Table 289.

Number of degree-granting institutions conferring degrees, by control, level of degree, and field of study: 2008-09

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	2,786	2,348	1,777	737	1,291	625	520	277	1,495	1,723	1,257	460
Agriculture and natural resources	452	610	205	91	427	293	161	85	25	317	44	6
Architecture and related services	78	185	143	36	74	117	94	27	4	68	49	9
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies	47	471	127	47	41	225	80	28	6	246	47	19
Biological and biomedical sciences	234	1,329	476	252	215	508	342	174	19	821	134	78
Business	1,901	1,833	1,120	154	1,130	570	404	92	771	1,263	716	62
Communications, journalism, and related programs	254	1,107	294	68	212	435	195	51	42	672	99	17
Communications technologies	314	197	20	1	272	44	5	0	42	153	15	1
Computer and information sciences	1,435	1,466	459	157	919	506	274	106	516	960	185	51
Construction trades	313	10	0	0	286	8	0	0	27	2	0	0
Education	701	1,213	1,114	327	604	441	454	194	97	772	660	133
Engineering	294	467	307	202	276	260	201	147	18	207	106	55
Engineering technologies2	1,113	350	145	11	840	214	99	6	273	136	46	5
English language and literature/letters	158	1,321	471	146	150	507	314	99	8	814	157	47
Family and consumer sciences	616	330	149	45	573	201	107	34	43	129	42	11
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	182	917	218	92	173	407	160	63	9	510	58	29
Health professions and related clinical sciences	1,797	1,237	905	322	1,077	492	368	176	720	745	537	146
Legal professions and studies	705	204	124	30	428	66	50	10	277	138	74	20
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,    and humanities	1,384	884	194	13	1,093	370	98	6	291	514	96	7
Library science	36	8	71	11	36	8	56	11	0	0	15	0
Mathematics and statistics	159	1,162	340	167	154	486	262	118	5	676	78	49
Mechanics and repair technologies	669	17	0	0	604	12	0	0	65	5	0	0
Military technologies	7	3	1	0	6	2	0	0	1	1	1	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	344	851	323	151	315	325	192	98	29	526	131	53
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	218	761	229	44	182	326	174	39	36	435	55	5
Philosophy and religious studies	56	922	211	105	39	305	91	50	17	617	120	55
Physical sciences and science technologies	321	1,069	332	211	309	473	244	148	12	596	88	63
Precision production	321	4	1	0	309	1	0	0	12	3	1	0
Psychology	186	1,391	667	285	165	505	320	143	21	886	347	142
Public administration and social service    professions	337	738	442	112	315	323	290	72	22	415	152	40
Security and protective services	1,232	828	248	17	843	314	139	15	389	514	109	2
Social sciences and history	249	1,355	445	185	224	513	310	128	25	842	135	57
Social sciences	25	1,272	375	168	0	498	260	117	25	774	115	51
History	88	1,230	342	136	84	481	265	95	4	749	77	41
Theology and religious vocations	86	399	309	119	1	1	0	0	85	398	309	119
Transportation and materials moving	94	87	14	0	83	49	4	0	11	38	10	0
Visual and performing arts	753	1,388	425	104	542	475	251	69	211	913	174	35
Other and unclassified	0	0	0	0	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. 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, 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2009. (This table was prepared September 2010.)