Table 278.

Number of degree-granting institutions conferring degrees, by control, level of degree, and field of study: 2006–07

Field of study	Total number of institutions				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	Associate's degrees	Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
All fields, total	2,725	2,256	1,695	648	1,299	609	515	256	1,426	1,647	1,180	392
Agriculture and natural resources	456	580	200	88	428	275	157	82	28	305	43	6
Architecture and related services	61	183	142	34	58	113	98	24	3	70	44	10
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies	51	462	122	43	45	221	78	25	6	241	44	18
Biological and biomedical sciences	220	1,310	463	245	202	500	335	169	18	810	128	76
Business	1,871	1,733	1,043	150	1,134	556	388	90	737	1,177	655	60
Communications, journalism, and related programs	262	1,078	286	63	217	427	189	48	45	651	97	15
Communications technologies	272	148	16	1	236	39	3	0	36	109	13	1
Computer and information sciences	1,432	1,447	448	151	905	499	269	102	527	948	179	49
Construction trades	285	8	0	0	259	7	0	0	26	1	0	0
Education	670	1,189	1,062	302	578	436	448	187	92	753	614	115
Engineering	291	457	301	199	255	249	198	142	36	208	103	57
Engineering technologies2	1,129	339	136	8	866	209	92	3	263	130	44	5
English language and literature/letters	152	1,299	455	144	147	500	308	97	5	799	147	47
Family and consumer sciences	611	327	143	43	564	206	107	34	47	121	36	9
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	167	907	215	89	162	404	157	60	5	503	58	29
Health professions and related clinical sciences	1,716	1,141	827	271	1,058	471	357	148	658	670	470	123
Legal professions and studies	712	187	116	22	424	60	45	5	288	127	71	17
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	1,380	882	188	15	1,089	369	94	5	291	513	94	10
Library science	32	8	68	13	32	8	55	12	0	0	13	1
Mathematics and statistics	153	1,154	333	163	150	484	259	114	3	670	74	49
Mechanics and repair technologies	626	27	0	0	567	10	0	0	59	17	0	0
Military technologies	4	5	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	290	822	307	138	268	319	191	90	22	503	116	48
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	190	727	214	40	164	322	169	36	26	405	45	4
Philosophy and religious studies	51	908	217	110	32	305	93	56	19	603	124	54
Physical sciences and science technologies	307	1,076	322	210	292	472	234	143	15	604	88	67
Precision production	317	3	1	0	306	1	0	0	11	2	1	0
Psychology	175	1,354	640	282	153	500	321	143	22	854	319	139
Public administration and social service professions	315	728	422	113	289	313	281	73	26	415	141	40
Security and protective services	1,117	713	207	18	843	299	127	16	274	414	80	2
Social sciences and history	238	1,334	426	185	213	510	301	127	25	824	125	58
Social sciences	228	1,257	360	166	205	495	253	114	23	762	107	52
History	81	1,202	334	133	78	474	257	92	3	728	77	41
Theology and religious vocations	88	396	306	137	0	1	0	0	88	395	306	137
Transportation and materials moving	100	78	13	0	88	45	4	0	12	33	9	0
Visual and performing arts	759	1,369	408	102	549	468	245	67	210	901	163	35

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. 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 July 2008.)