Nearly 1.8 million bachelor's degrees and over 750,000 master's degrees are awarded annually by U.S. postsecondary institutions (National Center for Education Statistics website, November 2014). The Department of Education tracks the field of study for these graduates in the following categories: Business (B), Computer Sciences and Engineering (CSE), Education (E), Humanities (H), Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM), Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS), and Other (O). Consider the following samples of 100 graduates:
Bachelor's Degree Field of Study:
SBS H H H E B O SBS NSM CSE
O B B O O H B O SBS O
H CSE CSE O CSE B H O O SBS
SBS SBS B H NSM B B O SBS SBS
B H SBS O B B O O B O
O H SBS H CSE CSE B E CSE SBS
SBS NSM NSM CSE H H E E SBS CSE
NSM NSM SBS O H H B SBS SBS NSM
H B B O O O NSM H E B
E B O B B B O O O O
Master's Degree Field of Study:
O O B O B E B H E B
O E SBS B CSE H B E E O
O B B O E CSE NSM O B E
H H B E SBS E E B O E
SBS B B CSE H B B CSE SBS B
CSE B E CSE B E CSE O E O
B O E O B NSM H E B E
B E B O E E H O O O
CSE O O H B O B E CSE O
E O SBS E E O SBS B B O
a. Provide a percent frequency distribution for "Bachelor's" and "Master's".