Table 260.

Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 2004–05

Discipline division	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	547,519	932,443	291,505	31,743	149,141	506,821	283,113	20,888
Agriculture and natural resources	6,121	19,862	4,045	1,106	283	3,140	701	67
Architecture and related services	491	7,000	3,511	110	92	2,237	2,163	69
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies	110	4,738	1,006	117	5	2,831	749	72
Biological and biomedical sciences	1,651	43,732	5,073	3,771	58	20,879	3,126	1,807
Business	68,116	178,811	52,478	715	44,262	132,763	90,139	783
Communications, journalism, and related programs	1,977	50,495	3,461	367	568	22,220	3,301	98
Communications technologies	2,487	1,048	73	0	1,029	1,475	360	3
Computer and information sciences	18,447	27,563	9,278	729	17,726	26,548	9,138	390
Construction trades	2,842	113	0	0	670	4	0	0
Education	12,142	74,678	86,587	4,700	1,187	30,773	80,903	2,981
Engineering	1,806	49,677	23,573	4,725	635	15,229	9,060	1,822
Engineering technologies2	21,059	11,048	1,519	10	12,489	3,434	981	44
English language and literature/letters	989	37,626	5,880	912	6	16,753	2,588	300
Family and consumer sciences	8,994	17,172	1,348	244	713	2,902	479	87
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,187	12,580	2,562	680	47	5,806	845	347
Health professions and related clinical sciences	92,427	52,492	24,758	2,866	30,093	28,193	21,945	3,002
Legal professions and studies	5,129	1,796	947	16	4,756	1,365	3,223	82
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	230,584	30,814	1,791	35	9,547	12,937	1,889	74
Library science	108	75	5,035	39	0	1	1,178	3
Mathematics and statistics	788	9,503	3,452	848	19	4,848	1,025	328
Mechanics and repair technologies	8,792	131	0	0	4,827	107	0	0
Military technologies	355	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	13,662	22,123	2,741	529	226	8,120	1,511	454
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	790	17,362	2,939	186	176	5,526	801	21
Philosophy and religious studies	98	5,114	515	208	324	6,470	1,132	378
Physical sciences and science technologies	2,768	12,720	4,247	2,845	46	6,185	1,431	1,269
Precision production	1,877	23	0	0	162	41	6	0
Psychology	1,842	57,274	7,547	2,145	100	28,340	11,283	2,961
Public administration and social service professions	3,675	13,923	18,424	425	352	7,846	11,128	248
Security and protective services	19,277	21,995	1,955	89	4,472	8,728	2,036	5
Social sciences and history	6,412	104,761	10,058	2,462	121	52,131	6,894	1,357
Social sciences	6,128	84,384	7,798	1,918	105	41,110	6,261	1,082
History	284	20,377	2,260	544	16	11,021	633	275
Theology and religious vocations	0	2	0	0	581	9,282	5,815	1,422
Transportation and materials moving	969	2,180	91	0	466	2,724	711	0
Visual and performing arts	9,547	43,972	6,611	864	13,103	36,983	6,572	414

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, 2004–05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2005. (This table was prepared July 2006.)