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Table 249. Associate's degrees and other subbaccalaureate awards conferred by degree-granting institutions, by length of curriculum, sex of student, and field of study: 2002-03

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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
____________________________________________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
____________________________________________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______
Total ...................................| 195,419| 92,400| 103,019| 159,194| 67,233| 91,961|632,912|253,060|379,852
|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______
Agriculture and natural resources, total ...| 3,548| 2,563| 985| 1,853| 1,159| 694| 6,208| 3,946| 2,262
Agriculture, agriculture operations and | | | | | | | | |
related sciences ......................| 2,827| 1,905| 922| 1,717| 1,073| 644| 4,890| 2,941| 1,949
Natural resources and conservation .......| 721| 658| 63| 136| 86| 50| 1,318| 1,005| 313
Architecture and related services ..........| 20| 2| 18| 109| 8| 101| 440| 109| 331
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies .| 281| 54| 227| 82| 17| 65| 126| 33| 93
Biological/life sciences ...................| 44| 14| 30| 5| 2| 3| 1,496| 443| 1,053
Business, management, and marketing ........| 23,968| 7,031| 16,937| 19,305| 4,173| 15,132| 89,564| 26,895| 62,669
Accounting ...............................| 3,380| 530| 2,850| 3,900| 627| 3,273| 13,234| 2,476| 10,758
Business, general ........................| 992| 507| 485| 1,433| 548| 885| 13,010| 4,754| 8,256
Business administration and management ...| 4,135| 1,563| 2,572| 3,083| 1,029| 2,054| 33,024| 12,003| 21,021
Business and management, other ...........| 8,029| 2,915| 5,114| 1,878| 377| 1,501| 13,352| 3,931| 9,421
Management information systems ...........| 997| 533| 464| 1,377| 682| 695| 5,602| 2,818| 2,784
Secretarial and related programs .........| 6,435| 983| 5,452| 7,634| 910| 6,724| 11,342| 913| 10,429
Communications .............................| 461| 190| 271| 214| 116| 98| 2,602| 1,253| 1,349
Communications technologies ................| 845| 421| 424| 1,126| 590| 536| 3,300| 1,796| 1,504
Computer and information sciences ..........| 14,261| 8,568| 5,693| 12,178| 7,392| 4,786| 46,089| 30,654| 15,435
Construction trades ........................| 4,578| 4,333| 245| 6,240| 5,960| 280| 3,001| 2,845| 156
Education ..................................| 2,079| 327| 1,752| 1,663| 203| 1,460| 11,199| 2,186| 9,013
Engineering ................................| 112| 86| 26| 144| 125| 19| 2,176| 1,817| 359
Engineering-related technologies ...........| 7,011| 5,754| 1,257| 8,722| 7,291| 1,431| 39,957| 33,550| 6,407
English language and literature/letters ....| 454| 133| 321| 39| 15| 24| 896| 272| 624
Family and consumer sciences ...............| 9,723| 1,333| 8,390| 3,911| 395| 3,516| 9,471| 386| 9,085
Foreign languages and literatures ..........| 498| 133| 365| 283| 25| 258| 1,050| 208| 842
Health professions and related sciences ....| 65,476| 14,409| 51,067| 53,361| 6,102| 47,259| 90,536| 11,342| 79,194
Dental assisting .........................| 1,470| 102| 1,368| 4,203| 127| 4,076| 5,466| 208| 5,258
Emergency medical technician-ambulance | | | | | | | | |
and paramedic .........................| 11,434| 7,538| 3,896| 1,567| 1,168| 399| 1,398| 944| 454
Medical lab technician ...................| 379| 65| 314| 336| 177| 159| 1,494| 300| 1,194
Medical assisting ........................| 8,316| 636| 7,680| 7,468| 362| 7,106| 5,846| 340| 5,506
Nursing assisting ........................| 19,156| 1,871| 17,285| 365| 29| 336| 8| 1| 7
Practical nursing ........................| 1,084| 80| 1,004| 20,474| 1,658| 18,816| 916| 75| 841
Nursing, R.N. and other ..................| 1,574| 157| 1,417| 2,039| 185| 1,854| 45,044| 4,468| 40,576
Health sciences, other ...................| 22,063| 3,960| 18,103| 16,909| 2,396| 14,513| 30,364| 5,006| 25,358
Legal professions and studies ..............| 1,201| 162| 1,039| 2,246| 290| 1,956| 8,390| 876| 7,514
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, | | | | | | | | |
and humanities ..........................| 324| 97| 227| 3,853| 1,418| 2,435|216,814| 79,910|136,904
Library science ............................| 152| 13| 139| 59| 6| 53| 87| 5| 82
Mathematics ................................| 89| 68| 21| 14| 9| 5| 732| 465| 267
Mechanics and repairers ....................| 12,153| 11,036| 1,117| 19,751| 18,837| 914| 11,994| 11,216| 778
Military technologies ......................| 47| 39| 8| 0| 0| 0| 85| 72| 13
Multi/interdisciplinary studies ............| 463| 230| 233| 349| 85| 264| 14,067| 6,121| 7,946
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness | 362| 191| 171| 115| 55| 60| 811| 468| 343
studies .................................| | | | | | | | |
Personal and culinary services .............| 5,789| 1,650| 4,139| 9,075| 2,331| 6,744| 12,593| 7,045| 5,548
Philosophy and religion ....................| 13| 5| 8| 35| 11| 24| 379| 93| 286
Physical sciences and science technologies .| 363| 190| 173| 187| 121| 66| 2,190| 1,212| 978
Physical sciences ........................| 161| 81| 80| 6| 6| 0| 1,141| 606| 535
Science technologies .....................| 202| 109| 93| 181| 115| 66| 1,049| 606| 443
Precision production trades ................| 4,709| 4,429| 280| 5,035| 4,786| 249| 2,279| 2,101| 178
Psychology .................................| 104| 15| 89| 39| 4| 35| 1,784| 441| 1,343
Public administration and social services ..| 658| 137| 521| 420| 73| 347| 3,533| 468| 3,065
Security and protective services ...........| 18,830| 14,571| 4,259| 4,395| 3,257| 1,138| 18,571| 10,986| 7,585
Criminal justice and corrections .........| 14,943| 11,041| 3,902| 3,346| 2,341| 1,005| 15,136| 8,113| 7,023
Fire control and safety ..................| 3,729| 3,422| 307| 900| 840| 60| 2,917| 2,617| 300
Security and protective services, other ..| 158| 108| 50| 149| 76| 73| 518| 256| 262
Social sciences and history ................| 216| 98| 118| 72| 37| 35| 5,738| 1,989| 3,749
Social sciences ..........................| 215| 98| 117| 71| 37| 34| 5,422| 1,817| 3,605
History ..................................| 1| 0| 1| 1| 0| 1| 316| 172| 144
Theology and religious vocations ...........| 61| 29| 32| 521| 272| 249| 425| 190| 235
Transportation and material moving workers .| 14,746| 13,191| 1,555| 681| 624| 57| 1,202| 1,040| 162
Visual and performing arts .................| 1,780| 898| 882| 3,112| 1,444| 1,668| 23,127| 10,627| 12,500
Fine arts, general .......................| 64| 14| 50| 123| 52| 71| 1,763| 671| 1,092
Design and music .........................| 1,158| 588| 570| 2,666| 1,237| 1,429| 18,503| 8,413| 10,090
Visual and performing arts, other ........| 558| 296| 262| 323| 155| 168| 2,861| 1,543| 1,318
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2002-03 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2003. (This table was prepared February 2005.)