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Table 248.Associate degrees and other subbaccalaureate awards conferred by institutions of higher education, by length of curriculum, sex of student, and field of study: 1994-95

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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
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1                                                |   2    |   3    |   4    |    5     |   6    |    7    |   8    |   9    |   10
_________________________________________________|________|________|________|__________|________|_________|________|________|________
     Total ......................................| 85,195 | 42,636 | 42,559 |  152,037 | 62,646 |  89,391 |539,691 |218,352 |321,339
                                                 |________|________|________|__________|________|_________|________|________|________
Agriculture and natural resources, total ........|  1,705 |  1,320 |    385 |    4,067 |  2,242 |   1,825 |  5,730 |  4,001 |  1,729
   Agricultural business and production .........|  1,311 |    997 |    314 |    1,344 |    913 |     431 |  3,564 |  2,458 |  1,106
   Agricultural sciences ........................|    334 |    274 |     60 |    1,548 |    427 |   1,121 |    829 |    465 |    364
   Conservation and renewable natural resources .|     60 |     49 |     11 |    1,175 |    902 |     273 |  1,337 |  1,078 |    259
Architecture and related programs ...............|     15 |      4 |     11 |       10 |      2 |       8 |    277 |     70 |    207
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|    118 |     28 |     90 |      136 |     10 |     126 |     68 |     17 |     51
Biological/life sciences ........................|    297 |    152 |    145 |       62 |     32 |      30 |  1,879 |    752 |  1,127
Business management and administrative services .| 12,446 |  3,451 |  8,995 |   27,005 |  4,835 |  22,170 | 90,113 | 26,629 | 63,484
   Accounting ...................................|  1,019 |    215 |    804 |    4,470 |    796 |   3,674 | 14,970 |  3,313 | 11,657
   Business, general ............................|    447 |    209 |    238 |      906 |    318 |     588 | 11,622 |  4,368 |  7,254
   Business administration and management .......|  1,687 |    674 |  1,013 |    2,367 |    834 |   1,533 | 28,968 | 11,076 | 17,892
   Business and management, other ...............|  1,913 |    832 |  1,081 |    3,336 |  1,429 |   1,907 | 10,233 |  4,072 |  6,161
   Business data processing .....................|  1,401 |    508 |    893 |    2,067 |    696 |   1,371 |  6,962 |  3,275 |  3,687
   Secretarial and related programs .............|  5,979 |  1,013 |  4,966 |   13,859 |    762 |  13,097 | 17,358 |    525 | 16,833
Communications ..................................|  1,712 |  1,182 |    530 |      348 |    134 |     214 |  3,160 |  1,624 |  1,536
Communications technologies .....................|     90 |     63 |     27 |      327 |    198 |     129 |  1,984 |  1,298 |    686
Computer and information sciences ...............|  2,154 |  1,120 |  1,034 |    5,295 |  2,473 |   2,822 |  9,152 |  4,743 |  4,409
Construction trades .............................|  2,310 |  2,133 |    177 |    4,582 |  4,328 |     254 |  1,728 |  1,598 |    130
Consumer and personal services ..................|  1,518 |    425 |  1,093 |    6,120 |  1,371 |   4,749 |  5,626 |  3,747 |  1,879
Education .......................................|    355 |     37 |    318 |    1,461 |    152 |   1,309 |  9,658 |  3,058 |  6,600
Engineering .....................................|    209 |    181 |     28 |      309 |    293 |      16 |  2,232 |  1,931 |    301
Engineering-related technologies ................|  2,050 |  1,618 |    432 |    7,491 |  6,638 |     853 | 34,732 | 30,820 |  3,912
English language and literature/letters .........|     98 |     28 |     70 |       50 |     14 |      36 |  1,548 |    505 |  1,043
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|    248 |     86 |    162 |      196 |    118 |      78 |    616 |    177 |    439
Health professions and related sciences .........| 25,428 |  6,785 | 18,643 |   42,467 |  6,590 |  35,877 | 98,474 | 16,530 | 81,944
   Dental assisting .............................|    298 |     14 |    284 |    2,673 |     92 |   2,581 |  4,312 |    282 |  4,030
   Emergency medical technician-ambulance and    |        |        |        |          |        |         |        |        |
      paramedic .................................|  6,215 |  4,022 |  2,193 |    1,619 |  1,149 |     470 |    771 |    536 |    235
   Medical lab technician .......................|     98 |     13 |     85 |      154 |     59 |      95 |  2,769 |    742 |  2,027
   Medical assisting ............................|  1,069 |     97 |    972 |    3,886 |    115 |   3,771 |  3,544 |    135 |  3,409
   Nursing assisting ............................|  8,794 |  1,019 |  7,775 |      187 |     19 |     168 |      2 |      0 |      2
   Practical nursing ............................|    571 |     57 |    514 |   19,976 |  2,287 |  17,689 |    772 |     86 |    686
   Nursing, R.N. and other ......................|  2,156 |    251 |  1,905 |    2,897 |    364 |   2,533 | 57,456 |  7,142 | 50,314
   Health sciences, other .......................|  6,227 |  1,312 |  4,915 |   11,075 |  2,505 |   8,570 | 28,848 |  7,607 | 21,241
Home economics and vocational home economics ....|  5,218 |  2,129 |  3,089 |    8,582 |  1,638 |   6,944 |  7,821 |    815 |  7,006
Law and legal studies ...........................|    902 |    130 |    772 |    1,686 |    281 |   1,405 |  9,140 |  1,163 |  7,977
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      |        |        |        |          |        |         |        |        |
  and humanities ................................|    334 |    249 |     85 |    1,273 |    423 |     850 |170,817 | 67,834 |102,983
Library science .................................|     73 |      5 |     68 |       53 |      8 |      45 |    101 |      9 |     92
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .|  2,152 |    710 |  1,442 |    2,444 |    579 |   1,865 |  6,187 |  1,526 |  4,661
Mathematics .....................................|      5 |      4 |      1 |        1 |      0 |       1 |    782 |    438 |    344
Mechanics and repairers .........................|  4,850 |  4,355 |    495 |   20,835 | 19,127 |   1,708 | 11,497 | 10,754 |    743
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|    181 |     17 |    164 |      130 |     56 |      74 |  8,692 |  4,228 |  4,464
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .|     86 |     43 |     43 |      145 |     73 |      72 |    864 |    501 |    363
Philosophy and religion .........................|     46 |     19 |     27 |      483 |    192 |     291 |     81 |     52 |     29
Physical sciences ...............................|     32 |     16 |     16 |       79 |     47 |      32 |  2,456 |  1,424 |  1,032
   Physical sciences, other .....................|     16 |      8 |      8 |       29 |     21 |       8 |  1,645 |    921 |    724
   Science technologies .........................|     16 |      8 |      8 |       50 |     26 |      24 |    811 |    503 |    308
Precision production trades .....................|  2,956 |  2,424 |    532 |    7,179 |  5,845 |   1,334 |  9,344 |  7,453 |  1,891
Protective services .............................|  8,678 |  6,796 |  1,882 |    3,536 |  2,628 |     908 | 19,709 | 14,202 |  5,507
   Criminal justice and corrections .............|  7,499 |  5,737 |  1,762 |    2,943 |  2,108 |     835 | 16,584 | 11,408 |  5,176
   Fire control and safety ......................|  1,117 |  1,007 |    110 |      500 |    466 |      34 |  2,447 |  2,294 |    153
   Protective services, other ...................|     62 |     52 |     10 |       93 |     54 |      39 |    678 |    500 |    178
Psychology ......................................|     33 |      9 |     24 |       69 |     19 |      50 |  1,600 |    446 |  1,154
Public administration and services ..............|    608 |    235 |    373 |      732 |    230 |     502 |  3,882 |    783 |  3,099
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|      1 |      1 |      0 |        0 |      0 |       0 |    364 |    331 |     33
Social sciences and history .....................|    136 |    114 |     22 |       96 |     41 |      55 |  3,634 |  1,461 |  2,173
Theological studies/religious vocations .........|     65 |     33 |     32 |      617 |    332 |     285 |    607 |    309 |    298
Transportation and material moving workers ......|  7,759 |  6,601 |  1,158 |      668 |    466 |     202 |  1,446 |  1,226 |    220
Visual and performing arts ......................|    324 |    131 |    193 |    3,401 |  1,191 |   2,210 | 12,544 |  5,275 |  7,269
   Fine arts, general ...........................|     19 |      4 |     15 |      469 |    190 |     279 |  1,420 |    483 |    937
   Design and music .............................|    276 |    113 |    163 |    2,234 |    671 |   1,563 |  9,805 |  4,176 |  5,629
   Visual and performing arts, other ............|     29 |     14 |     15 |      698 |    330 |     368 |  1,319 |    616 |    703
Not classified by field of study ................|      3 |      2 |      1 |      102 |     40 |      62 |  1,146 |    622 |    524
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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 March 1997.)


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