Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 2003-04

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Table 254.

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                                                  |            Public institutions           |            Private institutions
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                                                  |Associate's|Bachelor's|Master's|  Doctor's|Associate's|Bachelor's|Master's| Doctor's
Discipline division                               |    degrees|   degrees| degrees|degrees\1\|    degrees|   degrees| degrees|degrees\1\
__________________________________________________|___________|__________|________|__________|___________|__________|________|__________
1                                                 |          2|         3|       4|         5|          6|         7|       8|         9
__________________________________________________|___________|__________|________|__________|___________|__________|________|__________
   All fields, total .............................|    524,875|   905,718| 285,138|    29,706|    140,426|   493,824| 273,802|    18,672
                                                  |___________|__________|________|__________|___________|__________|________|__________
Agriculture and natural resources ................|      5,989|    19,655|   4,095|     1,110|        294|     3,180|     688|        75
Architecture and related services ................|        446|     6,696|   3,404|       109|         46|     2,142|   2,020|        64
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .......|        100|     4,349|   1,000|       126|          5|     2,832|     683|        83
Biological and biomedical sciences ...............|      1,402|    41,295|   4,924|     3,556|         54|    20,214|   2,733|     1,686
Business .........................................|     67,583|   177,962|  52,399|       695|     38,721|   129,187|  86,948|       786
                                                  |           |          |        |          |           |          |        |
Communications, journalism, and related programs .|      1,808|    49,275|   3,337|       331|        636|    21,693|   3,198|        87
Communications technologies ......................|      2,505|     1,057|      86|         0|        896|       977|     279|         8
Computer and information sciences ................|     22,220|    30,202|   9,935|       549|     19,625|    29,286|  10,208|       360
Construction trades ..............................|      2,849|       109|       0|         0|        711|        10|       0|         0
Education ........................................|     11,070|    75,152|  83,978|     4,639|      1,395|    31,126|  78,367|     2,449
                                                  |           |          |        |          |           |          |        |
Engineering ......................................|      1,869|    48,593|  23,350|     4,294|        868|    14,965|   9,348|     1,629
Engineering technologies\2\ ......................|     21,689|    10,338|   1,445|        12|     15,226|     4,053|   1,054|        46
English language and literature/letters ..........|        817|    37,143|   5,585|       898|         11|    16,841|   2,371|       309
Family and consumer sciences .....................|      8,883|    16,278|   1,371|       228|        595|     2,894|     423|       101
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ..|        999|    11,966|   2,273|       672|         48|     5,788|     851|       359
                                                  |           |          |        |          |           |          |        |
Health professions and related clinical sciences .|     81,665|    48,560|  23,997|     2,266|     24,543|    25,374|  20,942|     2,095
Legal professions and studies ....................|      4,994|     1,717|   1,027|        24|      4,472|     1,124|   3,216|        95
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,       |           |          |        |          |           |          |        |
   and humanities ................................|    218,520|    29,581|   1,812|        22|      9,130|    12,525|   1,885|        73
Library science ..................................|        113|        72|   4,863|        42|          1|         0|   1,152|         5
Mathematics and statistics .......................|        790|     8,651|   3,246|       689|         11|     4,676|     945|       371
                                                  |           |          |        |          |           |          |        |
Mechanics and repair technologies ................|      8,727|       123|       0|         0|      3,826|        36|       0|         0
Military technologies ............................|        293|        10|       0|         0|          0|         0|       0|         0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................|     14,587|    21,228|   2,535|       462|        207|     7,934|   1,512|       414
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...|        782|    17,157|   2,564|       205|        141|     5,007|     635|        17
Philosophy and religious studies .................|        104|     4,682|     528|       249|        300|     6,470|   1,050|       346
                                                  |           |          |        |          |           |          |        |
Physical sciences and science technologies .......|      2,635|    11,939|   4,129|     2,697|         41|     6,044|   1,441|     1,118
Precision production .............................|      1,834|        22|       0|         0|        134|        39|      13|         0
Psychology .......................................|      1,778|    54,469|   7,319|     2,079|        109|    27,629|  10,579|     2,748
Public administration and social service          |           |          |        |          |           |          |        |
   professions ...................................|      3,441|    13,335|  17,749|       371|        287|     7,217|  10,501|       278
Security and protective services .................|     17,679|    20,495|   1,795|        51|      2,894|     7,680|   1,922|         3
                                                  |           |          |        |          |           |          |        |
Social sciences and history ......................|      6,046|    99,282|   9,857|     2,423|        199|    51,075|   6,253|     1,388
  Social sciences ................................|      5,688|    80,043|   7,924|     1,860|        187|    40,506|   5,664|     1,096
  History ........................................|        358|    19,239|   1,933|       563|         12|    10,569|     589|       292
Theology and religious vocations .................|          2|         4|       0|         0|        490|     8,122|   5,486|     1,304
Transportation and materials moving ..............|        825|     2,094|      88|         0|        392|     2,730|     640|         0
Visual and performing arts .......................|      9,831|    42,227|   6,447|       907|     14,118|    34,954|   6,459|       375
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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 repairers," 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, 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2004. (This table was prepared July 2005.)

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