survey: `` Agriculture and natural resources'' includes Agricultural business and production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; `` Business'' includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/ marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services; and `` Engineering related technologies includes Engineering related technologies, Mechanics and repairers, and Construction trades. Data for 1998   99 imputed using alternative procedures. ( See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey ( HEGIS), `` Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred'' surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ( IPEDS), `` Completions'' surveys. ( This table was prepared August 2001.) 304 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 258.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1999   2000 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 All fields ........................................................................................ 1,237,875 530,367 707,508 457,056 191,792 265,264 44,808 25,028 19,780 Agriculture and natural resources, total ................................................ 24,247 13,850 10,397 4,375 2,362 2,013 1,181 811 370 Agricultural business and production, total ...................................... 5,883 3,970 1,913 541 322 219 183 137 46 Agricultural business and management, total .............................. 3,895 2,666 1,229 407 245 162 150 108 42 Agricultural business and management, general ...................... 952 631 321 46 25 21 0 0 0 Agricultural business/ agribusiness operations .......................... 1,500 1,016 484 10 7 3 0 0 0 Agricultural economics .............................................................. 934 687 247 337 204 133 150 108 42 Agricultural business and management, other ......................... 509 332 177 14 9 5 0 0 0 Agricultural mechanization ............................................................ 266 240 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 Agricultural production workers and managers ............................ 285 175 110 49 36 13 8 8 0 Horticulture service operations and management ........................ 746 509 237 31 13 18 17 16 1 International agriculture ................................................................ 11 3 8 11 3 8 0 0 0 Agricultural business and production, other ................................. 680 377 303 43 25 18 8 5 3 Agricultural sciences, total ................................................................ 8,656 4,250 4,406 1,566 846 720 652 445 207 Agriculture/ agricultural sciences, general ..................................... 1,450 866 584 176 95 81 6 5 1 Animal sciences, total ................................................................... 3,976 1,516 2,460 431 240 191 167 125 42 Animal sciences, general .......................................................... 3,506 1,280 2,226 328 177 151 132 94 38 Agricultural animal breeding and genetics ................................ 27 20 7 10 5 5 3 3 0 Agricultural animal health .......................................................... 2 0 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 Agricultural animal nutrition ....................................................... 0 0 0 5 3 2 13 12 1 Dairy science ............................................................................. 112 71 41 19 13 6 2 2 0 Poultry science .......................................................................... 110 70 40 28 18 10 2 1 1 Animal sciences, other .............................................................. 219 75 144 36 21 15 15 13 2 Food sciences and technology ..................................................... 672 222 450 270 99 171 148 81 67 Plant sciences, total ...................................................................... 2,177 1,426 751 520 318 202 256 173 83 Plant sciences, general ............................................................. 421 263 158 70 44 26 36 25 11 Agronomy and crop science ..................................................... 677 547 130 199 145 54 115 83 32 Horticulture science ................................................................... 801 420 381 127 63 64 51 29 22 Plant breeding and genetics ..................................................... 0 0 0 10 7 3 10 5 5 Agricultural plant pathology ....................................................... 9 7 2 5 3 2 8 6 2 Plant protection ( pest management) ......................................... 35 26 9 16 10 6 5 3 2 Range science and management ............................................. 113 81 32 54 31 23 15 12 3 Plant sciences, other ................................................................. 121 82 39 39 15 24 16 10 6 Soil sciences ................................................................................. 106 69 37 111 68 43 60 47 13 Agriculture/ agricultural sciences, other ......................................... 275 151 124 58 26 32 15 14 1 Conservation and renewable natural resources, total ..................... 9,708 5,630 4,078 2,268 1,194 1,074 346 229 117 Natural resources conservation, general ...................................... 5,496 2,806 2,690 1,313 623 690 118 71 47 Natural resources management and policy .................................. 657 388 269 183 96 87 3 2 1 Fishing and fisheries sciences and management ........................ 170 123 47 89 57 32 21 14 7 Forest harvesting and production technology/ technician ............. 242 167 75 16 12 4 14 11 3 Forestry, general ........................................................................... 1,546 1,186 360 444 271 173 129 91 38 Wildlife and wildlands management ............................................. 1,091 668 423 173 106 67 37 28 9 Conservation and renewable natural resources, other ................ 506 292 214 50 29 21 24 12 12 Architecture and related programs, total ............................................... 8,462 5,193 3,269 4,268 2,508 1,760 129 85 44 Architecture ....................................................................................... 5,005 3,352 1,653 2,288 1,473 815 45 34 11 City/ urban, community, and regional planning ................................. 467 301 166 1,298 693 605 66 38 28 Architectural environmental design .................................................. 692 421 271 29 8 21 2 1 1 Interior architecture ........................................................................... 704 95 609 36 8 28 0 0 0 Landscape architecture .................................................................... 944 621 323 340 176 164 1 0 1 Architectural urban design and planning .......................................... 0 0 0 74 45 29 1 1 0 Architecture and related programs, other ........................................ 650 403 247 203 105 98 14 11 3 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies, total ................................................. 6,381 2,064 4,317 1,591 644 947 217 106 111 Area studies, total ............................................................................. 3,730 1,410 2,320 1,077 490 587 167 82 85 African studies .............................................................................. 30 14 16 34 14 20 5 5 0 American studies/ civilization ......................................................... 1,508 543 965 214 86 128 91 36 55 Latin American studies ................................................................. 453 122 331 230 88 142 11 10 1 Middle Eastern studies ................................................................. 98 44 54 94 44 50 29 17 12 Russian and Slavic studies ........................................................... 93 36 57 79 43 36 0 0 0 Asian studies ................................................................................. 876 389 487 247 130 117 21 10 11 European studies .......................................................................... 138 42 96 63 29 34 4 1 3 Area studies, other ........................................................................ 534 220 314 116 56 60 6 3 3 Ethnic and cultural studies, total ...................................................... 1,942 400 1,542 287 70 217 23 9 14 Afro American ( black) studies ....................................................... 604 203 401 70 29 41 7 5 2 Hispanic American studies ........................................................... 256 83 173 13 3 10 0 0 0 Women's studies ........................................................................... 771 23 748 80 1 79 5 0 5 Ethnic studies, other ..................................................................... 311 91 220 124 37 87 11 4 7 Area, ethnic and cultural studies, other ........................................... 709 254 455 227 84 143 27 15 12 Biological sciences/ life sciences, total .................................................. 63,532 26,504 37,028 6,198 2,773 3,425 4,867 2,722 2,145 Biology, general ................................................................................ 44,982 18,239 26,743 2,599 1,181 1,418 727 406 321 305 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 258.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1999   2000   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 Biochemistry and biophysics ............................................................ 3,654 1,900 1,754 290 143 147 649 396 253 Botany, total ...................................................................................... 379 138 241 215 96 119 203 131 72 Botany, general ............................................................................. 332 118 214 127 62 65 103 55 48 Plant pathology ............................................................................. 4 3 1 71 31 40 74 59 15 Botany, other ................................................................................. 43 17 26 17 3 14 26 17 9 Cell and molecular biology, total ...................................................... 2,626 1,230 1,396 281 118 163 644 351 293 Cell biology ................................................................................... 268 115 153 48 19 29 169 93 76 Molecular biology .......................................................................... 759 379 380 125 54 71 252 134 118 Cell and molecular biology, other ................................................. 1,599 736 863 108 45 63 223 124 99 Microbiology/ bacteriology ................................................................. 2,948 1,297 1,651 323 135 188 383 204 179 Miscellaneous biological specializations, total ................................. 3,891 1,534 2,357 1,431 531 900 1,235 650 585 Anatomy ........................................................................................ 169 106 63 83 38 45 75 34 41 Ecology ......................................................................................... 982 412 570 176 90 86 129 77 52 Marine/ aquatic biology .................................................................. 711 263 448 98 47 51 44 19 25 Neurosciences .............................................................................. 625 269 356 69 40 29 283 181 102 Nutritional sciences ....................................................................... 476 83 393 329 33 296 125 28 97 Toxicology ..................................................................................... 50 22 28 54 22 32 76 38 38 Genetics, plant and animal ........................................................... 286 116 170 133 34 99 256 135 121 Biometrics ..................................................................................... 19 12 7 63 38 25 22 15 7 Miscellaneous specialized areas, other ........................................ 573 251 322 426 189 237 225 123 102 Zoology, total .................................................................................... 3,291 1,364 1,927 743 411 332 821 478 343 Zoology, general ........................................................................... 2,629 1,085 1,544 210 113 97 137 78 59 Entomology ................................................................................... 80 43 37 138 82 56 130 95 35 Pathology, human and animal ...................................................... 6 2 4 50 20 30 110 59 51 Pharmacology, human and animal ............................................... 59 21 38 81 36 45 231 127 104 Physiology, human and animal ..................................................... 515 213 302 264 160 104 213 119 94 Zoology, other ............................................................................... 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Biological sciences/ life sciences, other ............................................ 1,761 802 959 316 158 158 205 106 99 Business management, administrative services and marketing operations marketing and distribution, total .............................................. 257,709 129,664 128,045 112,258 67,544 44,714 1,196 814 382 Business management and administrative services, total ............... 253,531 128,012 125,519 111,666 67,237 44,429 1,193 812 381 Business, general ......................................................................... 24,117 12,474 11,643 9,535 6,037 3,498 260 183 77 Business administration and management, total .......................... 97,149 48,747 48,402 69,338 43,241 26,097 531 364 167 Office supervision and management ........................................ 602 149 453 54 20 34 0 0 0 Operations management and supervision ................................ 2,218 1,505 713 1,564 1,099 465 7 6 1 Business administration and management, other ..................... 94,329 47,093 47,236 67,720 42,122 25,598 524 358 166 Accounting .................................................................................... 35,211 13,949 21,262 5,063 2,348 2,715 36 21 15 Secretarial and related programs ................................................. 226 42 184 68 25 43 0 0 0 Business/ managerial economics .................................................. 3,044 1,871 1,173 189 114 75 59 46 13 Small business management and ownership ............................... 577 336 241 304 154 150 0 0 0 Finance, general and banking and financial support services ..... 24,068 15,537 8,531 5,507 3,751 1,756 40 30 10 Actuarial sciences ......................................................................... 225 122 103 58 33 25 0 0 0 Insurance and risk management .................................................. 472 267 205 198 146 52 3 2 1 Investments and securities and financial planning ....................... 413 213 200 340 226 114 0 0 0 Hospitality services management ................................................. 6,145 2,750 3,395 434 206 228 13 9 4 Human resources management ................................................... 4,942 1,639 3,303 2,753 918 1,835 23 15 8 Labor/ personnel relations and studies .......................................... 751 351 400 559 203 356 38 10 28 Organizational behavior studies ................................................... 1,851 742 1,109 2,342 1,018 1,324 63 40 23 International business ................................................................... 3,998 1,833 2,165 3,241 1,997 1,244 14 10 4 Business information systems, total ............................................. 16,362 10,197 6,165 4,396 2,781 1,615 14 11 3 Management information systems and data processing, general .......................................................................................... 14,594 8,949 5,645 3,494 2,214 1,280 12 9 3 Business information systems, other ........................................ 1,768 1,248 520 902 567 335 2 2 0 Quantitative methods and management science, total ................ 3,194 1,885 1,309 1,062 645 417 33 26 7 Business statistics ..................................................................... 24 12 12 19 8 11 6 4 2 Management science, other ...................................................... 3,170 1,873 1,297 1,043 637 406 27 22 5 Marketing management and research .......................................... 25,019 12,176 12,843 1,590 756 834 28 19 9 Real estate .................................................................................... 457 322 135 215 156 59 1 1 0 Taxation ........................................................................................ 0 0 0 1,258 640 618 0 0 0 Consumer and personal services ................................................. 369 229 140 2 0 2 0 0 0 Business management and administrative services, other .......... 4,941 2,330 2,611 3,214 1,842 1,372 37 25 12 Marketing operations/ marketing and distribution, total .................... 4,178 1,652 2,526 592 307 285 3 2 1 Apparel and accessories marketing operations ........................... 936 47 889 0 1 2 1 0 1 Business and personal services marketing operations ................ 10 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 General/ retailing and wholesaling operations and skills .............. 2,340 1,147 1,193 358 174 184 2 2 0 Transportation and travel marketing ............................................. 146 40 106 7 3 4 0 0 0 Marketing and distribution, other .................................................. 746 417 329 224 129 95 0 0 0 Communications and communications technologies, total ................... 56,910 22,063 34,847 5,605 2,059 3,546 357 168 189 Communications, total ...................................................................... 55,760 21,289 34,471 5,169 1,828 3,341 347 163 184 Communications, general ............................................................. 27,705 10,223 17,482 2,022 662 1,360 229 102 127 Advertising .................................................................................... 3,146 1,092 2,054 256 89 167 3 0 3 Journalism ..................................................................................... 9,360 3,250 6,110 1,279 433 846 24 11 13 Broadcast journalism .................................................................... 632 260 372 21 3 18 0 0 0 306 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 258.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1999   2000   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 Public relations and organizational communications .................... 3,023 863 2,160 165 32 133 0 0 0 Radio and television broadcasting ................................................ 5,461 2,910 2,551 339 166 173 13 4 9 Communications, other ................................................................. 6,433 2,691 3,742 1,087 443 644 78 46 32 Communications technologies, total ................................................. 1,150 774 376 436 231 205 10 5 5 Photographic technology .............................................................. 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Radio and television technology ................................................... 614 360 254 256 131 125 10 5 5 Communications technologies, other ............................................ 525 409 116 180 100 80 0 0 0 Computer and information sciences, total ............................................ 36,195 26,042 10,153 14,264 9,512 4,752 777 646 131 Computer and information sciences, general .................................. 21,843 16,261 5,582 9,192 6,300 2,892 577 493 84 Computer programming .................................................................... 372 252 120 117 85 32 1 1 0 Data processing technology/ technician ............................................ 205 128 77 5 4 1 0 0 0 Information science and systems ..................................................... 7,137 4,405 2,732 2,339 1,416 923 49 31 18 Computer systems analysis ............................................................. 165 122 43 88 50 38 0 0 0 Computer and information sciences, other ...................................... 6,473 4,874 1,599 2,523 1,657 866 150 121 29 Education, total ...................................................................................... 108,168 26,124 82,044 124,240 29,321 94,919 6,830 2,419 4,411 Education, general ............................................................................ 2,006 373 1,633 16,402 3,850 12,552 1,206 397 809 Bilingual/ bicultural education ............................................................ 84 5 79 710 160 550 32 7 25 Curriculum and instruction ................................................................ 2 2 0 11,493 2,355 9,138 824 258 566 Education administration and supervision, total ............................... 35 9 26 15,115 5,942 9,173 2,265 884 1,381 Education administration and supervision, general ...................... 0 0 0 10,626 4,246 6,380 1,633 655 978 Administration of special education .............................................. 0 0 0 27 7 20 6 2 4 Adult and continuing education administration ............................. 9 7 2 176 51 125 77 35 42 Educational supervision ................................................................ 0 0 0 871 297 574 46 13 33 Elementary, middle, and secondary education administration ..... 15 0 15 2,302 959 1,343 41 15 26 Higher education administration ................................................... 9 1 8 393 123 270 266 97 169 Community and junior college education administration .............. 0 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 Education administration and supervision, other .......................... 2 1 1 712 255 457 196 67 129 Educational/ instructional media design ............................................ 88 28 60 1,967 535 1,432 53 26 27 Educational evaluation and research, general ................................. 0 0 0 20 10 10 26 10 16 Educational statistics and research methods ................................... 1 1 0 37 9 28 28 13 15 Educational assessment, testing and measurement ....................... 0 0 0 44 7 37 11 7 4 Social and philosophical foundations of education .......................... 106 27 79 398 115 283 130 58 72 Special education, total .................................................................... 9,660 1,018 8,642 11,879 1,726 10,153 210 33 177 Special education, general ........................................................... 7,253 793 6,460 9,156 1,371 7,785 166 23 143 Education of the deaf and hearing impaired ................................ 228 17 211 203 24 179 3 1 2 Education of the gifted and talented ............................................. 10 0 10 173 15 158 3 0 3 Education of the emotionally handicapped ................................... 253 40 213 275 67 208 9 4 5 Education of the mentally handicapped ....................................... 318 38 280 100 7 93 0 0 0 Education of the multiple handicapped ........................................ 103 7 96 242 29 213 2 0 2 Education of the physically handicapped ..................................... 33 3 30 33 6 27 0 0 0 Education of the blind and visually handicapped ......................... 22 2 20 28 5 23 0 0 0 Education of the specific learning disabled .................................. 475 43 432 722 76 646 16 2 14 Education of the speech impaired ................................................ 586 26 560 295 15 280 0 0 0 Special education, other ............................................................... 379 49 330 652 111 541 11 3 8 Counselor education/ counseling and guidance services ................. 27 6 21 11,987 2,417 9,570 296 103 193 General teacher education, total ...................................................... 60,767 8,436 52,331 27,690 5,258 22,432 338 101 237 Adult and continuing education .................................................... 55 30 25 913 248 665 112 33 79 Elementary education ................................................................... 47,844 5,990 41,854 14,187 1,809 12,378 67 13 54 Junior high/ intermediate/ middle school education ........................ 1,402 313 1,089 732 142 590 3 1 2 Pre elementary/ early childhood/ kindergarten education .............. 6,326 270 6,056 2,274 80 2,194 18 2 16 Secondary education .................................................................... 3,955 1,657 2,298 5,368 1,988 3,380 49 22 27 Teacher education, general programs, other ............................... 1,185 176 1,009 4,216 991 3,225 89 30 59 Teacher education, academic and vocational programs ................. 33,786 15,557 18,229 17,490 5,102 12,388 654 284 370 Agricultural education ( vocational) ................................................ 580 338 242 290 130 160 32 17 15 Art education ................................................................................. 1,768 390 1,378 633 105 528 28 5 23 Business education ( vocational) ................................................... 826 257 569 346 111 235 8 4 4 Driver and safety education .......................................................... 0 0 0 15 8 7 0 0 0 English education .......................................................................... 2,521 552 1,969 792 183 609 16 4 12 Foreign languages education ....................................................... 245 46 199 345 62 283 13 6 7 Health education ........................................................................... 1,898 496 1,402 630 153 477 70 17 53 Home economics education ( vocational) ...................................... 266 7 259 62 1 61 4 1 3 Technology/ industrial arts education ............................................ 1,088 875 213 474 281 193 8 6 2 Marketing operations/ marketing and distribution education ......... 57 24 33 3 2 1 0 0 0 Mathematics education ................................................................. 1,446 561 885 729 258 471 40 23 17 Music education ............................................................................ 3,282 1,363 1,919 767 283 484 72 33 39 Physical education and coaching ................................................. 12,425 6,945 5,480 3,021 1,677 1,344 142 85 57 Reading education ........................................................................ 173 27 146 4,577 233 4,344 71 13 58 Science education ......................................................................... 1,064 418 646 700 256 444 38 14 24 Social science education .............................................................. 828 482 346 124 67 57 1 1 0 Social studies education ............................................................... 1,929 1,156 773 572 323 249 3 2 1 Technical education ( vocational) .................................................. 182 111 71 209 73 136 37 17 20 Trade and industrial education ( vocational) ................................. 1,088 711 377 377 166 211 26 16 10 Teacher education, academic and vocational programs, other ... 2,120 798 1,322 2,824 730 2,094 45 20 25 307 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 258.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1999   2000   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 Teaching English as a second language/ foreign language ............. 73 13 60 1,621 306 1,315 15 4 11 Education, other ............................................................................... 1,533 649 884 7,387 1,529 5,858 742 234 508 Engineering and engineering related technologies, total ...................... 72,555 59,145 13,410 26,522 20,968 5,554 5,390 4,555 835 Engineering, total .............................................................................. 58,427 46,525 11,902 25,596 20,290 5,306 5,384 4,549 835 Engineering, general ..................................................................... 1,838 1,465 373 1,236 982 254 202 179 23 Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering ................................................................................ 1,267 1,029 238 560 484 76 203 179 24 Agricultural engineering ................................................................ 759 551 208 176 115 61 68 56 12 Architectural engineering .............................................................. 570 423 147 64 50 14 0 0 0 Bioengineering and biomedical engineering ................................. 1,256 748 508 505 335 170 204 143 61 Ceramic sciences and engineering .............................................. 141 98 43 55 39 16 25 17 8 Chemical engineering ................................................................... 5,807 3,730 2,077 1,078 784 294 590 466 124 Civil engineering ........................................................................... 8,136 6,263 1,873 3,433 2,598 835 543 453 90 Computer engineering .................................................................. 4,488 3,939 549 1,400 1,019 381 123 106 17 Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering ................................................................................ 12,930 11,169 1,761 6,926 5,752 1,174 1,392 1,222 170 Engineering mechanics ................................................................. 70 50 20 99 85 14 45 39 6 Engineering physics ...................................................................... 268 223 45 31 22 9 22 21 1 Engineering science ...................................................................... 255 173 82 288 227 61 56 44 12 Environmental/ environmental health engineering ......................... 655 403 252 624 402 222 85 60 25 Geological engineering ................................................................. 156 101 55 42 28 14 8 6 2 Geophysical engineering .............................................................. 25 20 5 7 3 4 1 1 0 Industrial/ manufacturing engineering ............................................ 3,507 2,376 1,131 2,024 1,554 470 193 155 38 Material engineering ..................................................................... 525 361 164 555 405 150 324 264 60 Mechanical engineering ................................................................ 12,807 11,079 1,728 3,273 2,832 441 776 693 83 Metallurgical engineering .............................................................. 210 172 38 70 60 10 51 47 4 Mining and mineral engineering ................................................... 152 132 20 39 31 8 8 8 0 Naval architecture and marine engineering .................................. 241 213 28 28 25 3 3 3 0 Nuclear engineering ...................................................................... 125 102 23 126 101 25 93 84 9 Ocean engineering ........................................................................ 122 90 32 75 65 10 17 15 2 Petroleum engineering .................................................................. 260 209 51 163 144 19 44 38 6 Systems engineering .................................................................... 459 364 95 566 445 121 45 34 11 Textile sciences and engineering ................................................. 189 112 77 53 34 19 14 11 3 Engineering, other ......................................................................... 1,209 930 279 2,100 1,669 431 249 205 44 Engineering related technologies, total ............................................ 14,128 12,620 1,508 926 678 248 6 6 0 Architectural engineering technologies ......................................... 569 495 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 Civil technologies .......................................................................... 394 356 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 Electrical and electronic technologies .......................................... 3,876 3,558 318 12 10 2 0 0 0 Electromechanical instrumentation and maintenance technologies .............................................................................. 511 452 59 0 0 0 1 1 0 Environmental control technologies .............................................. 152 113 39 156 109 47 0 0 0 Industrial production technologies ................................................ 3,576 3,103 473 304 231 73 2 2 0 Quality control and safety technologies ........................................ 475 373 102 203 133 70 0 0 0 Mechanical and related technologies ........................................... 1,455 1,340 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mining and petroleum technologies .............................................. 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surveying ...................................................................................... 142 123 19 20 17 3 3 3 0 Mechanics and repairers .............................................................. 70 64 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Construction trades ....................................................................... 186 170 16 12 7 5 0 0 0 Engineering and related technologies, other ................................ 2,715 2,466 249 249 171 48 0 0 0 English language and literature/ letters, total ......................................... 50,920 16,341 34,579 7,230 2,393 4,837 1,628 671 957 English language and literature, general ......................................... 37,674 11,734 25,940 4,542 1,495 3,047 1,205 512 693 Comparative literature ...................................................................... 814 217 597 208 78 130 158 60 98 English composition .......................................................................... 317 98 219 12 1 11 5 1 4 English creative writing ..................................................................... 1,109 422 687 1,367 516 851 19 9 10 American literature ( United States) .................................................. 33 10 23 4 2 2 13 5 8 English literature ( British and Commonwealth) ................................ 1,161 380 781 209 57 152 50 16 34 Speech and rhetorical studies .......................................................... 8,340 3,024 5,316 597 169 428 120 43 77 English technical and business writing ............................................ 278 77 201 228 57 171 3 2 1 English language and literature/ letters, other .................................. 1,194 379 815 63 18 45 55 23 32 Foreign languages and literatures, total ............................................... 14,968 4,375 10,593 2,780 845 1,935 915 375 540 Foreign languages and literatures, total ........................................... 1,760 512 1,248 761 199 562 249 102 147 Foreign languages and literatures, general .................................. 1,044 286 758 209 53 156 47 16 31 Linguistics ..................................................................................... 716 226 490 552 146 406 202 86 116 East and Southeast Asian languages and literatures, total ............. 588 290 298 98 46 52 40 25 15 Chinese ......................................................................................... 183 77 106 18 10 8 15 9 6 Japanese ....................................................................................... 321 167 154 36 7 29 7 3 4 East and Southeast Asian languages, other ................................ 84 46 38 44 29 15 18 13 5 East European languages and literatures, total ............................... 371 165 206 83 31 52 40 15 25 Russian languages ....................................................................... 340 153 187 33 12 21 10 4 6 Slavic languages ( other than Russian) ......................................... 27 11 16 44 17 27 27 9 18 East European languages, other .................................................. 4 1 3 6 2 4 3 2 1 308 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 258.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1999   2000   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 Germanic languages and literatures, total ....................................... 1,165 473 692 204 73 131 84 36 48 German ......................................................................................... 1,125 457 668 184 64 120 76 33 43 Scandinavian languages ............................................................... 27 11 16 4 1 3 1 0 1 Germanic languages, other .......................................................... 13 5 8 16 8 8 7 3 4 South Asian languages and literatures ............................................ 8 3 5 2 1 1 5 3 2 Romance languages and literatures, total ....................................... 9,941 2,422 7,519 1,234 328 906 375 128 247 French ........................................................................................... 2,514 487 2,027 343 79 264 129 36 93 Italian ............................................................................................. 237 49 188 48 14 34 13 5 8 Portuguese .................................................................................... 33 14 19 8 4 4 2 2 0 Spanish ......................................................................................... 7,031 1,849 5,182 718 199 519 175 71 104 Romance languages, other ........................................................... 126 23 103 117 32 85 56 14 42 Middle Eastern languages and literatures, total ............................... 55 27 28 70 32 38 23 14 9 Arabic ............................................................................................ 6 2 4 4 1 3 5 5 0 Hebrew .......................................................................................... 21 6 15 35 18 17 9 4 5 Middle East languages, other ....................................................... 28 19 9 31 13 18 9 5 4 Classical and ancient Near East languages and literatures, total ... 843 404 439 159 82 77 56 32 24 Classics ......................................................................................... 738 358 380 141 76 65 55 32 23 Greek ( ancient and medieval) ...................................................... 26 13 13 8 3 5 0 0 0 Latin ( ancient and medieval) ........................................................ 79 33 46 10 3 7 1 0 1 Foreign languages, other ................................................................. 237 79 158 169 53 116 43 20 23 Health professions and related sciences, total ..................................... 78,458 12,727 65,731 42,456 9,624 32,832 2,676 1,038 1,638 Communication disorders sciences and services ............................ 6,835 308 6,527 5,783 304 5,479 251 90 161 Community health liaison ................................................................. 959 207 752 216 39 177 4 1 3 Dentistry ............................................................................................ 0 0 0 436 292 144 27 17 10 Dental services ................................................................................. 1,101 38 1,063 31 8 23 0 0 0 Epidemiology .................................................................................... 5 1 4 409 155 254 116 39 77 Health services administration, total ................................................ 4,111 916 3,195 4,366 1,508 2,858 77 37 40 Health services administration ...................................................... 2,216 527 1,689 2,994 1,034 1,960 62 32 30 Medical records administration ..................................................... 623 68 555 7 1 6 0 0 0 Medical records technology/ technician ......................................... 1 0 1 8 6 2 2 1 1 Health and medical administrative services, other ....................... 1,271 321 950 1,357 467 890 13 4 9 Health and medical assistants, total ................................................ 2,131 807 1,324 1,654 721 933 0 0 0 Medical assistant .......................................................................... 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Physician assistant ....................................................................... 1,914 766 1,148 1,619 703 916 0 0 0 Health and medical assistants, other ........................................... 214 40 174 35 18 17 0 0 0 Health and medical diagnostic and treatment services, total .......... 1,953 641 1,312 74 42 32 2 1 1 Respiratory therapy technology/ technician ................................... 510 164 346 4 2 2 0 0 0 Health and medical diagnostic and treatment services, other ..... 1,443 477 966 70 40 30 2 1 1 Medical laboratory technologies, total .............................................. 2,190 592 1,598 501 167 334 106 40 66 Medical technology ....................................................................... 1,884 495 1,389 62 24 38 2 1 1 Health and medical laboratory technologies/ technicians, other ... 306 97 209 439 143 296 104 39 65 Pre dentistry studies ......................................................................... 130 72 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pre medicine studies ........................................................................ 584 308 276 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pre pharmacy studies ....................................................................... 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pre veterinary studies ....................................................................... 221 54 167 0 0 0 0 0 0 Medical basic sciences ..................................................................... 548 147 401 510 250 260 567 312 255 Mental health services, total ............................................................. 642 96 546 591 112 479 6 2 4 Alcohol/ drug abuse counseling ..................................................... 61 19 42 70 15 55 0 0 0 Psychiatric/ mental health services technician .............................. 115 15 100 14 1 13 0 0 0 Clinical and medical social work ................................................... 114 14 100 70 15 55 5 2 3 Mental health services, other ........................................................ 352 48 304 437 81 356 1 0 1 Nursing ............................................................................................. 39,452 3,830 35,622 11,527 1,164 10,363 469 14 455 Optometry ......................................................................................... 15 6 9 90 59 31 2 1 1 Pharmacy .......................................................................................... 3,267 1,225 2,042 314 140 174 256 137 119 Rehabilitation/ therapeutic services, total .......................................... 8,204 1,682 6,522 9,072 2,453 6,619 196 64 132 Art therapy .................................................................................... 82 0 82 229 23 206 0 0 0 Dance therapy ............................................................................... 2 0 2 35 3 32 0 0 0 Music therapy ................................................................................ 217 26 191 41 11 30 0 0 0 Occupational therapy .................................................................... 3,895 548 3,347 1,868 222 1,646 8 1 7 Orthotics/ prosthetics ..................................................................... 25 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 Physical therapy ............................................................................ 2,439 758 1,681 5,925 1,978 3,947 159 54 105 Recreational therapy ..................................................................... 299 48 251 3 1 2 0 0 0 Vocational rehabilitation counseling ............................................. 186 30 156 438 97 341 12 5 7 Rehabilitative services, other ........................................................ 1,059 257 802 533 118 415 17 4 13 Veterinary medicine .......................................................................... 0 0 0 164 72 92 111 63 48 Miscellaneous health professions .................................................... 583 237 346 1,287 495 792 44 25 19 Health professions and related sciences, other ............................... 5,519 1,558 3,961 5,431 1,643 3,788 442 195 247 Home economics and vocational home economics, total .................... 17,779 2,160 15,619 2,830 457 2,373 357 83 274 Home economics, total ..................................................................... 17,328 1,962 15,366 2,778 456 2,322 357 83 274 Home economics, general ............................................................ 2,751 243 2,508 367 27 340 55 10 45 Home economics business services ............................................ 45 8 37 3 0 3 0 0 0 Family and community studies ..................................................... 454 63 391 96 15 81 0 0 0 Family and consumer resource management .............................. 1,589 481 1,108 77 15 62 10 4 6 Food and nutrition studies ............................................................ 3,959 502 3,457 642 86 556 48 7 41 309 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 258.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1999   2000   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 Housing studies ............................................................................ 370 61 309 16 4 12 3 0 3 Individual and family development studies ................................... 6,421 500 5,921 1,489 296 1,193 210 57 153 Clothing/ apparel and textile studies .............................................. 1,531 94 1,437 74 10 64 19 4 15 Home economics, other ................................................................ 208 10 198 14 3 11 12 1 11 Vocational home economics, total ................................................... 451 198 253 52 1 51 0 0 0 Child care and guidance management ......................................... 114 6 108 46 0 46 0 0 0 Vocational home economics, other .............................................. 337 192 145 6 1 5 0 0 0 Law and legal studies, total .................................................................. 1,925 520 1,405 3,750 2,192 1,558 74 49 25 Pre law studies ................................................................................. 150 68 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paralegal/ legal assistant ................................................................... 992 146 846 58 10 48 0 0 0 Law and legal studies, other ............................................................ 783 306 477 3,692 2,182 1,510 74 49 25 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities, total ........ 36,104 12,250 23,854 3,256 1,143 2,113 83 41 42 Liberal arts and sciences/ liberal studies .......................................... 22,317 6,503 15,814 1,925 706 1,219 17 11 6 Humanities/ humanistic studies ......................................................... 2,624 818 1,806 709 239 470 58 24 34 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, other ............................ 11,163 4,929 6,234 622 198 424 8 6 2 Library science, total ............................................................................. 154 77 77 4,577 947 3,630 68 19 49 Library science/ librarianship ............................................................. 154 77 77 4,450 916 3,534 61 16 45 Library science, other ....................................................................... 0 0 0 127 31 96 7 3 4 Mathematics, total ................................................................................. 12,070 6,382 5,688 3,412 1,881 1,531 1,106 830 276 Mathematics ..................................................................................... 10,099 5,174 4,925 1,984 1,074 910 728 573 155 Applied mathematics, total ............................................................... 1,389 886 503 544 344 200 131 99 32 Applied mathematics, general and other ...................................... 737 459 278 132 212 128 100 72 28 Operations research ( quantitative methods) ................................ 652 427 225 212 132 72 31 27 4 Mathematical statistics ..................................................................... 380 195 185 781 393 388 220 139 81 Mathematics, other ........................................................................... 202 127 75 103 70 33 27 19 8 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies, total ........................................................ 27,460 9,136 18,324 3,064 1,173 1,891 384 203 181 Biological and physical sciences ...................................................... 2,417 1,128 1,289 343 159 184 24 18 6 Systems science and theory ............................................................ 76 44 32 130 57 73 18 13 5 Museology/ museum studies ............................................................. 5 1 4 146 21 125 0 0 0 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies, other ................................................. 24,962 7,963 16,999 2,445 936 1,509 342 172 170 Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, total ............................. 19,111 9,170 9,941 2,478 1,238 1,240 134 75 59 Parks, recreation and leisure studies ............................................... 2,608 1,193 1,415 204 82 122 15 8 7 Parks, recreation and leisure facilities management ....................... 2,915 1,291 1,624 215 84 131 18 10 8 Health and physical education/ fitness .............................................. 13,431 6,598 6,833 2,036 1,061 975 97 55 42 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies, other ........................ 157 88 69 23 11 12 4 2 2 Philosophy and religion, total ................................................................ 8,366 5,228 3,138 1,329 827 502 586 381 205 Philosophy ........................................................................................ 4,770 3,269 1,501 581 423 158 355 248 107 Religion/ religious studies .................................................................. 3,229 1,736 1,493 548 301 247 217 120 97 Philosophy and religion, other .......................................................... 367 223 144 200 103 97 14 13 1 Physical sciences and science technologies, total ............................... 18,385 10,972 7,413 4,841 3,126 1,715 4,018 2,994 1,024 Physical sciences, total .................................................................... 18,213 10,871 7,342 4,823 3,111 1,712 4,016 2,992 1,024 Physical sciences, general ........................................................... 323 178 145 58 38 20 5 4 1 Astronomy ..................................................................................... 99 69 30 79 57 22 82 58 24 Astrophysics .................................................................................. 61 37 24 23 20 3 19 18 1 Atmospheric science and meteorology ......................................... 490 376 114 156 119 37 87 70 17 Chemistry, total ............................................................................. 10,043 5,377 4,666 1,888 1,078 810 2,083 1,421 662 Chemistry, general .................................................................... 9,721 5,193 4,528 1,748 1,006 742 1,893 1,295 598 Analytical chemistry ................................................................... 0 0 0 31 19 12 16 14 2 Inorganic chemistry ................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 Organic chemistry ..................................................................... 7 5 2 15 10 5 8 6 2 Medicinal/ pharmaceutical chemistry ......................................... 54 26 28 31 12 19 55 35 20 Chemistry, other ........................................................................ 261 153 108 63 31 32 107 67 40 Geological and related sciences, total .......................................... 2,802 1,616 1,186 944 586 358 310 223 87 Geology ..................................................................................... 2,515 1,473 1,042 801 492 309 242 174 68 Geochemistry ............................................................................ 5 2 3 7 4 3 3 1 2 Geophysics and seismology ..................................................... 60 32 28 70 49 21 37 27 10 Geological and related sciences, other ..................................... 222 109 113 66 41 25 28 21 7 Miscellaneous physical sciences, total ......................................... 774 448 326 299 150 149 195 129 66 Metallurgy .................................................................................. 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Oceanography ........................................................................... 170 87 83 85 43 42 99 70 29 Earth and planetary sciences .................................................... 544 326 218 157 81 76 83 50 33 Miscellaneous physical sciences, other .................................... 60 35 25 56 25 31 13 9 4 Physics, total ................................................................................. 3,342 2,622 720 1,232 991 241 1,208 1,050 158 Physics, general ........................................................................ 3,235 2,538 697 1,136 909 227 1,125 976 149 310 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 258.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1999   2000   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 Physics, other ............................................................................ 107 84 23 96 82 14 83 74 9 Physical sciences, other ............................................................... 279 148 131 144 72 72 27 19 8 Science technologies, total ............................................................... 172 101 71 18 15 3 2 2 0 Precision production trades, total .......................................................... 393 281 112 5 3 2 0 0 0 Drafting, general ............................................................................... 93 81 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 Precision production trades, other ................................................... 300 200 100 5 3 2 0 0 0 Protective services, total ....................................................................... 24,877 14,069 10,808 2,609 1,534 1,075 52 28 24 Criminal justice and corrections, total .............................................. 24,488 13,717 10,771 2,567 1,498 1,069 52 28 24 Corrections/ correctional administration ......................................... 595 283 312 40 20 20 0 0 0 Criminal justice/ law enforcement administration .......................... 7,167 4,052 3,115 1,087 687 400 4 3 1 Criminal justice studies ................................................................. 14,201 7,769 6,432 1,240 715 525 48 25 23 Forensic studies ............................................................................ 71 25 46 123 36 87 0 0 0 Law enforcement/ police science ................................................... 1,597 1,131 466 62 32 30 0 0 0 Criminal justice, other ................................................................... 857 457 400 15 8 7 0 0 0 Fire control and safety ...................................................................... 369 347 22 35 30 5 0 0 0 Protective services, other ................................................................. 20 5 15 7 6 1 0 0 0 Psychology, total ................................................................................... 74,060 17,430 56,630 14,465 3,552 10,913 4,310 1,405 2,905 Psychology, general ......................................................................... 68,745 16,193 52,552 4,453 1,211 3,242 1,610 588 1,022 Clinical psychology ........................................................................... 105 20 85 1,478 357 1,121 1,801 533 1,268 Counseling psychology ..................................................................... 382 90 292 4,834 1,014 3,820 293 92 201 Developmental and child psychology ............................................... 795 91 704 147 21 126 65 11 54 Experimental psychology .................................................................. 246 60 186 45 18 27 44 24 20 Industrial and organizational psychology ......................................... 179 44 135 1,109 411 698 101 45 56 Physiological psychology/ psychobiology .......................................... 254 85 169 9 4 5 18 6 12 Social psychology ............................................................................. 860 193 667 194 31 163 52 15 37 School psychology ............................................................................ 0 0 0 813 139 674 167 46 121 Psychology, other ............................................................................. 2,494 654 1,840 1,383 346 1,037 159 45 114 Public administration and services, total ............................................... 20,185 3,816 16,369 25,594 6,808 18,786 537 227 310 Public administration ........................................................................ 2,259 1,064 1,195 7,519 3,594 3,925 167 99 68 Community organization, resources and services ........................... 2,048 446 1,602 415 122 293 8 1 7 Public policy analysis ....................................................................... 619 269 350 860 403 457 94 48 46 Social work ....................................................................................... 14,817 1,889 12,928 16,108 2,423 13,685 257 75 182 Public affairs, other ........................................................................... 442 148 294 692 266 426 11 4 7 R. O. T. C. and military technologies, total .............................................. 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Social sciences and history, total .......................................................... 127,101 62,062 65,039 14,066 7,024 7,042 4,095 2,407 1,688 Social sciences, general ................................................................... 7,520 2,980 4,540 609 251 358 50 28 22 Anthropology ..................................................................................... 6,917 2,273 4,644 924 349 575 453 198 255 Archeology ........................................................................................ 122 36 86 26 14 12 18 7 11 Criminology ....................................................................................... 3,091 1,695 1,396 190 98 92 16 4 12 Demography and population studies ................................................ 2 1 1 32 11 21 7 4 3 Economics ........................................................................................ 18,441 12,316 6,125 2,168 1,353 815 851 625 226 Geography, total ............................................................................... 4,042 2,590 1,452 770 468 302 200 134 66 Geography .................................................................................... 3,951 2,518 1,433 757 456 301 200 134 66 Cartography .................................................................................. 91 72 19 13 12 1 0 0 0 History ............................................................................................... 25,247 14,866 10,381 2,573 1,444 1,129 984 603 381 International relations and affairs ..................................................... 5,208 1,949 3,259 2,225 1,135 1,090 54 36 18 Political science and government, general ...................................... 27,635 14,544 13,091 1,627 877 750 693 449 244 Sociology .......................................................................................... 25,598 7,629 17,969 1,996 636 1,360 595 244 351 Urban affairs/ studies ......................................................................... 643 257 386 318 149 169 49 27 22 Social sciences and history, other ................................................... 2,635 926 1,709 608 239 369 125 48 77 Theological studies/ religious vocations, total ........................................ 6,809 4,791 2,018 5,576 3,352 2,224 1,643 1,307 336 Biblical and other theological languages and literatures ................. 20 17 3 42 21 21 13 11 2 Bible/ biblical studies ......................................................................... 2,000 1,386 614 393 266 127 18 16 2 Missions/ missionary studies and misology ...................................... 261 134 127 320 180 140 70 60 10 Religious education .......................................................................... 919 462 457 823 447 376 63 48 15 Religious/ sacred music ..................................................................... 174 88 86 128 83 45 9 5 4 Theology/ theological studies ............................................................ 2,692 2,248 444 2,939 1,903 1,036 1,107 921 186 Pastoral counseling and specialized ministries ................................ 358 224 134 605 267 338 161 119 42 Theological studies and religious vocations, other .......................... 385 232 153 326 185 141 202 127 75 Transportation and material moving workers, total ............................... 3,395 2,985 410 697 629 68 0 0 0 Air transportation workers ................................................................ 3,192 2,805 387 697 629 68 0 0 0 Water transportation workers ........................................................... 186 167 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transportation and material moving, other ...................................... 17 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Visual and performing arts, total ........................................................... 58,791 24,003 34,788 10,918 4,672 6,246 1,127 537 590 311 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 258.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1999   2000   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 Visual and performing arts, general ................................................. 1,675 666 1,009 115 42 73 10 5 5 Crafts, folk art, and artisanry ............................................................ 156 54 102 5 1 4 0 0 0 Dance ............................................................................................... 1,294 108 1,186 162 21 141 12 1 11 Design and applied art ..................................................................... 10,044 4,227 5,817 920 382 538 0 0 0 Dramatic/ theater arts and stagecraft ................................................ 7,541 2,973 4,568 1,415 615 800 72 33 39 Film/ video and photographic arts, total ............................................ 4,106 2,450 1,656 722 380 342 12 8 4 Film video making/ cinematography and production ..................... 1,585 1,047 538 426 236 190 3 2 1 Photography .................................................................................. 983 377 606 143 56 87 4 4 0 Film arts, other .............................................................................. 1,538 1,026 512 153 88 65 5 2 3 Fine arts and art studies, total ......................................................... 22,773 8,039 14,734 3,301 1,232 2,069 232 71 161 Art, general ................................................................................... 11,871 4,411 7,460 827 328 499 21 7 14 Art history, criticism and conservation .......................................... 2,450 420 2,030 564 101 463 195 56 139 Arts management .......................................................................... 224 52 172 158 29 129 4 0 4 Painting ......................................................................................... 715 289 426 188 93 95 0 0 0 Ceramic arts and ceramics ........................................................... 216 74 142 51 24 27 0 0 0 Fiber, textile and weaving arts ...................................................... 95 5 90 39 6 33 4 2 2 Metal and jewelry arts ................................................................... 94 16 78 19 6 13 0 0 0 Fine arts and art studies, other .................................................... 7,108 2,772 4,336 1,455 645 810 8 6 2 Music, total ....................................................................................... 10,576 5,214 5,362 3,871 1,843 2,028 765 411 354 Music, general ............................................................................... 5,449 2,541 2,908 1,300 619 681 299 176 123 Music history and literature ........................................................... 88 35 53 52 20 32 21 6 15 Music, general performance ......................................................... 3,181 1,547 1,634 1,864 881 983 292 132 160 Music theory and composition ...................................................... 337 233 104 150 105 45 58 37 21 Music, other .................................................................................. 1,521 858 663 505 218 287 95 60 35 Visual and performing arts, other ..................................................... 626 272 354 407 156 251 24 8 16 Not classified by field of study .............................................................. 2,398 937 1,461 1,802 681 1,121 71 32 39 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 June 2001.) 312 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 259.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1998   99 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 All fields ........................................................................................ 1,200,303 518,746 681,557 439,986 186,148 253,838 44,077 25,146 18,931 Agriculture and natural resources, total ................................................ 23,930 13,873 10,057 4,417 2,381 2,036 1,248 869 379 Agricultural business and production, total ...................................... 5,461 3,662 1,799 562 362 200 205 152 53 Agricultural business and management, total .............................. 3,571 2,434 1,137 446 290 156 172 127 45 Agricultural business and management, general ...................... 873 579 294 72 50 22 0 0 0 Agricultural business/ agribusiness operations .......................... 1,168 806 362 20 13 7 0 0 0 Agricultural economics .............................................................. 1,158 788 370 349 222 127 172 127 45 Agricultural business and management, other ......................... 372 261 111 5 5 0 0 0 0 Agricultural mechanization ............................................................ 242 218 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 Agricultural production workers and managers ............................ 237 142 95 38 27 11 11 9 2 Horticulture service operations and management ........................ 671 440 231 31 17 14 11 8 3 International agriculture ................................................................ 14 8 6 5 1 4 0 0 0 Agricultural business and production, other ................................. 726 420 306 39 24 15 11 8 3 Agricultural sciences, total ................................................................ 8,399 4,309 4,090 1,550 796 754 697 483 214 Agriculture/ agricultural sciences, general ..................................... 1,316 850 466 170 102 68 2 2 0 Animal sciences, total ................................................................... 3,938 1,625 2,313 415 206 209 169 112 57 Animal sciences, general .......................................................... 3,445 1,393 2,052 320 157 163 122 82 40 Agricultural animal breeding and genetics ................................ 35 19 16 5 2 3 13 9 4 Agricultural animal health .......................................................... 2 0 2 6 5 1 0 0 0 Agricultural animal nutrition ....................................................... 0 0 0 8 4 4 4 3 1 Dairy science ............................................................................. 87 43 44 19 13 6 5 2 3 Poultry science .......................................................................... 125 82 43 28 14 14 9 6 3 Animal sciences, other .............................................................. 244 88 156 29 11 18 16 10 6 Food sciences and technology ..................................................... 649 234 415 297 106 191 144 73 71 Plant sciences, total ...................................................................... 2,099 1,382 717 515 299 216 310 240 70 Plant sciences, general ............................................................. 424 288 136 59 31 28 49 33 16 Agronomy and crop science ..................................................... 644 513 131 209 133 76 150 122 28 Horticulture science ................................................................... 773 397 376 151 76 75 64 46 18 Plant breeding and genetics ..................................................... 0 0 0 11 7 4 7 6 1 Agricultural plant pathology ....................................................... 14 9 5 7 4 3 7 7 0 Plant protection ( pest management) ......................................... 41 30 11 16 10 6 3 3 0 Range science and management ............................................. 91 58 33 44 25 19 20 14 6 Plant sciences, other ................................................................. 112 87 25 18 13 5 10 9 1 Soil sciences ................................................................................. 129 85 44 94 54 40 64 50 14 Agriculture/ agricultural sciences, other ......................................... 268 133 135 59 29 30 8 6 2 Conservation and renewable natural resources, total ..................... 10,070 5,902 4,168 2,305 1,223 1,082 346 234 112 Natural resources conservation, general ...................................... 5,849 3,034 2,815 1,285 607 678 150 93 57 Natural resources management and policy .................................. 651 428 223 193 104 89 3 2 1 Fishing and fisheries sciences and management ........................ 179 137 42 83 62 21 23 16 7 Forest harvesting and production technology/ technician ............. 196 142 54 16 13 3 15 14 1 Forestry, general ........................................................................... 1,548 1,179 369 489 295 194 117 80 37 Wildlife and wildlands management ............................................. 1,177 717 460 168 99 69 21 16 5 Conservation and renewable natural resources, other ................ 470 265 205 71 43 28 17 13 4 Architecture and related programs, total ............................................... 8,246 5,157 3,089 4,172 2,394 1,778 123 80 43 Architecture ....................................................................................... 4,888 3,337 1,551 2,238 1,406 832 51 36 15 City/ urban, community, and regional planning ................................. 437 289 148 1,291 685 606 57 33 24 Architectural environmental design .................................................. 709 440 269 28 8 20 0 0 0 Interior architecture ........................................................................... 687 108 579 14 3 11 0 0 0 Landscape architecture .................................................................... 929 618 311 341 145 196 0 0 0 Architectural urban design and planning .......................................... 0 0 0 78 49 29 4 4 0 Architecture and related programs, other ........................................ 596 365 231 182 98 84 11 7 4 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies, total ................................................. 6,252 2,023 4,229 1,500 600 900 197 90 107 Area studies, total ............................................................................. 3,625 1,370 2,255 1,068 466 602 147 73 74 African studies .............................................................................. 24 5 19 14 7 7 6 6 0 American studies/ civilization ......................................................... 1,493 543 950 214 70 144 78 32 46 Latin American studies ................................................................. 444 143 301 221 99 122 11 3 8 Middle Eastern studies ................................................................. 104 52 52 83 42 41 22 12 10 Russian and Slavic studies ........................................................... 101 35 66 78 31 47 1 1 0 Asian studies ................................................................................. 813 357 456 266 138 128 23 17 6 European studies .......................................................................... 134 33 101 70 21 49 2 0 2 Area studies, other ........................................................................ 512 202 310 122 58 64 4 2 2 Ethnic and cultural studies, total ...................................................... 1,879 378 1,501 205 52 153 26 10 16 Afro American ( black) studies ....................................................... 630 186 444 84 34 50 10 3 7 Hispanic American studies ........................................................... 214 76 138 16 6 10 0 0 0 Women's studies ........................................................................... 726 12 714 65 2 63 2 0 2 Ethnic studies, other ..................................................................... 309 104 205 40 10 30 14 7 7 Area, ethnic and cultural studies, other ........................................... 748 275 473 227 82 145 24 7 17 Biological sciences/ life sciences, total .................................................. 65,014 28,254 36,760 6,192 2,839 3,353 4,619 2,669 1,950 Biology, general ................................................................................ 46,078 19,402 26,676 2,608 1,204 1,404 711 409 302 313 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 259.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1998   99   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 Biochemistry and biophysics ............................................................ 3,978 2,094 1,884 330 158 172 624 370 254 Botany, total ...................................................................................... 417 180 237 210 108 102 235 155 80 Botany, general ............................................................................. 363 156 207 118 59 59 122 87 35 Plant pathology ............................................................................. 1 1 0 75 39 36 80 52 28 Botany, other ................................................................................. 53 23 30 17 10 7 33 16 17 Cell and molecular biology, total ...................................................... 2,491 1,235 1,256 250 109 141 585 329 256 Cell biology ................................................................................... 299 159 140 43 18 25 162 90 72 Molecular biology .......................................................................... 705 371 334 122 53 69 247 137 110 Cell and molecular biology, other ................................................. 1,487 705 782 85 38 47 176 102 74 Microbiology/ bacteriology ................................................................. 2,768 1,308 1,460 355 153 202 365 209 156 Miscellaneous biological specializations, total ................................. 3,921 1,559 2,362 1,411 536 875 1,077 602 475 Anatomy ........................................................................................ 101 64 37 66 37 29 60 35 25 Ecology ......................................................................................... 997 455 542 169 86 83 112 66 46 Marine/ aquatic biology .................................................................. 831 318 513 94 40 54 42 24 18 Neurosciences .............................................................................. 458 205 253 49 31 18 238 139 99 Nutritional sciences ....................................................................... 506 70 436 339 56 283 75 28 47 Toxicology ..................................................................................... 69 26 43 70 29 41 84 49 35 Genetics, plant and animal ........................................................... 302 122 180 142 43 99 213 111 102 Biometrics ..................................................................................... 17 8 9 43 23 20 30 23 7 Miscellaneous specialized areas, other ........................................ 640 291 349 439 191 248 223 127 96 Zoology, total .................................................................................... 3,507 1,607 1,900 739 408 331 800 477 323 Zoology, general ........................................................................... 2,720 1,232 1,488 219 106 113 147 94 53 Entomology ................................................................................... 104 53 51 142 82 60 114 78 36 Pathology, human and animal ...................................................... 9 3 6 46 27 19 97 56 41 Pharmacology, human and animal ............................................... 72 38 34 94 44 50 247 136 111 Physiology, human and animal ..................................................... 597 279 318 238 149 89 195 113 82 Zoology, other ............................................................................... 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Biological sciences/ life sciences, other ............................................ 1,854 869 985 289 163 126 222 118 104 Business management, administrative services and marketing operations marketing and distribution, total .............................................. 242,236 123,158 119,078 108,085 65,113 42,972 1,202 844 358 Business management and administrative services, total ............... 238,074 121,488 116,586 107,497 64,811 42,686 1,198 844 354 Business, general ......................................................................... 22,901 11,781 11,120 10,725 6,812 3,913 207 148 59 Business administration and management, total .......................... 89,768 45,482 44,286 65,328 40,450 24,878 638 466 172 Office supervision and management ........................................ 607 138 469 46 18 28 0 0 0 Operations management and supervision ................................ 1,901 1,313 588 2,804 1,598 1,206 10 10 0 Business administration and management, other ..................... 87,260 44,031 43,229 62,478 38,834 23,644 628 456 172 Accounting .................................................................................... 37,362 15,521 21,841 4,789 2,231 2,558 45 29 16 Secretarial and related programs ................................................. 313 70 243 69 28 41 0 0 0 Business/ managerial economics .................................................. 2,868 1,766 1,102 189 118 71 50 36 14 Small business management and ownership ............................... 508 327 181 115 66 49 0 0 0 Finance, general and banking and financial support services ..... 22,850 14,970 7,880 5,425 3,764 1,661 37 27 10 Actuarial sciences ......................................................................... 244 139 105 85 49 36 0 0 0 Insurance and risk management .................................................. 524 307 217 184 136 48 7 6 1 Investments and securities and financial planning ....................... 392 235 157 359 250 109 0 0 0 Hospitality services management ................................................. 5,792 2,601 3,191 432 188 244 2 1 1 Human resources management ................................................... 4,797 1,764 3,033 2,365 699 1,666 32 15 17 Labor/ personnel relations and studies .......................................... 715 353 362 605 248 357 21 13 8 Organizational behavior studies ................................................... 1,591 690 901 1,487 673 814 40 18 22 International business ................................................................... 3,765 1,859 1,906 3,538 2,112 1,426 6 6 0 Business information systems, total ............................................. 12,563 7,817 4,746 3,945 2,534 1,411 5 4 1 Management information systems and data processing, general .......................................................................................... 11,192 6,836 4,356 3,107 1,984 1,123 4 3 1 Business information systems, other ........................................ 1,371 981 390 838 550 288 1 1 0 Quantitative methods and management science, total ................ 2,560 1,530 1,030 1,223 784 439 35 24 11 Business statistics ..................................................................... 22 16 6 17 7 10 10 3 7 Management science, other ...................................................... 2,538 1,514 1,024 1,206 777 429 25 21 4 Marketing management and research .......................................... 23,058 11,583 11,475 1,976 986 990 30 18 12 Real estate .................................................................................... 397 277 120 193 147 46 0 0 0 Taxation ........................................................................................ 29 2 27 1,349 742 607 0 0 0 Consumer and personal services ................................................. 347 198 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 Business management and administrative services, other .......... 4,730 2,216 2,514 3,116 1,794 1,322 43 33 10 Marketing operations/ marketing and distribution, total .................... 4,162 1,670 2,492 588 302 286 4 0 4 Apparel and accessories marketing operations ........................... 951 55 896 0 1 1 4 0 4 Business and personal services marketing operations ................ 76 33 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 General/ retailing and wholesaling operations and skills .............. 2,219 1,107 1,112 316 157 159 0 0 0 Transportation and travel marketing ............................................. 198 62 136 24 8 16 0 0 0 Marketing and distribution, other .................................................. 718 413 305 246 136 110 0 0 0 Communications and communications technologies, total ................... 52,319 20,861 31,458 5,618 2,032 3,586 352 183 169 Communications, total ...................................................................... 51,384 20,298 31,086 5,293 1,847 3,446 347 181 166 Communications, general ............................................................. 24,743 9,474 15,269 2,168 724 1,444 220 117 103 Advertising .................................................................................... 2,847 1,058 1,789 208 78 130 5 3 2 Journalism ..................................................................................... 9,141 3,284 5,857 1,256 407 849 32 17 15 Broadcast journalism .................................................................... 622 250 372 22 5 17 0 0 0 314 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 259.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1998   99   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 Public relations and organizational communications .................... 2,714 772 1,942 225 46 179 0 0 0 Radio and television broadcasting ................................................ 5,413 2,933 2,480 308 136 172 11 3 8 Communications, other ................................................................. 5,904 2,527 3,377 1,106 451 655 79 41 38 Communications technologies, total ................................................. 935 563 372 325 185 140 5 2 3 Photographic technology .............................................................. 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Radio and television technology ................................................... 622 350 272 165 90 75 5 2 3 Communications technologies, other ............................................ 305 211 94 160 95 65 0 0 0 Computer and information sciences, total ............................................ 29,345 21,392 7,953 12,250 8,458 3,792 800 649 151 Computer and information sciences, general .................................. 17,887 13,557 4,330 8,162 5,768 2,394 610 509 101 Computer programming .................................................................... 234 171 63 90 58 32 0 0 0 Data processing technology/ technician ............................................ 214 123 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 Information science and systems ..................................................... 5,622 3,508 2,114 2,133 1,350 783 50 29 21 Computer systems analysis ............................................................. 117 94 23 61 40 21 3 3 0 Computer and information sciences, other ...................................... 5,271 3,939 1,332 1,804 1,242 562 137 108 29 Education, total ...................................................................................... 107,172 26,226 80,946 119,427 28,263 91,164 6,841 2,423 4,418 Education, general ............................................................................ 1,909 346 1,563 15,224 3,576 11,648 1,101 384 717 Bilingual/ bicultural education ............................................................ 91 4 87 612 154 458 51 15 36 Curriculum and instruction ................................................................ 2 1 1 10,270 2,022 8,248 897 248 649 Education administration and supervision, total ............................... 43 12 31 14,382 5,631 8,751 2,315 919 1,396 Education administration and supervision, general ...................... 1 0 1 10,103 4,013 6,090 1,695 668 1,027 Administration of special education .............................................. 0 0 0 9 1 8 3 0 3 Adult and continuing education administration ............................. 13 10 3 199 48 151 93 44 49 Educational supervision ................................................................ 0 0 0 786 272 514 39 9 30 Elementary, middle, and secondary education administration ..... 16 0 16 2,238 929 1,309 58 17 41 Higher education administration ................................................... 4 0 4 495 162 333 273 122 151 Community and junior college education administration .............. 0 0 0 13 5 8 2 1 1 Education administration and supervision, other .......................... 9 2 7 539 201 338 152 58 94 Educational/ instructional media design ............................................ 48 18 30 1,890 595 1,295 39 23 16 Educational evaluation and research, general ................................. 0 0 0 32 13 19 26 15 11 Educational statistics and research methods ................................... 0 0 0 31 11 20 34 13 21 Educational assessment, testing and measurement ....................... 0 0 0 68 17 51 11 5 6 Social and philosophical foundations of education .......................... 75 12 63 281 71 210 84 37 47 Special education, total .................................................................... 9,646 1,052 8,594 12,267 1,795 10,472 200 44 156 Special education, general ........................................................... 6,820 791 6,029 9,826 1,501 8,325 163 34 129 Education of the deaf and hearing impaired ................................ 286 18 268 197 26 171 2 0 2 Education of the gifted and talented ............................................. 9 1 8 200 15 185 2 1 1 Education of the emotionally handicapped ................................... 318 44 274 265 62 203 0 0 0 Education of the mentally handicapped ....................................... 442 45 397 84 9 75 1 0 1 Education of the multiple handicapped ........................................ 131 15 116 264 32 232 2 2 0 Education of the physically handicapped ..................................... 41 4 37 64 9 55 2 1 1 Education of the blind and visually handicapped ......................... 17 1 16 26 1 25 0 0 0 Education of the specific learning disabled .................................. 587 65 522 649 66 583 15 4 11 Education of the speech impaired ................................................ 599 21 578 269 7 262 0 0 0 Special education, other ............................................................... 396 47 349 423 67 356 13 2 11 Counselor education/ counseling and guidance services ................. 43 10 33 12,453 2,584 9,869 341 123 218 General teacher education, total ...................................................... 59,989 8,536 51,453 27,376 5,163 22,213 358 105 253 Adult and continuing education .................................................... 41 10 31 842 234 608 137 36 101 Elementary education ................................................................... 47,105 6,118 40,987 13,904 1,773 12,131 54 11 43 Junior high/ intermediate/ middle school education ........................ 1,401 289 1,112 834 177 657 3 0 3 Pre elementary/ early childhood/ kindergarten education .............. 6,524 250 6,274 2,186 78 2,108 39 1 38 Secondary education .................................................................... 3,893 1,704 2,189 5,274 1,944 3,330 44 26 18 Teacher education, general programs, other ............................... 1,025 165 860 4,336 957 3,379 81 31 50 Teacher education, academic and vocational programs ................. 33,914 15,699 18,215 16,840 5,014 11,826 669 267 402 Agricultural education ( vocational) ................................................ 519 293 226 293 135 158 44 22 22 Art education ................................................................................. 1,577 334 1,243 661 120 541 26 9 17 Business education ( vocational) ................................................... 891 236 655 318 120 198 12 4 8 Driver and safety education .......................................................... 27 24 3 18 10 8 0 0 0 English education .......................................................................... 2,626 554 2,072 846 187 659 21 3 18 Foreign languages education ....................................................... 290 56 234 280 62 218 12 6 6 Health education ........................................................................... 2,048 539 1,509 756 173 583 45 7 38 Home economics education ( vocational) ...................................... 305 6 299 54 5 49 6 1 5 Technology/ industrial arts education ............................................ 1,071 854 217 364 225 139 13 11 2 Marketing operations/ marketing and distribution education ......... 56 28 28 5 1 4 0 0 0 Mathematics education ................................................................. 1,518 591 927 831 274 557 43 19 24 Music education ............................................................................ 3,104 1,305 1,799 720 285 435 76 34 42 Physical education and coaching ................................................. 12,435 7,101 5,334 2,935 1,574 1,361 165 88 77 Reading education ........................................................................ 137 13 124 4,144 242 3,902 55 3 52 Science education ......................................................................... 1,205 505 700 745 273 472 39 17 22 Social science education .............................................................. 898 493 405 183 95 88 2 2 0 Social studies education ............................................................... 1,855 1,069 786 533 318 215 2 1 1 Technical education ( vocational) .................................................. 137 90 47 238 71 167 32 16 16 Trade and industrial education ( vocational) ................................. 1,032 706 326 404 163 241 39 10 29 Teacher education, academic and vocational programs, other ... 2,183 902 1,281 2,512 681 1,831 37 14 23 315 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 259.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1998   99   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 Teaching English as a second language/ foreign language ............. 83 17 66 1,792 358 1,434 9 3 6 Education, other ............................................................................... 1,329 519 810 5,909 1,259 4,650 706 222 484 Engineering and engineering related technologies, total ...................... 71,904 59,187 12,717 26,558 21,268 5,290 5,427 4,649 778 Engineering, total .............................................................................. 57,918 46,579 11,339 25,544 20,505 5,039 5,422 4,644 778 Engineering, general ..................................................................... 2,010 1,656 354 1,237 981 256 200 177 23 Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering ................................................................................ 1,169 977 192 551 478 73 198 180 18 Agricultural engineering ................................................................ 699 527 172 173 115 58 75 64 11 Architectural engineering .............................................................. 569 442 127 36 25 11 7 3 4 Bioengineering and biomedical engineering ................................. 1,032 666 366 449 294 155 214 164 50 Ceramic sciences and engineering .............................................. 163 125 38 61 55 6 35 24 11 Chemical engineering ................................................................... 6,033 3,911 2,122 1,130 836 294 572 470 102 Civil engineering ........................................................................... 9,121 7,125 1,996 3,648 2,822 826 543 463 80 Computer engineering .................................................................. 3,679 3,232 447 1,286 968 318 148 134 14 Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering ................................................................................ 12,531 10,839 1,692 6,690 5,659 1,031 1,303 1,160 143 Engineering mechanics ................................................................. 102 83 19 89 79 10 65 53 12 Engineering physics ...................................................................... 222 187 35 57 50 7 25 23 2 Engineering science ...................................................................... 244 187 57 280 223 57 56 49 7 Environmental/ environmental health engineering ......................... 697 433 264 721 464 257 71 56 15 Geological engineering ................................................................. 140 93 47 27 22 5 13 10 3 Geophysical engineering .............................................................. 18 11 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 Industrial/ manufacturing engineering ............................................ 3,428 2,404 1,024 1,985 1,516 469 240 185 55 Material engineering ..................................................................... 462 340 122 516 387 129 308 249 59 Mechanical engineering ................................................................ 12,705 11,040 1,665 3,258 2,859 399 774 693 81 Metallurgical engineering .............................................................. 214 158 56 99 77 22 51 44 7 Mining and mineral engineering ................................................... 166 148 18 44 37 7 16 15 1 Naval architecture and marine engineering .................................. 277 249 28 30 28 2 5 5 0 Nuclear engineering ...................................................................... 123 109 14 154 123 31 82 73 9 Ocean engineering ........................................................................ 145 121 24 73 57 16 16 15 1 Petroleum engineering .................................................................. 225 198 27 108 93 15 35 32 3 Systems engineering .................................................................... 428 341 87 560 451 109 64 56 8 Textile sciences and engineering ................................................. 220 122 98 50 24 26 16 10 6 Engineering, other ......................................................................... 1,096 855 241 2,228 1,779 449 290 237 53 Engineering related technologies, total ............................................ 13,986 12,608 1,378 1,014 763 251 5 5 0 Architectural engineering technologies ......................................... 483 426 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 Civil technologies .......................................................................... 437 405 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 Electrical and electronic technologies .......................................... 3,862 3,527 335 16 14 2 0 0 0 Electromechanical instrumentation and maintenance technologies .............................................................................. 497 453 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 Environmental control technologies .............................................. 205 154 51 196 149 47 0 0 0 Industrial production technologies ................................................ 3,420 3,012 408 266 210 56 2 2 0 Quality control and safety technologies ........................................ 466 383 83 228 151 77 0 0 0 Mechanical and related technologies ........................................... 1,575 1,467 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mining and petroleum technologies .............................................. 14 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Surveying ...................................................................................... 139 123 16 11 11 0 3 3 0 Mechanics and repairers .............................................................. 39 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Construction trades ....................................................................... 204 187 17 7 4 3 0 0 0 Engineering and related technologies, other ................................ 2,645 2,419 226 289 223 66 0 0 0 English language and literature/ letters, total ......................................... 50,535 16,490 34,045 7,478 2,504 4,974 1,540 612 928 English language and literature, general ......................................... 37,635 11,903 25,732 4,818 1,647 3,171 1,121 442 679 Comparative literature ...................................................................... 735 205 530 190 62 128 133 52 81 English composition .......................................................................... 326 120 206 26 6 20 9 2 7 English creative writing ..................................................................... 1,065 427 638 1,295 498 797 10 5 5 American literature ( United States) .................................................. 52 16 36 7 4 3 11 3 8 English literature ( British and Commonwealth) ................................ 1,310 459 851 221 58 163 73 32 41 Speech and rhetorical studies .......................................................... 8,014 2,944 5,070 613 156 457 133 57 76 English technical and business writing ............................................ 232 75 157 211 45 166 1 1 0 English language and literature/ letters, other .................................. 1,166 341 825 97 28 69 49 18 31 Foreign languages and literatures, total ............................................... 14,962 4,496 10,466 2,860 887 1,973 904 381 523 Foreign languages and literatures, total ........................................... 1,624 461 1,163 817 252 565 251 113 138 Foreign languages and literatures, general .................................. 918 255 663 261 77 184 48 22 26 Linguistics ..................................................................................... 706 206 500 556 175 381 203 91 112 East and Southeast Asian languages and literatures, total ............. 653 363 290 101 37 64 37 18 19 Chinese ......................................................................................... 178 93 85 20 7 13 14 5 9 Japanese ....................................................................................... 370 209 161 43 14 29 9 6 3 East and Southeast Asian languages, other ................................ 105 61 44 38 16 22 14 7 7 East European languages and literatures, total ............................... 426 212 214 76 27 49 38 14 24 Russian languages ....................................................................... 394 195 199 29 11 18 4 2 2 Slavic languages ( other than Russian) ......................................... 26 14 12 40 14 26 33 11 22 East European languages, other .................................................. 6 3 3 7 2 5 1 1 0 316 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 259.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1998   99   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 Germanic languages and literatures, total ....................................... 1,276 529 747 259 91 168 87 37 50 German ......................................................................................... 1,246 513 733 238 84 154 77 31 46 Scandinavian languages ............................................................... 18 13 5 6 2 4 1 1 0 Germanic languages, other .......................................................... 12 3 9 15 5 10 9 5 4 South Asian languages and literatures ............................................ 3 2 1 9 7 2 5 2 3 Romance languages and literatures, total ....................................... 9,932 2,452 7,480 1,208 307 901 363 128 235 French ........................................................................................... 2,555 500 2,055 357 77 280 116 39 77 Italian ............................................................................................. 260 69 191 41 7 34 12 4 8 Portuguese .................................................................................... 36 15 21 4 2 2 5 2 3 Spanish ......................................................................................... 6,964 1,851 5,113 694 191 503 152 58 94 Romance languages, other ........................................................... 117 17 100 112 30 82 78 25 53 Middle Eastern languages and literatures, total ............................... 60 22 38 50 32 18 13 10 3 Arabic ............................................................................................ 13 4 9 3 1 2 1 0 1 Hebrew .......................................................................................... 27 6 21 20 13 7 1 1 0 Middle East languages, other ....................................................... 20 12 8 27 18 9 11 9 2 Classical and ancient Near East languages and literatures, total ... 800 396 404 180 86 94 66 39 27 Classics ......................................................................................... 683 345 338 151 75 76 62 36 26 Greek ( ancient and medieval) ...................................................... 30 15 15 14 5 9 2 1 1 Latin ( ancient and medieval) ........................................................ 87 36 51 15 6 9 2 2 0 Foreign languages, other ................................................................. 188 59 129 160 48 112 44 20 24 Health professions and related sciences, total ..................................... 82,622 14,520 68,102 40,589 9,434 31,155 2,535 1,037 1,498 Communication disorders sciences and services ............................ 7,121 419 6,702 5,682 343 5,339 92 28 64 Community health liaison ................................................................. 814 177 637 240 55 185 0 0 0 Dentistry ............................................................................................ 0 0 0 396 249 147 38 23 15 Dental services ................................................................................. 1,071 40 1,031 20 9 11 0 0 0 Epidemiology .................................................................................... 7 1 6 499 193 306 113 44 69 Health services administration, total ................................................ 4,302 1,035 3,267 4,346 1,560 2,786 77 36 41 Health services administration ...................................................... 2,326 536 1,790 2,871 1,040 1,831 49 23 26 Medical records administration ..................................................... 690 116 574 15 5 10 0 0 0 Medical records technology/ technician ......................................... 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 2 Health and medical administrative services, other ....................... 1,286 383 903 1,459 514 945 23 10 13 Health and medical assistants, total ................................................ 1,976 796 1,180 1,481 717 764 0 0 0 Medical assistant .......................................................................... 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Physician assistant ....................................................................... 1,819 765 1,054 1,408 693 715 0 0 0 Health and medical assistants, other ........................................... 154 31 123 73 24 49 0 0 0 Health and medical diagnostic and treatment services, total .......... 1,875 595 1,280 34 26 8 5 5 0 Respiratory therapy technology/ technician ................................... 497 168 329 1 1 0 0 0 0 Health and medical diagnostic and treatment services, other ..... 1,378 427 951 33 25 8 5 5 0 Medical laboratory technologies, total .............................................. 2,369 678 1,691 465 170 295 114 50 64 Medical technology ....................................................................... 2,015 551 1,464 60 19 41 1 0 1 Health and medical laboratory technologies/ technicians, other ... 354 127 227 405 151 254 113 50 63 Pre dentistry studies ......................................................................... 143 84 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pre medicine studies ........................................................................ 635 333 302 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pre pharmacy studies ....................................................................... 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pre veterinary studies ....................................................................... 298 99 199 10 6 4 5 4 1 Medical basic sciences ..................................................................... 526 181 345 580 279 301 579 313 266 Mental health services, total ............................................................. 640 105 535 543 122 421 7 0 7 Alcohol/ drug abuse counseling ..................................................... 102 32 70 50 19 31 0 0 0 Psychiatric/ mental health services technician .............................. 108 14 94 43 7 36 0 0 0 Clinical and medical social work ................................................... 134 19 115 71 15 56 5 0 5 Mental health services, other ........................................................ 296 40 256 379 81 298 2 0 2 Nursing ............................................................................................. 41,994 4,511 37,483 11,840 1,136 10,704 431 20 411 Optometry ......................................................................................... 93 49 44 16 6 10 8 2 6 Pharmacy .......................................................................................... 4,237 1,654 2,583 304 146 158 298 161 137 Rehabilitation/ therapeutic services, total .......................................... 8,678 1,905 6,773 8,062 2,250 5,812 178 77 101 Art therapy .................................................................................... 103 12 91 318 32 286 0 0 0 Dance therapy ............................................................................... 4 0 4 24 2 22 0 0 0 Music therapy ................................................................................ 199 31 168 43 5 38 0 0 0 Occupational therapy .................................................................... 3,707 542 3,165 1,616 240 1,376 20 5 15 Orthotics/ prosthetics ..................................................................... 44 19 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 Physical therapy ............................................................................ 3,062 972 2,090 5,161 1,761 3,400 134 59 75 Recreational therapy ..................................................................... 233 28 205 5 1 4 0 0 0 Vocational rehabilitation counseling ............................................. 250 33 217 500 119 381 13 6 7 Rehabilitative services, other ........................................................ 1,076 268 808 395 90 305 11 7 4 Veterinary medicine .......................................................................... 0 0 0 158 78 80 114 70 44 Miscellaneous health professions .................................................... 933 393 540 1,004 459 545 132 52 80 Health professions and related sciences, other ............................... 4,908 1,465 3,443 4,909 1,630 3,279 344 152 192 Home economics and vocational home economics, total .................... 17,689 2,100 15,589 2,880 442 2,438 361 97 264 Home economics, total ..................................................................... 17,223 1,918 15,305 2,847 434 2,413 361 97 264 Home economics, general ............................................................ 2,405 179 2,226 312 21 291 39 17 22 Home economics business services ............................................ 97 18 79 1 0 1 0 0 0 Family and community studies ..................................................... 483 63 420 82 19 63 2 2 0 Family and consumer resource management .............................. 1,584 484 1,100 85 16 69 23 4 19 Food and nutrition studies ............................................................ 4,253 504 3,749 608 69 539 45 14 31 317 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 259.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1998   99   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 Housing studies ............................................................................ 371 67 304 10 5 5 8 3 5 Individual and family development studies ................................... 6,513 509 6,004 1,643 293 1,350 219 51 168 Clothing/ apparel and textile studies .............................................. 1,377 84 1,293 77 11 66 17 5 12 Home economics, other ................................................................ 140 10 130 29 0 29 8 1 7 Vocational home economics, total ................................................... 466 182 284 33 8 25 0 0 0 Child care and guidance management ......................................... 127 10 117 12 0 12 0 0 0 Vocational home economics, other .............................................. 339 172 167 21 8 13 0 0 0 Law and legal studies, total .................................................................. 1,901 534 1,367 3,308 1,967 1,341 58 34 24 Pre law studies ................................................................................. 132 67 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paralegal/ legal assistant ................................................................... 1,049 178 871 57 18 39 0 0 0 Law and legal studies, other ............................................................ 720 289 431 3,251 1,949 1,302 58 34 24 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities, total ........ 34,772 12,171 22,601 3,101 1,186 1,915 78 42 36 Liberal arts and sciences/ liberal studies .......................................... 21,243 6,417 14,826 2,024 804 1,220 21 11 10 Humanities/ humanistic studies ......................................................... 2,588 861 1,727 599 230 369 46 24 22 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, other ............................ 10,941 4,893 6,048 478 152 326 11 7 4 Library science, total ............................................................................. 78 31 47 4,752 991 3,761 55 16 39 Library science/ librarianship ............................................................. 72 31 41 4,631 961 3,670 49 12 37 Library science, other ....................................................................... 6 0 6 121 30 91 6 4 2 Mathematics, total ................................................................................. 12,539 6,545 5,994 3,466 2,027 1,439 1,124 830 294 Mathematics ..................................................................................... 10,647 5,417 5,230 2,103 1,199 904 759 560 199 Applied mathematics, total ............................................................... 1,347 807 540 521 336 185 159 121 38 Applied mathematics, general and other ...................................... 774 443 331 341 210 131 125 94 31 Operations research ( quantitative methods) ................................ 573 364 209 180 126 54 34 27 7 Mathematical statistics ..................................................................... 333 196 137 737 422 315 189 135 54 Mathematics, other ........................................................................... 212 125 87 105 70 35 17 14 3 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies, total ........................................................ 26,581 8,738 17,843 2,663 1,049 1,614 441 224 217 Biological and physical sciences ...................................................... 2,553 1,211 1,342 342 161 181 27 23 4 Systems science and theory ............................................................ 85 47 38 131 56 75 7 4 3 Museology/ museum studies ............................................................. 2 0 2 133 29 104 0 0 0 Multi/ interdisciplinary studies, other ................................................. 23,941 7,480 16,461 2,057 803 1,254 407 197 210 Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, total ............................. 18,064 8,839 9,225 2,076 1,027 1,049 137 93 44 Parks, recreation and leisure studies ............................................... 2,480 1,129 1,351 204 100 104 17 12 5 Parks, recreation and leisure facilities management ....................... 3,022 1,350 1,672 227 97 130 13 9 4 Health and physical education/ fitness .............................................. 12,396 6,252 6,144 1,617 817 800 103 70 33 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies, other ........................ 166 108 58 28 13 15 4 2 2 Philosophy and religion, total ................................................................ 8,263 5,189 3,074 1,295 815 480 574 433 141 Philosophy ........................................................................................ 4,722 3,290 1,432 610 449 161 364 275 89 Religion/ religious studies .................................................................. 3,205 1,708 1,497 531 291 240 200 151 49 Philosophy and religion, other .......................................................... 336 191 145 154 75 79 10 7 3 Physical sciences and science technologies, total ............................... 18,337 11,029 7,308 5,159 3,384 1,775 4,190 3,174 1,016 Physical sciences, total .................................................................... 18,154 10,930 7,224 5,136 3,363 1,773 4,189 3,173 1,016 Physical sciences, general ........................................................... 316 182 134 91 71 20 2 1 1 Astronomy ..................................................................................... 105 73 32 75 48 27 70 51 19 Astrophysics .................................................................................. 58 35 23 27 18 9 21 17 4 Atmospheric science and meteorology ......................................... 455 345 110 159 122 37 77 64 13 Chemistry, total ............................................................................. 10,120 5,468 4,652 2,037 1,167 870 2,191 1,524 667 Chemistry, general .................................................................... 9,816 5,282 4,534 1,866 1,066 800 1,998 1,384 614 Analytical chemistry ................................................................... 0 0 0 46 29 17 9 4 5 Inorganic chemistry ................................................................... 0 0 0 8 5 3 6 3 3 Organic chemistry ..................................................................... 11 6 5 15 11 4 11 11 0 Medicinal/ pharmaceutical chemistry ......................................... 52 26 26 35 18 17 48 30 18 Chemistry, other ........................................................................ 241 154 87 67 38 29 119 92 27 Geological and related sciences, total .......................................... 2,837 1,690 1,147 936 593 343 367 274 93 Geology ..................................................................................... 2,570 1,546 1,024 805 505 300 272 201 71 Geochemistry ............................................................................ 7 4 3 13 6 7 1 1 0 Geophysics and seismology ..................................................... 53 35 18 56 39 17 60 50 10 Geological and related sciences, other ..................................... 207 105 102 62 43 19 34 22 12 Miscellaneous physical sciences, total ......................................... 782 448 334 362 208 154 181 125 56 Metallurgy .................................................................................. 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 1 Oceanography ........................................................................... 151 77 74 113 65 48 94 63 31 Earth and planetary sciences .................................................... 556 329 227 151 95 56 72 51 21 Miscellaneous physical sciences, other .................................... 75 42 33 95 46 49 13 10 3 Physics, total ................................................................................. 3,213 2,526 687 1,309 1,073 236 1,252 1,097 155 Physics, general ........................................................................ 3,100 2,437 663 1,219 996 223 1,160 1,023 137 318 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 259.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1998   99   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 Physics, other ............................................................................ 113 89 24 90 77 13 92 74 18 Physical sciences, other ............................................................... 268 163 105 140 63 77 28 20 8 Science technologies, total ............................................................... 183 99 84 23 21 2 1 1 0 Precision production trades, total .......................................................... 386 274 112 7 7 0 0 0 0 Drafting, general ............................................................................... 100 82 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 Precision production trades, other ................................................... 286 192 94 7 7 0 0 0 0 Protective services, total ....................................................................... 24,601 14,085 10,516 2,249 1,312 937 48 29 19 Criminal justice and corrections, total .............................................. 24,236 13,750 10,486 2,214 1,280 934 47 28 19 Corrections/ correctional administration ......................................... 664 279 385 53 30 23 0 0 0 Criminal justice/ law enforcement administration .......................... 7,257 4,164 3,093 935 585 350 3 2 1 Criminal justice studies ................................................................. 13,596 7,564 6,032 1,060 594 466 44 26 18 Forensic studies ............................................................................ 60 17 43 102 43 59 0 0 0 Law enforcement/ police science ................................................... 1,686 1,192 494 51 22 29 0 0 0 Criminal justice, other ................................................................... 973 534 439 13 6 7 0 0 0 Fire control and safety ...................................................................... 362 332 30 28 26 2 1 1 0 Protective services, other ................................................................. 3 3 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 Psychology, total ................................................................................... 73,536 18,294 55,242 14,247 3,693 10,554 4,248 1,385 2,863 Psychology, general ......................................................................... 68,721 17,150 51,571 4,375 1,283 3,092 1,557 557 1,000 Clinical psychology ........................................................................... 82 24 58 1,442 367 1,075 1,801 529 1,272 Counseling psychology ..................................................................... 287 63 224 4,607 998 3,609 286 87 199 Developmental and child psychology ............................................... 721 71 650 144 20 124 73 21 52 Experimental psychology .................................................................. 247 67 180 55 22 33 63 26 37 Industrial and organizational psychology ......................................... 178 53 125 1,046 388 658 90 38 52 Physiological psychology/ psychobiology .......................................... 265 87 178 2 1 1 21 5 16 Social psychology ............................................................................. 606 156 450 173 37 136 51 19 32 School psychology ............................................................................ 0 0 0 871 169 702 138 38 100 Psychology, other ............................................................................. 2,429 623 1,806 1,532 408 1,124 168 65 103 Public administration and services, total ............................................... 20,287 3,791 16,496 24,925 6,556 18,369 532 239 293 Public administration ........................................................................ 2,110 1,033 1,077 6,887 3,177 3,710 171 109 62 Community organization, resources and services ........................... 2,005 444 1,561 450 136 314 7 1 6 Public policy analysis ....................................................................... 571 241 330 1,026 522 504 104 53 51 Social work ....................................................................................... 15,057 1,909 13,148 16,014 2,503 13,511 242 70 172 Public affairs, other ........................................................................... 544 164 380 548 218 330 8 6 2 R. O. T. C. and military technologies, total .............................................. 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Social sciences and history, total .......................................................... 124,658 61,736 62,922 14,431 7,456 6,975 3,855 2,270 1,585 Social sciences, general ................................................................... 7,602 2,940 4,662 499 214 285 51 26 25 Anthropology ..................................................................................... 6,904 2,385 4,519 1,053 407 646 451 194 257 Archeology ........................................................................................ 137 49 88 46 26 20 17 4 13 Criminology ....................................................................................... 2,917 1,588 1,329 126 52 74 6 5 1 Demography and population studies ................................................ 2 1 1 53 32 21 14 6 8 Economics ........................................................................................ 17,611 11,991 5,620 2,323 1,521 802 810 594 216 Geography, total ............................................................................... 4,081 2,665 1,416 760 490 270 159 105 54 Geography .................................................................................... 4,010 2,610 1,400 743 481 262 159 105 54 Cartography .................................................................................. 71 55 16 17 9 8 0 0 0 History ............................................................................................... 24,794 14,790 10,004 2,633 1,543 1,090 921 552 369 International relations and affairs ..................................................... 5,165 2,028 3,137 2,318 1,156 1,162 74 51 23 Political science and government, general ...................................... 27,418 14,678 12,740 1,681 974 707 696 466 230 Sociology .......................................................................................... 24,933 7,497 17,436 1,943 646 1,297 515 207 308 Urban affairs/ studies ......................................................................... 679 287 392 350 142 208 51 22 29 Social sciences and history, other ................................................... 2,415 837 1,578 646 253 393 90 38 52 Theological studies/ religious vocations, total ........................................ 6,280 4,484 1,796 4,727 2,853 1,874 1,452 1,216 236 Biblical and other theological languages and literatures ................. 45 39 6 48 25 23 12 11 1 Bible/ biblical studies ......................................................................... 1,872 1,306 566 361 260 101 10 9 1 Missions/ missionary studies and misology ...................................... 252 120 132 213 126 87 63 53 10 Religious education .......................................................................... 958 547 411 588 303 285 29 20 9 Religious/ sacred music ..................................................................... 130 70 60 77 44 33 1 1 0 Theology/ theological studies ............................................................ 2,260 1,889 371 2,544 1,629 915 1,033 880 153 Pastoral counseling and specialized ministries ................................ 421 294 127 580 247 333 182 148 34 Theological studies and religious vocations, other .......................... 342 219 123 316 219 97 122 94 28 Transportation and material moving workers, total ............................... 3,383 2,984 399 713 631 82 0 0 0 Air transportation workers ................................................................ 3,157 2,789 368 712 630 82 0 0 0 Water transportation workers ........................................................... 216 189 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transportation and material moving, other ...................................... 10 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Visual and performing arts, total ........................................................... 54,404 22,281 32,123 10,753 4,543 6,210 1,130 574 556 319 DEGREE GRANTING POSTSECONDARY: DEGREES Table 259.   Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 1998   99   Continued Field of study Bachelor's degrees requiring 4 or 5 years Master's degrees Doctor's degrees ( Ph. D., Ed. D., etc.)