Table 267.

Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 2005-06

Discipline division	Public institutions				Private institutions
	Associate's degrees	Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Associate's degrees	Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
All fields, total	557,134	955,369	293,517	33,767	155,932	529,873	300,548	22,300
Agriculture and natural resources	5,879	19,975	3,968	1,092	289	3,078	672	102
Architecture and related services	540	7,234	3,689	133	116	2,281	2,054	68
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies	111	4,878	1,068	124	13	3,001	1,012	102
Biological and biomedical sciences	1,780	47,169	5,505	3,934	47	22,009	3,176	1,841
Business	67,193	178,148	51,997	808	46,902	139,894	94,409	903
Communications, journalism, and related programs	2,040	51,197	3,523	368	589	22,758	3,721	93
Communications technologies	2,346	980	55	0	1,034	2,001	446	3
Computer and information sciences	15,433	23,062	8,556	930	15,813	24,418	8,499	486
Construction trades	3,064	130	0	0	786	11	0	0
Education	13,279	75,977	86,283	4,706	1,196	31,261	88,337	2,878
Engineering	1,694	51,445	21,840	5,387	468	15,600	9,149	2,009
Engineering technologies2	20,061	11,116	1,456	22	10,400	3,062	1,085	53
English language and literature/letters	1,087	38,375	5,980	939	18	16,721	2,865	315
Family and consumer sciences	8,793	17,639	1,454	254	695	3,136	529	86
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,148	13,233	2,544	718	13	6,177	995	356
Health professions and related clinical sciences	98,538	57,577	26,113	3,169	36,393	34,396	25,267	3,959
Legal professions and studies	5,341	1,978	1,064	22	5,168	1,324	3,389	107
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	234,822	31,587	1,756	26	9,867	13,311	1,946	58
Library science	136	75	5,390	43	0	1	1,058	1
Mathematics and statistics	749	9,773	3,683	897	4	4,997	1,047	396
Mechanics and repair technologies	9,274	154	0	0	5,180	92	0	0
Military technologies	610	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	14,264	23,459	2,857	612	209	8,553	1,634	375
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	899	19,089	3,183	177	229	6,401	809	17
Philosophy and religious studies	62	5,337	595	217	305	6,648	1,144	361
Physical sciences and science technologies	2,846	13,692	4,365	3,180	56	6,626	1,557	1,309
Precision production	1,808	20	0	0	169	35	9	0
Psychology	1,839	59,302	8,030	2,079	105	28,832	11,740	2,842
Public administration and social service professions	4,029	13,858	19,275	402	386	8,128	11,235	302
Security and protective services	20,217	24,166	2,236	70	6,208	11,153	2,041	10
Social sciences and history	6,615	107,820	10,303	2,509	115	53,665	7,066	1,405
Social sciences	6,208	86,139	7,936	1,974	100	42,193	6,441	1,088
History	407	21,681	2,367	535	15	11,472	625	317
Theology and religious vocations	1	1	0	0	569	8,547	6,092	1,429
Transportation and materials moving	940	2,345	68	0	532	3,004	716	0
Visual and performing arts	9,696	44,545	6,681	949	12,058	38,752	6,849	434

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, 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2006. (This table was prepared June 2007.)