Associate degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions of higher education, by field of study: 1988-89 to 1999-2000

Table 252.
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                 Field of study                  |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95 |1995-96 |1996-97 |1997-98 |1998-99 |1999-2000
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     Total ......................................|436,764 |455,102 |481,720 |504,231 |514,756 |530,632 |539,691 |555,216 |571,226 |558,555 |559,954 | 564,933
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Agriculture and natural resources, total ........|  4,725 |  4,832 |  4,910 |  5,251 |  5,398 |  5,636 |  5,730 |  6,182 |  6,463 |  6,673 |  6,633 |   6,667
   Agricultural business and production .........|  2,884 |  2,894 |  2,905 |  3,046 |  3,222 |  3,434 |  3,564 |  3,846 |  4,176 |  4,247 |  4,327 |   4,350
   Agricultural sciences ........................|    963 |    925 |    879 |    951 |    837 |    871 |    829 |    877 |    845 |    959 |    894 |     943
   Conservation and renewable natural resources .|    878 |  1,013 |  1,126 |  1,254 |  1,339 |  1,331 |  1,337 |  1,459 |  1,442 |  1,467 |  1,412 |   1,374
Architecture and related programs ...............|  1,815 |  2,013 |  2,031 |    443 |    372 |    353 |    277 |    256 |    316 |    265 |    405 |     392
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|     16 |     68 |     19 |     29 |     33 |     75 |     68 |    111 |     84 |    104 |    308 |     259
Biological/life sciences ........................|    982 |  1,023 |  1,119 |  1,361 |  1,435 |  1,771 |  1,879 |  2,037 |  2,116 |  2,113 |  2,211 |   1,434
Business management and administrative services .| 92,481 | 92,390 | 89,537 | 93,762 | 91,719 | 92,284 | 90,113 | 93,487 | 95,532 | 91,399 | 91,190 |  92,274
   Accounting ...................................| 14,266 | 14,858 | 14,577 | 15,687 | 15,115 | 15,307 | 14,970 | 15,926 | 16,017 | 14,807 | 14,325 |  13,562
   Business, general ............................| 11,929 | 11,878 | 11,618 | 11,823 | 11,190 | 11,452 | 11,622 | 11,397 | 11,385 | 11,311 | 11,514 |  12,283
   Business administration and management .......| 27,252 | 28,292 | 26,625 | 31,185 | 29,556 | 29,691 | 28,968 | 28,901 | 29,804 | 28,793 | 28,615 |  28,486
   Business and management, other ...............| 11,162 | 11,691 | 11,663 | 11,089 | 12,285 | 11,114 | 10,233 |  9,950 | 12,166 |  8,632 |  8,575 |   7,841
   Business data processing .....................|  9,831 |  8,532 |  8,182 |  6,394 |  6,405 |  6,883 |  6,962 |  7,381 |  8,553 |  8,576 | 10,003 |  13,129
   Secretarial and related programs .............| 18,041 | 17,139 | 16,872 | 17,584 | 17,168 | 17,837 | 17,358 | 19,932 | 17,607 | 19,280 | 18,158 |  16,973
Communications ..................................|  1,777 |  1,657 |  1,847 |  1,886 |  1,904 |  2,052 |  3,160 |  2,187 |  2,030 |  2,368 |  2,639 |   2,754
Communications technologies .....................|  1,993 |  2,027 |  2,032 |  1,794 |  1,828 |  2,469 |  1,984 |  1,757 |  1,743 |  1,602 |  1,541 |   1,709
Computer and information sciences ...............|  7,900 |  7,574 |  7,677 |  9,290 |  9,196 |  9,301 |  9,152 |  9,658 | 10,990 | 13,870 | 16,968 |  20,450
Construction trades .............................|  1,731 |  1,765 |  1,793 |  1,560 |  1,653 |  1,695 |  1,728 |  2,141 |  1,928 |  2,172 |  2,137 |   2,337
Consumer and personal services ..................|  2,815 |  2,121 |  2,494 |  4,420 |  4,692 |  5,175 |  5,626 |  7,721 |  8,211 |  7,744 |  9,206 |   9,570
Education .......................................|  7,445 |  8,061 |  7,842 | 10,267 |  9,315 |  9,271 |  9,658 |  9,750 | 10,526 |  9,278 |  9,971 |   8,226
Engineering .....................................|  2,676 |  2,345 |  2,451 |  2,685 |  2,478 |  2,445 |  2,232 |  2,197 |  1,952 |  2,149 |  2,033 |   1,752
Engineering-related technologies ................| 42,593 | 40,033 | 37,890 | 35,861 | 36,321 | 35,618 | 34,732 | 33,002 | 33,810 | 32,748 | 34,047 |  35,395
English language and literature/letters .........|    468 |    527 |    426 |  1,019 |  1,320 |  1,289 |  1,548 |  1,310 |  1,455 |  1,609 |  1,621 |     947
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|    324 |    329 |    327 |    433 |    511 |    492 |    616 |    607 |    689 |    543 |    549 |     501
Health professions and related sciences .........| 59,535 | 64,113 | 70,833 | 79,453 | 86,237 | 94,601 | 98,474 |101,872 | 98,921 | 92,031 | 90,557 |  84,081
   Dental assisting .............................|  3,650 |  3,697 |  3,810 |  4,013 |  4,165 |  4,259 |  4,312 |  4,564 |  4,866 |  4,904 |  6,628 |   5,566
   Emergency medical technician-ambulance and    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
      paramedic .................................|    354 |    332 |    371 |    378 |    442 |    510 |    771 |    889 |  1,048 |    975 |    918 |   1,152
   Medical lab technician .......................|  1,724 |  1,627 |  1,731 |  1,874 |  2,172 |  2,570 |  2,769 |  2,982 |  2,641 |  2,370 |  2,033 |   1,644
   Medical assisting ............................|  1,786 |  1,404 |  1,496 |  1,960 |  2,130 |  2,785 |  3,544 |  4,941 |  5,019 |  5,102 |  5,358 |   5,414
   Nursing assisting ............................|     12 |      0 |      5 |     19 |     86 |      6 |      2 |      7 |     13 |     23 |     12 |       7
   Practical nursing ............................|    591 |    589 |    797 |    795 |    890 |    740 |    772 |    605 |    429 |    499 |    447 |     575
   Nursing, R.N. and other ......................| 36,475 | 40,212 | 45,317 | 51,193 | 54,085 | 57,405 | 57,456 | 56,562 | 53,103 | 47,365 | 43,035 |  40,772
   Health sciences, other .......................| 14,943 | 16,252 | 17,306 | 19,221 | 22,267 | 26,326 | 28,848 | 31,322 | 31,802 | 30,793 | 32,126 |  28,951
Home economics and vocational home economics ....|  7,559 |  7,798 |  8,067 |  6,436 |  6,914 |  7,463 |  7,821 |  8,192 |  8,551 |  8,292 |  8,502 |   8,381
Law and legal studies ...........................|  3,742 |  4,552 |  5,484 |  7,053 |  8,028 |  8,681 |  9,140 |  9,106 |  8,968 |  7,797 |  7,400 |   7,265
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  and humanities ................................|121,988 |133,466 |142,722 |154,594 |158,040 |165,106 |170,817 |174,970 |181,341 |186,248 |181,977 | 187,454
Library science .................................|    101 |    107 |    111 |    103 |     85 |    118 |    101 |     94 |    126 |     96 |     86 |      98
Marketing operations/marketing and distribution .| 14,338 | 14,015 | 12,713 |  8,465 |  7,445 |  6,736 |  6,187 |  5,960 |  5,656 |  5,516 |  5,452 |   5,557
Mathematics .....................................|    654 |    756 |    670 |    744 |    743 |    704 |    782 |    758 |    792 |    844 |    823 |     675
Mechanics and repairers .........................|  7,769 |  7,704 |  7,640 | 10,264 | 10,966 | 11,332 | 11,497 | 12,524 | 12,180 | 10,616 | 10,806 |  11,614
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|  7,737 |  8,176 |  7,454 |  7,841 |  8,486 |  8,436 |  8,692 |  8,611 |  9,182 |  9,401 |  8,658 |  11,784
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .|    641 |    485 |    425 |    620 |    717 |    755 |    864 |    936 |    913 |    895 |    871 |     855
Philosophy and religion .........................|     81 |     93 |     89 |     60 |    111 |     82 |     81 |     83 |     89 |     94 |     74 |      63
Physical sciences ...............................|  1,838 |  2,021 |  2,091 |  2,066 |  2,241 |  2,546 |  2,456 |  2,612 |  2,526 |  2,286 |  2,399 |   2,460
   Physical sciences, other .....................|  1,090 |  1,279 |  1,281 |  1,228 |  1,390 |  1,567 |  1,645 |  1,749 |  1,728 |  1,584 |  1,594 |   1,350
   Science technologies .........................|    748 |    742 |    810 |    838 |    851 |    979 |    811 |    863 |    798 |    702 |    805 |   1,110
Precision production trades .....................|  7,414 |  8,616 |  9,093 |  9,005 |  9,204 |  9,357 |  9,344 | 10,217 | 10,368 | 11,085 | 11,598 |  11,814
Protective services .............................| 11,682 | 12,855 | 13,564 | 15,117 | 16,834 | 18,199 | 19,709 | 19,196 | 19,889 | 19,002 | 17,430 |  16,298
   Criminal justice and corrections .............|  9,663 | 10,658 | 11,358 | 12,649 | 14,295 | 15,262 | 16,584 | 15,990 | 16,644 | 15,915 | 14,448 |  13,487
   Fire control and safety ......................|  1,493 |  1,621 |  1,634 |  1,989 |  2,020 |  2,243 |  2,447 |  2,523 |  2,638 |  2,480 |  2,395 |   2,364
   Protective services, other ...................|    526 |    576 |    572 |    479 |    519 |    694 |    678 |    683 |    607 |    607 |    587 |     447
Psychology ......................................|  1,090 |  1,115 |    997 |  1,209 |  1,237 |  1,377 |  1,600 |  1,583 |  1,612 |  1,765 |  1,625 |   1,455
Public administration and services ..............|  2,493 |  2,613 |  2,779 |  3,162 |  3,301 |  3,696 |  3,882 |  4,218 |  4,270 |  4,156 |  3,881 |   3,656
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|    164 |    129 |     85 |    172 |     52 |    265 |    364 |    556 |    556 |     22 |     42 |      65
Social sciences and history .....................|  2,741 |  2,872 |  2,505 |  3,160 |  3,930 |  3,936 |  3,634 |  4,021 |  4,056 |  4,196 |  4,550 |   5,136
Theological studies/religious vocations .........|    568 |    653 |    578 |    496 |    508 |    641 |    607 |    608 |    574 |    570 |    476 |     636
Transportation and material moving workers ......|  2,090 |  2,619 |  2,609 |  2,418 |  2,210 |  1,922 |  1,446 |  1,571 |  1,612 |  1,009 |  1,154 |   1,021
Visual and performing arts ......................|  8,178 |  8,740 |  9,126 | 11,888 | 12,690 | 13,227 | 12,544 | 13,534 | 13,593 | 14,980 | 17,640 |  17,100
   Fine arts, general ...........................|  1,091 |  1,150 |  1,166 |  1,159 |  1,346 |  1,473 |  1,420 |  1,515 |  1,516 |  1,281 |  3,029 |   1,314
   Design and music .............................|  5,340 |  5,900 |  5,986 |  9,142 |  9,699 | 10,173 |  9,805 | 10,579 | 10,459 | 11,591 | 12,026 |  12,780
   Visual and performing arts, other ............|  1,747 |  1,690 |  1,974 |  1,587 |  1,645 |  1,581 |  1,319 |  1,440 |  1,618 |  2,108 |  2,585 |   3,006
Not classified by field of study ................|  4,620 |  4,839 | 19,690 |  9,844 |  6,602 |  1,526 |  1,146 |  1,591 |  7,606 |  3,017 |  2,494 |   2,798
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NOTE: Data imputed for 1998-99 using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared August 2001.)
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