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Table 258. -  Number of institutions of higher education conferring degrees, by level of degree and discipline division: 1994-95
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                                                 |      Total number of institutions    |           Public institutions        |          Private institutions
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               Discipline division               |Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's
                                                 | degrees |  degrees |degrees |degrees | degrees |  degrees |degrees |degrees | degrees |  degrees |degrees |degrees
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                        1                        |    2    |    3     |   4    |   5    |    6    |    7     |   8    |   9    |   10    |    11    |   12   |   13
_________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
  Total .........................................|   2,184 |    1,855 |  1,351 |    482 |   1,252 |      557 |    488 |    217 |     932 |    1,298 |    863 |    265
                                                 |_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
Agricultural business and production ............|     306 |      129 |     60 |     32 |     292 |       98 |     57 |     31 |      14 |       31 |      3 |      1
Agricultural sciences ...........................|      94 |      129 |     75 |     52 |      85 |      114 |     72 |     52 |       9 |       15 |      3 |      0
Architecture and related programs ...............|      44 |      171 |    119 |     26 |      36 |      107 |     92 |     18 |       8 |       64 |     27 |      8
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|      24 |      372 |    105 |     35 |      21 |      165 |     64 |     19 |       3 |      207 |     41 |     16
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............|     186 |    1,236 |    422 |    216 |     172 |      474 |    307 |    142 |      14 |      762 |    115 |     74
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Business management and administrative services .|   1,577 |    1,383 |    729 |    118 |   1,097 |      497 |    352 |     80 |     480 |      886 |    377 |     38
Communications ..................................|     227 |      900 |    226 |     46 |     187 |      369 |    156 |     36 |      40 |      531 |     70 |     10
Communications technologies .....................|     165 |       34 |     11 |      1 |     148 |       16 |      2 |      0 |      17 |       18 |      9 |      1
Computer and information sciences ...............|     727 |    1,068 |    339 |    119 |     529 |      437 |    209 |     83 |     198 |      631 |    130 |     36
Conservation and renewable natural resources ....|     116 |      257 |    100 |     45 |     108 |      141 |     85 |     42 |       8 |      116 |     15 |      3
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Consumer and personal services ..................|     218 |       12 |      0 |      0 |     187 |        7 |      0 |      0 |      31 |        5 |      0 |      0
Construction trades .............................|     179 |        7 |      1 |      0 |     166 |        3 |      0 |      0 |      13 |        4 |      1 |      0
Education .......................................|     382 |    1,152 |    840 |    213 |     289 |      428 |    419 |    145 |      93 |      724 |    421 |     68
Engineering .....................................|     267 |      393 |    264 |    171 |     237 |      214 |    171 |    122 |      30 |      179 |     93 |     49
Engineering-related technologies ................|     969 |      315 |     70 |      3 |     801 |      224 |     55 |      3 |     168 |       91 |     15 |      0
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English language and literature/letters .........|     139 |    1,248 |    417 |    133 |     128 |      477 |    294 |     88 |      11 |      771 |    123 |     45
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|      73 |      841 |    194 |     85 |      68 |      367 |    141 |     52 |       5 |      474 |     53 |     33
Health professions and related sciences .........|   1,247 |      937 |    547 |    148 |     962 |      423 |    297 |    107 |     285 |      514 |    250 |     41
Home economics ..................................|      70 |      324 |    184 |     42 |      53 |      210 |    119 |     32 |      17 |      114 |     65 |     10
Law and legal studies ...........................|     434 |      132 |     62 |     14 |     295 |       45 |     26 |      3 |     139 |       87 |     36 |     11
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Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and  |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  humanities ....................................|   1,316 |      714 |    140 |     21 |   1,001 |      297 |     68 |     10 |     315 |      417 |     72 |     11
Library science .................................|      30 |       11 |     69 |     16 |      28 |       10 |     58 |     13 |       2 |        1 |     11 |      3
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .|     502 |      177 |     23 |      3 |     393 |       66 |      4 |      2 |     109 |      111 |     19 |      1
Mathematics .....................................|     139 |    1,145 |    343 |    157 |     129 |      472 |    256 |    108 |      10 |      673 |     87 |     49
Mechanics and repairers .........................|     529 |        9 |      0 |      0 |     495 |        4 |      0 |      0 |      34 |        5 |      0 |      0
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Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|     176 |      612 |    180 |     59 |     156 |      257 |    123 |     40 |      20 |      355 |     57 |     19
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .|     131 |      500 |    121 |     24 |     118 |      243 |    102 |     22 |      13 |      257 |     19 |      2
Philosophy and religion .........................|      29 |      839 |    187 |     90 |      20 |      286 |     86 |     49 |       9 |      553 |    101 |     41
Physical sciences ...............................|     152 |    1,064 |    341 |    201 |     146 |      459 |    245 |    132 |       6 |      605 |     96 |     69
Precision production trades .....................|     631 |       26 |      1 |      0 |     554 |       21 |      0 |      0 |      77 |        5 |      1 |      0
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Protective services .............................|     788 |      439 |    103 |      6 |     720 |      243 |     76 |      6 |      68 |      196 |     27 |      0
Psychology ......................................|     155 |    1,241 |    529 |    233 |     134 |      460 |    307 |    128 |      21 |      781 |    222 |    105
Public administration and services ..............|     260 |      635 |    349 |     79 |     224 |      293 |    230 |     45 |      36 |      342 |    119 |     34
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|       4 |        4 |      1 |      0 |       3 |        3 |      1 |      0 |       1 |        1 |      0 |      0
Science technologies ............................|     103 |       19 |      4 |      3 |      95 |        9 |      3 |      3 |       8 |       10 |      1 |      0
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Social sciences and history .....................|     216 |    1,290 |    418 |    174 |     178 |      486 |    297 |    114 |      38 |      804 |    121 |     60
Theological studies/religious vocations .........|      82 |      337 |    269 |    111 |       1 |        1 |      1 |      0 |      81 |      336 |    268 |    111
Transportation and material moving workers ......|     107 |       66 |      6 |      0 |      91 |       33 |      2 |      0 |      16 |       33 |      4 |      0
Visual and performing arts ......................|     540 |    1,207 |    377 |     97 |     410 |      443 |    236 |     62 |     130 |      764 |    141 |     35
Vocational home economics .......................|     505 |       42 |      9 |      2 |     479 |       21 |      6 |      1 |      26 |       21 |      3 |      1
Not classified by field of study ................|      10 |       14 |      6 |      1 |       2 |        2 |      1 |      1 |       8 |       12 |      5 |      0
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NOTE.--Data represent programs, not organizational units within institutions.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions" survey, 1994-95 and "Consolidated" survey, 1995. (This table was prepared March 1997.)


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