Table 259. | Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 1997-98 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ........................................| 455,084 | 784,296 |235,922 | 29,715 | 103,471 | 400,110 |194,242 | 16,295 |_________|__________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|__________ Agriculture and natural resources\2\ ...........| 6,309 | 21,337 | 3,857 | 1,275 | 364 | 1,947 | 618 | 27 Architecture and related programs ..............| 170 | 5,727 | 2,989 | 90 | 95 | 1,925 | 1,358 | 41 Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .............| 86 | 3,438 | 878 | 98 | 18 | 2,715 | 739 | 83 Biological sciences/life sciences ..............| 2,033 | 43,130 | 4,438 | 3,412 | 80 | 22,738 | 1,823 | 1,549 Business\3\ ....................................| 71,884 | 136,394 | 39,880 | 843 | 32,775 | 96,725 | 62,291 | 447 | | | | | | | | Communications .................................| 1,499 | 34,276 | 2,858 | 291 | 869 | 15,109 | 2,753 | 63 Communications technologies ....................| 1,299 | 439 | 102 | 0 | 303 | 290 | 462 | 5 Computer and information sciences ..............| 8,233 | 16,408 | 6,412 | 521 | 5,637 | 10,444 | 4,834 | 337 Construction trades ............................| 1,801 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 371 | 115 | 12 | 0 Education ......................................| 8,002 | 78,448 | 70,570 | 5,065 | 1,276 | 27,520 | 44,121 | 1,664 | | | | | | | | Engineering ....................................| 1,692 | 45,140 | 17,442 | 4,230 | 457 | 14,770 | 8,494 | 1,750 Engineering-related technologies ...............| 18,576 | 10,090 | 916 | 11 | 14,172 | 3,637 | 220 | 3 English language and literature/letters ........| 1,527 | 33,688 | 5,816 | 1,166 | 82 | 16,020 | 1,979 | 473 Foreign languages and literatures ..............| 495 | 9,368 | 2,230 | 563 | 48 | 5,083 | 697 | 396 Health professions and related sciences ........| 76,803 | 55,064 | 21,811 | 1,550 | 15,228 | 29,315 | 17,449 | 934 | | | | | | | | Home economics and vocational home economics ...| 7,884 | 14,852 | 1,613 | 265 | 408 | 2,444 | 1,301 | 159 Law and legal studies ..........................| 4,989 | 1,144 | 635 | 9 | 2,808 | 873 | 2,593 | 57 Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | and humanities ...............................| 176,627 | 21,706 | 1,107 | 44 | 9,621 | 11,496 | 1,694 | 43 Library science ................................| 91 | 70 | 3,909 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 962 | 1 Mathematics ....................................| 817 | 8,045 | 2,766 | 896 | 27 | 4,283 | 877 | 363 | | | | | | | | Mechanics and repairers ........................| 8,114 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2,502 | 75 | 0 | 0 Multi/interdisciplinary studies ................| 9,284 | 20,081 | 1,678 | 232 | 117 | 6,082 | 999 | 276 Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.| 757 | 12,778 | 1,688 | 122 | 138 | 4,003 | 336 | 7 Philosophy and religion ........................| 47 | 3,351 | 452 | 228 | 47 | 4,856 | 855 | 357 Physical sciences and science technologies .....| 2,195 | 12,658 | 3,942 | 3,217 | 91 | 6,758 | 1,419 | 1,354 | | | | | | | | Precision production trades ....................| 6,928 | 340 | 5 | 0 | 4,157 | 67 | 10 | 0 Protective services ............................| 17,963 | 19,513 | 1,192 | 39 | 1,039 | 5,563 | 808 | 0 Psychology .....................................| 1,609 | 49,330 | 5,764 | 1,957 | 156 | 24,642 | 7,983 | 2,116 Public administration and services .............| 3,806 | 14,427 | 15,629 | 290 | 350 | 5,981 | 9,515 | 209 R.O.T.C. and military technologies .............| 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | Social sciences and history ....................| 3,859 | 81,894 | 9,415 | 2,505 | 337 | 43,146 | 5,523 | 1,622 Theological studies/religious vocations ........| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 569 | 5,903 | 4,692 | 1,460 Transportation and material moving workers .....| 659 | 1,478 | 97 | 0 | 350 | 1,728 | 639 | 0 Visual and performing arts .....................| 6,772 | 29,596 | 5,827 | 749 | 8,208 | 22,481 | 5,318 | 414 Not classified by field of study ...............| 2,251 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 766 | 1,373 | 868 | 85 ________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|__________ |
\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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions" survey, 1997-98 and "Consolidated" survey 1998. (This table was prepared June 2000.)
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