A report in Ultima Hora indicates that the careers of accounting, marketing, computer science and business (including hotel administration) are chosen by 70% of all Dominican university students. In order of demand by students in the Dominican Republic, National Council for Superior Studies (CONES) statistics shows the career breakdown in 1997 was as follows per number of students:Accounting 22,413 Education 20,786 Law 19,100 Computer Sciences 17,697 Marketing 17,692 Business 12,173 Medicine 10,596 Industrial Engineering 6,799 Electromechanical Engineering 6,584 Languages 4,121 Psychology 4,112 Civil Engineering 3,415 Architecture 3,341 Advertising 2,978 Tourism and Hotel School 2,615 Journalism 2,54 Bioanalysis 2,224 Electronic Engineering 1,765 Art and Decoration 1, 618 Pharmacy 1,587 Nursing 1,439 Philosophy 1,399 Dentistry 1,374 Secretarial School 1,128 Electrical Engineering 939 Agronomy 797 Economy 544 Mechanical Engineering 533 Mathematics and Physics 341 Chemical Engineering 337 Veterinary 324 Civil Construction 254 Theology 213 Land surveying 193 Diplomacy 148 Archaeology 141 Statistics 75 Biotechnology 65 Auditing 50 Nutrition 59 Banking 49 Sociology 37 Environment 12 Geology and Mines 8
