Table 293.

Number of degree-granting institutions conferring degrees, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: 2009-10

Field of study	All institutions				Public institutions				Private not-for-profit institutions				Private for-profit institutions
	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's de-grees1	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's de-grees1	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's de-grees1	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's de- grees1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
All fields, total	2,839	2,403	1,823	817	1,275	626	520	290	593	1,281	1,066	490	971	496	237	37
Agriculture and natural resources	466	633	218	97	444	297	168	90	21	330	49	7	1	6	1	0
Architecture and related services	77	188	142	31	76	116	93	23	1	69	47	8	0	3	2	0
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	57	464	127	47	52	230	83	31	5	233	44	16	0	1	0	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	235	1,326	478	250	218	511	342	172	16	807	136	77	1	8	0	1
Business	1,915	1,885	1,158	167	1,121	574	409	95	263	911	557	56	531	400	192	16
Communications, journalism, and related programs	277	1,128	304	68	235	439	204	53	28	647	99	15	14	42	1	0
Communications technologies	320	200	19	1	282	50	5	0	13	65	11	1	25	85	3	0
Computer and information sciences	1,432	1,482	471	159	901	501	271	109	77	687	154	48	454	294	46	2
Construction trades	328	12	0	0	300	11	0	0	10	1	0	0	18	0	0	0
Education	735	1,222	1,144	345	621	447	457	202	92	748	607	123	22	27	80	20
Engineering	309	474	311	200	287	263	206	145	13	193	99	55	9	18	6	0
Engineering technologies and engineering-    related fields2	1,125	354	151	15	845	217	107	8	46	63	42	7	234	74	2	0
English language and literature/letters	153	1,306	468	148	144	507	314	102	8	793	153	46	1	6	1	0
Family and consumer sciences	597	333	155	44	564	201	109	34	23	128	44	9	10	4	2	1
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	195	931	223	95	183	406	167	62	12	524	56	33	0	1	0	0
Health professions and related programs	1,836	1,288	944	413	1,081	502	377	198	201	643	448	206	554	143	119	9
Homeland security, law enforcement, and    firefighting	1,284	869	243	20	874	320	143	18	79	347	77	0	331	202	23	2
Legal professions and studies	709	221	127	207	423	66	50	82	49	108	76	117	237	47	1	8
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,    and humanities	1,407	886	181	12	1,098	370	92	6	283	508	87	5	26	8	2	1
Library science	33	8	67	12	33	8	54	11	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	168	1,172	335	174	163	489	258	125	4	682	77	49	1	1	0	0
Mechanic and repair technologies	673	18	0	0	604	11	0	0	23	6	0	0	46	1	0	0
Military technologies and applied sciences	5	3	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	368	803	313	103	337	328	190	73	22	469	120	30	9	6	3	0
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	230	774	239	47	195	330	177	42	15	432	61	5	20	12	1	0
Philosophy and religious studies	56	922	223	114	38	307	93	61	18	613	129	53	0	2	1	0
Physical sciences and science technologies	329	1,070	330	213	319	474	243	148	8	595	87	65	2	1	0	0
Precision production	333	7	3	0	317	2	0	0	8	5	3	0	8	0	0	0
Psychology	193	1,416	656	293	171	508	319	147	19	843	307	127	3	65	30	19
Public administration and social service       professions	347	767	456	116	312	324	290	77	23	401	148	37	12	42	18	2
Social sciences and history	267	1,354	457	190	238	516	313	132	24	823	141	58	5	15	3	0
Social sciences	249	1,272	378	171	223	501	260	119	21	757	116	52	5	14	2	0
History	99	1,223	359	140	93	480	273	96	5	738	84	44	1	5	2	0
Theology and religious vocations	89	414	347	142	0	1	0	0	88	410	346	141	1	3	1	1
Transportation and materials moving	103	87	14	0	91	50	4	0	8	33	8	0	4	4	2	0
Visual and performing arts	828	1,408	430	104	560	478	252	72	55	828	168	32	213	102	10	0

1 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees that were formerly classified as first-professional degrees.

2 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanic and repair technologies," which are listed separately.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 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, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2010, Completions component. (This table was prepared May 2011.)