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Question 1047. In what field was that degree?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | accounting/bookkeeping | agriculture/horticulture | anthropology | architecture | art | biology | business administration | chemistry | comm. disorders | communications/speech | computer science | dentistry | don't know | economics | education | engineering | english | finance | foreign language | forestry | general sciences | general studies | geography | geology | health | history | industry & technology | journalism | law | law enforcement | liberal arts | library science | marketing | mathematics | medicine | music | no answer | nursing | other | other vocational | pharmacy | philosophy | physical education | physics | political science/international relations | psychology | social work | sociology | special education | theater arts | theology | veterinary medicine | allied health | home economics | child/human/family development | environmental science/ecology | ethnic studies | food science/nutrition/culinary arts | human services/human resources | humanities | industrial relations | statistics/biostatistics | television/film | administrative science/public administration | advertising | criminology/criminal justice | dance | electronics | fine arts | gerontology | parks and recreation | textiles/cloth | visual arts/graphic design/design and drafting | educational administration | information technology | public relations | social sciences | urban and regional planning | counseling | fashion | aviation/aeronatics | mechanics/machine trade | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 3375 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 117 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 47 | 11 | 87 | 57 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 227 | 51 | 26 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
2008 | 1493 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 30 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 7 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 1772 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 3 | - | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 5 | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1612 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 1 | - | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | - | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2099 | 14 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | - | 3 | 5 | 50 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | - | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 6 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2338 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 101 | 5 | - | 14 | 19 | 2 | - | 7 | 52 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 1914 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | - | 13 | 44 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 4 | - | 9 | - | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | - | 1 | 9 | - | 8 | - | 6 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 6 | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 68689 | 96 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 50 | 84 | 507 | 19 | 5 | 93 | 105 | 11 | 55 | 50 | 366 | 185 | 74 | 52 | 23 | 5 | 74 | 45 | 9 | 12 | 104 | 46 | 15 | 18 | 94 | 26 | 57 | 15 | 49 | 34 | 58 | 23 | 239 | 185 | 75 | 114 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 70 | 113 | 48 | 43 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 72390 |
1
accounting/bookkeeping
2
advertising
3
agriculture/horticulture
4
allied health
5
anthropology
6
architecture
7
art
8
biology
9
business administration
11
chemistry
12
communications/speech
13
comm. disorders
14
computer science
15
dentistry
16
education
17
economics
18
engineering
19
english
20
finance
21
foreign language
22
forestry
23
geography
24
geology
25
history
26
home economics
27
industry & technology
28
journalism
29
law
30
law enforcement
31
library science
32
marketing
33
mathematics
34
medicine
35
music
36
nursing
37
optometry
38
pharmacy
39
philosophy
40
physical education
41
physics
42
psychology
43
political science/international relations
44
sociology
45
special education
46
theater arts
47
theology
48
veterinary medicine
49
liberal arts
50
other
51
general sciences
52
social work
53
general studies
54
other vocational
55
health
56
industrial relations
57
child/human/family development
58
food science/nutrition/culinary arts
59
environmental science/ecology
60
social sciences
61
human services/human resources
62
visual arts/graphic design/design and drafting
63
fine arts
64
humanities
65
ethnic studies
66
educational administration
67
television/film
68
aviation/aeronatics
69
statistics/biostatistics
70
criminology/criminal justice
71
administrative science/public administration
72
electronics
73
urban and regional planning
74
mechanics/machine trade
75
dance
76
gerontology
77
public relations
78
textiles/cloth
79
parks and recreation
80
information technology
81
fashion
82
counseling
NA(d)
don't know
NA(i)
iap
NA(j)
I don't have a job
NA(m)
dk, na, iap
NA(n)
no answer
NA(p)
not imputable
NA(q)
not imputable
NA(r)
refused
NA(s)
skipped on web
NA(u)
uncodeable
NA(x)
not available in this release
NA(y)
not available in this year
NA(z)
see codebook