Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and discipline division: 2002-03

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Table 255.

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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
__________________________________________________|__________|__________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|__________
   All fields, total .............................|   497,132|   875,420| 265,695|    28,069|   135,780|   473,083| 246,950|    17,955
                                                  |__________|__________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|__________
Agriculture and natural resources ................|     5,905|    20,518|   3,887|     1,142|       303|     2,776|     605|        87
Architecture and related services ................|       386|     6,839|   3,185|        88|        54|     2,215|   1,740|        64
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .......|       120|     3,944|     908|        87|         6|     2,685|     601|        99
Biological and biomedical sciences ...............|     1,413|    40,227|   4,455|     3,444|        83|    19,845|   2,535|     1,559
Business .........................................|    65,440|   171,564|  49,535|       650|    36,717|   121,981|  78,010|       601
                                                  |          |          |        |          |          |          |        |
Communications, journalism, and related programs .|     1,669|    47,056|   3,079|       316|       933|    20,803|   2,974|        78
Communications technologies ......................|     2,634|       834|      89|         0|       666|     1,099|     353|         4
Computer and information sciences ................|    23,731|    30,509|   9,378|       485|    22,358|    26,930|  10,125|       331
Construction trades ..............................|     2,433|        95|       0|         0|       568|        71|       0|         0
Education ........................................|     9,778|    75,084|  80,062|     4,444|     1,421|    30,706|  67,386|     2,391
                                                  |          |          |        |          |          |          |        |
Engineering ......................................|     1,528|    47,468|  19,901|     3,731|       648|    15,143|   8,436|     1,545
Engineering technologies\2\ ......................|    22,436|    10,484|   1,529|        18|    17,521|     3,872|     803|        39
English language and literature/letters ..........|       870|    37,115|   5,216|       919|        26|    16,555|   2,197|       327
Family and consumer sciences .....................|     8,905|    15,350|   1,207|       251|       566|     2,816|     403|       121
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ..|       990|    11,383|   2,284|       630|        60|     5,518|     765|       412
                                                  |          |          |        |          |          |          |        |
Health professions and related clinical sciences .|    72,036|    46,286|  22,491|     1,540|    18,500|    24,937|  20,224|     1,788
Legal professions and studies ....................|     4,452|     1,407|     911|        16|     3,938|     1,059|   3,215|        89
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,       |          |          |        |          |          |          |        |
   and humanities ................................|   208,013|    28,139|   1,578|        26|     8,801|    12,082|   1,734|        52
Library science ..................................|        86|        94|   4,384|        62|         1|         5|     930|         0
Mathematics and statistics .......................|       721|     8,136|   2,748|       682|        11|     4,357|     878|       325
                                                  |          |          |        |          |          |          |        |
Mechanics and repair technologies ................|     8,346|       104|       0|         0|     3,648|        30|       0|         0
Military technologies ............................|        85|         6|       0|         0|         0|         0|       0|         0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ..................|    13,823|    20,783|   2,220|       441|       244|     7,974|   1,560|       458
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ...|       678|    16,484|   2,366|       177|       133|     4,944|     612|        22
Philosophy and religious studies .................|        91|     4,217|     481|       235|       288|     6,127|   1,097|       427
                                                  |          |          |        |          |          |          |        |
Physical sciences and science technologies .......|     2,139|    11,853|   3,732|     2,759|        51|     6,087|   1,377|     1,099
Precision production .............................|     2,086|        14|       0|         0|       193|        28|       3|         0
Psychology .......................................|     1,653|    52,516|   7,078|     2,219|       131|    26,097|  10,045|     2,612
Public administration and social service          |          |          |        |          |          |          |        |
   professions ...................................|     3,232|    13,106|  16,159|       339|       301|     6,772|   9,735|       257
Security and protective services .................|    16,212|    19,216|   1,560|        67|     2,359|     6,973|   1,395|         5
                                                  |          |          |        |          |          |          |        |
Social sciences and history ......................|     5,515|    93,396|   9,169|     2,437|       223|    49,822|   5,465|     1,413
  Social sciences ................................|     5,213|    75,761|   7,281|     1,894|       209|    39,727|   4,828|     1,095
  History ........................................|       302|    17,635|   1,888|       543|        14|    10,095|     637|       318
Theology and religious vocations .................|         0|         0|       0|         0|       425|     7,926|   5,099|     1,321
Transportation and materials moving ..............|       803|     1,932|      89|         0|       399|     2,635|     676|         0
Visual and performing arts .......................|     8,923|    39,261|   6,014|       864|    14,204|    32,213|   5,972|       429
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\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 repairers," which are listed separately.

NOTE: To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS Fall survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences and Natural resources and conservation; and "Business" includes Business management, marketing, and related support services and Personal and culinary services.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2002-03 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2003. (This table was prepared February 2005.)

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