Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 1999-2000

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Table 261.

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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\1\| degrees | degrees  |degrees |degrees\1\
________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|__________
                       1                        |    2    |    3     |   4    |    5     |    6    |    7     |   8    |    9
________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|__________
  Total ........................................| 448,446 |  810,855 |243,157 |   28,408 | 116,487 |  427,020 |213,899 |   16,400
                                                |_________|__________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|__________
Agriculture and natural resources\2\ ...........|   6,278 |   21,975 |  3,830 |    1,159 |     389 |    2,272 |    545 |       22
Architecture and related programs ..............|     308 |    6,444 |  2,848 |       76 |      84 |    2,018 |  1,420 |       53
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .............|     106 |    3,652 |    817 |      114 |     153 |    2,729 |    774 |      103
Biological sciences/life sciences ..............|   1,376 |   41,663 |  4,274 |    3,223 |      58 |   21,869 |  1,924 |    1,644
Business\3\ ....................................|  71,139 |  150,637 | 43,905 |      717 |  36,262 |  107,072 | 68,353 |      479
                                                |         |          |        |          |         |          |        |
Communications .................................|   1,475 |   38,579 |  2,635 |      280 |   1,279 |   17,181 |  2,534 |       67
Communications technologies ....................|   1,270 |      448 |     90 |        0 |     439 |      702 |    346 |       10
Computer and information sciences ..............|  10,961 |   21,095 |  7,510 |      512 |   9,489 |   15,100 |  6,754 |      265
Construction trades ............................|   1,950 |       40 |      0 |        0 |     387 |      146 |     12 |        0
Education ......................................|   6,936 |   77,997 | 72,754 |    4,801 |   1,290 |   30,171 | 51,486 |    2,029
                                                |         |          |        |          |         |          |        |
Engineering ....................................|   1,435 |   44,093 | 17,317 |    3,784 |     317 |   14,334 |  8,279 |    1,600
Engineering-related technologies ...............|  18,147 |   10,219 |    746 |        5 |  17,248 |    3,653 |    168 |        1
English language and literature/letters ........|     870 |   34,277 |  5,247 |    1,213 |      77 |   16,643 |  1,983 |      415
Foreign languages and literatures ..............|     400 |    9,755 |  2,090 |      560 |     101 |    5,213 |    690 |      355
Health professions and related sciences ........|  69,051 |   51,376 | 23,512 |    1,869 |  15,030 |   27,082 | 18,944 |      807
                                                |         |          |        |          |         |          |        |
Home economics and vocational home economics ...|   7,960 |   15,292 |  1,649 |      245 |     421 |    2,487 |  1,181 |      112
Law and legal studies ..........................|   4,093 |    1,051 |    714 |       11 |   3,172 |      874 |  3,036 |       63
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,     |         |          |        |          |         |          |        |
  and humanities ...............................| 178,725 |   25,037 |  1,361 |       38 |   8,729 |   11,067 |  1,895 |       45
Library science ................................|      98 |      151 |  3,663 |       62 |       0 |        3 |    914 |        6
Mathematics ....................................|     639 |    7,784 |  2,599 |      781 |      36 |    4,286 |    813 |      325
                                                |         |          |        |          |         |          |        |
Mechanics and repairers ........................|   8,264 |       55 |      0 |        0 |   3,350 |       15 |      0 |        0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ................|  11,544 |   21,006 |  1,898 |      238 |     240 |    6,454 |  1,166 |      146
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.|     691 |   14,115 |  1,943 |      123 |     164 |    4,996 |    535 |       11
Philosophy and religion ........................|      35 |    3,357 |    446 |      243 |      28 |    5,009 |    883 |      343
Physical sciences and science technologies .....|   2,320 |   11,984 |  3,569 |    2,869 |     140 |    6,401 |  1,272 |    1,149
                                                |         |          |        |          |         |          |        |
Precision production trades ....................|   7,147 |      331 |      0 |        0 |   4,667 |       62 |      5 |        0
Protective services ............................|  15,275 |   18,889 |  1,351 |       50 |   1,023 |    5,988 |  1,258 |        2
Psychology .....................................|   1,291 |   48,856 |  5,581 |    1,869 |     164 |   25,204 |  8,884 |    2,441
Public administration and services .............|   3,311 |   13,921 | 15,657 |      289 |     345 |    6,264 |  9,937 |      248
R.O.T.C. and military technologies .............|      65 |        7 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |        0
                                                |         |          |        |          |         |          |        |
Social sciences and history ....................|   4,805 |   81,922 |  8,785 |    2,534 |     331 |   45,179 |  5,281 |    1,561
Theological studies/religious vocations ........|       1 |        0 |      0 |        0 |     635 |    6,809 |  5,576 |    1,643
Transportation and material moving workers .....|     711 |    1,387 |     94 |        0 |     310 |    2,008 |    603 |        0
Visual and performing arts .....................|   7,232 |   32,743 |  5,471 |      743 |   9,868 |   26,048 |  5,447 |      384
Not classified by field of study ...............|   2,537 |      717 |    801 |        0 |     261 |    1,681 |  1,001 |       71
________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|__________

\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\Includes "Agricultural business and production," "Agricultural sciences," and "Conservation and renewable natural resources."
\3\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, 1999-2000 and "Consolidated" survey 2000. (This table was prepared July 2001.)

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