Table 318.60.

Number of postsecondary institutions conferring degrees, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: 2015-16

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	2,759	2,447	1,920	981	1,238	677	537	338	645	1,331	1,154	576	876	439	229	67
Agriculture and natural resources	505	763	241	106	479	332	182	97	25	421	56	9	1	10	3	0
Architecture and related services	78	191	159	37	73	120	104	28	5	68	53	9	0	3	2	0
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	76	492	150	55	69	239	99	36	7	253	51	19	0	0	0	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	291	1,367	501	267	268	535	346	186	22	827	155	81	1	5	0	0
Business	1,827	1,905	1,253	216	1,078	612	442	108	280	952	643	75	469	341	168	33
Communication, journalism, and related programs	322	1,178	354	81	288	464	223	63	22	680	126	18	12	34	5	0
Communications technologies	308	183	25	1	270	54	6	0	8	81	15	1	30	48	4	0
Computer and information sciences	1,304	1,419	520	173	904	529	292	117	84	667	168	53	316	223	60	3
Construction trades	354	8	0	0	318	8	0	0	11	0	0	0	25	0	0	0
Education	712	1,254	1,192	436	615	472	470	233	64	749	649	171	33	33	73	32
Engineering	362	542	330	215	347	299	216	155	11	232	111	60	4	11	3	0
Engineering technologies and engineering-     related fields2	972	325	178	24	840	235	119	15	39	64	56	9	93	26	3	0
English language and literature/letters	194	1,346	495	150	189	523	320	102	4	813	173	48	1	10	2	0
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	526	347	156	50	503	206	107	40	12	131	46	9	11	10	3	1
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	199	902	224	100	194	402	164	69	5	498	60	31	0	2	0	0
Health professions and related programs	1,875	1,519	1,088	558	1,062	561	413	248	234	732	540	280	579	226	135	30
Homeland security, law enforcement, and     firefighting	1,208	991	332	30	853	357	174	25	108	427	120	4	247	207	38	1
Legal professions and studies	610	239	162	216	395	77	63	85	56	114	92	120	159	48	7	11
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,     and humanities	1,390	904	175	15	1,096	384	93	8	284	500	80	6	10	20	2	1
Library science	31	8	66	12	31	6	52	10	0	1	14	2	0	1	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	221	1,200	349	175	215	501	267	123	6	697	82	52	0	2	0	0
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	716	22	0	0	635	14	0	0	22	7	0	0	59	1	0	0
Military technologies and applied sciences	9	14	8	0	7	6	3	0	0	6	5	0	2	2	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	399	981	382	123	368	391	215	87	28	556	161	36	3	34	6	0
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	321	856	298	49	280	349	208	42	17	499	84	6	24	8	6	1
Philosophy and religious studies	84	920	231	122	66	317	94	61	18	602	137	60	0	1	0	1
Physical sciences and science technologies	368	1,105	330	220	357	485	243	153	10	619	87	67	1	1	0	0
Precision production	400	5	2	0	374	0	0	0	9	5	2	0	17	0	0	0
Psychology	255	1,465	698	335	213	533	329	165	27	880	333	143	15	52	36	27
Public administration and social services	345	808	546	129	290	360	303	86	32	409	192	41	23	39	51	2
Social sciences and history	282	1,372	470	196	257	533	320	136	21	820	146	59	4	19	4	1
Social sciences	265	1,281	392	182	244	515	265	128	18	749	123	53	3	17	4	1
History	159	1,239	356	142	154	492	272	98	4	742	83	44	1	5	1	0
Theology and religious vocations	100	421	372	156	1	1	0	0	98	418	370	153	1	2	2	3
Transportation and materials moving	102	85	15	3	91	53	7	1	7	31	7	2	4	1	1	0
Visual and performing arts	772	1,456	467	112	592	497	253	75	58	839	196	36	122	120	18	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 2016, Completions component. (This table was prepared March 2018.)