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Table 257. -  Number of institutions of higher education conferring degrees, by level of degree and discipline division: 1995-96
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                                                 |      Total number of institutions    |           Public institutions        |          Private institutions
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               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 .........................................|   2,385 |    1,862 |  1,369 |    488 |   1,268 |      555 |    497 |    221 |   1,117 |    1,307 |    872 |    267
                                                 |_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
Agricultural business and production ............|     306 |      129 |     60 |     35 |     294 |       99 |     57 |     34 |      12 |       30 |      3 |      1
Agricultural sciences ...........................|      97 |      132 |     79 |     52 |      89 |      114 |     76 |     52 |       8 |       18 |      3 |      0
Architecture and related programs ...............|      36 |      169 |    116 |     26 |      33 |      109 |     88 |     19 |       3 |       60 |     28 |      7
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|      36 |      373 |    111 |     36 |      33 |      163 |     65 |     20 |       3 |      210 |     46 |     16
Biological sciences/life sciences ...............|     188 |    1,230 |    419 |    222 |     174 |      471 |    302 |    149 |      14 |      759 |    117 |     73
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Business management and administrative services .|   1,713 |    1,400 |    748 |    119 |   1,115 |      498 |    356 |     80 |     598 |      902 |    392 |     39
Communications ..................................|     246 |      905 |    226 |     47 |     201 |      369 |    158 |     37 |      45 |      536 |     68 |     10
Communications technologies .....................|     157 |       32 |     10 |      2 |     142 |       17 |      2 |      0 |      15 |       15 |      8 |      2
Computer and information sciences ...............|     759 |    1,056 |    334 |    121 |     540 |      436 |    214 |     83 |     219 |      620 |    120 |     38
Conservation and renewable natural resources ....|     121 |      279 |    108 |     46 |     110 |      151 |     91 |     41 |      11 |      128 |     17 |      5
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Consumer and personal services ..................|     238 |       12 |      0 |      0 |     198 |        6 |      0 |      0 |      40 |        6 |      0 |      0
Construction trades .............................|     184 |        6 |      0 |      0 |     172 |        3 |      0 |      0 |      12 |        3 |      0 |      0
Education .......................................|     383 |    1,140 |    854 |    217 |     298 |      424 |    421 |    148 |      85 |      716 |    433 |     69
Engineering .....................................|     277 |      397 |    264 |    173 |     246 |      217 |    173 |    124 |      31 |      180 |     91 |     49
Engineering-related technologies ................|     989 |      317 |     69 |      3 |     811 |      225 |     56 |      3 |     178 |       92 |     13 |      0
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English language and literature/letters .........|     140 |    1,250 |    415 |    137 |     126 |      479 |    292 |     92 |      14 |      771 |    123 |     45
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|      76 |      826 |    200 |     84 |      71 |      371 |    143 |     52 |       5 |      455 |     57 |     32
Health professions and related sciences .........|   1,356 |      944 |    569 |    149 |     994 |      420 |    306 |    109 |     362 |      524 |    263 |     40
Home economics ..................................|      88 |      326 |    185 |     41 |      73 |      207 |    122 |     32 |      15 |      119 |     63 |      9
Law and legal studies ...........................|     482 |      128 |     66 |     15 |     313 |       47 |     26 |      4 |     169 |       81 |     40 |     11
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Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and  |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  humanities ....................................|   1,311 |      723 |    158 |     22 |   1,014 |      294 |     76 |     10 |     297 |      429 |     82 |     12
Library science .................................|      31 |       13 |     70 |     13 |      29 |       11 |     58 |     12 |       2 |        2 |     12 |      1
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .|     476 |      172 |     18 |      1 |     365 |       65 |      4 |      1 |     111 |      107 |     14 |      0
Mathematics .....................................|     138 |    1,131 |    339 |    157 |     128 |      472 |    256 |    111 |      10 |      659 |     83 |     46
Mechanics and repairers .........................|     549 |        6 |      0 |      0 |     508 |        4 |      0 |      0 |      41 |        2 |      0 |      0
                                                 |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|     176 |      633 |    189 |     60 |     160 |      263 |    132 |     43 |      16 |      370 |     57 |     17
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .|     131 |      513 |    129 |     27 |     120 |      242 |    110 |     25 |      11 |      271 |     19 |      2
Philosophy and religion .........................|      27 |      834 |    188 |     92 |      17 |      293 |     86 |     49 |      10 |      541 |    102 |     43
Physical sciences ...............................|     154 |    1,063 |    340 |    204 |     144 |      457 |    245 |    138 |      10 |      606 |     95 |     66
Precision production trades .....................|     668 |       30 |      2 |      0 |     565 |       24 |      0 |      0 |     103 |        6 |      2 |      0
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Protective services .............................|     805 |      449 |    110 |      9 |     729 |      245 |     81 |      8 |      76 |      204 |     29 |      1
Psychology ......................................|     162 |    1,240 |    542 |    240 |     134 |      462 |    305 |    131 |      28 |      778 |    237 |    109
Public administration and services ..............|     258 |      640 |    345 |     77 |     222 |      299 |    234 |     46 |      36 |      341 |    111 |     31
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|       4 |        3 |      1 |      0 |       3 |        2 |      1 |      0 |       1 |        1 |      0 |      0
Science technologies ............................|     114 |       18 |      4 |      3 |     108 |        8 |      2 |      3 |       6 |       10 |      2 |      0
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Social sciences and history .....................|     227 |    1,291 |    414 |    172 |     191 |      487 |    297 |    115 |      36 |      804 |    117 |     57
Theological studies/religious vocations .........|      85 |      323 |    252 |    106 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |      85 |      323 |    252 |    106
Transportation and material moving workers ......|     105 |       70 |      7 |      0 |      89 |       35 |      4 |      0 |      16 |       35 |      3 |      0
Visual and performing arts ......................|     555 |    1,203 |    375 |     94 |     412 |      445 |    233 |     60 |     143 |      758 |    142 |     34
Vocational home economics .......................|     528 |       39 |      7 |      1 |     498 |       14 |      4 |      1 |      30 |       25 |      3 |      0
Not classified by field of study ................|      15 |       16 |     15 |      4 |       3 |        0 |      0 |      0 |      12 |       16 |     15 |      4
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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, 1995-96 and "Consolidated" survey, 1996. (This table was prepared May 1998.)


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