Bachelor's Degrees Awarded by Discipline
1997-98 Compared to 1987-1988

                                                                1997-98                   1987-88
Discipline                                                N            %            N            %

Agriculture/Forestry/Environmental Studies                445          4.7          212          2.5
Architecture                                               91          1.0          108          1.3
Biological Sciences                                       471          5.0          236          2.8
Business                                                1,445         15.3        1,771         21.1
Communications/Journalism                                 327          3.5          321          3.8
Computer Science                                          211          2.2          252          3.0
Education                                                 387          4.1        1,155         13.8
Engineering/Engineering Technologies                      587          6.2          811          9.7
Health Sciences                                           310          3.3          213          2.5
Humanities/Fine Arts                                    1,367         14.5          891         10.6
Mathematics                                                95          1.0          116          1.4
Physical Sciences                                         122          1.3          123          1.5
Social Sciences                                         2,251         23.9        1,320         15.7
All Other*                                              1,312         13.9          856         10.2

    Total                                               9,421        100.0        8,385        100.0

NOTE:  Excludes Oregon Health Sciences University .

*"Other" includes degrees awarded in area, ethnic and cultural studies; marketing operations,
marketing and distribution; home economics; interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary studies;
parks, recreation, and leisure studies; protective studies; and public administration and services.

Source:  OUS Institutional Research Services, 1987-88 and 1997-98 IPEDS Completions Survey.