Earned Degrees Conferred, 2006-7

Agriculture and natural resources 3,626 2,212 5,838 12,309 10,824 23,133 2,174 2,449 4,623 768 504 1,272
Architecture and related services 231 286 517 5,393 4,324 9,717 3,304 2,647 5,951 104 74 178
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies 53 111 164 2,572 5,622 8,194 617 1,082 1,699 95 138 233
Biological and biomedical sciences 676 1,384 2,060 29,951 45,200 75,151 3,568 5,179 8,747 3,221 3,133 6,354

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	Associate degrees			Bachelor’s degrees			Master’s degrees			Doctoral degrees
	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total
Source: U.S. Education Department
Agriculture and natural resources	3,626	2,212	5,838	12,309	10,824	23,133	2,174	2,449	4,623	768	504	1,272
Architecture and related services	231	286	517	5,393	4,324	9,717	3,304	2,647	5,951	104	74	178
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies	53	111	164	2,572	5,622	8,194	617	1,082	1,699	95	138	233
Biological and biomedical sciences	676	1,384	2,060	29,951	45,200	75,151	3,568	5,179	8,747	3,221	3,133	6,354
Business, management, and marketing	32,996	67,006	100,002	166,000	160,795	326,795	84,114	66,090	150,204	1,188	841	2,029
Communications, journalism, and related programs	1,311	1,298	2,609	26,444	48,339	74,783	2,153	4,620	6,773	188	291	479
Communications technologies	1,874	1,221	3,095	2,565	1,072	3,637	332	167	499	0	1	1
Computer and information sciences	20,459	7,253	27,712	34,342	7,828	42,170	11,985	4,247	16,232	1,267	328	1,595
Education	1,773	11,248	13,021	22,516	83,125	105,641	40,164	136,408	176,572	2,681	5,580	8,261
Engineering	1,835	301	2,136	54,745	12,347	67,092	22,872	6,600	29,472	6,377	1,685	8,062
Engineering technologies, construction trades, and mechanics	43,571	4,955	48,526	13,485	1,495	14,980	1,993	697	2,690	45	16	61
English language and literature	378	871	1,249	17,475	37,647	55,122	2,867	5,875	8,742	478	700	1,178
Family and consumer sciences	333	8,791	9,124	2,594	18,806	21,400	292	1,788	2,080	73	264	337
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	195	1,012	1,207	6,173	14,102	20,275	1,058	2,385	3,443	437	622	1,059
Health professions and related clinical sciences	21,214	124,222	145,436	14,325	87,485	101,810	10,636	43,895	54,531	2,242	6,113	8,355
Legal professions and studies	1,046	9,345	10,391	1,008	2,588	3,596	2,335	2,151	4,486	78	65	143
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	93,711	156,319	250,030	14,123	30,132	44,255	1,352	2,282	3,634	38	39	77
Library science	8	76	84	10	72	82	1,309	5,458	6,767	18	34	52
Mathematics and statistics	548	279	827	8,360	6,594	14,954	2,859	2,025	4,884	949	402	1,351
Military technologies	641	140	781	152	16	168	178	24	202	0	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	6,578	9,260	15,838	10,439	23,353	33,792	1,703	3,059	4,762	485	608	1,093
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	749	502	1,251	14,190	13,240	27,430	2,116	1,994	4,110	109	109	218
Personal and culinary services	8,417	7,686	16,103	350	386	736	1	6	7	0	0	0
Philosophy and religious studies	115	260	375	7,430	4,539	11,969	1,087	629	1,716	453	184	637
Physical sciences	1,149	866	2,015	12,295	8,488	20,783	3,539	2,272	5,811	3,315	1,529	4,844
Precision and production trades	1,849	124	1,973	12	11	23	2	3	5	0	0	0
Psychology	517	1,696	2,213	20,343	69,696	90,039	4,265	16,772	21,037	1,382	3,771	5,153
Public-administration and social-service professions	596	3,742	4,338	4,354	18,793	23,147	7,758	23,373	31,131	253	473	726
Science technologies	799	590	1,389	160	130	290	17	11	28	2	0	2
Security and protective services	15,481	12,727	28,208	19,505	19,701	39,206	2,315	2,591	4,906	43	42	85
Social sciences and history	2,494	4,586	7,080	82,417	81,766	164,183	8,577	9,088	17,665	2,110	1,734	3,844
Theology and religious vocations	313	295	608	5,761	2,935	8,696	3,909	2,537	6,446	1,227	346	1,573
Transportation and materials moving	1,442	232	1,674	5,043	614	5,657	828	157	985	0	0	0
Visual and performing arts	8,209	12,035	20,244	32,729	52,457	85,186	5,910	7,857	13,767	625	739	1,364
All fields	275,187	452,931	728,118	649,570	874,522	1,524,092	238,189	366,418	604,607	30,251	30,365	60,616

Professional degrees	Men	Women	Total
Dentistry	2,548	2,048	4,596
Medicine	7,987	7,743	15,730
Optometry	493	818	1,311
Osteopathic medicine	1,475	1,517	2,992
Pharmacy	3,394	7,045	10,439
Podiatry, podiatric medicine	173	158	331
Veterinary medicine	537	1,906	2,443
Chiropractic	1,617	908	2,525
Law	22,777	20,709	43,486
Theology	4000	1990	5990
Other	56	165	221
Total	45,057	45,007	90,064