| Table 250. | Associate degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by field of study: 1990-91 to 2001-02 |
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Field of study |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95 |1995-96 |1996-97 |1997-98 |1998-99 |1999-2000| 2000-01 | 2001-02
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Total .........................................| 481,720| 504,231| 514,756| 530,632| 539,691| 555,216| 571,226| 558,555| 559,954| 564,933| 578,865| 595,133
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Agriculture and natural resources, total ...........| 4,910| 5,251| 5,398| 5,636| 5,730| 6,182| 6,463| 6,673| 6,633| 6,667| 6,649| 6,494
Agricultural business and production ............| 2,905| 3,046| 3,222| 3,434| 3,564| 3,846| 4,176| 4,247| 4,327| 4,350| 4,221| 4,221
Agricultural sciences ...........................| 879| 951| 837| 871| 829| 877| 845| 959| 894| 943| 979| 904
Conservation and renewable natural resources ....| 1,126| 1,254| 1,339| 1,331| 1,337| 1,459| 1,442| 1,467| 1,412| 1,374| 1,449| 1,369
Architecture and related programs ..................| 2,031| 443| 372| 353| 277| 256| 316| 265| 405| 392| 417| 443
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies .................| 19| 29| 33| 75| 68| 111| 84| 104| 308| 259| 307| 319
Biological/life sciences ...........................| 1,119| 1,361| 1,435| 1,771| 1,879| 2,037| 2,116| 2,113| 2,211| 1,434| 1,444| 1,517
Business management and administrative services ....| 89,537| 93,762| 91,719| 92,284| 90,113| 93,487| 95,532| 91,399| 91,190| 92,274| 93,072| 93,073
Accounting ......................................| 14,577| 15,687| 15,115| 15,307| 14,970| 15,926| 16,017| 14,807| 14,325| 13,562| 13,158| 12,315
Business, general ...............................| 11,618| 11,823| 11,190| 11,452| 11,622| 11,397| 11,385| 11,311| 11,514| 12,283| 12,621| 12,936
Business administration and management ..........| 26,625| 31,185| 29,556| 29,691| 28,968| 28,901| 29,804| 28,793| 28,615| 28,486| 28,947| 30,268
Business and management, other ..................| 11,663| 11,089| 12,285| 11,114| 10,233| 9,950| 12,166| 8,632| 8,575| 7,841| 7,805| 7,546
Business data processing ........................| 8,182| 6,394| 6,405| 6,883| 6,962| 7,381| 8,553| 8,576| 10,003| 13,129| 14,033| 15,579
Secretarial and related programs ................| 16,872| 17,584| 17,168| 17,837| 17,358| 19,932| 17,607| 19,280| 18,158| 16,973| 16,508| 14,429
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Communications .....................................| 1,847| 1,886| 1,904| 2,052| 3,160| 2,187| 2,030| 2,368| 2,639| 2,754| 2,949| 2,819
Communications technologies ........................| 2,032| 1,794| 1,828| 2,469| 1,984| 1,757| 1,743| 1,602| 1,541| 1,709| 1,983| 2,021
Computer and information sciences ..................| 7,677| 9,290| 9,196| 9,301| 9,152| 9,658| 10,990| 13,870| 16,968| 20,450| 26,339| 30,965
Construction trades ................................| 1,793| 1,560| 1,653| 1,695| 1,728| 2,141| 1,928| 2,172| 2,137| 2,337| 2,682| 2,639
Consumer and personal services .....................| 2,494| 4,420| 4,692| 5,175| 5,626| 7,721| 8,211| 7,744| 9,206| 9,570| 10,429| 10,115
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Education ..........................................| 7,842| 10,267| 9,315| 9,271| 9,658| 9,750| 10,526| 9,278| 9,971| 8,226| 9,219| 9,267
Engineering ........................................| 2,451| 2,685| 2,478| 2,445| 2,232| 2,197| 1,952| 2,149| 2,033| 1,752| 1,825| 1,724
Engineering-related technologies ...................| 37,890| 35,861| 36,321| 35,618| 34,732| 33,002| 33,810| 32,748| 34,047| 35,395| 34,467| 32,895
English language and literature/letters ............| 426| 1,019| 1,320| 1,289| 1,548| 1,310| 1,455| 1,609| 1,621| 947| 877| 864
Foreign languages and literatures ..................| 327| 433| 511| 492| 616| 607| 689| 543| 549| 501| 529| 517
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Health professions and related sciences ............| 70,833| 79,453| 86,237| 94,601| 98,474| 101,872| 98,921| 92,031| 90,557| 84,081| 82,184| 79,888
Dental assisting ................................| 3,810| 4,013| 4,165| 4,259| 4,312| 4,564| 4,866| 4,904| 6,628| 5,566| 4,709| 5,237
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paramedic ....................................| 371| 378| 442| 510| 771| 889| 1,048| 975| 918| 1,152| 1,134| 1,203
Medical lab technician ..........................| 1,731| 1,874| 2,172| 2,570| 2,769| 2,982| 2,641| 2,370| 2,033| 1,644| 1,502| 1,384
Medical assisting ...............................| 1,496| 1,960| 2,130| 2,785| 3,544| 4,941| 5,019| 5,102| 5,358| 5,414| 5,863| 4,748
Nursing assisting ...............................| 5| 19| 86| 6| 2| 7| 13| 23| 12| 7| 2| 0
Practical nursing ...............................| 797| 795| 890| 740| 772| 605| 429| 499| 447| 575| 619| 814
Nursing, R.N. and other .........................| 45,317| 51,193| 54,085| 57,405| 57,456| 56,562| 53,103| 47,365| 43,035| 40,772| 40,284| 40,819
Health sciences, other ..........................| 17,306| 19,221| 22,267| 26,326| 28,848| 31,322| 31,802| 30,793| 32,126| 28,951| 28,071| 25,683
Home economics and vocational home economics .......| 8,067| 6,436| 6,914| 7,463| 7,821| 8,192| 8,551| 8,292| 8,502| 8,381| 8,630| 9,480
Law and legal studies ..............................| 5,484| 7,053| 8,028| 8,681| 9,140| 9,106| 8,968| 7,797| 7,400| 7,265| 6,854| 6,825
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and humanities ...................................| 142,722| 154,594| 158,040| 165,106| 170,817| 174,970| 181,341| 186,248| 181,977| 187,454| 196,843| 207,163
Library science ....................................| 111| 103| 85| 118| 101| 94| 126| 96| 86| 98| 103| 96
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Marketing operations/marketing and distribution ....| 12,713| 8,465| 7,445| 6,736| 6,187| 5,960| 5,656| 5,516| 5,452| 5,557| 5,317| 5,723
Mathematics ........................................| 670| 744| 743| 704| 782| 758| 792| 844| 823| 675| 695| 685
Mechanics and repairers ............................| 7,640| 10,264| 10,966| 11,332| 11,497| 12,524| 12,180| 10,616| 10,806| 11,614| 12,650| 12,086
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ....................| 7,454| 7,841| 8,486| 8,436| 8,692| 8,611| 9,182| 9,401| 8,658| 11,784| 10,438| 13,204
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies ....| 425| 620| 717| 755| 864| 936| 913| 895| 871| 855| 841| 830
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Philosophy and religion ............................| 89| 60| 111| 82| 81| 83| 89| 94| 74| 63| 65| 134
Physical sciences ..................................| 2,091| 2,066| 2,241| 2,546| 2,456| 2,612| 2,526| 2,286| 2,399| 2,460| 2,337| 2,308
Physical sciences, other ........................| 1,281| 1,228| 1,390| 1,567| 1,645| 1,749| 1,728| 1,584| 1,594| 1,350| 1,207| 1,346
Science technologies ............................| 810| 838| 851| 979| 811| 863| 798| 702| 805| 1,110| 1,130| 962
Precision production trades ........................| 9,093| 9,005| 9,204| 9,357| 9,344| 10,217| 10,368| 11,085| 11,598| 11,814| 11,493| 10,818
Protective services ................................| 13,564| 15,117| 16,834| 18,199| 19,709| 19,196| 19,889| 19,002| 17,430| 16,298| 16,425| 16,689
Criminal justice and corrections ................| 11,358| 12,649| 14,295| 15,262| 16,584| 15,990| 16,644| 15,915| 14,448| 13,487| 13,589| 13,603
Fire control and safety .........................| 1,634| 1,989| 2,020| 2,243| 2,447| 2,523| 2,638| 2,480| 2,395| 2,364| 2,346| 2,619
Protective services, other ......................| 572| 479| 519| 694| 678| 683| 607| 607| 587| 447| 490| 467
Psychology .........................................| 997| 1,209| 1,237| 1,377| 1,600| 1,583| 1,612| 1,765| 1,625| 1,455| 1,554| 1,705
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Public administration and services .................| 2,779| 3,162| 3,301| 3,696| 3,882| 4,218| 4,270| 4,156| 3,881| 3,656| 3,333| 3,323
R.O.T.C. and military technologies .................| 85| 172| 52| 265| 364| 556| 556| 22| 42| 65| 120| 62
Social sciences and history ........................| 2,505| 3,160| 3,930| 3,936| 3,634| 4,021| 4,056| 4,196| 4,550| 5,136| 5,132| 5,593
Theological studies/religious vocations ............| 578| 496| 508| 641| 607| 608| 574| 570| 476| 636| 576| 414
Transportation and material moving workers .........| 2,609| 2,418| 2,210| 1,922| 1,446| 1,571| 1,612| 1,009| 1,154| 1,021| 1,068| 1,159
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Visual and performing arts .........................| 9,126| 11,888| 12,690| 13,227| 12,544| 13,534| 13,593| 14,980| 17,640| 17,100| 18,435| 20,911
Fine arts, general ..............................| 1,166| 1,159| 1,346| 1,473| 1,420| 1,515| 1,516| 1,281| 3,029| 1,314| 1,435| 1,521
Design and music ................................| 5,986| 9,142| 9,699| 10,173| 9,805| 10,579| 10,459| 11,591| 12,026| 12,780| 14,410| 16,388
Visual and performing arts, other ...............| 1,974| 1,587| 1,645| 1,581| 1,319| 1,440| 1,618| 2,108| 2,585| 3,006| 2,590| 3,002
Not classified by field of study ...................| 19,690| 9,844| 6,602| 1,526| 1,146| 1,591| 7,606| 3,017| 2,494| 2,798| 584| 365
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| NOTE: Data were imputed for 1998-99 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" surveys, 1990-91 through 1998-99, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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