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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: 1995-96
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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
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     Total ......................................|100,888 | 47,358 | 53,530 |  139,688 | 55,878 |  83,810 |555,216 |219,514 |335,702
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Agriculture and natural resources, total ........|  1,749 |  1,327 |    422 |    1,874 |  1,325 |     549 |  6,182 |  4,218 |  1,964
   Agricultural business and production .........|  1,471 |  1,151 |    320 |    1,677 |  1,186 |     491 |  3,846 |  2,574 |  1,272
   Agricultural sciences ........................|    241 |    145 |     96 |       60 |     43 |      17 |    877 |    476 |    401
   Conservation and renewable natural resources .|     37 |     31 |      6 |      137 |     96 |      41 |  1,459 |  1,168 |    291
Architecture and related programs ...............|      2 |      0 |      2 |       10 |      1 |       9 |    256 |     40 |    216
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|    180 |     43 |    137 |      133 |     19 |     114 |    111 |     28 |     83
Biological/life sciences ........................|     79 |     55 |     24 |      529 |    324 |     205 |  2,037 |    817 |  1,220
Business management and administrative services .| 15,411 |  4,401 | 11,010 |   26,509 |  4,126 |  22,383 | 93,487 | 25,932 | 67,555
   Accounting ...................................|  1,325 |    278 |  1,047 |    4,175 |    754 |   3,421 | 15,926 |  3,375 | 12,551
   Business, general ............................|    580 |    301 |    279 |      998 |    321 |     677 | 11,397 |  4,105 |  7,292
   Business administration and management .......|  1,535 |    620 |    915 |    2,724 |    976 |   1,748 | 28,901 | 10,695 | 18,206
   Business and management, other ...............|  2,539 |  1,400 |  1,139 |    2,404 |    747 |   1,657 |  9,950 |  3,696 |  6,254
   Business data processing .....................|  2,560 |  1,006 |  1,554 |    2,203 |    765 |   1,438 |  7,381 |  3,411 |  3,970
   Secretarial and related programs .............|  6,872 |    796 |  6,076 |   14,005 |    563 |  13,442 | 19,932 |    650 | 19,282
Communications ..................................|    414 |    208 |    206 |      188 |    113 |      75 |  2,187 |  1,077 |  1,110
Communications technologies .....................|     91 |     54 |     37 |      369 |    204 |     165 |  1,757 |  1,169 |    588
Computer and information sciences ...............|  4,349 |  2,309 |  2,040 |    3,570 |  1,702 |   1,868 |  9,658 |  4,954 |  4,704
Construction trades .............................|  4,212 |  3,983 |    229 |    4,021 |  3,821 |     200 |  2,141 |  2,035 |    106
Consumer and personal services ..................|  1,615 |    375 |  1,240 |    6,460 |  1,696 |   4,764 |  7,721 |  4,967 |  2,754
Education .......................................|    569 |    146 |    423 |      677 |     50 |     627 |  9,750 |  3,109 |  6,641
Engineering .....................................|    102 |     85 |     17 |      145 |    124 |      21 |  2,197 |  1,914 |    283
Engineering-related technologies ................|  2,479 |  2,075 |    404 |    8,180 |  7,175 |   1,005 | 33,002 | 28,871 |  4,131
English language and literature/letters .........|    128 |     42 |     86 |       37 |     11 |      26 |  1,310 |    471 |    839
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|    419 |    155 |    264 |       29 |      7 |      22 |    607 |    163 |    444
Health professions and related sciences .........| 33,993 |  8,100 | 25,893 |   45,185 |  6,548 |  38,637 |101,872 | 17,295 | 84,577
   Dental assisting .............................|  1,268 |    112 |  1,156 |    3,810 |    188 |   3,622 |  4,564 |    290 |  4,274
   Emergency medical technician-ambulance and    |        |        |        |          |        |         |        |        |
      paramedic .................................|  7,062 |  4,479 |  2,583 |    1,668 |  1,159 |     509 |    889 |    630 |    259
   Medical lab technician .......................|    103 |     19 |     84 |       96 |     22 |      74 |  2,982 |    776 |  2,206
   Medical assisting ............................|  4,209 |    480 |  3,729 |    6,367 |    290 |   6,077 |  4,941 |    203 |  4,738
   Nursing assisting ............................| 10,529 |  1,059 |  9,470 |      280 |     26 |     254 |      7 |      0 |      7
   Practical nursing ............................|    595 |     85 |    510 |   20,769 |  2,261 |  18,508 |    605 |     55 |    550
   Nursing, R.N. and other ......................|  2,536 |    260 |  2,276 |    2,248 |    265 |   1,983 | 56,562 |  7,307 | 49,255
   Health sciences, other .......................|  7,691 |  1,606 |  6,085 |    9,947 |  2,337 |   7,610 | 31,322 |  8,034 | 23,288
Home economics and vocational home economics ....|  4,144 |  1,267 |  2,877 |    4,295 |    416 |   3,879 |  8,192 |    757 |  7,435
Law and legal studies ...........................|    850 |    143 |    707 |    2,006 |    287 |   1,719 |  9,106 |  1,119 |  7,987
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      |        |        |        |          |        |         |        |        |
  and humanities ................................|    152 |     66 |     86 |      481 |    141 |     340 |174,970 | 67,994 |106,976
Library science .................................|    117 |     10 |    107 |       57 |      8 |      49 |     94 |     13 |     81
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .|  2,388 |    754 |  1,634 |    1,624 |    407 |   1,217 |  5,960 |  1,424 |  4,536
Mathematics .....................................|      1 |      1 |      0 |        1 |      1 |       0 |    758 |    463 |    295
Mechanics and repairers .........................|  4,614 |  4,292 |    322 |   15,624 | 14,870 |     754 | 12,524 | 11,723 |    801
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|    439 |     69 |    370 |      134 |     74 |      60 |  8,611 |  4,212 |  4,399
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .|     95 |     34 |     61 |      130 |     52 |      78 |    936 |    545 |    391
Philosophy and religion .........................|     67 |     25 |     42 |       19 |     13 |       6 |     83 |     45 |     38
Physical sciences ...............................|     86 |     39 |     47 |       81 |     51 |      30 |  2,612 |  1,458 |  1,154
   Physical sciences, other .....................|     26 |     11 |     15 |       17 |     13 |       4 |  1,749 |    961 |    788
   Science technologies .........................|     60 |     28 |     32 |       64 |     38 |      26 |    863 |    497 |    366
Precision production trades .....................|  4,009 |  3,285 |    724 |    8,104 |  6,711 |   1,393 | 10,217 |  8,119 |  2,098
Protective services .............................| 10,156 |  7,954 |  2,202 |    2,821 |  2,008 |     813 | 19,196 | 13,427 |  5,769
   Criminal justice and corrections .............|  8,277 |  6,279 |  1,998 |    2,222 |  1,489 |     733 | 15,990 | 10,610 |  5,380
   Fire control and safety ......................|  1,844 |  1,643 |    201 |      489 |    448 |      41 |  2,523 |  2,357 |    166
   Protective services, other ...................|     35 |     32 |      3 |      110 |     71 |      39 |    683 |    460 |    223
Psychology ......................................|     24 |      6 |     18 |       52 |     13 |      39 |  1,583 |    406 |  1,177
Public administration and services ..............|    544 |    183 |    361 |      548 |    129 |     419 |  4,218 |    765 |  3,453
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|      0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |      0 |       0 |    556 |    514 |     42
Social sciences and history .....................|     22 |     10 |     12 |       29 |      9 |      20 |  4,021 |  1,488 |  2,533
Theological studies/religious vocations .........|     82 |     35 |     47 |      542 |    293 |     249 |    608 |    314 |    294
Transportation and material moving workers ......|  6,180 |  5,354 |    826 |      749 |    629 |     120 |  1,571 |  1,325 |    246
Visual and performing arts ......................|    831 |    399 |    432 |    3,861 |  2,285 |   1,576 | 13,534 |  5,806 |  7,728
   Fine arts, general ...........................|     46 |      3 |     43 |      129 |     62 |      67 |  1,515 |    569 |    946
   Design and music .............................|    437 |    211 |    226 |    2,863 |  1,548 |   1,315 | 10,579 |  4,524 |  6,055
   Visual and performing arts, other ............|    348 |    185 |    163 |      869 |    675 |     194 |  1,440 |    713 |    727
Not classified by field of study ................|    295 |     74 |    221 |      614 |    235 |     379 |  1,591 |    537 |  1,054
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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 May 1998.)

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