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Table 256.Degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 1994-95 

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                                                |          Public institutions         |          Private institutions
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              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
________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
  Total ........................................| 451,539 |  776,670 |224,152 | 28,917 |  88,152 |  383,464 |173,477 | 15,529
                                                |_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources\1\ ...........|   5,418 |   18,471 |  3,778 |  1,246 |     312 |    1,370 |    474 |     18
Architecture and related programs ..............|     253 |    6,532 |  2,708 |     81 |      24 |    2,224 |  1,215 |     60
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .............|      52 |    2,980 |    963 |     87 |      16 |    2,726 |    676 |     99
Biological sciences/life sciences ..............|   1,802 |   36,640 |  3,904 |  3,274 |      77 |   19,344 |  1,489 |  1,371
Business\2\ ....................................|  75,415 |  142,206 | 37,114 |    970 |  26,511 |   92,117 | 56,695 |    424
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Communications .................................|   1,340 |   33,847 |  2,773 |    266 |   1,820 |   14,257 |  2,369 |     54
Communications technologies ....................|   1,659 |      471 |     82 |      0 |     325 |      228 |    385 |      1
Computer and information sciences ..............|   6,716 |   14,793 |  5,661 |    594 |   2,436 |    9,611 |  4,665 |    290
Construction trades ............................|   1,345 |       38 |      0 |      0 |     383 |       75 |      7 |      0
Education ......................................|   8,414 |   79,536 | 65,265 |  5,139 |   1,244 |   26,543 | 35,977 |  1,766
                                                |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Engineering ....................................|   1,908 |   47,026 | 19,314 |  4,277 |     324 |   15,316 |  9,239 |  1,833
Engineering-related technologies ...............|  22,521 |   11,550 |    954 |     18 |  12,211 |    4,083 |    156 |      0
English language and literature/letters ........|   1,491 |   34,848 |  5,900 |  1,098 |      57 |   17,053 |  1,945 |    463
Foreign languages and literatures ..............|     349 |    8,896 |  2,301 |    563 |     267 |    4,879 |    835 |    342
Health professions and related sciences ........|  84,962 |   53,101 | 18,049 |  1,468 |  13,512 |   26,754 | 13,194 |    601
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Home economics and vocational home economics ...|   7,476 |   13,223 |  1,586 |    248 |     345 |    2,122 |  1,278 |    140
Law and legal studies ..........................|   6,208 |    1,242 |    550 |     10 |   2,932 |      790 |  1,961 |     78
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,     |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  and humanities ...............................| 159,722 |   20,906 |  1,096 |     32 |  11,095 |   12,450 |  1,469 |     58
Library science ................................|      98 |       45 |  4,176 |     49 |       3 |        5 |    881 |      6
Mathematics ....................................|     748 |    8,939 |  3,190 |    867 |      34 |    4,784 |    991 |    359
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Mechanics and repairers ........................|   9,880 |       32 |      0 |      0 |   1,617 |       34 |      0 |      0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ................|   8,575 |   20,157 |  1,609 |    171 |     117 |    5,876 |    848 |     67
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.|     730 |   10,234 |  1,375 |    120 |     134 |    2,655 |    380 |     29
Philosophy and religion ........................|      45 |    2,931 |    496 |    203 |      36 |    4,345 |    884 |    304
Physical sciences and science technologies .....|   2,397 |   12,505 |  4,251 |  3,052 |      59 |    6,672 |  1,502 |  1,431
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Precision production trades ....................|   6,413 |      336 |      0 |      0 |   2,931 |       17 |      5 |      0
Protective services ............................|  19,007 |   19,347 |  1,047 |     26 |     702 |    4,810 |    659 |      0
Psychology .....................................|   1,437 |   48,255 |  5,985 |  1,766 |     163 |   23,828 |  7,936 |  2,056
Public administration and services .............|   3,499 |   13,349 | 14,206 |    291 |     383 |    5,237 |  9,295 |    265
R.O.T.C. and military technologies .............|     349 |        6 |    124 |      0 |      15 |       21 |      0 |      0
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Social sciences and history ....................|   3,251 |   84,021 |  9,596 |  2,303 |     383 |   44,133 |  5,249 |  1,422
Theological studies/religious vocations ........|      35 |        2 |      2 |      0 |     572 |    5,576 |  5,238 |  1,591
Transportation and material moving workers .....|   1,174 |    1,693 |     75 |      0 |     272 |    2,005 |    748 |      0
Visual and performing arts .....................|   6,402 |   28,227 |  5,664 |    679 |   6,142 |   20,463 |  4,613 |    401
Not classified by field of study ...............|     448 |      285 |    358 |     19 |     698 |    1,061 |    219 |      0
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\1\Includes "Agricultural business and production," "Agricultural sciences," and "Conservation and renewable natural resources."

\2\Includes "Business management and administrative services," "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, 1994-95 and "Consolidated" survey 1995. (This table was prepared March 1997.)



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