TABLE 3E.  ADVANCED DEGREE FIELD BY SEX, RACE AND ETHNICITY, AND AGE, 1996



Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001



People age 15 and over with highest degree = advanced degree

Numbers in thousands.



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|Field                   |        |                 |        Race and ethnicity         |           Age            |

|                        |        |                 |-----------------------------------+--------------------------|

|                        |        |       Sex       |        | White  |        |        |18 to 29|30 to 49|50 years|

|                        |--------+-----------------|        |Non-His-|        |  His-  | years  | years  | old &  |

|                        | TOTAL  |  Men   | Women  | White  | panic  | Black  | panic* |  old   |  old   |  over  |

|------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------|

|Total                   |  13,165|   7,547|   5,618|  11,634|  11,235|     759|     426|     952|   7,258|   4,954|

|Agriculture             |      71|      61|      10|      65|      62|       2|       4|       3|      37|      30|

|Architecture            |     204|      94|     110|     196|     190|       5|       5|      23|     119|      62|

|Business                |   1,927|   1,427|     500|   1,699|   1,636|     128|      67|     144|   1,204|     580|

|Communications          |     111|      60|      51|     103|      92|       2|      11|       8|      67|      37|

|Computer                |     227|     146|      81|     190|     186|      10|       4|      27|     162|      39|

|Education               |   2,944|     993|   1,952|   2,632|   2,536|     265|     101|     136|   1,438|   1,370|

|Engineering             |     810|     747|      62|     622|     611|      15|      12|      86|     440|     284|

|Literature              |     287|      80|     207|     272|     269|      10|       3|       8|     147|     131|

|Foreign language        |      88|      37|      51|      77|      69|       6|       8|       3|      32|      52|

|Law                     |   1,127|     889|     237|   1,053|   1,024|      47|      29|      85|     691|     351|

|Liberal arts            |     271|     114|     158|     240|     220|       5|      20|      17|     127|     128|

|Mathematics             |     265|     182|      83|     231|     225|      25|       7|      28|     136|     101|

|Medicine, dentistry     |     996|     731|     265|     863|     794|       7|      72|      85|     559|     352|

|Natural science         |     490|     358|     132|     429|     421|       7|       8|      55|     219|     216|

|Nursing public health   |     424|      65|     359|     382|     377|      23|       5|      18|     245|     160|

|Philosophy              |     366|     297|      69|     330|     325|      20|       5|      12|     163|     190|

|Psychology              |     461|     182|     279|     407|     396|      29|      18|      37|     282|     141|

|Social science          |     431|     187|     244|     373|     365|      41|       8|      58|     188|     184|

|Other                   |   1,664|     897|     768|   1,469|   1,438|     113|      39|     117|   1,000|     547|

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- Indicates value of zero

* Hispanics may be of any race

Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel