Table 277.

Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: 2006–07

Field of study	Public institutions				Private institutions
	Associate's degrees	Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Associate's degrees	Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
All fields, total	566,535	975,513	291,971	36,230	161,579	548,579	312,636	24,386
Agriculture and natural resources	5,619	20,028	3,912	1,189	219	3,105	711	83
Architecture and related services	455	7,325	3,784	120	62	2,392	2,167	58
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies	153	5,076	1,022	139	11	3,118	677	94
Biological and biomedical sciences	1,958	51,460	5,558	4,320	102	23,691	3,189	2,034
Business	67,236	180,825	52,615	953	48,865	146,706	97,596	1,076
Communications, journalism, and related programs	2,052	51,885	3,299	362	557	22,898	3,474	117
Communications technologies	2,388	909	53	0	707	2,728	446	1
Computer and information sciences	13,179	20,070	7,963	1,073	14,533	22,100	8,269	522
Construction trades	3,026	126	0	0	869	3	0	0
Education	11,945	75,125	84,806	4,916	1,076	30,516	91,766	3,345
Engineering	1,750	51,369	20,176	5,936	386	15,723	9,296	2,126
Engineering technologies2	19,502	11,401	1,436	10	9,697	3,187	1,254	51
English language and literature/letters	1,237	38,427	5,828	886	12	16,695	2,914	292
Family and consumer sciences	8,392	18,233	1,482	244	732	3,167	598	93
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,195	13,847	2,480	658	12	6,428	963	401
Health professions and related clinical sciences	104,337	62,627	26,920	3,657	41,099	39,183	27,611	4,698
Legal professions and studies	5,408	2,004	1,113	27	4,983	1,592	3,373	116
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	239,766	31,574	1,550	27	10,264	12,681	2,084	50
Library science	84	82	5,599	51	0	0	1,168	1
Mathematics and statistics	819	9,861	3,685	973	8	5,093	1,199	378
Mechanics and repair technologies	9,085	152	0	0	6,347	111	0	0
Military technologies	781	55	0	0	0	113	202	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	15,580	24,283	2,902	638	258	9,509	1,860	455
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	976	20,697	3,341	193	275	6,733	769	25
Philosophy and religious studies	74	5,409	563	252	301	6,560	1,153	385
Physical sciences and science technologies	3,321	14,244	4,371	3,441	83	6,829	1,468	1,405
Precision production	1,817	7	0	0	156	16	5	0
Psychology	2,069	60,637	7,987	2,194	144	29,402	13,050	2,959
Public administration and social service professions	3,930	14,878	19,761	428	408	8,269	11,370	298
Security and protective services	20,624	25,242	2,382	82	7,584	13,964	2,524	3
Social sciences and history	6,959	110,162	10,402	2,505	121	54,021	7,263	1,339
Social sciences	6,567	87,403	8,032	1,984	106	42,334	6,489	1,053
History	392	22,759	2,370	521	15	11,687	774	286
Theology and religious vocations	0	4	0	0	608	8,692	6,446	1,573
Transportation and materials moving	967	2,261	66	0	707	3,396	919	0
Visual and performing arts	9,851	45,228	6,915	956	10,393	39,958	6,852	408

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 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanics and repair technologies," which are listed separately. NOTE: To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS Fall survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences and Natural resources and conservation; and "Business" includes Business management, marketing, and related support services and Personal and culinary services. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2006–07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2007. (This table was prepared June 2008.)