Table 249.Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline division:Selected years, 1970-71 through 2003-04

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Discipline division

1970-71

1975-76

1980-81

1985-86

1990-91

1993-94

1994-95

1995-96

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99\1\

1999-2000

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

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Total .........................................

839,730

925,746

935,140

987,823

1,094,538

1,169,275

1,160,134

1,164,792

1,172,879

1,184,406

1,200,303

1,237,875

1,244,171

1,291,900

1,348,503

1,399,542

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Agriculture and natural resources ................

12,672

19,402

21,886

16,823

13,124

18,056

19,832

21,425

22,597

23,276

23,916

24,238

23,370

23,331

23,294

22,835

Architecture and related services ................

5,570

9,146

9,455

9,119

9,781

8,975

8,756

8,352

7,944

7,652

8,246

8,462

8,480

8,808

9,054

8,838

Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .......

2,579

3,577

2,887

3,021

4,776

5,435

5,511

5,633

5,692

5,976

6,009

6,212

6,160

6,390

6,629

7,181

Biological and biomedical sciences ...............

35,683

54,085

43,003

38,320

39,377

51,157

55,790

60,750

63,679

65,583

64,608

63,005

59,865

59,415

60,072

61,509

Business .........................................

115,396

143,171

200,521

236,700

249,165

246,265

233,895

226,623

225,934

232,079

240,947

256,070

263,515

278,217

293,545

307,149

Communication, journalism, and related programs ..

10,324

20,045

29,428

41,666

51,650

51,164

48,104

47,320

47,230

49,385

51,384

55,760

58,013

62,791

67,859

70,968

Communications technologies ......................

478

1,237

1,854

1,479

1,397

869

865

853

664

878

1,076

1,298

1,178

1,245

1,933

2,034

Computer and information sciences ................

2,388

5,652

15,121

42,337

25,159

24,527

24,737

24,506

25,422

27,829

30,574

37,788

44,142

50,365

57,439

59,488

Education ........................................

176,307

154,437

108,074

87,147

110,807

107,440

105,929

105,384

105,116

105,833

107,086

108,034

105,458

106,295

105,790

106,278

Engineering ......................................

45,034

38,733

63,642

77,391

62,448

62,247

62,331

62,257

61,418

60,252

58,260

58,822

58,315

59,627

62,611

63,558

Engineering technologies .........................

5,148

7,943

11,713

19,731

17,303

16,415

16,238

15,829

14,339

14,397

14,405

14,597

14,660

15,052

14,656

14,669

English language and literature/letters ..........

63,914

41,452

31,922

34,083

51,064

53,150

51,170

49,928

48,641

49,016

49,800

50,106

50,569

52,375

53,670

53,984

Family and consumer sciences/human sciences ......

11,167

17,409

18,370

13,847

13,920

14,432

14,081

14,353

14,886

15,654

16,059

16,321

16,421

16,938

18,166

19,172

Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ..

20,988

17,068

11,638

11,550

13,937

15,242

14,558

14,832

14,487

15,279

15,821

15,886

16,128

16,258

16,901

17,754

Health professions and related clinical sciences .

25,223

53,885

63,665

65,309

59,875

75,890

81,596

86,087

87,997

86,843

85,214

80,863

75,933

72,887

71,223

73,934

Legal professions and studies ....................

545

531

776

1,223

1,827

2,233

2,127

2,123

2,083

2,079

1,960

1,969

1,991

2,003

2,466

2,841

Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,

and humanities ................................

7,481

18,855

21,643

21,336

30,526

33,397

33,356

33,997

34,776

33,202

34,772

36,104

37,962

39,333

40,221

42,106

Library science ..................................

1,013

843

375

155

154

Mathematics and statistics .......................

24,801

15,984

11,078

16,122

14,393

14,171

13,494

12,713

12,401

11,795

11,966

11,418

11,171

11,950

12,493

13,327

Military technologies ............................

357

952

255

183

Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................

6,346

13,778

13,061

13,829

17,879

25,652

26,598

27,149

26,887

26,960

27,545

28,561

27,189

28,943

28,757

29,162

Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...

1,621

5,182

5,729

4,623

4,315

10,821

12,037

12,974

14,246

15,422

16,532

17,571

17,948

18,885

21,428

22,164

Philosophy and religious studies .................

8,149

8,447

6,776

6,396

7,423

7,684

7,471

7,541

7,832

8,384

8,506

8,535

8,717

9,473

10,344

11,152

Physical sciences and science technologies .......

21,410

21,458

23,936

21,711

16,334

18,392

19,161

19,627

19,496

19,362

18,285

18,331

17,919

17,799

17,940

17,983

Precision production .............................

Psychology .......................................

38,187

50,278

41,068

40,628

58,655

69,419

72,233

73,416

74,308

74,107

73,636

74,194

73,645

76,775

78,613

82,098

Public administration and social services ........

5,466

15,440

16,707

11,887

14,350

17,815

18,586

19,849

20,649

20,408

20,287

20,185

19,447

19,392

19,878

20,552

Security and protective services .................

2,045

12,507

13,707

12,704

16,806

23,009

24,157

24,810

25,165

25,076

24,601

24,877

25,211

25,536

26,189

28,175

Social sciences and history ......................

155,324

126,396

100,513

93,840

125,107

133,680

128,154

126,479

124,891

125,040

124,658

127,101

128,036

132,874

143,218

150,357

Theology and religious vocations .................

3,720

5,490

5,808

5,510

4,799

5,377

5,555

5,292

5,542

5,855

6,235

6,789

6,945

7,762

7,926

8,126

Transportation and materials moving ..............

225

263

1,838

2,622

3,923

3,698

3,561

3,547

3,206

3,383

3,395

3,748

4,020

4,567

4,824

Visual and performing arts .......................

30,394

42,138

40,479

37,241

42,186

49,053

48,690

49,296

50,083

52,077

54,404

58,791

61,148

66,773

71,474

77,181

Not classified by field of study .................

13,258

3,302

1,346

1,756

4,856

1,373

2,398

783

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\1\Data were imputed using alternative procedures.(See Guide to Sources for details.)

NOTE: The new Classification of Instructional Programs was initiated in 2002-03. 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 Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences and Natural resources and conservation;

"Business" includes Business, management, marketing, and related support services and Personal and culinary services; and "Engineering technologies" includes

Engineering technologies/technicians, Construction trades, and Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other

Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1970-71 through 1985-86; and 1990-91 through 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey"

(IPEDS-C:91-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2004. (This table was prepared July 2005.)