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Table 250.Degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 1993-94

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                                                     |          Public institutions           |          Private institutions
                                                     |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------
                 Discipline division                 |Associate|Bachelor's| Master's| Doctor's|Associate|Bachelor's| Master's| Doctor's
                                                     | degrees |  degrees | degrees | degrees | degrees |  degrees | degrees | degrees
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                          1                          |    2    |    3     |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7     |    8    |    9
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  Total .............................................| 456,190 |  789,148 | 221,428 |  28,524 |  86,259 |  380,127 | 165,642 |  14,661
                                                     |---------|----------|---------|---------|---------|----------|---------|---------
Agriculture and natural resources\1\ ................|   5,385 |   17,080 |   3,745 |   1,255 |     335 |      990 |     374 |      23
Architecture and related programs ...................|     314 |    6,585 |   2,711 |      97 |      39 |    2,390 |   1,232 |      64
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..................|      65 |    2,956 |   1,007 |      79 |      27 |    2,617 |     626 |      76
Biological sciences/life sciences ...................|   1,771 |   33,747 |   3,847 |   3,240 |      81 |   17,636 |   1,349 |   1,294
Business management and administrative services\2\ ..|  81,118 |  153,288 |  37,578 |     987 |  27,192 |   93,366 |  55,859 |     377
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Communications ......................................|   1,490 |   36,024 |   2,827 |     297 |     620 |   15,140 |   2,178 |      40
Communications technologies .........................|   2,392 |      438 |      61 |       0 |     397 |      225 |     353 |       8
Computer and information sciences ...................|   7,081 |   15,231 |   5,748 |     553 |   2,375 |    8,969 |   4,668 |     257
Construction trades .................................|   1,322 |       34 |       0 |       0 |     402 |       41 |       0 |       0
Education ...........................................|   8,817 |   81,577 |  64,753 |   5,112 |   1,204 |   26,023 |  34,185 |   1,796
                                                     |         |          |         |         |         |          |         |
Engineering .........................................|   2,351 |   46,690 |  19,297 |   4,156 |     448 |   15,530 |   9,324 |   1,807
Engineering-related technologies ....................|  24,833 |   11,641 |   1,017 |      16 |  12,044 |    4,182 |     116 |       0
English language and literature/letters .............|   1,296 |   36,379 |   5,905 |     981 |      58 |   17,545 |   1,980 |     363
Foreign languages and literatures ...................|     328 |    9,181 |   2,419 |     529 |     189 |    5,197 |     869 |     357
Health professions and related sciences .............|  83,889 |   50,641 |  17,009 |   1,356 |  11,943 |   23,780 |  11,016 |     546
                                                     |         |          |         |         |         |          |         |
Home economics and vocational home economics ........|   7,128 |   13,457 |   1,410 |     245 |     434 |    2,065 |   1,011 |     120
Law and legal studies ...............................|   6,284 |    1,429 |     546 |       6 |   2,724 |      742 |   1,886 |      73
Liberal/general studies and humanities ..............| 153,616 |   21,298 |   1,182 |      26 |  10,959 |   12,099 |   1,314 |      54
Library science .....................................|     109 |       52 |   4,298 |      43 |       9 |       10 |     818 |       2
Mathematics .........................................|     746 |    9,394 |   3,159 |     819 |      19 |    5,002 |     941 |     338
                                                     |         |          |         |         |         |          |         |
Mechanics and repairers .............................|  10,051 |       45 |       0 |       0 |   1,567 |       62 |       0 |       0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .....................|   8,369 |   19,392 |   1,588 |     176 |      92 |    5,775 |     876 |      51
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .....|     652 |    9,246 |   1,313 |     110 |     115 |    2,224 |     312 |       6
Philosophy and religion ............................ |      47 |    3,009 |     540 |     207 |      47 |    4,537 |     810 |     321
Physical sciences and science technologies ..........|   2,549 |   12,133 |   4,271 |   3,344 |      73 |    6,267 |   1,408 |   1,306
                                                     |         |          |         |         |         |          |         |
Precision production trades .........................|   6,867 |      364 |       0 |       0 |   2,794 |       56 |       2 |       0
Protective services .................................|  18,777 |   18,693 |     964 |      24 |     639 |    4,316 |     473 |       1
Psychology ..........................................|   1,608 |   47,005 |   5,554 |   1,727 |     148 |   22,254 |   6,627 |   1,836
Public administration and services ..................|   3,294 |   12,824 |  13,403 |     310 |     426 |    4,991 |   8,430 |     209
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..................|     253 |        3 |     124 |       0 |      12 |       16 |       0 |       0
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Social sciences and history .........................|   3,709 |   88,111 |   9,479 |   2,172 |     391 |   45,569 |   5,082 |   1,455
Theological studies/religious vocations .............|       1 |        1 |       0 |       0 |     641 |    5,433 |   4,956 |   1,448
Transportation and material moving ..................|   1,710 |    1,826 |      70 |       0 |     278 |    2,097 |     594 |       0
Visual and performing arts ..........................|   7,531 |   28,906 |   5,526 |     657 |   6,448 |   20,147 |   4,399 |     397
Not classified by field of study ....................|     437 |      468 |      77 |       0 |   1,089 |    2,834 |   1,574 |      36
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\1\Includes "Agricultural business and production," "Agricultural sciences," and "Conservation and renewable natural resources."

\2\Includes "Marketing operations/marketing and distribution" and "Consumer and personal services."

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions" survey, 1993-94 and "Consolidated" survey 1994. (This table was prepared May 1996.)


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