TABLE 3C.  BACHELOR'S DEGREE FIELD 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 = bachelor's 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                   |  27,378|  13,537|  13,841|  23,875|  22,855|   1,881|   1,089|   5,835|  14,718|   6,826|
|Agriculture             |     413|     360|      53|     371|     352|      16|      23|      48|     239|     126|
|Architecture            |     914|     396|     517|     812|     770|      22|      45|     213|     482|     219|
|Business                |   6,092|   3,814|   2,278|   5,300|   5,090|     478|     219|   1,189|   3,586|   1,317|
|Communications          |     784|     392|     392|     701|     681|      54|      28|     273|     447|      63|
|Computer                |     686|     475|     211|     555|     518|      81|      37|     145|     497|      44|
|Education               |   3,841|     744|   3,097|   3,438|   3,270|     288|     180|     565|   1,877|   1,398|
|Engineering             |   2,103|   1,909|     194|   1,888|   1,841|      59|      49|     339|   1,040|     725|
|Literature              |     806|     235|     570|     727|     686|      36|      43|     223|     344|     239|
|Foreign language        |     209|      42|     167|     187|     177|       5|      10|      53|      94|      62|
|Health sciences         |   1,611|     295|   1,316|   1,356|   1,301|     108|      55|     339|     894|     378|
|Liberal arts            |   1,759|     769|     991|   1,516|   1,450|     134|      76|     387|     884|     488|
|Mathematics             |     471|     297|     174|     401|     387|      54|      16|     106|     258|     108|
|Natural science         |   1,438|     734|     703|   1,223|   1,178|      74|      53|     358|     771|     309|
|Philosophy              |     244|     192|      52|     221|     207|      10|      13|      76|      97|      70|
|Pre-professional        |     147|      66|      80|     122|     101|      22|      21|      60|      51|      35|
|Psychology              |     889|     311|     578|     767|     734|      81|      33|     282|     453|     154|
|Social science          |   1,364|     628|     735|   1,170|   1,129|     132|      41|     306|     756|     301|
|Other                   |   3,609|   1,877|   1,732|   3,122|   2,981|     229|     148|     871|   1,947|     791|
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* Hispanics may be of any race
Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel