Table 268.

Number of degree-granting institutions conferring degrees, by control, level of degree, and discipline division: 2005-06

Discipline division	Total number of institutions				Public institutions				Private 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
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Total	2,668	2,214	1,658	622	1,299	602	510	248	1,369	1,612	1,148	374
Agriculture and natural resources	454	567	202	87	424	271	157	81	30	296	45	6
Architecture and related services	65	179	133	32	59	111	93	23	6	68	40	9
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies	43	447	125	42	39	213	79	25	4	234	46	17
Biological and biomedical sciences	210	1,303	462	245	192	497	334	171	18	806	128	74
Business	1,867	1,697	1,010	147	1,146	547	384	90	721	1,150	626	57
Communications, journalism, and related programs	266	1,061	283	62	218	422	188	46	48	639	95	16
Communications technologies	280	118	15	1	237	36	3	0	43	82	12	1
Computer and information sciences	1,447	1,436	436	151	900	500	262	102	547	936	174	49
Construction trades	273	9	0	0	251	7	0	0	22	2	0	0
Education	652	1,192	1,052	292	565	436	446	179	87	756	606	113
Engineering	295	447	296	194	257	244	196	140	38	203	100	54
Engineering technologies2	1,148	339	131	8	863	207	90	4	285	132	41	4
English language and literature/letters	150	1,295	452	146	140	501	309	98	10	794	143	48
Family and consumer sciences	619	325	142	43	573	205	106	32	46	120	36	11
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	170	909	212	93	163	399	151	61	7	510	61	32
Health professions and related clinical sciences	1,660	1,121	807	252	1,065	472	354	144	595	649	453	108
Legal professions and studies	695	172	108	24	425	57	42	7	270	115	66	17
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	1,381	873	186	14	1,082	370	91	5	299	503	95	9
Library science	28	9	68	13	28	8	55	12	0	1	13	1
Mathematics and statistics	147	1,140	330	164	144	477	256	116	3	663	74	48
Mechanics and repair technologies	630	27	0	0	577	10	0	0	53	17	0	0
Military technologies	4	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	274	791	290	134	251	311	182	88	23	480	108	46
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	173	700	211	40	151	308	165	36	22	392	46	4
Philosophy and religious studies	43	907	217	107	27	301	91	54	16	606	126	53
Physical sciences and science technologies	309	1,046	328	208	299	468	240	142	10	578	88	66
Precision production	316	6	2	0	304	3	0	0	12	3	2	0
Psychology	166	1,347	642	283	145	497	324	143	21	850	318	140
Public administration and social service professions	311	732	415	107	284	316	275	70	27	416	140	37
Security and protective services	1,045	682	192	19	830	297	124	15	215	385	68	4
Social sciences and history	242	1,328	423	177	217	510	303	122	25	818	120	55
Social sciences	232	1,249	359	161	209	495	253	110	23	754	106	51
History	89	1,197	331	127	84	473	260	86	5	724	71	41
Theology and religious vocations	88	397	303	126	1	1	0	0	87	396	303	126
Transportation and materials moving	95	79	13	0	85	44	4	0	10	35	9	0
Visual and performing arts	745	1,356	411	100	530	466	250	66	215	890	161	34

1 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. 2 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanics and repair technologies," which are listed separately. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2006. (This table was prepared June 2007.)