| Table 262. - | Associate degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1995-96 |
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| Total | Men | Women
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| | White, |Black, | | Asian/ |American| | | White, |Black, | | Asian/ |American| | | White, |Black, | | Asian/ |American|
Major field of study | Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ |Nonresi-| Total | non- | non- | His- |Pacific |Indian/ | Nonresi-
| |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent | |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent | |Hispanic| His- | panic |Islander|Alaskan | dent
| | | panic | | | Native | alien | | | panic | | | Native | alien | | | panic | | | Native | alien
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All fields, total\1\ ..........................| 553,625 |425,028 |51,672 |38,163 | 23,091 | 5,556 | 10,115 |218,977 |168,858 |17,854 |15,700 | 10,204 | 1,989 | 4,372 |334,648 |256,170 |33,818 |22,463 | 12,887 | 3,567 | 5,743
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Agriculture and natural resources ...............| 6,182 | 5,851 | 56 | 113 | 22 | 68 | 72 | 4,218 | 4,028 | 35 | 60 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 1,964 | 1,823 | 21 | 53 | 11 | 26 | 30
Architecture and related programs ...............| 256 | 219 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 216 | 187 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 5
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 111 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 38 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 83 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 9
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............| 2,037 | 1,402 | 118 | 196 | 217 | 44 | 60 | 817 | 557 | 49 | 76 | 89 | 15 | 31 | 1,220 | 845 | 69 | 120 | 128 | 29 | 29
Business ........................................| 107,168 | 78,779 |12,620 | 7,611 | 4,585 | 938 | 2,635 | 32,323 | 24,059 | 3,405 | 2,142 | 1,500 | 206 | 1,011 | 74,845 | 54,720 | 9,215 | 5,469 | 3,085 | 732 | 1,624
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Communications ..................................| 2,187 | 1,678 | 201 | 148 | 101 | 11 | 48 | 1,077 | 836 | 104 | 82 | 41 | 4 | 10 | 1,110 | 842 | 97 | 66 | 60 | 7 | 38
Communications technologies .....................| 1,757 | 1,366 | 190 | 100 | 40 | 14 | 47 | 1,169 | 943 | 114 | 60 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 588 | 423 | 76 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 29
Computer and information sciences ...............| 9,658 | 6,727 | 1,242 | 717 | 563 | 165 | 244 | 4,954 | 3,605 | 483 | 351 | 313 | 67 | 135 | 4,704 | 3,122 | 759 | 366 | 250 | 98 | 109
Construction trades .............................| 2,141 | 1,832 | 85 | 68 | 116 | 27 | 13 | 2,035 | 1,748 | 80 | 62 | 108 | 24 | 13 | 106 | 84 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0
Education .......................................| 9,750 | 7,321 | 1,006 | 879 | 238 | 208 | 98 | 3,109 | 2,426 | 307 | 208 | 94 | 45 | 29 | 6,641 | 4,895 | 699 | 671 | 144 | 163 | 69
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Engineering .....................................| 2,197 | 1,692 | 155 | 119 | 149 | 12 | 70 | 1,914 | 1,481 | 126 | 100 | 135 | 10 | 62 | 283 | 211 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 8
Engineering-related technologies ................| 33,002 | 25,646 | 2,929 | 2,481 | 1,406 | 245 | 295 | 28,871 | 22,566 | 2,392 | 2,212 | 1,254 | 204 | 243 | 4,131 | 3,080 | 537 | 269 | 152 | 41 | 52
English language and literature/letters .........| 1,310 | 745 | 97 | 154 | 80 | 24 | 210 | 471 | 240 | 32 | 58 | 36 | 10 | 95 | 839 | 505 | 65 | 96 | 44 | 14 | 115
Foreign languages and literatures................| 607 | 417 | 11 | 101 | 26 | 1 | 51 | 163 | 114 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 444 | 303 | 9 | 73 | 17 | 1 | 41
Health professions and related sciences .........| 101,872 | 84,750 | 8,302 | 4,143 | 3,169 | 823 | 685 | 17,295 | 13,684 | 1,363 | 1,050 | 893 | 142 | 163 | 84,577 | 71,066 | 6,939 | 3,093 | 2,276 | 681 | 522
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Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 8,192 | 5,791 | 1,089 | 716 | 328 | 87 | 181 | 757 | 475 | 93 | 61 | 96 | 9 | 23 | 7,435 | 5,316 | 996 | 655 | 232 | 78 | 158
Law and legal studies ...........................| 9,106 | 7,217 | 1,041 | 620 | 133 | 65 | 30 | 1,119 | 779 | 170 | 113 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 7,987 | 6,438 | 871 | 507 | 100 | 49 | 22
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general studies, and humanities ...............| 174,970 |131,859 |15,401 |13,754 | 8,307 | 1,815 | 3,834 | 67,994 | 51,496 | 5,351 | 5,313 | 3,410 | 657 | 1,767 |106,976 | 80,363 |10,050 | 8,441 | 4,897 | 1,158 | 2,067
Library science .................................| 94 | 75 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 66 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0
Mathematics .....................................| 758 | 449 | 37 | 110 | 105 | 9 | 48 | 463 | 268 | 27 | 68 | 62 | 7 | 31 | 295 | 181 | 10 | 42 | 43 | 2 | 17
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Mechanics and repairers .........................| 12,524 | 9,974 | 870 | 737 | 661 | 137 | 145 | 11,723 | 9,396 | 781 | 683 | 615 | 122 | 126 | 801 | 578 | 89 | 54 | 46 | 15 | 19
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 8,611 | 6,637 | 901 | 511 | 400 | 72 | 90 | 4,212 | 3,215 | 461 | 265 | 191 | 33 | 47 | 4,399 | 3,422 | 440 | 246 | 209 | 39 | 43
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..| 936 | 734 | 101 | 54 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 545 | 418 | 63 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 391 | 316 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 8
Philosophy and religion .........................| 83 | 67 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0
Physical sciences and science technologies.......| 2,612 | 1,895 | 217 | 146 | 228 | 31 | 95 | 1,458 | 1,077 | 120 | 85 | 112 | 14 | 50 | 1,154 | 818 | 97 | 61 | 116 | 17 | 45
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Precision production trades......................| 10,217 | 8,315 | 455 | 771 | 509 | 89 | 78 | 8,119 | 6,615 | 356 | 639 | 374 | 75 | 60 | 2,098 | 1,700 | 99 | 132 | 135 | 14 | 18
Protective services .............................| 19,196 | 15,363 | 1,801 | 1,385 | 382 | 199 | 66 | 13,427 | 11,163 | 895 | 897 | 301 | 123 | 48 | 5,769 | 4,200 | 906 | 488 | 81 | 76 | 18
Psychology ......................................| 1,583 | 1,117 | 150 | 182 | 59 | 43 | 32 | 406 | 272 | 43 | 52 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 1,177 | 845 | 107 | 130 | 38 | 37 | 20
Public administration and services ..............| 4,218 | 2,595 | 938 | 454 | 99 | 89 | 43 | 765 | 441 | 164 | 92 | 28 | 21 | 19 | 3,453 | 2,154 | 774 | 362 | 71 | 68 | 24
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............| 556 | 457 | 75 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 514 | 426 | 66 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
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Social sciences and history......................| 4,021 | 2,505 | 449 | 520 | 268 | 130 | 149 | 1,488 | 933 | 162 | 183 | 105 | 31 | 74 | 2,533 | 1,572 | 287 | 337 | 163 | 99 | 75
Theological studies and religious vocations .....| 608 | 467 | 79 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 314 | 237 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 294 | 230 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 11
Transportation and material moving workers ......| 1,571 | 1,269 | 132 | 58 | 60 | 5 | 47 | 1,325 | 1,083 | 104 | 55 | 46 | 5 | 32 | 246 | 186 | 28 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 15
Visual and performing arts ......................| 13,534 | 9,792 | 893 | 1,240 | 766 | 151 | 692 | 5,806 | 4,200 | 459 | 633 | 253 | 72 | 189 | 7,728 | 5,592 | 434 | 607 | 513 | 79 | 503
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\1\Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of degree, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Excludes 537 men and 1,054 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
NOTE.--To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS "Completions" survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agricultural business and production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; and "Business" includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared June 1998.)