Table 312.

Associate's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex of student and discipline division: 2000-01 through 2010-11

Discipline division	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
											Total	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Total	578,865	595,133	634,016	665,301	696,660	713,066	728,114	750,164	787,325	849,452	942,327	361,309	581,018
Agriculture and natural resources, total	6,649	6,494	6,210	6,283	6,404	6,168	5,838	5,738	5,724	5,894	6,425	4,089	2,336
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and     related sciences	5,200	5,125	4,892	4,959	5,137	4,958	4,638	4,554	4,525	4,615	4,920	2,955	1,965
Natural resources and conservation	1,449	1,369	1,318	1,324	1,267	1,210	1,200	1,184	1,199	1,279	1,505	1,134	371
Architecture and related services	417	443	440	492	583	656	517	568	596	552	569	310	259
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	73	94	120	105	115	124	164	169	173	199	209	60	149
Biological and biomedical sciences	1,443	1,534	1,496	1,456	1,709	1,827	2,060	2,200	2,364	2,664	3,245	1,116	2,129
Business, management, marketing, and support services	87,059	86,713	89,627	92,065	96,067	96,933	99,998	104,566	111,521	116,904	121,728	42,619	79,109
Accounting and related services	13,158	12,315	13,229	14,506	13,988	13,620	14,232	15,965	16,731	17,994	20,179	4,934	15,245
Business/commerce, general	12,621	12,936	13,054	13,387	12,050	13,297	12,725	12,473	13,067	14,547	15,083	6,152	8,931
Business administration, management, and operations	25,386	26,890	28,943	31,522	37,258	39,152	43,667	47,911	52,938	46,137	46,249	18,781	27,468
Management information systems and services	6,016	6,417	5,600	4,214	2,812	2,179	2,007	1,237	1,103	1,221	1,244	822	422
Business operations support and assistant services	13,195	11,508	11,524	11,400	11,196	10,044	8,864	7,841	7,549	7,388	8,257	746	7,511
Business and management, other	16,683	16,647	17,277	17,036	18,763	18,641	18,503	19,139	20,133	29,617	30,716	11,184	19,532
Communication, journalism, and related programs	2,949	2,819	2,589	2,444	2,545	2,629	2,609	2,620	2,722	2,839	3,051	1,411	1,640
Communications technologies	3,038	3,006	3,304	3,401	3,516	3,380	3,095	4,237	4,803	4,419	4,209	2,774	1,435
Computer and information sciences and support services	34,356	40,127	46,234	41,845	36,173	31,246	27,712	28,296	30,006	32,466	37,677	29,060	8,617
Construction trades	2,682	2,639	3,009	3,560	3,512	3,850	3,895	4,309	4,252	4,617	5,402	5,105	297
Education	9,533	9,611	11,205	12,465	13,329	14,475	13,021	13,108	14,123	17,048	20,459	2,733	17,726
Engineering	1,781	1,681	2,166	2,726	2,430	2,154	2,128	2,279	2,177	2,508	2,825	2,426	399
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1	42,366	40,217	39,998	36,915	33,548	30,461	29,199	29,334	30,434	31,850	35,521	31,094	4,427
English language and literature/letters	877	864	896	828	995	1,105	1,249	1,402	1,525	1,658	2,019	647	1,372
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	8,329	9,208	9,496	9,478	9,707	9,488	9,124	8,613	9,020	9,573	8,532	358	8,174
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,100	1,085	1,050	1,047	1,234	1,161	1,207	1,258	1,627	1,683	1,876	377	1,499
Health professions and related programs	84,656	82,361	90,716	106,208	122,520	134,931	145,436	155,816	165,163	177,686	201,831	30,073	171,758
Dental assisting	5,193	5,237	5,498	5,652	5,813	6,085	6,313	6,642	6,633	7,063	7,481	342	7,139
Emergency medical technician (EMT paramedic)	1,134	1,203	1,410	1,617	1,825	1,980	2,008	2,140	2,270	2,412	2,895	2,073	822
Medical lab technician	5,281	5,134	5,146	5,571	6,346	6,411	7,171	6,617	6,822	7,798	9,334	2,116	7,218
Medical assisting	14,366	11,102	11,920	15,543	19,005	22,267	23,491	24,276	25,981	29,985	39,232	4,813	34,419
Nursing assisting	2	0	8	4	38	101	158	329	385	1	38	1	37
Practical nursing	619	814	916	1,049	1,388	1,481	1,509	1,417	1,299	1,999	2,069	235	1,834
Nursing, R.N. and other	40,278	40,800	45,117	51,552	58,007	62,095	66,516	73,277	77,929	81,277	83,021	11,115	71,906
Health sciences, other	17,783	18,071	20,701	25,220	30,098	34,511	38,270	41,118	43,844	47,151	57,761	9,378	48,383
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	16,425	16,689	18,614	20,573	23,749	26,425	28,208	29,590	33,033	37,260	44,923	23,931	20,992
Criminal justice and corrections	13,589	13,603	15,155	17,040	19,942	22,351	23,917	25,588	28,996	32,754	40,023	19,404	20,619
Fire control and safety	2,346	2,619	2,941	3,012	3,366	3,554	3,811	3,937	3,970	4,307	4,603	4,320	283
Homeland security and related protective
services, other	490	467	518	521	441	520	480	65	67	199	297	207	90
Legal professions and studies	8,119	7,815	8,412	9,466	9,885	10,509	10,391	9,465	9,062	10,003	11,620	1,835	9,785
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,
and humanities	196,843	207,163	217,361	227,650	240,131	244,689	250,030	254,012	263,853	284,775	306,670	118,556	188,114
Library science	103	96	87	114	108	136	84	117	116	112	160	21	139
Mathematics and statistics	695	685	732	801	807	753	827	855	930	1,051	1,644	1,024	620
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	12,689	12,063	12,028	12,553	13,619	14,454	15,432	15,297	16,066	16,305	19,969	18,998	971
Military technologies and applied sciences	120	62	85	293	355	610	781	851	721	668	856	693	163
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	10,439	13,205	14,067	14,794	13,888	14,473	15,838	16,255	15,459	17,671	23,729	8,905	14,824
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	790	764	805	923	966	1,128	1,251	1,344	1,587	2,016	2,366	1,432	934
Personal and culinary services	9,786	9,325	12,607	14,239	16,311	17,162	16,103	16,592	16,327	16,467	18,258	8,552	9,706
Philosophy and religious studies	299	359	379	404	422	367	375	458	191	256	283	177	106
Physical sciences and science technologies	2,351	2,318	2,201	2,687	2,825	2,910	3,412	3,395	3,621	4,140	5,078	2,958	2,120
Physical sciences	1,221	1,356	1,152	1,599	1,637	1,741	2,023	1,980	2,194	2,378	3,148	1,733	1,415
Science technologies/technicians	1,130	962	1,049	1,088	1,188	1,169	1,389	1,415	1,427	1,762	1,930	1,225	705
Precision production	2,256	2,260	2,287	1,968	2,039	1,977	1,973	1,968	2,126	2,787	3,254	3,024	230
Psychology	1,554	1,705	1,785	1,887	1,942	1,944	2,213	2,412	3,949	6,582	3,866	896	2,970
Public administration and social services	3,333	3,323	3,534	3,728	4,027	4,415	4,338	4,192	4,178	4,526	7,472	1,025	6,447
Social sciences and history	5,132	5,593	5,720	6,245	6,533	6,730	7,080	7,812	9,142	10,649	12,767	4,511	8,256
Social sciences	4,877	5,304	5,404	5,875	6,233	6,308	6,673	7,358	8,657	10,108	12,067	4,111	7,956
History	255	289	316	370	300	422	407	454	485	541	700	400	300
Theology and religious vocations	576	414	425	492	581	570	608	582	675	613	758	395	363
Transportation and materials moving	1,028	1,122	1,211	1,217	1,435	1,472	1,674	1,550	1,430	1,444	1,697	1,418	279
Visual and performing arts	18,435	20,911	23,120	23,949	22,650	21,754	20,244	18,890	18,629	19,567	21,379	8,706	12,673
Fine and studio arts	1,429	1,518	1,760	1,450	1,614	1,638	1,753	1,705	2,015	2,277	2,405	738	1,667
Music and dance	1,241	1,637	2,093	2,584	2,333	2,389	2,290	1,317	1,151	1,335	1,356	863	493
Visual and performing arts, other2	15,765	17,756	19,267	19,915	18,703	17,727	16,201	15,868	15,463	15,955	17,618	7,105	10,513
Not classified by field of study	584	365	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0

1 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians," which are listed separately.

2 Includes design and applied arts, drama and theatre arts, film and photographic arts, and all other arts not included under "Fine and studio arts" or "Music and dance."

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2001 through Fall 2011, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2012.)