Number of undergraduate career education credentials awarded by Title IV postsecondary institutions, by credential level and career field of study: United States, 1997 to 2006

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Table P80. Number of undergraduate career education credentials awarded by Title IV postsecondary institutions, by credential level and career field of study: United States, 1997 to 2006
Career field of study and credential level	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006

Total, all undergraduate career education credentials	1,553,859	1,527,839	1,482,463	1,586,827	1,573,744	1,661,013	1,835,114	1,926,181	1,984,396	2,022,885

Agriculture and natural resources	25,695	25,787	25,430	25,871	26,062	26,812	35,684	34,665	34,642	34,803
Business management	324,054	317,608	314,525	347,163	349,312	370,093	357,673	374,027	380,226	388,879
Business support	68,041	66,451	59,136	61,587	50,565	50,190	38,689	37,121	32,626	31,616
Communications and design	76,574	80,525	81,063	92,482	96,229	105,636	116,886	121,650	122,237	123,896
Computer and information sciences	63,676	66,124	73,863	97,513	97,810	113,838	147,567	135,895	116,609	100,507
Consumer services	114,803	113,941	110,348	117,829	118,616	133,675	156,131	165,642	172,711	177,525
Education	117,567	118,085	114,748	119,579	117,981	119,979	123,661	125,240	125,625	128,691
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	139,291	136,605	133,788	144,851	140,692	142,821	156,945	152,197	148,877	144,845
Health sciences	345,766	330,921	310,240	312,620	304,698	319,905	389,869	454,570	507,026	535,579
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	140,725	135,808	130,126	136,359	134,471	137,231	135,654	138,895	147,182	152,376
Marketing	24,382	25,795	25,426	28,097	29,674	32,515	54,220	54,815	55,719	56,581
Protective services	65,485	64,004	59,748	57,367	63,843	63,185	71,197	76,551	82,514	89,399
Public, legal, and social services	47,800	46,185	44,022	45,509	43,791	45,133	50,938	54,913	58,402	58,188

Credential level

Subbaccalaureate credentials	873,483	837,087	809,800	854,044	832,749	888,914	1,012,955	1,074,196	1,115,168	1,127,637
Agriculture and natural resources	10,969	10,726	10,388	10,282	11,174	11,901	12,390	11,830	11,640	11,750
Business management	123,337	112,067	110,721	119,948	115,805	123,751	102,021	105,985	108,151	110,447
Business support	67,786	66,196	58,821	61,361	50,313	49,925	38,416	36,961	32,362	31,390
Communications and design	20,772	21,984	22,220	25,548	26,745	29,545	33,330	32,599	30,023	28,762
Computer and information sciences	38,908	39,344	45,823	61,418	55,901	66,539	90,128	76,407	62,498	53,027
Consumer services	84,317	81,314	76,870	82,554	82,928	96,934	118,050	126,188	131,584	133,097
Education	12,334	12,126	12,982	11,531	12,706	13,596	17,871	18,962	20,174	21,453
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	56,228	55,897	58,435	64,539	60,040	60,211	70,692	65,212	59,984	53,804
Health sciences	260,100	246,554	231,746	234,228	231,238	249,388	318,648	380,636	426,341	443,606
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	135,459	130,754	125,025	130,784	128,518	130,489	128,709	131,324	139,437	144,097
Marketing	3,479	3,216	3,140	2,636	3,042	3,075	17,123	16,394	17,071	17,848
Protective services	40,320	38,928	36,751	32,490	38,634	37,649	45,008	48,376	51,791	54,080
Public, legal, and social services	19,474	17,981	16,878	16,725	15,705	15,911	20,569	23,322	24,112	24,276

Certificates	498,482	476,479	457,240	496,524	470,085	522,039	603,550	645,314	667,477	667,440
Agriculture and natural resources	5,008	4,687	4,501	4,243	5,191	6,005	5,776	5,193	5,022	5,200
Business management	47,982	40,371	39,975	44,679	39,629	44,603	30,198	31,652	29,528	29,907
Business support	46,341	45,855	40,151	43,710	33,319	34,812	26,345	24,975	20,995	21,155
Communications and design	6,788	6,887	6,828	8,363	8,131	9,222	10,320	9,793	8,233	8,258
Computer and information sciences	27,654	25,114	28,796	40,365	29,397	34,864	42,530	33,779	25,444	20,946
Consumer services	69,791	66,704	61,742	66,247	65,954	79,235	90,510	96,082	99,540	99,641
Education	1,715	2,734	2,989	3,262	3,552	4,294	6,557	6,425	6,746	6,925
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	16,562	18,009	20,738	24,430	20,815	23,081	25,621	22,637	20,968	18,001
Health sciences	151,565	145,799	135,797	143,772	143,066	162,620	220,532	265,788	294,794	298,480
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	98,200	94,648	90,833	95,765	93,003	96,264	101,543	103,311	109,544	112,812
Marketing	1,737	1,546	1,644	1,101	1,543	1,650	10,074	9,317	10,108	10,795
Protective services	20,050	19,489	19,035	16,164	22,252	20,907	26,298	27,696	27,878	27,541
Public, legal, and social services	5,089	4,636	4,211	4,423	4,233	4,482	7,246	8,666	8,677	7,779

Associate's degree	375,001	360,608	352,560	357,520	362,664	366,875	409,405	428,882	447,691	460,197
Agriculture and natural resources	5,961	6,039	5,887	6,039	5,983	5,896	6,614	6,637	6,618	6,550
Business management	75,355	71,696	70,746	75,269	76,176	79,148	71,823	74,333	78,623	80,540
Business support	21,445	20,341	18,670	17,651	16,994	15,113	12,071	11,986	11,367	10,235
Communications and design	13,984	15,097	15,392	17,185	18,614	20,323	23,010	22,806	21,790	20,504
Computer and information sciences	11,254	14,230	17,027	21,053	26,504	31,675	47,598	42,628	37,054	32,081
Consumer services	14,526	14,610	15,128	16,307	16,974	17,699	27,540	30,106	32,044	33,456
Education	10,619	9,392	9,993	8,269	9,154	9,302	11,314	12,537	13,428	14,528
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	39,666	37,888	37,697	40,109	39,225	37,130	45,071	42,575	39,016	35,803
Health sciences	108,535	100,755	95,949	90,456	88,172	86,768	98,116	114,848	131,547	145,126
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	37,259	36,106	34,192	35,019	35,515	34,225	27,166	28,013	29,893	31,285
Marketing	1,742	1,670	1,496	1,535	1,499	1,425	7,049	7,077	6,963	7,053
Protective services	20,270	19,439	17,716	16,326	16,382	16,742	18,710	20,680	23,913	26,539
Public, legal, and social services	14,385	13,345	12,667	12,302	11,472	11,429	13,323	14,656	15,435	16,497

Bachelor's degree	680,376	690,752	672,663	732,783	740,995	772,099	822,159	851,985	869,228	895,248
Agriculture and natural resources	14,726	15,061	15,042	15,589	14,888	14,911	23,294	22,835	23,002	23,053
Business management	200,717	205,541	203,804	227,215	233,507	246,342	255,652	268,042	272,075	278,432
Business support	255	255	315	226	252	265	273	160	264	226
Communications and design	55,802	58,541	58,843	66,934	69,484	76,091	83,556	89,051	92,214	95,134
Computer and information sciences	24,768	26,780	28,040	36,095	41,909	47,299	57,439	59,488	54,111	47,480
Consumer services	30,486	32,627	33,478	35,275	35,688	36,741	38,081	39,454	41,127	44,428
Education	105,233	105,959	101,766	108,048	105,275	106,383	105,790	106,278	105,451	107,238
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	83,063	80,708	75,353	80,312	80,652	82,610	86,253	86,985	88,893	91,041
Health sciences	85,666	84,367	78,494	78,392	73,460	70,517	71,221	73,934	80,685	91,973
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	5,266	5,054	5,101	5,575	5,953	6,742	6,945	7,571	7,745	8,279
Marketing	20,903	22,579	22,286	25,461	26,632	29,440	37,097	38,421	38,648	38,733
Protective services	25,165	25,076	22,997	24,877	25,209	25,536	26,189	28,175	30,723	35,319
Public, legal, and social services	28,326	28,204	27,144	28,784	28,086	29,222	30,369	31,591	34,290	33,912
NOTE: This table shows, for example, that 25,695 undergraduate credentials were awarded in agriculture and natural resources in 1997. There are no standard errors for this table because it is based on population counts. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions and Institutional Characteristics (IC) data files, various years (e.g., report year 2006 uses IC 2006–07 and Completions 2005–06).

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