Number of degree-granting institutions conferring degrees, by control, level of degree, and discipline division: 2002-03

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Table 256.

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                                                  |      Total number of institutions     |           Public institutions         |           Private institutions
                                                  |_______________________________________|_______________________________________|________________________________________
Discipline division                               |Associate'|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|Associate'|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|Associate's|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's
                                                  |  degrees |  degrees |degrees |degrees |  degrees |  degrees |degrees |degrees |   degrees |  degrees |degrees |degrees
__________________________________________________|__________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|___________|__________|________|________
1                                                 |        2 |        3 |      4 |      5 |        6 |        7 |      8 |      9 |        10 |       11 |     12 |     13
__________________________________________________|__________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|___________|__________|________|________
   Total .........................................|     2,612|     2,070|   1,546|     557|     1,319|       592|     505|     231|      1,293|     1,478|   1,041|     326
                                                  |__________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|___________|__________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources ................|       457|       537|     183|      84|       432|       248|     148|      77|         25|       289|      35|       7
Architecture and related services ................|        37|       175|     134|      32|        34|       107|      93|      23|          3|        68|      41|       9
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .......|        40|       414|     122|      41|        36|       194|      78|      25|          4|       220|      44|      16
Biological and biomedical sciences ...............|       186|     1,276|     443|     238|       167|       487|     318|     164|         19|       789|     125|      74
Business .........................................|     1,835|     1,571|     927|     132|     1,162|       541|     381|      82|        673|     1,030|     546|      50
                                                  |          |          |        |        |          |          |        |        |           |          |        |
Communications, journalism, and related programs .|       238|     1,003|     264|      54|       191|       397|     179|      42|         47|       606|      85|      12
Communications technologies ......................|       280|        86|      13|       2|       247|        38|       3|       0|         33|        48|      10|       2
Computer and information sciences ................|     1,417|     1,305|     421|     135|       899|       490|     251|      88|        518|       815|     170|      47
Construction trades ..............................|       225|        11|       0|       0|       210|         7|       0|       0|         15|         4|       0|       0
Education ........................................|       527|     1,164|     982|     262|       440|       427|     441|     170|         87|       737|     541|      92
                                                  |          |          |        |        |          |          |        |        |           |          |        |
Engineering ......................................|       250|       433|     288|     188|       218|       243|     189|     134|         32|       190|      99|      54
Engineering technologies\2\ ......................|     1,169|       331|     122|       8|       880|       219|      88|       4|        289|       112|      34|       4
English language and literature/letters ..........|       145|     1,279|     441|     143|       135|       489|     304|      94|         10|       790|     137|      49
Family and consumer sciences .....................|       659|       300|     137|      42|       617|       193|     105|      31|         42|       107|      32|      11
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ..|       139|       888|     212|      93|       130|       391|     150|      61|          9|       497|      62|      32
                                                  |          |          |        |        |          |          |        |        |           |          |        |
Health professions and related clinical sciences .|     1,512|     1,075|     738|     182|     1,041|       455|     338|     114|        471|       620|     400|      68
Legal professions and studies ....................|       669|       169|      92|      18|       422|        53|      37|       4|        247|       116|      55|      14
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,       |          |          |        |        |          |          |        |        |           |          |        |
   and humanities ................................|     1,344|       842|     183|      15|     1,050|       358|      92|       4|        294|       484|      91|      11
Library science ..................................|        26|        13|      72|      13|        25|        11|      58|      13|          1|         2|      14|       0
Mathematics and statistics .......................|       146|     1,121|     320|     156|       141|       476|     246|     108|          5|       645|      74|      48
                                                  |          |          |        |        |          |          |        |        |           |          |        |
Mechanics and repair technologies ................|       628|        10|       0|       0|       579|         7|       0|       0|         49|         3|       0|       0
Military technologies ............................|         4|         1|       0|       0|         4|         1|       0|       0|          0|         0|       0|       0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................|       267|       729|     282|     126|       239|       296|     178|      74|         28|       433|     104|      52
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...|       145|       665|     189|      39|       127|       299|     148|      36|         18|       366|      41|       3
Philosophy and religious studies .................|        34|       883|     201|     108|        20|       295|      87|      54|         14|       588|     114|      54
                                                  |          |          |        |        |          |          |        |        |           |          |        |
Physical sciences and science technologies .......|       273|     1,054|     328|     205|       261|       461|     241|     138|         12|       593|      87|      67
Precision production .............................|       323|         7|       2|       0|       310|         3|       0|       0|         13|         4|       2|       0
Psychology .......................................|       160|     1,304|     618|     271|       139|       485|     323|     134|         21|       819|     295|     137
Public administration and social service          |          |          |        |        |          |          |        |        |           |          |        |
   professions ...................................|       300|       699|     393|      96|       271|       310|     259|      62|         29|       389|     134|      34
Security and protective services .................|       898|       567|     166|      16|       783|       280|     113|      14|        115|       287|      53|       2
                                                  |          |          |        |        |          |          |        |        |           |          |        |
Social sciences and history ......................|       231|     1,306|     429|     177|       206|       496|     301|     119|         25|       810|     128|      58
  Social sciences ................................|       223|     1,238|     355|     164|       200|       488|     248|     108|         23|       750|     107|      56
  History ........................................|        79|     1,177|     339|     129|        74|       470|     259|      87|          5|       707|      80|      42
Theology and religious vocations .................|        86|       369|     284|     119|         0|         0|       0|       0|         86|       369|     284|     119
Transportation and materials moving ..............|       106|        75|      12|       0|        94|        41|       4|       0|         12|        34|       8|       0
Visual and performing arts .......................|       688|     1,308|     390|     102|       483|       461|     242|      67|        205|       847|     148|      35
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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.
\2\Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanics and repair technologies," which are listed separately.

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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