Table 255. | Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 2002-03 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Public institutions | Private institutions |_________________________________________|_________________________________________ 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\ __________________________________________________|__________|__________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 __________________________________________________|__________|__________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|__________ All fields, total .............................| 497,132| 875,420| 265,695| 28,069| 135,780| 473,083| 246,950| 17,955 |__________|__________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|__________ Agriculture and natural resources ................| 5,905| 20,518| 3,887| 1,142| 303| 2,776| 605| 87 Architecture and related services ................| 386| 6,839| 3,185| 88| 54| 2,215| 1,740| 64 Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .......| 120| 3,944| 908| 87| 6| 2,685| 601| 99 Biological and biomedical sciences ...............| 1,413| 40,227| 4,455| 3,444| 83| 19,845| 2,535| 1,559 Business .........................................| 65,440| 171,564| 49,535| 650| 36,717| 121,981| 78,010| 601 | | | | | | | | Communications, journalism, and related programs .| 1,669| 47,056| 3,079| 316| 933| 20,803| 2,974| 78 Communications technologies ......................| 2,634| 834| 89| 0| 666| 1,099| 353| 4 Computer and information sciences ................| 23,731| 30,509| 9,378| 485| 22,358| 26,930| 10,125| 331 Construction trades ..............................| 2,433| 95| 0| 0| 568| 71| 0| 0 Education ........................................| 9,778| 75,084| 80,062| 4,444| 1,421| 30,706| 67,386| 2,391 | | | | | | | | Engineering ......................................| 1,528| 47,468| 19,901| 3,731| 648| 15,143| 8,436| 1,545 Engineering technologies\2\ ......................| 22,436| 10,484| 1,529| 18| 17,521| 3,872| 803| 39 English language and literature/letters ..........| 870| 37,115| 5,216| 919| 26| 16,555| 2,197| 327 Family and consumer sciences .....................| 8,905| 15,350| 1,207| 251| 566| 2,816| 403| 121 Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ..| 990| 11,383| 2,284| 630| 60| 5,518| 765| 412 | | | | | | | | Health professions and related clinical sciences .| 72,036| 46,286| 22,491| 1,540| 18,500| 24,937| 20,224| 1,788 Legal professions and studies ....................| 4,452| 1,407| 911| 16| 3,938| 1,059| 3,215| 89 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | and humanities ................................| 208,013| 28,139| 1,578| 26| 8,801| 12,082| 1,734| 52 Library science ..................................| 86| 94| 4,384| 62| 1| 5| 930| 0 Mathematics and statistics .......................| 721| 8,136| 2,748| 682| 11| 4,357| 878| 325 | | | | | | | | Mechanics and repair technologies ................| 8,346| 104| 0| 0| 3,648| 30| 0| 0 Military technologies ............................| 85| 6| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0 Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................| 13,823| 20,783| 2,220| 441| 244| 7,974| 1,560| 458 Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...| 678| 16,484| 2,366| 177| 133| 4,944| 612| 22 Philosophy and religious studies .................| 91| 4,217| 481| 235| 288| 6,127| 1,097| 427 | | | | | | | | Physical sciences and science technologies .......| 2,139| 11,853| 3,732| 2,759| 51| 6,087| 1,377| 1,099 Precision production .............................| 2,086| 14| 0| 0| 193| 28| 3| 0 Psychology .......................................| 1,653| 52,516| 7,078| 2,219| 131| 26,097| 10,045| 2,612 Public administration and social service | | | | | | | | professions ...................................| 3,232| 13,106| 16,159| 339| 301| 6,772| 9,735| 257 Security and protective services .................| 16,212| 19,216| 1,560| 67| 2,359| 6,973| 1,395| 5 | | | | | | | | Social sciences and history ......................| 5,515| 93,396| 9,169| 2,437| 223| 49,822| 5,465| 1,413 Social sciences ................................| 5,213| 75,761| 7,281| 1,894| 209| 39,727| 4,828| 1,095 History ........................................| 302| 17,635| 1,888| 543| 14| 10,095| 637| 318 Theology and religious vocations .................| 0| 0| 0| 0| 425| 7,926| 5,099| 1,321 Transportation and materials moving ..............| 803| 1,932| 89| 0| 399| 2,635| 676| 0 Visual and performing arts .......................| 8,923| 39,261| 6,014| 864| 14,204| 32,213| 5,972| 429 __________________________________________________|__________|__________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|__________ |
\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. NOTE: To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS Fall survey: "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, 2002-03 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2003. (This table was prepared February 2005.)
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