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Description for Chart 5. Percentage distribution of university graduates, by field of study, 1992 and 2007

  1992 2007
percent
Personal, protective and transportation services 0.0 0.2
Other 0.4 0.7
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 1.4 1.6
Parks, recreation and fitness 2.2 2.4
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 3.0 3.6
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 3.9 3.5
Physical and life sciences, and technologies 6.8 7.8
Health professions and related programs 6.9 8.4
Architecture, engineering and related technologies 7.0 8.0
Humanities 12.8 11.3
Education 15.5 11.4
Business, management and public administration 18.2 20.2
Social and behavioural sciences, and law 22.0 20.9
Source: Statistics Canada, Postsecondary Student Information System.