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Table 321.10. Associate's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by sex of student and discipline division: 2004-05 through 2014-15
Discipline division 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Total Males Females
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Total 696,660 713,066 728,114 750,164 787,243 848,856 943,506 1,021,718 1,007,427 1,005,155 1,013,971 396,613 617,358
Agriculture and natural resources 6,404 6,168 5,838 5,738 5,724 5,852 6,430 7,068 6,826 7,057 7,693 4,902 2,791
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and
      related sciences
5,137 4,958 4,638 4,554 4,525 4,615 4,925 5,400 5,227 5,420 5,975 3,652 2,323
Natural resources and conservation 1,267 1,210 1,200 1,184 1,199 1,237 1,505 1,668 1,599 1,637 1,718 1,250 468
Architecture and related services 583 656 517 568 605 553 569 593 468 425 491 342 149
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 115 124 164 169 174 199 209 194 271 363 382 148 234
                           
Biological and biomedical sciences 1,709 1,827 2,060 2,200 2,337 2,664 3,276 3,834 4,185 4,557 4,882 1,634 3,248
Business, management, marketing, and support services 96,067 96,933 99,998 104,566 111,524 116,798 121,735 123,014 114,842 113,056 113,670 43,117 70,553
Accounting and related services 13,988 13,620 14,232 15,965 16,707 17,925 20,180 20,270 18,061 17,400 16,080 4,439 11,641
Business/commerce, general 12,050 13,297 12,725 12,473 13,100 14,553 15,083 17,301 17,211 17,372 18,229 7,912 10,317
Business administration, management, and operations 37,258 39,152 43,667 47,911 52,938 46,086 46,253 45,879 49,816 50,121 52,666 23,089 29,577
Management information systems and services 2,812 2,179 2,007 1,237 1,103 1,221 1,244 1,164 1,085 1,176 987 672 315
Business operations support and assistant services 11,196 10,044 8,864 7,841 7,550 7,399 8,259 8,977 7,986 7,331 6,570 612 5,958
Business and management, other 18,763 18,641 18,503 19,139 20,126 29,614 30,716 29,423 20,683 19,656 19,138 6,393 12,745
                           
Communication, journalism, and related programs 2,545 2,629 2,609 2,620 2,722 2,841 3,051 3,495 4,299 4,970 6,034 2,576 3,458
Communications technologies 3,516 3,380 3,095 4,237 4,805 4,418 4,209 5,004 5,028 4,713 4,628 3,159 1,469
Computer and information sciences and support services 36,173 31,246 27,712 28,296 29,912 32,351 37,689 41,250 38,954 37,646 36,401 28,782 7,619
Construction trades 3,512 3,850 3,895 4,309 4,252 4,684 5,402 5,750 5,038 4,837 4,643 4,355 288
                           
Education 13,329 14,475 13,021 13,108 14,123 17,346 20,460 20,762 18,744 17,605 17,175 1,948 15,227
Engineering 2,430 2,154 2,128 2,279 2,170 2,508 2,825 3,382 3,732 4,306 4,875 4,203 672
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1 33,548 30,461 29,199 29,334 30,441 31,883 35,519 36,642 33,752 31,792 31,958 27,886 4,072
English language and literature/letters 995 1,105 1,249 1,402 1,534 1,658 2,019 2,137 2,089 2,082 2,324 802 1,522
                           
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 9,707 9,488 9,124 8,613 9,035 9,515 8,532 9,506 8,996 8,669 8,752 405 8,347
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics 1,234 1,161 1,207 1,258 1,630 1,683 1,888 1,980 2,131 2,284 2,102 505 1,597
                           
Health professions and related programs 122,520 134,931 145,436 155,816 165,015 177,321 202,920 219,491 214,040 208,885 199,991 31,814 168,177
Dental assisting 5,813 6,085 6,313 6,642 6,574 7,063 7,498 7,790 7,823 7,988 7,762 366 7,396
Emergency medical technician (EMT paramedic) 1,825 1,980 2,008 2,140 2,270 2,413 2,895 3,352 3,520 3,521 3,456 2,397 1,059
Clinical/medical lab science 2,055 2,163 2,306 2,316 2,538 2,621 2,811 3,240 3,387 3,517 3,143 781 2,362
Medical and other health assisting 19,005 22,267 23,491 24,276 25,858 29,776 39,277 46,950 41,921 39,126 36,813 5,068 31,745
Nursing and patient care assistant 38 101 158 329 385 1 33 36 35 38 50 5 45
Practical nursing 1,388 1,481 1,509 1,417 1,299 1,973 2,069 2,366 2,361 2,230 1,858 174 1,684
Nursing, registered nurse and other 58,007 62,095 66,516 73,277 77,922 81,281 83,023 84,569 86,380 86,435 82,952 11,785 71,167
Health sciences, other 34,389 38,759 43,135 45,419 48,169 52,193 65,314 71,188 68,613 66,030 63,957 11,238 52,719
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting 23,749 26,425 28,208 29,590 33,012 37,154 44,922 51,318 48,460 45,771 43,039 23,876 19,163
Criminal justice and corrections 19,942 22,351 23,917 25,588 28,998 32,648 40,022 45,971 42,785 40,297 37,819 19,169 18,650
Fire control and safety 3,366 3,554 3,811 3,937 3,947 4,307 4,603 4,779 4,910 4,649 4,525 4,225 300
Homeland security and related protective
      services, other
441 520 480 65 67 199 297 568 765 825 695 482 213
                           
Legal professions and studies 9,885 10,509 10,391 9,465 9,062 9,999 11,619 12,315 11,862 10,502 9,095 1,362 7,733
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,
      and humanities
240,131 244,689 250,030 254,012 263,947 284,954 306,674 336,938 344,171 353,946 367,626 141,139 226,487
Library science 108 136 84 117 116 112 160 159 181 194 170 25 145
                           
Mathematics and statistics 807 753 827 855 933 1,051 1,644 1,529 1,801 2,148 2,697 1,915 782
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 13,619 14,454 15,432 15,297 16,059 16,326 19,969 20,715 20,487 20,100 19,983 18,933 1,050
Military technologies and applied sciences 355 610 781 851 721 668 856 986 1,002 1,084 1,229 1,015 214
Multi/interdisciplinary studies 13,888 14,473 15,838 16,255 15,472 17,279 23,729 27,263 27,407 28,167 29,139 11,998 17,141
                           
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies 966 1,128 1,251 1,344 1,587 2,006 2,366 3,123 3,455 4,383 4,669 2,941 1,728
Personal and culinary services 16,311 17,162 16,103 16,592 16,358 16,467 18,259 20,376 19,272 16,901 18,693 7,423 11,270
Philosophy and religious studies 422 367 375 458 193 256 283 308 326 435 697 339 358
Physical sciences and science technologies 2,825 2,910 3,412 3,395 3,650 4,141 5,078 5,827 6,376 6,916 7,568 4,497 3,071
Physical sciences 1,637 1,741 2,023 1,980 2,196 2,378 3,148 3,652 4,083 4,518 5,040 2,950 2,090
Science technologies/technicians 1,188 1,169 1,389 1,415 1,454 1,763 1,930 2,175 2,293 2,398 2,528 1,547 981
Precision production 2,039 1,977 1,973 1,968 2,127 2,794 3,254 3,320 3,345 3,903 4,382 4,149 233
Psychology 1,942 1,944 2,213 2,412 3,957 6,582 3,866 4,717 6,122 7,604 8,739 2,050 6,689
Public administration and social services 4,027 4,415 4,338 4,192 4,177 4,522 7,472 9,222 8,788 8,914 8,437 1,254 7,183
                           
Social sciences and history 6,533 6,730 7,080 7,812 9,157 10,649 12,772 14,132 15,668 16,554 17,885 6,643 11,242
Social sciences 6,233 6,308 6,673 7,358 8,670 10,108 12,072 13,321 14,749 15,473 16,602 5,859 10,743
History 300 422 407 454 487 541 700 811 919 1,081 1,283 784 499
                           
Theology and religious vocations 581 570 608 582 676 613 758 839 881 944 1,133 551 582
Transportation and materials moving 1,435 1,472 1,674 1,550 1,430 1,444 1,698 2,098 2,119 2,102 1,801 1,514 287
                           
Visual and performing arts 22,650 21,754 20,244 18,890 18,606 19,565 21,394 22,431 22,309 21,340 20,988 8,411 12,577
Fine and studio arts 1,614 1,638 1,753 1,705 2,019 2,277 2,414 2,339 2,541 2,699 2,866 909 1,957
Music and dance 2,333 2,389 2,290 1,317 1,152 1,335 1,356 1,683 1,743 1,715 1,886 1,211 675
Visual and performing arts, other2 18,703 17,727 16,201 15,868 15,435 15,953 17,624 18,409 18,025 16,926 16,236 6,291 9,945
Not classified by field of study 0 0 0 14 0 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 2005 through Fall 2015, Completions component. (This table was prepared September 2016.)

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