Table 321.10.

Associate's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by sex of student and discipline division: 2003-04 through 2013-14

Discipline division	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
											Total	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Total	665,301	696,660	713,066	728,114	750,164	787,243	848,856	943,506	1,021,718	1,007,427	1,003,364	390,805	612,559
Agriculture and natural resources	6,283	6,404	6,168	5,838	5,738	5,724	5,852	6,430	7,068	6,826	7,051	4,410	2,641
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and        related sciences	4,959	5,137	4,958	4,638	4,554	4,525	4,615	4,925	5,400	5,227	5,417	3,223	2,194
Natural resources and conservation	1,324	1,267	1,210	1,200	1,184	1,199	1,237	1,505	1,668	1,599	1,634	1,187	447
Architecture and related services	492	583	656	517	568	605	553	569	593	468	414	279	135
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	105	115	124	164	169	174	199	209	194	271	362	130	232
Biological and biomedical sciences	1,456	1,709	1,827	2,060	2,200	2,337	2,664	3,276	3,834	4,185	4,479	1,465	3,014
Business, management, marketing, and support services	92,065	96,067	96,933	99,998	104,566	111,524	116,798	121,735	123,014	114,842	112,804	41,610	71,194
Accounting and related services	14,506	13,988	13,620	14,232	15,965	16,707	17,925	20,180	20,270	18,061	17,386	4,789	12,597
Business/commerce, general	13,387	12,050	13,297	12,725	12,473	13,100	14,553	15,083	17,301	17,211	17,290	7,412	9,878
Business administration, management, and operations	31,522	37,258	39,152	43,667	47,911	52,938	46,086	46,253	45,879	49,816	50,010	21,476	28,534
Management information systems and services	4,214	2,812	2,179	2,007	1,237	1,103	1,221	1,244	1,164	1,085	1,176	804	372
Business operations support and assistant services	11,400	11,196	10,044	8,864	7,841	7,550	7,399	8,259	8,977	7,986	7,320	754	6,566
Business and management, other	17,036	18,763	18,641	18,503	19,139	20,126	29,614	30,716	29,423	20,683	19,622	6,375	13,247
Communication, journalism, and related programs	2,444	2,545	2,629	2,609	2,620	2,722	2,841	3,051	3,495	4,299	4,935	2,197	2,738
Communications technologies	3,401	3,516	3,380	3,095	4,237	4,805	4,418	4,209	5,004	5,028	4,703	3,278	1,425
Computer and information sciences and support services	41,845	36,173	31,246	27,712	28,296	29,912	32,351	37,689	41,250	38,954	37,601	29,913	7,688
Construction trades	3,560	3,512	3,850	3,895	4,309	4,252	4,684	5,402	5,750	5,038	4,831	4,580	251
Education	12,465	13,329	14,475	13,021	13,108	14,123	17,346	20,460	20,762	18,744	17,504	2,112	15,392
Engineering	2,726	2,430	2,154	2,128	2,279	2,170	2,508	2,825	3,382	3,732	4,269	3,704	565
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1	36,915	33,548	30,461	29,199	29,334	30,441	31,883	35,519	36,642	33,752	31,768	27,882	3,886
English language and literature/letters	828	995	1,105	1,249	1,402	1,534	1,658	2,019	2,137	2,089	2,075	678	1,397
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	9,478	9,707	9,488	9,124	8,613	9,035	9,515	8,532	9,506	8,996	8,657	362	8,295
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,047	1,234	1,161	1,207	1,258	1,630	1,683	1,888	1,980	2,131	2,276	478	1,798
Health professions and related programs	106,208	122,520	134,931	145,436	155,816	165,015	177,321	202,920	219,491	214,040	208,660	33,607	175,053
Dental assisting	5,652	5,813	6,085	6,313	6,642	6,574	7,063	7,498	7,790	7,823	7,986	382	7,604
Emergency medical technician (EMT paramedic)	1,617	1,825	1,980	2,008	2,140	2,270	2,413	2,895	3,352	3,520	3,516	2,459	1,057
Clinical/medical lab science	1,786	2,055	2,163	2,306	2,316	2,538	2,621	2,811	3,240	3,387	3,510	892	2,618
Medical and other health assisting	15,543	19,005	22,267	23,491	24,276	25,858	29,776	39,277	46,950	41,921	39,121	5,359	33,762
Nursing and patient care assistant	4	38	101	158	329	385	1	33	36	35	38	7	31
Practical nursing	1,049	1,388	1,481	1,509	1,417	1,299	1,973	2,069	2,366	2,361	2,230	212	2,018
Nursing, registered nurse and other	51,552	58,007	62,095	66,516	73,277	77,922	81,281	83,023	84,569	86,380	86,280	12,557	73,723
Health sciences, other	29,005	34,389	38,759	43,135	45,419	48,169	52,193	65,314	71,188	68,613	65,979	11,739	54,240
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	20,573	23,749	26,425	28,208	29,590	33,012	37,154	44,922	51,318	48,460	45,650	25,328	20,322
Criminal justice and corrections	17,040	19,942	22,351	23,917	25,588	28,998	32,648	40,022	45,971	42,785	40,181	20,424	19,757
Fire control and safety	3,012	3,366	3,554	3,811	3,937	3,947	4,307	4,603	4,779	4,910	4,644	4,331	313
Homeland security and related protective        services, other	521	441	520	480	65	67	199	297	568	765	825	573	252
Legal professions and studies	9,466	9,885	10,509	10,391	9,465	9,062	9,999	11,619	12,315	11,862	10,496	1,660	8,836
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,       and humanities	227,650	240,131	244,689	250,030	254,012	263,947	284,954	306,674	336,938	344,171	353,438	136,296	217,142
Library science	114	108	136	84	117	116	112	160	159	181	192	28	164
Mathematics and statistics	801	807	753	827	855	933	1,051	1,644	1,529	1,801	2,140	1,492	648
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	12,553	13,619	14,454	15,432	15,297	16,059	16,326	19,969	20,715	20,487	20,052	19,011	1,041
Military technologies and applied sciences	293	355	610	781	851	721	668	856	986	1,002	1,084	898	186
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	14,794	13,888	14,473	15,838	16,255	15,472	17,279	23,729	27,263	27,407	28,164	11,396	16,768
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	923	966	1,128	1,251	1,344	1,587	2,006	2,366	3,123	3,455	4,348	2,827	1,521
Personal and culinary services	14,239	16,311	17,162	16,103	16,592	16,358	16,467	18,259	20,376	19,272	16,857	6,697	10,160
Philosophy and religious studies	404	422	367	375	458	193	256	283	308	326	435	283	152
Physical sciences and science technologies	2,687	2,825	2,910	3,412	3,395	3,650	4,141	5,078	5,827	6,376	6,935	4,089	2,846
Physical sciences	1,599	1,637	1,741	2,023	1,980	2,196	2,378	3,148	3,652	4,083	4,518	2,653	1,865
Science technologies/technicians	1,088	1,188	1,169	1,389	1,415	1,454	1,763	1,930	2,175	2,293	2,417	1,436	981
Precision production	1,968	2,039	1,977	1,973	1,968	2,127	2,794	3,254	3,320	3,345	3,903	3,686	217
Psychology	1,887	1,942	1,944	2,213	2,412	3,957	6,582	3,866	4,717	6,122	7,530	1,795	5,735
Public administration and social services	3,728	4,027	4,415	4,338	4,192	4,177	4,522	7,472	9,222	8,788	8,900	1,275	7,625
Social sciences and history	6,245	6,533	6,730	7,080	7,812	9,157	10,649	12,772	14,132	15,668	16,528	6,190	10,338
Social sciences	5,875	6,233	6,308	6,673	7,358	8,670	10,108	12,072	13,321	14,749	15,454	5,531	9,923
History	370	300	422	407	454	487	541	700	811	919	1,074	659	415
Theology and religious vocations	492	581	570	608	582	676	613	758	839	881	944	456	488
Transportation and materials moving	1,217	1,435	1,472	1,674	1,550	1,430	1,444	1,698	2,098	2,119	2,099	1,766	333
Visual and performing arts	23,949	22,650	21,754	20,244	18,890	18,606	19,565	21,394	22,431	22,309	21,280	8,947	12,333
Fine and studio arts	1,450	1,614	1,638	1,753	1,705	2,019	2,277	2,414	2,339	2,541	2,683	873	1,810
Music and dance	2,584	2,333	2,389	2,290	1,317	1,152	1,335	1,356	1,683	1,743	1,712	1,123	589
Visual and performing arts, other2	19,915	18,703	17,727	16,201	15,868	15,435	15,953	17,624	18,409	18,025	16,885	6,951	9,934
Not classified by field of study	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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 degree-granting postsecondary institutions, which are institutions that grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2004 through Fall 2014, Completions component. (This table was prepared September 2015.)