| Table 254. | Associate degrees and other subbaccalaureate awards conferred by degree-granting institutions, by length of curriculum, sex of student, and field of study: 1998-99 |
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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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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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Total ......................................|113,713 | 54,650 | 59,063 | 138,731 | 57,526 | 81,205 |559,954 |218,417 |341,537
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Agriculture and natural resources, total ........| 1,981 | 1,524 | 457 | 1,885 | 1,296 | 589 | 6,633 | 4,320 | 2,313
Agricultural business and production .........| 1,766 | 1,391 | 375 | 1,633 | 1,116 | 517 | 4,327 | 2,800 | 1,527
Agricultural sciences ........................| 25 | 13 | 12 | 99 | 65 | 34 | 894 | 440 | 454
Conservation and renewable natural resources .| 190 | 120 | 70 | 153 | 115 | 38 | 1,412 | 1,080 | 332
Architecture and related programs ...............| 2 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 405 | 67 | 338
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............| 221 | 54 | 167 | 65 | 21 | 44 | 308 | 66 | 242
Biological/life sciences ........................| 39 | 28 | 11 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 2,211 | 765 | 1,446
Business management and administrative services .| 16,993 | 4,860 | 12,133 | 23,655 | 4,422 | 19,233 | 91,190 | 25,699 | 65,491
Accounting ...................................| 1,430 | 248 | 1,182 | 3,754 | 631 | 3,123 | 14,325 | 2,737 | 11,588
Business, general ............................| 516 | 238 | 278 | 1,559 | 383 | 1,176 | 11,514 | 4,108 | 7,406
Business administration and management .......| 1,951 | 838 | 1,113 | 2,260 | 671 | 1,589 | 28,615 | 10,160 | 18,455
Business and management, other ...............| 2,998 | 1,384 | 1,614 | 1,715 | 515 | 1,200 | 8,575 | 3,055 | 5,520
Business data processing .....................| 3,184 | 1,631 | 1,553 | 3,384 | 1,576 | 1,808 | 10,003 | 4,727 | 5,276
Secretarial and related programs .............| 6,914 | 521 | 6,393 | 10,983 | 646 | 10,337 | 18,158 | 912 | 17,246
Communications ..................................| 385 | 210 | 175 | 152 | 74 | 78 | 2,639 | 1,346 | 1,293
Communications technologies .....................| 172 | 110 | 62 | 525 | 360 | 165 | 1,541 | 961 | 580
Computer and information sciences ...............| 6,422 | 3,505 | 2,917 | 5,975 | 3,274 | 2,701 | 16,968 | 9,420 | 7,548
Construction trades .............................| 2,041 | 1,896 | 145 | 4,474 | 4,291 | 183 | 2,137 | 2,029 | 108
Consumer and personal services ..................| 3,614 | 1,039 | 2,575 | 5,787 | 1,379 | 4,408 | 9,206 | 5,479 | 3,727
Education .......................................| 1,760 | 461 | 1,299 | 871 | 79 | 792 | 9,971 | 2,356 | 7,615
Engineering .....................................| 247 | 200 | 47 | 188 | 165 | 23 | 2,033 | 1,719 | 314
Engineering-related technologies ................| 4,298 | 3,508 | 790 | 7,122 | 6,210 | 912 | 34,047 | 29,534 | 4,513
English language and literature/letters .........| 387 | 149 | 238 | 41 | 19 | 22 | 1,621 | 575 | 1,046
Foreign languages and literatures ...............| 270 | 92 | 178 | 32 | 4 | 28 | 549 | 244 | 305
Health professions and related sciences .........| 31,550 | 8,159 | 23,391 | 44,297 | 5,960 | 38,337 | 90,557 | 13,340 | 77,217
Dental assisting .............................| 747 | 56 | 691 | 4,093 | 179 | 3,914 | 6,628 | 308 | 6,320
Emergency medical technician-ambulance and | | | | | | | | |
paramedic .................................| 7,894 | 4,958 | 2,936 | 1,984 | 1,357 | 627 | 918 | 604 | 314
Medical lab technician .......................| 114 | 15 | 99 | 70 | 16 | 54 | 2,033 | 467 | 1,566
Medical assisting ............................| 3,869 | 324 | 3,545 | 7,056 | 359 | 6,697 | 5,358 | 224 | 5,134
Nursing assisting ............................| 8,457 | 686 | 7,771 | 531 | 56 | 475 | 12 | 0 | 12
Practical nursing ............................| 529 | 67 | 462 | 17,756 | 1,506 | 16,250 | 447 | 28 | 419
Nursing, R.N. and other ......................| 1,017 | 183 | 834 | 1,635 | 162 | 1,473 | 43,035 | 4,983 | 38,052
Health sciences, other .......................| 8,923 | 1,870 | 7,053 | 11,172 | 2,325 | 8,847 | 32,126 | 6,726 | 25,400
Home economics and vocational home economics ....| 5,551 | 1,379 | 4,172 | 5,424 | 470 | 4,954 | 8,502 | 699 | 7,803
Law and legal studies ...........................| 722 | 88 | 634 | 1,442 | 234 | 1,208 | 7,400 | 886 | 6,514
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | |
and humanities ................................| 652 | 255 | 397 | 497 | 196 | 301 |181,977 | 68,209 |113,768
Library science .................................| 117 | 9 | 108 | 66 | 4 | 62 | 86 | 5 | 81
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .| 2,073 | 515 | 1,558 | 1,227 | 321 | 906 | 5,452 | 1,373 | 4,079
Mathematics .....................................| 27 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 823 | 451 | 372
Mechanics and repairers .........................| 5,708 | 5,178 | 530 | 16,231 | 15,258 | 973 | 10,806 | 9,915 | 891
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................| 954 | 343 | 611 | 96 | 44 | 52 | 8,658 | 3,997 | 4,661
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .| 86 | 40 | 46 | 112 | 55 | 57 | 871 | 529 | 342
Philosophy and religion .........................| 40 | 13 | 27 | 73 | 36 | 37 | 74 | 35 | 39
Physical sciences ...............................| 87 | 31 | 56 | 164 | 90 | 74 | 2,399 | 1,198 | 1,201
Physical sciences, other .....................| 22 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 24 | 26 | 1,594 | 770 | 824
Science technologies .........................| 65 | 21 | 44 | 114 | 66 | 48 | 805 | 428 | 377
Precision production trades .....................| 4,186 | 3,569 | 617 | 9,506 | 8,100 | 1,406 | 11,598 | 9,009 | 2,589
Protective services .............................| 13,492 | 10,507 | 2,985 | 3,110 | 2,210 | 900 | 17,430 | 11,449 | 5,981
Criminal justice and corrections .............| 10,740 | 8,002 | 2,738 | 2,243 | 1,460 | 783 | 14,448 | 8,863 | 5,585
Fire control and safety ......................| 2,751 | 2,504 | 247 | 758 | 675 | 83 | 2,395 | 2,205 | 190
Protective services, other ...................| 1 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 75 | 34 | 587 | 381 | 206
Psychology ......................................| 37 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1,625 | 395 | 1,230
Public administration and services ..............| 330 | 63 | 267 | 446 | 102 | 344 | 3,881 | 613 | 3,268
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 40 | 2
Social sciences and history .....................| 141 | 77 | 64 | 58 | 21 | 37 | 4,550 | 1,593 | 2,957
Theological studies/religious vocations .........| 102 | 46 | 56 | 629 | 317 | 312 | 476 | 229 | 247
Transportation and material moving workers ......| 7,349 | 5,894 | 1,455 | 698 | 603 | 95 | 1,154 | 975 | 179
Visual and performing arts ......................| 1,012 | 524 | 488 | 3,033 | 1,547 | 1,486 | 17,640 | 7,942 | 9,698
Fine arts, general ...........................| 165 | 102 | 63 | 122 | 42 | 80 | 3,029 | 1,160 | 1,869
Design and music .............................| 592 | 313 | 279 | 3,537 | 1,388 | 1,264 | 12,026 | 5,319 | 6,707
Visual and performing arts, other ............| 255 | 109 | 146 | 259 | 117 | 142 | 2,585 | 1,463 | 1,122
Not classified by field of study ................* 662 | 301 | 361 | 760 | 325 | 435 | 2,494 | 955 | 1,539
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NOTE: Data imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared August 2001.)
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