(23KB)| Table 277. | Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: 2006–07 |
| Field of study | 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 | 566,535 | 975,513 | 291,971 | 36,230 | 161,579 | 548,579 | 312,636 | 24,386 |
| Agriculture and natural resources | 5,619 | 20,028 | 3,912 | 1,189 | 219 | 3,105 | 711 | 83 |
| Architecture and related services | 455 | 7,325 | 3,784 | 120 | 62 | 2,392 | 2,167 | 58 |
| Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies | 153 | 5,076 | 1,022 | 139 | 11 | 3,118 | 677 | 94 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,958 | 51,460 | 5,558 | 4,320 | 102 | 23,691 | 3,189 | 2,034 |
| Business | 67,236 | 180,825 | 52,615 | 953 | 48,865 | 146,706 | 97,596 | 1,076 |
| Communications, journalism, and related programs | 2,052 | 51,885 | 3,299 | 362 | 557 | 22,898 | 3,474 | 117 |
| Communications technologies | 2,388 | 909 | 53 | 0 | 707 | 2,728 | 446 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 13,179 | 20,070 | 7,963 | 1,073 | 14,533 | 22,100 | 8,269 | 522 |
| Construction trades | 3,026 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 869 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Education | 11,945 | 75,125 | 84,806 | 4,916 | 1,076 | 30,516 | 91,766 | 3,345 |
| Engineering | 1,750 | 51,369 | 20,176 | 5,936 | 386 | 15,723 | 9,296 | 2,126 |
| Engineering technologies2 | 19,502 | 11,401 | 1,436 | 10 | 9,697 | 3,187 | 1,254 | 51 |
| English language and literature/letters | 1,237 | 38,427 | 5,828 | 886 | 12 | 16,695 | 2,914 | 292 |
| Family and consumer sciences | 8,392 | 18,233 | 1,482 | 244 | 732 | 3,167 | 598 | 93 |
| Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 1,195 | 13,847 | 2,480 | 658 | 12 | 6,428 | 963 | 401 |
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | 104,337 | 62,627 | 26,920 | 3,657 | 41,099 | 39,183 | 27,611 | 4,698 |
| Legal professions and studies | 5,408 | 2,004 | 1,113 | 27 | 4,983 | 1,592 | 3,373 | 116 |
| Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities | 239,766 | 31,574 | 1,550 | 27 | 10,264 | 12,681 | 2,084 | 50 |
| Library science | 84 | 82 | 5,599 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1,168 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 819 | 9,861 | 3,685 | 973 | 8 | 5,093 | 1,199 | 378 |
| Mechanics and repair technologies | 9,085 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 6,347 | 111 | 0 | 0 |
| Military technologies | 781 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 202 | 0 |
| Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 15,580 | 24,283 | 2,902 | 638 | 258 | 9,509 | 1,860 | 455 |
| Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies | 976 | 20,697 | 3,341 | 193 | 275 | 6,733 | 769 | 25 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 74 | 5,409 | 563 | 252 | 301 | 6,560 | 1,153 | 385 |
| Physical sciences and science technologies | 3,321 | 14,244 | 4,371 | 3,441 | 83 | 6,829 | 1,468 | 1,405 |
| Precision production | 1,817 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| Psychology | 2,069 | 60,637 | 7,987 | 2,194 | 144 | 29,402 | 13,050 | 2,959 |
| Public administration and social service professions | 3,930 | 14,878 | 19,761 | 428 | 408 | 8,269 | 11,370 | 298 |
| Security and protective services | 20,624 | 25,242 | 2,382 | 82 | 7,584 | 13,964 | 2,524 | 3 |
| Social sciences and history | 6,959 | 110,162 | 10,402 | 2,505 | 121 | 54,021 | 7,263 | 1,339 |
| Social sciences | 6,567 | 87,403 | 8,032 | 1,984 | 106 | 42,334 | 6,489 | 1,053 |
| History | 392 | 22,759 | 2,370 | 521 | 15 | 11,687 | 774 | 286 |
| Theology and religious vocations | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 608 | 8,692 | 6,446 | 1,573 |
| Transportation and materials moving | 967 | 2,261 | 66 | 0 | 707 | 3,396 | 919 | 0 |
| Visual and performing arts | 9,851 | 45,228 | 6,915 | 956 | 10,393 | 39,958 | 6,852 | 408 |
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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, 2006–07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2007. (This table was prepared June 2008.) |