Table 253. | Master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline division: Selected years, 1970-71 to 2001-02 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Discipline division |1970-71 |1975-76 |1980-81 |1985-86 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95 |1995-96 |1996-97 |1997-98 |1998-99 |1999-2000 |2000-01 | 2001-02 __________________________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|__________|________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 __________________________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|__________|________|_________ Total .......................................| 230,509| 311,771| 295,739| 288,567| 337,168| 352,838| 369,585| 387,070| 397,629| 406,301| 419,401| 430,164| 439,986| 457,056| 468,476| 482,118 |________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|__________|________|_________ Agriculture and natural resources ................| 2,457| 3,340| 4,003| 3,801| 3,295| 3,735| 3,965| 4,119| 4,252| 4,569| 4,516| 4,475| 4,417| 4,375| 4,281| 4,519 Architecture and related programs ................| 1,705| 3,215| 3,153| 3,260| 3,490| 3,640| 3,808| 3,943| 3,923| 3,993| 4,034| 4,347| 4,172| 4,268| 4,302| 4,566 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...............| 1,032| 995| 804| 945| 1,263| 1,385| 1,523| 1,633| 1,639| 1,713| 1,651| 1,617| 1,500| 1,591| 1,601| 1,578 Biological sciences/life sciences ................| 5,728| 6,582| 5,978| 5,013| 4,765| 4,785| 4,756| 5,196| 5,393| 6,157| 6,466| 6,261| 6,192| 6,198| 6,344| 6,205 Business .........................................| 25,977| 42,054| 57,391| 66,689| 78,255| 84,642| 89,615| 93,437| 93,809| 93,982| 97,619| 102,171| 108,085| 112,258| 116,475| 120,785 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Communications ...................................| 1,770| 2,961| 2,896| 3,500| 4,123| 4,180| 4,754| 5,005| 5,142| 5,080| 5,227| 5,611| 5,293| 5,169| 5,218| 5,510 Communications technologies ......................| 86| 165| 209| 323| 213| 284| 455| 414| 467| 524| 374| 564| 325| 436| 533| 549 Computer and information sciences ................| 1,588| 2,603| 4,218| 8,070| 9,324| 9,530| 10,163| 10,416| 10,326| 10,151| 10,098| 11,246| 12,250| 14,264| 16,038| 16,113 Education ........................................| 87,666| 126,061| 96,713| 74,801| 87,343| 92,668| 96,028| 98,938| 101,242| 106,253| 110,087| 114,691| 119,427| 124,240| 129,066| 136,579 Engineering ......................................| 16,309| 16,014| 16,386| 21,040| 23,962| 24,983| 27,626| 28,621| 28,553| 27,441| 25,787| 25,936| 25,544| 25,596| 26,250| 26,015 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering-related technologies .................| 134| 328| 323| 617| 996| 994| 1,100| 1,133| 1,117| 1,125| 1,040| 1,152| 1,014| 926| 858| 905 English language and literature/letters ..........| 10,686| 8,809| 5,929| 5,518| 7,026| 7,450| 7,790| 7,885| 7,845| 7,893| 7,722| 7,795| 7,478| 7,230| 6,941| 7,268 Foreign languages and literatures.................| 5,217| 4,190| 2,690| 2,494| 2,800| 2,926| 3,198| 3,288| 3,136| 3,124| 3,077| 2,927| 2,860| 2,780| 2,801| 2,861 Health professions and related sciences ..........| 5,749| 12,556| 16,515| 18,573| 21,200| 23,065| 25,718| 28,025| 31,243| 33,398| 35,958| 39,260| 40,589| 42,456| 43,617| 43,644 Home economics and vocational home economics .....| 1,452| 2,179| 2,570| 2,294| 2,019| 2,412| 2,479| 2,421| 2,864| 2,917| 2,888| 2,914| 2,880| 2,830| 2,801| 2,616 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Law and legal studies ............................| 955| 1,442| 1,832| 1,924| 2,057| 2,369| 2,197| 2,432| 2,511| 2,751| 2,886| 3,228| 3,308| 3,750| 3,829| 4,053 Liberal arts and sciences, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | general studies, and humanities ................| 885| 2,633| 2,375| 1,586| 2,213| 2,394| 2,416| 2,496| 2,565| 2,778| 2,661| 2,801| 3,101| 3,256| 3,193| 2,754 Library science ..................................| 7,001| 8,037| 4,859| 3,564| 4,763| 4,893| 4,871| 5,116| 5,057| 5,099| 4,982| 4,871| 4,752| 4,577| 4,727| 5,113 Mathematics ......................................| 5,695| 4,315| 3,074| 3,607| 4,041| 4,011| 4,067| 4,100| 4,181| 4,031| 3,783| 3,643| 3,466| 3,412| 3,373| 3,487 Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 821| 1,158| 2,144| 2,625| 1,796| 2,126| 2,498| 2,464| 2,457| 2,347| 2,819| 2,677| 2,663| 3,064| 2,960| 3,211 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...| 218| 571| 643| 570| 483| 1,358| 1,434| 1,625| 1,755| 1,751| 1,966| 2,024| 2,076| 2,478| 2,487| 2,754 Philosophy and religion ..........................| 1,326| 1,356| 1,229| 1,163| 1,441| 1,146| 1,425| 1,350| 1,380| 1,302| 1,252| 1,307| 1,295| 1,329| 1,340| 1,334 Physical sciences and science technologies........| 6,367| 5,466| 5,284| 5,902| 5,309| 5,374| 5,366| 5,679| 5,753| 5,847| 5,563| 5,361| 5,159| 4,841| 5,082| 5,034 Precision production trades.......................| ---| ---| ---| 0| 0| 0| 2| 2| 5| 8| 3| 15| 7| 5| 2| 2 Protective services ..............................| 194| 1,197| 1,538| 1,074| 1,108| 1,249| 1,357| 1,437| 1,706| 1,812| 1,845| 2,000| 2,249| 2,609| 2,514| 2,935 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Psychology .......................................| 5,717| 10,167| 10,223| 9,845| 11,349| 10,215| 10,957| 12,181| 13,921| 13,792| 14,353| 13,747| 14,247| 14,465| 15,196| 14,888 Public administration and services ...............| 7,785| 15,209| 17,803| 15,692| 17,905| 19,243| 20,634| 21,833| 23,501| 24,229| 24,781| 25,144| 24,925| 25,594| 25,268| 25,448 R.O.T.C. and military technologies ...............| 2| 0| 43| 83| 0| 0| 108| 124| 124| 136| 136| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0 Social sciences and history.......................| 16,539| 15,953| 11,945| 10,564| 12,233| 12,702| 13,471| 14,561| 14,845| 15,012| 14,787| 14,938| 14,431| 14,066| 13,791| 14,112 Theological studies/religious vocations ..........| 2,710| 3,290| 4,220| 4,556| 4,810| 5,185| 4,985| 4,956| 5,240| 5,107| 4,975| 4,692| 4,727| 5,576| 4,900| 4,952 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and material moving workers .......| 63| 108| 120| 454| 406| 385| 495| 664| 823| 919| 919| 736| 713| 697| 756| 709 Visual and performing arts .......................| 6,675| 8,817| 8,629| 8,420| 8,657| 9,353| 9,440| 9,925| 10,277| 10,280| 10,627| 11,145| 10,753| 10,918| 11,404| 11,595 Not classified by field of study .................| 0| 0| 0| 0| 8,523| 4,156| 884| 1,651| 577| 780| 4,519| 868| 88| 1,802| 528| 24 __________________________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|__________|________|_________ |
---Not available. NOTE: The new Classification of Instructional Programs was initiated in 1991-92. The figures for earlier years have been reclassified when necessary to make them conform to the new taxonomy. 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; "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 were 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, 1990-91 through 1998-99, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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