Table 278.

Number of degree-granting institutions conferring degrees, by control, level of degree, and field of study: 2007-08

Field of study	Total number of institutions				Public institutions				Private institutions
	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bach- elor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bach- elor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bach- elor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
All fields, total	2,768	2,301	1,736	693	1,297	607	514	264	1,471	1,694	1,222	429
Agriculture and natural resources	449	590	200	91	424	287	159	83	25	303	41	8
Architecture and related services	79	185	140	33	73	116	93	24	6	69	47	9
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies	50	473	125	47	44	223	79	29	6	250	46	18
Biological and biomedical sciences	215	1,319	469	248	203	498	337	171	12	821	132	77
Business	1,907	1,782	1,078	157	1,132	556	394	92	775	1,226	684	65
Communications, journalism, and related programs	260	1,086	293	65	218	429	193	50	42	657	100	15
Communications technologies	270	171	18	1	234	42	4	0	36	129	14	1
Computer and information sciences	1,432	1,472	454	161	912	500	271	109	520	972	183	52
Construction trades	312	9	0	0	285	6	0	0	27	3	0	0
Education	686	1,201	1,079	317	592	437	449	188	94	764	630	129
Engineering	301	463	307	200	271	251	201	144	30	212	106	56
Engineering technologies2	1,114	340	139	9	841	211	95	5	273	129	44	4
English language and literature/letters	143	1,308	462	146	135	505	310	98	8	803	152	48
Family and consumer sciences	616	328	143	44	572	204	105	35	44	124	38	9
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	183	925	222	95	175	404	163	63	8	521	59	32
Health professions and related clinical sciences	1,758	1,180	850	295	1,077	469	363	165	681	711	487	130
Legal professions and studies	720	197	116	26	427	63	42	8	293	134	74	18
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,    and humanities	1,394	890	189	13	1,092	370	90	4	302	520	99	9
Library science	33	9	67	13	33	8	53	12	0	1	14	1
Mathematics and statistics	158	1,164	332	160	155	482	258	110	3	682	74	50
Mechanics and repair technologies	647	16	0	0	591	11	0	0	56	5	0	0
Military technologies	6	3	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	296	838	311	146	273	312	187	96	23	526	124	50
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	203	746	217	42	170	325	168	38	33	421	49	4
Philosophy and religious studies	46	914	213	108	32	305	91	54	14	609	122	54
Physical sciences and science technologies	314	1,054	329	212	299	468	242	147	15	586	87	65
Precision production	319	4	1	0	307	1	0	0	12	3	1	0
Psychology	181	1,367	652	287	162	499	320	145	19	868	332	142
Public administration and social service    professions	333	726	431	110	305	317	284	71	28	409	147	39
Security and protective services	1,177	757	227	17	838	306	136	15	339	451	91	2
Social sciences and history	244	1,339	439	180	219	510	308	123	25	829	131	57
Social sciences	233	1,263	364	168	210	497	255	115	23	766	109	53
History	88	1,194	339	131	83	473	261	91	5	721	78	40
Theology and religious vocations	83	408	310	125	1	0	0	0	82	408	310	125
Transportation and materials moving	98	85	13	0	87	46	4	0	11	39	9	0
Visual and performing arts	765	1,377	422	102	552	471	250	69	213	906	172	33
Other and unclassified	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	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. Prior to counting the numbers of institutions awarding various types of degrees, certain aggregations were 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.)