Digest of Education Statistics 1997 Table 272.--Doctor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group, major field of study, and sex of student: 1994-95 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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\ ..........................| 44,427 | 27,826 | 1,667 | 984 | 2,690 | 130 | 11,130 | 26,898 | 15,354 | 731 | 488 | 1,758 | 58 | 8,509 | 17,529 | 12,472 | 936 | 496 | 932 | 72 | 2,621 |__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ Agriculture and natural resources ...............| 1,264 | 601 | 13 | 19 | 71 | 2 | 558 | 962 | 446 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 1 | 442 | 302 | 155 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 116 Architecture and related programs ...............| 141 | 69 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 95 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 46 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 186 | 121 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 80 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 106 | 68 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 Biological sciences/life sciences ...............| 4,645 | 2,883 | 87 | 98 | 407 | 4 | 1,166 | 2,771 | 1,687 | 52 | 63 | 228 | 0 | 741 | 1,874 | 1,196 | 35 | 35 | 179 | 4 | 425 Business ........................................| 1,394 | 848 | 41 | 16 | 82 | 5 | 402 | 1,014 | 568 | 25 | 11 | 58 | 5 | 347 | 380 | 280 | 16 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 55 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications ..................................| 320 | 234 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 51 | 162 | 116 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 158 | 118 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 18 Communications technologies .....................| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Computer and information sciences ...............| 884 | 401 | 9 | 6 | 92 | 0 | 376 | 723 | 311 | 8 | 2 | 73 | 0 | 329 | 161 | 90 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 47 Education .......................................| 6,905 | 5,205 | 620 | 252 | 151 | 40 | 637 | 2,621 | 1,964 | 191 | 88 | 52 | 15 | 311 | 4,284 | 3,241 | 429 | 164 | 99 | 25 | 326 Engineering .....................................| 6,110 | 2,333 | 76 | 60 | 635 | 5 | 3,001 | 5,383 | 1,972 | 59 | 51 | 525 | 3 | 2,773 | 727 | 361 | 17 | 9 | 110 | 2 | 228 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering-related technologies ................| 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 English language and literature/letters .........| 1,561 | 1,268 | 37 | 26 | 35 | 7 | 188 | 665 | 525 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 112 | 896 | 743 | 28 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 76 Foreign languages and literatures................| 905 | 536 | 8 | 71 | 33 | 3 | 254 | 395 | 221 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 126 | 510 | 315 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 0 | 128 Health professions and related sciences .........| 2,069 | 1,311 | 90 | 38 | 153 | 9 | 468 | 867 | 444 | 32 | 17 | 86 | 2 | 286 | 1,202 | 867 | 58 | 21 | 67 | 7 | 182 Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 388 | 279 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 65 | 99 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 289 | 212 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 42 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Law and legal studies ...........................| 88 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 62 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 Liberal arts and sciences, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | general studies, and humanities ...............| 90 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 49 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 Library science .................................| 55 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 Mathematics .....................................| 1,226 | 562 | 5 | 14 | 95 | 1 | 549 | 955 | 433 | 3 | 11 | 75 | 0 | 433 | 271 | 129 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 116 Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 238 | 155 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 46 | 129 | 79 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 109 | 76 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ..| 149 | 110 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 87 | 61 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 62 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 Philosophy and religion .........................| 507 | 401 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 68 | 365 | 281 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 58 | 142 | 120 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 Physical sciences and science technologies.......| 4,483 | 2,455 | 45 | 62 | 438 | 9 | 1,474 | 3,428 | 1,865 | 30 | 45 | 312 | 5 | 1,171 | 1,055 | 590 | 15 | 17 | 126 | 4 | 303 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 .............................| 26 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Psychology ......................................| 3,822 | 3,231 | 154 | 129 | 104 | 18 | 186 | 1,431 | 1,213 | 35 | 44 | 41 | 5 | 93 | 2,391 | 2,018 | 119 | 85 | 63 | 13 | 93 Public administration and services ..............| 556 | 381 | 59 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 85 | 274 | 172 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 59 | 282 | 209 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 26 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......................| 3,725 | 2,360 | 119 | 86 | 196 | 10 | 954 | 2,319 | 1,378 | 60 | 58 | 120 | 7 | 696 | 1,406 | 982 | 59 | 28 | 76 | 3 | 258 Theological studies and religious vocations .....| 1,591 | 1,108 | 150 | 30 | 51 | 4 | 248 | 1,375 | 955 | 125 | 12 | 45 | 4 | 234 | 216 | 153 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 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 ......................| 1,080 | 817 | 32 | 13 | 52 | 2 | 164 | 545 | 424 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 78 | 535 | 393 | 13 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 86 _________________________________________________|__________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________ \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 18 men and 1 woman whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. NOTE.--To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS "Completions" survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agricultural business and production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; and "Business" includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared April 1997.)