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Table 257. Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 2000-01

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                                                |          Public institutions           |          Private institutions
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              Discipline division               |Associate|Bachelor's|Master's| Doctor's |Associate|Bachelor's|Master's| Doctor's
                                                | degrees | degrees  |degrees |degrees\1\| degrees | degrees  |degrees |degrees\1\
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                       1                        |    2    |    3     |   4    |    5     |    6    |    7     |   8    |    9
________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|__________
  Total ........................................| 456,487 |  812,438 |246,054 |   28,187 | 122,378 |  431,733 |222,422 |   16,717
                                                |_________|__________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|__________
Agriculture and natural resources\2\ ...........|   6,232 |   21,087 |  3,726 |    1,116 |     417 |    2,295 |    555 |       23
Architecture and related programs ..............|     361 |    6,517 |  2,804 |       92 |      56 |    1,963 |  1,498 |       61
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .............|      63 |    3,655 |    794 |      128 |     244 |    2,662 |    807 |       92
Biological sciences/life sciences ..............|   1,369 |   39,732 |  4,283 |    3,014 |      75 |   20,821 |  2,061 |    1,586
Business\3\ ....................................|  72,319 |  155,500 | 45,295 |      666 |  36,499 |  110,246 | 71,180 |      514
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Communications .................................|   1,584 |   40,090 |  2,684 |      298 |   1,365 |   17,923 |  2,534 |       70
Communications technologies ....................|   1,493 |      463 |     92 |        0 |     490 |      587 |    441 |        2
Computer and information sciences ..............|  13,332 |   23,978 |  8,411 |      499 |  13,007 |   17,976 |  7,627 |      269
Construction trades ............................|   2,096 |       50 |      0 |        0 |     586 |      124 |      7 |        0
Education ......................................|   7,853 |   75,786 | 72,719 |    4,785 |   1,366 |   29,780 | 56,347 |    1,931
                                                |         |          |        |          |         |          |        |
Engineering ....................................|   1,463 |   44,087 | 18,025 |    3,956 |     362 |   14,011 |  8,225 |    1,602
Engineering-related technologies ...............|  17,921 |   10,117 |    720 |       18 |  16,546 |    3,805 |    131 |        1
English language and literature/letters ........|     809 |   34,865 |  5,007 |    1,137 |      68 |   16,554 |  1,934 |      369
Foreign languages and literatures ..............|     424 |   10,224 |  2,069 |      561 |     105 |    4,922 |    732 |      333
Health professions and related sciences ........|  66,727 |   47,930 | 23,598 |    1,889 |  15,457 |   25,560 | 20,019 |      966
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Home economics and vocational home economics ...|   8,096 |   15,067 |  1,684 |      262 |     534 |    2,710 |  1,117 |      126
Law and legal studies ..........................|   3,954 |    1,095 |    750 |       13 |   2,900 |      863 |  3,079 |      273
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,     |         |          |        |          |         |          |        |
  and humanities ...............................| 188,252 |   26,100 |  1,474 |       49 |   8,591 |   11,862 |  1,719 |       53
Library science ................................|     103 |       49 |  3,821 |       56 |       0 |        3 |    906 |        2
Mathematics ....................................|     664 |    7,553 |  2,565 |      749 |      31 |    4,121 |    808 |      275
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Mechanics and repairers ........................|   8,212 |       74 |      0 |        0 |   4,438 |       19 |      0 |        0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ................|  10,285 |   19,074 |  1,783 |      225 |     153 |    6,925 |  1,177 |      188
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.|     676 |   14,369 |  2,008 |      166 |     165 |    5,196 |    479 |       11
Philosophy and religion ........................|      34 |    3,411 |    428 |      253 |      31 |    5,149 |    912 |      343
Physical sciences and science technologies .....|   2,213 |   11,627 |  3,712 |    2,812 |     124 |    6,352 |  1,370 |    1,164
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Precision production trades ....................|   7,193 |      302 |      0 |        0 |   4,300 |       45 |      2 |        0
Protective services ............................|  15,094 |   18,859 |  1,344 |       38 |   1,331 |    6,352 |  1,170 |        6
Psychology .....................................|   1,338 |   48,986 |  6,016 |    1,882 |     216 |   24,548 |  9,180 |    2,777
Public administration and services .............|   2,977 |   13,494 | 15,712 |      290 |     356 |    5,953 |  9,556 |      284
R.O.T.C. and military technologies .............|     120 |       21 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |        0
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Social sciences and history ....................|   4,835 |   82,655 |  8,720 |    2,474 |     297 |   45,381 |  5,071 |    1,456
Theological studies/religious vocations ........|       2 |        0 |      0 |        0 |     574 |    6,967 |  4,900 |    1,469
Transportation and material moving workers .....|     689 |    1,472 |     87 |        0 |     379 |    2,276 |    669 |        0
Visual and performing arts .....................|   7,550 |   34,149 |  5,723 |      759 |  10,885 |   26,999 |  5,681 |      408
Not classified by field of study ...............|     154 |        0 |      0 |        0 |     430 |      783 |    528 |       63
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\1\Includes 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.
\2\Includes "Agricultural business and production," "Agricultural sciences," and "Conservation and renewable natural resources."
\3\Includes "Business management and administrative services," "Marketing operations/marketing and distribution," and "Consumer and personal services."

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions" survey, 2000-01 and "Consolidated" survey 2001. (This table was prepared November 2002.)


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