Table 318.60.

Number of postsecondary institutions conferring degrees, by control of institution, level of degree, and field of study: Academic year 2020-21

Field of study	All institutions				Public institutions				Private nonprofit institutions				Private for-profit institutions
	Associate's degrees	Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Associate's degrees	Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Associate's degrees	Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Associate's degrees	Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctor's degrees1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
All fields, total	2,353	2,267	1,836	1,066	1,198	715	536	365	611	1,293	1,135	652	544	259	165	49
Agriculture and natural resources	639	806	243	110	568	356	182	92	27	444	60	18	44	6	1	0
Architecture and related services	78	201	166	42	72	121	107	33	6	77	56	9	0	3	3	0
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	101	469	138	65	101	239	97	44	0	230	41	21	0	0	0	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	344	1,367	531	277	327	535	344	187	16	825	185	90	1	7	2	0
Business	1,473	1,691	1,230	241	1,045	611	448	113	237	927	674	112	191	153	108	16
Communication, journalism, and related programs	331	1,172	371	80	305	458	234	61	17	696	132	19	9	18	5	0
Communications technologies	295	153	26	0	271	59	8	0	9	73	16	0	15	21	2	0
Computer and information sciences and support    services	1,093	1,307	585	188	885	540	317	123	71	669	215	61	137	98	53	4
Construction trades	351	7	0	0	318	5	0	0	12	2	0	0	21	0	0	0
Education	715	1,254	1,146	472	637	497	469	256	59	743	637	204	19	14	40	12
Engineering	419	616	336	224	402	321	223	161	10	286	109	63	7	9	4	0
Engineering technologies and engineering-related    fields2	882	340	195	22	803	253	130	13	36	65	61	9	43	22	4	0
English language and literature/letters	233	1,285	493	151	222	507	321	107	8	772	171	44	3	6	1	0
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	484	348	164	48	465	204	108	38	12	136	53	9	7	8	3	1
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	207	832	220	96	206	384	162	68	1	446	58	28	0	2	0	0
Health professions and related programs	1,581	1,484	1,153	661	1,027	583	430	279	209	751	624	350	345	150	99	32
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	1,034	907	350	36	856	366	179	28	96	465	143	5	82	76	28	3
Legal professions and studies	453	217	164	209	360	85	69	88	31	116	91	113	62	16	4	8
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and    humanities	1,361	855	150	18	1,079	378	80	7	275	473	68	10	7	4	2	1
Library science	28	6	64	5	28	5	51	3	0	0	13	2	0	1	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	224	1,177	368	183	220	496	267	130	4	679	101	53	0	2	0	0
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	703	14	2	1	623	9	1	1	28	5	1	0	52	0	0	0
Military technologies and applied sciences	14	33	20	0	10	13	4	0	1	16	14	0	3	4	2	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	411	1,032	414	153	384	418	234	107	23	603	174	46	4	11	6	0
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology	338	910	359	59	315	371	231	50	16	532	127	8	7	7	1	1
Philosophy and religious studies	132	935	240	119	95	315	92	56	37	619	148	63	0	1	0	0
Physical sciences and science technologies	389	1,090	340	223	380	485	252	159	9	603	88	64	0	2	0	0
Precision production	413	7	2	0	394	2	0	0	7	5	2	0	12	0	0	0
Psychology	304	1,411	691	344	273	514	331	177	30	876	348	158	1	21	12	9
Public administration and social services	362	808	564	131	318	381	324	85	31	417	212	43	13	10	28	3
Social sciences and history	299	1,324	468	195	278	520	317	135	20	797	147	59	1	7	4	1
Social sciences	282	1,247	400	182	266	508	262	126	16	734	134	55	0	5	4	1
History	181	1,189	338	136	174	481	267	93	6	703	70	43	1	5	1	0
Theology and religious vocations	102	348	349	152	1	1	0	0	101	346	348	150	0	1	1	2
Transportation and materials moving	103	97	16	5	91	60	8	2	9	32	7	3	3	5	1	0
Visual and performing arts	693	1,354	450	113	593	502	259	72	50	799	183	40	50	53	8	1

1Includes 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.

2Excludes "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 2021, Completions component. (This table was prepared September 2022.)