Table 320.10.

Certificates below the associate's degree level conferred by postsecondary institutions, by length of curriculum, sex of student, institution level and control, and discipline division: 2011-12

Discipline division	Less-than-1-year awards								1- to less-than-4-year awards
	Total	Sex		Institution level		Institution control			Total	Sex		Institution level		Institution control
		Males	Females	Non-degree-granting (less-than-2-year)	Degree-granting (2-year and 4-year)	Public	Non- profit	For- profit		Males	Females	Non-degree-granting (less-than-2-year)	Degree-granting (2-year and 4-year)	Public	Non- profit	For- profit
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Total	463,849	194,832	269,017	125,908	337,941	306,815	13,772	143,262	523,866	178,652	345,214	223,633	300,233	217,571	19,100	287,195
Agriculture and natural resources	3,380	2,366	1,014	150	3,230	3,274	23	83	2,397	1,516	881	130	2,267	2,226	99	72
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences	2,442	1,564	878	150	2,292	2,345	16	81	2,247	1,405	842	130	2,117	2,091	84	72
Natural resources and conservation	938	802	136	0	938	929	7	2	150	111	39	0	150	135	15	0
Architecture and related services	196	121	75	0	196	148	47	1	127	64	63	10	117	110	17	0
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	461	124	337	0	461	432	29	0	87	32	55	0	87	83	4	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	115	55	60	13	102	100	5	10	102	34	68	47	55	88	1	13
Business, management, marketing, and support services	44,223	13,667	30,556	3,912	40,311	39,323	1,244	3,656	23,566	6,330	17,236	4,126	19,440	19,316	1,448	2,802
Accounting and related services	9,259	2,310	6,949	792	8,467	8,058	106	1,095	5,576	1,388	4,188	933	4,643	4,567	481	528
Business/commerce, general	1,925	978	947	4	1,921	1,718	182	25	1,548	809	739	11	1,537	1,502	1	45
Business administration, management, and operations	7,539	2,841	4,698	49	7,490	7,118	266	155	2,967	1,019	1,948	99	2,868	2,775	35	157
Management information systems and services	676	392	284	302	374	378	53	245	509	313	196	180	329	496	0	13
Business operations support and assistant services	12,316	2,375	9,941	1,965	10,351	10,743	103	1,470	8,785	1,284	7,501	2,170	6,615	6,613	532	1,640
Business and management, other	12,508	4,771	7,737	800	11,708	11,308	534	666	4,181	1,517	2,664	733	3,448	3,363	399	419
Communication, journalism, and related programs	1,735	905	830	798	937	895	73	767	1,257	746	511	769	488	309	158	790
Communications technologies	2,537	1,620	917	821	1,716	1,603	26	908	2,988	2,253	735	1,844	1,144	1,384	27	1,577
Computer and information sciences and support services	16,930	11,680	5,250	2,240	14,690	13,824	209	2,897	9,326	7,111	2,215	2,227	7,099	6,012	446	2,868
Construction trades	10,885	10,384	501	2,101	8,784	9,538	650	697	14,430	13,714	716	4,229	10,201	8,790	618	5,022
Education	5,197	807	4,390	102	5,095	4,121	309	767	3,160	374	2,786	407	2,753	2,123	572	465
Engineering	456	343	113	61	395	455	1	0	226	199	27	66	160	177	28	21
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1	15,984	13,851	2,133	2,612	13,372	13,555	99	2,330	15,920	14,432	1,488	4,085	11,835	7,670	410	7,840
English language and literature/letters	1,595	567	1,028	610	985	559	635	401	330	105	225	65	265	101	18	211
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	13,579	1,551	12,028	1,115	12,464	13,433	50	96	3,354	242	3,112	273	3,081	3,319	35	0
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,043	218	825	0	1,043	927	83	33	623	98	525	5	618	599	24	0
Health professions and related programs	189,739	35,918	153,821	61,307	128,432	100,631	6,468	82,640	227,547	32,743	194,804	86,998	140,549	73,762	10,018	143,767
Dental assisting	8,136	790	7,346	2,888	5,248	1,438	278	6,420	15,623	1,557	14,066	5,107	10,516	4,228	42	11,353
Emergency medical technician (EMT paramedic)	16,166	10,778	5,388	1,362	14,804	15,818	57	291	4,830	3,661	1,169	442	4,388	4,240	239	351
Medical lab technician	13,257	2,406	10,851	3,051	10,206	9,071	275	3,911	4,955	1,313	3,642	1,465	3,490	2,903	515	1,537
Medical assisting	45,230	7,214	38,016	17,638	27,592	8,948	2,927	33,355	84,434	10,254	74,180	36,152	48,282	9,424	2,020	72,990
Nursing assisting	45,078	5,907	39,171	11,359	33,719	38,066	807	6,205	874	90	784	203	671	358	41	475
Practical nursing	5,878	701	5,177	466	5,412	5,454	31	393	56,797	7,048	49,749	19,097	37,700	36,882	2,256	17,659
Nursing, registered nurse and other	1,851	207	1,644	31	1,820	1,695	2	154	3,948	525	3,423	2,298	1,650	1,301	2,404	243
Health sciences, other	54,143	7,915	46,228	24,512	29,631	20,141	2,091	31,911	56,086	8,295	47,791	22,234	33,852	14,426	2,501	39,159
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	23,308	17,844	5,464	3,093	20,215	21,922	373	1,013	6,280	4,104	2,176	299	5,981	5,336	157	787
Criminal justice and corrections	15,699	11,021	4,678	1,227	14,472	15,217	304	178	4,963	2,965	1,998	289	4,674	4,154	37	772
Fire control and safety	6,499	6,049	450	1,498	5,001	6,469	15	15	1,136	1,052	84	10	1,126	1,136	0	0
Homeland security and related protective services, other	1,110	774	336	368	742	236	54	820	181	87	94	0	181	46	120	15
Legal professions and studies	2,221	339	1,882	256	1,965	1,474	76	671	3,252	518	2,734	596	2,656	2,304	205	743
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	5,736	2,138	3,598	0	5,736	5,732	4	0	28,029	11,183	16,846	0	28,029	28,022	7	0
Library science	221	34	187	0	221	221	0	0	127	8	119	0	127	123	4	0
Mathematics and statistics	39	35	4	0	39	30	9	0	13	9	4	0	13	11	2	0
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	33,741	31,773	1,968	4,499	29,242	30,196	660	2,885	52,053	49,994	2,059	25,211	26,842	21,607	805	29,641
Military technologies and applied sciences	39	33	6	0	39	27	0	12	3	3	0	0	3	3	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	1,315	538	777	14	1,301	830	62	423	1,080	512	568	0	1,080	1,044	36	0
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	836	448	388	203	633	499	30	307	816	482	334	231	585	349	0	467
Personal and culinary services	39,649	7,159	32,490	27,846	11,803	8,546	310	30,793	100,077	13,165	86,912	85,038	15,039	14,112	1,241	84,724
Philosophy and religious studies	67	32	35	0	67	50	17	0	38	19	19	0	38	0	38	0
Physical sciences and science technologies	558	421	137	108	450	468	0	90	497	362	135	3	494	488	0	9
Physical sciences	42	30	12	0	42	42	0	0	17	13	4	0	17	17	0	0
Science technologies/technicians	516	391	125	108	408	426	0	90	480	349	131	3	477	471	0	9
Precision production	15,380	14,620	760	2,011	13,369	14,135	531	714	13,059	12,430	629	4,090	8,969	9,515	635	2,909
Psychology	23	9	14	0	23	17	6	0	84	15	69	0	84	77	7	0
Public administration and social services	1,275	264	1,011	8	1,267	1,208	67	0	687	123	564	0	687	679	8	0
Social sciences and history	726	428	298	0	726	651	75	0	373	204	169	0	373	325	48	0
Social sciences	700	421	279	0	700	627	73	0	371	204	167	0	371	324	47	0
History	26	7	19	0	26	24	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0
Theology and religious vocations	146	64	82	0	146	4	142	0	1,153	545	608	670	483	0	1,153	0
Transportation and materials moving	23,686	21,641	2,045	9,869	13,817	14,755	771	8,160	824	766	58	313	511	571	20	233
Visual and performing arts	6,828	2,835	3,993	2,159	4,669	3,232	688	2,908	9,981	4,217	5,764	1,901	8,080	6,936	811	2,234
Fine and studio arts	841	298	543	714	127	123	526	192	4,722	1,781	2,941	9	4,713	4,700	22	0
Music and dance	473	371	102	0	473	226	3	244	713	521	192	200	513	159	179	375
Visual and performing arts, other2	5,514	2,166	3,348	1,445	4,069	2,883	159	2,472	4,546	1,915	2,631	1,692	2,854	2,077	610	1,859

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: Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Degree-granting institutions grant degrees at the associate's or higher level, while non-degree-granting institutions grant only awards below that level.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2012, Completions component. (This table was prepared October 2013.)