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Table 251. Associate degrees and other subbaccalaureate awards conferred by degree-granting institutions, by length of curriculum, sex of student, and field of study: 2000-01

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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 ......................................|146,404 | 69,189 | 77,215 |  141,897 | 64,567 |  77,330 |578,865 |231,645 |347,220
                                                 |________|________|________|__________|________|_________|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources, total ........|  2,751 |  1,998 |    753 |    1,987 |  1,372 |     615 |  6,649 |  4,282 |  2,367
   Agricultural business and production .........|  2,122 |  1,621 |    501 |    1,766 |  1,224 |     542 |  4,221 |  2,671 |  1,550
   Agricultural sciences ........................|    414 |    211 |    203 |       88 |     53 |      35 |    979 |    482 |    497
   Conservation and renewable natural resources .|    215 |    166 |     49 |      133 |     95 |      38 |  1,449 |  1,129 |    320
Architecture and related programs ...............|     16 |      1 |     15 |      114 |     10 |     104 |    417 |    118 |    299
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|    192 |     37 |    155 |      101 |     23 |      78 |    307 |     44 |    263
Biological/life sciences ........................|    122 |     74 |     48 |       28 |     18 |      10 |  1,444 |    456 |    988
Business management and administrative services .| 23,541 |  7,708 | 15,833 |   23,596 |  5,965 |  17,631 | 93,072 | 28,723 | 64,349
   Accounting ...................................|  2,658 |    458 |  2,200 |    3,208 |    504 |   2,704 | 13,158 |  2,518 | 10,640
   Business, general ............................|    741 |    395 |    346 |    1,252 |    387 |     865 | 12,621 |  4,477 |  8,144
   Business administration and management .......|  2,605 |  1,071 |  1,534 |    2,403 |    794 |   1,609 | 28,947 | 10,378 | 18,569
   Business and management, other ...............|  3,484 |  1,454 |  2,030 |    1,764 |    640 |   1,124 |  7,805 |  2,794 |  5,011
   Business data processing .....................|  5,723 |  3,056 |  2,667 |    5,283 |  2,917 |   2,366 | 14,033 |  7,582 |  6,451
   Secretarial and related programs .............|  8,330 |  1,274 |  7,056 |    9,686 |    723 |   8,963 | 16,508 |    974 | 15,534
Communications ..................................|    419 |    224 |    195 |      183 |     91 |      92 |  2,949 |  1,435 |  1,514
Communications technologies .....................|    484 |    336 |    148 |      506 |    323 |     183 |  1,983 |  1,231 |    752
Computer and information sciences ...............|  9,470 |  5,940 |  3,530 |    7,991 |  4,962 |   3,029 | 26,339 | 15,672 | 10,667
Construction trades .............................|  3,164 |  2,976 |    188 |    5,712 |  5,449 |     263 |  2,682 |  2,532 |    150
Consumer and personal services ..................|  4,600 |    992 |  3,608 |    7,143 |  1,702 |   5,441 | 10,429 |  5,790 |  4,639
Education .......................................|  2,082 |    539 |  1,543 |      577 |     60 |     517 |  9,219 |  2,010 |  7,209
Engineering .....................................|    113 |     89 |     24 |       62 |     49 |      13 |  1,825 |  1,517 |    308
Engineering-related technologies ................|  4,631 |  3,732 |    899 |    6,011 |  5,221 |     790 | 34,467 | 29,683 |  4,784
English language and literature/letters .........|    216 |     67 |    149 |       18 |      5 |      13 |    877 |    322 |    555
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|    255 |     74 |    181 |       31 |      5 |      26 |    529 |    242 |    287
Health professions and related sciences .........| 40,206 |  8,925 | 31,281 |   41,219 |  5,665 |  35,554 | 82,184 | 11,125 | 71,059
   Dental assisting .............................|  1,130 |     64 |  1,066 |    3,578 |    139 |   3,439 |  4,709 |    232 |  4,477
   Emergency medical technician-ambulance and    |        |        |        |          |        |         |        |        |
      paramedic .................................|  7,701 |  4,989 |  2,712 |    2,431 |  1,672 |     759 |  1,134 |    718 |    416
   Medical lab technician .......................|    166 |     14 |    152 |      413 |    191 |     222 |  1,502 |    318 |  1,184
   Medical assisting ............................|  5,408 |    408 |  5,000 |    5,173 |    192 |   4,981 |  5,863 |    469 |  5,394
   Nursing assisting ............................| 11,354 |    922 | 10,432 |      301 |     36 |     265 |      2 |      0 |      2
   Practical nursing ............................|    513 |     69 |    444 |   17,434 |  1,265 |  16,169 |    619 |     46 |    573
   Nursing, R.N. and other ......................|  1,714 |    136 |  1,578 |    1,678 |    160 |   1,518 | 40,284 |  4,155 | 36,129
   Health sciences, other .......................| 12,220 |  2,323 |  9,897 |   10,211 |  2,010 |   8,201 | 28,071 |  5,187 | 22,884
Home economics and vocational home economics ....|  7,504 |  1,943 |  5,561 |    4,243 |    352 |   3,891 |  8,630 |    712 |  7,918
Law and legal studies ...........................|    889 |    110 |    779 |    1,268 |    203 |   1,065 |  6,854 |    898 |  5,956
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      |        |        |        |          |        |         |        |        |
  and humanities ................................|    263 |     69 |    194 |    1,929 |    728 |   1,201 |196,843 | 73,015 |123,828
Library science .................................|    236 |      8 |    228 |       45 |      9 |      36 |    103 |      9 |     94
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .|  3,892 |  1,242 |  2,650 |      905 |    270 |     635 |  5,317 |  1,260 |  4,057
Mathematics .....................................|      0 |      0 |      0 |        2 |      1 |       1 |    695 |    449 |    246
Mechanics and repairers .........................|  7,838 |  6,982 |    856 |   17,122 | 16,210 |     912 | 12,650 | 11,853 |    797
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|    375 |    180 |    195 |      197 |     39 |     158 | 10,438 |  4,658 |  5,780
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .|    353 |    203 |    150 |      130 |     62 |      68 |    841 |    487 |    354
Philosophy and religion .........................|     20 |      3 |     17 |       45 |     18 |      27 |     65 |     46 |     19
Physical sciences ...............................|    139 |     94 |     45 |      207 |    148 |      59 |  2,337 |  1,266 |  1,071
   Physical sciences, other .....................|     16 |     10 |      6 |       15 |     11 |       4 |  1,207 |    628 |    579
   Science technologies .........................|    123 |     84 |     39 |      192 |    137 |      55 |  1,130 |    638 |    492
Precision production trades .....................|  4,617 |  3,857 |    760 |    9,004 |  7,677 |   1,327 | 11,493 |  8,857 |  2,636
Protective services .............................| 12,927 |  9,788 |  3,139 |    6,556 |  5,417 |   1,139 | 16,425 | 10,430 |  5,995
   Criminal justice and corrections .............| 10,761 |  7,887 |  2,874 |    5,725 |  4,691 |   1,034 | 13,589 |  8,018 |  5,571
   Fire control and safety ......................|  1,952 |  1,752 |    200 |      706 |    654 |      52 |  2,346 |  2,140 |    206
   Protective services, other ...................|    214 |    149 |     65 |      125 |     72 |      53 |    490 |    272 |    218
Psychology ......................................|     54 |      5 |     49 |       23 |      4 |      19 |  1,554 |    360 |  1,194
Public administration and services ..............|    376 |     64 |    312 |      410 |     70 |     340 |  3,333 |    477 |  2,856
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|     66 |     50 |     16 |        0 |      0 |       0 |    120 |     96 |     24
Social sciences and history .....................|    155 |    107 |     48 |       32 |      8 |      24 |  5,132 |  1,717 |  3,415
Theological studies/religious vocations .........|    122 |     63 |     59 |      448 |    209 |     239 |    576 |    288 |    288
Transportation and material moving workers ......| 12,340 |  9,717 |  2,623 |      751 |    699 |      52 |  1,068 |    919 |    149
Visual and performing arts ......................|  1,517 |    775 |    742 |    3,155 |  1,458 |   1,697 | 18,435 |  8,300 | 10,135
   Fine arts, general ...........................|     93 |     68 |     25 |      104 |     37 |      67 |  1,435 |    542 |    893
   Design and music .............................|  1,054 |    530 |    524 |    2,710 |  1,258 |   1,452 | 14,410 |  6,374 |  8,036
   Visual and performing arts, other ............|    370 |    177 |    193 |      341 |    163 |     178 |  2,590 |  1,384 |  1,206
Not classified by field of study ................|    459 |    217 |    242 |      146 |     65 |      81 |    584 |    366 |    218
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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 September 2002.)

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