United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

162 Education
No. 265. College enrollment by M ajor Fielo o f Study and Sex: 1966 to 1978
ITn thousands, except percent, As of October Covers civilian noninstitutionai population 14 to 34 years old. Degree-credit
enrollment only. Based on Current Population Survey; see text, p. 2)
MAJOR FIELD O F STUDY
1 9 6 6 ,
total
1 9 7 2 ,
total
1974 1976 PE R C E N T D IS T R IB U T IO N
Total Male Female Total Male Female 1 9 6 6 1 9 7 2 1 9 7 8
T o ta l e n ro llm e n t1................. 5 ,9 9 9 8 ,3 1 3 8 ,8 2 7 4 ,9 2 6 3 ,9 0 1 9 ,8 3 8 5 ,1 2 4 4 ,7 1 4 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0
Agriculture, forestry.....................
9 7 1 04 9 0 14 2 144 9 8 2 * 6 2 1.2 1,2 * 1 .6
Biological sciences...... ............. 73 t 2 5 7 3 2 7 1 93 1 3 4 3 0 3 1 5 5 1 4 8 ( 3 , 1 3.1
Health, medical profession........ 1 6 9 5 8 0 t 2 8 6 5 1 4 8 7 2 3 0 3 5 6 9 | 8 ,4 8 .9
Business, commerce.......... ....... 8 6 8
V B T j 1 ,3 7 8 9 4 0 4 3 6 1 ,9 5 6 1 ,1 3 8 8 1 9 1 4 .8 1 3 .9 1 9 ,9
Education................................. 1 ,1 1 6 1 ,0 0 7 1 ,1 5 8 3 1 3 8 4 1 7 8 1 1 6 0 5 0 1 1 8 .8 1 2 .1 7 .9
Engineering................. ........... ,. 5 8 4 3 5 7 4 1 0 3 8 2 2 8 5 6 5 4 9 8 6 6 8 .8 4 .3 5 .7
English, Journalism.................... 1
Other humanities,................ .....
6 2 0
jf 291 2 6 4 109 1 5 6 1 9 2 6 8 1 2 5 [ 3 , 5 2 .0
1 4 5 5 4 0 4 2 0 9 1 9 4 7 4 1 3 2 5 4 1 6 1 5 .5 7.5
Law.......................................... (HA) 2 3 7 271 2 0 8 6 3 2 2 0 1 5 0 7 0 (NA) 2 .9 2 .2
Mathematics, statisticss............ 2 3 8 2 3 9 1 0 8 9 3 7 5 1 4 2 9 0 5 2 3 .9 2 .9 1 .4
Phys/caJ sciences........... .......... 2 2 6 1 57 1 34 97 3 6 1 9 3 1 3 2 61 3 .8 1 .9 2 .0
Social sciences......................... 8 4 2 9 5 4 7 71 4 2 9 3 4 2 7 6 3 3 7 4 3 8 9 1 0 .7 1 1 ,5 7 .8
NA Not available. 'Includes other, not shown separately, ‘includes home economics, includes computer sciences.
Source; U.S, Bureau of the Census, Current P o p u la tio n Reports, series P-20, Nos, 183,260, 289. and 351.
No. 2 6 6 . E nrollm ent in Institutions o f Higher Education, b y Specified M inority Groups,
1 9 6 8 to 1 9 8 0 , and b y Geographic Division, i 9 6 0
[Enrollment In thousands, except percent. As of fall. Prior to 1976, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Covers full-time undergraduate
students In 2-year and 4-year institutions taking credits equal to at least 75 percent of a normal load. Excludes institutions in the
outlying areas. For composition of divisions, see fig. I, inside front cover)
YEAR AND
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Number of
institutions
B U C K ENROLLMENT
Number Percent Total
ENROLLMENT OF OTHER MINORITY GROUPS
American
Indian
Asian
American
T o ta l
enrollment
Percent
Spanishsurnamed
American
1 9 6 8 , total......................... 2 ,0 5 4 4 ,8 2 0 2 6 7 6 .0 1 6 9 3 .5 2 9 4 8 9 1
1 9 7 0 , total......................... 2 ,5 1 6 4 ,9 6 6 3 4 5 6 .9 18 1 3 .7 2 7 5 2 1 0 3
1 9 7 2 , total............... ......... 2 ,6 6 6 5 ,5 3 1 4 5 9 6 .3 2 1 9 4 .0 3 2 5 7 1 3 0
1 9 7 4 , total —..................... 2 ,8 0 6 5 ,6 3 9 5 0 6 9 .0 2 5 5 4 .5 3 3 6 4 1 5 8
1 9 7 6 , total................... 2 ,6 2 1 5 ,7 5 5 6 0 5 1 0 .5 3 3 1 S.8 3 8 1 0 1 1 9 1
1 9 7 8 , total................. ....... 2 ,8 9 7 5 ,6 6 4 6 0 1 1 0 .6 3 4 6 8 .1 3 8 1 1 4 1 9 6
1 9 8 0 , total.............. ...... 2 ,9 7 9 5 ,9 9 3 6 2 5 1 0 .4 3 9 6 6 .6 3 9 1 3 6 2 2 1
New England.................. . 2 3 4 4 0 8 1 5 3 .7 11 2.7 1 4 6
Middle Atlantic................... 4 9 3 9 8 7 1 0 5 10.6 66 6.8 4 17 4 5
East North Central..... ........... 4 7 7 1,100 1 0 3 9 .4 31 2.8 4 12 1 5
VVest North Central................... 3 0 6 5 1 1 20 3 .6 12 2 .3 4 4 4
South Atlantic.............................. 505 B77 1 6 5 1 8 .9 3 0 3 .5 3 6 1 9
East South Central.............. 2 2 3 3 8 1 7 9 2 0 .7 4 .9 1 2 1
West South Central............... 2 5 3 5 8 4 7 6 13.1 5 8 9 .9 5 5 4 7
Mountain-.........— ..............- ........ 142 3 2 6 7 2 .3 33 10.0 7 5 21
Pacific.............................................. 3 4 6 916 5 5 6.7 152 18.6 10 79 63
Source; U.S. Otflce lor Civil Rights, U ndergraduate E nrollm ent b y Ethnic G roup in F e d e ra lly F u n d e d In s titu tio n s o f H ig h e r
E ducation, F a ll 1968 and, beginning 1970, R a c ia l a n d E th n ic E nrollm ent D a ta F ro m In s titu tio n s o f H ig h e r E d u c a tio n , biennial.
No. 267. F o r e i g n ( N o n i m m i g r a n t ) S t u d e n t E n r o l l m e n t in In s t i t u t i o n s o f H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n ,
by R e g i o n o f O r i g i n , 1 9 7 5 t o 1 9 8 1 , and b y F i e l d o f S t u d y , 1 9 8 0
REGION OF ORIGIN
ENROLLMENT (1,000)
1975 1978 1977 1978 1979 1980 1991
1 9 8 0 , PERCENT
ENROLLED IN —
Engin
e e rin g
S c i­
e n c e 1 Busin
e s s
AH regions3...................... .............................. 5155 179 203 237 264 286 312 25 8 16
Africa. 18 ?5 ?8 30 34 3fi 3 8 20 9 19
Asia *. 82 97 109 131 147 185 179 32 8 16
Taiwan.............................. .................................. 10 11 12 14 16 18 19 27 15 17
Hong Kong 11 12 11 12 11 10 10 22 9 26
India 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 31 15 21
Iran - 14 20 23 36 45 51 4 8 4 5 7 11
Europe 14 14 17 19 22 23 25 15 9 14
Latin America*......................................................... 26 30 37 39 41 42 5 0 j 20 8 14
North America 9 10 11 13 16 16 15 8 5 13
C a n a d a 8 10 11 13 15 15 1 4 8 6 12
Oceania 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 $ 7 16
•Physical and Me sciences. * Includes those with no country ot citizenship. “Distribution by region estimated for 30,416
students whose origin was unknown. * Includes countries not shown separately. 5 Includes Mexico, Central America, and
Caribbean.
Source: Institute of International Education, New York, N.Y., O pen Doors, annual. (Copyright.)