UT Austin - Statistical Handbook 2001 - 2002

Nine new degree programs were added this year. There is a new bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering and two new master's degrees, one in Design and one in Women's and Gender Studies. The reorganization of the School of Biological Sciences resulted in the addition of master's and doctoral degrees in Cell and Molecular Biology; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; and Plant Biology (Table D 1).

A total of 11,488 degrees were awarded by The University of Texas at Austin in 2000-2001, a decrease of 84 from the previous year. The number of bachelors degrees awarded decreased by 2.3%, while all other degree levels experienced increases over the previous year. In academic year 2000-2001, UT Austin awarded 7,624 baccalaureate degrees; 2,567 master's degrees, 720 doctoral degrees, 117 Pharm.D. degrees, and 460 law degrees. Of the total number of degrees, 51.3% were awarded to women. Women earned 53.2% of the bachelor's degrees, 47.4% of the master's degrees, 45.3% of the doctoral degrees, 70.1% of the Pharm.D. degrees, and 46.5% of the law degrees (Table D 2).

At the bachelor's level, 66.7% of the degrees for 2000-2001 were awarded to Whites, 13.8% to Hispanics, 13.0% to Asian Americans, 3.5% to foreign students, 2.4% to African Americans, 0.5% to American Indians, and 14 to students (0.2%) for whom ethnicity was not known (Table D 2).

Foreign students are well represented among those receiving graduate degrees, with one-quarter (24.9%) of the masters degrees and one-quarter (24.9%) of the doctoral degrees going to foreign students. Over one-quarter (27.4%) of the Pharm.D. degrees were awarded to Asian American students, with 26 degrees awarded to Asian American women and 6 to Asian American men (Table D 2).

The College of Liberal Arts awarded one-third (33.3%) of the bachelors degrees, followed by Natural Sciences (16.1%), Communications (14.0%), and Business (13.1%) (Table D 3).

Over three-fifths (62.1%) of the graduate degrees (masters, doctoral, law and Pharm,D.) were awarded by four colleges: Business (24.6%), Engineering (16.4%), Education (10.7%), and Natural Sciences (10.4%). Two schools awarded over 46% of the masters degrees: Business (30.8%) and Engineering (15.3%). Over 80% of the doctoral degrees were awarded by four colleges: Liberal Arts (21.9%), Natural Sciences (20.4%), Engineering (20.1%), and Education (19.2%) (Table D 3).

16 January 2002
Office of Institutional Research at UT Austin
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