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Table 260. Number of degree-granting institutions conferring degrees, by level of degree and discipline division: 1997-98
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                                         |      Total number of institutions    |           Public institutions        |          Private institutions
                                         |______________________________________|______________________________________|______________________________________
           Discipline division           |Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's
                                         | degrees |  degrees |degrees |degrees | degrees |  degrees |degrees |degrees | degrees |  degrees |degrees |degrees
_________________________________________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
                    1                    |    2    |    3     |   4    |   5    |    6    |    7     |   8    |   9    |   10    |    11    |   12   |   13
_________________________________________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
  Total .................................|   2,465 |    1,910 |  1,416 |    517 |   1,283 |      565 |    495 |    231 |   1,182 |    1,345 |    921 |    286
                                         |_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
Agricultural business and production ....|     331 |      124 |     62 |     34 |     319 |       96 |     58 |     33 |      12 |       28 |      4 |      1
Agricultural sciences ...................|     104 |      126 |     78 |     52 |      99 |      113 |     75 |     52 |       5 |       13 |      3 |      0
Architecture and related programs .......|      31 |      163 |    115 |     25 |      26 |      104 |     86 |     19 |       5 |       59 |     29 |      6
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ......|      38 |      388 |    113 |     38 |      33 |      173 |     67 |     19 |       5 |      215 |     46 |     19
Biological sciences/life sciences .......|     198 |    1,254 |    427 |    225 |     181 |      475 |    307 |    151 |      17 |      779 |    120 |     74
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Business management and administrative   |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  services ..............................|   1,756 |    1,420 |    796 |    127 |   1,141 |      501 |    362 |     83 |     615 |      919 |    434 |     44
Communications ..........................|     235 |      912 |    239 |     51 |     193 |      375 |    164 |     41 |      42 |      537 |     75 |     10
Communications technologies .............|     166 |       35 |     13 |      2 |     152 |       18 |      3 |      0 |      14 |       17 |     10 |      2
Computer and information sciences .......|     802 |    1,079 |    354 |    129 |     550 |      442 |    217 |     87 |     252 |      637 |    137 |     42
Conservation and renewable natural       |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  resources .............................|     137 |      338 |    120 |     51 |     123 |      167 |     95 |     47 |      14 |      171 |     25 |      4
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Consumer and personal services ..........|     266 |       11 |      0 |      0 |     218 |        5 |      0 |      0 |      48 |        6 |      0 |      0
Construction trades .....................|     202 |       14 |      2 |      0 |     187 |        6 |      1 |      0 |      15 |        8 |      1 |      0
Education ...............................|     408 |    1,128 |    900 |    229 |     320 |      423 |    426 |    160 |      88 |      705 |    474 |     69
Engineering .............................|     269 |      411 |    264 |    177 |     243 |      221 |    174 |    128 |      26 |      190 |     90 |     49
Engineering-related technologies ........|   1,034 |      306 |     65 |      4 |     825 |      211 |     52 |      3 |     209 |       95 |     13 |      1
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
English language and literature/letters .|     142 |    1,256 |    428 |    143 |     128 |      482 |    299 |     96 |      14 |      774 |    129 |     47
Foreign languages and literatures .......|      82 |      840 |    201 |     86 |      79 |      377 |    146 |     55 |       3 |      463 |     55 |     31
Health professions and related sciences .|   1,406 |      966 |    619 |    163 |   1,007 |      430 |    319 |    113 |     399 |      536 |    300 |     50
Home economics ..........................|      92 |      311 |    182 |     44 |      76 |      205 |    118 |     34 |      16 |      106 |     64 |     10
Law and legal studies ...................|     508 |      148 |     75 |     14 |     331 |       47 |     29 |      2 |     177 |      101 |     46 |     12
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Liberal arts and sciences, general       |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  studies, and humanities ...............|   1,323 |      742 |    154 |     18 |   1,030 |      305 |     76 |      7 |     293 |      437 |     78 |     11
Library science .........................|      29 |       13 |     68 |     17 |      27 |       12 |     56 |     16 |       2 |        1 |     12 |      1
Marketing operations/marketing and       |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  distribution ..........................|     445 |      162 |     19 |      1 |     347 |       61 |      4 |      0 |      98 |      101 |     15 |      1
Mathematics .............................|     139 |    1,121 |    340 |    158 |     130 |      469 |    255 |    112 |       9 |      652 |     85 |     46
Mechanics and repairers .................|     583 |        7 |      0 |      0 |     534 |        3 |      0 |      0 |      49 |        4 |      0 |      0
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .........|     197 |      627 |    210 |     59 |     175 |      269 |    137 |     39 |      22 |      358 |     73 |     20
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness  |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  studies ...............................|     134 |      556 |    134 |     27 |     120 |      250 |    113 |     25 |      14 |      306 |     21 |      2
Philosophy and religion .................|      39 |      837 |    193 |     95 |      24 |      286 |     86 |     50 |      15 |      551 |    107 |     45
Physical sciences .......................|     148 |    1,060 |    335 |    203 |     140 |      463 |    241 |    138 |       8 |      597 |     94 |     65
Precision production trades .............|     681 |       32 |      3 |      0 |     568 |       22 |      1 |      0 |     113 |       10 |      2 |      0
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Protective services .....................|     832 |      482 |    117 |      8 |     748 |      254 |     85 |      8 |      84 |      228 |     32 |      0
Psychology ..............................|     161 |    1,252 |    552 |    248 |     139 |      465 |    306 |    133 |      22 |      787 |    246 |    115
Public administration and services ......|     270 |      641 |    355 |     81 |     236 |      297 |    241 |     50 |      34 |      344 |    114 |     31
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ......|       1 |        2 |      0 |      0 |       1 |        2 |      0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0
Science technologies ....................|     116 |       24 |      3 |      1 |     106 |        8 |      2 |      1 |      10 |       16 |      1 |      0
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Social sciences and history .............|     225 |    1,295 |    419 |    175 |     191 |      491 |    296 |    118 |      34 |      804 |    123 |     57
Theological studies/religious vocations .|      82 |      341 |    244 |    113 |       1 |        0 |      0 |      0 |      81 |      341 |    244 |    113
Transportation and material moving       |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  workers ...............................|     115 |       70 |      7 |      0 |      99 |       37 |      4 |      0 |      16 |       33 |      3 |      0
Visual and performing arts ..............|     597 |    1,243 |    374 |    101 |     419 |      452 |    236 |     65 |     178 |      791 |    138 |     36
Vocational home economics ...............|     547 |       32 |      6 |      0 |     522 |       13 |      4 |      0 |      25 |       19 |      2 |      0
Not classified by field of study ........|      22 |        7 |     10 |      5 |       4 |        0 |      0 |      0 |      18 |        7 |     10 |      5
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NOTE: Doctor's degrees include Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. Data represent programs, not organizational units within institutions.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions" survey, 1997-98 and "Consolidated" survey, 1998. (This table was prepared June 2000.)


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