| Table 02-14: Master's Degrees Granted By Major | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-2007 | 2005-2006 | 2004-2005 | 2003-2004 | 2002-2003 | 2001-2002 | 1999-2000 | 1994-1995 | 1991-1992 | |||||||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Independent Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4-Year Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Education | 5,049 | 27.5% | 4,701 | 26.9% | 4,330 | 26.0% | 4,284 | 26.2% | 3,784 | 25.0% | 2,986 | 21.7% | 2,568 | 19.5% | 1,766 | 16.4% | 1,481 | 16.4% | |
| Engineering | 1,006 | 5.5% | 906 | 5.2% | 822 | 4.9% | 791 | 4.8% | 730 | 4.8% | 641 | 4.7% | 695 | 5.3% | 804 | 7.5% | 719 | 8.0% | |
| Architectural and Engineering Technologies | 87 | 0.5% | 61 | 0.3% | 62 | 0.4% | 67 | 0.4% | 61 | 0.4% | 18 | 10.0% | 24 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | |
| English Language and Literature | 262 | 1.4% | 240 | 1.4% | 176 | 1.1% | 172 | 1.1% | 103 | 0.7% | 112 | 80.0% | 104 | 0.8% | 125 | 1.2% | 114 | 1.3% | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences | 230 | 1.3% | 199 | 1.1% | 213 | 1.3% | 166 | 1.0% | 169 | 1.1% | 231 | 1.7% | 269 | 2.0% | 166 | 1.5% | 92 | 1.0% | |
| Biological Sciences | 298 | 1.6% | 286 | 1.6% | 337 | 2.0% | 249 | 1.5% | 212 | 1.4% | 163 | 1.2% | 142 | 1.1% | 83 | 0.8% | 73 | 0.8% | |
| Psychology | 685 | 3.7% | 588 | 3.4% | 496 | 3.0% | 416 | 2.5% | 470 | 3.1% | 366 | 2.7% | 353 | 2.7% | 334 | 3.1% | 280 | 3.1% | |
| Social Sciences and History | 232 | 1.3% | 238 | 1.4% | 199 | 1.2% | 218 | 1.3% | 198 | 1.3% | 173 | 1.3% | 184 | 1.4% | 219 | 2.0% | 208 | 2.3% | |
| Health Professions and Related Sciences | 2,336 | 12.7% | 2,108 | 12.1% | 1,988 | 11.9% | 2,047 | 12.5% | 1,877 | 12.4% | 1,968 | 14.3% | 2,068 | 15.7% | 1,374 | 12.8% | 860 | 9.5% | |
| Business Management and Administration | 4,753 | 25.9% | 4,758 | 27.2% | 4,810 | 28.9% | 4,650 | 28.5% | 4,310 | 28.5% | 4,159 | 30.2% | 3,897 | 29.7% | 3,330 | 30.9% | 3,128 | 34.7% | |
| All Other Majors | 3,440 | 18.7% | 3,382 | 19.4% | 3,232 | 19.4% | 3,265 | 20.0% | 3,223 | 21.3% | 2,963 | 21.5% | 2,834 | 21.6% | 2,561 | 23.8% | 2,055 | 22.8% | |
| Public Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||
| State-Related Universities | |||||||||||||||||||
| Education | 1,203 | 21.1% | 1,117 | 19.7% | 1,098 | 19.1% | 1,254 | 21.1% | 1,058 | 18.8% | 1,022 | 19.0% | 1,119 | 19.7% | 998 | 17.3% | 814 | 16.7% | |
| Engineering | 480 | 8.4% | 558 | 9.8% | 641 | 11.2% | 656 | 11.0% | 570 | 10.1% | 522 | 9.7% | 539 | 9.5% | 587 | 10.1% | 536 | 11.0% | |
| Architectural and Engineering Technologies | 26 | 0.5% | 15 | 0.3% | 16 | 0.3% | 20 | 0.3% | 28 | 0.5% | 24 | 0.4% | 21 | 0.4% | 33 | 0.6% | 15 | 0.3% | |
| English Language and Literature | 70 | 1.2% | 81 | 1.4% | 66 | 1.1% | 66 | 1.1% | 94 | 1.7% | 74 | 1.4% | 95 | 1.7% | 105 | 1.8% | 101 | 2.1% | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences | 16 | 0.3% | 20 | 0.4% | 17 | 0.3% | 15 | 0.3% | 16 | 0.3% | 6 | 0.1% | 9 | 0.2% | 12 | 0.2% | 16 | 0.3% | |
| Biological Sciences | 101 | 1.8% | 108 | 1.9% | 97 | 1.7% | 79 | 1.3% | 77 | 1.4% | 41 | 0.8% | 49 | 0.9% | 52 | 0.9% | 49 | 1.0% | |
| Psychology | 153 | 2.7% | 128 | 2.3% | 150 | 2.6% | 157 | 2.6% | 150 | 2.7% | 90 | 1.7% | 91 | 1.6% | 64 | 1.1% | 71 | 1.5% | |
| Social Sciences and History | 158 | 2.8% | 206 | 3.6% | 169 | 2.9% | 168 | 2.8% | 121 | 2.2% | 223 | 4.2% | 211 | 3.7% | 262 | 4.5% | 258 | 5.3% | |
| Health Professions and Related Sciences | 651 | 11.4% | 571 | 10.1% | 594 | 10.3% | 623 | 10.5% | 520 | 9.2% | 566 | 10.5% | 544 | 9.6% | 517 | 8.9% | 450 | 9.2% | |
| Business Management and Administration | 1,088 | 19.1% | 1,095 | 19.3% | 1,329 | 23.1% | 1,312 | 22.0% | 1,537 | 27.3% | 1,375 | 25.6% | 1,497 | 26.3% | 1,573 | 27.2% | 1,267 | 26.0% | |
| All Other Majors | 1,743 | 30.6% | 1,777 | 31.3% | 1,564 | 27.2% | 1,601 | 26.9% | 1,454 | 25.8% | 1,430 | 26.6% | 1,507 | 26.5% | 1,582 | 27.3% | 1,294 | 26.6% | |
| SSHE Universities | |||||||||||||||||||
| Education | 1,871 | 42.1% | 1,664 | 40.3% | 1,659 | 44.4% | 1,791 | 47.3% | 1,665 | 50.2% | 1,636 | 53.0% | 1,594 | 51.8% | 1,391 | 46.5% | 1,396 | 50.0% | |
| Engineering | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Architectural and Engineering Technologies | 17 | 0.4% | 28 | 0.7% | 13 | 0.3% | 16 | 0.4% | 16 | 0.5% | 12 | 0.4% | 12 | 0.4% | 31 | 1.0% | 8 | 0.3% | |
| English Language and Literature | 118 | 2.7% | 108 | 2.6% | 109 | 2.9% | 96 | 2.5% | 81 | 2.4% | 82 | 2.6% | 121 | 3.9% | 94 | 3.1% | 81 | 2.9% | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences | 6 | 0.1% | 9 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Biological Sciences | 62 | 1.4% | 66 | 1.6% | 72 | 1.9% | 60 | 1.6% | 59 | 1.8% | 60 | 1.9% | 71 | 2.3% | 55 | 1.8% | 55 | 2.0% | |
| Psychology | 197 | 4.4% | 220 | 5.3% | 201 | 5.4% | 196 | 5.2% | 166 | 5.0% | 151 | 4.9% | 142 | 4.6% | 183 | 6.1% | 175 | 6.3% | |
| Social Sciences and History | 103 | 2.3% | 94 | 2.3% | 94 | 2.5% | 119 | 3.1% | 94 | 2.8% | 84 | 2.7% | 130 | 4.2% | 111 | 3.7% | 75 | 2.7% | |
| Health Professions and Related Sciences | 441 | 9.9% | 460 | 11.2% | 359 | 9.6% | 393 | 10.4% | 270 | 8.1% | 244 | 7.9% | 236 | 7.7% | 241 | 8.1% | 164 | 5.9% | |
| Business Management and Administration | 392 | 8.8% | 351 | 8.5% | 351 | 9.4% | 337 | 8.9% | 377 | 11.4% | 319 | 10.3% | 319 | 10.4% | 293 | 9.8% | 268 | 9.6% | |
| All Other Majors | 1,240 | 27.9% | 1,124 | 27.3% | 869 | 23.3% | 769 | 20.3% | 591 | 17.8% | 507 | 16.4% | 452 | 14.7% | 594 | 19.8% | 570 | 20.4% | |
| Total All Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Education | 8,123 | 28.5% | 7,482 | 27.4% | 7,087 | 27.1% | 7,329 | 28.1% | 6,507 | 27.0% | 5,644 | 25.4% | 5,281 | 24.1% | 4,155 | 21.3% | 3,691 | 22.1% | |
| Engineering | 1,486 | 5.2% | 1,464 | 5.4% | 1,463 | 5.6% | 1,447 | 5.6% | 1,300 | 5.4% | 1,163 | 5.2% | 1,234 | 5.6% | 1,391 | 7.1% | 1,255 | 7.5% | |
| Architectural and Engineering Technologies | 130 | 0.5% | 104 | 0.4% | 91 | 0.3% | 103 | 0.4% | 105 | 0.4% | 54 | 0.2% | 57 | 0.3% | 68 | 0.3% | 24 | 0.1% | |
| English Language and Literature | 450 | 1.6% | 429 | 1.6% | 351 | 1.3% | 334 | 1.3% | 278 | 1.2% | 268 | 1.2% | 320 | 1.5% | 324 | 1.7% | 296 | 1.8% | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences | 252 | 0.9% | 228 | 0.8% | 236 | 0.9% | 187 | 0.7% | 185 | 0.8% | 237 | 1.1% | 278 | 1.3% | 178 | 0.9% | 108 | 0.6% | |
| Biological Sciences | 461 | 1.6% | 460 | 1.7% | 506 | 1.9% | 388 | 1.5% | 348 | 1.4% | 264 | 1.2% | 262 | 1.2% | 190 | 1.0% | 177 | 1.1% | |
| Psychology | 1,035 | 3.6% | 936 | 3.4% | 847 | 3.2% | 769 | 3.0% | 786 | 3.3% | 607 | 2.7% | 586 | 2.7% | 581 | 3.0% | 526 | 3.2% | |
| Social Sciences and History | 493 | 1.7% | 538 | 2.0% | 462 | 1.8% | 505 | 1.9% | 413 | 1.7% | 480 | 2.2% | 525 | 2.4% | 592 | 3.0% | 541 | 3.2% | |
| Health Professions and Related Sciences | 3,428 | 12.0% | 3,139 | 11.5% | 2,941 | 11.3% | 3,063 | 11.8% | 2,667 | 11.1% | 2,778 | 12.5% | 2,848 | 13.0% | 2,132 | 10.9% | 1,474 | 8.8% | |
| Business Management and Administration | 6,233 | 21.9% | 6,204 | 22.8% | 6,490 | 24.8% | 6,299 | 24.2% | 6,224 | 25.8% | 5,853 | 26.3% | 5,713 | 26.1% | 5,196 | 26.6% | 4,663 | 28.0% | |
| All Other Majors | 6,423 | 22.5% | 6,283 | 23.0% | 5,665 | 21.7% | 5,635 | 21.6% | 5,268 | 21.9% | 4,900 | 22.0% | 4,793 | 21.9% | 4,737 | 24.2% | 3,919 | 23.5% | |
| Total All Majors | 28,514 | 27,267 | 26,139 | 26,059 | 24,081 | 22,248 | 21,897 | 19,544 | 16,674 | ||||||||||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of Education | |||||||||||||||||||
