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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
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     Total ......................................|71,640 |34,655 |36,985 |  151,590 | 63,292 |  88,298 |530,632 |215,261 |315,371
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Agriculture and natural resources, total ........| 1,430 | 1,108 |   322 |    4,157 |  2,290 |   1,867 |  5,636 |  3,822 |  1,814
   Agricultural business and production .........| 1,224 |   947 |   277 |    1,339 |    920 |     419 |  3,434 |  2,353 |  1,081
   Agricultural sciences ........................|   155 |   116 |    39 |    1,596 |    430 |   1,166 |    871 |    483 |    388
   Conservation and renewable natural resources .|    51 |    45 |     6 |    1,222 |    940 |     282 |  1,331 |    986 |    345
Architecture and related programs ...............|    10 |     0 |    10 |       44 |     16 |      28 |    353 |    115 |    238
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|   133 |    32 |   101 |      505 |    141 |     364 |     75 |     25 |     50
Biological/life sciences ........................|    43 |    34 |     9 |       83 |     41 |      42 |  1,771 |    707 |  1,064
Business management and administrative services .|10,471 | 2,819 | 7,652 |   28,263 |  5,267 |  22,996 | 92,284 | 27,427 | 64,857
   Accounting ...................................| 1,088 |   217 |   871 |    4,272 |    788 |   3,484 | 15,307 |  3,440 | 11,867
   Business, general ............................|   245 |   104 |   141 |    1,463 |    463 |   1,000 | 11,452 |  4,215 |  7,237
   Business administration and management .......| 1,914 |   796 | 1,118 |    2,125 |    751 |   1,374 | 29,691 | 11,601 | 18,090
   Business and management, other ...............| 2,101 | 1,015 | 1,086 |    4,099 |  1,687 |   2,412 | 11,114 |  4,621 |  6,493
   Business data processing .....................|   901 |   361 |   540 |    2,297 |    803 |   1,494 |  6,883 |  3,030 |  3,853
   Secretarial and related programs .............| 4,222 |   326 | 3,896 |   14,007 |    775 |  13,232 | 17,837 |    520 | 17,317
Communications ..................................|   426 |   246 |   180 |      350 |    135 |     215 |  2,052 |    953 |  1,099
Communications technologies .....................|    82 |    53 |    29 |      331 |    192 |     139 |  2,469 |  1,635 |    834
Computer and information sciences ...............| 1,793 |   878 |   915 |    3,918 |  1,956 |   1,962 |  9,301 |  4,624 |  4,677
Construction trades .............................| 1,495 | 1,393 |   102 |    4,512 |  4,270 |     242 |  1,695 |  1,618 |     77
Consumer and personal services ..................| 1,229 |   296 |   933 |    6,098 |  1,460 |   4,638 |  5,175 |  3,484 |  1,691
Education .......................................|   499 |   135 |   364 |    1,292 |    133 |   1,159 |  9,271 |  2,952 |  6,319
Engineering .....................................|   222 |   199 |    23 |      104 |     84 |      20 |  2,445 |  2,145 |    300
Engineering-related technologies ................| 2,351 | 2,027 |   324 |    8,909 |  7,937 |     972 | 35,618 | 31,819 |  3,799
English language and literature/letters .........|    92 |    28 |    64 |      120 |     39 |      81 |  1,289 |    467 |    822
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|   324 |   132 |   192 |       77 |     35 |      42 |    492 |    147 |    345
Health professions and related sciences .........|24,907 | 7,140 |17,767 |   42,230 |  6,695 |  35,535 | 94,601 | 15,152 | 79,449
   Dental assisting .............................|   283 |    16 |   267 |    2,535 |    125 |   2,410 |  4,259 |    282 |  3,977
   Emergency medical technician-ambulance and    |       |       |       |          |        |         |        |        |
      paramedic .................................| 6,551 | 4,293 | 2,258 |    1,834 |  1,307 |     527 |    510 |    355 |    155
   Medical lab technician .......................|    39 |     5 |    34 |      152 |     50 |     102 |  2,570 |    665 |  1,905
   Medical assisting ............................| 1,684 |   205 | 1,479 |    3,374 |    102 |   3,272 |  2,785 |    113 |  2,672
   Nursing assisting ............................| 8,046 | 1,010 | 7,036 |      295 |     35 |     260 |      6 |      1 |      5
   Practical nursing ............................|   519 |    63 |   456 |   19,395 |  2,118 |  17,277 |    740 |     68 |    672
   Nursing, R.N. and other ......................| 2,187 |   249 | 1,938 |    3,176 |    337 |   2,839 | 57,405 |  6,665 | 50,740
   Health sciences, other .......................| 5,598 | 1,299 | 4,299 |   11,469 |  2,621 |   8,848 | 26,326 |  7,003 | 19,323
Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 3,428 |   974 | 2,454 |    8,491 |  1,790 |   6,701 |  7,463 |    642 |  6,821
Law and legal studies ...........................|   962 |   167 |   795 |    2,092 |    376 |   1,716 |  8,681 |  1,029 |  7,652
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      |       |       |       |          |        |         |        |        |
  and humanities ................................|   149 |    57 |    92 |      635 |    270 |     365 |165,106 | 66,081 | 99,025
Library science .................................|    97 |     4 |    93 |       53 |      5 |      48 |    118 |     16 |    102
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .| 2,040 |   712 | 1,328 |    2,255 |    555 |   1,700 |  6,736 |  1,687 |  5,049
Mathematics .....................................|    17 |    11 |     6 |        0 |      0 |       0 |    704 |    395 |    309
Mechanics and repairers .........................| 3,505 | 3,373 |   132 |   20,409 | 18,897 |   1,512 | 11,332 | 10,594 |    738
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|   379 |   128 |   251 |      119 |     47 |      72 |  8,436 |  4,054 |  4,382
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .|    47 |    34 |    13 |      129 |     53 |      76 |    755 |    454 |    301
Philosophy and religion .........................|    53 |    22 |    31 |      514 |    212 |     302 |     82 |     46 |     36
Physical sciences ...............................|    38 |    22 |    16 |       58 |     33 |      25 |  2,546 |  1,477 |  1,069
   Physical sciences, other .....................|    17 |     9 |     8 |       18 |     12 |       6 |  1,567 |    896 |    671
   Science technologies .........................|    21 |    13 |     8 |       40 |     21 |      19 |    979 |    581 |    398
Precision production trades .....................| 2,374 | 1,996 |   378 |    7,585 |  6,303 |   1,282 |  9,357 |  7,511 |  1,846
Protective services .............................| 6,660 | 5,377 | 1,283 |    2,398 |  1,667 |     731 | 18,199 | 13,068 |  5,131
   Criminal justice and corrections .............| 5,634 | 4,458 | 1,176 |    1,916 |  1,262 |     654 | 15,262 | 10,439 |  4,823
   Fire control and safety ......................|   939 |   842 |    97 |      375 |    342 |      33 |  2,243 |  2,111 |    132
   Protective services, other ...................|    87 |    77 |    10 |      107 |     63 |      44 |    694 |    518 |    176
Psychology ......................................|    30 |     7 |    23 |        6 |      1 |       5 |  1,377 |    337 |  1,040
Public administration and services ..............|   249 |    72 |   177 |      500 |    143 |     357 |  3,696 |    758 |  2,938
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|     0 |     0 |     0 |        0 |      0 |       0 |    265 |    245 |     20
Social sciences and history .....................|    40 |    32 |     8 |       93 |     25 |      68 |  3,936 |  1,536 |  2,400
Theological studies/religious vocations .........|   126 |    69 |    57 |      590 |    288 |     302 |    641 |    342 |    299
Transportation and material moving workers ......| 5,567 | 4,942 |   625 |      447 |    370 |      77 |  1,922 |  1,602 |    320
Visual and performing arts ......................|   329 |   121 |   208 |    3,910 |  1,442 |   2,468 | 13,227 |  5,496 |  7,731
   Fine arts, general ...........................|     7 |     4 |     3 |      646 |    259 |     387 |  1,473 |    566 |    907
   Design and music .............................|   311 |   112 |   199 |    2,423 |    765 |   1,658 | 10,173 |  4,133 |  6,040
   Visual and performing arts, other ............|    11 |     5 |     6 |      841 |    418 |     423 |  1,581 |    797 |    784
Not classified by field of study ................|    43 |    15 |    28 |      313 |    124 |     189 |  1,526 |    799 |    727
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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 April 1997.)