Table 277.

Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: 2007-08

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	578,520	996,435	299,923	38,315	171,644	566,634	325,100	25,397
Agriculture and natural resources	5,518	20,974	3,853	1,163	220	3,139	831	94
Architecture and related services	525	7,211	3,791	135	43	2,594	2,274	64
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies	149	5,319	1,035	144	20	3,135	743	126
Biological and biomedical sciences	2,156	53,114	5,998	4,724	44	24,740	3,567	2,194
Business	68,455	185,378	54,904	901	52,703	149,876	100,733	1,183
Communications, journalism, and related programs	2,165	52,949	3,519	372	455	23,433	3,396	117
Communications technologies	2,344	1,083	81	0	1,893	3,583	550	7
Computer and information sciences	13,217	18,184	8,507	1,169	15,079	20,292	8,580	529
Construction trades	3,138	161	0	0	1,171	19	0	0
Education	11,991	72,585	84,023	5,066	1,117	29,997	91,857	3,425
Engineering	1,880	52,356	21,624	5,962	406	16,320	10,095	2,150
Engineering technologies2	19,404	11,583	1,518	25	9,930	3,182	1,355	30
English language and literature/letters	1,391	38,365	6,130	946	11	16,673	3,031	316
Family and consumer sciences	7,925	18,647	1,522	243	688	3,223	677	80
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,244	14,395	2,497	709	14	6,582	1,068	369
Health professions and related clinical sciences	109,359	67,584	28,318	4,731	46,457	43,894	29,802	5,155
Legal professions and studies	5,164	2,065	1,178	46	4,301	1,706	3,576	126
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,    and humanities	243,253	32,325	1,593	20	10,759	14,615	2,204	56
Library science	117	67	5,703	63	0	1	1,459	1
Mathematics and statistics	814	9,993	3,680	998	41	5,199	1,300	362
Mechanics and repair technologies	9,339	189	0	0	5,958	43	0	0
Military technologies	787	30	0	0	64	9	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	15,925	25,084	3,202	692	330	11,065	2,087	450
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	976	22,461	3,568	222	368	7,470	872	6
Philosophy and religious studies	95	5,469	654	273	363	6,788	1,225	362
Physical sciences and science technologies	3,298	14,932	4,350	3,359	90	7,002	1,549	1,445
Precision production	1,809	4	0	0	159	29	3	0
Psychology	2,254	62,278	7,915	2,251	158	30,309	13,516	3,045
Public administration and social service    professions	3,882	14,986	20,762	458	310	8,507	12,267	302
Security and protective services	20,813	25,497	2,647	83	8,777	14,738	3,113	5
Social sciences and history	7,736	112,807	10,470	2,561	76	54,556	8,025	1,498
Social sciences	7,292	89,839	8,056	2,056	66	43,083	7,036	1,143
History	444	22,968	2,414	505	10	11,473	989	355
Theology and religious vocations	1	0	0	0	581	8,992	6,996	1,446
Transportation and materials moving	942	2,135	58	0	608	3,068	924	0
Visual and performing arts	10,454	46,225	6,823	999	8,436	41,478	7,341	454
Other and unclassified	0	0	0	0	14	377	84	0

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: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 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, 2007-08 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2008. (This table was prepared June 2009.)