Table 261.

Number of degree-granting institutions conferring degrees, by control, level of degree, and discipline division: 2004–05

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	2,691	2,194	1,617	596	1,309	600	506	244	1,382	1,594	1,111	352
Agriculture and natural resources	469	570	198	87	446	267	156	80	23	303	42	7
Architecture and related services	67	182	136	30	61	114	96	22	6	68	40	8
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies	41	424	122	43	39	202	77	26	2	222	45	17
Biological and biomedical sciences	203	1,290	453	241	188	493	327	166	15	797	126	75
Business	1,867	1,673	978	146	1,155	550	377	89	712	1,123	601	57
Communications, journalism, and related programs	249	1,039	277	59	207	413	183	46	42	626	94	13
Communications technologies	261	100	15	1	225	38	4	0	36	62	11	1
Computer and information sciences	1,466	1,401	436	148	916	497	259	98	550	904	177	50
Construction trades	256	8	0	0	237	7	0	0	19	1	0	0
Education	599	1,183	1,029	281	516	434	444	175	83	749	585	106
Engineering	291	444	301	195	249	247	198	143	42	197	103	52
Engineering technologies2	1,176	340	133	9	879	214	90	4	297	126	43	5
English language and literature/letters	149	1,292	447	143	146	500	305	97	3	792	142	46
Family and consumer sciences	626	326	138	43	577	203	103	33	49	123	35	10
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	172	898	210	93	159	397	151	60	13	501	59	33
Health professions and related clinical sciences	1,596	1,096	773	229	1,052	464	347	135	544	632	426	94
Legal professions and studies	680	172	103	21	424	53	40	5	256	119	63	16
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	1,403	868	180	16	1,075	365	91	5	328	503	89	11
Library science	25	10	69	12	25	9	55	11	0	1	14	1
Mathematics and statistics	152	1,131	325	153	146	481	252	110	6	650	73	43
Mechanics and repair technologies	644	19	0	0	591	10	0	0	53	9	0	0
Military technologies	4	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	282	786	281	129	255	316	180	83	27	470	101	46
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies	170	690	206	43	149	305	163	39	21	385	43	4
Philosophy and religious studies	51	890	202	105	32	292	85	52	19	598	117	53
Physical sciences and science technologies	315	1,058	330	205	303	464	243	136	12	594	87	69
Precision production	314	7	2	0	301	3	0	0	13	4	2	0
Psychology	173	1,345	623	283	151	497	320	142	22	848	303	141
Public administration and social service professions	304	721	404	104	272	312	267	66	32	409	137	38
Security and protective services	992	641	188	18	826	293	124	15	166	348	64	3
Social sciences and history	233	1,325	427	176	210	508	303	118	23	817	124	58
Social sciences	223	1,246	355	160	202	492	251	107	21	754	104	53
History	71	1,186	336	127	65	473	258	88	6	713	78	39
Theology and religious vocations	83	396	300	125	0	1	0	0	83	395	300	125
Transportation and materials moving	99	79	13	0	87	46	4	0	12	33	9	0
Visual and performing arts	728	1,348	400	100	519	468	249	67	209	880	151	33

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, 2004–05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2005. (This table was prepared July 2006.)