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Table 318.50. Degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: 2019-20
Field of study All institutions Public institutions Private nonprofit institutions Private for-profit institutions
Asso- ciate's degrees Bachelor's degrees Master's degrees Doctor's de-grees1  Asso- ciate's degrees Bachelor'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 1,018,233 2,038,431 843,449 190,178 902,776 1,362,775 392,752 95,533 51,694 578,911 383,917 86,188 63,763 96,745 66,780 8,457
Agriculture and natural resources 12,738 41,848 7,393 4,886 10,505 34,957 5,729 4,124 567 6,282 1,580 762 1,666 609 84 0
Architecture and related services 613 9,045 6,796 252 577 6,586 3,987 171 36 2,399 2,765 81 0 60 44 0
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group
     studies
666 7,767 1,527 334 660 5,333 886 218 6 2,434 641 116 0 0 0 0
Biological and biomedical sciences 7,443 126,590 18,776 7,885 7,298 89,997 9,965 5,147 137 36,337 8,777 2,738 8 256 34 0
Business 112,120 387,851 197,422 3,443 91,770 244,378 80,116 1,190 7,707 114,893 96,589 1,321 12,643 28,580 20,717 932

Communication, journalism, and related programs
9,012 91,752 10,588 602 8,876 67,318 4,657 466 41 23,563 5,606 136 95 871 325 0
Communications technologies 4,097 4,424 539 1 3,499 1,486 48 1 54 1,880 370 0 544 1,058 121 0
Computer and information sciences and support
     services
32,016 97,047 51,521 2,414 27,559 65,413 24,436 1,552 1,293 25,601 24,863 686 3,164 6,033 2,222 176
Construction trades 5,959 174 0 0 5,200 174 0 0 257 0 0 0 502 0 0 0
Education 16,177 85,057 146,975 13,051 14,924 58,480 74,390 6,278 562 23,654 62,226 5,699 691 2,923 10,359 1,074

Engineering
6,506 128,332 47,266 11,141 6,396 103,064 30,600 8,324 56 25,043 16,637 2,817 54 225 29 0
Engineering technologies and engineering-
     related fields2 
23,609 19,375 6,197 143 20,970 15,415 3,152 72 1,194 2,310 2,483 71 1,445 1,650 562 0
English language and literature/letters 3,425 38,036 7,862 1,285 3,362 26,112 4,550 997 16 11,348 3,173 288 47 576 139 0
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 9,261 23,245 3,280 281 8,833 19,153 2,116 245 133 3,632 1,077 29 295 460 87 7
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics 2,905 16,305 2,930 1,162 2,902 12,067 2,034 781 3 4,213 896 381 0 25 0 0

Health professions and related programs
172,207 257,282 135,324 82,492 123,196 139,274 52,720 38,356 20,420 84,415 60,763 39,885 28,591 33,593 21,841 4,251
Homeland security, law enforcement, and
     firefighting
34,892 57,044 10,606 263 30,271 37,165 4,592 136 1,226 13,271 4,435 19 3,395 6,608 1,579 108
Legal professions and studies 5,534 4,262 10,002 34,471 4,394 2,589 2,895 13,107 342 1,369 7,000 20,788 798 304 107 576
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,
     and humanities
402,669 42,903 1,990 114 391,314 30,764 972 54 9,865 11,961 960 43 1,490 178 58 17
Library science 202 118 4,959 29 202 67 4,169 28 0 0 790 1 0 51 0 0

Mathematics and statistics
4,841 27,216 12,039 2,020 4,831 19,032 6,885 1,447 10 8,144 5,154 573 0 40 0 0
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 19,833 239 22 0 13,586 138 0 0 1,701 101 22 0 4,546 0 0 0
Military technologies and applied sciences 992 1,156 839 0 956 302 49 0 1 471 560 0 35 383 230 0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies 33,655 55,022 11,547 990 32,914 41,408 6,243 654 456 12,044 5,038 336 285 1,570 266 0
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and
     kinesiology
5,668 53,749 9,108 349 5,164 40,060 5,837 294 156 12,903 3,128 55 348 786 143 0

Philosophy and religious studies
1,625 11,889 2,178 694 444 4,607 477 267 1,181 7,240 1,701 427 0 42 0 0
Physical sciences and science technologies 10,744 30,738 6,976 5,968 10,707 22,716 5,177 4,356 37 8,021 1,799 1,612 0 1 0 0
Precision production 4,748 39 11 0 4,392 3 0 0 118 36 11 0 238 0 0 0
Psychology 16,202 119,968 29,763 6,346 15,809 85,090 9,416 2,510 376 33,186 16,462 2,926 17 1,692 3,885 910
Public administration and social services 6,321 34,356 49,712 1,409 4,895 22,763 29,566 599 1,124 9,025 17,899 471 302 2,568 2,247 339

Social sciences and history
28,212 161,164 19,507 4,436 28,035 112,165 9,911 2,911 138 48,319 9,325 1,488 39 680 271 37
Social sciences 25,710 137,959 16,351 3,597 25,640 96,327 7,983 2,375 70 41,213 8,278 1,185 0 419 90 37
History 2,502 23,205 3,156 839 2,395 15,838 1,928 536 68 7,106 1,047 303 39 261 181 0
Theology and religious vocations 1,079 6,855 12,646 1,981 1 0 0 0 1,078 6,588 12,529 1,954 0 267 117 27
Transportation and materials moving 1,720 5,251 631 20 1,178 2,869 157 4 454 2,345 471 16 88 37 3 0
Visual and performing arts 20,542 92,332 16,517 1,716 17,156 51,830 7,020 1,244 949 35,883 8,187 469 2,437 4,619 1,310 3
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 Agricultural, animal, plant, veterinary science, and related fields and Natural resources and conservation; and "Business" includes Business, management, marketing, and related support services and Culinary, entertainment, and personal services.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2020, Completions component. (This table was prepared April 2022.)

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