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: Academic year 2020-21

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	Nonprofit	For-profit		Males	Females	Non-degree-granting (less-than-2-year)1	Degree-granting (2-year and 4-year)	Public	Nonprofit	For-profit
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Total	544,467	242,013	302,454	103,910	440,557	422,908	12,262	109,297	446,914	167,246	279,668	132,607	314,307	273,312	14,897	158,705
Agriculture and natural resources	6,145	2,626	3,519	516	5,629	5,670	63	412	4,467	1,400	3,067	372	4,095	2,081	148	2,238
Agricultural, animal, plant, veterinary science, and      related fields	4,938	1,998	2,940	516	4,422	4,535	37	366	4,283	1,278	3,005	372	3,911	1,897	148	2,238
Natural resources and conservation	1,207	628	579	0	1,207	1,135	26	46	184	122	62	0	184	184	0	0
Architecture and related services	231	104	127	0	231	193	38	0	81	34	47	0	81	78	0	3
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	1,915	432	1,483	0	1,915	1,893	21	1	93	17	76	0	93	82	11	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	2,208	471	1,737	29	2,179	2,188	20	0	395	104	291	278	117	334	61	0
Business	142,137	37,994	104,143	44,902	97,235	92,693	1,676	47,768	78,274	14,810	63,464	50,141	28,133	27,781	1,203	49,290
Business, management, marketing, and support services	88,544	34,230	54,314	1,342	87,202	82,008	1,281	5,255	18,768	5,645	13,123	1,696	17,072	16,488	513	1,767
Accounting and related services	13,071	3,465	9,606	264	12,807	12,433	248	390	4,229	964	3,265	264	3,965	3,963	154	112
Business/commerce, general	2,748	1,132	1,616	0	2,748	2,747	1	0	1,434	624	810	0	1,434	1,410	0	24
Business administration, management, and operations	31,191	12,805	18,386	69	31,122	29,713	99	1,379	4,803	1,677	3,126	55	4,748	4,731	15	57
Management information systems and services	751	475	276	7	744	613	138	0	68	49	19	16	52	68	0	0
Business operations support and assistant services	11,059	4,948	6,111	632	10,427	10,206	0	853	4,160	861	3,299	1,252	2,908	2,621	78	1,461
Business and management, other	29,724	11,405	18,319	370	29,354	26,296	795	2,633	4,074	1,470	2,604	109	3,965	3,695	266	113
Culinary, entertainment, and personal services	53,593	3,764	49,829	43,560	10,033	10,685	395	42,513	59,506	9,165	50,341	48,445	11,061	11,293	690	47,523
Communication, journalism, and related programs	3,179	1,376	1,803	161	3,018	2,443	47	689	1,365	759	606	885	480	427	3	935
Communications technologies	2,890	1,801	1,089	328	2,562	2,511	15	364	2,375	1,628	747	1,209	1,166	1,385	48	942
Computer and information sciences and support services	39,196	29,580	9,616	3,457	35,739	30,872	950	7,374	9,753	7,583	2,170	2,367	7,386	8,171	286	1,296
Education	11,066	1,058	10,008	64	11,002	9,526	966	574	3,753	319	3,434	281	3,472	2,851	512	390
Engineering	1,280	951	329	165	1,115	1,079	6	195	698	540	158	385	313	585	26	87
Engineering technologies2	69,784	63,102	6,682	9,280	60,504	62,977	1,141	5,666	65,781	61,427	4,354	23,235	42,546	37,697	2,163	25,921
English language and literature/letters	2,145	709	1,436	55	2,090	2,007	106	32	477	178	299	72	405	150	23	304
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	15,593	635	14,958	654	14,939	15,446	8	139	3,864	133	3,731	274	3,590	3,856	8	0
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	3,120	706	2,414	121	2,999	2,904	144	72	676	146	530	0	676	596	76	4
Health professions and related programs	128,278	24,703	103,575	25,894	102,384	95,613	3,609	29,056	138,986	16,458	122,528	44,568	94,418	59,687	7,976	71,323
Dental assisting	4,950	413	4,537	1,018	3,932	1,549	163	3,238	10,975	828	10,147	3,989	6,986	3,784	348	6,843
Emergency medical technician (EMT paramedic)	17,138	10,101	7,037	1,352	15,786	16,160	553	425	5,185	3,669	1,516	523	4,662	4,735	172	278
Clinical/medical lab science	8,844	1,073	7,771	2,454	6,390	6,349	182	2,313	1,317	183	1,134	347	970	520	156	641
Medical and other health assisting	17,342	2,907	14,435	5,016	12,326	9,284	702	7,356	43,870	3,522	40,348	17,075	26,795	7,937	1,514	34,419
Nursing and patient care assistant	32,858	3,689	29,169	6,277	26,581	29,845	380	2,633	1,308	135	1,173	464	844	837	27	444
Practical nursing	5,571	603	4,968	826	4,745	4,860	16	695	41,883	4,028	37,855	13,056	28,827	26,965	1,313	13,605
Nursing, registered nurse and other	2,084	227	1,857	61	2,023	1,999	85	0	2,412	310	2,102	1,677	735	777	1,420	215
Health sciences, other	39,491	5,690	33,801	8,890	30,601	25,567	1,528	12,396	32,036	3,783	28,253	7,437	24,599	14,132	3,026	14,878
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	27,329	18,439	8,890	2,458	24,871	26,649	397	283	6,141	4,043	2,098	495	5,646	5,694	82	365
Criminal justice and corrections	18,053	11,331	6,722	1,271	16,782	17,711	210	132	4,808	2,951	1,857	446	4,362	4,392	59	357
Fire control and safety	7,055	6,205	850	1,165	5,890	7,015	3	37	1,073	960	113	49	1,024	1,073	0	0
Homeland security and related protective services,      other	1,207	626	581	22	1,185	1,022	89	96	73	42	31	0	73	72	1	0
Security science and technology	1,014	277	737	0	1,014	901	95	18	187	90	97	0	187	157	22	8
Legal professions and studies	2,378	429	1,949	45	2,333	1,676	317	385	2,656	407	2,249	161	2,495	2,262	153	241
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and    humanities	15,944	4,913	11,031	0	15,944	15,913	31	0	93,672	34,167	59,505	0	93,672	93,558	114	0
Library science	276	42	234	1	275	276	0	0	43	6	37	0	43	42	1	0
Mathematics and statistics	376	236	140	0	376	314	62	0	30	20	10	0	30	30	0	0
Military technologies and applied sciences	186	134	52	0	186	143	0	43	12	10	2	4	8	12	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	4,532	1,584	2,948	4	4,528	3,966	239	327	3,010	1,214	1,796	0	3,010	2,999	11	0
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology	1,583	675	908	184	1,399	1,387	7	189	458	248	210	36	422	213	9	236
Philosophy and religious studies	504	44	460	0	504	122	382	0	51	27	24	0	51	22	29	0
Physical sciences and science technologies	1,446	629	817	0	1,446	1,444	2	0	867	571	296	20	847	846	1	20
Physical sciences	220	131	89	0	220	218	2	0	47	15	32	0	47	46	1	0
Science technologies/technicians	1,226	498	728	0	1,226	1,226	0	0	820	556	264	20	800	800	0	20
Precision production	29,408	26,890	2,518	4,975	24,433	24,392	254	4,762	18,121	16,617	1,504	6,392	11,729	13,057	826	4,238
Psychology	389	86	303	0	389	313	76	0	55	12	43	0	55	55	0	0
Public administration and social services	1,820	376	1,444	0	1,820	1,650	107	63	498	90	408	0	498	438	5	55
Social sciences and history	2,405	1,092	1,313	11	2,394	2,289	116	0	329	130	199	0	329	263	66	0
Social sciences	2,284	1,054	1,230	11	2,273	2,173	111	0	324	128	196	0	324	260	64	0
History	121	38	83	0	121	116	5	0	5	2	3	0	5	3	2	0
Theology and religious vocations	398	210	188	0	398	0	398	0	549	227	322	282	267	1	548	0
Transportation and materials moving	18,964	16,670	2,294	10,043	8,921	7,935	796	10,233	1,131	1,024	107	342	789	795	24	312
Visual and performing arts	7,362	3,316	4,046	563	6,799	6,424	268	670	8,253	2,897	5,356	808	7,445	7,264	484	505
Fine and studio arts	459	158	301	202	257	256	151	52	4,923	1,589	3,334	55	4,868	4,854	17	52
Music and dance	511	297	214	13	498	432	8	71	217	119	98	21	196	79	66	72
Visual and performing arts, other3	6,392	2,861	3,531	348	6,044	5,736	109	547	3,113	1,189	1,924	732	2,381	2,331	401	381

1Non-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.

2Includes Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields; Construction trades; and Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians.

3Includes 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 2021, Completions component. (This table was prepared October 2022.)