Table 321.10.

Associate's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 2009-10 through 2019-20

Field of study	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
											Total	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Total	848,856	943,506	1,021,718	1,007,427	1,005,155	1,014,341	1,008,228	1,005,687	1,011,696	1,036,640	1,018,233	393,079	625,154
Agriculture and natural resources	10,044	11,257	12,691	12,706	12,655	13,759	13,484	13,686	13,087	13,229	12,738	4,959	7,779
Agricultural, animal, plant, veterinary science, and     related fields	8,807	9,752	11,023	11,107	11,018	12,041	11,784	11,917	11,318	11,475	11,071	3,915	7,156
Natural resources and conservation	1,237	1,505	1,668	1,599	1,637	1,718	1,700	1,769	1,769	1,754	1,667	1,044	623
Architecture and related services	553	569	593	468	425	491	478	503	539	585	613	389	224
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	199	209	194	271	363	382	419	420	559	713	666	276	390
Biological and biomedical sciences	2,664	3,276	3,834	4,185	4,557	4,883	5,266	5,550	6,391	7,299	7,443	2,234	5,209
Business	133,265	139,994	143,390	134,114	129,957	132,374	128,259	122,252	117,821	116,799	112,120	45,442	66,678
Business, management, marketing, and support services	116,798	121,735	123,014	114,842	113,056	113,681	110,036	108,376	105,785	105,588	102,536	42,048	60,488
Accounting and related services	17,925	20,180	20,270	18,061	17,400	16,080	14,790	13,760	13,022	12,114	11,464	3,238	8,226
Business/commerce, general	14,553	15,083	17,301	17,211	17,372	18,235	18,087	18,293	17,060	17,705	17,100	7,380	9,720
Business administration, management, and operations	46,086	46,253	45,879	49,816	50,121	52,668	52,758	53,930	55,404	56,307	56,268	25,433	30,835
Management information systems and services	1,221	1,244	1,164	1,085	1,176	987	935	953	921	943	854	599	255
Business operations support and assistant services	7,399	8,259	8,977	7,986	7,331	6,570	5,871	5,141	4,617	3,974	3,391	355	3,036
Business and management, other	29,614	30,716	29,423	20,683	19,656	19,141	17,595	16,299	14,761	14,545	13,459	5,043	8,416
Culinary, entertainment, and personal services	16,467	18,259	20,376	19,272	16,901	18,693	18,223	13,876	12,036	11,211	9,584	3,394	6,190
Communication, journalism, and related programs	2,841	3,051	3,495	4,299	4,970	6,034	6,759	7,379	7,785	8,548	9,012	4,002	5,010
Communications technologies	4,418	4,209	5,004	5,028	4,713	4,628	4,569	4,307	4,196	4,256	4,097	2,596	1,501
Computer and information sciences and support services	32,351	37,689	41,250	38,954	37,646	36,420	30,571	31,171	31,496	32,001	32,016	25,293	6,723
Education	17,346	20,460	20,762	18,744	17,605	17,178	17,032	16,603	16,180	16,210	16,177	1,775	14,402
Engineering	2,508	2,825	3,382	3,732	4,306	4,875	5,278	5,915	6,408	6,367	6,506	5,340	1,166
Engineering technologies1	52,893	60,890	63,107	59,277	56,729	56,585	52,485	53,150	53,309	53,252	49,401	43,992	5,409
English language and literature/letters	1,658	2,019	2,137	2,089	2,082	2,324	2,551	2,870	3,133	3,340	3,425	1,127	2,298
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	9,515	8,532	9,506	8,996	8,669	8,750	8,930	8,871	8,858	9,365	9,261	449	8,812
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,683	1,888	1,980	2,131	2,284	2,102	2,208	2,363	2,607	2,798	2,905	667	2,238
Health professions and related programs	173,129	198,093	213,868	208,160	203,287	193,952	185,816	180,834	176,076	177,506	172,207	28,204	144,003
Dental assisting	7,063	7,498	7,790	7,823	7,988	7,762	7,584	7,397	7,072	7,129	5,607	323	5,284
Emergency medical technician (EMT paramedic)	2,413	2,895	3,352	3,520	3,521	3,456	3,380	3,453	3,413	3,648	3,527	2,363	1,164
Clinical/medical lab science	2,621	2,811	3,240	3,387	3,517	3,143	3,186	3,062	3,051	3,037	3,116	678	2,438
Medical and other health assisting	25,719	34,507	41,402	36,099	33,596	30,825	29,191	26,998	23,918	22,689	17,906	3,344	14,562
Nursing and patient care assistant	1	33	36	35	38	50	52	56	100	58	79	10	69
Practical nursing	1,973	2,069	2,366	2,361	2,230	1,858	1,404	1,420	1,105	1,274	1,297	145	1,152
Nursing, registered nurse and other	81,280	83,021	84,567	86,377	86,378	82,904	78,518	77,051	77,658	81,070	82,859	11,801	71,058
Health sciences, other	52,059	65,259	71,115	68,558	66,019	63,954	62,501	61,397	59,759	58,601	57,816	9,540	48,276
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	37,154	44,922	51,318	48,460	45,771	43,041	39,930	37,362	35,282	35,197	34,892	18,853	16,039
Criminal justice and corrections	32,194	39,102	44,972	41,570	38,248	36,213	34,452	31,983	29,886	29,758	29,730	14,603	15,127
Fire control and safety	4,307	4,603	4,779	4,910	4,649	4,525	4,241	4,191	4,284	4,305	4,031	3,652	379
Homeland security and related protective     services, other	78	136	365	510	492	440	375	402	382	379	538	353	185
Security science and technology	575	1,081	1,202	1,470	2,382	1,863	862	786	730	755	593	245	348
Legal professions and studies	9,999	11,619	12,315	11,862	10,502	9,095	8,017	6,904	6,218	5,646	5,534	870	4,664
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,     and humanities	284,954	306,674	336,938	344,171	353,946	367,852	381,202	386,746	398,002	410,632	402,669	149,030	253,639
Library science	112	160	159	181	194	170	146	158	156	195	202	30	172
Mathematics and statistics	1,051	1,644	1,529	1,801	2,148	2,697	3,027	3,454	4,135	4,632	4,841	3,398	1,443
Military technologies and applied sciences	668	856	986	1,002	1,084	1,229	1,047	1,093	1,226	1,202	992	761	231
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	17,279	23,729	27,263	27,407	28,167	29,139	30,482	30,780	31,102	33,390	33,655	13,884	19,771
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology	2,006	2,366	3,123	3,455	4,383	4,669	4,771	5,037	5,098	5,634	5,668	2,995	2,673
Philosophy and religious studies	256	283	308	326	435	697	814	1,384	1,357	1,417	1,625	1,000	625
Physical sciences and science technologies	4,141	5,078	5,827	6,376	6,916	7,568	8,484	9,223	10,119	10,557	10,744	5,998	4,746
Physical sciences	2,378	3,148	3,652	4,083	4,518	5,040	5,528	5,838	6,692	7,066	6,753	3,818	2,935
Science technologies/technicians	1,763	1,930	2,175	2,293	2,398	2,528	2,956	3,385	3,427	3,491	3,991	2,180	1,811
Precision production	2,794	3,254	3,320	3,345	3,903	4,382	4,794	5,251	5,334	5,386	4,748	4,324	424
Psychology	6,582	3,866	4,717	6,122	7,604	8,780	10,603	11,283	12,499	14,486	16,202	3,735	12,467
Public administration and social services	4,522	7,472	9,222	8,788	8,914	8,436	7,988	7,591	7,140	6,822	6,321	845	5,476
Social sciences and history	10,649	12,772	14,132	15,668	16,554	17,916	20,056	21,392	23,692	25,974	28,212	10,348	17,864
Social sciences	10,108	12,072	13,321	14,749	15,473	16,631	18,451	19,636	21,552	23,561	25,710	8,831	16,879
History	541	700	811	919	1,081	1,285	1,605	1,756	2,140	2,413	2,502	1,517	985
Theology and religious vocations	613	758	839	881	944	1,135	1,089	1,164	1,127	1,131	1,079	506	573
Transportation and materials moving	1,444	1,698	2,098	2,119	2,102	1,810	1,497	1,547	1,610	1,926	1,720	1,473	247
Visual and performing arts	19,565	21,394	22,431	22,309	21,340	20,988	20,176	19,444	19,154	20,145	20,542	8,284	12,258
Fine and studio arts	2,277	2,414	2,339	2,541	2,699	2,866	3,082	3,315	3,767	4,060	4,257	1,360	2,897
Music and dance	1,335	1,356	1,683	1,743	1,715	1,886	1,989	1,993	2,309	2,621	2,641	1,641	1,000
Visual and performing arts, other2	15,953	17,624	18,409	18,025	16,926	16,236	15,105	14,136	13,078	13,464	13,644	5,283	8,361

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

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 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 counts are limited to degree-granting institutions. Data in this table are based on the 2020 Classification of Instructional 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 2010 through Fall 2020, Completions component. (This table was prepared August 2021.)