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Table 247.Associate degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by sex of student and field of study: 1988-89 to 1992-93

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                                                 |                   Total                    |                   Women
Field of study                                   |____________________________________________|____________________________________________
                                                 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93
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1                                                |   2    |   3    |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |   8    |   9    |   10   |   11
_________________________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
     Total ......................................|436,764 |455,102 |481,720 |504,231 |514,756 |250,448 |263,907 |283,086 |296,750 |302,792
                                                 |________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources, total ........|  4,725 |  4,832 |  4,910 |  5,251 |  5,398 |  1,655 |  1,600 |  1,588 |  1,675 |  1,648
   Agricultural business and production .........|  2,884 |  2,894 |  2,905 |  3,046 |  3,222 |    969 |    930 |    962 |  1,011 |  1,018
   Agricultural sciences ........................|    963 |    925 |    879 |    951 |    837 |    543 |    507 |    444 |    432 |    372
   Conservation and renewable natural resources .|    878 |  1,013 |  1,126 |  1,254 |  1,339 |    143 |    163 |    182 |    232 |    258
Architecture and related programs ...............|  1,815 |  2,013 |  2,031 |    443 |    372 |  1,559 |  1,745 |  1,741 |    337 |    253
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|     16 |     68 |     19 |     29 |     33 |      8 |     56 |     13 |     20 |     23
Biological/life sciences ........................|    982 |  1,023 |  1,119 |  1,361 |  1,435 |    568 |    593 |    667 |    797 |    847
Business management and administrative services .| 92,481 | 92,390 | 89,537 | 93,762 | 91,719 | 62,703 | 63,163 | 62,109 | 65,459 | 63,364
   Accounting ...................................| 14,266 | 14,858 | 14,577 | 15,687 | 15,115 | 10,690 | 11,275 | 11,111 | 11,888 | 11,587
   Business, general ............................| 11,929 | 11,878 | 11,618 | 11,823 | 11,190 |  6,940 |  7,095 |  7,188 |  7,293 |  7,046
   Business administration and management .......| 27,252 | 28,292 | 26,625 | 31,185 | 29,556 | 15,782 | 16,753 | 15,863 | 18,902 | 17,932
   Business and management, other ...............| 11,162 | 11,691 | 11,663 | 11,089 | 12,285 |  6,130 |  6,480 |  6,655 |  6,769 |  6,645
   Business data processing .....................|  9,831 |  8,532 |  8,182 |  6,394 |  6,405 |  5,501 |  4,733 |  4,775 |  3,679 |  3,693
   Secretarial and related programs .............| 18,041 | 17,139 | 16,872 | 17,584 | 17,168 | 17,660 | 16,827 | 16,517 | 16,928 | 16,461
Communications ..................................|  1,777 |  1,657 |  1,847 |  1,886 |  1,904 |    955 |    910 |    966 |    996 |    959
Communications technologies .....................|  1,993 |  2,027 |  2,032 |  1,794 |  1,828 |    681 |    678 |    681 |    649 |    632
Computer and information sciences ...............|  7,900 |  7,574 |  7,677 |  9,290 |  9,196 |  3,908 |  3,768 |  3,770 |  4,725 |  4,655
Construction trades .............................|  1,731 |  1,765 |  1,793 |  1,560 |  1,653 |     75 |     68 |     78 |     69 |     72
Consumer and personal services ..................|  2,815 |  2,121 |  2,494 |  4,420 |  4,692 |  1,028 |    843 |    887 |  1,519 |  1,572
Education .......................................|  7,445 |  8,061 |  7,842 | 10,267 |  9,315 |  5,285 |  5,731 |  5,640 |  6,559 |  6,284
Engineering .....................................|  2,676 |  2,345 |  2,451 |  2,685 |  2,478 |    310 |    279 |    268 |    344 |    309
Engineering-related technologies ................| 42,593 | 40,033 | 37,890 | 35,861 | 36,321 |  4,237 |  4,006 |  3,724 |  3,757 |  3,690
English language and literature/letters .........|    468 |    527 |    426 |  1,019 |  1,320 |    330 |    358 |    302 |    671 |    851
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|    324 |    329 |    327 |    433 |    511 |    214 |    251 |    210 |    305 |    358
Health professions and related sciences .........| 59,535 | 64,113 | 70,833 | 79,453 | 86,237 | 52,495 | 56,125 | 61,495 | 68,648 | 73,266
   Dental assisting .............................|  3,650 |  3,697 |  3,810 |  4,013 |  4,165 |  3,427 |  3,502 |  3,612 |  3,822 |  3,929
   Emergency medical technician-ambulance and    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
      paramedic .................................|    354 |    332 |    371 |    378 |    442 |     99 |    100 |    116 |    114 |    139
   Medical lab technician .......................|  1,724 |  1,627 |  1,731 |  1,874 |  2,172 |  1,339 |  1,284 |  1,311 |  1,425 |  1,601
   Medical assisting ............................|  1,786 |  1,404 |  1,496 |  1,960 |  2,130 |  1,695 |  1,375 |  1,451 |  1,741 |  1,907
   Nursing assisting ............................|     12 |      0 |      5 |     19 |     86 |     11 |      0 |      4 |     13 |     70
   Practical nursing ............................|    591 |    589 |    797 |    795 |    890 |    539 |    535 |    692 |    742 |    804
   Nursing, R.N. and other ......................| 36,475 | 40,212 | 45,317 | 51,193 | 54,085 | 33,904 | 36,915 | 41,261 | 46,217 | 48,289
   Health sciences, other .......................| 14,943 | 16,252 | 17,306 | 19,221 | 22,267 | 11,481 | 12,414 | 13,048 | 14,574 | 16,527
Home economics and vocational home economics ....|  7,559 |  7,798 |  8,067 |  6,436 |  6,914 |  5,745 |  6,080 |  6,243 |  5,749 |  6,259
Law and legal studies ...........................|  3,742 |  4,552 |  5,484 |  7,053 |  8,028 |  3,271 |  3,967 |  4,892 |  6,146 |  7,069
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  and humanities ................................|121,988 |133,466 |142,722 |154,594 |158,040 | 71,588 | 78,768 | 84,977 | 91,777 | 94,173
Library science .................................|    101 |    107 |    111 |    103 |     85 |     90 |     95 |    102 |     85 |     76
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .| 14,338 | 14,015 | 12,713 |  8,465 |  7,445 | 11,003 | 10,829 |  9,510 |  6,494 |  5,646
Mathematics .....................................|    654 |    756 |    670 |    744 |    743 |    239 |    270 |    264 |    280 |    315
Mechanics and repairers .........................|  7,769 |  7,704 |  7,640 | 10,264 | 10,966 |    427 |    431 |    445 |    671 |    686
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|  7,737 |  8,176 |  7,454 |  7,841 |  8,486 |  3,888 |  4,156 |  3,998 |  4,059 |  4,411
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .|    641 |    485 |    425 |    620 |    717 |    329 |    200 |    177 |    251 |    288
Philosophy and religion .........................|     81 |     93 |     89 |     60 |    111 |     23 |     34 |     28 |     17 |     35
Physical sciences ...............................|  1,838 |  2,021 |  2,091 |  2,066 |  2,241 |    806 |    811 |    901 |    861 |    945
   Physical sciences, other .....................|  1,090 |  1,279 |  1,281 |  1,228 |  1,390 |    487 |    539 |    562 |    522 |    598
   Science technologies .........................|    748 |    742 |    810 |    838 |    851 |    319 |    272 |    339 |    339 |    347
Precision production trades .....................|  7,414 |  8,616 |  9,093 |  9,005 |  9,204 |  1,584 |  1,898 |  1,975 |  1,872 |  1,811
Protective services .............................| 11,682 | 12,855 | 13,564 | 15,117 | 16,834 |  3,292 |  3,402 |  3,599 |  3,876 |  4,545
   Criminal justice and corrections .............|  9,663 | 10,658 | 11,358 | 12,649 | 14,295 |  3,079 |  3,137 |  3,367 |  3,628 |  4,265
   Fire control and safety ......................|  1,493 |  1,621 |  1,634 |  1,989 |  2,020 |     78 |     91 |     92 |    116 |    137
   Protective services, other ...................|    526 |    576 |    572 |    479 |    519 |    135 |    174 |    140 |    132 |    143
Psychology ......................................|  1,090 |  1,115 |    997 |  1,209 |  1,237 |    811 |    829 |    740 |    871 |    955
Public administration and services ..............|  2,493 |  2,613 |  2,779 |  3,162 |  3,301 |  1,959 |  2,076 |  2,243 |  2,523 |  2,653
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|    164 |    129 |     85 |    172 |     52 |     31 |     15 |      8 |     16 |      8
Social sciences and history .....................|  2,741 |  2,872 |  2,505 |  3,160 |  3,930 |  1,544 |  1,611 |  1,494 |  1,760 |  2,252
Theological studies/religious vocations .........|    568 |    653 |    578 |    496 |    508 |    248 |    264 |    243 |    216 |    227
Transportation and material moving workers ......|  2,090 |  2,619 |  2,609 |  2,418 |  2,210 |    340 |    395 |    469 |    440 |    360
Visual and performing arts ......................|  8,178 |  8,740 |  9,126 | 11,888 | 12,690 |  4,952 |  5,327 |  5,362 |  7,085 |  7,606
   Fine arts, general ...........................|  1,091 |  1,150 |  1,166 |  1,159 |  1,346 |    719 |    729 |    766 |    767 |    886
   Design and music .............................|  5,340 |  5,900 |  5,986 |  9,142 |  9,699 |  3,218 |  3,588 |  3,499 |  5,536 |  5,866
   Visual and performing arts, other ............|  1,747 |  1,690 |  1,974 |  1,587 |  1,645 |  1,015 |  1,010 |  1,097 |    782 |    854
Not classified by field of study ................|  4,620 |  4,839 | 19,690 |  9,844 |  6,602 |  2,267 |  2,275 | 11,277 |  5,171 |  3,689
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared March 1997.)


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