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Table 248.Degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 1991-92

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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
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                          1                          |    2    |    3     |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7     |    8    |    9
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  Total .............................................| 420,265 |  759,475 | 203,398 |  26,820 |  83,966 |  377,078 | 149,440 |  13,839
                                                     |_________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________
Agriculture and natural resources\1\ ................|   4,967 |   14,440 |   3,442 |   1,196 |     284 |      684 |     293 |      18
Architecture and related programs ...................|     376 |    6,498 |   2,531 |      72 |      67 |    2,255 |   1,109 |      60
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..................|      27 |    2,508 |     826 |      76 |       2 |    2,834 |     559 |      79
Biological sciences/life sciences ...................|   1,287 |   27,712 |   3,536 |   3,052 |      74 |   15,229 |   1,249 |   1,191
Business management and administrative services\2\ ..|  79,860 |  161,699 |  34,696 |     895 |  26,787 |   94,904 |  49,946 |     347
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Communications ......................................|   1,403 |   38,258 |   2,489 |     204 |     483 |   15,999 |   1,691 |      48
Communications technologies .........................|   1,349 |      503 |      57 |       0 |     445 |      217 |     227 |       3
Computer and information sciences ...................|   6,933 |   15,351 |   4,997 |     508 |   2,357 |    9,206 |   4,533 |     264
Construction trades .................................|   1,276 |       24 |       0 |       0 |     284 |       43 |       0 |       0
Education ...........................................|   9,095 |   83,018 |  62,339 |   5,199 |   1,172 |   24,988 |  30,329 |   1,665
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Engineering .........................................|   2,209 |   45,355 |  16,817 |   3,847 |     476 |   15,851 |   8,166 |   1,641
Engineering-related technologies ....................|  23,998 |   12,080 |     862 |      11 |  11,863 |    4,110 |     132 |       0
English language and literature/letters .............|     953 |   36,234 |   5,695 |     934 |      66 |   18,717 |   1,755 |     339
Foreign languages and literatures ...................|     250 |    8,514 |   2,154 |     539 |     183 |    5,389 |     772 |     311
Health professions and related sciences .............|  71,008 |   41,967 |  14,030 |   1,219 |   8,445 |   19,753 |   9,035 |     442
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Home economics and vocational home economics ........|   6,100 |   13,082 |   1,455 |     256 |     336 |    1,816 |     957 |      37
Law and legal studies ...............................|   4,879 |    1,411 |     482 |       9 |   2,174 |      733 |   1,887 |      59
Liberal/general studies and humanities ..............| 143,139 |   20,934 |   1,239 |      29 |  11,455 |   11,240 |   1,155 |      38
Library science .....................................|      97 |       77 |   4,008 |      42 |       6 |       20 |     885 |       8
Mathematics .........................................|     719 |    9,597 |   3,134 |     764 |      25 |    5,186 |     877 |     318
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Mechanics and repairers .............................|   9,086 |       32 |       0 |       0 |   1,178 |       46 |       0 |       0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .....................|   7,720 |   15,829 |   1,358 |     170 |     121 |    4,818 |     768 |      61
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .....|     529 |    7,053 |   1,125 |      58 |      91 |    1,393 |     233 |       3
Philosophy and religion ............................ |      32 |    2,822 |     425 |     163 |      28 |    4,704 |     721 |     312
Physical sciences and science technologies ..........|   1,969 |   10,646 |   4,008 |   3,089 |      97 |    6,314 |   1,366 |   1,302
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Precision production trades .........................|   6,417 |      295 |       0 |       0 |   2,588 |       83 |       0 |       0
Protective services .................................|  14,677 |   15,242 |     829 |      23 |     440 |    3,613 |     420 |       1
Psychology ..........................................|   1,084 |   42,519 |   4,901 |   1,679 |     125 |   20,994 |   5,314 |   1,694
Public administration and services ..................|   2,722 |   11,421 |  12,140 |     225 |     440 |    4,566 |   7,103 |     207
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..................|      55 |        0 |       0 |       0 |     117 |      184 |       0 |       0
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Social sciences and history .........................|   2,824 |   85,342 |   8,214 |   1,968 |     336 |   48,632 |   4,488 |   1,250
Theological studies/religious vocations .............|       0 |        1 |       7 |       3 |     496 |    4,728 |   5,178 |   1,256
Transportation and material moving ..................|   2,068 |    1,649 |      51 |       0 |     350 |    1,949 |     334 |       0
Visual and performing arts ..........................|   6,153 |   26,947 |   5,547 |     590 |   5,735 |   19,575 |   3,806 |     316
Unclassified by field of study ......................|   5,004 |      415 |       4 |       0 |   4,840 |    6,305 |   4,152 |     569
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\1\Includes "Agricultural business and production," "Agricultural sciences," and "Conservation and renewable natural resources."
\2\Includes "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 1991-92 and "Consolidated" survey 1992. (This table was prepared March 1994.)


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