Table 292. Master's and Doctoral Degrees Earned by Field See notes Field of study $del sum condensed MASTER'S DEGREES Total Agriculture and natural resources Architecture and related services Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies Biological and biomedical sciences Business Communication, communications technologies, journalism, Communication, journalism, and related programs Communications technologies Computer and information sciences Education Engineering and engineering technologies Engineering Engineering technologies English language and literature/letters Family and consumer sciences/human sciences Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics Health professions and related clinical sciences Legal professions and studies Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities Library science Mathematics and statistics Military technologies Multi/interdisciplinary studies Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies Philosophy and religious studies Physical sciences and science technologies Precision production Psychology Public administration and social services Security and protective services Social sciences and history Theology and religious vocations Transportation and materials moving Visual and performing arts Not classified by field of study 9/4/2009 298,081 3,976 3,139 852 6,322 55,008 3,082 2,911 171 3,647 101,819 16,765 16,426 339 6,026 2,690 3,067 15,374 1,817 2,646 5,374 2,860 46 2,494 647 1,204 5,167 0 9,938 17,560 1,805 12,176 3,872 0 8,708 0 324,301 3,382 3,499 1,191 4,906 76,676 4,353 4,063 290 9,677 84,890 25,294 24,385 909 6,317 1,679 3,018 20,406 1,888 1,999 4,341 3,624 0 3,182 529 1,327 5,410 3 10,730 17,399 1,151 11,634 4,941 538 8,481 1,836 457,056 4,360 4,268 1,544 6,781 111,532 5,525 5,169 356 14,990 123,045 26,726 24,850 1,876 7,022 1,882 3,037 42,593 3,750 3,256 4,577 3,208 0 3,487 2,322 1,376 4,810 5 15,740 25,594 2,609 14,066 5,534 697 10,918 1,802 512,645 4,492 4,925 1,509 6,990 127,545 6,495 6,053 442 19,503 147,448 30,669 28,337 2,332 7,413 1,610 3,049 42,715 4,126 3,312 5,314 3,626 0 3,780 2,978 1,578 5,109 3 17,123 25,894 2,955 14,634 5,099 765 11,986 0 558,940 4,783 5,424 1,683 7,657 139,347 6,900 6,535 365 20,143 162,345 35,197 32,698 2,499 7,956 1,794 3,124 44,939 4,243 3,697 6,015 4,191 0 4,047 3,199 1,578 5,570 13 17,898 28,250 3,717 16,110 5,486 728 12,906 0 574,618 4,746 5,674 1,755 8,199 142,617 7,195 6,762 433 18,416 167,490 35,133 32,633 2,500 8,468 1,827 3,407 46,703 4,170 3,680 6,213 4,477 0 4,252 3,740 1,647 5,678 6 18,830 29,552 3,991 16,952 5,815 802 13,183 0 594,065 4,640 5,743 2,080 8,681 146,406 7,745 7,244 501 17,055 174,620 33,530 30,989 2,541 8,845 1,983 3,539 51,380 4,453 3,702 6,448 4,730 0 4,491 3,992 1,739 5,922 9 19,770 30,510 4,277 17,369 6,092 784 13,530 0 1980 0 1990 0 2000 0 2003 0 2004 0 2005 0 2006 0
DOCTORAL DEGREES Total Agriculture and natural resources Architecture and related services Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies Biological and biomedical sciences Business Communication, communications technologies, journalism, and related programs Communication, journalism, and related programs Communications technologies Computer and information sciences Education Engineering and engineering technologies Engineering Engineering technologies English language and literature/letters Family and consumer sciences/human sciences Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics Health professions and related clinical sciences Legal professions and studies Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities Library science Mathematics and statistics Multi/interdisciplinary studies Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies Philosophy and religious studies Physical sciences and science technologies Psychology Public administration and social services Security and protective services Social sciences and history Theology and religious vocations Transportation and materials moving Visual and performing arts Not classified by field of study 32,615 991 79 151 3,527 767 193 182 11 240 7,314 2,546 2,541 5 1,196 192 857 821 40 192 73 724 318 21 374 3,044 3,395 342 18 3,230 1,315 0 655 0 38,371 1,295 103 125 3,837 1,093 272 267 5 627 6,503 5,030 5,016 14 986 273 816 1,449 111 63 42 917 442 35 445 4,116 3,811 508 38 3,010 1,317 0 849 258 44,808 1,168 129 205 5,180 1,194 357 347 10 779 6,409 5,421 5,390 31 1,470 327 1,086 2,053 74 83 68 1,075 792 134 598 3,963 4,731 537 52 4,095 1,630 0 1,127 71 46,024 1,229 152 186 5,003 1,251 398 394 4 816 6,835 5,333 5,276 57 1,246 372 1,042 3,328 105 78 62 1,007 899 199 662 3,858 4,831 596 72 3,850 1,321 0 1,293 0 48,378 1,185 173 209 5,242 1,481 426 418 8 909 7,088 5,981 5,923 58 1,207 329 1,031 4,361 119 95 47 1,060 876 222 595 3,815 4,827 649 54 3,811 1,304 0 1,282 0 52,631 1,173 179 189 5,578 1,498 468 465 3 1,119 7,681 6,601 6,547 54 1,212 331 1,027 5,868 98 109 42 1,176 983 207 586 4,114 5,106 673 94 3,819 1,422 0 1,278 0 56,067 1,194 201 226 5,775 1,711 464 461 3 1,416 7,584 7471 7,396 75 1,254 340 1,074 7,128 129 84 44 1,293 987 194 578 4,489 4,921 704 80 3,914 1,429 0 1,383 0
Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, annual; and unpublished data.
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Table 292. Master's and Doctoral Degrees Earned by Field Back to data HEADNOTE [The new Classification of Instructional Programs was introduced in 2002-03. Data for previous years has been reclassified where necessary to conform to the new classifications. Based on survey; see Appendix III] Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, annual; and unpublished data. For more information: http://nces.ed.gov/
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Master's and Doctorate's Degrees Earned by Field [The new Classification of Instructional Programs was introduced in 2002-03. Data for previous years has been reclassified where necessary to conform to the new classifications. Based on survey; see Appendix III\] FIELD OF STUDY MASTER'S DEGREES Total 1971 230,509 1972 251,633 2,680 1,899 999 5,983 30,509 1973 263,371 2,807 2,307 1,053 6,153 31,208 2,406 2,308 98 2,113 103,777 16,988 16,866 122 10,035 1,679 5,068 7,978
Agriculture and natural resources 2,457 Architecture and related services 1,705 Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies 1,032 Biological and biomedical sciences 5,623 Business 26,490 add Communication, journalism, and related Communications technologies Computer and information sciences Education add Engineering
1,856 2,200 programs 2,043 1,770 86 157 1,588 1,977 87,666 96,668 16,947 17,299 16,813 17,062
Engineering technologies 134 237 English language and literature/letters10,441 10,412 Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 1,452 1,666 Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics 5,283 5,480 Health professions and related clinical 5,330 sciences 6,811
Legal professions and studies 955 917 1,048 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities 1,425 885 1,241 Library science 7,001 7,383 7,696 Mathematics and statistics 5,191 5,198 5,028 Military technologies 2 0 0 Multi/interdisciplinary studies 926 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 218 Philosophy and religious studies 1,326 Physical sciences and science technologies 6,336 Precision production 0 Psychology 5,717 Public administration and social services 7,785 1,020 369 1,388 6,268 0 6,764 8,756 1,231 391 1,218 6,230 0 7,619 10,068
Security and protective services Social sciences and history Theology and religious vocations Transportation and materials moving Visual and performing arts Not classified by field of study | DOCTORATE'S DEGREES Total
194 16,539 2,692 0 6,675 0 2
211 17,445 2,750 0 7,537 0 0
342 17,477 2,772 0 7,254 0 0
32,107
33,363 971 50 151 3,566 876 111 105 6 167 6,648 3,708 3,693
34,777 1,059 58 161 3,569 917 139 139 0 196 6,857 3,513 3,494 19 1,817 165 1,347 685
Agriculture and natural resources 1,086 Architecture and related services 36 Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies143 Biological and biomedical sciences 3,595 Business 774 | 145 Communication, journalism, and related programs 145 Communications technologies 0 Computer and information sciences 128 Education 6,041 | 3,688 Engineering 3,687
Engineering technologies 1 15 English language and literature/letters 1,554 1,734 Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 123 104 Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics 1,134 1,084 Health professions and related clinical sciences 518 459
Legal professions and studies 20 40 37 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,32 and humanities 42 29 Library science 39 64 102 Mathematics and statistics 1,199 1,128 1,068 Multi/interdisciplinary studies 109 193 237 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 2 Philosophy and religious studies 555 Physical sciences and science technologies 4,324 Psychology 2,144 Public administration and social services 174 12 567 4,075 2,277 193 14 582 3,961 2,550 198
Security and protective services Social sciences and history Theology and religious vocations Transportation and materials moving Visual and performing arts Not classified by field of study | - Represents zero.
1 3,660 312 0 621 0 39
3 4,081 437 0 572 0 64
3 4,234 663 0 616 0 102
Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, annual; and unpublished data.
troduced in 2002-03. ssary to conform
1974 277,033 2,928 2,702 1,160 6,405 32,691 2,640 2,503 137 2,276 110,402 15,851 15,642 209 9,573 1,858 4,851 9,232 1,181 2,291 8,134 4,834 0 1,293 440 1,384 6,019 0 8,796 11,415
1975 292,450 3,067 2,938 1,166 6,422 36,315 2,794 2,644 150 2,299 117,841 15,837 15,616 221 9,178 1,901 4,721 10,277 1,245 2,394 8,091 4,327 0 1,302 604 1,402 5,782 0 9,394 13,617
1976 311,771 3,340 3,215 993 6,453 42,592 3,126 2,961 165 2,603 126,061 16,800 16,472 328 8,599 2,179 4,432 12,164 1,442 2,633 8,037 3,857 0 1,287 571 1,358 5,428 0 10,167 15,209
1977 317,164 3,724 3,213 1,052 6,948 46,505 3,091 2,870 221 2,798 124,267 16,659 16,375 284 7,824 2,334 4,056 12,627 1,574 2,324 7,572 3,695 43 2,340 609 1,300 5,281 0 10,859 17,026
1978 311,620 4,023 3,115 979 6,644 48,347 3,296 3,077 219 3,038 116,916 16,887 16,527 360 7,444 2,613 3,624 14,027 1,786 2,259 6,914 3,373 45 2,390 574 1,251 5,507 0 10,282 17,337
1979 301,079 3,994 3,113 851 6,631 50,397 2,882 2,654 228 3,055 109,866 16,012 15,744 268 6,503 2,510 3,248 15,110 1,647 2,452 5,906 3,036 38 2,334 755 1,145 5,418 0 10,132 17,306
1980 298,081 3,976 3,139 852 6,322 55,008 3,082 2,911 171 3,647 101,819 16,765 16,426 339 6,026 2,690 3,067 15,374 1,817 2,646 5,374 2,860 46 2,494 647 1,204 5,167 0 9,938 17,560
561 17,293 2,822 0 8,001 0 0
993 16,977 3,204 0 8,362 0 0
1,197 15,953 3,258 0 8,817 0 0
1,681 15,533 3,593 0 8,636 0 43
1,902 14,718 3,293 0 9,036 0 45
1,729 12,963 3,522 0 8,524 0 38
1,805 12,176 3,872 0 8,708 0 46
33,816 930 69 164 3,342 922 175 168 7 198 6,757 3,374 3,370 4 1,755 136 1,248 645 27 90 60 1,031 203 25 558 3,558 2,872 201
34,083 991 69 164 3,315 939 165 162 3 213 6,975 3,181 3,179 2 1,595 156 1,220 666 21 82 56 975 257 14 545 3,577 2,913 257
34,064 928 82 186 3,313 906 204 196 8 244 7,202 2,874 2,872 2 1,514 178 1,245 617 76 162 71 856 190 15 556 3,388 3,157 292
33,232 893 73 153 3,299 839 171 162 9 216 7,338 2,622 2,619 3 1,373 160 1,103 578 60 125 75 823 277 15 468 3,295 3,386 292
32,131 971 73 143 3,218 834 191 179 12 196 7,018 2,483 2,480 3 1,272 203 1,002 704 39 139 67 805 253 10 446 3,073 3,164 357
32,730 950 96 135 3,410 852 192 182 10 236 7,170 2,545 2,539 6 1,186 219 960 731 46 367 70 730 474 25 415 3,061 3,228 315
32,615 991 79 151 3,527 767 193 182 11 240 7,314 2,546 2,541 5 1,196 192 857 821 40 192 73 724 318 21 374 3,044 3,395 342
3 4,124 764 0 585 0 60
11 4,212 865 0 649 0 56
9 4,157 1,022 0 620 0 71
10 3,802 1,124 0 662 0 75
17 3,594 1,151 0 708 0 67
15 3,371 1,231 0 700 0 70
18 3,230 1,315 0 655 0 73
unpublished data.
1985 286,251 3,928 3,275 884 5,100 66,981 3,657 3,460 197 7,101 74,667 22,124 21,474 650 4,987 2,059 2,708 17,442 1,796 1,696 3,870 2,859 119 2,845 596 1,187 5,752 1 9,891 15,575
1990 324,301 3,382 3,499 1,191 4,906 76,676 4,353 4,063 290 9,677 84,890 25,294 24,385 909 6,317 1,679 3,018 20,406 1,888 1,999 4,341 3,624 0 3,182 529 1,327 5,410 3 10,730 17,399
1995 397,629 4,234 3,923 1,585 5,824 93,540 5,559 5,142 417 10,595 99,835 30,031 28,137 1,894 7,612 1,702 3,439 31,770 2,511 2,565 5,057 3,820 124 2,787 1,684 1,434 5,716 5 15,378 23,501
2000 457,056 4,360 4,268 1,544 6,781 111,532 5,525 5,169 356 14,990 123,045 26,726 24,850 1,876 7,022 1,882 3,037 42,593 3,750 3,256 4,577 3,208 0 3,487 2,322 1,376 4,810 5 15,740 25,594
2001 468,476 4,272 4,302 1,555 6,955 115,602 5,645 5,218 427 16,911 127,829 27,272 25,259 2,013 6,763 1,838 3,035 43,623 3,829 3,193 4,727 3,209 0 3,475 2,354 1,386 5,049 2 16,539 25,268
2002 482,118 4,503 4,566 1,541 6,937 119,725 5,980 5,510 470 17,173 135,189 27,057 24,908 2,149 7,097 1,683 3,075 43,560 4,053 2,754 5,113 3,350 0 3,708 2,580 1,371 5,012 2 16,357 25,448
2003 512,645 4,492 4,925 1,509 6,990 127,545 6,495 6,053 442 19,503 147,448 30,669 28,337 2,332 7,413 1,610 3,049 42,715 4,126 3,312 5,314 3,626 0 3,780 2,978 1,578 5,109 3 17,123 25,894
1,235 10,503 4,398 295 8,720 0 415
1,151 11,634 4,941 538 8,481 1,836 2,377
1,706 14,845 5,170 823 10,277 577 1,529
2,609 14,066 5,534 697 10,918 1,802 2,504
2,514 13,791 4,850 756 11,404 528 1,286
2,935 14,112 4,909 709 11,595 24 735
2,955 14,634 5,099 765 11,986 0 768
32,943 1,213 89 138 3,408 827 232 228 4 248 6,614 3,269 3,260 9 915 264 761 1,142 105 112 87 699 363 36 470 3,349 3,447 431
38,371 1,295 103 125 3,837 1,093 272 267 5 627 6,503 5,030 5,016 14 986 273 816 1,449 111 63 42 917 442 35 445 4,116 3,811 508
44,446 1,256 141 185 4,881 1,391 321 320 1 887 6,475 6,173 6,122 51 1,393 346 1,081 1,653 88 90 55 1,181 530 149 508 4,421 4,252 556
44,808 1,168 129 205 5,180 1,194 357 347 10 779 6,409 5,421 5,390 31 1,470 327 1,086 2,053 74 83 68 1,075 792 134 598 3,963 4,731 537
44,904 1,127 153 216 4,953 1,180 370 368 2 768 6,284 5,604 5,542 62 1,330 354 1,078 2,242 286 102 58 997 784 177 600 3,911 5,091 574
44,160 1,148 183 212 4,823 1,156 383 374 9 752 6,549 5,245 5,187 58 1,291 311 1,003 2,913 79 113 45 923 765 151 610 3,760 4,759 571
46,024 1,229 152 186 5,003 1,251 398 394 4 816 6,835 5,333 5,276 57 1,246 372 1,042 3,328 105 78 62 1,007 899 199 662 3,858 4,831 596
33 2,851 1,144 0 696 0 87
38 3,010 1,317 0 849 258 300
26 3,725 1,583 0 1,080 19 74
52 4,095 1,630 0 1,127 71 139
44 3,930 1,461 0 1,167 63 121
49 3,902 1,350 0 1,114 0 45
72 3,850 1,321 0 1,293 0 62
2004 558,940 4,783 5,424 1,683 7,657 139,347 6,900 6,535 365 20,143 162,345 35,197 32,698 2,499 7,956 1,794 3,124 44,939 4,243 3,697 6,015 4,191 0 4,047 3,199 1,578 5,570 13 17,898 28,250
2005 574,618 4,746 5,674 1,755 8,199 142,617 7195 6,762 433 18,416 167,490 35133 32,633 2,500 8,468 1,827 3,407 46,703 4,170 3,680 6,213 4,477 0 4,252 3,740 1,647 5,678 6 18,830 29,552
2006
3,717 16,110 5,486 728 12,906 0 741
3,991 16,952 5,815 802 13,183 0 808
48,378 1,185 173 209 5,242 1,481 426 418 8 909 7,088 5,981 5,923 58 1,207 329 1,031 4,361 119 95 47 1,060 876 222 595 3,815 4,827 649
52,631 1,173 179 189 5,578 1,498 465 3 1,119 7,681 6,547 54 1,212 331 1,027 5,868 98 109 42 1,176 983 207 586 4,114 5,106 673
54 3,811 1,304 0 1,282 0 47
94 3,819 1,422 0 1,278 0 42
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