Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Teaching English as a second language/ foreign language ......... 52 12 40 1,662 334 1,328 13 8 5 Education, other ............................................................................ 1,267 567 700 3,926 830 3,096 576 169 407 Engineering and engineering related technologies, total ...................... 77,437 64,956 12,481 28,566 23,641 4,925 6,380 5,580 800 Engineering, total .............................................................................. 62,114 51,069 11,045 27,441 22,735 4,706 6,369 5,570 799 Engineering, general ..................................................................... 1,904 1,538 366 1,342 1,128 214 207 178 29 Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering ............. 1,642 1,395 247 765 673 92 260 238 22 Agricultural engineering ................................................................ 649 508 141 157 129 28 101 85 16 Architectural engineering .............................................................. 489 397 92 51 39 12 7 7 0 Bioengineering and biomedical engineering ................................. 998 660 338 492 352 140 183 141 42 Ceramic sciences and engineering .............................................. 187 155 32 71 50 21 46 42 4 Chemical engineering ................................................................... 6,319 4,243 2,076 1,176 906 270 670 543 127 Civil engineering ........................................................................... 10,607 8,579 2,028 3,905 3,123 782 616 550 66 Computer engineering .................................................................. 2,518 2,246 272 962 766 196 125 106 19 Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering ............. 13,900 12,246 1,654 7,103 6,110 993 1,591 1,431 160 Engineering mechanics ................................................................. 106 91 15 123 108 15 77 70 7 Engineering physics ...................................................................... 263 227 36 58 51 7 41 36 5 Engineering science ...................................................................... 312 254 58 336 274 62 54 49 5 Environmental/ environmental health engineering ......................... 745 478 267 1,038 768 270 72 54 18 Geological engineering ................................................................. 179 131 48 39 36 3 14 12 2 Geophysical engineering .............................................................. 21 13 8 12 12 0 2 2 0 Industrial/ manufacturing engineering ............................................ 3,284 2,313 971 1,959 1,513 446 279 217 62 Material engineering ..................................................................... 473 368 105 457 354 103 361 314 47 Mechanical engineering ................................................................ 14,177 12,484 1,693 3,881 3,443 438 940 875 65 Metallurgical engineering .............................................................. 255 190 65 137 102 35 74 57 17 Mining and mineral engineering ................................................... 126 114 12 40 39 1 26 23 3 Naval architecture and marine engineering .................................. 329 303 26 29 22 7 7 6 1 Nuclear engineering ...................................................................... 222 192 30 257 222 35 135 120 15 Ocean engineering ........................................................................ 167 132 35 112 99 13 30 26 4 Petroleum engineering .................................................................. 240 209 31 145 132 13 49 47 2 Systems engineering .................................................................... 386 310 76 484 407 77 58 48 10 Textile sciences and engineering ................................................. 72 50 22 32 17 15 3 3 0 Engineering, other ......................................................................... 1,544 1,243 301 2,278 1,860 418 341 290 51 Engineering related technologies, total ............................................ 15,323 13,887 1,436 1,125 906 219 11 10 1 Architectural engineering technologies ......................................... 517 463 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 Civil technologies .......................................................................... 544 487 57 0 0 0 1 1 0 Electrical and electronic technologies .......................................... 4,033 3,732 301 22 21 1 0 0 0 Electromechanical instrumentation and maintenance technologies .............................................................................. 434 412 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 Environmental control technologies .............................................. 280 209 71 153 113 40 0 0 0 Industrial production technologies ................................................ 3,848 3,412 436 231 186 45 4 4 0 Quality control and safety technologies ........................................ 498 396 102 373 296 77 0 0 0 Mechanical and related technologies ........................................... 1,668 1,555 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mining and petroleum technologies .............................................. 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surveying ...................................................................................... 149 137 12 25 23 2 6 5 1 Mechanics and repairers .............................................................. 54 48 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Construction trades ....................................................................... 80 76 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Engineering and related technologies, other ................................ 3,204 2,946 258 320 266 54 0 0 0 English language and literature/ letters, total ......................................... 50,698 17,253 33,445 7,893 2,814 5,079 1,535 590 945 English language and literature, general ...................................... 38,498 12,766 25,732 5,139 1,816 3,323 1,126 435 691 Comparative literature ................................................................... 770 246 524 236 87 149 140 55 85 English composition ...................................................................... 262 100 162 24 5 19 5 1 4 English creative writing ................................................................. 965 417 548 1,132 459 673 5 3 2 American literature ( United States) .............................................. 42 16 26 6 1 5 15 6 9 English literature ( British and Commonwealth) ............................ 1,298 433 865 281 97 184 41 11 30 Speech and rhetorical studies ...................................................... 7,634 2,877 4,757 752 250 502 143 58 85 English technical and business writing ......................................... 183 52 131 172 47 125 0 0 0 English language and literature/ letters, other ............................... 1,046 346 700 151 52 99 60 21 39 Foreign languages and literatures, total ............................................... 13,952 4,219 9,733 3,124 1,017 2,107 876 387 489 Foreign languages and literatures, total ....................................... 1,498 452 1,046 894 299 595 249 127 122 Foreign languages and literatures, general .............................. 879 271 608 296 91 205 57 29 28 Linguistics .................................................................................. 619 181 438 598 208 390 192 98 94 East and Southeast Asian languages and literatures, total ......... 581 291 290 110 35 75 31 13 18 Chinese ..................................................................................... 136 77 59 42 16 26 19 11 8 Japanese ................................................................................... 359 164 195 47 13 34 3 0 3 East and Southeast Asian languages, other ............................ 86 50 36 21 6 15 9 2 7 East European languages and literatures, total ........................... 547 202 345 144 41 103 44 15 29 Russian languages .................................................................... 494 182 312 58 15 43 7 2 5 Slavic languages ( other than Russian) ..................................... 49 20 29 79 25 54 36 12 24 East European languages, other .............................................. 4 0 4 7 1 6 1 1 0 Germanic languages and literatures, total .................................... 1,322 513 809 325 133 192 84 34 50 German ...................................................................................... 1,290 501 789 305 120 185 75 29 46 289 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 253.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by sex of student and field of study: 1995   96   Continued Field of study Bachelor's degrees requiring 4 or 5 years Master's degrees Doctor's degrees ( Ph. D., Ed. D., etc.)

Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Scandinavian languages ........................................................... 20 6 14 6 4 2 0 0 0 Germanic languages, other ....................................................... 12 6 6 14 9 5 9 5 4 South Asian languages and literatures ......................................... 8 5 3 4 1 3 2 0 2 Romance languages and literatures, total .................................... 8,988 2,270 6,718 1,351 374 977 343 119 224 French ....................................................................................... 2,655 558 2,097 446 104 342 113 34 79 Italian ......................................................................................... 232 53 179 44 15 29 22 4 18 Portuguese ................................................................................ 29 18 11 9 3 6 2 2 0 Spanish ...................................................................................... 5,995 1,623 4,372 769 226 543 151 61 90 Romance languages, other ....................................................... 77 18 59 83 26 57 55 18 37 Middle Eastern languages and literatures, total ........................... 76 24 52 53 24 29 18 15 3 Arabic ........................................................................................ 8 4 4 3 2 1 2 1 1 Hebrew ...................................................................................... 45 10 35 28 13 15 2 2 0 Middle East languages, other ................................................... 23 10 13 22 9 13 14 12 2 Classical and ancient Near East languages and literatures, total 735 390 345 177 95 82 63 39 24 Classics ..................................................................................... 619 340 279 160 90 70 57 36 21 Greek ( ancient and medieval) ................................................... 26 12 14 8 2 6 5 3 2 Latin ( ancient and medieval) ..................................................... 90 38 52 9 3 6 1 0 1 Foreign languages, other .............................................................. 197 72 125 66 15 51 42 25 17 Health professions and related sciences, total ..................................... 84,036 15,432 68,604 33,398 7,021 26,377 2,119 919 1,200 Communication disorders sciences and services ........................ 6,120 370 5,750 5,027 264 4,763 92 24 68 Community health liaison .............................................................. 814 170 644 145 39 106 0 0 0 Dentistry ........................................................................................ 9 5 4 362 243 119 35 23 12 Dental services ............................................................................. 923 33 890 37 18 19 0 0 0 Epidemiology ................................................................................. 0 0 0 316 116 200 91 45 46 Health services administration, total ............................................. 4,247 1,096 3,151 3,867 1,318 2,549 62 27 35 Health services administration .................................................. 2,298 612 1,686 2,195 793 1,402 36 18 18 Medical records administration ................................................. 709 92 617 0 0 0 0 0 0 Medical records technology/ technician ..................................... 2 0 2 6 4 2 4 3 1 Health and medical administrative services, other ................... 1,238 392 846 1,666 521 1,145 22 6 16 Health and medical assistants, total ............................................. 1,440 636 804 394 131 263 0 0 0 Medical assistant ....................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Physician assistant .................................................................... 1,271 588 683 372 120 252 0 0 0 Health and medical assistants, other ........................................ 169 48 121 22 11 11 0 0 0 Health and medical diagnostic and treatment services, total ....... 1,595 614 981 32 23 9 3 2 1 Respiratory therapy technology/ technician ............................... 385 165 220 0 0 0 0 0 0 Health and medical diagnostic and treatment services, other .. 1,210 449 761 32 23 9 3 2 1 Medical laboratory technologies, total .......................................... 2,972 913 2,059 436 163 273 97 46 51 Medical technology .................................................................... 2,543 752 1,791 69 19 50 1 0 1 Health and medical laboratory technologies/ technicians, other 429 161 268 367 144 223 96 46 50 Pre dentistry studies ..................................................................... 138 75 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pre medicine studies .................................................................... 667 355 312 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pre pharmacy studies ................................................................... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pre veterinary studies ................................................................... 266 83 183 2 0 2 0 0 0 Medical basic sciences ................................................................. 384 145 239 446 215 231 471 267 204 Mental health services, total ......................................................... 621 128 493 380 56 324 6 1 5 Alcohol/ drug abuse counseling ................................................. 109 41 68 39 6 33 0 0 0 Psychiatric/ mental health services technician ........................... 97 22 75 50 8 42 0 0 0 Clinical and medical social work ............................................... 117 20 97 74 13 61 6 1 5 Mental health services, other .................................................... 298 45 253 217 29 188 0 0 0 Nursing .......................................................................................... 44,544 4,838 39,706 10,510 733 9,777 399 18 381 Optometry ..................................................................................... 133 72 61 14 7 7 7 4 3 Pharmacy ...................................................................................... 6,288 2,331 3,957 298 157 141 298 167 131 Rehabilitation/ therapeutic services, total ...................................... 8,069 1,923 6,146 5,615 1,431 4,184 31 10 21 Art therapy ................................................................................. 75 3 72 198 12 186 0 0 0 Dance therapy ........................................................................... 5 0 5 18 0 18 0 0 0 Music therapy ............................................................................ 185 26 159 31 10 21 0 0 0 Occupational therapy ................................................................ 3,217 474 2,743 1,030 101 929 3 0 3 Orthotics/ prosthetics .................................................................. 26 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Physical therapy ........................................................................ 3,225 1,078 2,147 3,343 1,055 2,288 5 1 4 Recreational therapy ................................................................. 160 28 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vocational rehabilitation counseling .......................................... 233 47 186 623 165 458 9 3 6 Rehabilitative services, other .................................................... 943 246 697 372 88 284 14 6 8 Veterinary medicine ...................................................................... 0 0 0 140 67 73 132 84 48 Miscellaneous health professions ................................................. 421 183 238 884 478 406 77 54 23 Health professions and related sciences, other ........................... 4,384 1,461 2,923 4,493 1,562 2,931 318 147 171 Home economics and vocational home economics, total .................... 15,803 1,885 13,918 2,917 496 2,421 414 117 297 Home economics, total ..................................................................... 15,328 1,682 13,646 2,885 494 2,391 409 113 296 Home economics, general ............................................................ 2,620 193 2,427 300 24 276 47 7 40 Home economics business services ............................................ 122 14 108 4 0 4 0 0 0 Family and community studies ..................................................... 229 24 205 55 12 43 6 5 1 Family and consumer resource management .............................. 1,022 293 729 70 11 59 27 4 23 Food and nutrition studies ............................................................ 3,648 518 3,130 597 69 528 46 15 31 Housing studies ............................................................................ 489 73 416 13 1 12 3 2 1 Individual and family development studies ................................... 5,724 473 5,251 1,745 360 1,385 257 74 183 290 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 253.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by sex of student and field of study: 1995   96   Continued Field of study Bachelor's degrees requiring 4 or 5 years Master's degrees Doctor's degrees ( Ph. D., Ed. D., etc.)

Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Clothing/ apparel and textile studies .............................................. 1,323 74 1,249 84 15 69 14 5 9 Home economics, other ................................................................ 151 20 131 17 2 15 9 1 8 Vocational home economics, total ................................................... 475 203 272 32 2 30 5 4 1 Child care and guidance management ......................................... 137 5 132 28 2 26 0 0 0 Vocational home economics, other .............................................. 338 198 140 4 0 4 5 4 1 Law and legal studies, total .................................................................. 2,052 556 1,496 2,751 1,751 1,000 91 59 32 Pre law studies ............................................................................. 201 92 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paralegal/ legal assistant ............................................................... 1,125 177 948 31 7 24 0 0 0 Law and legal studies, other ......................................................... 726 287 439 2,720 1,744 976 91 59 32 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities, total ........ 33,997 13,379 20,618 2,778 961 1,817 75 33 42 Liberal arts and sciences/ liberal studies ....................................... 21,493 7,837 13,656 1,873 653 1,220 23 10 13 Humanities/ humanistic studies ..................................................... 3,117 1,099 2,018 488 190 298 42 21 21 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, other ......................... 9,387 4,443 4,944 417 118 299 10 2 8 Library science, total ............................................................................. 58 8 50 5,099 1,071 4,028 53 10 43 Library science/ librarianship ......................................................... 56 7 49 5,032 1,054 3,978 51 10 41 Library science, other ................................................................... 2 1 1 67 17 50 2 0 2 Mathematics, total ................................................................................. 13,143 7,134 6,009 4,031 2,465 1,566 1,209 962 247 Mathematics .................................................................................. 11,346 6,029 5,317 2,381 1,407 974 831 672 159 Applied mathematics, total ............................................................ 1,094 668 426 736 518 218 191 151 40 Applied mathematics, general and other .................................. 664 381 283 356 231 125 140 108 32 Operations research ( quantitative methods) ............................. 430 287 143 380 287 93 51 43 8 Mathematical statistics .................................................................. 434 257 177 819 481 338 166 127 39 Mathematics, other ....................................................................... 269 180 89 95 59 36 21 12 9 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies, total ........................................................ 26,515 9,286 17,229 2,347 1,082 1,265 441 218 223 Biological and physical sciences .................................................. 2,574 1,318 1,256 243 128 115 28 20 8 Systems science and theory ......................................................... 114 71 43 166 90 76 21 14 7 Museology/ museum studies ......................................................... 4 1 3 112 20 92 0 0 0 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies, other .............................................. 23,823 7,896 15,927 1,826 844 982 392 184 208 Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, total ............................. 13,983 7,090 6,893 1,751 911 840 104 65 39 Parks, recreation and leisure studies ........................................... 2,146 979 1,167 208 90 118 12 7 5 Parks, recreation and leisure facilities management .................... 2,844 1,285 1,559 250 119 131 15 11 4 Health and physical education/ fitness .......................................... 8,756 4,679 4,077 1,270 693 577 75 46 29 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies, other .................... 237 147 90 23 9 14 2 1 1 Philosophy and religion, total ................................................................ 7,388 4,859 2,529 1,302 845 457 549 385 164 Philosophy ..................................................................................... 4,555 3,199 1,356 695 500 195 324 238 86 Religion/ religious studies .............................................................. 2,543 1,477 1,066 540 321 219 216 140 76 Philosophy and religion, other ...................................................... 290 183 107 67 24 43 9 7 2 Physical sciences and science technologies, total ............................... 19,647 12,578 7,069 5,847 3,966 1,881 4,571 3,515 1,056 Physical sciences, total .................................................................... 19,518 12,517 7,001 5,823 3,952 1,871 4,563 3,508 1,055 Physical sciences, general ........................................................... 392 238 154 71 58 13 4 1 3 Astronomy ..................................................................................... 105 70 35 76 56 20 97 74 23 Astrophysics .................................................................................. 43 23 20 39 32 7 28 24 4 Atmospheric science and meteorology ......................................... 434 348 86 199 164 35 97 80 17 Chemistry, total ............................................................................. 10,415 5,970 4,445 2,254 1,269 985 2,287 1,598 689 Chemistry, general .................................................................... 10,091 5,773 4,318 2,094 1,176 918 2,088 1,461 627 Analytical chemistry ................................................................... 0 0 0 16 13 3 14 11 3 Inorganic chemistry ................................................................... 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 Organic chemistry ..................................................................... 14 8 6 19 10 9 5 3 2 Medicinal/ pharmaceutical chemistry ......................................... 20 12 8 40 23 17 59 36 23 Chemistry, other ........................................................................ 290 177 113 83 47 36 118 84 34 Geological and related sciences, total .......................................... 3,190 2,091 1,099 991 711 280 372 298 74 Geology ..................................................................................... 2,922 1,927 995 816 581 235 279 215 64 Geochemistry ............................................................................ 18 13 5 4 2 2 4 4 0 Geophysics and seismology ..................................................... 60 45 15 76 58 18 64 56 8 Geological and related sciences, other ..................................... 190 106 84 95 70 25 25 23 2 Miscellaneous physical sciences, total ......................................... 904 575 329 405 233 172 191 137 54 Metallurgy .................................................................................. 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 Oceanography ........................................................................... 185 120 65 142 88 54 105 72 33 Earth and planetary sciences .................................................... 644 411 233 155 88 67 78 59 19 Miscellaneous physical sciences, other .................................... 75 44 31 105 54 51 7 5 2 Physics, total ................................................................................. 3,679 2,999 680 1,678 1,377 301 1,462 1,276 186 Physics, general ........................................................................ 3,548 2,899 649 1,546 1,274 272 1,379 1,204 175 Physics, other ............................................................................ 131 100 31 132 103 29 83 72 11 Physical sciences, other ............................................................... 356 203 153 110 52 58 25 20 5 291 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 253.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by sex of student and field of study: 1995   96   Continued Field of study Bachelor's degrees requiring 4 or 5 years Master's degrees Doctor's degrees ( Ph. D., Ed. D., etc.)

Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Science technologies, total ............................................................... 129 61 68 24 14 10 8 7 1 Precision production trades, total .......................................................... 401 305 96 8 6 2 0 0 0 Drafting, general ........................................................................... 149 132 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 Precision production trades, other ................................................ 252 173 79 8 6 2 0 0 0 Protective services, total ....................................................................... 24,810 15,274 9,536 1,812 1,151 661 38 22 16 Criminal justice and corrections, total ........................................... 24,396 14,905 9,491 1,779 1,120 659 37 21 16 Corrections/ correctional administration ..................................... 663 348 315 70 41 29 1 1 0 Criminal justice/ law enforcement administration ....................... 8,254 5,043 3,211 611 371 240 4 0 4 Criminal justice studies ............................................................. 12,667 7,641 5,026 974 645 329 32 20 12 Forensic studies ........................................................................ 25 8 17 66 31 35 0 0 0 Law enforcement/ police science ............................................... 1,734 1,260 474 50 26 24 0 0 0 Criminal justice, other ................................................................ 1,053 605 448 8 6 2 0 0 0 Fire control and safety .................................................................. 304 287 17 29 27 2 1 1 0 Protective services, other ............................................................. 110 82 28 4 4 0 0 0 0 Psychology, total ................................................................................... 73,291 19,817 53,474 13,792 3,813 9,979 3,711 1,259 2,452 Psychology, general ...................................................................... 69,044 18,715 50,329 4,793 1,456 3,337 1,553 573 980 Clinical psychology ....................................................................... 56 18 38 1,394 339 1,055 1,328 422 906 Counseling psychology ................................................................. 290 62 228 4,289 1,034 3,255 297 101 196 Developmental and child psychology ........................................... 647 67 580 63 17 46 66 14 52 Experimental psychology .............................................................. 246 73 173 62 25 37 70 23 47 Industrial and organizational psychology ...................................... 122 36 86 826 360 466 59 19 40 Physiological psychology/ psychobiology ...................................... 182 70 112 7 5 2 25 8 17 Social psychology ......................................................................... 585 156 429 99 27 72 43 18 25 School psychology ........................................................................ 0 0 0 817 158 659 108 24 84 Psychology, other ......................................................................... 2,119 620 1,499 1,442 392 1,050 162 57 105 Public administration and services, total ............................................... 19,849 4,205 15,644 24,229 6,927 17,302 499 220 279 Public administration ..................................................................... 2,485 1,287 1,198 7,556 3,662 3,894 157 96 61 Community organization, resources and services ........................ 1,702 386 1,316 263 91 172 5 1 4 Public policy analysis .................................................................... 435 202 233 862 413 449 88 44 44 Social work .................................................................................... 14,687 2,110 12,577 15,057 2,569 12,488 243 74 169 Public affairs, other ....................................................................... 540 220 320 491 192 299 6 5 1 R. O. T. C. and military technologies, total .............................................. 7 7 0 136 132 4 0 0 0 Social sciences and history, total .......................................................... 126,479 65,872 60,607 15,012 8,093 6,919 3,760 2,339 1,421 Social sciences, general ............................................................... 7,343 2,992 4,351 543 240 303 69 33 36 Anthropology ................................................................................. 6,261 2,282 3,979 1,030 412 618 393 181 212 Archeology .................................................................................... 120 47 73 21 8 13 13 6 7 Criminology ................................................................................... 2,676 1,535 1,141 124 59 65 10 7 3 Demography and population studies ............................................ 1 0 1 44 16 28 4 4 0 Economics ..................................................................................... 16,674 11,634 5,040 2,533 1,687 846 916 709 207 Geography, total ........................................................................... 4,145 2,746 1,399 756 473 283 173 129 44 Geography ................................................................................. 4,097 2,713 1,384 755 472 283 173 129 44 Cartography ............................................................................... 48 33 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 History ........................................................................................... 26,005 15,921 10,084 2,898 1,777 1,121 805 473 332 International relations and affairs ................................................. 5,506 2,397 3,109 2,372 1,211 1,161 58 44 14 Political science and government, general ................................... 30,775 17,386 13,389 2,024 1,213 811 634 439 195 Sociology ....................................................................................... 24,071 7,767 16,304 1,772 623 1,149 527 247 280 Urban affairs/ studies ..................................................................... 647 315 332 339 171 168 61 27 34 Social sciences and history, other ................................................ 2,255 850 1,405 556 203 353 97 40 57 Theological studies/ religious vocations, total ........................................ 5,358 4,044 1,314 5,107 3,056 2,051 1,521 1,304 217 Biblical and other theological languages and literatures .............. 66 44 22 77 35 42 4 4 0 Bible/ biblical studies ...................................................................... 1,500 1,114 386 290 234 56 56 52 4 Missions/ missionary studies and misology ................................... 259 133 126 225 133 92 38 36 2 Religious education ....................................................................... 707 403 304 930 487 443 33 25 8 Religious/ sacred music ................................................................. 158 88 70 138 92 46 9 6 3 Theology/ theological studies ......................................................... 2,158 1,890 268 2,546 1,635 911 990 875 115 Pastoral counseling and specialized ministries ............................ 236 191 45 570 247 323 190 151 39 Theological studies and religious vocations, other ....................... 274 181 93 331 193 138 201 155 46 Transportation and material moving workers, total ............................... 3,561 3,143 418 919 856 63 0 0 0 Air transportation workers ............................................................. 3,336 2,950 386 905 845 60 0 0 0 Water transportation workers ........................................................ 195 170 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transportation and material moving, other ................................... 30 23 7 14 11 3 0 0 0 Visual and performing arts, total ........................................................... 49,296 20,126 29,170 10,280 4,361 5,919 1,067 524 543 Visual and performing arts, general ............................................. 1,459 612 847 99 48 51 5 3 2 Crafts, folk art, and artisanry ........................................................ 129 34 95 6 3 3 0 0 0 292 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 253.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by sex of student and field of study: 1995   96   Continued Field of study Bachelor's degrees requiring 4 or 5 years Master's degrees Doctor's degrees ( Ph. D., Ed. D., etc.)

Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Dance ............................................................................................ 925 94 831 191 29 162 10 1 9 Design and applied art .................................................................. 7,988 3,265 4,723 525 221 304 3 1 2 Dramatic/ theater arts and stagecraft ............................................ 6,217 2,486 3,731 1,317 567 750 99 42 57 Film/ video and photographic arts, total ........................................ 2,814 1,718 1,096 680 377 303 11 7 4 Film video making/ cinematography and production ................. 1,107 758 349 303 172 131 1 1 0 Photography .............................................................................. 939 481 458 157 72 85 5 5 0 Film arts, other .......................................................................... 768 479 289 220 133 87 5 1 4 Fine arts and art studies, total ...................................................... 20,585 7,413 13,172 3,354 1,201 2,153 183 51 132 Art, general ................................................................................ 11,326 4,322 7,004 968 385 583 38 16 22 Art history, criticism and conservation ...................................... 4,565 1,241 3,324 1,102 341 761 142 33 109 Arts management ...................................................................... 102 17 85 171 27 144 1 0 1 Painting ...................................................................................... 779 360 419 196 94 102 0 0 0 Ceramic arts and ceramics ....................................................... 191 62 129 65 32 33 0 0 0 Fiber, textile and weaving arts .................................................. 95 6 89 38 5 33 2 2 0 Metal and jewelry arts ............................................................... 97 19 78 21 5 16 0 0 0 Fine arts and art studies, other ................................................. 3,430 1,386 2,044 793 312 481 0 0 0 Music, total .................................................................................... 8,713 4,311 4,402 3,741 1,797 1,944 716 408 308 Music, general ........................................................................... 4,391 2,061 2,330 1,157 549 608 312 181 131 Music history and literature ....................................................... 57 23 34 69 34 35 24 14 10 Music, general performance ...................................................... 2,843 1,314 1,529 1,908 920 988 242 124 118 Music theory and composition .................................................. 271 199 72 199 135 64 76 62 14 Music, other ............................................................................... 1,151 714 437 408 159 249 62 27 35 Visual and performing arts, other ................................................. 466 193 273 367 118 249 40 11 29 Not classified by field of study .............................................................. 1,756 1,015 741 780 420 360 7 5 2 NOTE.   Aggregations by field of study derived from the Classification of Instructional Programs developed by the National Center for Education Statistics. SOURCE: U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ( IPEDS), `` Completions'' survey. ( This table was prepared April 1998.) 293 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 254.   Degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by control of institution: 1969   70 to 1995   96 Year Public institutions Private institutions Associate Bachelor's Master's Doctor's Firstprofessional 1 Associate Bachelor's Master's Doctor's Firstprofessional 1 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 1971   72 ....................................... 255,218 599,615 167,075 21,776 18,521 36,796 287,658 84,558 11,587 24,890 1972   73 ....................................... 278,132 630,899 174,405 22,357 21,872 38,042 291,463 88,966 12,420 28,146 1973   74 ....................................... 303,188 651,544 184,632 21,810 23,208 40,736 294,232 92,401 12,006 30,608 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 ....................................... 2 366,732 636,475 182,295 20,889 29,611 2 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 ....................................... 2 379,249 646,013 170,693 21,141 29,586 2 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 ....................................... 3 444,373 789,148 221,428 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 1 Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion ( including at least 2 years of preprofessional training). 2 Data are approximations. 3 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 July 1998.)

Table 255.   Degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 1995   96 Discipline division Public institutions Private institutions 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 Total ......................................................................................... 454,291 774,070 227,179 29,516 100,925 390,722 179,122 15,136 Agriculture and natural resources 1 .............................................. 5,826 19,933 3,895 1,243 356 1,498 674 28 Architecture and related programs .............................................. 248 6,191 2,776 96 8 2,161 1,217 45 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ................................................ 92 3,088 990 84 19 2,698 723 100 Biological sciences/ life sciences .................................................. 1,961 39,634 4,296 3,291 76 21,360 1,861 1,489 Business 2 ..................................................................................... 73,694 135,342 37,156 917 33,474 91,760 56,826 451 Communications ........................................................................... 1,357 33,139 2,666 276 830 14,181 2,414 62 Communications technologies ..................................................... 1,590 420 102 0 167 263 422 7 Computer and information sciences ............................................ 6,811 14,627 5,705 546 2,847 9,471 4,446 321 Construction trades ...................................................................... 1,562 24 0 0 579 56 0 0 Education ..................................................................................... 8,593 78,471 67,562 5,082 1,157 27,038 38,691 1,594 Engineering .................................................................................. 1,756 47,068 18,610 4,531 441 15,046 8,831 1,838 Engineering related technologies ................................................. 20,926 10,906 919 11 12,076 4,283 206 0 English language and literature/ letters ........................................ 1,225 34,023 5,817 1,172 85 16,675 2,076 363 Foreign languages and literatures ............................................... 380 9,070 2,356 524 227 4,882 768 352 Health professions and related sciences ..................................... 84,257 54,666 19,091 1,568 17,615 29,370 14,307 551 Home economics and vocational home economics .................... 7,862 13,568 1,544 274 330 2,235 1,373 140 Law and legal studies .................................................................. 5,807 1,205 588 9 3,299 847 2,163 82 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities ....... 164,685 20,904 1,118 32 10,285 13,093 1,660 43 Library science ............................................................................. 92 46 4,208 50 2 12 891 3 Mathematics ................................................................................. 725 8,694 3,056 845 33 4,449 975 364 Mechanics and repairers .............................................................. 10,164 43 0 0 2,360 11 0 0 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ....................................................... 8,517 20,500 1,590 193 94 6,015 757 248 Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies ............................. 808 10,788 1,433 101 128 3,195 318 3 Philosophy and religion ................................................................ 34 3,025 504 218 49 4,363 798 331 Physical sciences and science technologies ............................... 2,553 12,764 4,299 3,235 59 6,883 1,548 1,336 Precision production trades ......................................................... 6,466 379 0 0 3,751 22 8 0 Protective services ....................................................................... 18,368 19,725 1,084 37 828 5,085 728 1 Psychology ................................................................................... 1,441 48,612 5,941 1,881 142 24,679 7,851 1,830 Public administration and services .............................................. 3,847 14,288 14,551 287 371 5,561 9,678 212 R. O. T. C. and military technologies .............................................. 551 3 136 0 5 4 0 0 Social sciences and history ......................................................... 3,678 82,705 9,557 2,344 343 43,774 5,455 1,416 Theological studies/ religious vocations ........................................ 0 0 0 0 608 5,358 5,107 1,521 Transportation and material moving workers .............................. 1,255 1,677 106 0 316 1,884 813 0 Visual and performing arts ........................................................... 6,726 28,542 5,523 669 6,808 20,754 4,757 398 Not classified by field of study ..................................................... 434 0 0 0 1,157 1,756 780 7 1 Includes `` Agricultural business and production,'' `` Agricultural sciences,'' and `` Conservation and renewable natural resources.''

2 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, 1995   96 and `` Consolidated'' survey 1996. ( This table was prepared May 1998.) 294 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 256.   Degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 1994   95 Discipline division Public institutions Private institutions 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 Total ......................................................................................... 451,539 776,670 224,152 28,917 88,152 383,464 173,477 15,529 Agriculture and natural resources 1 .............................................. 5,418 18,471 3,778 1,246 312 1,370 474 18 Architecture and related programs .............................................. 253 6,532 2,708 81 24 2,224 1,215 60 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ................................................ 52 2,980 963 87 16 2,726 676 99 Biological sciences/ life sciences .................................................. 1,802 36,640 3,904 3,274 77 19,344 1,489 1,371 Business 2 ..................................................................................... 75,415 142,206 37,114 970 26,511 92,117 56,695 424 Communications ........................................................................... 1,340 33,847 2,773 266 1,820 14,257 2,369 54 Communications technologies ..................................................... 1,659 471 82 0 325 228 385 1 Computer and information sciences ............................................ 6,716 14,793 5,661 594 2,436 9,611 4,665 290 Construction trades ...................................................................... 1,345 38 0 0 383 75 7 0 Education ..................................................................................... 8,414 79,536 65,265 5,139 1,244 26,543 35,977 1,766 Engineering .................................................................................. 1,908 47,026 19,314 4,277 324 15,316 9,239 1,833 Engineering related technologies ................................................. 22,521 11,550 954 18 12,211 4,083 156 0 English language and literature/ letters ........................................ 1,491 34,848 5,900 1,098 57 17,053 1,945 463 Foreign languages and literatures ............................................... 349 8,896 2,301 563 267 4,879 835 342 Health professions and related sciences ..................................... 84,962 53,101 18,049 1,468 13,512 26,754 13,194 601 Home economics and vocational home economics .................... 7,476 13,223 1,586 248 345 2,122 1,278 140 Law and legal studies .................................................................. 6,208 1,242 550 10 2,932 790 1,961 78 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities ....... 159,722 20,906 1,096 32 11,095 12,450 1,469 58 Library science ............................................................................. 98 45 4,176 49 3 5 881 6 Mathematics ................................................................................. 748 8,939 3,190 867 34 4,784 991 359 Mechanics and repairers .............................................................. 9,880 32 0 0 1,617 34 0 0 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ....................................................... 8,575 20,157 1,609 171 117 5,876 848 67 Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies ............................. 730 10,234 1,375 120 134 2,655 380 29 Philosophy and religion ................................................................ 45 2,931 496 203 36 4,345 884 304 Physical sciences and science technologies ............................... 2,397 12,505 4,251 3,052 59 6,672 1,502 1,431 Precision production trades ......................................................... 6,413 336 0 0 2,931 17 5 0 Protective services ....................................................................... 19,007 19,347 1,047 26 702 4,810 659 0 Psychology ................................................................................... 1,437 48,255 5,985 1,766 163 23,828 7,936 2,056 Public administration and services .............................................. 3,499 13,349 14,206 291 383 5,237 9,295 265 R. O. T. C. and military technologies .............................................. 349 6 124 0 15 21 0 0 Social sciences and history ......................................................... 3,251 84,021 9,596 2,303 383 44,133 5,249 1,422 Theological studies/ religious vocations ........................................ 35 2 2 0 572 5,576 5,238 1,591 Transportation and material moving workers .............................. 1,174 1,693 75 0 272 2,005 748 0 Visual and performing arts ........................................................... 6,402 28,227 5,664 679 6,142 20,463 4,613 401 Not classified by field of study ..................................................... 448 285 358 19 698 1,061 219 0 1 Includes `` Agricultural business and production,'' `` Agricultural sciences,'' and `` Conservation and renewable natural resources.'' 2 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, 1994   95 and `` Consolidated'' survey 1995. ( This table was prepared March 1997.) 295 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 257.   Number of institutions of higher education conferring degrees, by level of degree and discipline division: 1995   96 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 ............................................... 2,385 1,862 1,369 488 1,268 555 497 221 1,117 1,307 872 267 Agricultural business and production .. 306 129 60 35 294 99 57 34 12 30 3 1 Agricultural sciences ........................... 97 132 79 52 89 114 76 52 8 18 3 0 Architecture and related programs ..... 36 169 116 26 33 109 88 19 3 60 28 7 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ....... 36 373 111 36 33 163 65 20 3 210 46 16 Biological sciences/ life sciences ......... 188 1,230 419 222 174 471 302 149 14 759 117 73 Business management and administrative services ................... 1,713 1,400 748 119 1,115 498 356 80 598 902 392 39 Communications ................................. 246 905 226 47 201 369 158 37 45 536 68 10 Communications technologies ............ 157 32 10 2 142 17 2 0 15 15 8 2 Computer and information sciences ... 759 1,056 334 121 540 436 214 83 219 620 120 38 Conservation and renewable natural resources ........................................ 121 279 108 46 110 151 91 41 11 128 17 5 Consumer and personal services ....... 238 12 0 0 198 6 0 0 40 6 0 0 Construction trades ............................. 184 6 0 0 172 3 0 0 12 3 0 0 Education ............................................ 383 1,140 854 217 298 424 421 148 85 716 433 69 Engineering ......................................... 277 397 264 173 246 217 173 124 31 180 91 49 Engineering related technologies ....... 989 317 69 3 811 225 56 3 178 92 13 0 English language and literature/ letters ................................ 140 1,250 415 137 126 479 292 92 14 771 123 45 Foreign languages and literatures ...... 76 826 200 84 71 371 143 52 5 455 57 32 Health professions and related sciences ........................................... 1,356 944 569 149 994 420 306 109 362 524 263 40 Home economics ................................ 88 326 185 41 73 207 122 32 15 119 63 9 Law and legal studies ......................... 482 128 66 15 313 47 26 4 169 81 40 11 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities ................. 1,311 723 158 22 1,014 294 76 10 297 429 82 12 Library science .................................... 31 13 70 13 29 11 58 12 2 2 12 1 Marketing operations/ marketing and distribution ...................................... 476 172 18 1 365 65 4 1 111 107 14 0 Mathematics ........................................ 138 1,131 339 157 128 472 256 111 10 659 83 46 Mechanics and repairers .................... 549 6 0 0 508 4 0 0 41 2 0 0 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies .............. 176 633 189 60 160 263 132 43 16 370 57 17 Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies ................................ 131 513 129 27 120 242 110 25 11 271 19 2 Philosophy and religion ....................... 27 834 188 92 17 293 86 49 10 541 102 43 Physical sciences ................................ 154 1,063 340 204 144 457 245 138 10 606 95 66 Precision production trades ................ 668 30 2 0 565 24 0 0 103 6 2 0 Protective services .............................. 805 449 110 9 729 245 81 8 76 204 29 1 Psychology .......................................... 162 1,240 542 240 134 462 305 131 28 778 237 109 Public administration and services ..... 258 640 345 77 222 299 234 46 36 341 111 31 R. O. T. C. and military technologies ..... 4 3 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 Science technologies .......................... 114 18 4 3 108 8 2 3 6 10 2 0 Social sciences and history ................ 227 1,291 414 172 191 487 297 115 36 804 117 57 Theological studies/ religious vocations ......................................... 85 323 252 106 0 0 0 0 85 323 252 106 Transportation and material moving workers ........................................... 105 70 7 0 89 35 4 0 16 35 3 0 Visual and performing arts .................. 555 1,203 375 94 412 445 233 60 143 758 142 34 Vocational home economics ............... 528 39 7 1 498 14 4 1 30 25 3 0 Not classified by field of study ............ 15 16 15 4 3 0 0 0 12 16 15 4 NOTE.   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, 1995   96 and `` Consolidated'' survey, 1996. ( This table was prepared May 1998.) 296 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 258.   Number of institutions of higher education conferring degrees, by level of degree and discipline division: 1994   95 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 ................................................ 2,184 1,855 1,351 482 1,252 557 488 217 932 1,298 863 265 Agricultural business and production .. 306 129 60 32 292 98 57 31 14 31 3 1 Agricultural sciences ........................... 94 129 75 52 85 114 72 52 9 15 3 0 Architecture and related programs ..... 44 171 119 26 36 107 92 18 8 64 27 8 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ....... 24 372 105 35 21 165 64 19 3 207 41 16 Biological sciences/ life sciences ......... 186 1,236 422 216 172 474 307 142 14 762 115 74 Business management and administrative services .................... 1,577 1,383 729 118 1,097 497 352 80 480 886 377 38 Communications ................................. 227 900 226 46 187 369 156 36 40 531 70 10 Communications technologies ............ 165 34 11 1 148 16 2 0 17 18 9 1 Computer and information sciences ... 727 1,068 339 119 529 437 209 83 198 631 130 36 Conservation and renewable natural resources ......................................... 116 257 100 45 108 141 85 42 8 116 15 3 Consumer and personal services ....... 218 12 0 0 187 7 0 0 31 5 0 0 Construction trades ............................. 179 7 1 0 166 3 0 0 13 4 1 0 Education ............................................ 382 1,152 840 213 289 428 419 145 93 724 421 68 Engineering ......................................... 267 393 264 171 237 214 171 122 30 179 93 49 Engineering related technologies ....... 969 315 70 3 801 224 55 3 168 91 15 0 English language and literature/ letters 139 1,248 417 133 128 477 294 88 11 771 123 45 Foreign languages and literatures ...... 73 841 194 85 68 367 141 52 5 474 53 33 Health professions and related sciences ........................................... 1,247 937 547 148 962 423 297 107 285 514 250 41 Home economics ................................ 70 324 184 42 53 210 119 32 17 114 65 10 Law and legal studies ......................... 434 132 62 14 295 45 26 3 139 87 36 11 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities .................. 1,316 714 140 21 1,001 297 68 10 315 417 72 11 Library science .................................... 30 11 69 16 28 10 58 13 2 1 11 3 Marketing operations/ marketing and distribution ....................................... 502 177 23 3 393 66 4 2 109 111 19 1 Mathematics ........................................ 139 1,145 343 157 129 472 256 108 10 673 87 49 Mechanics and repairers .................... 529 9 0 0 495 4 0 0 34 5 0 0 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies .............. 176 612 180 59 156 257 123 40 20 355 57 19 Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies ............................................. 131 500 121 24 118 243 102 22 13 257 19 2 Philosophy and religion ....................... 29 839 187 90 20 286 86 49 9 553 101 41 Physical sciences ................................ 152 1,064 341 201 146 459 245 132 6 605 96 69 Precision production trades ................ 631 26 1 0 554 21 0 0 77 5 1 0 Protective services .............................. 788 439 103 6 720 243 76 6 68 196 27 0 Psychology .......................................... 155 1,241 529 233 134 460 307 128 21 781 222 105 Public administration and services ..... 260 635 349 79 224 293 230 45 36 342 119 34 R. O. T. C. and military technologies ..... 4 4 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 Science technologies .......................... 103 19 4 3 95 9 3 3 8 10 1 0 Social sciences and history ................ 216 1,290 418 174 178 486 297 114 38 804 121 60 Theological studies/ religious vocations 82 337 269 111 1 1 1 0 81 336 268 111 Transportation and material moving workers ............................................ 107 66 6 0 91 33 2 0 16 33 4 0 Visual and performing arts .................. 540 1,207 377 97 410 443 236 62 130 764 141 35 Vocational home economics ............... 505 42 9 2 479 21 6 1 26 21 3 1 Not classified by field of study ............ 10 14 6 1 2 2 1 1 8 12 5 0 NOTE.   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, 1994   95 and `` Consolidated'' survey, 1995. ( This table was prepared March 1997.) 297 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 259.   First professional degrees conferred by institutions of higher education in dentistry, medicine, and law, by sex, and number of institutions conferring degrees: 1949   50 to 1995   96 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 ( 1) ( 1) ( 1) ( 1) 1951   52 ....................... 41 2,918 2,895 23 72 6,201 5,871 330 ( 1) ( 1) ( 1) ( 1) 1953   54 ....................... 42 3,102 3,063 39 73 6,712 6,377 335 ( 1) ( 1) ( 1) ( 1) 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 1 Data prior to 1955   56 are not shown because they lack comparability with the figures for subsequent years. 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 July 1998.) 298 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 260.   First professional degrees 1 conferred by institutions of higher education, by sex of student, control of institution, and field of study:

1984   85 to 1995   96 Control of institution and field of study 1984   85 1985   86 1986   87 1987   88 1988   89 1989   90 1990   91 1991   92 1992   93 1993   94 1994   95 1995   96 Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Total, all institutions ......................... 75,063 73,910 71,617 70,735 70,856 70,988 71,948 74,146 75,387 75,418 44,707 30,711 75,800 44,853 30,947 76,734 44,748 31,986 Dentistry ( D. D. S. or D. M. D.) ................... 5,339 5,046 4,741 4,477 4,265 4,100 3,699 3,593 3,605 3,787 2,330 1,457 3,897 2,480 1,417 3,697 2,374 1,323 Medicine ( M. D.) ...................................... 16,041 15,938 15,428 15,358 15,460 15,075 15,043 15,243 15,531 15,368 9,544 5,824 15,537 9,507 6,030 15,341 9,061 6,280 Optometry ( O. D.) .................................... 1,115 1,029 1,082 1,023 1,093 1,072 1,115 1,232 1,148 1,103 554 549 1,185 538 647 1,231 568 663 Osteopathic medicine ( D. O.) .................. 1,489 1,547 1,618 1,544 1,635 1,555 1,459 1,326 1,627 1,798 1,165 633 1,854 1,249 605 1,895 1,232 663 Pharmacy ( Pharm. D.) ............................. 861 903 861 962 1,074 1,199 1,244 1,339 1,904 1,936 643 1,293 2,264 785 1,479 2,555 873 1,682 Podiatry ( Pod. D. or D. P.) or podiatric medicine ( D. P. M.) ............... 582 612 590 645 636 675 589 504 476 465 330 135 545 370 175 650 453 197 Veterinary medicine ( D. V. M.) ................. 2,178 2,270 2,230 2,235 2,157 2,151 2,032 2,044 2,057 2,089 798 1,291 2,148 762 1,386 2,109 715 1,394 Chiropractic ( D. C. or D. C. M.) ................. 2,661 3,395 2,493 2,628 2,890 2,581 2,640 2,694 2,799 2,806 2,010 796 2,968 2,094 874 3,379 2,470 909 Law ( LL. B. or J. D.) ................................. 37,491 35,844 36,056 35,397 35,634 36,485 37,945 38,848 40,302 40,044 22,826 17,218 39,349 22,592 16,757 39,828 22,508 17,320 Theology ( M. Div., M. H. L., B. D.,

or Ord. and M. H. L./ Rav.) ................... 7,221 7,283 6,518 6,466 6,012 5,851 5,695 5,251 5,447 5,967 4,486 1,481 5,978 4,443 1,535 5,879 4,400 1,479 Other ....................................................... 85 43 0 0 0 244 487 2,072 491 55 21 34 75 33 42 170 94 76 Total, public institutions .................. 30,152 29,568 29,346 29,153 28,993 28,810 29,554 29,366 29,628 29,842 17,040 12,802 29,871 16,898 12,973 29,882 16,586 13,296 Dentistry ( D. D. S. or D. M. D.) ................... 3,051 2,827 2,655 2,524 2,512 2,353 2,308 2,200 2,167 2,189 1,377 812 2,236 1,477 759 2,198 1,455 743 Medicine ( M. D.) ...................................... 10,071 9,991 9,711 9,557 9,491 9,108 9,364 9,259 9,370 9,506 5,977 3,529 9,599 5,905 3,694 9,370 5,570 3,800 Optometry ( O. D.) .................................... 456 441 454 429 451 444 477 595 460 471 219 252 461 203 258 499 234 265 Osteopathic medicine ( D. O.) .................. 455 486 480 434 500 458 493 416 490 531 349 182 492 322 170 528 337 191 Pharmacy ( Pharm. D.) ............................. 416 473 475 615 679 727 808 852 1,171 1,185 390 795 1,344 489 855 1,557 553 1,004 Podiatry ( Pod. D. or D. P.) or podiatric medicine ( D. P. M.) ............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Veterinary medicine ( D. V. M.) ................. 1,963 1,931 2,003 2,014 1,943 1,943 1,814 1,831 1,840 1,895 744 1,151 1,927 689 1,238 1,889 650 1,239 Chiropractic ( D. C. or D. C. M.) ................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Law ( LL. B. or J. D.) ................................. 13,695 13,419 13,568 13,580 13,417 13,585 14,290 14,097 14,130 14,065 7,984 6,081 13,812 7,813 5,999 13,841 7,787 6,054 Theology ( M. Div., M. H. L., B. D.,

or Ord. and M. H. L./ Rav.) ................... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other ....................................................... 43 0 0 0 0 192 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total, private institutions ................. 44,911 44,342 42,271 41,582 41,863 42,178 42,394 44,780 45,759 45,576 27,667 17,909 45,929 27,955 17,974 46,852 28,162 18,690 Dentistry ( D. D. S. or D. M. D.) ................... 2,288 2,219 2,086 1,953 1,753 1,747 1,391 1,393 1,438 1,598 953 645 1,661 1,003 658 1,499 919 580 Medicine ( M. D.) ...................................... 5,970 5,947 5,717 5,801 5,969 5,967 5,679 5,984 6,161 5,862 3,567 2,295 5,938 3,602 2,336 5,971 3,491 2,480 Optometry ( O. D.) .................................... 659 588 628 594 642 628 638 637 688 632 335 297 724 335 389 732 334 398 Osteopathic medicine ( D. O.) .................. 1,034 1,061 1,138 1,110 1,135 1,097 966 910 1,137 1,267 816 451 1,362 927 435 1,367 895 472 Pharmacy ( Pharm. D.) ............................. 445 430 386 347 395 472 436 487 733 751 253 498 920 296 624 998 320 678 Podiatry ( Pod. D. or D. P.) or podiatric medicine ( D. P. M.) ............... 582 612 590 645 636 675 589 504 476 465 330 135 545 370 175 650 453 197 Veterinary medicine ( D. V. M.) ................. 215 339 227 221 214 208 218 213 217 194 54 140 221 73 148 220 65 155 Chiropractic ( D. C. or D. C. M.) ................. 2,661 3,395 2,493 2,628 2,890 2,581 2,640 2,694 2,799 2,806 2,010 796 2,968 2,094 874 3,379 2,470 909 Law ( LL. B. or J. D.) ................................. 23,796 22,425 22,488 21,817 22,217 22,900 23,655 24,751 26,172 25,979 14,842 11,137 25,537 14,779 10,758 25,987 14,721 11,266 Theology ( M. Div., M. H. L., B. D.,

or Ord. and M. H. L./ Rav.) ................... 7,219 7,283 6,518 6,466 6,012 5,851 5,695 5,251 5,447 5,967 4,486 1,481 5,978 4,443 1,535 5,879 4,400 1,479 Other ....................................................... 42 43 0 0 0 52 487 1,956 491 55 21 34 75 33 42 170 94 76 1 Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion ( including at least 2 years of preprofessional training). 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 May 1998.) 299 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 261.   Associate degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ ethnic group and sex of student: 1976   77 to 1995   96 Year Number of degrees conferred Percentage distribution of degrees conferred 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 Total Total 1976   77 1 ........ 404,956 342,290 33,159 16,636 7,044 2,498 3,329 100.0 84.5 8.2 4.1 1.7 0.6 0.8 1978   79 2 ........ 396,745 331,092 34,979 16,269 7,518 2,336 4,551 100.0 83.5 8.8 4.1 1.9 0.6 1.1 1980   81 3 ........ 410,174 339,167 35,330 17,800 8,650 2,584 6,643 100.0 82.7 8.6 4.3 2.1 0.6 1.6 1984   85 4 ........ 429,815 355,343 35,791 19,407 9,914 2,953 6,407 100.0 82.7 8.3 4.5 2.3 0.7 1.5 1986   87 .......... 436,304 361,861 35,447 19,334 11,779 3,195 4,688 100.0 82.9 8.1 4.4 2.7 0.7 1.1 1988   89 5,6 ...... 432,144 354,865 34,664 20,384 12,519 3,331 6,381 100.0 82.1 8.0 4.7 2.9 0.8 1.5 1989   90 5,7 ...... 450,263 369,580 35,327 22,195 13,482 3,530 6,149 100.0 82.1 7.8 4.9 3.0 0.8 1.4 1990   91 5,8 ...... 462,030 376,081 37,657 24,251 13,725 3,672 6,644 100.0 81.4 8.2 5.2 3.0 0.8 1.4 1991   92 5,9 ...... 494,387 400,530 39,411 26,905 15,596 4,008 7,937 100.0 81.0 8.0 5.4 3.2 0.8 1.6 1992   93 5,10 .... 508,154 405,883 42,340 29,991 16,632 4,379 8,929 100.0 79.9 8.3 5.9 3.3 0.9 1.8 1993   94 5,11 .... 529,106 418,301 45,461 32,074 18,433 4,871 9,966 100.0 79.1 8.6 6.1 3.5 0.9 1.9 1994   95 5,12 .... 538,545 419,323 47,142 36,013 20,717 5,492 9,858 100.0 77.9 8.8 6.7 3.8 1.0 1.8 1995   96 5,13 .... 553,625 425,028 51,672 38,163 23,091 5,556 10,115 100.0 76.8 9.3 6.9 4.2 1.0 1.8 Men Men 1976   77 1 ........ 209,672 178,236 15,330 9,105 3,630 1,216 2,155 100.0 85.0 7.3 4.3 1.7 0.6 1.0 1978   79 2 ........ 187,284 156,671 14,425 8,135 4,058 1,069 2,926 100.0 83.7 7.7 4.3 2.2 0.6 1.6 1980   81 3 ........ 183,819 151,242 14,290 8,327 4,557 1,108 4,295 100.0 82.3 7.8 4.5 2.5 0.6 2.3 1984   85 4 ........ 190,409 157,278 14,184 8,561 5,492 1,198 3,696 100.0 82.6 7.4 4.5 2.9 0.6 1.9 1986   87 .......... 190,839 158,132 13,959 8,760 6,169 1,263 2,556 100.0 82.9 7.3 4.6 3.2 0.7 1.3 1988   89 5,6 ...... 183,963 150,978 12,884 9,217 6,366 1,323 3,195 100.0 82.1 7.0 5.0 3.5 0.7 1.7 1989   90 5,7 ...... 188,631 154,748 13,147 9,859 6,477 1,433 2,967 100.0 82.0 7.0 5.2 3.4 0.8 1.6 1990   91 5,8 ...... 190,221 155,330 13,718 10,210 6,440 1,373 3,150 100.0 81.7 7.2 5.4 3.4 0.7 1.7 1991   92 5,9 ...... 202,808 164,799 14,294 11,536 7,254 1,531 3,394 100.0 81.3 7.0 5.7 3.6 0.8 1.7 1992   93 5,10 .... 209,051 167,312 15,497 12,924 7,877 1,663 3,778 100.0 80.0 7.4 6.2 3.8 0.8 1.8 1993   94 5,11 .... 214,462 170,137 16,917 13,204 8,288 1,836 4,080 100.0 79.3 7.9 6.2 3.9 0.9 1.9 1994   95 5,12 .... 217,730 169,475 16,786 15,717 9,283 2,106 4,363 100.0 77.8 7.7 7.2 4.3 1.0 2.0 1995   96 5,13 .... 218,977 168,858 17,854 15,700 10,204 1,989 4,372 100.0 77.1 8.2 7.2 4.7 0.9 2.0 Women Women 1976   77 1 ........ 195,284 164,054 17,829 7,531 3,414 1,282 1,174 100.0 84.0 9.1 3.9 1.7 0.7 0.6 1978   79 2 ........ 209,461 174,421 20,554 8,134 3,460 1,267 1,625 100.0 83.3 9.8 3.9 1.7 0.6 0.8 1980   81 3 ........ 226,355 187,925 21,040 9,473 4,093 1,476 2,348 100.0 83.0 9.3 4.2 1.8 0.7 1.0 1984   85 4 ........ 239,406 198,065 21,607 10,846 4,422 1,755 2,711 100.0 82.7 9.0 4.5 1.8 0.7 1.1 1986   87 .......... 245,465 203,729 21,488 10,574 5,610 1,932 2,132 100.0 83.0 8.8 4.3 2.3 0.8 0.9 1988   89 5,6 ...... 248,181 203,887 21,780 11,167 6,153 2,008 3,186 100.0 82.2 8.8 4.5 2.5 0.8 1.3 1989   90 5,7 ...... 261,632 214,832 22,180 12,336 7,005 2,097 3,182 100.0 82.1 8.5 4.7 2.7 0.8 1.2 1990   91 5,8 ...... 271,809 220,751 23,939 14,041 7,285 2,299 3,494 100.0 81.2 8.8 5.2 2.7 0.8 1.3 1991   92 5,9 ...... 291,579 235,731 25,117 15,369 8,342 2,477 4,543 100.0 80.8 8.6 5.3 2.9 0.8 1.6 1992   93 5,10 .... 299,103 238,571 26,843 17,067 8,755 2,716 5,151 100.0 79.8 9.0 5.7 2.9 0.9 1.7 1993   94 5,11 .... 314,644 248,164 28,544 18,870 10,145 3,035 5,886 100.0 78.9 9.1 6.0 3.2 1.0 1.9 1994   95 5,12 .... 320,815 249,848 30,356 20,296 11,434 3,386 5,495 100.0 77.9 9.5 6.3 3.6 1.1 1.7 1995   96 5,13 .... 334,648 256,170 33,818 22,463 12,887 3,567 5,743 100.0 76.5 10.1 6.7 3.9 1.1 1.7 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 Racial/ ethnic data were imputed for approximately 45,400 men and 55,400 women. This tabulation excludes 11,490 men and 10,862 women whose racial/ ethnic group could not be imputed. In addition, data for 1,033 men and 1,512 women were not available by field of study and were not imputed by race. 5 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. 6 Excludes 2,353 men and 2,267 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 7 Excludes 2,564 men and 2,275 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 8 Excludes 8,413 men and 11,277 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 9 Excludes 4,673 men and 5,171 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 10 Excludes 2,913 men and 3,689 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 11 Excludes 799 men and 727 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 12 Excludes 622 men and 524 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 13 Excludes 537 men and 1,054 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available.

NOTE.   For years 1984   85 to 1995   96, 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. Because of rounding, percents may not add to 100.0.

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 June 1998.) 300 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 262.   Associate degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1995   96 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 ............................................... 553,625 425,028 51,672 38,163 23,091 5,556 10,115 218,977 168,858 17,854 15,700 10,204 1,989 4,372 334,648 256,170 33,818 22,463 12,887 3,567 5,743 Agriculture and natural resources ........................ 6,182 5,851 56 113 22 68 72 4,218 4,028 35 60 11 42 42 1,964 1,823 21 53 11 26 30 Architecture and related programs ...................... 256 219 3 20 5 3 6 40 32 1 4 1 1 1 216 187 2 16 4 2 5 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ........................ 111 25 20 13 3 38 12 28 2 4 6 0 13 3 83 23 16 7 3 25 9 Biological sciences/ life sciences .......................... 2,037 1,402 118 196 217 44 60 817 557 49 76 89 15 31 1,220 845 69 120 128 29 29 Business ............................................................... 107,168 78,779 12,620 7,611 4,585 938 2,635 32,323 24,059 3,405 2,142 1,500 206 1,011 74,845 54,720 9,215 5,469 3,085 732 1,624 Communications ................................................... 2,187 1,678 201 148 101 11 48 1,077 836 104 82 41 4 10 1,110 842 97 66 60 7 38 Communications technologies ............................. 1,757 1,366 190 100 40 14 47 1,169 943 114 60 26 8 18 588 423 76 40 14 6 29 Computer and information sciences .................... 9,658 6,727 1,242 717 563 165 244 4,954 3,605 483 351 313 67 135 4,704 3,122 759 366 250 98 109 Construction trades .............................................. 2,141 1,832 85 68 116 27 13 2,035 1,748 80 62 108 24 13 106 84 5 6 8 3 0 Education ............................................................. 9,750 7,321 1,006 879 238 208 98 3,109 2,426 307 208 94 45 29 6,641 4,895 699 671 144 163 69 Engineering .......................................................... 2,197 1,692 155 119 149 12 70 1,914 1,481 126 100 135 10 62 283 211 29 19 14 2 8 Engineering related technologies ......................... 33,002 25,646 2,929 2,481 1,406 245 295 28,871 22,566 2,392 2,212 1,254 204 243 4,131 3,080 537 269 152 41 52 English language and literature/ letters ................ 1,310 745 97 154 80 24 210 471 240 32 58 36 10 95 839 505 65 96 44 14 115 Foreign languages and literatures ....................... 607 417 11 101 26 1 51 163 114 2 28 9 0 10 444 303 9 73 17 1 41 Health professions and related sciences ............. 101,872 84,750 8,302 4,143 3,169 823 685 17,295 13,684 1,363 1,050 893 142 163 84,577 71,066 6,939 3,093 2,276 681 522 Home economics and vocational home economics ....................................................... 8,192 5,791 1,089 716 328 87 181 757 475 93 61 96 9 23 7,435 5,316 996 655 232 78 158 Law and legal studies .......................................... 9,106 7,217 1,041 620 133 65 30 1,119 779 170 113 33 16 8 7,987 6,438 871 507 100 49 22 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities ................................................. 174,970 131,859 15,401 13,754 8,307 1,815 3,834 67,994 51,496 5,351 5,313 3,410 657 1,767 106,976 80,363 10,050 8,441 4,897 1,158 2,067 Library science ..................................................... 94 75 4 4 11 0 0 13 9 1 1 2 0 0 81 66 3 3 9 0 0 Mathematics ......................................................... 758 449 37 110 105 9 48 463 268 27 68 62 7 31 295 181 10 42 43 2 17 Mechanics and repairers ...................................... 12,524 9,974 870 737 661 137 145 11,723 9,396 781 683 615 122 126 801 578 89 54 46 15 19 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ............................... 8,611 6,637 901 511 400 72 90 4,212 3,215 461 265 191 33 47 4,399 3,422 440 246 209 39 43 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...... 936 734 101 54 20 7 20 545 418 63 33 15 4 12 391 316 38 21 5 3 8 Philosophy and religion ........................................ 83 67 4 6 3 2 1 45 34 1 5 3 1 1 38 33 3 1 0 1 0 Physical sciences and science technologies ....... 2,612 1,895 217 146 228 31 95 1,458 1,077 120 85 112 14 50 1,154 818 97 61 116 17 45 Precision production trades ................................. 10,217 8,315 455 771 509 89 78 8,119 6,615 356 639 374 75 60 2,098 1,700 99 132 135 14 18 Protective services ............................................... 19,196 15,363 1,801 1,385 382 199 66 13,427 11,163 895 897 301 123 48 5,769 4,200 906 488 81 76 18 Psychology ........................................................... 1,583 1,117 150 182 59 43 32 406 272 43 52 21 6 12 1,177 845 107 130 38 37 20 Public administration and services ...................... 4,218 2,595 938 454 99 89 43 765 441 164 92 28 21 19 3,453 2,154 774 362 71 68 24 R. O. T. C. and military technologies ...................... 556 457 75 1 22 1 0 514 426 66 0 21 1 0 42 31 9 1 1 0 0 Social sciences and history ................................. 4,021 2,505 449 520 268 130 149 1,488 933 162 183 105 31 74 2,533 1,572 287 337 163 99 75 Theological studies and religious vocations ........ 608 467 79 31 10 3 18 314 237 40 23 6 1 7 294 230 39 8 4 2 11 Transportation and material moving workers ...... 1,571 1,269 132 58 60 5 47 1,325 1,083 104 55 46 5 32 246 186 28 3 14 0 15 Visual and performing arts ................................... 13,534 9,792 893 1,240 766 151 692 5,806 4,200 459 633 253 72 189 7,728 5,592 434 607 513 79 503 1 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. Excludes 537 men and 1,054 women whose racial/

ethnic group and field of study were not available.

NOTE.   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 June 1998.) 301 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 263.   Associate degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1994   95 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 ............................................... 538,545 419,323 47,142 36,013 20,717 5,492 9,858 217,730 169,475 16,786 15,717 9,283 2,106 4,363 320,815 249,848 30,356 20,296 11,434 3,386 5,495 Agriculture and natural resources ........................ 5,730 5,380 57 118 37 82 56 4,001 3,772 39 78 25 50 37 1,729 1,608 18 40 12 32 19 Architecture and related programs ...................... 277 243 4 17 4 1 8 70 58 1 7 2 1 1 207 185 3 10 2 0 7 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ........................ 68 19 9 8 2 16 14 17 3 2 3 0 6 3 51 16 7 5 2 10 11 Biological sciences/ life sciences .......................... 1,879 1,225 150 191 195 41 77 752 503 53 70 82 11 33 1,127 722 97 121 113 30 44 Business ............................................................... 101,926 76,068 11,366 6,972 4,089 987 2,444 31,902 24,098 3,120 2,146 1,328 260 950 70,024 51,970 8,246 4,826 2,761 727 1,494 Communications ................................................... 3,160 2,687 216 135 53 24 45 1,624 1,429 90 60 22 10 13 1,536 1,258 126 75 31 14 32 Communications technologies ............................. 1,984 1,512 194 155 56 13 54 1,298 1,010 110 103 34 10 31 686 502 84 52 22 3 23 Computer and information sciences .................... 9,152 6,470 1,037 757 517 113 258 4,743 3,500 418 371 266 46 142 4,409 2,970 619 386 251 67 116 Construction trades .............................................. 1,728 1,456 81 68 81 29 13 1,598 1,336 78 66 79 27 12 130 120 3 2 2 2 1 Education ............................................................. 9,658 7,350 915 855 221 223 94 3,058 2,252 311 268 104 76 47 6,600 5,098 604 587 117 147 47 Engineering .......................................................... 2,232 1,703 153 121 157 22 76 1,931 1,489 124 97 132 19 70 301 214 29 24 25 3 6 Engineering related technologies ......................... 34,732 27,453 2,866 2,405 1,391 257 360 30,820 24,466 2,383 2,176 1,266 226 303 3,912 2,987 483 229 125 31 57 English language and literature/ letters ................ 1,548 756 103 194 149 25 321 505 227 38 68 47 3 122 1,043 529 65 126 102 22 199 Foreign languages and literatures ....................... 616 466 10 78 28 1 33 177 130 6 23 10 1 7 439 336 4 55 18 0 26 Health professions and related sciences ............. 98,474 83,473 7,211 3,654 2,701 812 623 16,530 13,598 1,081 846 688 164 153 81,944 69,875 6,130 2,808 2,013 648 470 Home economics and vocational home economics ......................................................... 7,821 5,580 1,005 667 300 89 180 815 496 116 69 86 10 38 7,006 5,084 889 598 214 79 142 Law and legal studies .......................................... 9,140 7,278 986 637 145 73 21 1,163 857 157 94 33 17 5 7,977 6,421 829 543 112 56 16 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities ................................................. 170,817 130,736 14,545 12,574 7,434 1,765 3,763 67,834 51,870 5,413 5,033 3,159 624 1,735 102,983 78,866 9,132 7,541 4,275 1,141 2,028 Library science ..................................................... 101 91 4 0 6 0 0 9 8 0 0 1 0 0 92 83 4 0 5 0 0 Mathematics ......................................................... 782 488 46 101 95 13 39 438 253 26 57 62 8 32 344 235 20 44 33 5 7 Mechanics and repairers ...................................... 11,497 9,089 745 755 593 143 172 10,754 8,553 663 691 550 132 165 743 536 82 64 43 11 7 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ............................... 8,692 6,863 884 434 372 45 94 4,228 3,334 422 236 166 24 46 4,464 3,529 462 198 206 21 48 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...... 864 680 81 50 19 6 28 501 381 51 34 13 2 20 363 299 30 16 6 4 8 Philosophy and religion ........................................ 81 66 3 9 2 0 1 52 43 2 4 2 0 1 29 23 1 5 0 0 0 Physical sciences and science technologies ....... 2,456 1,840 173 132 187 33 91 1,424 1,099 86 79 94 20 46 1,032 741 87 53 93 13 45 Precision production trades ................................. 9,344 7,605 373 734 449 92 91 7,453 6,108 280 601 337 67 60 1,891 1,497 93 133 112 25 31 Protective services ............................................... 19,709 15,395 1,601 2,078 347 219 69 14,202 11,399 801 1,525 288 145 44 5,507 3,996 800 553 59 74 25 Psychology ........................................................... 1,600 1,163 128 196 59 35 19 446 308 48 53 19 13 5 1,154 855 80 143 40 22 14 Public administration and services ...................... 3,882 2,484 859 360 83 82 14 783 489 164 74 28 25 3 3,099 1,995 695 286 55 57 11 R. O. T. C. and military technologies ...................... 364 279 36 28 13 3 5 331 253 32 25 13 3 5 33 26 4 3 0 0 0 Social sciences and history ................................. 3,634 2,418 425 361 213 94 123 1,461 977 183 143 75 31 52 2,173 1,441 242 218 138 63 71 Theological studies and religious vocations ........ 607 521 34 21 11 5 15 309 263 19 12 8 1 6 298 258 15 9 3 4 9 Transportation and material moving workers ...... 1,446 1,154 88 103 45 18 38 1,226 982 77 88 38 15 26 220 172 11 15 7 3 12 Visual and performing arts ................................... 12,544 9,332 754 1,045 663 131 619 5,275 3,931 392 517 226 59 150 7,269 5,401 362 528 437 72 469 1 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. Excludes 622 men and 524 women whose racial/

ethnic group and field of study were not available.

NOTE.   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 April 1997.) 302 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 264.   Bachelor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ ethnic group and sex of student: 1976   77 to 1995   96 Year Number of degrees conferred Percentage distribution of degrees conferred 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 Total Total 1976   77 1 ........ 917,900 807,688 58,636 18,743 13,793 3,326 15,714 100.0 88.0 6.4 2.0 1.5 0.4 1.7 1978   79 2 ........ 919,540 802,542 60,246 20,096 15,407 3,410 17,839 100.0 87.3 6.6 2.2 1.7 0.4 1.9 1980   81 3 ........ 934,800 807,319 60,673 21,832 18,794 3,593 22,589 100.0 86.4 6.5 2.3 2.0 0.4 2.4 1984   85 4 ........ 968,311 826,106 57,473 25,874 25,395 4,246 29,217 100.0 85.3 5.9 2.7 2.6 0.4 3.0 1986   87 5 ........ 991,264 841,818 56,560 26,988 32,624 3,968 29,306 100.0 84.9 5.7 2.7 3.3 0.4 3.0 1988   89 5,6 ...... 1,016,350 859,703 58,078 29,918 37,674 3,951 27,026 100.0 84.6 5.7 2.9 3.7 0.4 2.7 1989   90 5,7 ...... 1,048,631 884,376 61,063 32,844 39,248 4,392 26,708 100.0 84.3 5.8 3.1 3.7 0.4 2.5 1990   91 5,8 ...... 1,081,280 904,062 65,341 36,612 41,618 4,513 29,134 100.0 83.6 6.0 3.4 3.8 0.4 2.7 1991   92 5,9 ...... 1,129,833 936,771 72,326 40,761 46,720 5,176 28,079 100.0 82.9 6.4 3.6 4.1 0.5 2.5 1992   93 5,10 .... 1,159,931 947,309 77,872 45,376 51,463 5,671 32,240 100.0 81.7 6.7 3.9 4.4 0.5 2.8 1993   94 5,11 .... 1,165,973 936,227 83,576 50,241 55,660 6,189 34,080 100.0 80.3 7.2 4.3 4.8 0.5 2.9 1994   95 5,12 .... 1,158,788 913,377 87,203 54,201 60,478 6,606 36,923 100.0 78.8 7.5 4.7 5.2 0.6 3.2 1995   96 5,13 .... 1,163,036 904,709 91,166 58,288 64,359 6,970 37,544 100.0 77.8 7.8 5.0 5.5 0.6 3.2 Men Men 1976   77 1 ........ 494,424 438,161 25,147 10,318 7,638 1,804 11,356 100.0 88.6 5.1 2.1 1.5 0.4 2.3 1978   79 2 ........ 476,065 418,215 24,659 10,418 8,261 1,736 12,776 100.0 87.8 5.2 2.2 1.7 0.4 2.7 1980   81 3 ........ 469,625 406,173 24,511 10,810 10,107 1,700 16,324 100.0 86.5 5.2 2.3 2.2 0.4 3.5 1984   85 4 ........ 476,148 405,085 23,018 12,402 13,554 1,998 20,091 100.0 85.1 4.8 2.6 2.8 0.4 4.2 1986   87 5 ........ 480,782 406,749 22,501 12,865 17,253 1,817 19,597 100.0 84.6 4.7 2.7 3.6 0.4 4.1 1988   89 5,6 ...... 481,946 407,154 22,370 13,950 19,260 1,730 17,482 100.0 84.5 4.6 2.9 4.0 0.4 3.6 1989   90 5,7 ...... 490,317 413,573 23,262 14,941 19,721 1,859 16,961 100.0 84.3 4.7 3.0 4.0 0.4 3.5 1990   91 5,8 ...... 496,424 415,505 24,328 16,158 20,678 1,901 17,854 100.0 83.7 4.9 3.3 4.2 0.4 3.6 1991   92 5,9 ...... 516,976 429,842 26,956 17,976 23,248 2,182 16,772 100.0 83.1 5.2 3.5 4.5 0.4 3.2 1992   93 5,10 .... 530,541 435,084 28,883 19,865 25,293 2,449 18,967 100.0 82.0 5.4 3.7 4.8 0.5 3.6 1993   94 5,11 .... 530,804 429,121 30,648 21,807 26,938 2,616 19,674 100.0 80.8 5.8 4.1 5.1 0.5 3.7 1994   95 5,12 .... 525,174 417,006 31,775 23,600 28,973 2,736 21,084 100.0 79.4 6.1 4.5 5.5 0.5 4.0 1995   96 5,13 .... 521,439 408,829 32,852 24,994 30,630 2,885 21,249 100.0 78.4 6.3 4.8 5.9 0.6 4.1 Women Women 1976   77 1 ........ 423,476 369,527 33,489 8,425 6,155 1,522 4,358 100.0 87.3 7.9 2.0 1.5 0.4 1.0 1978   79 2 ........ 443,475 384,327 35,587 9,678 7,146 1,674 5,063 100.0 86.7 8.0 2.2 1.6 0.4 1.1 1980   81 3 ........ 465,175 401,146 36,162 11,022 8,687 1,893 6,265 100.0 86.2 7.8 2.4 1.9 0.4 1.3 1984   85 4 ........ 492,163 421,021 34,455 13,472 11,841 2,248 9,126 100.0 85.5 7.0 2.7 2.4 0.5 1.9 1986   87 5 ........ 510,482 435,069 34,059 14,123 15,371 2,151 9,709 100.0 85.2 6.7 2.8 3.0 0.4 1.9 1988   89 5,6 ...... 534,404 452,549 35,708 15,968 18,414 2,221 9,544 100.0 84.7 6.7 3.0 3.4 0.4 1.8 1989   90 5,7 ...... 558,314 470,803 37,801 17,903 19,527 2,533 9,747 100.0 84.3 6.8 3.2 3.5 0.5 1.7 1990   91 5,8 ...... 584,856 488,557 41,013 20,454 20,940 2,612 11,280 100.0 83.5 7.0 3.5 3.6 0.4 1.9 1991   92 5,9 ...... 612,857 506,929 45,370 22,785 23,472 2,994 11,307 100.0 82.7 7.4 3.7 3.8 0.5 1.8 1992   93 5,10 .... 629,390 512,225 48,989 25,511 26,170 3,222 13,273 100.0 81.4 7.8 4.1 4.2 0.5 2.1 1993   94 5,11 .... 635,169 507,106 52,928 28,434 28,722 3,573 14,406 100.0 79.8 8.3 4.5 4.5 0.6 2.3 1994   95 5,12 .... 633,614 496,371 55,428 30,601 31,505 3,870 15,839 100.0 78.3 8.7 4.8 5.0 0.6 2.5 1995   96 5,13 .... 641,597 495,880 58,314 33,294 33,729 4,085 16,295 100.0 77.3 9.1 5.2 5.3 0.6 2.5 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 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. 6 Excludes 1,400 men and 1,005 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 7 Excludes 1,379 men and 1,334 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 8 Excludes 7,621 men and 5,637 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 9 Excludes 3,835 men and 2,885 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 10 Excludes 2,340 men and 2,907 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 11 Excludes 1,618 men and 1,684 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available.

12 Excludes 957 men and 389 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available.

13 Excludes 1,015 men and 741 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available.

NOTE.   For years 1984   85 to 1995   96, 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. Because of rounding, percents may not add to 100.0.

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 June 1998.) 303 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 265.   Bachelor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1995   96 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 ........................................... 1,163,036 904,709 91,166 58,288 64,359 6,970 37,544 521,439 408,829 32,852 24,994 30,630 2,885 21,249 641,597 495,880 58,314 33,294 33,729 4,085 16,295 Agriculture and natural resources .................... 21,431 19,286 606 573 448 171 347 13,535 12,341 323 337 215 100 219 7,896 6,945 283 236 233 71 128 Architecture and related programs .................. 8,352 6,293 317 576 706 33 427 5,340 4,088 207 369 392 23 261 3,012 2,205 110 207 314 10 166 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .................... 5,786 3,583 690 573 668 68 204 1,984 1,226 228 186 222 21 101 3,802 2,357 462 387 446 47 103 Biological sciences/ life sciences ...................... 60,994 44,676 3,874 2,616 8,143 324 1,361 28,849 21,586 1,261 1,269 3,976 147 610 32,145 23,090 2,613 1,347 4,167 177 751 Business ........................................................... 227,102 168,220 20,190 11,286 13,523 1,089 12,794 116,842 89,656 7,728 5,488 6,131 518 7,321 110,260 78,564 12,462 5,798 7,392 571 5,473 Communications ............................................... 47,320 38,144 4,220 2,049 1,430 198 1,279 19,391 16,016 1,520 797 495 80 483 27,929 22,128 2,700 1,252 935 118 796 Communications technologies ......................... 683 564 74 9 12 8 16 369 321 31 4 5 2 6 314 243 43 5 7 6 10 Computer and information sciences ................ 24,098 15,827 2,471 1,042 2,502 91 2,165 17,468 12,198 1,248 678 1,734 51 1,559 6,630 3,629 1,223 364 768 40 606 Construction trades .......................................... 80 73 2 0 0 0 5 76 69 2 0 0 0 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 Education ......................................................... 105,509 91,259 7,149 3,792 1,517 886 906 26,233 22,539 1,863 889 415 234 293 79,276 68,720 5,286 2,903 1,102 652 613 Engineering ...................................................... 62,114 44,185 3,073 2,883 6,968 249 4,756 51,069 36,922 2,016 2,292 5,503 200 4,136 11,045 7,263 1,057 591 1,465 49 620 Engineering related technologies ..................... 15,189 11,719 1,326 748 727 105 564 13,763 10,785 1,033 678 661 86 520 1,426 934 293 70 66 19 44 English language and literature/ letters ............ 50,698 42,166 3,499 2,235 1,979 273 546 17,253 14,673 900 750 623 110 197 33,445 27,493 2,599 1,485 1,356 163 349 Foreign languages and literatures ................... 13,952 10,137 488 2,122 695 61 449 4,219 3,182 112 602 184 14 125 9,733 6,955 376 1,520 511 47 324 Health professions and related sciences ......... 84,036 69,156 6,317 2,912 4,013 520 1,118 15,432 12,515 938 650 982 95 252 68,604 56,641 5,379 2,262 3,031 425 866 Home economics and vocational home economics ................................................... 15,803 13,351 1,101 448 552 98 253 1,885 1,531 159 66 74 17 38 13,918 11,820 942 382 478 81 215 Law and legal studies ...................................... 2,052 1,634 214 104 75 14 11 556 431 51 34 30 6 4 1,496 1,203 163 70 45 8 7 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities ............................................. 33,997 26,053 3,474 2,470 1,193 279 528 13,379 10,682 1,173 747 446 98 233 20,618 15,371 2,301 1,723 747 181 295 Library science ................................................. 58 52 3 0 2 0 1 8 5 1 0 1 0 1 50 47 2 0 1 0 0 Mathematics ..................................................... 13,143 10,033 986 558 955 54 557 7,134 5,366 465 334 552 31 386 6,009 4,667 521 224 403 23 171 Mechanics and repairers .................................. 54 39 3 2 2 4 4 48 36 2 1 1 4 4 6 3 1 1 1 0 0 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ........................... 26,515 20,043 2,115 2,192 1,568 210 387 9,286 7,129 668 540 675 66 208 17,229 12,914 1,447 1,652 893 144 179 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies .. 13,983 12,146 790 579 219 79 170 7,090 6,022 457 350 113 46 102 6,893 6,124 333 229 106 33 68 Philosophy and religion .................................... 7,388 6,182 346 307 375 20 158 4,859 4,071 209 219 242 12 106 2,529 2,111 137 88 133 8 52 Physical sciences and science technologies ... 19,647 15,551 1,130 566 1,605 108 687 12,578 10,277 497 355 934 77 438 7,069 5,274 633 211 671 31 249 Precision production trades ............................. 401 345 32 13 7 0 4 305 261 24 12 6 0 2 96 84 8 1 1 0 2 Protective services ........................................... 24,810 18,386 3,710 1,918 447 222 127 15,274 11,979 1,687 1,106 294 126 82 9,536 6,407 2,023 812 153 96 45 Psychology ....................................................... 73,291 57,254 6,157 4,640 3,744 482 1,014 19,817 15,582 1,455 1,218 1,151 136 275 53,474 41,672 4,702 3,422 2,593 346 739 Public administration and services .................. 19,849 14,205 3,433 1,290 546 194 181 4,205 2,942 747 286 147 33 50 15,644 11,263 2,686 1,004 399 161 131 R. O. T. C. and military sciences ........................ 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Social sciences and history ............................. 126,479 96,637 10,977 7,366 6,892 811 3,796 65,872 51,938 4,635 3,568 3,242 395 2,094 60,607 44,699 6,342 3,798 3,650 416 1,702 Theological studies and religious vocations .... 5,358 4,740 205 106 122 20 165 4,044 3,630 139 74 74 17 110 1,314 1,110 66 32 48 3 55 Transportation and material moving workers .. 3,561 3,020 192 137 75 21 116 3,143 2,681 159 118 67 19 99 418 339 33 19 8 2 17 Visual and performing arts ............................... 49,296 39,743 2,002 2,176 2,649 278 2,448 20,126 16,142 914 977 1,043 121 929 29,170 23,601 1,088 1,199 1,606 157 1,519 1 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. Excludes 1,015 men and 741 women whose racial/

ethnic group and field of study were not available.

NOTE.   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 June 1998.) 304 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 266.   Bachelor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1994   95 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 ........................................... 1,158,788 913,377 87,203 54,201 60,478 6,606 36,923 525,174 417,006 31,775 23,600 28,973 2,736 21,084 633,614 496,371 55,428 30,601 31,505 3,870 15,839 Agriculture and natural resources .................... 19,841 17,986 472 460 424 163 336 12,692 11,645 233 280 204 99 231 7,149 6,341 239 180 220 64 105 Architecture and related programs .................. 8,756 6,716 345 544 704 28 419 5,741 4,470 213 366 404 17 271 3,015 2,246 132 178 300 11 148 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .................... 5,706 3,704 650 519 558 47 228 2,092 1,321 221 189 196 25 140 3,614 2,383 429 330 362 22 88 Biological sciences/ life sciences ...................... 55,984 41,573 3,303 2,331 7,208 291 1,278 26,687 20,276 1,004 1,102 3,553 131 621 29,297 21,297 2,299 1,229 3,655 160 657 Business ........................................................... 234,323 176,471 20,286 10,753 13,174 999 12,640 121,898 95,039 7,991 5,258 6,029 478 7,103 112,425 81,432 12,295 5,495 7,145 521 5,537 Communications ............................................... 48,104 39,240 4,036 2,014 1,378 204 1,232 20,028 16,808 1,389 773 490 79 489 28,076 22,432 2,647 1,241 888 125 743 Communications technologies ......................... 699 553 86 14 16 2 28 376 318 30 8 8 1 11 323 235 56 6 8 1 17 Computer and information sciences ................ 24,404 15,932 2,563 1,077 2,425 113 2,294 17,463 12,095 1,273 730 1,623 75 1,667 6,941 3,837 1,290 347 802 38 627 Construction trades .......................................... 113 95 8 0 2 1 7 91 75 6 0 2 1 7 22 20 2 0 0 0 0 Education ......................................................... 106,079 93,033 6,658 3,430 1,381 846 731 25,641 22,347 1,640 823 382 214 235 80,438 70,686 5,018 2,607 999 632 496 Engineering ...................................................... 62,342 44,735 2,908 2,724 6,939 226 4,810 51,646 37,662 1,890 2,203 5,467 180 4,244 10,696 7,073 1,018 521 1,472 46 566 Engineering related technologies ..................... 15,633 12,332 1,262 688 714 115 522 14,133 11,253 1,035 610 639 99 497 1,500 1,079 227 78 75 16 25 English language and literature/ letters ............ 51,901 43,881 3,303 2,101 1,755 288 573 17,810 15,495 816 686 524 99 190 34,091 28,386 2,487 1,415 1,231 189 383 Foreign languages and literatures ................... 13,775 10,251 498 1,903 591 55 477 4,243 3,284 134 526 154 12 133 9,532 6,967 364 1,377 437 43 344 Health professions and related sciences ......... 79,855 66,402 5,806 2,601 3,563 467 1,016 14,443 11,757 869 543 910 95 269 65,412 54,645 4,937 2,058 2,653 372 747 Home economics and vocational home economics ..................................................... 15,345 13,103 1,051 395 459 93 244 1,808 1,487 154 47 71 8 41 13,537 11,616 897 348 388 85 203 Law and legal studies ...................................... 2,032 1,646 211 88 66 14 7 595 467 67 26 28 5 2 1,437 1,179 144 62 38 9 5 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities ............................................. 33,356 25,842 3,155 2,413 1,091 298 557 13,157 10,557 1,077 791 380 100 252 20,199 15,285 2,078 1,622 711 198 305 Library science ................................................. 50 46 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 48 44 2 0 0 1 1 Mathematics ..................................................... 13,723 10,559 1,011 520 984 59 590 7,295 5,589 485 306 530 30 355 6,428 4,970 526 214 454 29 235 Mechanics and repairers .................................. 66 57 2 0 2 0 5 63 56 2 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ........................... 26,033 20,006 1,893 2,088 1,478 147 421 9,158 7,081 649 557 608 56 207 16,875 12,925 1,244 1,531 870 91 214 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies .. 12,889 11,245 715 499 183 74 173 6,724 5,769 439 310 87 34 85 6,165 5,476 276 189 96 40 88 Philosophy and religion .................................... 7,276 6,102 326 315 346 42 145 4,670 3,911 194 238 199 24 104 2,606 2,191 132 77 147 18 41 Physical sciences and science technologies ... 19,177 15,398 1,056 507 1,387 102 727 12,497 10,319 505 320 809 69 475 6,680 5,079 551 187 578 33 252 Precision production trades ............................. 353 281 43 11 12 1 5 247 200 29 8 7 1 2 106 81 14 3 5 0 3 Protective services ........................................... 24,157 17,980 3,702 1,701 420 203 151 15,049 11,845 1,726 983 287 107 101 9,108 6,135 1,976 718 133 96 50 Psychology ....................................................... 72,083 57,297 5,878 4,149 3,404 417 938 19,548 15,653 1,439 1,111 990 123 232 52,535 41,644 4,439 3,038 2,414 294 706 Public administration and services .................. 18,586 13,533 3,026 1,170 467 205 185 3,935 2,833 640 253 134 36 39 14,651 10,700 2,386 917 333 169 146 R. O. T. C. and military sciences ........................ 27 26 0 0 1 0 0 24 23 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Social sciences and history ............................. 128,154 99,544 10,562 7,002 6,626 798 3,622 68,139 54,659 4,466 3,462 3,136 389 2,027 60,015 44,885 6,096 3,540 3,490 409 1,595 Theological studies and religious vocations .... 5,578 4,830 243 136 151 24 194 4,201 3,707 160 99 96 16 123 1,377 1,123 83 37 55 8 71 Transportation and material moving workers .. 3,698 3,213 168 120 101 24 72 3,297 2,880 139 105 90 21 62 401 333 29 15 11 3 10 Visual and performing arts ............................... 48,690 39,765 1,975 1,928 2,468 259 2,295 19,781 16,123 860 887 934 112 865 28,909 23,642 1,115 1,041 1,534 147 1,430 1 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. Excludes 957 men and 389 women whose racial/

ethnic group and field of study were not available.

NOTE.   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 April 1997.) 305 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 267.   Master's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ ethnic group and sex of student: 1976   77 to 1995   96 Year Number of degrees conferred Percentage distribution of degrees conferred 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 Total Total 1976   77 1 ........ 316,602 266,061 21,037 6,071 5,122 967 17,344 100.0 84.0 6.6 1.9 1.6 0.3 5.5 1978   79 2 ........ 300,255 249,360 19,418 5,555 5,496 999 19,427 100.0 83.0 6.5 1.9 1.8 0.3 6.5 1980   81 3 ........ 294,183 241,216 17,133 6,461 6,282 1,034 22,057 100.0 82.0 5.8 2.2 2.1 0.4 7.5 1984   85 4 ........ 280,421 223,628 13,939 6,864 7,782 1,256 26,952 100.0 79.7 5.0 2.4 2.8 0.4 9.6 1986   87 5 ........ 289,349 228,874 13,873 7,044 8,559 1,103 29,896 100.0 79.1 4.8 2.4 3.0 0.4 10.3 1988   89 5,6 ...... 309,770 242,764 14,095 7,277 10,335 1,086 34,213 100.0 78.4 4.6 2.3 3.3 0.4 11.0 1989   90 5,7 ...... 322,465 251,690 15,446 7,950 10,577 1,101 35,701 100.0 78.1 4.8 2.5 3.3 0.3 11.1 1990   91 5,8 ...... 328,645 255,281 16,139 8,386 11,180 1,136 36,523 100.0 77.7 4.9 2.6 3.4 0.3 11.1 1991   92 5,9 ...... 348,682 268,371 18,116 9,358 12,658 1,273 38,906 100.0 77.0 5.2 2.7 3.6 0.4 11.2 1992   93 5,10 .... 368,701 278,829 19,780 10,665 13,866 1,407 44,154 100.0 75.6 5.4 2.9 3.8 0.4 12.0 1993   94 5,11 .... 385,419 288,288 21,937 11,913 15,267 1,697 46,317 100.0 74.8 5.7 3.1 4.0 0.4 12.0 1994   95 5,12 .... 397,052 292,784 24,171 12,907 16,842 1,621 48,727 100.0 73.7 6.1 3.3 4.2 0.4 12.3 1995   96 5,13 .... 405,521 297,558 25,801 14,412 18,161 1,778 47,811 100.0 73.4 6.4 3.6 4.5 0.4 11.8 Men Men 1976   771 ......... 167,396 139,210 7,781 3,268 3,123 521 13,493 100.0 83.2 4.6 2.0 1.9 0.3 8.1 1978   792 ......... 152,637 124,058 7,070 2,786 3,325 495 14,903 100.0 81.3 4.6 1.8 2.2 0.3 9.8 1980   813 ......... 145,666 115,562 6,158 3,085 3,773 501 16,587 100.0 79.3 4.2 2.1 2.6 0.3 11.4 1984   854 ......... 139,417 106,059 5,200 3,059 4,842 583 19,674 100.0 76.1 3.7 2.2 3.5 0.4 14.1 1986   875 ......... 141,269 105,572 5,153 3,331 5,239 518 21,456 100.0 74.7 3.6 2.4 3.7 0.4 15.2 1988   89 5,6 ...... 148,872 109,715 5,175 3,325 6,048 476 24,133 100.0 73.7 3.5 2.2 4.1 0.3 16.2 1989   90 5,7 ...... 152,926 112,877 5,539 3,586 6,002 463 24,459 100.0 73.8 3.6 2.3 3.9 0.3 16.0 1990   91 5,8 ...... 151,796 111,224 5,709 3,670 6,319 459 24,415 100.0 73.3 3.8 2.4 4.2 0.3 16.1 1991   92 5,9 ...... 159,543 116,096 6,054 4,132 7,062 523 25,676 100.0 72.8 3.8 2.6 4.4 0.3 16.1 1992   93 5,10 .... 168,754 120,225 6,821 4,735 7,544 586 28,843 100.0 71.2 4.0 2.8 4.5 0.3 17.1 1993   94 5,11 .... 175,355 123,854 7,413 5,113 8,225 691 30,059 100.0 70.6 4.2 2.9 4.7 0.4 17.1 1994   95 5,12 .... 178,123 123,809 8,103 5,490 8,920 659 31,142 100.0 69.5 4.5 3.1 5.0 0.4 17.5 1995   96 5,13 .... 178,661 124,514 8,442 5,833 9,373 704 29,795 100.0 69.7 4.7 3.3 5.2 0.4 16.7 Women Women 1976   771 ......... 149,206 126,851 13,256 2,803 1,999 446 3,851 100.0 85.0 8.9 1.9 1.3 0.3 2.6 1978   792 ......... 147,618 125,302 12,348 2,769 2,171 504 4,524 100.0 84.9 8.4 1.9 1.5 0.3 3.1 1980   813 ......... 148,517 125,654 10,975 3,376 2,509 533 5,470 100.0 84.6 7.4 2.3 1.7 0.4 3.7 1984   854 ......... 141,004 117,569 8,739 3,805 2,940 673 7,278 100.0 83.4 6.2 2.7 2.1 0.5 5.2 1986   875 ......... 148,080 123,302 8,720 3,713 3,320 585 8,440 100.0 83.3 5.9 2.5 2.2 0.4 5.7 1988   89 5,6 ...... 160,898 133,049 8,920 3,952 4,287 610 10,080 100.0 82.7 5.5 2.5 2.7 0.4 6.3 1989   90 5,7 ...... 169,539 138,813 9,907 4,364 4,575 638 11,242 100.0 81.9 5.8 2.6 2.7 0.4 6.6 1990   91 5,8 ...... 176,849 144,057 10,430 4,716 4,861 677 12,108 100.0 81.5 5.9 2.7 2.7 0.4 6.8 1991   92 5,9 ...... 189,139 152,275 12,062 5,226 5,596 750 13,230 100.0 80.5 6.4 2.8 3.0 0.4 7.0 1992   93 5,10 .... 199,947 158,604 12,959 5,930 6,322 821 15,311 100.0 79.3 6.5 3.0 3.2 0.4 7.7 1993   94 5,11 .... 210,064 164,434 14,524 6,800 7,042 1,006 16,258 100.0 78.3 6.9 3.2 3.4 0.5 7.7 1994   95 5,12 .... 218,929 168,975 16,068 7,417 7,922 962 17,585 100.0 77.2 7.3 3.4 3.6 0.4 8.0 1995   96 5,13 .... 226,860 173,044 17,359 8,579 8,788 1,074 18,016 100.0 76.3 7.7 3.8 3.9 0.5 7.9 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 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. 6 Excludes 482 men and 369 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 7 Excludes 727 men and 1,109 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 8 Excludes 4,686 men and 3,837 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 9 Excludes 2,299 men and 1,857 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 10 Excludes 504 men and 380 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available. 11 Excludes 730 men and 921 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available.

12 Excludes 475 men and 102 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available.

13 Excludes 420 men and 360 women whose racial/ ethnic group and field of study were not available.

NOTE.   For years 1984   85 to 1995   96, 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. Because of rounding, percents may not add to 100.0.

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 June 1998.) 306 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 268.   Master's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1995   96 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 ........................................... 405,521 297,558 25,801 14,412 18,161 1,778 47,811 178,661 124,514 8,442 5,833 9,373 704 29,795 226,860 173,044 17,359 8,579 8,788 1,074 18,016 Agriculture and natural resources .................... 4,569 3,334 116 101 124 15 879 2,650 1,922 63 59 50 6 550 1,919 1,412 53 42 74 9 329 Architecture and related programs .................. 3,993 2,664 142 187 248 11 741 2,361 1,607 73 97 136 6 442 1,632 1,057 69 90 112 5 299 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .................... 1,713 1,198 115 99 98 24 179 798 558 38 60 42 9 91 915 640 77 39 56 15 88 Biological sciences/ life sciences ...................... 6,157 4,262 207 161 533 17 977 2,902 2,044 79 69 246 9 455 3,255 2,218 128 92 287 8 522 Business ........................................................... 93,982 65,685 5,753 2,938 5,417 302 13,887 58,685 41,964 2,611 1,800 3,194 184 8,932 35,297 23,721 3,142 1,138 2,223 118 4,955 Communications ............................................... 5,080 3,471 406 146 170 14 873 1,900 1,326 108 60 55 7 344 3,180 2,145 298 86 115 7 529 Communications technologies ......................... 524 297 26 15 20 4 162 271 167 12 8 7 2 75 253 130 14 7 13 2 87 Computer and information sciences ................ 10,151 4,382 406 178 1,321 25 3,839 7,444 3,384 221 129 829 18 2,863 2,707 998 185 49 492 7 976 Construction trades .......................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education ......................................................... 106,253 87,310 8,557 4,628 1,833 598 3,327 25,214 20,376 1,991 1,110 464 159 1,114 81,039 66,934 6,566 3,518 1,369 439 2,213 Engineering ...................................................... 27,441 14,250 704 707 2,755 59 8,966 22,735 11,972 484 546 2,103 54 7,576 4,706 2,278 220 161 652 5 1,390 Engineering related technologies ..................... 1,125 843 62 36 45 3 136 906 682 44 27 37 2 114 219 161 18 9 8 1 22 English language and literature/ letters ............ 7,893 6,736 292 228 223 48 366 2,814 2,410 85 95 68 20 136 5,079 4,326 207 133 155 28 230 Foreign languages and literatures ................... 3,124 2,054 55 322 117 12 564 1,017 692 23 99 31 4 168 2,107 1,362 32 223 86 8 396 Health professions and related sciences ......... 33,398 27,008 1,875 996 1,832 156 1,531 7,021 5,122 311 235 670 41 642 26,377 21,886 1,564 761 1,162 115 889 Home economics and vocational home economics ................................................... 2,917 2,293 192 94 74 24 240 496 374 38 15 9 6 54 2,421 1,919 154 79 65 18 186 Law and legal studies ...................................... 2,751 1,245 119 79 100 10 1,198 1,751 791 53 56 59 6 786 1,000 454 66 23 41 4 412 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities ............................................. 2,778 2,347 136 70 54 10 161 961 791 46 24 21 4 75 1,817 1,556 90 46 33 6 86 Library science ................................................. 5,099 4,411 211 116 146 15 200 1,071 928 31 34 31 2 45 4,028 3,483 180 82 115 13 155 Mathematics ..................................................... 4,031 2,430 165 92 256 7 1,081 2,465 1,459 86 59 145 6 710 1,566 971 79 33 111 1 371 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies ........................... 2,347 1,865 119 73 85 11 194 1,082 848 40 38 31 7 118 1,265 1,017 79 35 54 4 76 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies .. 1,751 1,483 124 36 17 8 83 911 773 54 22 9 3 50 840 710 70 14 8 5 33 Philosophy and religion .................................... 1,302 1,067 37 39 34 2 123 845 682 21 26 26 0 90 457 385 16 13 8 2 33 Physical sciences and science technologies ... 5,847 3,548 123 102 327 10 1,737 3,966 2,459 63 69 182 6 1,187 1,881 1,089 60 33 145 4 550 Precision production trades ............................. 8 6 1 0 0 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Protective services ........................................... 1,812 1,437 240 64 25 11 35 1,151 957 118 30 14 9 23 661 480 122 34 11 2 12 Psychology ....................................................... 13,792 11,249 992 682 346 84 439 3,813 3,157 254 173 82 23 124 9,979 8,092 738 509 264 61 315 Public administration and services .................. 24,229 17,968 3,004 1,267 713 165 1,112 6,927 4,989 753 378 227 49 531 17,302 12,979 2,251 889 486 116 581 R. O. T. C. and military technologies .................. 136 127 5 0 1 0 3 132 123 5 0 1 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 Social sciences and history ............................. 15,012 10,339 911 511 530 80 2,641 8,093 5,637 380 273 269 32 1,502 6,919 4,702 531 238 261 48 1,139 Theological studies and religious vocations .... 5,107 3,858 298 95 242 9 605 3,056 2,314 159 50 136 6 391 2,051 1,544 139 45 106 3 214 Transportation and material moving workers .. 919 830 26 26 19 5 13 856 784 20 22 17 5 8 63 46 6 4 2 0 5 Visual and performing arts ............................... 10,280 7,561 382 324 456 39 1,518 4,361 3,218 177 170 182 19 595 5,919 4,343 205 154 274 20 923 1 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. Excludes 420 men and 360 women whose racial/

ethnic group and field of study were not available.

NOTE.   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 June 1998.) 307 HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES Table 269.   Master's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1994   95 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/