Table 285.

Associate's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex of student and discipline division: 1999-2000 through 2009-10

Discipline division	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
											Total	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Total	564,933	578,865	595,133	634,016	665,301	696,660	713,066	728,114	750,164	787,325	849,452	322,916	526,536
Agriculture and natural resources, total	6,666	6,649	6,494	6,210	6,283	6,404	6,168	5,838	5,738	5,724	5,894	3,783	2,111
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and      related sciences	5,292	5,200	5,125	4,892	4,959	5,137	4,958	4,638	4,554	4,525	4,615	2,856	1,759
Natural resources and conservation	1,374	1,449	1,369	1,318	1,324	1,267	1,210	1,200	1,184	1,199	1,279	927	352
Architecture and related services	392	417	443	440	492	583	656	517	568	596	552	266	286
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	113	73	94	120	105	115	124	164	169	173	199	75	124
Biological and biomedical sciences	1,448	1,443	1,534	1,496	1,456	1,709	1,827	2,060	2,200	2,364	2,664	851	1,813
Business, management, marketing, and support services	86,106	87,059	86,713	89,627	92,065	96,067	96,933	99,998	104,566	111,521	116,904	40,400	76,504
Accounting and related services	13,562	13,158	12,315	13,229	14,506	13,988	13,620	14,232	15,965	16,731	17,994	4,193	13,801
Business/commerce, general	12,283	12,621	12,936	13,054	13,387	12,050	13,297	12,725	12,473	13,067	14,547	5,882	8,665
Business administration, management, and operations	28,486	28,947	30,268	33,112	33,652	42,979	43,868	47,684	52,560	58,050	58,084	22,847	35,237
Management information systems and services	5,394	6,016	6,417	5,600	4,214	2,812	2,179	2,007	1,237	1,103	1,221	790	431
Business operations support and assistant services	12,983	13,195	11,508	11,524	11,397	11,196	10,044	8,864	7,841	7,549	7,388	562	6,826
Business and management, other	13,398	13,122	13,269	13,108	14,909	13,042	13,925	14,486	14,490	15,021	17,670	6,126	11,544
Communication, journalism, and related programs	2,754	2,949	2,819	2,589	2,444	2,545	2,629	2,609	2,620	2,722	2,839	1,327	1,512
Communications technologies	2,625	3,038	3,006	3,304	3,401	3,516	3,380	3,095	4,237	4,803	4,419	3,038	1,381
Computer and information sciences and support services	28,185	34,356	40,127	46,234	41,845	36,173	31,246	27,712	28,296	30,006	32,466	24,682	7,784
Construction trades	2,337	2,682	2,639	3,009	3,560	3,512	3,850	3,895	4,309	4,252	4,617	4,350	267
Education	8,510	9,533	9,611	11,205	12,465	13,329	14,475	13,021	13,108	14,123	17,048	2,352	14,696
Engineering	1,722	1,795	1,691	2,177	2,737	2,441	2,162	2,136	2,286	2,181	2,508	2,176	332
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields	43,732	42,366	40,217	39,998	36,915	33,548	30,461	29,199	29,334	30,434	31,850	27,562	4,288
English language and literature/letters	947	877	864	896	828	995	1,105	1,249	1,402	1,525	1,658	561	1,097
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	8,031	8,329	9,208	9,496	9,478	9,707	9,488	9,124	8,613	9,020	9,573	495	9,078
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,059	1,100	1,085	1,050	1,047	1,234	1,161	1,207	1,258	1,627	1,683	318	1,365
Health professions and related programs	86,676	84,656	82,361	90,716	106,208	122,520	134,931	145,436	155,816	165,163	177,686	25,904	151,782
Dental assisting	5,569	5,193	5,223	5,498	5,652	5,813	6,085	6,313	6,642	6,633	7,063	260	6,803
Emergency medical technician (EMT paramedic)	1,152	1,134	1,203	1,410	1,617	1,825	1,980	2,008	2,140	2,270	2,412	1,689	723
Medical lab technician	1,644	1,502	1,384	1,496	1,678	1,932	2,030	2,160	2,152	2,285	2,425	582	1,843
Medical assisting	5,414	5,863	4,748	5,859	8,499	10,411	12,367	12,071	11,261	11,967	14,486	820	13,666
Nursing assisting	7	2	0	8	4	38	101	158	329	385	1	0	1
Practical nursing	575	619	814	916	1,049	1,388	1,481	1,509	1,417	1,299	1,999	240	1,759
Nursing, R.N. and other	40,767	40,278	40,800	45,117	51,552	58,007	62,095	66,516	73,277	77,929	81,277	10,461	70,816
Health sciences, other	31,548	30,065	28,189	30,412	36,157	43,106	48,792	54,701	58,598	62,395	68,023	11,852	56,171
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	16,298	16,425	16,689	18,614	20,573	23,749	26,425	28,208	29,590	33,033	37,260	19,876	17,384
Criminal justice and corrections	13,487	13,589	13,603	15,155	17,040	19,942	22,351	23,917	25,588	28,996	32,754	15,708	17,046
Fire control and safety	2,364	2,346	2,619	2,941	3,012	3,366	3,554	3,811	3,937	3,970	4,307	4,037	270
Homeland security and related protective      services, other	447	490	467	518	521	441	520	480	65	67	199	131	68
Legal professions and studies	8,842	8,119	7,815	8,412	9,466	9,885	10,509	10,391	9,465	9,062	10,003	1,203	8,800
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,    and humanities	187,454	196,843	207,163	217,361	227,650	240,131	244,689	250,030	254,012	263,853	284,775	110,701	174,074
Library science	98	103	96	87	114	108	136	84	117	116	112	20	92
Mathematics and statistics	675	695	685	732	801	807	753	827	855	930	1,051	725	326
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	11,678	12,689	12,063	12,028	12,553	13,619	14,454	15,432	15,297	16,066	16,305	15,479	826
Military technologies and applied sciences	65	120	62	85	293	355	610	781	851	721	668	531	137
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	11,784	10,439	13,205	14,067	14,794	13,888	14,473	15,838	16,255	15,459	17,671	6,960	10,711
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	819	790	764	805	923	966	1,128	1,251	1,344	1,587	2,016	1,223	793
Personal and culinary services	9,203	9,786	9,325	12,607	14,239	16,311	17,162	16,103	16,592	16,327	16,467	7,768	8,699
Philosophy and religious studies	209	299	359	379	404	422	367	375	458	191	256	163	93
Physical sciences and science technologies	2,460	2,337	2,308	2,190	2,676	2,814	2,902	3,404	3,388	3,617	4,140	2,549	1,591
Physical sciences	1,350	1,207	1,346	1,141	1,588	1,626	1,733	2,015	1,973	2,190	2,378	1,441	937
Science technologies/technicians	1,110	1,130	962	1,049	1,088	1,188	1,169	1,389	1,415	1,427	1,762	1,108	654
Precision production	2,308	2,256	2,260	2,287	1,968	2,039	1,977	1,973	1,968	2,126	2,787	2,609	178
Psychology	1,455	1,554	1,705	1,785	1,887	1,942	1,944	2,213	2,412	3,949	6,582	1,271	5,311
Public administration and social service professions	3,656	3,333	3,323	3,534	3,728	4,027	4,415	4,338	4,192	4,178	4,526	662	3,864
Social sciences and history	5,136	5,132	5,593	5,720	6,245	6,533	6,730	7,080	7,812	9,142	10,649	3,809	6,840
Social sciences	4,812	4,877	5,304	5,404	5,875	6,233	6,308	6,673	7,358	8,657	10,108	3,499	6,609
History	324	255	289	316	370	300	422	407	454	485	541	310	231
Theology and religious vocations	636	576	414	425	492	581	570	608	582	675	613	306	307
Transportation and materials moving	956	1,028	1,122	1,211	1,217	1,435	1,472	1,674	1,550	1,430	1,444	1,235	209
Visual and performing arts	17,100	18,435	20,911	23,120	23,949	22,650	21,754	20,244	18,890	18,629	19,567	7,686	11,881
Fine and studio arts	1,314	1,435	1,521	1,763	1,326	1,623	1,651	1,758	1,711	2,023	2,277	706	1,571
Design and music	12,780	14,410	16,388	18,342	18,836	17,482	16,387	15,467	14,296	13,599	13,758	5,152	8,606
Visual and performing arts, other	3,006	2,590	3,002	3,015	3,787	3,545	3,716	3,019	2,883	3,007	3,532	1,828	1,704
Not classified by field of study	2,798	584	365	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:98-99); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2010, Completions component. (This table was prepared August 2011.)