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(40KB)| Table 256. | Number of degree-granting institutions conferring degrees, by control, level of degree, and discipline division: 2002-03 |
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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's|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
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Total .........................................| 2,612| 2,070| 1,546| 557| 1,319| 592| 505| 231| 1,293| 1,478| 1,041| 326
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. 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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