Table 5. Time Spent Earning Bachelor's Degree in Years, by Field of Degree, Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin and Age: Spring 1993 Mean duration from end of high school to Bachelor's 4 yrs. or less 5 years o 6 years or Standard Age, sex, and race Total Number Percent less less Mean error Both sexes 36,787 15,624 42.5 23,810 27,334 6.29 0.07 Male 19,351 7,321 37.8 11,695 13,827 6.28 0.08 Female 17,436 8,302 47.6 12,115 13,508 6.30 0.11 White 32,279 14,161 43.9 21,201 24,235 6.24 0.07 Male 17,258 6,717 38.9 10,537 12,411 6.22 0.08 Female 15,021 7,444 49.6 10,664 11,824 6.26 0.12 Black 2,314 713 30.8 1,258 1,473 7.19 0.33 Male 926 264 28.5 493 570 6.98 0.48 Female 1,388 448 32.3 764 904 7.33 0.44 Hispanic Origin 1,367 363 26.6 689 852 6.79 0.31 Male 693 187 27.0 308 407 7.06 0.47 Female 674 176 26.1 381 445 6.50 0.42 Age: 18-24 years 2,455 1,577 64.2 2,203 2,433 4.18 0.05 24-34 years 9,635 4,134 42.9 6,849 8,075 5.14 0.06 35-44 years 10,692 4,705 44.0 6,962 7,830 6.16 0.10 45-54 years 6,870 2,672 38.9 3,981 4,592 7.14 0.18 55-64 years 3,470 1,202 34.6 1,757 2,017 8.13 0.30 65 + years 3,665 1,333 36.4 2,058 2,386 7.75 0.33 Field of Bachelor's degree 36,787 15,624 42.5 23,810 27,334 6.29 0.07 Agriculture/Forestry 395 103 26.1 209 293 5.78 0.33 Biology 624 241 38.6 416 471 6.34 0.49 Business/Management 5,282 1,952 37.0 3,117 3,628 6.72 0.18 Economics 660 321 48.6 433 479 6.35 0.51 Education 3,613 1,522 42.1 2,338 2,658 70.30 0.28 Engineering 2,577 729 28.3 1,392 1,733 6.66 0.23 English/Journalism 1,137 553 48.6 743 854 6.28 0.40 Home Economics 337 177 52.5 262 284 4.71 0.24 Law 145 73 (B) 98 104 (B) (B) Liberial Arts/Humanities 2,188 894 40.9 1,413 1,592 6.44 0.30 Mathematics/Statistics 567 283 49.9 412 457 5.28 0.32 Medicine/Dentistry 142 39 (B) 74 104 (B) (B) Nursing/Pharmacy/Techinical Health 1,626 498 30.6 914 1,092 7.10 0.36 Physical/Earth Science 614 194 31.6 362 470 6.25 0.47 Police Science/Law Enforcement 326 95 29.1 182 240 6.11 0.47 Psychology 815 328 40.2 555 619 6.02 0.38 Religion/Theology 138 52 (B) 66 71 (B) (B) Social Science 1,760 683 38.8 1,113 1,333 6.44 0.35 Vo-tech Studies 181 64 (B) 121 135 (B) (B) Other 1,816 735 40.5 1,082 1,302 6.63 0.34 Advanced Degree, unkown BA field 11,843 6,089 51.4 8,507 9,417 5.67 0.10 B Base less than 200,000 persons. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. While dates of BA attainment are provided for all respondents regardless of degree, the field of study is asked only for the highest degree.