technologies ..................... 1,007 669 96 29 44 5 164 759 521 59 18 32 2 127 248 148 37 11 12 3 37 English language and literature/ letters ............ 7,478 6,191 338 242 224 46 437 2,504 2,143 97 79 59 17 109 4,974 4,048 241 163 165 29 328 Foreign languages and literatures ................... 2,860 1,621 64 376 124 6 669 887 547 24 104 27 2 183 1,973 1,074 40 272 97 4 486 Health professions and related sciences ......... 40,589 32,331 2,601 1,285 2,446 191 1,735 9,434 7,096 481 316 781 56 704 31,155 25,235 2,120 969 1,665 135 1,031 Home economics and vocational home economics ..................................................... 2,880 2,194 229 126 102 14 215 442 334 22 24 12 0 50 2,438 1,860 207 102 90 14 165 Law and legal studies ...................................... 3,308 1,402 112 71 100 15 1,608 1,967 850 48 37 58 9 965 1,341 552 64 34 42 6 643 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities ............................................. 3,101 2,490 201 124 76 9 201 1,186 956 55 44 38 2 91 1,915 1,534 146 80 38 7 110 Library science ................................................. 4,752 4,112 215 135 127 22 141 991 872 30 31 13 5 40 3,761 3,240 185 104 114 17 101 Mathematics ..................................................... 3,466 1,920 150 99 220 11 1,066 2,027 1,109 72 64 108 8 666 1,439 811 78 35 112 3 400 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ........................... 2,663 2,046 159 110 83 16 249 1,049 786 51 52 28 7 125 1,614 1,260 108 58 55 9 124 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies .. 2,076 1,733 137 44 30 6 126 1,027 846 68 24 18 3 68 1,049 887 69 20 12 3 58 Philosophy and religion .................................... 1,295 1,004 51 57 48 6 129 815 630 29 36 25 4 91 480 374 22 21 23 2 38 Physical sciences and science technologies ... 5,159 3,127 156 134 293 18 1,431 3,384 2,065 86 86 155 10 982 1,775 1,062 70 48 138 8 449 Precision production trades ............................. 7 6 0 0 1 0 0 7 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Protective services ........................................... 2,249 1,722 299 116 45 14 53 1,312 1,064 108 73 19 8 40 937 658 191 43 26 6 13 Psychology ....................................................... 14,247 11,092 1,279 798 516 89 473 3,693 2,946 279 201 107 18 142 10,554 8,146 1,000 597 409 71 331 Public administration and services .................. 24,925 17,548 3,661 1,463 788 182 1,283 6,556 4,418 876 388 202 49 623 18,369 13,130 2,785 1,075 586 133 660 R. O. T. C. and military technologies .................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Social sciences and history ............................. 14,431 9,159 992 597 541 80 3,062 7,456 4,677 377 314 239 34 1,815 6,975 4,482 615 283 302 46 1,247 Theological studies and religious vocations .... 4,727 3,477 267 110 205 13 655 2,853 2,073 136 71 115 5 453 1,874 1,404 131 39 90 8 202 Transportation and material moving workers .. 713 618 23 25 24 6 17 631 550 20 23 18 6 14 82 68 3 2 6 0 3 Visual and performing arts ............................... 10,753 7,312 404 377 606 54 2,000 4,543 3,242 196 176 194 20 715 6,210 4,070 208 201 412 34 1,285 Not classified by field of study ......................... 88 71 5 2 4 0 6 36 28 2 1 2 0 3 52 43 3 1 2 0 3 NOTE: 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. 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; and `` Business'' includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/ marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services. Data imputed using alternative procedures. ( See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ( IPEDS), `` Completions'' survey. ( This table was prepared August 2001.) 333 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 274.   Doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group and sex of student: 1976   77 to 1999   2000 Year Number of degrees conferred 1 Percentage distribution of degrees conferred to U. S. citizens Total White, non Hispanic Black, non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White, non Hispanic Black, non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaskan Native 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total Total 1976   77 2 ........ 33,126 26,851 1,253 522 658 95 3,747 100.0 91.4 4.3 1.8 2.2 0.3 1978   79 3 ........ 32,675 26,138 1,268 439 811 104 3,915 100.0 90.9 4.4 1.5 2.8 0.4 1980   81 4 ........ 32,839 25,908 1,265 456 877 130 4,203 100.0 90.5 4.4 1.6 3.1 0.5 1984   85 5 ........ 32,307 23,934 1,154 677 1,106 119 5,317 100.0 88.7 4.3 2.5 4.1 0.4 1986   87 .......... 34,041 24,434 1,057 751 1,098 105 6,596 100.0 89.0 3.9 2.7 4.0 0.4 1988   89 6 ........ 35,659 24,884 1,066 629 1,323 85 7,672 100.0 88.9 3.8 2.2 4.7 0.3 1989   90 7 ........ 38,113 25,880 1,153 788 1,235 99 8,958 100.0 88.8 4.0 2.7 4.2 0.3 1990   91 8 ........ 38,547 25,328 1,211 732 1,459 102 9,715 100.0 87.8 4.2 2.5 5.1 0.4 1991   92 9 ........ 40,090 25,813 1,223 811 1,559 118 10,566 100.0 87.4 4.1 2.7 5.3 0.4 1992   93 10 ....... 42,021 26,700 1,352 827 1,582 106 11,454 100.0 87.3 4.4 2.7 5.2 0.3 1993   94 11 ....... 43,149 27,156 1,393 903 2,025 134 11,538 100.0 85.9 4.4 2.9 6.4 0.4 1994   95 12 ....... 44,427 27,826 1,667 984 2,690 130 11,130 100.0 83.6 5.0 3.0 8.1 0.4 1995   96 13 ....... 44,645 27,756 1,636 999 2,646 158 11,450 100.0 83.6 4.9 3.0 8.0 0.5 1996   97 14 ....... 45,394 28,344 1,847 1,098 2,607 173 11,325 100.0 83.2 5.4 3.2 7.7 0.5 1997   98 15 ....... 45,925 28,747 2,066 1,270 2,334 187 11,321 100.0 83.1 6.0 3.7 6.7 0.5 1998   99 .......... 44,077 27,492 2,116 1,284 2,262 192 10,731 100.0 82.4 6.3 3.9 6.8 0.6 1999   2000 ...... 44,808 27,520 2,220 1,291 2,380 159 11,238 100.0 82.0 6.6 3.8 7.1 0.5 Men Men 1976   77 2 ........ 25,036 20,032 766 383 540 67 3,248 100.0 91.9 3.5 1.8 2.5 0.3 1978   79 3 ........ 23,488 18,433 734 294 646 69 3,312 100.0 91.4 3.6 1.5 3.2 0.3 1980   81 4 ........ 22,595 17,310 694 277 655 95 3,564 100.0 91.0 3.6 1.5 3.4 0.5 1984   85 5 ........ 21,296 15,017 561 431 802 64 4,421 100.0 89.0 3.3 2.6 4.8 0.4 1986   87 .......... 22,061 14,812 485 441 794 57 5,472 100.0 89.3 2.9 2.7 4.8 0.3 1988   89 6 ........ 22,597 14,541 491 350 945 50 6,220 100.0 88.8 3.0 2.1 5.8 0.3 1989   90 7 ........ 24,248 15,105 533 423 871 49 7,267 100.0 89.0 3.1 2.5 5.1 0.3 1990   91 8 ........ 24,333 14,565 581 387 987 58 7,755 100.0 87.9 3.5 2.3 6.0 0.3 1991   92 9 ........ 25,168 14,674 576 458 1,062 65 8,333 100.0 87.2 3.4 2.7 6.3 0.4 1992   93 10 ....... 25,980 14,902 615 439 1,041 51 8,932 100.0 87.4 3.6 2.6 6.1 0.3 1993   94 11 ....... 26,531 15,126 631 465 1,373 66 8,870 100.0 85.6 3.6 2.6 7.8 0.4 1994   95 12 ....... 26,898 15,354 731 488 1,758 58 8,509 100.0 83.5 4.0 2.7 9.6 0.3 1995   96 13 ....... 26,836 15,101 730 516 1,693 80 8,716 100.0 83.3 4.0 2.8 9.3 0.4 1996   97 14 ....... 26,826 15,339 786 572 1,606 86 8,437 100.0 83.4 4.3 3.1 8.7 0.5 1997   98 15 ....... 26,614 15,368 824 649 1,390 83 8,300 100.0 83.9 4.5 3.5 7.6 0.5 1998   99 .......... 25,146 14,480 862 612 1,312 91 7,789 100.0 83.4 5.0 3.5 7.6 0.5 1999   2000 ...... 25,028 14,241 863 603 1,329 56 7,936 100.0 83.3 5.0 3.5 7.8 0.3 Women Women 1976   77 2 ........ 8,090 6,819 487 139 118 28 499 100.0 89.8 6.4 1.8 1.6 0.4 1978   79 3 ........ 9,187 7,705 534 145 165 35 603 100.0 89.8 6.2 1.7 1.9 0.4 1980   81 4 ........ 10,244 8,598 571 179 222 35 639 100.0 89.5 5.9 1.9 2.3 0.4 1984   85 5 ........ 11,011 8,917 593 246 304 55 896 100.0 88.2 5.9 2.4 3.0 0.5 1986   87 .......... 11,980 9,622 572 310 304 48 1,124 100.0 88.6 5.3 2.9 2.8 0.4 1988   89 6 ........ 13,062 10,343 575 279 378 35 1,452 100.0 89.1 5.0 2.4 3.3 0.3 1989   90 7 ........ 13,865 10,775 620 365 364 50 1,691 100.0 88.5 5.1 3.0 3.0 0.4 1990   91 8 ........ 14,214 10,763 630 345 472 44 1,960 100.0 87.8 5.1 2.8 3.9 0.4 1991   92 9 ........ 14,922 11,139 647 353 497 53 2,233 100.0 87.8 5.1 2.8 3.9 0.4 1992   93 10 ....... 16,041 11,798 737 388 541 55 2,522 100.0 87.3 5.5 2.9 4.0 0.4 1993   94 11 ....... 16,618 12,030 762 438 652 68 2,668 100.0 86.2 5.5 3.1 4.7 0.5 1994   95 12 ....... 17,529 12,472 936 496 932 72 2,621 100.0 83.7 6.3 3.3 6.3 0.5 1995   96 13 ....... 17,809 12,655 906 483 953 78 2,734 100.0 83.9 6.0 3.2 6.3 0.5 1996   97 14 ....... 18,568 13,005 1,061 526 1,001 87 2,888 100.0 82.9 6.8 3.4 6.4 0.6 1997   98 15 ....... 19,311 13,379 1,242 621 944 104 3,021 100.0 82.1 7.6 3.8 5.8 0.6 1998   99 .......... 18,931 13,012 1,254 672 950 101 2,942 100.0 81.4 7.8 4.2 5.9 0.6 1999   2000 ...... 19,780 13,279 1,357 688 1,051 103 3,302 100.0 80.6 8.2 4.2 6.4 0.6 1 Includes Ph. D., Ed. D, and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes firstprofessional degrees, such as M. D., D. D. S., and law degrees. 2 Excludes 106 men whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 3 Excludes 53 men and 2 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 4 Excludes 116 men and 3 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 5 Excludes 404 men and 232 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 6 Excludes 51 men and 10 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 7 Excludes 153 men and 105 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 8 Excludes 423 men and 324 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 9 Excludes 389 men and 180 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 10 Excludes 93 men and 18 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 11 Excludes 21 men and 15 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 12 Excludes 18 men and 1 woman whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 13 Excludes 5 men and 2 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 14 Excludes 320 men and 162 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 15 Excludes 50 men and 35 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available.

NOTE: For years 1984   85 to 1999   2000, 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. Data for 1998   99 imputed using alternative procedures. ( See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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.) 334 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 275.   Doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1999   2000 Major field of study Total Men Women Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 All fields, total ............................................. 44,808 27,520 2,220 1,291 2,380 159 11,238 25,028 14,241 863 603 1,329 56 7,936 19,780 13,279 1,357 688 1,051 103 3,302 Agriculture and natural resources .................... 1,181 559 25 16 33 2 546 811 372 14 9 19 1 396 370 187 11 7 14 1 150 Architecture and related programs .................. 129 68 5 5 1 0 50 85 47 4 4 1 0 29 44 21 1 1 0 0 21 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .................... 217 140 21 8 9 2 37 106 59 13 3 3 0 28 111 81 8 5 6 2 9 Biological sciences/ life sciences ...................... 4,867 2,880 107 143 434 8 1,295 2,722 1,585 41 77 229 5 785 2,145 1,295 66 66 205 3 510 Business ........................................................... 1,196 665 56 18 64 5 388 814 434 29 7 31 4 309 382 231 27 11 33 1 79 Communications ............................................... 347 238 20 10 3 1 75 163 110 9 3 0 0 41 184 128 11 7 3 1 34 Communications technologies ......................... 10 5 2 0 0 0 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 Computer and information sciences ................ 777 302 15 13 58 0 389 646 246 10 11 51 0 328 131 56 5 2 7 0 61 Education ......................................................... 6,830 4,915 803 262 176 44 630 2,419 1,756 220 83 60 11 289 4,411 3,159 583 179 116 33 341 Engineering ...................................................... 5,384 2,001 94 89 391 5 2,804 4,549 1,650 64 72 307 3 2,453 835 351 30 17 84 2 351 Engineering related technologies ..................... 6 2 0 0 0 0 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 English language and literature/ letters ............ 1,628 1,284 71 49 59 6 159 671 553 17 21 21 2 57 957 731 54 28 38 4 102 Foreign languages and literatures ................... 915 513 8 78 43 1 272 375 221 3 27 14 0 110 540 292 5 51 29 1 162 Health professions and related sciences ......... 2,676 1,717 112 59 242 8 538 1,038 602 28 16 119 1 272 1,638 1,115 84 43 123 7 266 Home economics and vocational home economics ..................................................... 357 238 21 8 13 1 76 83 62 2 2 2 1 14 274 176 19 6 11 0 62 Law and legal studies ...................................... 74 11 1 0 2 0 60 49 5 1 0 1 0 42 25 6 0 0 1 0 18 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities ............................................. 83 69 6 2 2 1 3 41 33 3 1 1 1 2 42 36 3 1 1 0 1 Library science ................................................. 68 36 5 1 2 1 23 19 8 2 0 1 0 8 49 28 3 1 1 1 15 Mathematics ..................................................... 1,106 482 16 12 72 2 522 830 349 10 6 55 0 410 276 133 6 6 17 2 112 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ........................... 384 279 20 7 19 3 56 203 136 10 4 12 1 40 181 143 10 3 7 2 16 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies .. 134 104 3 2 3 1 21 75 56 1 2 3 0 13 59 48 2 0 0 1 8 Philosophy and religion .................................... 586 448 20 16 16 1 85 381 292 13 11 8 1 56 205 156 7 5 8 0 29 Physical sciences and science technologies ... 4,018 2,115 71 72 210 15 1,535 2,994 1,575 44 48 138 12 1,177 1,024 540 27 24 72 3 358 Protective services ........................................... 52 40 5 2 0 0 5 28 24 1 1 0 0 2 24 16 4 1 0 0 3 Psychology ....................................................... 4,310 3,466 229 225 189 31 170 1,405 1,154 58 63 47 5 78 2,905 2,312 171 162 142 26 92 Public administration and services .................. 537 376 58 16 24 2 61 227 146 22 8 11 1 39 310 230 36 8 13 1 22 Social sciences and history ............................. 4,095 2,645 203 130 165 17 935 2,407 1,479 102 88 97 6 635 1,688 1,166 101 42 68 11 300 Theological studies and religious vocations .... 1,643 1,070 186 26 99 1 261 1,307 859 120 24 88 1 215 336 211 66 2 11 0 46 Visual and performing arts ............................... 1,127 790 31 22 50 1 233 537 398 19 12 9 0 99 590 392 12 10 41 1 134 Not classified by field of study ......................... 71 62 6 0 1 0 2 32 26 3 0 1 0 2 39 36 3 0 0 0 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. 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. 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; and `` Business'' includes Business management and administrative services Marketing operations/ 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 August 2001.) 335 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 276.   Doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1998   99 Major field of study Total Men Women Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 All fields, total ............................................. 44,077 27,492 2,116 1,284 2,262 192 10,731 25,146 14,480 862 612 1,312 91 7,789 18,931 13,012 1,254 672 950 101 2,942 Agriculture and natural resources .................... 1,248 552 29 17 51 3 596 869 361 15 10 30 2 451 379 191 14 7 21 1 145 Architecture and related programs .................. 123 62 2 4 3 0 52 80 37 2 3 2 0 36 43 25 0 1 1 0 16 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .................... 197 110 33 4 11 3 36 90 50 15 1 7 1 16 107 60 18 3 4 2 20 Biological sciences/ life sciences ...................... 4,619 2,721 105 134 364 10 1,285 2,669 1,535 48 80 205 4 797 1,950 1,186 57 54 159 6 488 Business ........................................................... 1,202 705 62 23 63 2 347 844 465 30 15 43 1 290 358 240 32 8 20 1 57 Communications ............................................... 347 231 29 9 11 4 63 181 114 18 4 3 2 40 166 117 11 5 8 2 23 Communications technologies ......................... 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 Computer and information sciences ................ 800 367 16 8 61 1 347 649 286 9 7 46 1 300 151 81 7 1 15 0 47 Education ......................................................... 6,841 5,007 733 278 188 52 583 2,423 1,757 201 103 72 23 267 4,418 3,250 532 175 116 29 316 Engineering ...................................................... 5,422 2,258 96 82 403 14 2,569 4,644 1,884 74 63 339 11 2,273 778 374 22 19 64 3 296 Engineering related technologies ..................... 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 English language and literature/ letters ............ 1,540 1,226 73 50 46 9 136 612 482 20 20 15 4 71 928 744 53 30 31 5 65 Foreign languages and literatures ................... 904 522 20 76 35 3 248 381 216 4 36 13 2 110 523 306 16 40 22 1 138 Health professions and related sciences ......... 2,535 1,606 79 74 207 9 560 1,037 587 21 28 96 1 304 1,498 1,019 58 46 111 8 256 Home economics and vocational home economics ..................................................... 361 257 22 7 7 1 67 97 68 4 1 1 0 23 264 189 18 6 6 1 44 Law and legal studies ...................................... 58 13 2 0 3 0 40 34 6 0 0 2 0 26 24 7 2 0 1 0 14 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities ............................................. 78 64 4 1 2 0 7 42 35 1 0 0 0 6 36 29 3 1 2 0 1 Library science ................................................. 55 34 4 1 5 0 11 16 8 1 1 3 0 3 39 26 3 0 2 0 8 Mathematics ..................................................... 1,124 514 14 15 46 0 535 830 349 8 9 31 0 433 294 165 6 6 15 0 102 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ........................... 441 318 29 13 12 6 63 224 148 16 4 6 2 48 217 170 13 9 6 4 15 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies .. 137 82 9 5 12 1 28 93 53 3 4 11 0 22 44 29 6 1 1 1 6 Philosophy and religion .................................... 574 450 16 6 31 3 68 433 334 10 4 24 3 58 141 116 6 2 7 0 10 Physical sciences and science technologies ... 4,190 2,266 69 62 236 11 1,546 3,174 1,744 36 39 155 7 1,193 1,016 522 33 23 81 4 353 Protective services ........................................... 48 38 5 1 1 0 3 29 21 4 0 1 0 3 19 17 1 1 0 0 0 Psychology ....................................................... 4,248 3,443 210 232 157 34 172 1,385 1,128 51 69 34 13 90 2,863 2,315 159 163 123 21 82 Public administration and services .................. 532 346 65 21 25 1 74 239 130 32 12 13 0 52 293 216 33 9 12 1 22 Social sciences and history ............................. 3,855 2,532 178 111 152 21 861 2,270 1,445 94 62 75 12 582 1,585 1,087 84 49 77 9 279 Theological studies and religious vocations .... 1,452 943 174 34 84 2 215 1,216 793 127 30 74 1 191 236 150 47 4 10 1 24 Visual and performing arts ............................... 1,130 814 37 16 46 2 215 574 437 18 7 11 1 100 556 377 19 9 35 1 115 Not classified by field of study ......................... 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 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. 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. 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; and `` Business'' includes Business management and administrative services Marketing operations/ marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services. Data imputed using alternative procedures. ( See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ( IPEDS), `` Completions'' survey. ( This table was prepared August 2001.) 336 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 277.   First professional degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group and sex of student: 1976   77 to 1999   2000 Year Number of degrees conferred Percentage distribution of degrees conferred to U. S. citizens Total White, non Hispanic Black, non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White, non Hispanic Black, non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaskan Native 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total Total 1976   77 1 ........ 63,953 58,422 2,537 1,076 1,021 196 701 100.0 92.4 4.0 1.7 1.6 0.3 1978   79 2 ........ 68,611 62,430 2,836 1,283 1,205 216 641 100.0 91.8 4.2 1.9 1.8 0.3 1980   81 3 ........ 71,340 64,551 2,931 1,541 1,456 192 669 100.0 91.3 4.1 2.2 2.1 0.3 1984   85 4 ........ 71,057 63,219 3,029 1,884 1,816 248 861 100.0 90.1 4.3 2.7 2.6 0.4 1986   87 .......... 71,617 62,688 3,420 2,051 2,270 304 884 100.0 88.6 4.8 2.9 3.2 0.4 1988   89 .......... 70,856 61,214 3,148 2,269 2,976 264 985 100.0 87.6 4.5 3.2 4.3 0.4 1989   90 5 ........ 70,744 60,240 3,410 2,427 3,362 257 1,048 100.0 86.4 4.9 3.5 4.8 0.4 1990   91 6 ........ 71,515 60,327 3,575 2,527 3,755 261 1,070 100.0 85.6 5.1 3.6 5.3 0.4 1991   92 7 ........ 72,129 59,800 3,560 2,766 4,455 296 1,252 100.0 84.4 5.0 3.9 6.3 0.4 1992   93 8 ........ 74,960 60,830 4,100 2,984 5,160 368 1,518 100.0 82.8 5.6 4.1 7.0 0.5 1993   94 .......... 75,418 60,140 4,444 3,134 5,892 371 1,437 100.0 81.3 6.0 4.2 8.0 0.5 1994   95 .......... 75,800 59,402 4,747 3,231 6,397 412 1,611 100.0 80.1 6.4 4.4 8.6 0.6 1995   96 9 ........ 76,641 59,456 5,016 3,476 6,617 463 1,613 100.0 79.2 6.7 4.6 8.8 0.6 1996   97 10 ....... 77,815 59,852 5,251 3,553 7,037 511 1,611 100.0 78.5 6.9 4.7 9.2 0.7 1997   98 11 ....... 78,353 59,273 5,483 3,547 7,712 561 1,777 100.0 77.4 7.2 4.6 10.1 0.7 1998   99 .......... 78,439 58,688 5,332 3,863 8,147 612 1,797 100.0 76.6 7.0 5.0 10.6 0.8 1999   2000 ...... 80,057 59,601 5,552 3,865 8,576 564 1,899 100.0 76.3 7.1 4.9 11.0 0.7 Men Men 1976   77 1 ........ 51,980 47,777 1,761 893 776 159 614 100.0 93.0 3.4 1.7 1.5 0.3 1978   79 2 ........ 52,425 48,123 1,783 989 860 150 520 100.0 92.7 3.4 1.9 1.7 0.3 1980   81 3 ........ 52,194 47,629 1,772 1,131 991 134 537 100.0 92.2 3.4 2.2 1.9 0.3 1984   85 4 ........ 47,501 42,630 1,623 1,239 1,152 176 681 100.0 91.1 3.5 2.6 2.5 0.4 1986   87 .......... 46,523 41,149 1,835 1,303 1,420 183 633 100.0 89.7 4.0 2.8 3.1 0.4 1988   89 .......... 45,046 39,399 1,618 1,374 1,819 148 688 100.0 88.8 3.6 3.1 4.1 0.3 1989   90 5 ........ 43,778 37,850 1,672 1,450 1,963 135 708 100.0 87.9 3.9 3.4 4.6 0.3 1990   91 6 ........ 43,601 37,348 1,672 1,506 2,178 144 753 100.0 87.2 3.9 3.5 5.1 0.3 1991   92 7 ........ 43,812 36,939 1,603 1,635 2,593 157 885 100.0 86.1 3.7 3.8 6.0 0.4 1992   93 8 ........ 44,821 37,157 1,777 1,762 2,858 190 1,077 100.0 84.9 4.1 4.0 6.5 0.4 1993   94 .......... 44,707 36,573 1,902 1,781 3,214 222 1,015 100.0 83.7 4.4 4.1 7.4 0.5 1994   95 .......... 44,853 36,146 2,077 1,836 3,491 222 1,081 100.0 82.6 4.7 4.2 8.0 0.5 1995   96 9 ........ 44,679 35,732 2,107 1,947 3,533 256 1,104 100.0 82.0 4.8 4.5 8.1 0.6 1996   97 10 ....... 45,067 35,749 2,178 1,951 3,798 289 1,102 100.0 81.3 5.0 4.4 8.6 0.7 1997   98 11 ....... 44,769 35,069 2,303 1,971 3,993 291 1,142 100.0 80.4 5.3 4.5 9.2 0.7 1998   99 .......... 44,339 34,250 2,197 2,063 4,332 333 1,164 100.0 79.3 5.1 4.8 10.0 0.8 1999   2000 ...... 44,239 33,982 2,312 2,095 4,368 285 1,197 100.0 79.0 5.4 4.9 10.1 0.7 Women Women 1976   77 1 ........ 11,973 10,645 776 183 245 37 87 100.0 89.6 6.5 1.5 2.1 0.3 1978   79 2 ........ 16,186 14,307 1,053 294 345 66 121 100.0 89.1 6.6 1.8 2.1 0.4 1980   81 3 ........ 19,146 16,922 1,159 410 465 58 132 100.0 89.0 6.1 2.2 2.4 0.3 1984   85 4 ........ 23,556 20,589 1,406 645 664 72 180 100.0 88.1 6.0 2.8 2.8 0.3 1986   87 .......... 25,094 21,539 1,585 748 850 121 251 100.0 86.7 6.4 3.0 3.4 0.5 1988   89 .......... 25,810 21,815 1,530 895 1,157 116 297 100.0 85.5 6.0 3.5 4.5 0.5 1989   90 5 ........ 26,966 22,390 1,738 977 1,399 122 340 100.0 84.1 6.5 3.7 5.3 0.5 1990   91 6 ........ 27,914 22,979 1,903 1,021 1,577 117 317 100.0 83.3 6.9 3.7 5.7 0.4 1991   92 7 ........ 28,317 22,861 1,957 1,131 1,862 139 367 100.0 81.8 7.0 4.0 6.7 0.5 1992   93 8 ........ 30,139 23,673 2,323 1,222 2,302 178 441 100.0 79.7 7.8 4.1 7.8 0.6 1993   94 .......... 30,711 23,567 2,542 1,353 2,678 149 422 100.0 77.8 8.4 4.5 8.8 0.5 1994   95 .......... 30,947 23,256 2,670 1,395 2,906 190 530 100.0 76.5 8.8 4.6 9.6 0.6 1995   96 9 ........ 31,962 23,724 2,909 1,529 3,084 207 509 100.0 75.4 9.2 4.9 9.8 0.7 1996   97 10 ....... 32,748 24,103 3,073 1,602 3,239 222 509 100.0 74.8 9.5 5.0 10.0 0.7 1997   98 11 ....... 33,584 24,204 3,180 1,576 3,719 270 635 100.0 73.5 9.7 4.8 11.3 0.8 1998   99 .......... 34,100 24,438 3,135 1,800 3,815 279 633 100.0 73.0 9.4 5.4 11.4 0.8 1999   2000 ...... 35,818 25,619 3,240 1,770 4,208 279 702 100.0 73.0 9.2 5.0 12.0 0.8 1 Excludes 394 men and 12 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 2 Excludes 227 men and 10 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 3 Excludes 598 men and 18 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 4 Excludes 2,954 men and 1,052 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 5 Excludes 183 men and 61 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 6 Excludes 245 men and 188 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 7 Excludes 1,259 men and 758 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 8 Excludes 332 men and 95 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 9 Excludes 69 men and 24 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 10 Excludes 497 men and 418 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. 11 Excludes 142 men and 103 women whose racial/ ethnic group was not available. NOTE: For years 1984   85 to 1999   2000, 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. Data for 1998   99 imputed using alternative procedures. ( See Guide to Sources for details.) Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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.) 337 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 278.   First professional degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student:

1999   2000 Major field of study Total Men Women Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 All fields ................................................................................... 80,057 59,601 5,552 3,865 8,576 564 1,899 44,239 33,982 2,312 2,095 4,368 285 1,197 35,818 25,619 3,240 1,770 4,208 279 702 Dentistry ( D. D. S. or D. M. D.) ........................................................ 4,250 2,658 197 182 948 14 251 2,547 1,723 84 101 510 8 121 1,703 935 113 81 438 6 130 Medicine ( M. D.) ............................................................................ 15,286 10,475 1,106 825 2,639 124 117 8,761 6,228 431 470 1,501 64 67 6,525 4,247 675 355 1,138 60 50 Optometry ( O. D.) .......................................................................... 1,293 865 30 45 269 9 75 604 440 9 19 91 3 42 689 425 21 26 178 6 33 Osteopathic medicine ( D. O.) ........................................................ 2,236 1,770 77 82 279 14 14 1,399 1,135 34 52 158 9 11 837 635 43 30 121 5 3 Pharmacy ( Pharm. D.) .................................................................. 5,669 3,725 465 195 1,139 30 115 1,943 1,306 150 83 348 16 40 3,726 2,419 315 112 791 14 75 Podiatry ( Pod. D. or D. P.) or podiatric medicine ( D. P. M.) ............ 569 409 41 18 93 2 6 396 300 19 14 57 1 5 173 109 22 4 36 1 1 Veterinary medicine ( D. V. M.) ....................................................... 2,251 2,064 49 74 38 14 12 710 657 13 22 12 2 4 1,541 1,407 36 52 26 12 8 Chiropractic medicine ( D. C. or D. C. M.) ....................................... 3,809 2,880 82 116 355 15 361 2,718 2,078 49 78 254 11 248 1,091 802 33 38 101 4 113 Naturopathic medicine ................................................................. 202 171 2 7 11 1 10 61 49 1 4 4 0 3 141 122 1 3 7 1 7 Law ( LL. B. or J. D.) ....................................................................... 38,152 29,920 2,771 2,183 2,467 324 487 20,638 16,794 1,091 1,144 1,163 162 284 17,514 13,126 1,680 1,039 1,304 162 203 Theology ( M. Div., M. H. L., B. D., or Ord.) ..................................... 6,129 4,493 721 131 320 17 447 4,337 3,165 427 105 261 9 370 1,792 1,328 294 26 59 8 77 Other ............................................................................................ 211 171 11 7 18 0 4 125 107 4 3 9 0 2 86 64 7 4 9 0 2 NOTE: 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ( IPEDS), `` Completions'' survey. ( This table was prepared August 2001.)

Table 279.   First professional degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1998   99 Major field of study Total Men Women Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/

Alaskan Native Nonresident alien Total White,

non Hispanic Black,

non Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/