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Table 258. Number of degree-granting institutions conferring degrees, by level of degree and discipline division: 2000-01

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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 .................................|   2,580 |    2,009 |  1,508 |    544 |   1,304 |      585 |    502 |    237 |   1,276 |    1,424 |  1,006 |    307
                                         |_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
Agricultural business and production ....|     339 |      126 |     59 |     32 |     326 |       97 |     58 |     31 |      13 |       29 |      1 |      1
Agricultural sciences ...................|     106 |      132 |     76 |     50 |     100 |      116 |     73 |     50 |       6 |       16 |      3 |      0
Architecture and related programs .......|      42 |      174 |    123 |     29 |      36 |      111 |     88 |     20 |       6 |       63 |     35 |      9
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ......|      34 |      423 |    118 |     37 |      26 |      191 |     71 |     19 |       8 |      232 |     47 |     18
Biological sciences/life sciences .......|     188 |    1,264 |    431 |    218 |     172 |      480 |    310 |    147 |      16 |      784 |    121 |     71
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Business management and administrative   |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  services ..............................|   1,774 |    1,509 |    876 |    130 |   1,155 |      526 |    375 |     82 |     619 |      983 |    501 |     48
Communications ..........................|     237 |      956 |    244 |     51 |     195 |      388 |    170 |     40 |      42 |      568 |     74 |     11
Communications technologies .............|     192 |       48 |     15 |      1 |     169 |       20 |      2 |      0 |      23 |       28 |     13 |      1
Computer and information sciences .......|     998 |    1,173 |    379 |    126 |     614 |      454 |    236 |     85 |     384 |      719 |    143 |     41
Conservation and renewable natural       |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  resources .............................|     145 |      405 |    141 |     53 |     132 |      184 |    111 |     49 |      13 |      221 |     30 |      4
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Consumer and personal services ..........|     294 |       23 |      1 |      0 |     223 |       10 |      0 |      0 |      71 |       13 |      1 |      0
Construction trades .....................|     211 |       14 |      1 |      0 |     198 |        6 |      0 |      0 |      13 |        8 |      1 |      0
Education ...............................|     417 |    1,149 |    944 |    249 |     339 |      428 |    434 |    169 |      78 |      721 |    510 |     80
Engineering .............................|     245 |      418 |    275 |    181 |     225 |      231 |    182 |    134 |      20 |      187 |     93 |     47
Engineering-related technologies ........|   1,068 |      322 |     70 |      4 |     823 |      219 |     59 |      3 |     245 |      103 |     11 |      1
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
English language and literature/letters .|     125 |    1,271 |    440 |    143 |     117 |      490 |    306 |     94 |       8 |      781 |    134 |     49
Foreign languages and literatures .......|      78 |      860 |    203 |     92 |      75 |      382 |    150 |     59 |       3 |      478 |     53 |     33
Health professions and related sciences .|   1,438 |    1,006 |    686 |    172 |   1,010 |      444 |    332 |    116 |     428 |      562 |    354 |     56
Home economics ..........................|      97 |      307 |    189 |     43 |      79 |      206 |    125 |     36 |      18 |      101 |     64 |      7
Law and legal studies ...................|     524 |      156 |     93 |     19 |     330 |       48 |     38 |      4 |     194 |      108 |     55 |     15
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Liberal arts and sciences, general       |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  studies, and humanities ...............|   1,337 |      804 |    177 |     14 |   1,041 |      339 |     89 |      6 |     296 |      465 |     88 |      8
Library science .........................|      26 |       11 |     71 |     15 |      26 |       10 |     56 |     14 |       0 |        1 |     15 |      1
Marketing operations/marketing and       |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  distribution ..........................|     389 |      148 |     20 |      2 |     310 |       53 |      2 |      1 |      79 |       95 |     18 |      1
Mathematics .............................|     144 |    1,122 |    321 |    151 |     133 |      471 |    249 |    107 |      11 |      651 |     72 |     44
Mechanics and repairers .................|     610 |        6 |      0 |      0 |     555 |        3 |      0 |      0 |      55 |        3 |      0 |      0
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .........|     222 |      652 |    216 |     65 |     201 |      276 |    141 |     40 |      21 |      376 |     75 |     25
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness  |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  studies ...............................|     138 |      633 |    162 |     34 |     119 |      276 |    130 |     31 |      19 |      357 |     32 |      3
Philosophy and religion .................|      27 |      846 |    191 |    103 |      17 |      290 |     85 |     52 |      10 |      556 |    106 |     51
Physical sciences .......................|     148 |    1,058 |    336 |    209 |     141 |      462 |    245 |    142 |       7 |      596 |     91 |     67
Precision production trades .............|     727 |       29 |      1 |      0 |     591 |       23 |      0 |      0 |     136 |        6 |      1 |      0
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Protective services .....................|     872 |      524 |    147 |     13 |     773 |      271 |    104 |     11 |      99 |      253 |     43 |      2
Psychology ..............................|     169 |    1,286 |    605 |    260 |     150 |      473 |    315 |    132 |      19 |      813 |    290 |    128
Public administration and services ......|     274 |      659 |    371 |     70 |     239 |      305 |    252 |     56 |      35 |      354 |    119 |     14
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ......|       2 |        2 |      0 |      0 |       2 |        2 |      0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0
Science technologies ....................|     132 |       21 |      5 |      0 |     123 |       12 |      5 |      0 |       9 |        9 |      0 |      0
                                         |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Social sciences and history .............|     234 |    1,296 |    413 |    179 |     204 |      491 |    292 |    118 |      30 |      805 |    121 |     61
Theological studies/religious vocations .|      81 |      348 |    273 |    112 |       1 |        0 |      0 |      0 |      80 |      348 |    273 |    112
Transportation and material moving       |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  workers ...............................|     110 |       75 |      7 |      0 |      94 |       41 |      3 |      0 |      16 |       34 |      4 |      0
Visual and performing arts ..............|     634 |    1,282 |    380 |    102 |     456 |      455 |    237 |     67 |     178 |      827 |    143 |     35
Vocational home economics ...............|     589 |       25 |      4 |      0 |     568 |       12 |      2 |      0 |      21 |       13 |      2 |      0
Not classified by field of study ........|       9 |        6 |      5 |      3 |       2 |        0 |      0 |      0 |       7 |        6 |      5 |      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, 2000-01 and "Consolidated" survey, 2001. (This table was prepared November 2002.)


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