[Chapter 3. Postsecondary Education--The Digest of Education Statistics, 1998] Table 271. - Doctor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1995-96 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Total | Men | Women |______________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________ | | 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 _________________________________________________|__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 _________________________________________________|__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ All fields, total\1\ ..........................| 44,645 | 27,756 | 1,636 | 999 | 2,646 | 158 | 11,450 | 26,836 | 15,101 | 730 | 516 | 1,693 | 80 | 8,716 | 17,809 | 12,655 | 906 | 483 | 953 | 78 | 2,734 |__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ Agriculture and natural resources ...............| 1,271 | 575 | 23 | 11 | 72 | 3 | 587 | 935 | 403 | 21 | 8 | 51 | 1 | 451 | 336 | 172 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 136 Architecture and related programs ...............| 141 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 96 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 45 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 184 | 117 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 94 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 90 | 62 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 Biological sciences/life sciences ...............| 4,780 | 2,838 | 79 | 101 | 464 | 14 | 1,284 | 2,773 | 1,610 | 43 | 55 | 264 | 6 | 795 | 2,007 | 1,228 | 36 | 46 | 200 | 8 | 489 Business ........................................| 1,368 | 817 | 45 | 20 | 77 | 6 | 403 | 974 | 529 | 26 | 14 | 58 | 5 | 342 | 394 | 288 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 61 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications ..................................| 338 | 232 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 70 | 184 | 124 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 154 | 108 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 30 Communications technologies .....................| 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Computer and information sciences ...............| 867 | 367 | 10 | 9 | 84 | 2 | 395 | 741 | 302 | 10 | 8 | 72 | 2 | 347 | 126 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 48 Education .......................................| 6,676 | 5,128 | 564 | 218 | 157 | 51 | 558 | 2,525 | 1,899 | 175 | 86 | 60 | 16 | 289 | 4,151 | 3,229 | 389 | 132 | 97 | 35 | 269 Engineering .....................................| 6,369 | 2,507 | 74 | 89 | 570 | 12 | 3,117 | 5,570 | 2,125 | 55 | 72 | 482 | 10 | 2,826 | 799 | 382 | 19 | 17 | 88 | 2 | 291 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering-related technologies ................| 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 English language and literature/letters .........| 1,535 | 1,240 | 50 | 32 | 46 | 5 | 162 | 590 | 460 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 82 | 945 | 780 | 34 | 20 | 29 | 2 | 80 Foreign languages and literatures................| 876 | 499 | 8 | 64 | 45 | 1 | 259 | 387 | 209 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 129 | 489 | 290 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 1 | 130 Health professions and related sciences .........| 2,119 | 1,342 | 64 | 52 | 166 | 2 | 493 | 919 | 493 | 18 | 15 | 90 | 1 | 302 | 1,200 | 849 | 46 | 37 | 76 | 1 | 191 Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 414 | 289 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 75 | 117 | 83 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 297 | 206 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 57 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Law and legal studies ...........................| 91 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 59 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 Liberal arts and sciences, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | general studies, and humanities ...............| 75 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 Library science .................................| 53 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 Mathematics .....................................| 1,209 | 547 | 9 | 9 | 98 | 1 | 545 | 962 | 427 | 7 | 8 | 73 | 1 | 446 | 247 | 120 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 99 Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 441 | 301 | 38 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 71 | 218 | 131 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 223 | 170 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..| 104 | 71 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 65 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 Philosophy and religion .........................| 549 | 436 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 75 | 385 | 301 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 60 | 164 | 135 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 15 Physical sciences and science technologies.......| 4,571 | 2,446 | 56 | 68 | 389 | 11 | 1,601 | 3,515 | 1,864 | 39 | 58 | 267 | 7 | 1,280 | 1,056 | 582 | 17 | 10 | 122 | 4 | 321 Precision production trades......................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Protective services .............................| 38 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Psychology ......................................| 3,711 | 3,087 | 159 | 148 | 100 | 23 | 194 | 1,259 | 1,047 | 41 | 45 | 28 | 12 | 86 | 2,452 | 2,040 | 118 | 103 | 72 | 11 | 108 Public administration and services ..............| 499 | 340 | 44 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 89 | 220 | 142 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 279 | 198 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 31 R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Social sciences and history......................| 3,760 | 2,471 | 121 | 95 | 163 | 15 | 895 | 2,339 | 1,448 | 69 | 59 | 86 | 10 | 667 | 1,421 | 1,023 | 52 | 36 | 77 | 5 | 228 Theological studies and religious vocations .....| 1,521 | 1,062 | 147 | 10 | 63 | 4 | 235 | 1,304 | 903 | 112 | 9 | 57 | 2 | 221 | 217 | 159 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and material moving workers ......| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Visual and performing arts ......................| 1,067 | 802 | 31 | 16 | 49 | 1 | 168 | 524 | 391 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 94 | 543 | 411 | 15 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 74 _________________________________________________|__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ \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 5 men and 2 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.) Download this table as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (86 kb XLS file). Download this table as a Lotus 123 spreadsheet (32 kb WK1 file). Download this table in PDF format (15 kb PDF file). 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