Degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 1995-96

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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 | degrees | degrees  |degrees |degrees
________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
                       1                        |    2    |    3     |   4    |   5    |    6    |    7     |   8    |   9
________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
  Total ........................................| 454,291 |  774,070 |227,179 | 29,516 | 100,925 |  390,722 |179,122 | 15,136
                                                |_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources\1\ ...........|   5,826 |   19,933 |  3,895 |  1,243 |     356 |    1,498 |    674 |     28
Architecture and related programs ..............|     248 |    6,191 |  2,776 |     96 |       8 |    2,161 |  1,217 |     45
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .............|      92 |    3,088 |    990 |     84 |      19 |    2,698 |    723 |    100
Biological sciences/life sciences ..............|   1,961 |   39,634 |  4,296 |  3,291 |      76 |   21,360 |  1,861 |  1,489
Business\2\ ....................................|  73,694 |  135,342 | 37,156 |    917 |  33,474 |   91,760 | 56,826 |    451
                                                |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Communications .................................|   1,357 |   33,139 |  2,666 |    276 |     830 |   14,181 |  2,414 |     62
Communications technologies ....................|   1,590 |      420 |    102 |      0 |     167 |      263 |    422 |      7
Computer and information sciences ..............|   6,811 |   14,627 |  5,705 |    546 |   2,847 |    9,471 |  4,446 |    321
Construction trades ............................|   1,562 |       24 |      0 |      0 |     579 |       56 |      0 |      0
Education ......................................|   8,593 |   78,471 | 67,562 |  5,082 |   1,157 |   27,038 | 38,691 |  1,594
                                                |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Engineering ....................................|   1,756 |   47,068 | 18,610 |  4,531 |     441 |   15,046 |  8,831 |  1,838
Engineering-related technologies ...............|  20,926 |   10,906 |    919 |     11 |  12,076 |    4,283 |    206 |      0
English language and literature/letters ........|   1,225 |   34,023 |  5,817 |  1,172 |      85 |   16,675 |  2,076 |    363
Foreign languages and literatures ..............|     380 |    9,070 |  2,356 |    524 |     227 |    4,882 |    768 |    352
Health professions and related sciences ........|  84,257 |   54,666 | 19,091 |  1,568 |  17,615 |   29,370 | 14,307 |    551
                                                |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Home economics and vocational home economics ...|   7,862 |   13,568 |  1,544 |    274 |     330 |    2,235 |  1,373 |    140
Law and legal studies ..........................|   5,807 |    1,205 |    588 |      9 |   3,299 |      847 |  2,163 |     82
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,     |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  and humanities ...............................| 164,685 |   20,904 |  1,118 |     32 |  10,285 |   13,093 |  1,660 |     43
Library science ................................|      92 |       46 |  4,208 |     50 |       2 |       12 |    891 |      3
Mathematics ....................................|     725 |    8,694 |  3,056 |    845 |      33 |    4,449 |    975 |    364
                                                |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Mechanics and repairers ........................|  10,164 |       43 |      0 |      0 |   2,360 |       11 |      0 |      0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ................|   8,517 |   20,500 |  1,590 |    193 |      94 |    6,015 |    757 |    248
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.|     808 |   10,788 |  1,433 |    101 |     128 |    3,195 |    318 |      3
Philosophy and religion ........................|      34 |    3,025 |    504 |    218 |      49 |    4,363 |    798 |    331
Physical sciences and science technologies .....|   2,553 |   12,764 |  4,299 |  3,235 |      59 |    6,883 |  1,548 |  1,336
                                                |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Precision production trades ....................|   6,466 |      379 |      0 |      0 |   3,751 |       22 |      8 |      0
Protective services ............................|  18,368 |   19,725 |  1,084 |     37 |     828 |    5,085 |    728 |      1
Psychology .....................................|   1,441 |   48,612 |  5,941 |  1,881 |     142 |   24,679 |  7,851 |  1,830
Public administration and services .............|   3,847 |   14,288 | 14,551 |    287 |     371 |    5,561 |  9,678 |    212
R.O.T.C. and military technologies .............|     551 |        3 |    136 |      0 |       5 |        4 |      0 |      0
                                                |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Social sciences and history ....................|   3,678 |   82,705 |  9,557 |  2,344 |     343 |   43,774 |  5,455 |  1,416
Theological studies/religious vocations ........|       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |     608 |    5,358 |  5,107 |  1,521
Transportation and material moving workers .....|   1,255 |    1,677 |    106 |      0 |     316 |    1,884 |    813 |      0
Visual and performing arts .....................|   6,726 |   28,542 |  5,523 |    669 |   6,808 |   20,754 |  4,757 |    398
Not classified by field of study ...............|     434 |        0 |      0 |      0 |   1,157 |    1,756 |    780 |      7
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\1\Includes "Agricultural business and production," "Agricultural sciences," and "Conservation and renewable natural resources."
\2\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, 1995-96 and "Consolidated" survey 1996. (This table was prepared May 1998.)

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