Information Digest 1998-1999: Degrees Conferred By Discipline

FY1991 - FY1998

Discipline	FY 1991	FY 1992	FY 1993	FY 1994	FY 1995	FY 1996	FY 1997	FY 1998
Agriculture	187	178	229	233	254	296	319	335
Architecture	160	148	188	131	144	152	142	122
Area Studies	2	2	5	0	4	3	3	0
Business	4,723	4,967	5,214	5,011	4,360	4,363	4,261	4,566
Communications	796	789	729	768	769	780	736	783
Computer Science	479	536	469	463	505	530	580	734
Education	2,220	2,478	2,767	3,126	3,174	3,084	3,114	3,299
Engineering/Engineering Tech	1,709	1,805	1,768	1,755	1,796	1,931	1,745	1,784
Foreign Languages	103	108	166	181	169	168	185	203
Health Professions	341	386	415	512	604	624	756	738
Pharmacy	134	114	111	121	102	120	90	76
Nursing	555	560	634	807	844	839	892	864
Home Economics	252	270	268	272	281	331	332	393
Law	3	6	7	10	11	16	20	23
Letters	542	653	706	731	681	680	649	761
Liberal/General Studies	171	158	174	163	162	121	167	189
Life Sciences	448	505	603	681	768	920	840	908
Mathematics	169	207	207	241	220	213	209	195
Multi-Interdisciplinary Studies	67	40	46	39	59	62	63	94
Philosophy and Religion	41	54	65	66	58	59	71	67
Physical Sciences	218	226	243	296	302	322	349	340
Psychology	695	766	792	860	929	940	949	1,043
Public Affairs, Social Services and Recreation	615	745	889	1,014	1,041	1,165	1,152	1,242
Social Sciences	1,070	1,226	1,392	1,464	1,406	1,496	1,449	1,591
Visual and Performing Arts	489	497	636	627	620	594	615	689
Technical Trades	2	1	27	31	23	28	23	30

SYSTEM TOTAL	16,191	17,426	18,750	19,603	19,286	19,837	19,711	21,069

MASTER'S DEGREES CONFERRED BY DISCIPLINE

FY1991 - FY1998

Discipline	FY 1991	FY 1992	FY 1993	FY 1994	FY 1995	FY 1996	FY 1997	FY 1998
Agriculture	45	62	60	62	68	79	96	92
Architecture	84	71	87	109	109	125	92	106
Area Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Business	1,183	1,243	1,417	1,376	1,400	1,433	1,496	1,599
Communications	53	40	53	42	56	56	58	70
Computer Science	138	131	183	182	230	241	230	255
Education	2,734	2,933	3,140	3,271	3,256	3,353	3,467	3,747
Engineering/Engineering Tech	559	556	653	662	618	632	561	623
Foreign Languages	13	23	21	24	32	31	33	39
Health Professions	146	158	213	261	306	329	356	351
Pharmacy	3	3	0	3	5	3	2	1
Nursing	88	73	109	99	137	183	202	227
Home Economics	14	20	22	19	17	17	17	25
Law	13	20	16	22	15	12	23	30
Letters	65	91	85	87	64	101	109	110
Liberal/General Studies	12	16	11	14	8	10	4	0
Life Sciences	45	56	38	70	73	73	72	97
Mathematics	64	64	98	95	103	91	66	67
Multi-Interdisciplinary Studies	36	55	24	26	26	22	44	19
Philosophy and Religion	6	11	11	9	6	11	8	13
Physical Sciences	57	66	65	77	55	90	84	88
Psychology	131	146	141	182	172	196	197	174
Public Affairs, Social Services and Recreation	326	328	374	388	435	409	447	479
Social Sciences	99	111	149	174	214	188	222	247
Visual and Performing Arts	50	68	65	79	67	64	82	87

SYSTEM TOTAL	5,964	6,345	7,035	7,333	7,472	7,749	7,968	8,549

Notes: The totals for education and health professions include education specialist degrees.

Source: Student Information Reporting System