TABLE 5A.  PEOPLE WITH DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES BY BROADLY-DEFINED FIELD OF TRAINING, 1996 



Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001



All people age 18 and over

Numbers in thousands.



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|Field of training             | Voca-  | Assoc- | Bach-  |        |Profess-|        |

|                              | tional |  iate  | elors  |Master's| ional  |Doctor- |

|                              | certif | degree | degree | degree | degree |  ate   |

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

|TOTAL                         |   8,175|  11,758|  27,378|   9,257|   2,315|   1,593|

|Business                      |   1,564|   2,889|   6,876|   1,874|      92|      72|

|Computers                     |     337|     621|     686|     190|      17|      20|

|Engineering                   |     565|     624|   2,574|     883|      48|     144|

|Liberal arts                  |       X|   1,163|   3,932|     924|      87|     204|

|Social science                |      82|     483|   2,399|     712|     959|     347|

|Natural science               |   1,619|   2,203|   3,462|     782|     835|     364|

|Education                     |      29|     422|   3,841|   2,656|      96|     192|

|Vocational studies            |   2,107|   1,407|       X|       X|       X|       X|

|Other                         |   1,872|   1,947|   3,609|   1,235|     181|     248|

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X Does not apply

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