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Table 248. Associate's degrees and other subbaccalaureate awards conferred by degree-granting institutions, by length of curriculum, sex of student, and field of study: 2003-04
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                                            |  Less than 1-year awards |1- to less than 4-year awards|  Associate's degrees
                                            |__________________________|_____________________________|_______________________
Field of study                              |   Total|   Males| Females|   Total|   Males|    Females|  Total|  Males|Females
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1                                           |       2|       3|       4|       5|       6|          7|      8|      9|     10
____________________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|___________|_______|_______|_______
   Total ...................................| 210,368|  94,468| 115,900| 169,497|  68,655|    100,842|665,301|260,033|405,268
                                            |________|________|________|________|________|___________|_______|_______|_______
Agriculture and natural resources, total ...|   3,258|   2,324|     934|   1,851|   1,121|        730|  6,283|  3,928|  2,355
  Agriculture, agriculture operations and   |        |        |        |        |        |           |       |       |
     related sciences ......................|   2,572|   1,686|     886|   1,738|   1,039|        699|  4,959|  2,926|  2,033
  Natural resources and conservation .......|     686|     638|      48|     113|      82|         31|  1,324|  1,002|    322
Architecture and related services ..........|     124|      55|      69|     172|      54|        118|    492|    180|    312
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .|     316|      67|     249|      94|      23|         71|    105|     40|     65
Biological and biomedical sciences .........|      36|       9|      27|      31|       9|         22|  1,456|    471|    985
Business, management, and marketing ........|  26,882|   8,368|  18,514|  18,555|   4,068|     14,487| 92,065| 27,910| 64,155
  Accounting ...............................|   3,683|     621|   3,062|   3,839|     656|      3,183| 14,506|  2,843| 11,663
  Business, general ........................|   1,265|     723|     542|   1,285|     496|        789| 13,387|  4,932|  8,455
  Business administration and management ...|   5,314|   2,093|   3,221|   3,264|   1,187|      2,077| 33,652| 12,239| 21,413
  Business and management, other ...........|   9,061|   3,385|   5,676|   2,694|     935|      1,759| 14,909|  4,874| 10,035
  Management information systems ...........|     715|     422|     293|     758|     370|        388|  4,214|  2,125|  2,089
  Secretarial and related programs .........|   6,844|   1,124|   5,720|   6,715|     424|      6,291| 11,397|    897| 10,500
Communications .............................|     342|     134|     208|     185|     117|         68|  2,444|  1,188|  1,256
Communications technologies ................|     722|     439|     283|   1,014|     549|        465|  3,401|  1,926|  1,475
Computer and information sciences ..........|  12,853|   7,861|   4,992|   9,559|   5,861|      3,698| 41,845| 28,717| 13,128
Construction trades ........................|   5,661|   5,361|     300|   7,092|   6,780|        312|  3,560|  3,360|    200
Education ..................................|   2,700|     343|   2,357|   2,039|     176|      1,863| 12,465|  2,198| 10,267
Engineering ................................|     102|      74|      28|      93|      70|         23|  2,737|  2,160|    577
Engineering-related technologies ...........|   6,969|   5,820|   1,149|   7,909|   6,820|      1,089| 36,915| 31,452|  5,463
English language and literature/letters ....|     430|     135|     295|     153|      39|        114|    828|    266|    562
Family and consumer sciences ...............|   9,025|   1,223|   7,802|   3,708|     554|      3,154|  9,478|    394|  9,084
Foreign languages and literatures ..........|     544|     139|     405|     325|      22|        303|  1,047|    180|    867
Health professions and related sciences ....|  77,640|  16,283|  61,357|  65,429|   8,307|     57,122|106,208| 13,837| 92,371
  Dental assisting .........................|   1,978|     117|   1,861|   4,411|     229|      4,182|  5,652|    218|  5,434
  Emergency medical technician-ambulance    |        |        |        |        |        |           |       |       |
     and paramedic .........................|  12,609|   8,400|   4,209|   2,240|   1,602|        638|  1,617|  1,071|    546
  Medical lab technician ...................|     286|      34|     252|     676|     389|        287|  1,678|    371|  1,307
  Medical assisting ........................|  10,708|     824|   9,884|   9,853|     554|      9,299|  8,499|    497|  8,002
  Nursing assisting ........................|  22,430|   2,427|  20,003|     330|      25|        305|      4|      1|      3
  Practical nursing ........................|     965|      96|     869|  23,291|   1,968|     21,323|  1,049|     96|    953
  Nursing, R.N. and other ..................|   1,989|     173|   1,816|   2,782|     329|      2,453| 51,552|  5,342| 46,210
  Health sciences, other ...................|  26,675|   4,212|  22,463|  21,846|   3,211|     18,635| 36,157|  6,241| 29,916
Legal professions and studies ..............|   1,701|     265|   1,436|   2,620|     321|      2,299|  9,466|    939|  8,527
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, |        |        |        |        |        |           |       |       |
   and humanities ..........................|     211|      46|     165|   3,166|   1,211|      1,955|227,650| 83,216|144,434
Library science ............................|     214|      14|     200|      82|      12|         70|    114|     13|    101
Mathematics ................................|      45|      35|      10|       8|       6|          2|    801|    502|    299
Mechanics and repairers ....................|  13,118|  12,142|     976|  20,361|  19,496|        865| 12,553| 11,825|    728
Military technologies ......................|      76|      44|      32|       0|       0|          0|    293|    240|     53
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ............|     393|     168|     225|     348|      96|        252| 14,794|  6,404|  8,390
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness     |        |        |        |        |        |           |       |       |
   studies .................................|     287|     150|     137|     138|      69|         69|    923|    540|    383
Personal and culinary services .............|   6,792|   1,975|   4,817|   9,009|   1,957|      7,052| 14,239|  7,810|  6,429
Philosophy and religion ....................|      14|       2|      12|      46|      26|         20|    404|    104|    300
Physical sciences and science technologies .|     325|     188|     137|     245|     140|        105|  2,676|  1,540|  1,136
  Physical sciences ........................|     155|      84|      71|      15|       9|          6|  1,588|    896|    692
  Science technologies .....................|     170|     104|      66|     230|     131|         99|  1,088|    644|    444
Precision production trades ................|   4,583|   4,323|     260|   4,987|   4,744|        243|  1,968|  1,828|    140
Psychology .................................|     143|      26|     117|      30|       2|         28|  1,887|    434|  1,453
Public administration and social services ..|     786|     129|     657|     475|      91|        384|  3,728|    444|  3,284
Security and protective services ...........|  19,966|  15,219|   4,747|   4,844|   3,394|      1,450| 20,573| 12,002|  8,571
  Criminal justice and corrections .........|  15,196|  10,895|   4,301|   3,665|   2,377|      1,288| 17,040|  8,945|  8,095
  Fire control and safety ..................|   4,508|   4,198|     310|     981|     934|         47|  3,012|  2,785|    227
  Security and protective services, other ..|     262|     126|     136|     198|      83|        115|    521|    272|    249
Social sciences and history ................|     222|     109|     113|     108|      57|         51|  6,245|  2,088|  4,157
  Social sciences ..........................|     222|     109|     113|     107|      57|         50|  5,875|  1,883|  3,992
  History ..................................|       0|       0|       0|       1|       0|          1|    370|    205|    165
Theology and religious vocations ...........|      79|      31|      48|     456|     229|        227|    492|    220|    272
Transportation and material moving workers .|  11,588|   9,941|   1,647|     881|     800|         81|  1,217|  1,035|    182
Visual and performing arts .................|   2,221|   1,026|   1,195|   3,484|   1,434|      2,050| 23,949| 10,642| 13,307
  Fine arts, general .......................|      69|      18|      51|     103|      39|         64|  1,326|    484|    842
  Design and music .........................|   1,527|     731|     796|   3,037|   1,250|      1,787| 18,836|  8,223| 10,613
  Visual and performing arts, other ........|     625|     277|     348|     344|     145|        199|  3,787|  1,935|  1,852
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2004. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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