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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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     Total ......................................|112,340 | 51,430 | 60,910 |  137,015 | 57,061 |  79,954 |558,555 |217,613 |340,942
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Agriculture and natural resources, total ........|  1,854 |  1,444 |    410 |    2,085 |  1,424 |     661 |  6,673 |  4,459 |  2,214
   Agricultural business and production .........|  1,698 |  1,345 |    353 |    1,882 |  1,278 |     604 |  4,247 |  2,836 |  1,411
   Agricultural sciences ........................|     26 |     20 |      6 |      107 |     77 |      30 |    959 |    488 |    471
   Conservation and renewable natural resources .|    130 |     79 |     51 |       96 |     69 |      27 |  1,467 |  1,135 |    332
Architecture and related programs ...............|      2 |      0 |      2 |       29 |     10 |      19 |    265 |     90 |    175
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|    162 |     46 |    116 |      137 |     22 |     115 |    104 |     25 |     79
Biological/life sciences ........................|     62 |     42 |     20 |       36 |     20 |      16 |  2,113 |    782 |  1,331
Business management and administrative services .| 16,899 |  4,526 | 12,373 |   24,117 |  4,140 |  19,977 | 91,399 | 24,637 | 66,762
   Accounting ...................................|  1,334 |    223 |  1,111 |    3,670 |    602 |   3,068 | 14,807 |  2,836 | 11,971
   Business, general ............................|    660 |    241 |    419 |    1,029 |    293 |     736 | 11,311 |  3,963 |  7,348
   Business administration and management .......|  1,986 |    891 |  1,095 |    2,563 |    830 |   1,733 | 28,793 | 10,232 | 18,561
   Business and management, other ...............|  2,811 |  1,333 |  1,478 |    2,291 |    780 |   1,511 |  8,632 |  3,003 |  5,629
   Business data processing .....................|  3,098 |  1,261 |  1,837 |    2,446 |  1,037 |   1,409 |  8,576 |  3,802 |  4,774
   Secretarial and related programs .............|  7,010 |    577 |  6,433 |   12,118 |    598 |  11,520 | 19,280 |    801 | 18,479
Communications ..................................|    322 |    189 |    133 |      142 |     64 |      78 |  2,368 |  1,144 |  1,224
Communications technologies .....................|    127 |     67 |     60 |      441 |    277 |     164 |  1,602 |  1,008 |    594
Computer and information sciences ...............|  4,873 |  2,399 |  2,474 |    4,425 |  2,325 |   2,100 | 13,870 |  7,627 |  6,243
Construction trades .............................|  1,989 |  1,823 |    166 |    4,041 |  3,867 |     174 |  2,172 |  2,055 |    117
Consumer and personal services ..................|  3,357 |    818 |  2,539 |    6,636 |  1,660 |   4,976 |  7,744 |  4,642 |  3,102
Education .......................................|  1,045 |    275 |    770 |      951 |    144 |     807 |  9,278 |  2,174 |  7,104
Engineering .....................................|    202 |    176 |     26 |      236 |    199 |      37 |  2,149 |  1,823 |    326
Engineering-related technologies ................|  3,355 |  2,839 |    516 |    7,770 |  6,772 |     998 | 32,748 | 28,533 |  4,215
English language and literature/letters .........|    187 |     57 |    130 |       22 |      9 |      13 |  1,609 |    543 |  1,066
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|    293 |    106 |    187 |       46 |     10 |      36 |    543 |    217 |    326
Health professions and related sciences .........| 34,430 |  8,332 | 26,098 |   42,399 |  5,977 |  36,422 | 92,031 | 14,260 | 77,771
   Dental assisting .............................|  1,180 |     69 |  1,111 |    3,634 |    180 |   3,454 |  4,904 |    234 |  4,670
   Emergency medical technician-ambulance and    |        |        |        |          |        |         |        |        |
      paramedic .................................|  7,792 |  4,865 |  2,927 |    2,008 |  1,392 |     616 |    975 |    655 |    320
   Medical lab technician .......................|    106 |     15 |     91 |      490 |    265 |     225 |  2,370 |    550 |  1,820
   Medical assisting ............................|  4,450 |    391 |  4,059 |    6,004 |    251 |   5,753 |  5,102 |    230 |  4,872
   Nursing assisting ............................|  9,331 |    800 |  8,531 |      235 |     17 |     218 |     23 |      3 |     20
   Practical nursing ............................|    821 |    101 |    720 |   18,036 |  1,618 |  16,418 |    499 |     58 |    441
   Nursing, R.N. and other ......................|  2,471 |    298 |  2,173 |    2,045 |    229 |   1,816 | 47,365 |  5,659 | 41,706
   Health sciences, other .......................|  8,279 |  1,793 |  6,486 |    9,947 |  2,025 |   7,922 | 30,793 |  6,871 | 23,922
Home economics and vocational home economics ....|  5,221 |  1,329 |  3,892 |    4,898 |    451 |   4,447 |  8,292 |    697 |  7,595
Law and legal studies ...........................|    661 |    104 |    557 |    1,523 |    252 |   1,271 |  7,797 |    943 |  6,854
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      |        |        |        |          |        |         |        |        |
  and humanities ................................|    232 |    100 |    132 |      522 |    193 |     329 |186,248 | 70,612 |115,636
Library science .................................|    103 |      8 |     95 |       47 |      3 |      44 |     96 |     14 |     82
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .|  2,031 |    671 |  1,360 |    1,639 |    448 |   1,191 |  5,516 |  1,368 |  4,148
Mathematics .....................................|      2 |      1 |      1 |        2 |      1 |       1 |    844 |    491 |    353
Mechanics and repairers .........................|  5,733 |  4,932 |    801 |   15,815 | 15,008 |     807 | 10,616 |  9,901 |    715
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|    821 |    294 |    527 |       66 |     22 |      44 |  9,401 |  4,541 |  4,860
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .|    108 |     37 |     71 |      147 |     82 |      65 |    895 |    512 |    383
Philosophy and religion .........................|     41 |     18 |     23 |       37 |     22 |      15 |     94 |     43 |     51
Physical sciences ...............................|    108 |     53 |     55 |      150 |     91 |      59 |  2,286 |  1,099 |  1,187
   Physical sciences, other .....................|     22 |      9 |     13 |       50 |     32 |      18 |  1,584 |    753 |    831
   Science technologies .........................|     86 |     44 |     42 |      100 |     59 |      41 |    702 |    346 |    356
Precision production trades .....................|  3,509 |  2,867 |    642 |    9,862 |  8,323 |   1,539 | 11,085 |  8,551 |  2,534
Protective services .............................| 13,184 | 10,255 |  2,929 |    3,326 |  2,445 |     881 | 19,002 | 12,820 |  6,182
   Criminal justice and corrections .............| 11,164 |  8,409 |  2,755 |    2,546 |  1,760 |     786 | 15,915 | 10,151 |  5,764
   Fire control and safety ......................|  2,001 |  1,831 |    170 |      663 |    608 |      55 |  2,480 |  2,270 |    210
   Protective services, other ...................|     19 |     15 |      4 |      117 |     77 |      40 |    607 |    399 |    208
Psychology ......................................|     74 |      5 |     69 |       40 |      6 |      34 |  1,765 |    604 |  1,161
Public administration and services ..............|    373 |    102 |    271 |      429 |    102 |     327 |  4,156 |    692 |  3,464
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|      0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |      0 |       0 |     22 |     21 |      1
Social sciences and history .....................|     33 |     12 |     21 |       99 |     53 |      46 |  4,196 |  1,564 |  2,632
Theological studies/religious vocations .........|     92 |     50 |     42 |      488 |    263 |     225 |    570 |    323 |    247
Transportation and material moving workers ......|  8,869 |  6,520 |  2,349 |      677 |    577 |     100 |  1,009 |    852 |    157
Visual and performing arts ......................|  1,122 |    557 |    565 |    2,806 |  1,404 |   1,402 | 14,980 |  6,773 |  8,207
   Fine arts, general ...........................|     41 |      6 |     35 |       75 |     38 |      37 |  1,281 |    502 |    779
   Design and music .............................|    893 |    481 |    412 |    2,461 |  1,226 |   1,235 | 11,591 |  5,185 |  6,406
   Visual and performing arts, other ............|    188 |     70 |    118 |      270 |    140 |     130 |  2,108 |  1,086 |  1,022
Not classified by field of study ................|    864 |    376 |    488 |      929 |    395 |     534 |  3,017 |  1,173 |  1,844
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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 2000.)