Degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 1996-97

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Table 260

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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 | degrees | degrees  |degrees |degrees
________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
                       1                        |    2    |    3     |   4    |   5    |    6    |    7     |   8    |   9
________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
  Total ........................................| 465,494 |  776,677 |233,237 | 29,838 | 105,732 |  396,202 |186,164 | 16,038
                                                |_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources\1\ ...........|   6,104 |   20,863 |  3,890 |  1,193 |     359 |    1,739 |    626 |     24
Architecture and related programs ..............|     256 |    6,038 |  2,845 |     87 |      60 |    1,906 |  1,189 |     48
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .............|      72 |    3,238 |    923 |     96 |      12 |    2,601 |    728 |     86
Biological sciences/life sciences ..............|   2,045 |   41,702 |  4,505 |  3,350 |      71 |   22,273 |  1,961 |  1,462
Business\2\ ....................................|  75,915 |  134,199 | 38,792 |    917 |  33,484 |   92,434 | 58,827 |    419
                                                |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Communications .................................|   1,436 |   33,078 |  2,712 |    245 |     594 |   14,152 |  2,515 |     51
Communications technologies ....................|   1,604 |      423 |     93 |      0 |     139 |      115 |    281 |      4
Computer and information sciences ..............|   7,271 |   14,938 |  5,806 |    570 |   3,719 |    9,830 |  4,292 |    287
Construction trades ............................|   1,526 |       28 |      0 |      0 |     402 |       80 |      0 |      0
Education ......................................|   9,339 |   77,846 | 69,244 |  5,080 |   1,187 |   27,387 | 40,843 |  1,671
                                                |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Engineering ....................................|   1,694 |   46,460 | 17,707 |  4,442 |     258 |   14,725 |  8,080 |  1,759
Engineering-related technologies ...............|  20,732 |   10,016 |    892 |      9 |  13,078 |    3,800 |    148 |      0
English language and literature/letters ........|   1,374 |   33,418 |  5,668 |  1,190 |      81 |   15,927 |  2,054 |    385
Foreign languages and literatures ..............|     445 |    8,970 |  2,314 |    583 |     244 |    4,704 |    763 |    332
Health professions and related sciences ........|  81,380 |   55,554 | 20,631 |  1,653 |  17,541 |   30,077 | 15,327 |  1,019
                                                |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Home economics and vocational home economics ...|   8,214 |   14,299 |  1,596 |    241 |     337 |    2,272 |  1,292 |    141
Law and legal studies ..........................|   5,632 |    1,168 |    614 |     11 |   3,336 |      870 |  2,272 |     70
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,     |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
  and humanities ...............................| 171,170 |   21,325 |  1,118 |     41 |  10,171 |   13,451 |  1,543 |     36
Library science ................................|     124 |       43 |  3,998 |     45 |       2 |        5 |    984 |      1
Mathematics ....................................|     762 |    8,351 |  2,886 |    830 |      30 |    4,469 |    897 |    344
                                                |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Mechanics and repairers ........................|   9,859 |       28 |      0 |      0 |   2,321 |       20 |      0 |      0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ................|   9,088 |   20,271 |  1,929 |    205 |      94 |    5,866 |    890 |    246
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.|     789 |   11,864 |  1,658 |     97 |     124 |    3,537 |    308 |     11
Philosophy and religion ........................|      44 |    3,049 |    436 |    235 |      45 |    4,636 |    816 |    358
Physical sciences and science technologies .....|   2,470 |   12,759 |  4,207 |  3,241 |      56 |    6,772 |  1,356 |  1,233
                                                |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Precision production trades ....................|   6,601 |      302 |      0 |      0 |   3,767 |       24 |      3 |      0
Protective services ............................|  18,890 |   19,759 |  1,132 |     31 |     999 |    5,406 |    713 |      0
Psychology .....................................|   1,452 |   49,421 |  5,993 |  1,913 |     160 |   24,770 |  8,360 |  2,140
Public administration and services .............|   3,917 |   14,974 | 15,349 |    308 |     353 |    5,675 |  9,432 |    210
R.O.T.C. and military technologies .............|     554 |        2 |    136 |      0 |       2 |        2 |      0 |      0
                                                |         |          |        |        |         |          |        |
Social sciences and history ....................|   3,694 |   82,077 |  9,423 |  2,509 |     362 |   42,814 |  5,364 |  1,480
Theological studies/religious vocations ........|       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |     574 |    5,591 |  4,975 |  1,395
Transportation and material moving workers .....|   1,217 |    1,576 |     79 |      0 |     395 |    1,971 |    840 |      0
Visual and performing arts .....................|   6,654 |   28,638 |  5,718 |    716 |   6,939 |   21,445 |  4,909 |    344
Not classified by field of study ...............|   3,170 |        0 |    943 |      0 |   4,436 |    4,856 |  3,576 |    482
________________________________________________|_________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|________|________

\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, 1996-97 and "Consolidated" survey 1997. (This table was prepared June 1999.)

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