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Table 250.Number of institutions of higher education conferring degrees, by level of degree and discipline division: 1991-92

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                                                    |      Total number of institutions      |           Public institutions          |          Private institutions
                                                    |________________________________________|________________________________________|________________________________________
                Discipline division                 |Associate|Bachelor's| Master's| Doctor's|Associate|Bachelor's| Master's| Doctor's|Associate|Bachelor's| Master's| Doctor's
                                                    | degrees |  degrees | degrees | degrees | degrees |  degrees | degrees | degrees | degrees |  degrees | degrees | degrees
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                         1                          |    2    |    3     |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7     |    8    |    9    |   10    |    11    |   12    |   13
____________________________________________________|_________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________
  Total ............................................|   2,162 |    1,809 |   1,297 |     477 |   1,241 |      551 |     480 |     209 |     921 |    1,258 |     817 |     268
                                                    |_________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________
Agriculture business and production ................|     298 |      126 |      63 |      35 |     285 |      100 |      60 |      34 |      13 |       26 |       3 |       1
Agricultural sciences ..............................|     105 |      131 |      77 |      50 |      93 |      114 |      73 |      49 |      12 |       17 |       4 |       1
Architecture and related programs ..................|      60 |      169 |     114 |      19 |      49 |      104 |      87 |      14 |      11 |       65 |      27 |       5
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .................|      19 |      348 |     103 |      36 |      17 |      141 |      61 |      19 |       2 |      207 |      42 |      17
Biological sciences/life sciences ..................|     158 |    1,202 |     436 |     218 |     145 |      464 |     309 |     144 |      13 |      738 |     127 |      74
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Business management and administrative services ....|   1,562 |    1,320 |     679 |     110 |   1,074 |      487 |     350 |      74 |     488 |      833 |     329 |      36
Communications .....................................|     227 |      853 |     216 |      40 |     181 |      357 |     154 |      33 |      46 |      496 |      62 |       7
Communications technologies ........................|     166 |       41 |       7 |       2 |     142 |       17 |       1 |       0 |      24 |       24 |       6 |       2
Computer and information sciences ..................|     696 |    1,036 |     319 |     103 |     511 |      434 |     202 |      74 |     185 |      602 |     117 |      29
Conservation and renewable natural resources .......|     117 |      168 |      84 |      39 |     105 |      120 |      77 |      36 |      12 |       48 |       7 |       3
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Construction trades ................................|     176 |        7 |       0 |       0 |     165 |        3 |       0 |       0 |      11 |        4 |       0 |       0
Consumer and personal services .....................|     166 |        9 |       1 |       0 |     142 |        5 |       0 |       0 |      24 |        4 |       1 |       0
Education ..........................................|     385 |    1,150 |     794 |     199 |     292 |      439 |     410 |     137 |      93 |      711 |     384 |      62
Engineering ........................................|     267 |      390 |     259 |     161 |     242 |      211 |     170 |     114 |      25 |      179 |      89 |      47
Engineering-related technologies ...................|     964 |      300 |      63 |       3 |     801 |      213 |      53 |       3 |     163 |       87 |      10 |       0
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English language and literature/letters ............|     117 |    1,222 |     409 |     136 |     107 |      476 |     289 |      91 |      10 |      746 |     120 |      45
Foreign languages and literatures ..................|      68 |      830 |     198 |      83 |      61 |      363 |     140 |      54 |       7 |      467 |      58 |      29
Health professions and related sciences ............|   1,168 |      896 |     497 |     132 |     925 |      411 |     282 |      97 |     243 |      485 |     215 |      35
Home economics .....................................|      97 |      328 |     174 |      38 |      79 |      215 |     124 |      30 |      18 |      113 |      50 |       8
Law and legal studies ..............................|     361 |      117 |      59 |      11 |     260 |       45 |      26 |       4 |     101 |       72 |      33 |       7
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Liberal/general studies and humanities .............|   1,274 |      696 |     143 |      15 |     962 |      291 |      71 |       8 |     312 |      405 |      72 |       7
Library science ....................................|      32 |       26 |      75 |      15 |      31 |       19 |      62 |      12 |       1 |        7 |      13 |       3
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution ....|     541 |      197 |      18 |       2 |     415 |       75 |       5 |       1 |     126 |      122 |      13 |       1
Mathematics ........................................|     136 |    1,129 |     335 |     147 |     128 |      470 |     249 |     102 |       8 |      659 |      86 |      45
Mechanics and repairers ............................|     504 |       11 |       0 |       0 |     474 |        2 |       0 |       0 |      30 |        9 |       0 |       0
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Multi/interdisciplinary studies ....................|     155 |      589 |     174 |      52 |     138 |      256 |     116 |      36 |      17 |      333 |      58 |      16
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies ....|     105 |      391 |     106 |      21 |      96 |      216 |      92 |      19 |       9 |      175 |      14 |       2
Philosophy and religion ............................|      25 |      820 |     176 |      91 |      16 |      274 |      84 |      48 |       9 |      546 |      92 |      43
Physical sciences ..................................|     138 |    1,059 |     346 |     198 |     125 |      460 |     247 |     132 |      13 |      599 |      99 |      66
Precision production trades ........................|     601 |       35 |       0 |       0 |     532 |       23 |       0 |       0 |      69 |       12 |       0 |       0
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Protective services ................................|     736 |      405 |     105 |       6 |     689 |      238 |      79 |       5 |      47 |      167 |      26 |       1
Psychology .........................................|     148 |    1,218 |     493 |     225 |     128 |      456 |     293 |     127 |      20 |      762 |     200 |      98
Public administration and services .................|     226 |      637 |     332 |      70 |     190 |      294 |     221 |      39 |      36 |      343 |     111 |      31
R.O.T.C. and military technologies .................|       4 |        2 |       0 |       0 |       2 |        0 |       0 |       0 |       2 |        2 |       0 |       0
Science technologies ...............................|     108 |       20 |       4 |       2 |      97 |        9 |       3 |       2 |      11 |       11 |       1 |       0
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Social sciences and history ........................|     208 |    1,276 |     405 |     165 |     173 |      482 |     287 |     111 |      35 |      794 |     118 |      54
Theological studies/religious vocations ............|      76 |      317 |     249 |     106 |       0 |        1 |       1 |       1 |      76 |      316 |     248 |     105
Transportation and material moving .................|     112 |       52 |       6 |       0 |      97 |       28 |       2 |       0 |      15 |       24 |       4 |       0
Visual and performing arts .........................|     525 |    1,179 |     372 |      87 |     381 |      433 |     236 |      56 |     144 |      746 |     136 |      31
Vocational home economics ..........................|     464 |       44 |       5 |       2 |     436 |       26 |       4 |       2 |      28 |       18 |       1 |       0
Unclassified by field of study .....................|      56 |       43 |      30 |      18 |      17 |        3 |       1 |       0 |      39 |       40 |      29 |      18
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NOTE.--Data represent programs, not organizational units within institutions.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions" survey, 1991-92 and "Consolidated" survey, 1992. (This table was prepared March 1994.)


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