TABLE 3D.  BACHELOR'S DEGREE FIELD OF ADVANCED DEGREE RECIPIENTS 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             |     151|     124|      27|     146|     142|       2|       4|       3|      84|      64|
|Architecture            |     242|     107|     135|     233|     230|       5|       3|      21|     133|      88|
|Business                |   1,407|   1,026|     382|   1,209|   1,143|     106|      67|     131|     805|     471|
|Communications          |     167|      78|      89|     150|     138|      13|      12|      13|     123|      32|
|Computer                |     157|     124|      33|     140|     136|       2|       4|      24|     106|      28|
|Education               |   2,310|     761|   1,548|   2,070|   2,000|     205|      71|      78|   1,165|   1,066|
|Engineering             |   1,153|   1,091|      62|     923|     902|      30|      21|      90|     648|     415|
|Literature              |     593|     225|     368|     560|     557|      13|       3|      34|     296|     263|
|Foreign language        |     174|      48|     126|     156|     148|      13|       8|       7|      93|      74|
|Health sciences         |     533|     177|     355|     474|     455|      24|      22|      34|     317|     181|
|Liberal arts            |     956|     518|     438|     889|     856|      42|      33|      65|     526|     365|
|Mathematics             |     362|     264|      97|     312|     310|      34|       2|      36|     166|     159|
|Natural science         |   1,142|     808|     334|   1,000|     958|      27|      46|     102|     628|     412|
|Philosophy              |     264|     238|      25|     233|     222|      15|      11|      12|     106|     145|
|Pre-professional        |     380|     296|      84|     319|     304|       4|      18|      30|     205|     145|
|Psychology              |     675|     283|     393|     580|     568|      57|      21|      63|     410|     202|
|Social science          |     860|     474|     387|     784|     764|      67|      19|      79|     455|     327|
|Other                   |   1,637|     902|     735|   1,454|   1,402|     100|      61|     128|     991|     518|
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- Indicates value of zero
* Hispanics may be of any race
Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel