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Science Professionals: Master‘s Education for a Competitive World
TABLE H-1 Master’s Degrees and Doctorates Conferred, by Sex of Student and Field of Study: 2004-2005
Field of Study
Master’s degrees
Doctor’s degrees (Ph.D., Ed.D., etc.)
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
All fields, total
574,618
233,590
341,028
52,631
26,973
25,658
Agriculture and natural resources
4,746
2,288
2,458
1,173
763
410
Architecture and related services
5,674
3,180
2,494
179
110
69
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies
1,755
669
1,086
189
81
108
Biological and biomedical sciences
8,199
3,318
4,881
5,578
2,845
2,733
Business, management, marketing, and services
142,617
82,151
60,466
1,498
901
597
Communication and communications technologies
7,195
2,535
4,660
468
195
273
Computer and information sciences and services
18,416
13,136
5,280
1,119
905
214
Education
167,490
38,863
128,627
7,681
2,557
5,124
Engineering and engineering technologies
35,133
27,161
7,972
6,601
5,368
1,233
English language and literature/letters
8,468
2,615
5,853
1,212
494
718
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences
1,827
229
1,598
331
68
263
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics
3,407
1,056
2,351
1,027
410
617
Health professions and related clinical sciences
46,703
9,816
36,887
5,868
1,710
4,158
Legal professions and studies
4,170
2,304
1,866
98
58
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