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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: 2014-15 |
Discipline division | Less-than-1-year certificates | 1- to less-than-4-year certificates | ||||||||||||||
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Total | Sex | Institution level | Institution control | Total | Sex | Institution level | Institution control | |||||||||
Males | Females | Non-degree-granting (less-than-2-year)1 | Degree-granting (2-year and 4-year) | Public | Non- profit | For- profit | Males | Females | Non-degree-granting (less-than-2-year)1 | 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 | 485,304 | 221,688 | 263,616 | 105,215 | 380,089 | 363,055 | 17,334 | 104,915 | 475,863 | 172,978 | 302,885 | 175,907 | 299,956 | 239,840 | 28,748 | 207,275 |
Agriculture and natural resources | 3,534 | 2,295 | 1,239 | 76 | 3,458 | 3,417 | 11 | 106 | 2,457 | 1,588 | 869 | 167 | 2,290 | 2,251 | 126 | 80 |
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences related sciences |
2,736 | 1,742 | 994 | 76 | 2,660 | 2,676 | 0 | 60 | 2,308 | 1,477 | 831 | 167 | 2,141 | 2,102 | 126 | 80 |
Natural resources and conservation | 798 | 553 | 245 | 0 | 798 | 741 | 11 | 46 | 149 | 111 | 38 | 0 | 149 | 149 | 0 | 0 |
Architecture and related services | 199 | 119 | 80 | 0 | 199 | 154 | 42 | 3 | 95 | 71 | 24 | 1 | 94 | 72 | 23 | 0 |
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies | 435 | 106 | 329 | 0 | 435 | 411 | 24 | 0 | 164 | 43 | 121 | 0 | 164 | 136 | 28 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 565 | 136 | 429 | 16 | 549 | 511 | 38 | 16 | 239 | 89 | 150 | 126 | 113 | 144 | 63 | 32 |
Business, management, marketing, and support services | 57,684 | 20,194 | 37,490 | 2,309 | 55,375 | 53,445 | 952 | 3,287 | 24,799 | 7,182 | 17,617 | 3,803 | 20,996 | 20,380 | 1,107 | 3,312 |
Accounting and related services | 11,419 | 3,588 | 7,831 | 551 | 10,868 | 10,442 | 86 | 891 | 5,692 | 1,415 | 4,277 | 647 | 5,045 | 4,824 | 442 | 426 |
Business/commerce, general | 2,283 | 926 | 1,357 | 0 | 2,283 | 2,252 | 1 | 30 | 1,629 | 823 | 806 | 0 | 1,629 | 1,575 | 8 | 46 |
Business administration, management, and operations | 14,600 | 5,806 | 8,794 | 43 | 14,557 | 14,232 | 137 | 231 | 4,049 | 1,418 | 2,631 | 78 | 3,971 | 3,929 | 23 | 97 |
Management information systems and services | 575 | 380 | 195 | 36 | 539 | 414 | 109 | 52 | 256 | 156 | 100 | 59 | 197 | 195 | 0 | 61 |
Business operations support and assistant services | 10,898 | 2,734 | 8,164 | 1,138 | 9,760 | 9,551 | 38 | 1,309 | 7,440 | 1,263 | 6,177 | 2,321 | 5,119 | 5,204 | 356 | 1,880 |
Business and management, other | 17,909 | 6,760 | 11,149 | 541 | 17,368 | 16,554 | 581 | 774 | 5,733 | 2,107 | 3,626 | 698 | 5,035 | 4,653 | 278 | 802 |
Communication, journalism, and related programs | 1,856 | 902 | 954 | 264 | 1,592 | 1,292 | 74 | 490 | 1,936 | 1,070 | 866 | 1,336 | 600 | 523 | 139 | 1,274 |
Communications technologies | 2,553 | 1,596 | 957 | 498 | 2,055 | 2,086 | 21 | 446 | 3,263 | 2,498 | 765 | 1,756 | 1,507 | 1,404 | 19 | 1,840 |
Computer and information sciences and support services | 24,348 | 17,303 | 7,045 | 2,088 | 22,260 | 21,749 | 253 | 2,346 | 10,297 | 7,831 | 2,466 | 2,127 | 8,170 | 7,856 | 325 | 2,116 |
Construction trades | 12,692 | 12,016 | 676 | 2,665 | 10,027 | 11,246 | 472 | 974 | 11,663 | 11,161 | 502 | 3,760 | 7,903 | 8,167 | 884 | 2,612 |
Education | 6,605 | 621 | 5,984 | 39 | 6,566 | 6,017 | 166 | 422 | 3,821 | 440 | 3,381 | 295 | 3,526 | 2,720 | 728 | 373 |
Engineering | 718 | 620 | 98 | 240 | 478 | 518 | 0 | 200 | 346 | 292 | 54 | 73 | 273 | 319 | 26 | 1 |
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields2 | 18,746 | 16,231 | 2,515 | 2,367 | 16,379 | 16,567 | 198 | 1,981 | 13,411 | 12,029 | 1,382 | 2,402 | 11,009 | 9,572 | 837 | 3,002 |
English language and literature/letters | 1,060 | 351 | 709 | 169 | 891 | 706 | 353 | 1 | 975 | 340 | 635 | 432 | 543 | 103 | 59 | 813 |
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 15,875 | 1,193 | 14,682 | 769 | 15,106 | 15,730 | 64 | 81 | 3,641 | 297 | 3,344 | 299 | 3,342 | 3,569 | 68 | 4 |
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 1,285 | 237 | 1,048 | 0 | 1,285 | 1,134 | 151 | 0 | 676 | 117 | 559 | 1 | 675 | 673 | 3 | 0 |
Health professions and related programs | 161,193 | 31,240 | 129,953 | 43,312 | 117,881 | 101,454 | 9,843 | 49,896 | 177,386 | 24,256 | 153,130 | 60,877 | 116,509 | 69,294 | 16,698 | 91,394 |
Dental assisting | 7,567 | 610 | 6,957 | 2,570 | 4,997 | 1,575 | 497 | 5,495 | 14,097 | 1,232 | 12,865 | 4,734 | 9,363 | 4,554 | 1,084 | 8,459 |
Emergency medical technician (EMT paramedic) paramedic) |
16,483 | 10,751 | 5,732 | 995 | 15,488 | 15,876 | 57 | 550 | 5,318 | 3,981 | 1,337 | 432 | 4,886 | 4,986 | 190 | 142 |
Clinical/medical lab science | 9,536 | 1,328 | 8,208 | 2,373 | 7,163 | 6,681 | 193 | 2,662 | 2,545 | 717 | 1,828 | 653 | 1,892 | 676 | 777 | 1,092 |
Medical assisting | 14,806 | 1,309 | 13,497 | 6,235 | 8,571 | 3,032 | 994 | 10,780 | 53,128 | 4,570 | 48,558 | 21,088 | 32,040 | 6,576 | 5,882 | 40,670 |
Pharmacy assisting | 4,798 | 1,108 | 3,690 | 1,900 | 2,898 | 2,042 | 614 | 2,142 | 6,897 | 1,386 | 5,511 | 1,881 | 5,016 | 1,958 | 839 | 4,100 |
Other allied health assisting | 7,046 | 2,334 | 4,712 | 1,637 | 5,409 | 4,702 | 239 | 2,105 | 2,508 | 378 | 2,130 | 812 | 1,696 | 1,042 | 164 | 1,302 |
Nursing and patient care assistant | 43,980 | 5,543 | 38,437 | 10,792 | 33,188 | 37,226 | 745 | 6,009 | 1,502 | 210 | 1,292 | 521 | 981 | 454 | 254 | 794 |
Practical nursing | 5,853 | 681 | 5,172 | 1,201 | 4,652 | 4,782 | 81 | 990 | 46,256 | 4,996 | 41,260 | 15,119 | 31,137 | 31,301 | 1,368 | 13,587 |
Nursing, registered nurse and other | 1,441 | 165 | 1,276 | 0 | 1,441 | 1,392 | 49 | 0 | 3,229 | 451 | 2,778 | 1,892 | 1,337 | 1,128 | 1,855 | 246 |
Health sciences, other | 49,683 | 7,411 | 42,272 | 15,609 | 34,074 | 24,146 | 6,374 | 19,163 | 41,906 | 6,335 | 35,571 | 13,745 | 28,161 | 16,619 | 4,285 | 21,002 |
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting | 28,880 | 21,314 | 7,566 | 2,761 | 26,119 | 28,070 | 452 | 358 | 7,910 | 5,145 | 2,765 | 535 | 7,375 | 7,050 | 259 | 601 |
Criminal justice and corrections | 20,555 | 13,947 | 6,608 | 1,195 | 19,360 | 20,023 | 407 | 125 | 6,539 | 3,964 | 2,575 | 530 | 6,009 | 5,872 | 66 | 601 |
Fire control and safety | 7,606 | 6,911 | 695 | 1,394 | 6,212 | 7,594 | 3 | 9 | 1,086 | 1,013 | 73 | 5 | 1,081 | 1,086 | 0 | 0 |
Homeland security and related protective services, other | 719 | 456 | 263 | 172 | 547 | 453 | 42 | 224 | 285 | 168 | 117 | 0 | 285 | 92 | 193 | 0 |
Legal professions and studies | 1,868 | 319 | 1,549 | 41 | 1,827 | 1,216 | 283 | 369 | 3,272 | 553 | 2,719 | 511 | 2,761 | 2,533 | 213 | 526 |
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities and humanities |
3,604 | 1,360 | 2,244 | 0 | 3,604 | 3,602 | 1 | 1 | 41,335 | 16,418 | 24,917 | 0 | 41,335 | 41,278 | 57 | 0 |
Library science | 217 | 40 | 177 | 0 | 217 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 135 | 108 | 27 | 0 | 135 | 122 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 35,672 | 33,526 | 2,146 | 4,484 | 31,188 | 32,792 | 570 | 2,310 | 47,386 | 45,413 | 1,973 | 21,395 | 25,991 | 21,716 | 3,110 | 22,560 |
Military technologies and applied sciences | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 1,832 | 741 | 1,091 | 1 | 1,831 | 1,481 | 54 | 297 | 1,216 | 652 | 564 | 0 | 1,216 | 1,172 | 44 | 0 |
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies studies |
1,632 | 818 | 814 | 567 | 1,065 | 895 | 42 | 695 | 900 | 553 | 347 | 294 | 606 | 457 | 4 | 439 |
Personal and culinary services | 38,955 | 5,328 | 33,627 | 27,842 | 11,113 | 10,728 | 311 | 27,916 | 86,852 | 12,249 | 74,603 | 69,610 | 17,242 | 14,419 | 1,125 | 71,308 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 87 | 35 | 52 | 0 | 87 | 62 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
Physical sciences and science technologies | 1,249 | 618 | 631 | 58 | 1,191 | 1,248 | 1 | 0 | 1,096 | 731 | 365 | 0 | 1,096 | 1,096 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 140 | 88 | 52 | 0 | 140 | 139 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
Science technologies/technicians | 1,109 | 530 | 579 | 58 | 1,051 | 1,109 | 0 | 0 | 1,075 | 714 | 361 | 0 | 1,075 | 1,075 | 0 | 0 |
Precision production | 25,542 | 24,072 | 1,470 | 3,873 | 21,669 | 22,891 | 704 | 1,947 | 17,269 | 16,269 | 1,000 | 4,387 | 12,882 | 12,964 | 929 | 3,376 |
Psychology | 77 | 22 | 55 | 0 | 77 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 14 | 68 | 0 | 82 | 76 | 6 | 0 |
Public administration and social services | 1,459 | 288 | 1,171 | 12 | 1,447 | 1,276 | 67 | 116 | 1,012 | 179 | 833 | 0 | 1,012 | 868 | 95 | 49 |
Social sciences and history | 1,126 | 638 | 488 | 2 | 1,124 | 1,035 | 91 | 0 | 316 | 176 | 140 | 0 | 316 | 307 | 9 | 0 |
Social sciences | 1,088 | 626 | 462 | 2 | 1,086 | 997 | 91 | 0 | 307 | 171 | 136 | 0 | 307 | 298 | 9 | 0 |
History | 38 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Theology and religious vocations | 313 | 154 | 159 | 0 | 313 | 1 | 312 | 0 | 948 | 407 | 541 | 467 | 481 | 0 | 948 | 0 |
Transportation and materials moving | 26,391 | 24,061 | 2,330 | 9,619 | 16,772 | 15,541 | 869 | 9,981 | 1,072 | 994 | 78 | 286 | 786 | 703 | 21 | 348 |
Visual and performing arts | 6,889 | 3,062 | 3,827 | 1,143 | 5,746 | 5,363 | 874 | 652 | 9,918 | 3,881 | 6,037 | 967 | 8,951 | 7,912 | 791 | 1,215 |
Fine and studio arts | 960 | 365 | 595 | 809 | 151 | 119 | 682 | 159 | 5,455 | 1,923 | 3,532 | 9 | 5,446 | 5,419 | 34 | 2 |
Music and dance | 290 | 183 | 107 | 0 | 290 | 236 | 0 | 54 | 447 | 299 | 148 | 71 | 376 | 124 | 179 | 144 |
Visual and performing arts, other3 | 5,639 | 2,514 | 3,125 | 334 | 5,305 | 5,008 | 192 | 439 | 4,016 | 1,659 | 2,357 | 887 | 3,129 | 2,369 | 578 | 1,069 |
1 Non-degree-granting institutions do not offer accredited 4-year or 2-year programs for degrees at the associate’s or higher level, but they may include institutions offering programs 2 years or longer in duration for lower level awards. | ||||||||||||||||
2 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians," which are listed separately. | ||||||||||||||||
3 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 2015, Completions component. (This table was prepared March 2017.) |