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Table 253. Associate degrees and other subbaccalaureate awards conferred by degree-granting institutions, by length of curriculum, sex of student, and field of study: 1999-2000

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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 ......................................|119,498 | 55,816 | 63,682 |  140,903 | 62,420 |  78,483 |564,933 |224,721 |340,212
                                                 |________|________|________|__________|________|_________|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources, total ........|  1,526 |  1,198 |    328 |    1,918 |  1,355 |     563 |  6,667 |  4,353 |  2,314
   Agricultural business and production .........|  1,453 |  1,145 |    308 |    1,659 |  1,176 |     483 |  4,350 |  2,842 |  1,508
   Agricultural sciences ........................|      5 |      2 |      3 |      108 |     64 |      44 |    943 |    462 |    481
   Conservation and renewable natural resources .|     68 |     51 |     17 |      151 |    115 |      36 |  1,374 |  1,049 |    325
Architecture and related programs ...............|     21 |      3 |     18 |       83 |     13 |      70 |    392 |    101 |    291
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|    227 |     62 |    165 |       87 |     13 |      74 |    259 |     56 |    203
Biological/life sciences ........................|     21 |     14 |      7 |       36 |     18 |      18 |  1,434 |    481 |    953
Business management and administrative services .| 19,024 |  6,023 | 13,001 |   23,669 |  5,174 |  18,495 | 92,274 | 27,584 | 64,690
   Accounting ...................................|  1,910 |    331 |  1,579 |    3,190 |    469 |   2,721 | 13,562 |  2,529 | 11,033
   Business, general ............................|    853 |    421 |    432 |    1,227 |    359 |     868 | 12,283 |  4,324 |  7,959
   Business administration and management .......|  2,005 |    825 |  1,180 |    2,391 |    791 |   1,600 | 28,486 | 10,179 | 18,307
   Business and management, other ...............|  2,661 |  1,198 |  1,463 |    1,861 |    621 |   1,240 |  7,841 |  2,768 |  5,073
   Business data processing .....................|  4,543 |  2,456 |  2,087 |    4,681 |  2,282 |   2,399 | 13,129 |  6,985 |  6,144
   Secretarial and related programs .............|  7,052 |    792 |  6,260 |   10,319 |    652 |   9,667 | 16,973 |    799 | 16,174
Communications ..................................|    243 |    134 |    109 |      193 |     98 |      95 |  2,754 |  1,435 |  1,319
Communications technologies .....................|    301 |    160 |    141 |      515 |    309 |     206 |  1,709 |  1,059 |    650
Computer and information sciences ...............|  8,984 |  5,763 |  3,221 |    9,177 |  5,752 |   3,425 | 20,450 | 11,700 |  8,750
Construction trades .............................|  2,656 |  2,496 |    160 |    4,701 |  4,477 |     224 |  2,337 |  2,220 |    117
Consumer and personal services ..................|  4,353 |  1,107 |  3,246 |    7,055 |  1,740 |   5,315 |  9,570 |  5,560 |  4,010
Education .......................................|  2,014 |    556 |  1,458 |      582 |     43 |     539 |  8,226 |  1,702 |  6,524
Engineering .....................................|    127 |    105 |     22 |       28 |     27 |       1 |  1,752 |  1,509 |    243
Engineering-related technologies ................|  4,671 |  3,792 |    879 |    6,590 |  5,713 |     877 | 35,395 | 30,736 |  4,659
English language and literature/letters .........|    341 |    154 |    187 |       28 |     12 |      16 |    947 |    333 |    614
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|    291 |     85 |    206 |       18 |      5 |      13 |    501 |    235 |    266
Health professions and related sciences .........| 31,945 |  6,845 | 25,100 |   41,857 |  5,817 |  36,040 | 84,081 | 11,728 | 72,353
   Dental assisting .............................|    945 |     56 |    889 |    3,702 |    155 |   3,547 |  5,566 |    276 |  5,290
   Emergency medical technician-ambulance and    |        |        |        |          |        |         |        |        |
      paramedic .................................|  5,978 |  3,735 |  2,243 |    2,050 |  1,429 |     621 |  1,152 |    772 |    380
   Medical lab technician .......................|    160 |     18 |    142 |      351 |    182 |     169 |  1,644 |    350 |  1,294
   Medical assisting ............................|  4,235 |    314 |  3,921 |    6,008 |    300 |   5,708 |  5,414 |    234 |  5,180
   Nursing assisting ............................|  9,446 |    806 |  8,640 |      222 |     20 |     202 |      7 |      0 |      7
   Practical nursing ............................|    495 |     53 |    442 |   16,991 |  1,300 |  15,691 |    575 |     46 |    529
   Nursing, R.N. and other ......................|  1,042 |     81 |    961 |    2,019 |    205 |   1,814 | 40,772 |  4,343 | 36,429
   Health sciences, other .......................|  9,644 |  1,782 |  7,862 |   10,514 |  2,226 |   8,288 | 28,951 |  5,707 | 23,244
Home economics and vocational home economics ....|  6,770 |  1,789 |  4,981 |    4,243 |    387 |   3,856 |  8,381 |    704 |  7,677
Law and legal studies ...........................|    794 |    147 |    647 |    1,293 |    201 |   1,092 |  7,265 |    881 |  6,384
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      |        |        |        |          |        |         |        |        |
  and humanities ................................|    339 |    108 |    231 |    1,999 |    786 |   1,213 |187,454 | 69,746 |117,708
Library science .................................|    124 |     10 |    114 |       47 |      6 |      41 |     98 |      8 |     90
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .|  2,874 |    609 |  2,265 |      919 |    286 |     633 |  5,557 |  1,381 |  4,176
Mathematics .....................................|      7 |      6 |      1 |        7 |      5 |       2 |    675 |    408 |    267
Mechanics and repairers .........................|  6,703 |  5,973 |    730 |   18,270 | 17,359 |     911 | 11,614 | 10,791 |    823
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|    192 |     52 |    140 |      188 |     43 |     145 | 11,784 |  5,521 |  6,263
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .|    121 |     54 |     67 |      121 |     59 |      62 |    855 |    511 |    344
Philosophy and religion .........................|      1 |      1 |      0 |       27 |     10 |      17 |     63 |     32 |     31
Physical sciences ...............................|    163 |    109 |     54 |      128 |     84 |      44 |  2,460 |  1,299 |  1,161
   Physical sciences, other .....................|     24 |      8 |     16 |       14 |      8 |       6 |  1,350 |    645 |    705
   Science technologies .........................|    139 |    101 |     38 |      114 |     76 |      38 |  1,110 |    654 |    456
Precision production trades .....................|  4,283 |  3,559 |    724 |    8,691 |  7,364 |   1,327 | 11,814 |  9,200 |  2,614
Protective services .............................|  9,633 |  7,546 |  2,087 |    3,220 |  2,495 |     725 | 16,298 | 10,507 |  5,791
   Criminal justice and corrections .............|  7,846 |  5,901 |  1,945 |    2,459 |  1,829 |     630 | 13,487 |  8,051 |  5,436
   Fire control and safety ......................|  1,742 |  1,603 |    139 |      669 |    619 |      50 |  2,364 |  2,178 |    186
   Protective services, other ...................|     45 |     42 |      3 |       92 |     47 |      45 |    447 |    278 |    169
Psychology ......................................|     60 |      6 |     54 |       23 |      4 |      19 |  1,455 |    326 |  1,129
Public administration and services ..............|    392 |     64 |    328 |      386 |     72 |     314 |  3,656 |    555 |  3,101
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|     40 |     33 |      7 |        0 |      0 |       0 |     65 |     54 |     11
Social sciences and history .....................|     82 |     47 |     35 |       58 |     19 |      39 |  5,136 |  1,791 |  3,345
Theological studies/religious vocations .........|    101 |     34 |     67 |      538 |    308 |     230 |    636 |    355 |    281
Transportation and material moving workers ......|  8,560 |  6,389 |  2,171 |      741 |    675 |      66 |  1,021 |    870 |    151
Visual and performing arts ......................|  1,210 |    642 |    568 |    3,118 |  1,565 |   1,553 | 17,100 |  7,999 |  9,101
   Fine arts, general ...........................|     27 |      7 |     20 |       98 |     47 |      51 |  1,314 |    515 |    799
   Design and music .............................|    905 |    527 |    378 |    1,407 |  1,330 |      77 | 12,780 |  5,814 |  6,966
   Visual and performing arts, other ............|    278 |    108 |    170 |    1,613 |    188 |   1,425 |  3,006 |  1,670 |  1,336
Not classified by field of study ................|    304 |    141 |    163 |      349 |    126 |     223 |  2,798 |    990 |  1,808
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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 June 2001.)


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