Degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 1993-94

Table 257.

Degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 1993-94\1\

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                                                   |          Public institutions         |          Private institutions
                                                   |______________________________________|______________________________________
                Discipline division                |Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's    
                                                   | degrees | degrees  |degrees |degrees | degrees | degrees  |degrees |degrees
___________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
                         1                         |    2    |    3     |   4    |   5    |    6    |    7     |   8    |   9
___________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________     
  Total ...........................................| 444,373 |  789,148 |221,428 | 28,524 |  86,259 |  380,127 |165,642 | 14,661
                                                   |_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources\2\ ..............|   5,301 |   17,080 |  3,745 |  1,255 |     335 |      990 |    374 |     23
Architecture and related programs .................|     314 |    6,585 |  2,711 |     97 |      39 |    2,390 |  1,232 |     64
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ................|      48 |    2,956 |  1,007 |     79 |      27 |    2,617 |    626 |     76
Biological sciences/life sciences .................|   1,690 |   33,747 |  3,847 |  3,240 |      81 |   17,636 |  1,349 |  1,294
Business\3\ .......................................|  77,003 |  153,288 | 37,578 |    987 |  27,192 |   93,366 | 55,859 |    377
                                                   |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Communications ....................................|   1,432 |   36,024 |  2,827 |    297 |     620 |   15,140 |  2,178 |     40
Communications technologies .......................|   2,072 |      438 |     61 |      0 |     397 |      225 |    353 |      8
Computer and information sciences .................|   6,926 |   15,231 |  5,748 |    553 |   2,375 |    8,969 |  4,668 |    257
Construction trades ...............................|   1,293 |       34 |      0 |      0 |     402 |       41 |      0 |      0
Education .........................................|   8,067 |   81,577 | 64,753 |  5,112 |   1,204 |   26,023 | 34,185 |  1,796
                                                   |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Engineering .......................................|   1,997 |   46,690 | 19,297 |  4,156 |     448 |   15,530 |  9,324 |  1,807
Engineering-related technologies ..................|  23,574 |   11,641 |  1,017 |     16 |  12,044 |    4,182 |    116 |      0
English language and literature/letters ...........|   1,231 |   36,379 |  5,905 |    981 |      58 |   17,545 |  1,980 |    363
Foreign languages and literatures .................|     303 |    9,181 |  2,419 |    529 |     189 |    5,197 |    869 |    357
Health professions and related sciences ...........|  82,658 |   50,641 | 17,009 |  1,356 |  11,943 |   23,780 | 11,016 |    546
                                                   |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Home economics and vocational home economics ......|   7,029 |   13,457 |  1,410 |    245 |     434 |    2,065 |  1,011 |    120
Law and legal studies .............................|   5,957 |    1,429 |    546 |      6 |   2,724 |      742 |  1,886 |     73
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  and humanities ..................................| 154,147 |   21,298 |  1,182 |     26 |  10,959 |   12,099 |  1,314 |     54
Library science ...................................|     109 |       52 |  4,298 |     43 |       9 |       10 |    818 |      2
Mathematics .......................................|     685 |    9,394 |  3,159 |    819 |      19 |    5,002 |    941 |    338
                                                   |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Mechanics and repairers ...........................|   9,765 |       45 |      0 |      0 |   1,567 |       62 |      0 |      0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ...................|   8,344 |   19,392 |  1,588 |    176 |      92 |    5,775 |    876 |     51
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies ...|     640 |    9,246 |  1,313 |    110 |     115 |    2,224 |    312 |      6
Philosophy and religion ...........................|      35 |    3,009 |    540 |    207 |      47 |    4,537 |    810 |    321
Physical sciences and science technologies ........|   2,473 |   12,133 |  4,271 |  3,344 |      73 |    6,267 |  1,408 |  1,306
                                                   |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Precision production trades .......................|   6,563 |      364 |      0 |      0 |   2,794 |       56 |      2 |      0
Protective services ...............................|  17,560 |   18,693 |    964 |     24 |     639 |    4,316 |    473 |      1
Psychology ........................................|   1,229 |   47,005 |  5,554 |  1,727 |     148 |   22,254 |  6,627 |  1,836
Public administration and services ................|   3,270 |   12,824 | 13,403 |    310 |     426 |    4,991 |  8,430 |    209
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ................|     253 |        3 |    124 |      0 |      12 |       16 |      0 |      0
                                                   |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Social sciences and history .......................|   3,545 |   88,111 |  9,479 |  2,172 |     391 |   45,569 |  5,082 |  1,455
Theological studies/religious vocations ...........|       0 |        1 |      0 |      0 |     641 |    5,433 |  4,956 |  1,448
Transportation and material moving workers ........|   1,644 |    1,826 |     70 |      0 |     278 |    2,097 |    594 |      0
Visual and performing arts ........................|   6,779 |   28,906 |  5,526 |    657 |   6,448 |   20,147 |  4,399 |    397
Not classified by field of study ..................|     437 |      468 |     77 |      0 |   1,089 |    2,834 |  1,574 |     36
___________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________

\1\Data revised from previously published data.

\2\Includes "Agricultural business and production," "Agricultural sciences," and "Conservation and renewable natural resources."

\3\Includes "Business management and administrative services," "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, 1993-94 and "Consolidated" survey 1994. (This table was prepared April 1997.)

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