Table 318.60.

Number of postsecondary institutions conferring degrees, 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	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	2,359	2,267	1,852	1,039	1,202	703	539	363	616	1,300	1,140	625	541	264	173	51
Agriculture and natural resources	644	795	241	109	568	352	185	93	31	437	55	16	45	6	1	0
Architecture and related services	80	204	165	44	75	124	106	33	5	77	56	11	0	3	3	0
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group      studies	84	483	147	65	82	245	100	46	2	238	47	19	0	0	0	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	323	1,366	539	278	306	533	353	189	16	828	184	89	1	5	2	0
Business	1,500	1,706	1,223	226	1,049	609	443	111	246	936	666	100	205	161	114	15
Communication, journalism, and related programs	319	1,171	361	80	293	457	228	61	18	694	128	19	8	20	5	0
Communications technologies	298	161	28	1	275	59	8	1	7	80	18	0	16	22	2	0
Computer and information sciences and support      services	1,109	1,298	569	187	891	530	314	126	80	667	204	57	138	101	51	4
Construction trades	358	5	0	0	325	5	0	0	12	0	0	0	21	0	0	0
Education	689	1,236	1,148	463	610	490	472	252	59	731	636	200	20	15	40	11
Engineering	409	601	344	224	394	311	228	162	9	281	112	62	6	9	4	0
Engineering technologies and engineering-      related fields2	888	338	193	26	811	242	129	12	36	69	60	14	41	27	4	0
English language and literature/letters	222	1,297	493	151	213	508	323	107	7	783	169	44	2	6	1	0
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	488	348	161	48	466	204	109	38	15	136	48	9	7	8	4	1
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	212	844	225	97	210	398	166	66	2	444	59	31	0	2	0	0
Health professions and related programs	1,586	1,467	1,136	638	1,031	573	425	271	212	742	607	333	343	152	104	34
Homeland security, law enforcement, and      firefighting	1,035	894	352	36	849	368	182	29	100	446	146	4	86	80	24	3
Legal professions and studies	468	216	167	210	365	86	69	87	34	113	93	114	69	17	5	9
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      and humanities	1,377	863	155	19	1,075	377	81	9	293	480	72	9	9	6	2	1
Library science	31	6	62	7	31	5	50	6	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	230	1,164	372	180	225	494	267	127	5	669	105	53	0	1	0	0
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	698	14	1	0	621	9	0	0	24	5	1	0	53	0	0	0
Military technologies and applied sciences	13	29	18	0	9	11	4	0	1	14	12	0	3	4	2	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	423	1,013	405	152	390	413	231	106	29	588	169	46	4	12	5	0
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and      kinesiology	341	902	338	53	315	367	221	47	15	528	116	6	11	7	1	0
Philosophy and religious studies	129	943	243	122	87	317	95	57	42	624	148	65	0	2	0	0
Physical sciences and science technologies	390	1,095	333	223	379	482	245	157	11	612	88	66	0	1	0	0
Precision production	427	7	2	0	408	2	0	0	8	5	2	0	11	0	0	0
Psychology	285	1,416	688	331	259	517	333	170	25	878	344	152	1	21	11	9
Public administration and social services	345	793	552	140	304	376	321	89	29	405	202	48	12	12	29	3
Social sciences and history	293	1,331	465	195	272	521	311	138	20	801	149	56	1	9	5	1
Social sciences	276	1,249	412	183	260	508	268	130	16	734	139	52	0	7	5	1
History	175	1,192	328	143	168	484	261	98	6	703	66	45	1	5	1	0
Theology and religious vocations	105	354	357	157	1	0	0	0	104	353	356	154	0	1	1	3
Transportation and materials moving	114	90	13	6	100	57	6	2	10	29	6	4	4	4	1	0
Visual and performing arts	696	1,362	462	119	599	498	261	78	45	811	192	40	52	53	9	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 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.)