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(29 KB) | Table 257. | Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 2001-02 |
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Discipline division |Associate |Bachelor's |Master's | Doctor's |Associate |Bachelor's |Master's | Doctor's
| degrees | degrees | degrees |degrees\1\| degrees | degrees | degrees |degrees\1\
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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Total ..........................................| 471,660| 841,512| 249,828| 27,622| 123,473| 450,388| 232,290| 16,538
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Agriculture and natural resources\2\ .............| 6,135| 21,051| 3,918| 1,146| 359| 2,302| 601| 20
Architecture and related programs ................| 353| 6,770| 2,944| 123| 90| 2,038| 1,622| 60
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ...............| 85| 3,791| 807| 120| 234| 2,766| 771| 96
Biological sciences/life sciences ................| 1,400| 39,633| 4,123| 3,059| 117| 20,623| 2,082| 1,430
Business\3\ ......................................| 72,727| 164,170| 46,580| 676| 36,184| 117,160| 74,205| 482
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Communications ...................................| 1,695| 43,857| 2,681| 293| 1,124| 18,934| 2,829| 81
Communications technologies ......................| 1,516| 528| 110| 0| 505| 582| 439| 9
Computer and information sciences ................| 14,381| 25,873| 7,936| 448| 16,584| 21,426| 8,177| 302
Construction trades ..............................| 2,216| 73| 0| 0| 423| 129| 9| 0
Education ........................................| 7,927| 76,042| 75,485| 4,798| 1,340| 30,341| 61,094| 2,169
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Engineering ......................................| 1,508| 44,738| 17,632| 3,730| 216| 14,743| 8,383| 1,465
Engineering-related technologies .................| 17,280| 10,367| 784| 14| 15,615| 3,750| 112| 1
English language and literature/letters ..........| 813| 36,435| 5,221| 1,066| 51| 16,727| 2,047| 380
Foreign languages and literatures ................| 431| 10,147| 2,080| 557| 86| 5,171| 781| 286
Health professions and related sciences ..........| 65,791| 46,272| 23,224| 2,049| 14,097| 24,245| 20,420| 1,474
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Home economics and vocational home economics .....| 9,004| 15,558| 1,569| 255| 476| 2,595| 1,047| 100
Law and legal studies ............................| 3,862| 1,106| 854| 10| 2,963| 865| 3,199| 69
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | |
and humanities .................................| 198,924| 27,626| 1,112| 33| 8,239| 11,707| 1,642| 80
Library science ..................................| 94| 73| 4,139| 43| 2| 1| 974| 2
Mathematics ......................................| 668| 8,002| 2,659| 682| 17| 4,393| 828| 276
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Mechanics and repairers ..........................| 7,697| 74| 0| 0| 4,389| 90| 0| 0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 12,972| 20,282| 1,835| 210| 232| 7,347| 1,376| 174
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies...| 657| 15,127| 2,189| 138| 173| 5,427| 565| 13
Philosophy and religion ..........................| 89| 3,842| 438| 212| 45| 5,464| 896| 394
Physical sciences and science technologies .......| 2,224| 11,678| 3,684| 2,693| 84| 6,173| 1,350| 1,110
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Precision production trades ......................| 6,968| 356| 0| 0| 3,850| 112| 2| 0
Protective services ..............................| 15,258| 19,037| 1,580| 46| 1,431| 6,499| 1,355| 3
Psychology .......................................| 1,526| 51,095| 5,881| 1,742| 179| 25,576| 9,007| 2,599
Public administration and services ...............| 3,007| 13,254| 15,784| 311| 316| 6,138| 9,664| 260
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ...............| 62| 3| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0
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Social sciences and history ......................| 5,334| 86,454| 8,773| 2,457| 259| 46,420| 5,339| 1,445
Theological studies/religious vocations ..........| 0| 0| 0| 0| 414| 7,785| 4,952| 1,355
Transportation and material moving workers .......| 741| 1,649| 74| 0| 418| 2,371| 635| 0
Visual and performing arts .......................| 8,262| 36,549| 5,732| 711| 12,649| 30,224| 5,863| 403
Not classified by field of study .................| 53| 0| 0| 0| 312| 264| 24| 0
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| \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. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2002 survey. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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