Table 321.10.

Associate's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by sex of student and field of study: Academic years 2010-11 through 2020-21

Field of study	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
											Total	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Total	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	1,019,038	1,036,431	383,029	653,402
Agriculture and natural resources	11,257	12,691	12,706	12,655	13,759	13,484	13,686	13,087	13,229	12,740	11,847	4,244	7,603
Agricultural, animal, plant, veterinary science, and      related fields	9,752	11,023	11,107	11,018	12,041	11,784	11,917	11,318	11,475	11,072	10,239	3,294	6,945
Natural resources and conservation	1,505	1,668	1,599	1,637	1,718	1,700	1,769	1,769	1,754	1,668	1,608	950	658
Architecture and related services	569	593	468	425	491	478	503	539	585	631	615	361	254
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	209	194	271	363	382	419	420	559	713	673	936	284	652
Biological and biomedical sciences	3,276	3,834	4,185	4,557	4,883	5,266	5,550	6,391	7,299	7,454	9,208	2,580	6,628
Business	139,994	143,390	134,114	129,957	132,374	128,259	122,252	117,821	116,799	112,191	116,086	46,273	69,813
Business, management, marketing, and support services	121,735	123,014	114,842	113,056	113,681	110,036	108,376	105,785	105,588	102,585	106,681	43,062	63,619
Accounting and related services	20,180	20,270	18,061	17,400	16,080	14,790	13,760	13,022	12,114	11,468	11,370	3,122	8,248
Business/commerce, general	15,083	17,301	17,211	17,372	18,235	18,087	18,293	17,060	17,705	17,102	17,843	7,531	10,312
Business administration, management, and operations	46,253	45,879	49,816	50,121	52,668	52,758	53,930	55,404	56,307	56,291	59,628	26,343	33,285
Management information systems and services	1,244	1,164	1,085	1,176	987	935	953	921	943	854	766	515	251
Business operations support and assistant services	8,259	8,977	7,986	7,331	6,570	5,871	5,141	4,617	3,974	3,394	3,350	346	3,004
Business and management, other	30,716	29,423	20,683	19,656	19,141	17,595	16,299	14,761	14,545	13,476	13,724	5,205	8,519
Culinary, entertainment, and personal services	18,259	20,376	19,272	16,901	18,693	18,223	13,876	12,036	11,211	9,606	9,405	3,211	6,194
Communication, journalism, and related programs	3,051	3,495	4,299	4,970	6,034	6,759	7,379	7,785	8,548	9,019	8,993	3,664	5,329
Communications technologies	4,209	5,004	5,028	4,713	4,628	4,569	4,307	4,196	4,256	4,104	3,909	2,465	1,444
Computer and information sciences and support services	37,689	41,250	38,954	37,646	36,420	30,571	31,171	31,496	32,001	32,037	34,164	26,728	7,436
Education	20,460	20,762	18,744	17,605	17,178	17,032	16,603	16,180	16,210	16,179	18,144	1,790	16,354
Engineering	2,825	3,382	3,732	4,306	4,875	5,278	5,915	6,408	6,367	6,518	6,316	5,101	1,215
Engineering technologies1	60,890	63,107	59,277	56,729	56,585	52,485	53,150	53,309	53,252	49,423	48,748	43,058	5,690
English language and literature/letters	2,019	2,137	2,089	2,082	2,324	2,551	2,870	3,133	3,340	3,434	3,601	1,061	2,540
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	8,532	9,506	8,996	8,669	8,750	8,930	8,871	8,858	9,365	9,281	9,773	433	9,340
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,888	1,980	2,131	2,284	2,102	2,208	2,363	2,607	2,798	2,917	2,876	624	2,252
Health professions and related programs	198,093	213,868	208,160	203,287	193,952	185,816	180,834	176,076	177,506	172,294	181,046	28,474	152,572
Dental assisting	7,498	7,790	7,823	7,988	7,762	7,584	7,397	7,072	7,129	5,623	7,135	394	6,741
Emergency medical technician (EMT paramedic)	2,895	3,352	3,520	3,521	3,456	3,380	3,453	3,413	3,648	3,527	3,582	2,306	1,276
Clinical/medical lab science	2,811	3,240	3,387	3,517	3,143	3,186	3,062	3,051	3,037	3,116	3,527	644	2,883
Medical and other health assisting	34,507	41,402	36,099	33,596	30,825	29,191	26,998	23,918	22,689	17,954	20,013	3,698	16,315
Nursing and patient care assistant	33	36	35	38	50	52	56	100	58	79	79	11	68
Practical nursing	2,069	2,366	2,361	2,230	1,858	1,404	1,420	1,105	1,274	1,297	1,624	151	1,473
Nursing, registered nurse and other	83,021	84,567	86,377	86,378	82,904	78,518	77,051	77,658	81,070	82,860	84,117	11,664	72,453
Health sciences, other	65,259	71,115	68,558	66,019	63,954	62,501	61,397	59,759	58,601	57,838	60,969	9,606	51,363
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	44,922	51,318	48,460	45,771	43,041	39,930	37,362	35,282	35,197	34,913	35,009	18,083	16,926
Criminal justice and corrections	39,102	44,972	41,570	38,248	36,213	34,452	31,983	29,886	29,758	29,751	29,690	13,821	15,869
Fire control and safety	4,603	4,779	4,910	4,649	4,525	4,241	4,191	4,284	4,305	4,031	3,985	3,587	398
Homeland security and related protective services, other	136	365	510	492	440	375	402	382	379	538	612	406	206
Security science and technology	1,081	1,202	1,470	2,382	1,863	862	786	730	755	593	722	269	453
Legal professions and studies	11,619	12,315	11,862	10,502	9,095	8,017	6,904	6,218	5,646	5,547	5,806	903	4,903
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	306,674	336,938	344,171	353,946	367,852	381,202	386,746	398,002	410,632	402,888	400,447	141,904	258,543
Library science	160	159	181	194	170	146	158	156	195	202	171	30	141
Mathematics and statistics	1,644	1,529	1,801	2,148	2,697	3,027	3,454	4,135	4,632	4,851	4,842	3,227	1,615
Military technologies and applied sciences	856	986	1,002	1,084	1,229	1,047	1,093	1,226	1,202	992	1,106	844	262
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	23,729	27,263	27,407	28,167	29,139	30,482	30,780	31,102	33,390	33,791	32,915	12,411	20,504
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology	2,366	3,123	3,455	4,383	4,669	4,771	5,037	5,098	5,634	5,674	5,956	3,053	2,903
Philosophy and religious studies	283	308	326	435	697	814	1,384	1,357	1,417	1,625	1,616	1,052	564
Physical sciences and science technologies	5,078	5,827	6,376	6,916	7,568	8,484	9,223	10,119	10,557	10,753	10,194	5,336	4,858
Physical sciences	3,148	3,652	4,083	4,518	5,040	5,528	5,838	6,692	7,066	6,762	6,424	3,421	3,003
Science technologies/technicians	1,930	2,175	2,293	2,398	2,528	2,956	3,385	3,427	3,491	3,991	3,770	1,915	1,855
Precision production	3,254	3,320	3,345	3,903	4,382	4,794	5,251	5,334	5,386	4,763	4,836	4,409	427
Psychology	3,866	4,717	6,122	7,604	8,780	10,603	11,283	12,499	14,486	16,207	18,787	4,054	14,733
Public administration and social services	7,472	9,222	8,788	8,914	8,436	7,988	7,591	7,140	6,822	6,321	6,761	863	5,898
Social sciences and history	12,772	14,132	15,668	16,554	17,916	20,056	21,392	23,692	25,974	28,241	28,822	9,940	18,882
Social sciences	12,072	13,321	14,749	15,473	16,631	18,451	19,636	21,552	23,561	25,729	26,265	8,422	17,843
History	700	811	919	1,081	1,285	1,605	1,756	2,140	2,413	2,512	2,557	1,518	1,039
Theology and religious vocations	758	839	881	944	1,135	1,089	1,164	1,127	1,131	1,079	982	455	527
Transportation and materials moving	1,698	2,098	2,119	2,102	1,810	1,497	1,547	1,610	1,926	1,720	1,999	1,689	310
Visual and performing arts	21,394	22,431	22,309	21,340	20,988	20,176	19,444	19,154	20,145	20,576	19,920	7,636	12,284
Fine and studio arts	2,414	2,339	2,541	2,699	2,866	3,082	3,315	3,767	4,060	4,267	4,204	1,248	2,956
Music and dance	1,356	1,683	1,743	1,715	1,886	1,989	1,993	2,309	2,621	2,647	2,498	1,465	1,033
Visual and performing arts, other2	17,624	18,409	18,025	16,926	16,236	15,105	14,136	13,078	13,464	13,662	13,218	4,923	8,295

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

2Includes 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 2021, Completions component. (This table was prepared September 2022.)