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 field of study: 2019-20

Field of study	Less-than-1-year certificates								1- to less-than-4-year certificates
	Total	Sex		Degree-granting status		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	512,799	240,906	271,893	89,033	423,766	409,947	9,933	92,919	450,531	176,633	273,898	126,558	323,973	288,109	14,962	147,460
Agriculture and natural resources	6,444	3,333	3,111	412	6,032	6,109	60	275	4,676	1,638	3,038	356	4,320	2,769	118	1,789
Agricultural, animal, plant, veterinary science,     and related fields	5,211	2,635	2,576	412	4,799	4,966	28	217	4,443	1,478	2,965	356	4,087	2,536	118	1,789
Natural resources and conservation	1,233	698	535	0	1,233	1,143	32	58	233	160	73	0	233	233	0	0
Architecture and related services	213	115	98	0	213	184	29	0	83	49	34	0	83	82	0	1
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	2,188	462	1,726	0	2,188	2,152	36	0	118	17	101	0	118	107	11	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	1,275	323	952	38	1,237	1,274	1	0	282	88	194	172	110	223	59	0
Business, management, marketing, and support     services	81,230	31,861	49,369	1,263	79,967	75,054	893	5,283	20,398	6,505	13,893	1,748	18,650	18,042	716	1,640
Accounting and related services	12,241	3,560	8,681	364	11,877	11,567	174	500	4,545	1,177	3,368	345	4,200	4,247	210	88
Business/commerce, general	2,528	1,061	1,467	0	2,528	2,527	1	0	1,682	808	874	0	1,682	1,657	0	25
Business administration, management, and     operations	28,206	12,372	15,834	31	28,175	26,577	75	1,554	5,388	1,805	3,583	66	5,322	5,303	17	68
Management information systems and services	754	501	253	8	746	614	140	0	76	53	23	8	68	76	0	0
Business operations support and assistant     services	9,534	2,994	6,540	548	8,986	8,832	0	702	4,236	884	3,352	1,227	3,009	2,842	91	1,303
Business and management, other	27,967	11,373	16,594	312	27,655	24,937	503	2,527	4,471	1,778	2,693	102	4,369	3,917	398	156
Culinary, entertainment, and personal services	44,750	4,397	40,353	34,313	10,437	11,355	468	32,927	57,821	9,334	48,487	45,880	11,941	12,774	630	44,417
Communication, journalism, and related programs	2,975	1,327	1,648	147	2,828	2,375	47	553	1,586	934	652	1,028	558	497	8	1,081
Communications technologies	3,007	1,886	1,121	220	2,787	2,547	2	458	2,600	1,818	782	1,258	1,342	1,485	34	1,081
Computer and information sciences and support     services	35,616	27,367	8,249	3,248	32,368	28,648	712	6,256	10,102	7,850	2,252	2,343	7,759	8,735	189	1,178
Education	9,526	927	8,599	60	9,466	8,662	323	541	3,620	428	3,192	101	3,519	2,638	356	626
Engineering	1,200	928	272	162	1,038	1,033	1	166	518	410	108	243	275	494	23	1
Engineering technologies2	75,195	68,228	6,967	8,449	66,746	68,838	1,219	5,138	67,554	63,179	4,375	22,457	45,097	41,087	2,133	24,334
English language and literature/letters	1,771	534	1,237	245	1,526	1,502	88	181	513	185	328	88	425	130	17	366
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	15,758	1,221	14,537	741	15,017	15,619	7	132	3,592	145	3,447	174	3,418	3,581	9	2
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	2,487	579	1,908	43	2,444	2,339	148	0	672	156	516	0	672	612	60	0
Health professions and related programs	121,361	23,633	97,728	23,473	97,888	92,087	3,075	26,199	134,227	17,269	116,958	42,246	91,981	61,762	7,480	64,985
Dental assisting	4,308	340	3,968	1,049	3,259	1,235	218	2,855	9,058	681	8,377	3,133	5,925	3,350	241	5,467
Emergency medical technician (EMT paramedic)	15,615	9,350	6,265	939	14,676	14,853	417	345	5,752	4,152	1,600	471	5,281	5,372	149	231
Clinical/medical lab science	8,086	967	7,119	1,952	6,134	5,924	193	1,969	1,139	175	964	258	881	471	78	590
Medical assisting	7,773	525	7,248	3,271	4,502	2,544	83	5,146	36,949	2,624	34,325	13,511	23,438	6,146	1,553	29,250
Pharmacy assisting	1,936	376	1,560	781	1,155	983	59	894	3,533	696	2,837	1,112	2,421	1,196	139	2,198
Other allied health assisting	5,624	1,841	3,783	803	4,821	5,143	34	447	813	185	628	294	519	452	47	314
Nursing and patient care assistant	34,625	3,906	30,719	5,411	29,214	31,391	505	2,729	1,128	114	1,014	507	621	711	21	396
Practical nursing	4,754	516	4,238	506	4,248	4,374	0	380	43,656	4,251	39,405	14,386	29,270	28,752	1,303	13,601
Nursing, registered nurse and other	1,273	140	1,133	20	1,253	1,238	35	0	2,475	368	2,107	1,699	776	849	1,376	250
Health sciences, other	37,367	5,672	31,695	8,741	28,626	24,402	1,531	11,434	29,724	4,023	25,701	6,875	22,849	14,463	2,573	12,688
Homeland security, law enforcement, and     firefighting	26,454	18,517	7,937	2,172	24,282	25,760	296	398	6,923	4,430	2,493	592	6,331	6,168	99	656
Criminal justice and corrections	18,251	11,880	6,371	1,096	17,155	17,884	103	264	5,751	3,477	2,274	588	5,163	5,040	63	648
Fire control and safety	6,544	5,859	685	1,070	5,474	6,524	1	19	930	850	80	4	926	930	0	0
Homeland security and related protective services,     other	953	574	379	6	947	765	83	105	76	55	21	0	76	71	5	0
Security science and technology	706	204	502	0	706	587	109	10	166	48	118	0	166	127	31	8
Legal professions and studies	2,093	401	1,692	37	2,056	1,546	236	311	2,367	425	1,942	188	2,179	2,054	149	164
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and     humanities	11,969	3,986	7,983	0	11,969	11,946	23	0	97,414	38,107	59,307	0	97,414	97,344	70	0
Library science	169	28	141	2	167	169	0	0	40	2	38	0	40	38	2	0
Mathematics and statistics	388	281	107	0	388	351	37	0	33	23	10	0	33	29	4	0
Military technologies and applied sciences	117	88	29	0	117	86	0	31	13	13	0	8	5	13	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	3,537	1,276	2,261	3	3,534	3,114	99	324	3,161	1,438	1,723	0	3,161	3,139	22	0
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and     kinesiology	1,503	712	791	329	1,174	1,185	4	314	554	307	247	100	454	218	9	327
Philosophy and religious studies	242	35	207	0	242	92	150	0	444	21	423	181	263	33	411	0
Physical sciences and science technologies	1,670	719	951	0	1,670	1,670	0	0	1,436	833	603	16	1,420	1,419	1	16
Physical sciences	390	226	164	0	390	390	0	0	47	10	37	0	47	46	1	0
Science technologies/technicians	1,280	493	787	0	1,280	1,280	0	0	1,389	823	566	16	1,373	1,373	0	16
Precision production	29,619	27,140	2,479	4,428	25,191	25,132	246	4,241	17,248	15,823	1,425	5,861	11,387	12,767	826	3,655
Psychology	335	60	275	0	335	264	71	0	56	8	48	0	56	55	1	0
Public administration and social services	1,755	328	1,427	0	1,755	1,527	92	136	552	93	459	0	552	495	11	46
Social sciences and history	1,995	885	1,110	4	1,991	1,922	73	0	328	166	162	0	328	247	81	0
Social sciences	1,943	861	1,082	4	1,939	1,870	73	0	326	166	160	0	326	246	80	0
History	52	24	28	0	52	52	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0
Theology and religious vocations	370	186	184	0	370	1	369	0	664	304	360	335	329	0	664	0
Transportation and materials moving	17,574	15,423	2,151	8,525	9,049	8,287	685	8,602	1,011	924	87	291	720	673	26	312
Visual and performing arts	8,013	3,720	4,293	719	7,294	7,117	443	453	9,925	3,711	6,214	892	9,033	8,399	743	783
Fine and studio arts	630	206	424	355	275	275	301	54	5,816	1,981	3,835	62	5,754	5,734	21	61
Music and dance	489	279	210	0	489	380	15	94	308	159	149	89	219	118	83	107
Visual and performing arts, other3	6,894	3,235	3,659	364	6,530	6,462	127	305	3,801	1,571	2,230	741	3,060	2,547	639	615

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 Includes Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields; Construction trades; and Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians.

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 in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 2020, Completions component. (This table was prepared October 2021.)