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1999 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Issue of the Digest

Table 253  Associate degrees and other subbaccalaureate awards conferred by institutions of higher education, by length of curriculum, sex of student, and field of study: 1996-97

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                                                 | Less than 1-year awards  |1- to less than 4-year awards|    Associate degrees
                 Field of study                  |__________________________|_____________________________|__________________________
                                                 | Total  |  Men   | Women  |  Total   |  Men   |  Women  | Total  |  Men   | Women
_________________________________________________|________|________|________|__________|________|_________|________|________|________
                        1                        |   2    |   3    |   4    |    5     |   6    |    7    |   8    |   9    |   10
_________________________________________________|________|________|________|__________|________|_________|________|________|________
     Total ......................................|106,766 | 48,675 | 58,091 |  142,446 | 57,376 |  85,070 |571,226 |223,948 |347,278
                                                 |________|________|________|__________|________|_________|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources, total ........|  2,566 |  2,117 |    449 |    1,704 |  1,188 |     516 |  6,463 |  4,329 |  2,134
   Agricultural business and production .........|  2,375 |  1,995 |    380 |    1,520 |  1,049 |     471 |  4,176 |  2,756 |  1,420
   Agricultural sciences ........................|    142 |     87 |     55 |       46 |     32 |      14 |    845 |    431 |    414
   Conservation and renewable natural resources .|     49 |     35 |     14 |      138 |    107 |      31 |  1,442 |  1,142 |    300
Architecture and related programs ...............|      9 |      2 |      7 |       40 |      7 |      33 |    316 |     56 |    260
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|    170 |     42 |    128 |      114 |     15 |      99 |     84 |     32 |     52
Biological/life sciences ........................|     31 |     24 |      7 |      507 |    310 |     197 |  2,116 |    769 |  1,347
Business management and administrative services .| 17,668 |  5,479 | 12,189 |   24,873 |  3,851 |  21,022 | 95,532 | 26,301 | 69,231
   Accounting ...................................|  1,302 |    269 |  1,033 |    3,910 |    719 |   3,191 | 16,017 |  3,229 | 12,788
   Business, general ............................|    560 |    258 |    302 |      988 |    270 |     718 | 11,385 |  4,056 |  7,329
   Business administration and management .......|  2,214 |    979 |  1,235 |    2,528 |    848 |   1,680 | 29,804 | 10,725 | 19,079
   Business and management, other ...............|  4,133 |  2,224 |  1,909 |    2,229 |    634 |   1,595 | 12,166 |  3,482 |  8,684
   Business data processing .....................|  2,772 |  1,078 |  1,694 |    2,365 |    799 |   1,566 |  8,553 |  4,008 |  4,545
   Secretarial and related programs .............|  6,687 |    671 |  6,016 |   12,853 |    581 |  12,272 | 17,607 |    801 | 16,806
Communications ..................................|    413 |    262 |    151 |      150 |     85 |      65 |  2,030 |    985 |  1,045
Communications technologies .....................|    200 |    149 |     51 |      408 |    255 |     153 |  1,743 |  1,091 |    652
Computer and information sciences ...............|  4,081 |  1,885 |  2,196 |    4,013 |  2,024 |   1,989 | 10,990 |  5,860 |  5,130
Construction trades .............................|  2,370 |  2,190 |    180 |    4,169 |  3,918 |     251 |  1,928 |  1,829 |     99
Consumer and personal services ..................|  2,818 |    604 |  2,214 |    6,686 |  1,545 |   5,141 |  8,211 |  5,115 |  3,096
Education .......................................|    780 |    168 |    612 |      743 |     65 |     678 | 10,526 |  3,356 |  7,170
Engineering .....................................|     92 |     72 |     20 |       57 |     51 |       6 |  1,952 |  1,681 |    271
Engineering-related technologies ................|  2,374 |  1,984 |    390 |    7,250 |  6,380 |     870 | 33,810 | 29,452 |  4,358
English language and literature/letters .........|    169 |     59 |    110 |       22 |      8 |      14 |  1,455 |    528 |    927
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|    307 |    104 |    203 |       49 |     12 |      37 |    689 |    231 |    458
Health professions and related sciences .........| 33,549 |  7,688 | 25,861 |   46,637 |  6,660 |  39,977 | 98,921 | 15,970 | 82,951
   Dental assisting .............................|  1,005 |     65 |    940 |    3,930 |    176 |   3,754 |  4,866 |    279 |  4,587
   Emergency medical technician-ambulance and    |        |        |        |          |        |         |        |        |
      paramedic .................................|  6,686 |  4,186 |  2,500 |    1,793 |  1,234 |     559 |  1,048 |    726 |    322
   Medical lab technician .......................|    136 |     38 |     98 |      522 |    293 |     229 |  2,641 |    608 |  2,033
   Medical assisting ............................|  4,347 |    457 |  3,890 |    5,966 |    237 |   5,729 |  5,019 |    244 |  4,775
   Nursing assisting ............................| 10,163 |    926 |  9,237 |      316 |     35 |     281 |     13 |      0 |     13
   Practical nursing ............................|    527 |     67 |    460 |   20,953 |  2,167 |  18,786 |    429 |     37 |    392
   Nursing, R.N. and other ......................|  2,838 |    388 |  2,450 |    2,407 |    268 |   2,139 | 53,103 |  6,495 | 46,608
   Health sciences, other .......................|  7,847 |  1,561 |  6,286 |   10,750 |  2,250 |   8,500 | 31,802 |  7,581 | 24,221
Home economics and vocational home economics ....|  5,313 |  1,255 |  4,058 |    4,566 |    441 |   4,125 |  8,551 |    715 |  7,836
Law and legal studies ...........................|    663 |     85 |    578 |    1,779 |    306 |   1,473 |  8,968 |  1,105 |  7,863
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      |        |        |        |          |        |         |        |        |
  and humanities ................................|  1,088 |    348 |    740 |      405 |    145 |     260 |181,341 | 69,572 |111,769
Library science .................................|    108 |      5 |    103 |       69 |     14 |      55 |    126 |     17 |    109
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .|  2,211 |    742 |  1,469 |    1,511 |    374 |   1,137 |  5,656 |  1,335 |  4,321
Mathematics .....................................|      9 |      8 |      1 |        1 |      1 |       0 |    792 |    443 |    349
Mechanics and repairers .........................|  5,064 |  4,567 |    497 |   16,386 | 15,549 |     837 | 12,180 | 11,388 |    792
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|    385 |     61 |    324 |      128 |     65 |      63 |  9,182 |  4,398 |  4,784
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .|    101 |     36 |     65 |      147 |     52 |      95 |    913 |    554 |    359
Philosophy and religion .........................|     54 |     16 |     38 |       45 |     19 |      26 |     89 |     51 |     38
Physical sciences ...............................|     93 |     56 |     37 |       97 |     64 |      33 |  2,526 |  1,281 |  1,245
   Physical sciences, other .....................|     15 |     11 |      4 |       24 |     18 |       6 |  1,728 |    856 |    872
   Science technologies .........................|     78 |     45 |     33 |       73 |     46 |      27 |    798 |    425 |    373
Precision production trades .....................|  3,984 |  3,367 |    617 |    8,588 |  7,119 |   1,469 | 10,368 |  8,033 |  2,335
Protective services .............................| 10,399 |  8,197 |  2,202 |    3,686 |  2,725 |     961 | 19,889 | 13,588 |  6,301
   Criminal justice and corrections .............|  8,229 |  6,192 |  2,037 |    2,899 |  2,049 |     850 | 16,644 | 10,745 |  5,899
   Fire control and safety ......................|  2,152 |  1,995 |    157 |      662 |    607 |      55 |  2,638 |  2,447 |    191
   Protective services, other ...................|     18 |     10 |      8 |      125 |     69 |      56 |    607 |    396 |    211
Psychology ......................................|     26 |      5 |     21 |       18 |      3 |      15 |  1,612 |    377 |  1,235
Public administration and services ..............|    405 |    113 |    292 |      375 |    100 |     275 |  4,270 |    667 |  3,603
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|      0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |      0 |       0 |    556 |    521 |     35
Social sciences and history .....................|      7 |      1 |      6 |       30 |      9 |      21 |  4,056 |  1,550 |  2,506
Theological studies/religious vocations .........|     42 |      9 |     33 |      509 |    276 |     233 |    574 |    321 |    253
Transportation and material moving workers ......|  6,309 |  5,540 |    769 |      740 |    629 |     111 |  1,612 |  1,349 |    263
Visual and performing arts ......................|    879 |    453 |    426 |    3,545 |  2,012 |   1,533 | 13,593 |  5,872 |  7,721
   Fine arts, general ...........................|     14 |      5 |      9 |       90 |     37 |      53 |  1,516 |    574 |    942
   Design and music .............................|    656 |    353 |    303 |    3,033 |  1,726 |   1,307 | 10,459 |  4,548 |  5,911
   Visual and performing arts, other ............|    209 |     95 |    114 |      422 |    249 |     173 |  1,618 |    750 |    868
Not classified by field of study ................|  2,029 |    982 |  1,047 |    2,399 |  1,099 |   1,300 |  7,606 |  3,226 |  4,380
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared June 1999.)


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