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Table 262. Number of degree-granting institutions conferring degrees, by level of degree and discipline division: 1999-2000
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                                         |    Total number of institutions      |     Number of public institutions    |   Number of private institutions
                                         |            awarding degrees          |            awarding degrees          |            awarding degrees          
           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 .................................|   2,546 |    1,995 |  1,499 |    535 |   1,288 |      583 |    503 |    236 |   1,258 |    1,412 |    996 |    299
                                         |_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
Agricultural business and production ....|     336 |      128 |     57 |     33 |     322 |       97 |     55 |     32 |      14 |       31 |      2 |      1
Agricultural sciences ...................|     105 |      133 |     79 |     50 |      97 |      115 |     76 |     50 |       8 |       18 |      3 |      0
Architecture and related programs .......|      39 |      171 |    127 |     28 |      33 |      107 |     90 |     20 |       6 |       64 |     37 |      8
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ......|      44 |      424 |    117 |     39 |      36 |      187 |     70 |     22 |       8 |      237 |     47 |     17
Biological sciences/life sciences .......|     184 |    1,269 |    435 |    224 |     166 |      480 |    309 |    151 |      18 |      789 |    126 |     73
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Business management and administrative   |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  services ..............................|   1,788 |    1,480 |    846 |    128 |   1,144 |      518 |    372 |     84 |     644 |      962 |    474 |     44
Communications ..........................|     245 |      941 |    249 |     50 |     195 |      383 |    169 |     40 |      50 |      558 |     80 |     10
Communications technologies .............|     177 |       42 |     13 |      2 |     160 |       19 |      2 |      0 |      17 |       23 |     11 |      2
Computer and information sciences .......|     912 |    1,123 |    381 |    124 |     571 |      444 |    231 |     84 |     341 |      679 |    150 |     40
Conservation and renewable natural       |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  resources .............................|     139 |      388 |    138 |     59 |     125 |      181 |    107 |     54 |      14 |      207 |     31 |      5
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Consumer and personal services ..........|     282 |       20 |      1 |      0 |     219 |        9 |      0 |      0 |      63 |       11 |      1 |      0
Construction trades .....................|     219 |       12 |      1 |      0 |     206 |        6 |      0 |      0 |      13 |        6 |      1 |      0
Education ...............................|     410 |    1,146 |    935 |    245 |     332 |      425 |    432 |    168 |      78 |      721 |    503 |     77
Engineering .............................|     253 |      415 |    270 |    180 |     231 |      224 |    177 |    131 |      22 |      191 |     93 |     49
Engineering-related technologies ........|   1,044 |      319 |     68 |      3 |     813 |      216 |     56 |      2 |     231 |      103 |     12 |      1
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
English language and literature/letters .|     133 |    1,272 |    435 |    143 |     122 |      486 |    300 |     94 |      11 |      786 |    135 |     49
Foreign languages and literatures .......|      76 |      855 |    201 |     88 |      72 |      378 |    147 |     60 |       4 |      477 |     54 |     28
Health professions and related sciences .|   1,437 |    1,007 |    667 |    164 |   1,009 |      442 |    330 |    116 |     428 |      565 |    337 |     48
Home economics ..........................|      91 |      306 |    181 |     42 |      75 |      204 |    118 |     32 |      16 |      102 |     63 |     10
Law and legal studies ...................|     525 |      159 |     82 |     17 |     332 |       49 |     32 |      4 |     193 |      110 |     50 |     13
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Liberal arts and sciences, general       |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  studies, and humanities ...............|   1,327 |      789 |    174 |     20 |   1,030 |      329 |     86 |      7 |     297 |      460 |     88 |     13
Library science .........................|      29 |       12 |     68 |     17 |      29 |       11 |     56 |     15 |       0 |        1 |     12 |      2
Marketing operations/marketing and       |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  distribution ..........................|     410 |      150 |     18 |      2 |     324 |       55 |      2 |      1 |      86 |       95 |     16 |      1
Mathematics .............................|     146 |    1,127 |    317 |    156 |     137 |      472 |    245 |    108 |       9 |      655 |     72 |     48
Mechanics and repairers .................|     593 |        7 |      0 |      0 |     545 |        4 |      0 |      0 |      48 |        3 |      0 |      0
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .........|     227 |      634 |    220 |     58 |     205 |      265 |    143 |     38 |      22 |      369 |     77 |     20
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness  |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  studies ...............................|     133 |      607 |    156 |     29 |     117 |      264 |    125 |     27 |      16 |      343 |     31 |      2
Philosophy and religion .................|      27 |      839 |    196 |     98 |      20 |      285 |     85 |     53 |       7 |      554 |    111 |     45
Physical sciences .......................|     149 |    1,069 |    330 |    207 |     139 |      460 |    241 |    137 |      10 |      609 |     89 |     70
Precision production trades .............|     719 |       30 |      1 |      0 |     586 |       22 |      0 |      0 |     133 |        8 |      1 |      0
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Protective services .....................|     858 |      513 |    136 |     11 |     762 |      262 |     97 |     10 |      96 |      251 |     39 |      1
Psychology ..............................|     162 |    1,283 |    593 |    259 |     143 |      471 |    309 |    133 |      19 |      812 |    284 |    126
Public administration and services ......|     277 |      653 |    369 |     85 |     239 |      299 |    249 |     53 |      38 |      354 |    120 |     32
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ......|       2 |        1 |      0 |      0 |       2 |        1 |      0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0
Science technologies ....................|     140 |       24 |      6 |      1 |     127 |       12 |      5 |      1 |      13 |       12 |      1 |      0
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Social sciences and history .............|     253 |    1,302 |    427 |    180 |     213 |      488 |    298 |    119 |      40 |      814 |    129 |     61
Theological studies/religious vocations .|      83 |      349 |    268 |    118 |       1 |        0 |      0 |      0 |      82 |      349 |    268 |    118
Transportation and material moving       |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  workers ...............................|     117 |       65 |      7 |      0 |     103 |       38 |      4 |      0 |      14 |       27 |      3 |      0
Visual and performing arts ..............|     643 |    1,266 |    375 |    100 |     466 |      454 |    235 |     66 |     177 |      812 |    140 |     34
Vocational home economics ...............|     571 |       32 |      7 |      0 |     547 |       15 |      4 |      0 |      24 |       17 |      3 |      0
Not classified by field of study ........|      17 |       11 |     12 |      3 |       8 |        3 |      3 |      0 |       9 |        8 |      9 |      3
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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, 1999-2000 and "Consolidated" survey, 2000. (This table was prepared July 2001.)


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