Table 318.60.

Number of postsecondary institutions conferring degrees, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: 2017-18

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	2,457	2,335	1,884	1,011	1,242	712	557	364	635	1,326	1,151	599	580	297	176	48
Agriculture and natural resources	515	799	241	106	490	355	184	95	23	438	56	11	2	6	1	0
Architecture and related services	75	198	160	41	70	120	105	30	4	74	53	11	1	4	2	0
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	75	475	150	60	70	241	102	39	5	234	48	21	0	0	0	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	307	1,378	522	268	289	544	351	183	17	829	170	85	1	5	1	0
Business	1,598	1,791	1,238	212	1,085	635	458	111	260	954	658	89	253	202	122	12
Communication, journalism, and related programs	309	1,186	361	78	286	472	228	61	16	688	129	17	7	26	4	0
Communications technologies	304	153	22	0	282	55	7	0	7	77	13	0	15	21	2	0
Computer and information sciences	1,177	1,352	553	176	920	554	315	120	86	669	182	52	171	129	56	4
Construction trades	357	6	0	0	326	6	0	0	13	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
Education	694	1,244	1,162	449	615	491	477	249	62	732	636	188	17	21	49	12
Engineering	405	566	337	219	382	304	224	158	16	254	110	61	7	8	3	0
Engineering technologies and engineering-     related fields2	920	344	182	25	834	241	122	14	37	77	56	11	49	26	4	0
English language and literature/letters	213	1,329	499	151	204	521	324	104	6	801	174	47	3	7	1	0
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	499	355	166	52	476	207	114	39	16	139	48	12	7	9	4	1
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	201	871	226	99	196	398	165	67	5	472	61	32	0	1	0	0
Health professions and related programs	1,700	1,514	1,116	601	1,055	582	430	268	237	751	582	303	408	181	104	30
Homeland security, law enforcement, and     firefighting	1,072	958	334	34	869	384	187	27	98	448	125	4	105	126	22	3
Legal professions and studies	520	246	173	213	384	92	71	87	42	121	97	119	94	33	5	7
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,     and humanities	1,390	896	165	18	1,092	382	89	7	290	508	74	10	8	6	2	1
Library science	29	6	63	10	29	5	51	8	0	0	12	2	0	1	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	230	1,200	356	179	226	507	264	128	4	692	92	51	0	1	0	0
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	696	18	1	0	628	11	0	0	20	7	1	0	48	0	0	0
Military technologies and applied sciences	11	20	12	0	8	6	3	0	0	10	7	0	3	4	2	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	414	1,009	405	133	383	418	230	94	27	569	170	39	4	22	5	0
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	329	883	317	53	302	359	219	45	15	516	97	7	12	8	1	1
Philosophy and religious studies	96	892	229	117	74	314	93	58	22	577	136	59	0	1	0	0
Physical sciences and science technologies	377	1,112	329	221	365	490	244	155	12	622	85	66	0	0	0	0
Precision production	410	6	2	0	389	1	0	0	9	5	2	0	12	0	0	0
Psychology	260	1,455	698	324	233	547	348	168	26	885	337	147	1	23	13	9
Public administration and social services	356	810	557	135	309	380	322	88	33	409	205	45	14	21	30	2
Social sciences and history	298	1,366	469	194	278	535	317	137	19	816	147	56	1	15	5	1
Social sciences	276	1,277	403	183	262	520	268	128	14	744	130	54	0	13	5	1
History	179	1,230	345	142	170	498	270	98	8	727	74	44	1	5	1	0
Theology and religious vocations	121	417	367	158	0	0	0	0	121	416	366	154	0	1	1	4
Transportation and materials moving	107	89	15	4	92	56	8	1	10	31	7	3	5	2	0	0
Visual and performing arts	719	1,399	472	113	603	505	262	75	54	832	200	38	62	62	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 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 2018, Completions component. (This table was prepared February 2020.)