Postsecondary Education

Programs and Courses

Table A-38-1. Number of associate’s and bachelor’s degrees awarded by degree-granting institutions, percentage of total, number and percentage awarded to females, and percent change, by selected fields of study: Academic years 1999–2000 and 2009–10

Level of degree and field of study	1999–2000				2009–10				1999–2000 to 2009–10
Level of degree and field of study	Number	Percent of total	Number to females	Percent to females	Number	Percent of total	Number to females	Percent to females	Change in number of degrees	Percent change	Percent change for females
Associate’s degrees Total¹	564,933	100.0	340,212	60.2	849,452	100.0	526,536	62.0	284,519	50.4	54.8
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	187,454	33.2	117,708	62.8	284,775	33.5	174,074	61.1	97,321	51.9	47.9
Health professions and related programs	86,676	15.3	74,804	86.3	177,686	20.9	151,782	85.4	91,010	105.0	102.9
Business, management, marketing, and personal and culinary services	95,309	16.9	65,429	68.6	133,371	15.7	85,203	63.9	38,062	39.9	30.2
Engineering and engineering technologies	59,458	10.5	7,584	12.8	55,280	6.5	5,713	10.3	-4,178	-7.0	-24.7
Homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting, and related protective services	16,298	2.9	5,791	35.5	37,260	4.4	17,384	46.7	20,962	128.6	200.2
Computer and information sciences and support services	28,185	5.0	12,036	42.7	32,466	3.8	7,784	24.0	4,281	15.2	-35.3
Visual and performing arts	17,100	3.0	9,101	53.2	19,567	2.3	11,881	60.7	2,467	14.4	30.5
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	11,784	2.1	6,263	53.1	17,671	2.1	10,711	60.6	5,887	50.0	71.0
Education	8,510	1.5	6,615	77.7	17,048	2.0	14,696	86.2	8,538	100.3	122.2
Social sciences and history	5,136	0.9	3,345	65.1	10,649	1.3	6,840	64.2	5,513	107.3	104.5
Legal professions and studies	8,842	1.6	7,901	89.4	10,003	1.2	8,800	88.0	1,161	13.1	11.4
Family and consumer sciences/ human sciences	8,031	1.4	7,359	91.6	9,573	1.1	9,078	94.8	1,542	19.2	23.4
Communication and communications technologies	5,379	1.0	2,485	46.2	7,258	0.9	2,893	39.9	1,879	34.9	16.4
Psychology	1,455	0.3	1,129	77.6	6,582	0.8	5,311	80.7	5,127	352.4	370.4
Agriculture and natural resources	6,666	1.2	2,313	34.7	5,894	0.7	2,111	35.8	-772	-11.6	-8.7
Public administration and social service professions	3,656	0.6	3,101	84.8	4,526	0.5	3,864	85.4	870	23.8	24.6
Physical sciences and science technologies	2,471	0.4	1,162	47.0	4,140	0.5	1,591	38.4	1,669	67.5	36.9
Precision production	2,308	0.4	266	11.5	2,787	0.3	178	6.4	479	20.8	-33.1
Biological and biomedical sciences	1,448	0.3	960	66.3	2,664	0.3	1,813	68.1	1,216	84.0	88.9
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	819	0.1	323	39.4	2,016	0.2	793	39.3	1,197	146.2	145.5

See notes at end of table.

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