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Show 187 Women in the Labor Force Table 90.-EARNED BACHELOR'S AND FIRST PRoFEeSIONAL DEGREES CONFERRED ON WOMEN, BY SELECTED FIELDS OF STUDY, 1956 AND 1964-Continued Percent distribution Number Selected field of study conferred 1956 1956 1964- 1956 1964- 27,520 12,605 13.6 11. 3 33.9 30.8 27,285 1,068 8,422 12,488 13. 5 11. 2 34.2 31. 0 676 .5 .6 10.1 10.3 3,201 4 2 2. 9 35.4 30.4 2,738 1, 109 1.4 1.0 22.4 19.6 general program, 4,860 2,319 2.4 2.1 38.3 36. 5 administratfon 2, 159 6,587 1,451 1.1 1.0 62. 3 66.2 3,363 3. 3 3. 0 ""59.6 56. 8 648 .7 .6 24.2 18.6 235 117 .1 .1 18.1 18.0 26,866 14,088 13. 3 12. 6 20.9 16.6 6,454 11,049 5,995 2,450 2,959 7,606 1,523 1,501 3. 2 2.6 28. 3 23. 5 5.5 6.8 43. 5 34. 0 3.0 1.4 32. 1 32. 7 1.2 1.3 14. 0 12.9 918 499 .5 .4 2.1 1.5 12,68'0 11, 185 6. 3 10.0 14. 8 17.9 4,637 4,805 1,966 1,272 4,094 4,673 1,233 1, 185 ____________ Social sciences ________ Economics History ________ __________ Political science, government _____ Social science, Social work, social Sociology Other ___ _________ ____________ Geography ____________ Basic and applied sciences __ Biological sciences Health professions Mathematical subjects Physical sciences _____ ______ __ ______ ________________ Other professional fields ____ 1,172 .. Business and commerce __________ Home economics Library science Other grees 1964- Social sciences Other As percent of bachelor's all and first prode[essional ______ ________ ________________ 2.3 3. 7 7. 9 9. 7 2.4 4.2 97.9 99.3 1.0 1.1 77.6 77.4 .6 1.1 6.6 8. 5 Source: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education: "Earned Degrees, 1955-56" and "Earned Degrees, 1963-64." 7 out of 10 in foreign languages and literature, art. education, and business and commercial education and about 2 out of 3 in English and journalism. On the other hand, women received only about 1 0Ut of 10 first level degrees in economics and less than lout of 10 degrees in business and commerce. Master's degrees.-Women who have majored in another field of study 'at the undergraduate level often obtain their master's degree in education in order to qualify for teaching positions in secondary for higher rates of pay. Thus master's degrees schools or to qualify |
