Bachelor's Degrees Earned, by Field statistics



FIELD OF STUDY	TOTAL				TOTAL							TOTAL							TOTAL		FEMALE				FEMALE			PERCENT FEMALE				PERCENT FEMALE

	1971	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1971	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1971	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997

Total	839,730	929,417	935,140	952,998	969,510	974,309	979,477	987,823	991,264	994,829	1,018,755	1,051,344	1,094,538	1,136,553	1,165,178	1,169,275	1,160,134	1,164,792	1,172,879	364,136	590,493	615,742	632,297	636,853	634,003	642,338	652,364	43.4	53.9	54.2	54.3	54.5	54.6	55.1	55.6
Agriculture and natural resources	12,672	22,802	21,886	21,029	20,909	19,317	18,107	16,823	14,991	14,222	13,492	12,900	13,124	15,124	16,778	18,070	19,841	21,431	22,602	536	4,292	5,255	5,698	6,322	7,149	7,896	8,808	4.2	32.7	34.7	34.0	35.0	36.0	36.8	39.0
Architecture and environmental design	5,570	9,132	9,455	9,728	9,823	9,186	9,325	9,119	8,950	8,603	9,150	9,364	9,781	8,753	9,167	8,975	8,756	8,352	7,944	664	3,993	2,948	3,227	3,211	3,015	3,012	2,854	11.9	40.8	33.7	35.2	35.8	34.4	36.1	35.9
Area, ethnic and cultural studies	2,582	2,840	2,887	2,862	3,068	3,005	2,985	3,178	3,427	3,601	4,102	4,613	4,884	5,342	5,481	5,573	5,706	5,786	5,839	1,353	3,024	3,435	3,504	3,615	3,614	3,802	3,844	52.4	61.9	64.3	63.9	64.9	63.3	65.7	65.8
Biological sciences/life sciences	35,743	46,370	43,216	41,639	39,982	38,640	38,445	38,524	38,121	36,755	36,059	37,204	39,530	42,941	47,038	51,383	55,984	60,994	63,975	10,410	20,118	22,143	24,196	26,333	29,297	32,145	34,505	29.1	50.9	51.6	51.4	51.2	52.3	52.7	53.9
Business and management	114,729	184,867	198,983	213,374	226,627	229,478	232,636	237,319	240,546	243,021	246,399	248,698	249,311	256,603	256,842	246,654	234,323	227,102	226,633	10,454	117,687	121,163	121,269	117,493	112,425	110,260	110,114	9.1	47.2	47.2	47.2	47.6	48.0	48.6	48.6

Communications ¹	10,802	28,616	31,282	34,222	38,567	40,113	42,002	43,076	45,337	46,649	48,609	51,308	52,773	54,977	54,706	51,827	48,803	48,003	47,768	3,813	32,128	33,480	32,678	30,468	28,399	28,243	28,080	35.3	60.9	60.9	59.7	58.8	58.2	58.8	58.8
Computer and information sciences	2,388	11,154	15,121	20,267	24,510	32,172	38,878	41,889	39,589	34,523	30,454	27,257	25,083	24,557	24,200	24,200	24,404	24,098	24,768	324	7,357	7,047	6,797	6,883	6,941	6,630	6,731	13.6	29.3	28.7	28.1	28.4	28.4	27.5	27.2
Education	176,307	118,038	108,074	100,932	97,895	92,299	88,072	87,114	86,936	91,112	96,913	105,112	110,807	108,006	107,781	107,600	106,079	105,509	105,233	131,411	87,390	85,320	84,548	83,150	80,438	79,276	78,962	74.5	78.9	79.0	78.4	77.3	75.8	75.1	75.0
Engineering ¹	50,046	68,893	75,000	80,005	89,018	94,185	95,828	95,660	92,816	88,506	85,002	81,322	78,650	77,541	78,051	78,225	78,154	77,437	75,157	400	10,912	10,825	11,215	11,628	12,221	12,481	12,509	0.8	13.9	14.0	14.4	14.9	15.6	16.1	16.6
English language and literature/letters	64,342	32,541	32,254

320. Bachelor's Degrees Earned, by Field