Table 318.60.

Number of postsecondary institutions conferring degrees, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: 2014-15

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	2,971	2,597	1,926	954	1,235	669	533	332	650	1,334	1,156	560	1,086	594	237	62
Agriculture and natural resources	502	736	239	103	473	322	180	96	27	402	56	7	2	12	3	0
Architecture and related services	80	196	155	40	78	120	101	29	2	72	52	11	0	4	2	0
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	71	491	145	56	65	248	94	37	6	243	51	19	0	0	0	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	282	1,354	502	265	269	528	348	183	13	820	154	82	0	6	0	0
Business	1,973	2,035	1,251	211	1,082	602	440	105	292	956	630	71	599	477	181	35
Communication, journalism, and related programs	321	1,176	350	78	284	462	220	60	22	682	125	18	15	32	5	0
Communications technologies	312	192	21	0	271	55	4	0	9	77	13	0	32	60	4	0
Computer and information sciences	1,500	1,544	514	171	902	525	287	116	90	664	159	52	508	355	68	3
Construction trades	357	9	0	0	317	9	0	0	13	0	0	0	27	0	0	0
Education	726	1,256	1,194	414	627	465	471	227	64	758	648	158	35	33	75	29
Engineering	364	518	329	214	347	292	216	154	10	212	108	60	7	14	5	0
Engineering technologies and engineering-       related fields2	1,127	405	176	21	844	231	117	14	40	68	56	7	243	106	3	0
English language and literature/letters	193	1,342	492	153	182	521	321	105	9	813	169	48	2	8	2	0
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	525	336	155	51	500	200	106	39	16	128	44	11	9	8	5	1
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	196	898	225	98	191	405	167	66	5	491	58	32	0	2	0	0
Health professions and related programs	1,995	1,496	1,061	523	1,064	538	406	236	243	721	524	262	688	237	131	25
Homeland security, law enforcement, and       firefighting	1,341	1,051	326	29	859	352	170	26	116	419	117	2	366	280	39	1
Legal professions and studies	693	265	154	214	399	75	59	86	57	124	87	118	237	66	8	10
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,       and humanities	1,395	918	181	17	1,090	391	92	6	292	504	87	10	13	23	2	1
Library science	34	7	65	11	34	6	52	9	0	0	13	2	0	1	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	221	1,209	352	173	217	501	269	122	4	707	83	51	0	1	0	0
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	700	22	0	0	624	13	0	0	21	8	0	0	55	1	0	0
Military technologies and applied sciences	12	10	5	0	9	4	1	0	1	4	4	0	2	2	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	395	962	368	116	365	375	204	84	27	553	161	32	3	34	3	0
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	331	848	294	51	276	345	201	44	17	491	85	7	38	12	8	0
Philosophy and religious studies	66	899	238	117	52	310	101	55	14	588	136	61	0	1	1	1
Physical sciences and science technologies	376	1,105	333	216	365	486	247	152	10	618	86	64	1	1	0	0
Precision production	389	5	2	0	366	0	0	0	9	5	2	0	14	0	0	0
Psychology	247	1,459	686	333	212	527	325	163	23	878	326	141	12	54	35	29
Public administration and social services	344	802	536	124	297	353	300	82	28	406	179	40	19	43	57	2
Social sciences and history	279	1,378	463	196	253	535	321	136	23	825	138	59	3	18	4	1
Social sciences	265	1,285	382	179	245	516	262	124	18	753	116	54	2	16	4	1
History	146	1,237	361	141	137	496	277	98	8	736	83	43	1	5	1	0
Theology and religious vocations	103	422	369	158	2	1	0	0	100	419	367	157	1	2	2	1
Transportation and materials moving	107	86	17	2	94	52	7	1	9	32	8	1	4	2	2	0
Visual and performing arts	844	1,475	458	110	598	496	254	74	61	848	188	35	185	131	16	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: Data are for degree-granting postsecondary institutions, which are institutions that 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 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): "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 2015, Completions component. (This table was prepared February 2017.)