Table 318.60.

Number of postsecondary institutions conferring degrees, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: 2018-19

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	2,398	2,306	1,871	1,035	1,233	721	547	367	628	1,316	1,147	616	537	269	177	52
Agriculture and natural resources	532	803	244	106	507	359	188	95	23	437	55	11	2	7	1	0
Architecture and related services	81	199	163	42	75	121	106	32	5	76	54	10	1	2	3	0
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	84	480	143	59	82	248	97	40	2	232	46	19	0	0	0	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	322	1,385	533	273	303	551	350	187	18	829	181	86	1	5	2	0
Business	1,533	1,744	1,232	222	1,073	631	447	113	251	944	670	95	209	169	115	14
Communication, journalism, and related programs	322	1,182	375	78	296	470	235	61	19	693	135	17	7	19	5	0
Communications technologies	291	151	22	0	271	57	6	0	6	73	14	0	14	21	2	0
Computer and information sciences	1,141	1,322	562	177	908	546	317	120	80	663	192	53	153	113	53	4
Construction trades	358	7	0	0	326	6	0	0	13	1	0	0	19	0	0	0
Education	684	1,238	1,161	456	612	486	480	248	58	731	640	197	14	21	41	11
Engineering	406	589	345	221	390	315	230	157	8	264	112	64	8	10	3	0
Engineering technologies and engineering-     related fields2	913	346	188	25	833	248	125	14	40	73	59	11	40	25	4	0
English language and literature/letters	220	1,330	493	151	212	523	322	106	6	801	170	45	2	6	1	0
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	502	359	163	47	476	215	110	37	18	136	48	9	8	8	5	1
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	210	867	225	100	207	398	165	68	3	467	60	32	0	2	0	0
Health professions and related programs	1,649	1,488	1,120	622	1,052	587	425	273	233	740	593	317	364	161	102	32
Homeland security, law enforcement, and     firefighting	1,046	927	342	32	857	377	183	26	101	449	136	3	88	101	23	3
Legal professions and studies	487	225	176	214	374	87	70	88	32	119	101	118	81	19	5	8
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,     and humanities	1,395	875	161	20	1,097	381	87	8	290	488	72	11	8	6	2	1
Library science	30	7	64	10	30	5	51	8	0	1	13	2	0	1	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	233	1,186	359	181	227	506	265	128	6	679	94	53	0	1	0	0
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	701	17	1	0	630	10	0	0	26	7	1	0	45	0	0	0
Military technologies and applied sciences	12	21	15	0	9	7	3	0	0	10	10	0	3	4	2	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	418	1,004	406	145	389	412	230	103	24	575	171	42	5	17	5	0
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	339	888	328	56	313	364	220	48	17	517	107	7	9	7	1	1
Philosophy and religious studies	109	876	237	119	87	319	96	59	22	556	141	60	0	1	0	0
Physical sciences and science technologies	382	1,106	334	220	370	490	248	154	12	616	86	66	0	0	0	0
Precision production	423	7	2	0	402	1	0	0	9	6	2	0	12	0	0	0
Psychology	263	1,436	687	331	240	537	336	173	22	879	340	149	1	20	11	9
Public administration and social services	354	795	551	139	312	371	317	90	31	407	204	46	11	17	30	3
Social sciences and history	300	1,356	475	196	278	537	317	138	20	807	153	57	2	12	5	1
Social sciences	275	1,265	414	184	260	521	269	129	14	734	140	54	1	10	5	1
History	181	1,219	344	140	171	498	271	95	9	716	72	45	1	5	1	0
Theology and religious vocations	119	428	359	162	0	0	0	0	119	427	358	156	0	1	1	6
Transportation and materials moving	109	91	16	4	94	57	8	2	10	29	8	2	5	5	0	0
Visual and performing arts	705	1,374	462	115	604	504	258	77	46	817	193	37	55	53	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 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 in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 2019, Completions component. (This table was prepared June 2021.)