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: 2015-16

Discipline division	Less-than-1-year certificates								1- to less-than-4-year certificates
	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	485,034	226,021	259,013	98,087	386,947	371,124	16,226	97,684	454,209	170,647	283,562	155,343	298,866	243,920	23,825	186,464
Agriculture and natural resources	4,137	2,597	1,540	90	4,047	3,931	42	164	2,359	1,498	861	171	2,188	2,183	95	81
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and     related sciences	3,312	2,047	1,265	90	3,222	3,197	22	93	2,208	1,396	812	171	2,037	2,032	95	81
Natural resources and conservation	825	550	275	0	825	734	20	71	151	102	49	0	151	151	0	0
Architecture and related services	231	141	90	0	231	193	38	0	106	73	33	0	106	84	19	3
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	487	136	351	0	487	466	21	0	127	23	104	0	127	109	18	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	913	260	653	27	886	868	32	13	224	59	165	102	122	162	62	0
Business, management, marketing, and support services	60,367	21,930	38,437	2,210	58,157	55,591	975	3,801	22,065	6,231	15,834	2,498	19,567	19,649	849	1,567
Accounting and related services	10,623	3,141	7,482	527	10,096	9,842	101	680	5,347	1,267	4,080	589	4,758	4,768	353	226
Business/commerce, general	3,246	1,447	1,799	0	3,246	3,217	5	24	1,683	865	818	0	1,683	1,661	4	18
Business administration, management, and operations	17,025	7,029	9,996	84	16,941	16,302	109	614	3,969	1,371	2,598	38	3,931	3,875	39	55
Management information systems and services	645	428	217	32	613	434	121	90	143	84	59	45	98	132	0	11
Business operations support and assistant services	9,258	2,305	6,953	1,000	8,258	8,318	21	919	5,967	822	5,145	1,674	4,293	4,770	189	1,008
Business and management, other	19,570	7,580	11,990	567	19,003	17,478	618	1,474	4,956	1,822	3,134	152	4,804	4,443	264	249
Communication, journalism, and related programs	2,545	1,262	1,283	392	2,153	1,718	47	780	1,472	851	621	968	504	570	15	887
Communications technologies	2,522	1,515	1,007	425	2,097	2,076	15	431	3,164	2,394	770	1,622	1,542	1,491	22	1,651
Computer and information sciences and support services	27,081	19,606	7,475	1,923	25,158	23,126	295	3,660	9,057	6,975	2,082	1,954	7,103	7,307	163	1,587
Construction trades	12,569	11,811	758	2,062	10,507	11,146	419	1,004	12,575	12,018	557	3,963	8,612	8,562	942	3,071
Education	6,638	686	5,952	108	6,530	6,151	192	295	3,756	427	3,329	269	3,487	2,790	755	211
Engineering	792	683	109	292	500	597	12	183	314	261	53	63	251	288	24	2
Engineering technologies and engineering-related     fields2	21,073	18,052	3,021	1,889	19,184	19,229	65	1,779	13,728	12,258	1,470	2,176	11,552	9,972	800	2,956
English language and literature/letters	1,943	700	1,243	404	1,539	1,521	177	245	545	227	318	59	486	141	35	369
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	15,634	1,202	14,432	785	14,849	15,500	28	106	3,574	151	3,423	240	3,334	3,485	89	0
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,385	294	1,091	0	1,385	1,234	151	0	651	126	525	5	646	648	3	0
Health professions and related programs	151,038	29,594	121,444	37,117	113,921	100,215	9,261	41,562	164,627	21,867	142,760	54,080	110,547	66,303	13,700	84,624
Dental assisting	6,874	581	6,293	2,356	4,518	1,390	463	5,021	13,433	1,005	12,428	4,583	8,850	4,508	860	8,065
Emergency medical technician (EMT paramedic)     paramedic)	17,040	10,943	6,097	1,045	15,995	16,437	88	515	5,339	3,888	1,451	420	4,919	4,991	200	148
Clinical/medical lab science	10,276	1,411	8,865	2,547	7,729	7,089	238	2,949	1,899	476	1,423	327	1,572	642	544	713
Medical assisting	10,943	924	10,019	4,810	6,133	2,977	123	7,843	49,453	4,192	45,261	18,269	31,184	6,182	4,918	38,353
Pharmacy assisting	3,880	848	3,032	1,458	2,422	1,932	389	1,559	6,003	1,219	4,784	1,530	4,473	1,758	715	3,530
Other allied health assisting	6,339	1,998	4,341	1,151	5,188	4,338	111	1,890	2,699	311	2,388	808	1,891	1,414	184	1,101
Nursing and patient care assistant	40,932	5,158	35,774	9,462	31,470	35,673	586	4,673	1,345	158	1,187	367	978	603	90	652
Practical nursing	4,342	546	3,796	587	3,755	3,976	0	366	42,664	4,324	38,340	13,824	28,840	29,106	1,169	12,389
Nursing, registered nurse and other	1,471	156	1,315	0	1,471	1,449	22	0	3,126	435	2,691	1,975	1,151	883	2,000	243
Health sciences, other	48,941	7,029	41,912	13,701	35,240	24,954	7,241	16,746	38,666	5,859	32,807	11,977	26,689	16,216	3,020	19,430
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	29,501	21,453	8,048	2,633	26,868	28,760	516	225	7,882	5,096	2,786	520	7,362	7,190	140	552
Criminal justice and corrections	21,813	14,705	7,108	1,374	20,439	21,317	393	103	6,549	3,945	2,604	515	6,034	5,944	53	552
Fire control and safety	6,807	6,184	623	1,234	5,573	6,784	3	20	1,153	1,039	114	5	1,148	1,152	1	0
Homeland security and related protective services,     other	881	564	317	25	856	659	120	102	180	112	68	0	180	94	86	0
Legal professions and studies	2,012	379	1,633	66	1,946	1,344	259	409	2,809	452	2,357	357	2,452	2,167	266	376
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and     humanities	3,771	1,374	2,397	0	3,771	3,769	2	0	53,227	20,830	32,397	0	53,227	53,200	27	0
Library science	168	30	138	0	168	168	0	0	51	5	46	0	51	51	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	156	128	28	0	156	133	23	0	32	21	11	0	32	30	2	0
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	35,411	33,258	2,153	4,168	31,243	33,010	318	2,083	46,991	44,927	2,064	20,920	26,071	23,007	2,026	21,958
Military technologies and applied sciences	13	11	2	0	13	5	0	8	10	8	2	0	10	10	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	1,897	704	1,193	0	1,897	1,605	81	211	1,238	645	593	0	1,238	1,189	49	0
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies     studies	1,901	942	959	699	1,202	1,111	10	780	707	418	289	228	479	351	0	356
Personal and culinary services	38,020	5,167	32,853	27,987	10,033	10,505	309	27,206	75,849	11,180	64,669	58,663	17,186	13,838	912	61,099
Philosophy and religious studies	58	26	32	0	58	43	15	0	34	18	16	0	34	15	19	0
Physical sciences and science technologies	1,600	808	792	61	1,539	1,600	0	0	1,072	722	350	18	1,054	1,054	0	18
Physical sciences	192	125	67	0	192	192	0	0	25	18	7	0	25	25	0	0
Science technologies/technicians	1,408	683	725	61	1,347	1,408	0	0	1,047	704	343	18	1,029	1,029	0	18
Precision production	27,735	25,976	1,759	4,536	23,199	24,724	657	2,354	18,228	17,211	1,017	4,892	13,336	13,422	1,019	3,787
Psychology	65	9	56	0	65	56	9	0	67	16	51	0	67	62	5	0
Public administration and social services	1,888	454	1,434	6	1,882	1,638	73	177	832	129	703	0	832	757	71	4
Social sciences and history	1,154	658	496	2	1,152	1,064	90	0	320	171	149	0	320	312	8	0
Social sciences	1,135	650	485	2	1,133	1,046	89	0	310	164	146	0	310	302	8	0
History	19	8	11	0	19	18	1	0	10	7	3	0	10	10	0	0
Theology and religious vocations	291	139	152	0	291	0	291	0	876	345	531	460	416	0	876	0
Transportation and materials moving	23,543	21,262	2,281	9,143	14,400	12,979	960	9,604	1,003	957	46	247	756	707	22	274
Visual and performing arts	6,495	2,774	3,721	1,062	5,433	5,048	843	604	4,637	2,057	2,580	868	3,769	2,814	792	1,031
Fine and studio arts	919	307	612	774	145	108	655	156	256	73	183	7	249	217	39	0
Music and dance	260	172	88	0	260	207	3	50	459	286	173	80	379	150	194	115
Visual and performing arts, other3	5,316	2,295	3,021	288	5,028	4,733	185	398	3,922	1,698	2,224	781	3,141	2,447	559	916

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 2016, Completions component. (This table was prepared August 2018.)