Table 318.60.

Number of postsecondary institutions conferring degrees, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: 2016-17

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	2,701	2,445	1,924	1,016	1,234	686	543	350	654	1,339	1,160	596	813	420	221	70
Agriculture and natural resources	506	780	234	106	481	343	180	97	24	425	50	9	1	12	4	0
Architecture and related services	71	194	161	42	68	120	106	32	3	71	53	10	0	3	2	0
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	74	470	146	60	71	234	97	40	3	236	49	20	0	0	0	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	292	1,377	507	270	272	539	341	185	19	832	165	85	1	6	1	0
Business	1,765	1,891	1,263	222	1,074	619	443	109	275	956	660	82	416	316	160	31
Communication, journalism, and related programs	318	1,183	363	81	288	464	225	63	18	680	133	18	12	39	5	0
Communications technologies	307	176	24	0	273	55	7	0	9	77	14	0	25	44	3	0
Computer and information sciences	1,272	1,412	549	176	896	535	301	118	95	669	180	55	281	208	68	3
Construction trades	363	6	0	0	325	6	0	0	12	0	0	0	26	0	0	0
Education	710	1,261	1,187	445	616	480	473	239	68	744	649	178	26	37	65	28
Engineering	387	558	339	215	369	302	225	152	10	244	111	63	8	12	3	0
Engineering technologies and engineering-     related fields2	951	328	189	24	834	234	123	14	40	64	61	10	77	30	5	0
English language and literature/letters	209	1,338	499	153	198	521	324	105	9	808	173	48	2	9	2	0
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	511	344	165	52	490	206	113	39	11	130	47	12	10	8	5	1
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	205	896	220	98	200	406	164	65	5	488	56	33	0	2	0	0
Health professions and related programs	1,871	1,532	1,122	586	1,055	564	415	257	245	747	565	294	571	221	142	35
Homeland security, law enforcement, and     firefighting	1,188	1,003	340	28	857	359	178	24	115	445	127	3	216	199	35	1
Legal professions and studies	568	252	173	217	381	83	66	87	46	122	96	119	141	47	11	11
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,     and humanities	1,388	918	165	15	1,095	391	89	7	284	507	74	7	9	20	2	1
Library science	31	8	63	10	31	7	51	9	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	220	1,187	352	182	216	502	265	129	4	683	87	53	0	2	0	0
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	715	18	0	0	636	11	0	0	23	7	0	0	56	0	0	0
Military technologies and applied sciences	10	18	10	0	8	6	3	0	0	10	7	0	2	2	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	418	991	393	135	386	406	216	96	28	549	163	39	4	36	14	0
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	337	864	314	44	297	352	213	39	16	504	94	4	24	8	7	1
Philosophy and religious studies	87	902	230	117	67	316	92	58	20	585	138	58	0	1	0	1
Physical sciences and science technologies	368	1,114	331	221	356	482	245	154	12	631	86	67	0	1	0	0
Precision production	417	5	2	0	392	0	0	0	8	5	2	0	17	0	0	0
Psychology	258	1,476	699	341	220	532	332	166	22	888	335	147	16	56	32	28
Public administration and social services	360	815	565	135	299	363	308	87	33	411	202	46	28	41	55	2
Social sciences and history	302	1,364	471	201	271	535	320	139	19	813	145	61	12	16	6	1
Social sciences	284	1,276	402	186	256	518	268	129	17	744	128	56	11	14	6	1
History	160	1,226	348	142	153	497	273	97	6	723	74	45	1	6	1	0
Theology and religious vocations	116	417	373	158	1	1	0	0	114	413	371	154	1	3	2	4
Transportation and materials moving	106	88	15	3	92	54	7	1	9	33	8	2	5	1	0	0
Visual and performing arts	759	1,435	467	114	602	502	256	76	55	834	195	37	102	99	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 classified as first-professional degrees prior to 2010-11.

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 2017, Completions component. (This table was prepared August 2018.)