Table 288.

Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: 2008-09

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	596,098	1,020,435	308,206	39,911	191,227	580,933	348,578	27,805
Agriculture and natural resources	5,487	21,592	4,053	1,228	237	3,396	824	100
Architecture and related services	584	7,278	3,986	161	12	2,841	2,601	51
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies	156	5,568	1,063	130	17	3,204	716	109
Biological and biomedical sciences	2,302	55,336	6,079	4,793	62	25,420	3,819	2,164
Business	70,489	191,485	58,543	880	57,359	156,500	109,832	1,243
Communications, journalism, and related programs	2,132	54,476	3,484	438	590	23,533	3,608	95
Communications technologies	2,678	1,120	65	0	2,125	3,980	410	2
Computer and information sciences	13,359	18,048	8,943	1,030	16,647	19,946	8,964	550
Construction trades	3,466	157	0	0	786	11	0	0
Education	12,751	73,019	83,513	5,181	1,372	28,689	95,051	3,847
Engineering	2,006	52,763	22,684	5,781	175	16,370	12,066	2,150
Engineering technologies2	19,992	11,921	1,803	22	10,442	3,191	1,652	37
English language and literature/letters	1,513	38,912	5,989	984	12	16,550	3,272	287
Family and consumer sciences	8,078	18,380	1,674	248	942	3,525	779	85
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,288	14,581	2,588	747	339	6,577	1,004	364
Health professions and related clinical sciences	112,527	72,555	29,802	5,554	52,636	47,933	32,818	6,558
Legal professions and studies	4,933	2,055	1,267	62	4,129	1,767	3,883	197
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,    and humanities	251,285	32,392	1,448	25	12,568	14,704	2,280	42
Library science	116	78	5,811	35	0	0	1,280	0
Mathematics and statistics	922	10,324	3,793	1,092	8	5,172	1,418	443
Mechanics and repair technologies	9,616	164	0	0	6,450	59	0	0
Military technologies	660	42	0	0	61	13	3	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	14,932	26,330	3,155	723	527	11,114	2,189	550
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	1,159	23,735	3,759	258	428	7,932	1,063	27
Philosophy and religious studies	88	5,685	724	262	103	6,759	1,135	424
Physical sciences and science technologies	3,523	15,329	4,266	3,548	94	7,137	1,392	1,500
Precision production	1,917	6	0	0	209	23	10	0
Psychology	2,452	63,030	7,907	2,316	1,497	31,241	15,508	3,161
Public administration and social service    professions	3,882	15,419	20,987	494	296	8,432	12,946	318
Security and protective services	21,207	25,800	2,694	85	11,826	16,000	3,434	12
Social sciences and history	9,047	113,455	10,785	2,737	95	55,045	8,455	1,497
Social sciences	8,570	90,303	8,328	2,149	87	43,486	7,370	1,167
History	477	23,152	2,457	588	8	11,559	1,085	330
Theology and religious vocations	1	2	0	0	674	8,938	7,541	1,520
Transportation and materials moving	819	2,186	65	0	611	3,003	983	0
Visual and performing arts	10,731	47,212	7,276	1,097	7,898	41,928	7,642	472
Other and unclassified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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, 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2009. (This table was prepared September 2010.)