Table 320.

Number of degree-granting institutions conferring degrees, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: 2010-11

Field of study	All institutions				Public institutions				Private nonprofit 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	2,955	2,461	1,851	860	1,270	636	524	308	608	1,285	1,073	510	1,077	540	254	42
Agriculture and natural resources	484	650	221	99	461	304	168	91	23	341	52	8	0	5	1	0
Architecture and related services	77	187	144	35	74	117	95	25	3	68	47	10	0	2	2	0
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	57	484	134	50	51	241	86	32	6	242	48	18	0	1	0	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	257	1,338	484	256	243	513	347	178	14	814	137	78	0	11	0	0
Business	1,954	1,959	1,178	178	1,123	578	411	96	274	925	563	59	557	456	204	23
Communication, journalism, and related programs	287	1,137	315	71	243	445	207	56	32	651	107	15	12	41	1	0
Communications technologies	328	211	20	1	281	53	7	0	13	67	10	1	34	91	3	0
Computer and information sciences	1,474	1,495	485	159	909	499	280	109	90	672	151	48	475	324	54	2
Construction trades	335	16	0	0	304	13	0	0	9	3	0	0	22	0	0	0
Education	773	1,245	1,154	367	648	452	464	213	90	761	612	132	35	32	78	22
Engineering	324	478	318	205	306	265	211	151	13	196	100	54	5	17	7	0
Engineering technologies and engineering- related fields2	1,152	372	163	14	860	224	117	7	49	61	45	7	243	87	1	0
English language and literature/letters	165	1,320	478	152	156	507	319	105	8	806	157	47	1	7	2	0
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	576	336	156	44	548	200	111	35	20	130	42	8	8	6	3	1
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	196	928	229	96	185	410	167	64	11	517	62	32	0	1	0	0
Health professions and related programs	1,935	1,319	949	433	1,081	509	381	206	211	642	463	216	643	168	105	11
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	1,356	924	264	17	869	327	150	15	99	358	85	1	388	239	29	1
Legal professions and studies	749	231	129	207	433	64	49	82	44	107	76	117	272	60	4	8
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	1,416	894	183	16	1,099	377	95	7	282	503	86	8	35	14	2	1
Library science	43	8	66	12	43	8	53	11	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	183	1,170	342	164	175	488	262	115	8	681	80	49	0	1	0	0
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	683	20	0	0	607	12	0	0	24	8	0	0	52	0	0	0
Military technologies and applied sciences	10	5	0	0	7	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	382	876	307	107	353	337	180	74	20	497	125	33	9	42	2	0
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	244	791	244	43	212	329	177	39	13	448	63	4	19	14	4	0
Philosophy and religious studies	61	924	219	116	43	309	96	58	18	613	122	57	0	2	1	1
Physical sciences and science technologies	347	1,084	333	213	337	476	245	149	9	607	88	64	1	1	0	0
Precision production	349	7	2	0	330	2	0	0	9	5	2	0	10	0	0	0
Psychology	208	1,398	659	299	184	509	322	149	23	852	301	130	1	37	36	20
Public administration and social services	345	772	474	117	304	328	294	80	25	406	157	35	16	38	23	2
Social sciences and history	274	1,354	466	194	245	519	316	134	25	817	148	60	4	18	2	0
Social sciences	260	1,273	382	176	235	504	262	122	22	753	119	54	3	16	1	0
History	112	1,218	355	139	105	481	272	98	6	731	81	41	1	6	2	0
Theology and religious vocations	86	404	343	155	1	1	0	0	84	400	342	154	1	3	1	1
Transportation and materials moving	104	86	15	0	91	51	6	0	8	31	7	0	5	4	2	0
Visual and performing arts	868	1,426	447	109	572	483	255	74	55	821	181	34	241	122	11	1

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/technicians," 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 2011, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2012.)