Table 318.60.

Number of postsecondary institutions conferring degrees, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: 2011-12

Field of study	All institutions				Public institutions				Private nonprofit institutions				Private for-profit institutions
	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
All fields, total	2,968	2,533	1,881	885	1,248	645	526	316	589	1,303	1,090	520	1,131	585	265	49
Agriculture and natural resources	483	677	231	98	458	313	175	92	25	358	55	6	0	6	1	0
Architecture and related services	75	192	147	38	72	119	96	28	3	71	49	10	0	2	2	0
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	58	484	139	51	52	235	88	34	6	248	51	17	0	1	0	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	271	1,338	488	256	251	518	349	179	19	812	139	77	1	8	0	0
Business	1,938	1,987	1,211	191	1,097	583	420	97	264	925	580	66	577	479	211	28
Communication, journalism, and related programs	293	1,157	324	71	250	448	209	56	31	669	111	15	12	40	4	0
Communications technologies	326	207	16	1	283	49	5	0	9	73	9	1	34	85	2	0
Computer and information sciences	1,513	1,514	490	169	902	509	286	114	90	667	150	53	521	338	54	2
Construction trades	345	16	1	0	311	14	1	0	10	1	0	0	24	1	0	0
Education	745	1,243	1,166	383	637	458	465	219	81	757	624	140	27	28	77	24
Engineering	324	498	320	208	311	277	209	151	7	203	104	57	6	18	7	0
Engineering technologies and engineering-    related fields2	1,162	372	163	20	855	219	115	12	49	60	46	8	258	93	2	0
English language and literature/letters	178	1,325	483	152	169	508	319	103	8	810	162	49	1	7	2	0
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	573	342	158	46	540	198	113	37	22	137	43	8	11	7	2	1
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	195	925	228	100	186	414	166	67	9	509	62	33	0	2	0	0
Health professions and related programs	1,968	1,383	974	457	1,071	517	382	218	205	663	480	223	692	203	112	16
Homeland security, law enforcement, and    firefighting	1,384	994	268	21	856	336	150	18	93	371	90	2	435	287	28	1
Legal professions and studies	818	240	136	208	426	70	51	83	50	108	80	117	342	62	5	8
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,    and humanities	1,390	917	186	12	1,084	385	94	6	269	506	90	5	37	26	2	1
Library science	34	7	66	12	34	7	53	11	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	197	1,190	351	173	189	492	271	123	8	697	80	50	0	1	0	0
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	702	20	0	0	613	12	0	0	26	8	0	0	63	0	0	0
Military technologies and applied sciences	13	5	2	0	8	2	1	0	3	2	1	0	2	1	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	371	905	322	110	341	343	189	77	18	521	131	33	12	41	2	0
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	264	811	256	45	220	333	185	41	15	464	65	4	29	14	6	0
Philosophy and religious studies	61	932	223	115	43	316	94	57	18	614	128	57	0	2	1	1
Physical sciences and science technologies	358	1,085	338	214	345	477	249	148	12	607	89	66	1	1	0	0
Precision production	351	7	2	0	333	1	0	0	9	6	2	0	9	0	0	0
Psychology	206	1,414	658	305	189	515	319	150	16	861	309	133	1	38	30	22
Public administration and social services	352	788	483	120	304	337	298	79	28	406	158	39	20	45	27	2
Social sciences and history	265	1,365	469	187	239	524	316	130	23	822	150	57	3	19	3	0
Social sciences	250	1,266	389	172	226	510	264	120	22	739	123	52	2	17	2	0
History	107	1,233	362	141	101	486	274	96	5	741	86	45	1	6	2	0
Theology and religious vocations	90	415	355	151	1	1	0	0	87	411	354	150	2	3	1	1
Transportation and materials moving	106	83	14	0	91	50	5	0	10	29	7	0	5	4	2	0
Visual and performing arts	891	1,455	453	111	579	493	258	73	57	833	183	37	255	129	12	1

1 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees that were formerly classified as first-professional degrees.

2 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians," which are listed separately.

NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): "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, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2012, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2013.)