Associate's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by sex of student and field of study: Academic years 2011-12 through 2021-22

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Table 321.10.Associate's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by sex of student and field of study: Academic years 2011-12 through 2021-22
Field of study	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Field of study	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	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	1,037,331	1,008,285	375,498	632,787
Agriculture and natural resources	12,691	12,706	12,655	13,759	13,484	13,686	13,087	13,229	12,740	11,847	11,965	4,429	7,536
Agricultural, animal, plant, veterinary science, and related fields	11,023	11,107	11,018	12,041	11,784	11,917	11,318	11,475	11,072	10,239	10,289	3,442	6,847
Natural resources and conservation	1,668	1,599	1,637	1,718	1,700	1,769	1,769	1,754	1,668	1,608	1,676	987	689
Architecture and related services	593	468	425	491	478	503	539	585	631	615	678	384	294
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	194	271	363	382	419	420	559	713	673	936	995	322	673

Biological and biomedical sciences	3,834	4,185	4,557	4,883	5,266	5,550	6,391	7,299	7,454	9,218	8,862	2,420	6,442
Business	143,390	134,114	129,957	132,374	128,259	122,252	117,821	116,799	112,191	116,138	113,070	44,553	68,517
Business, management, marketing, and support services	123,014	114,842	113,056	113,681	110,036	108,376	105,785	105,588	102,585	106,733	103,401	41,360	62,041
Accounting and related services	20,270	18,061	17,400	16,080	14,790	13,760	13,022	12,114	11,468	11,372	11,182	3,098	8,084
Business/commerce, general	17,301	17,211	17,372	18,235	18,087	18,293	17,060	17,705	17,102	17,895	17,244	7,124	10,120
Business administration, management, and operations	45,879	49,816	50,121	52,668	52,758	53,930	55,404	56,307	56,291	59,628	58,049	25,342	32,707
Management information systems and services	1,164	1,085	1,176	987	935	953	921	943	854	766	724	506	218
Business operations support and assistant services	8,977	7,986	7,331	6,570	5,871	5,141	4,617	3,974	3,394	3,350	3,201	350	2,851
Business and management, other	29,423	20,683	19,656	19,141	17,595	16,299	14,761	14,545	13,476	13,722	13,001	4,940	8,061
Culinary, entertainment, and personal services	20,376	19,272	16,901	18,693	18,223	13,876	12,036	11,211	9,606	9,405	9,669	3,193	6,476

Communication, journalism, and related programs	3,495	4,299	4,970	6,034	6,759	7,379	7,785	8,548	9,019	8,997	7,974	3,452	4,522
Communications technologies	5,004	5,028	4,713	4,628	4,569	4,307	4,196	4,256	4,104	3,910	3,867	2,406	1,461
Computer and information sciences and support services	41,250	38,954	37,646	36,420	30,571	31,171	31,496	32,001	32,037	34,184	34,758	27,012	7,746

Education	20,762	18,744	17,605	17,178	17,032	16,603	16,180	16,210	16,179	18,160	18,498	1,847	16,651
Engineering	3,382	3,732	4,306	4,875	5,278	5,915	6,408	6,367	6,518	6,319	5,971	4,834	1,137
Engineering technologies¹	63,107	59,277	56,729	56,585	52,485	53,150	53,309	53,252	49,423	48,750	50,201	44,413	5,788
English language and literature/letters	2,137	2,089	2,082	2,324	2,551	2,870	3,133	3,340	3,434	3,604	3,404	1,077	2,327

Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	9,506	8,996	8,669	8,750	8,930	8,871	8,858	9,365	9,281	9,773	9,739	476	9,263
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,980	2,131	2,284	2,102	2,208	2,363	2,607	2,798	2,917	2,877	2,818	638	2,180

Health professions and related programs	213,868	208,160	203,287	193,952	185,816	180,834	176,076	177,506	172,294	181,138	177,413	27,151	150,262
Dental assisting	7,790	7,823	7,988	7,762	7,584	7,397	7,072	7,129	5,623	7,135	7,074	418	6,656
Emergency medical technician (EMT paramedic)	3,352	3,520	3,521	3,456	3,380	3,453	3,413	3,648	3,527	3,583	3,631	2,285	1,346
Clinical/medical lab science	3,240	3,387	3,517	3,143	3,186	3,062	3,051	3,037	3,116	3,528	2,744	532	2,212
Medical and other health assisting	41,402	36,099	33,596	30,825	29,191	26,998	23,918	22,689	17,954	20,012	17,819	3,321	14,498
Nursing and patient care assistant	36	35	38	50	52	56	100	58	79	79	58	11	47
Practical nursing	2,366	2,361	2,230	1,858	1,404	1,420	1,105	1,274	1,297	1,624	1,869	210	1,659
Nursing, registered nurse and other	84,567	86,377	86,378	82,904	78,518	77,051	77,658	81,070	82,860	84,119	81,611	10,873	70,738
Health sciences, other	71,115	68,558	66,019	63,954	62,501	61,397	59,759	58,601	57,838	61,058	62,607	9,501	53,106
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	51,318	48,460	45,771	43,041	39,930	37,362	35,282	35,197	34,913	35,027	33,382	17,138	16,244
Criminal justice and corrections	44,972	41,570	38,248	36,213	34,452	31,983	29,886	29,758	29,751	29,708	27,805	12,725	15,080
Fire control and safety	4,779	4,910	4,649	4,525	4,241	4,191	4,284	4,305	4,031	3,985	4,147	3,677	470
Homeland security and related protective services, other	365	510	492	440	375	402	382	379	538	612	582	397	185
Security science and technology	1,202	1,470	2,382	1,863	862	786	730	755	593	722	848	339	509

Legal professions and studies	12,315	11,862	10,502	9,095	8,017	6,904	6,218	5,646	5,547	5,809	5,644	868	4,776
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	336,938	344,171	353,946	367,852	381,202	386,746	398,002	410,632	402,888	401,092	383,286	137,517	245,769
Library science	159	181	194	170	146	158	156	195	202	171	217	36	181

Mathematics and statistics	1,529	1,801	2,148	2,697	3,027	3,454	4,135	4,632	4,851	4,844	4,248	2,878	1,370
Military technologies and applied sciences	986	1,002	1,084	1,229	1,047	1,093	1,226	1,202	992	1,106	1,133	861	272
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	27,263	27,407	28,167	29,139	30,482	30,780	31,102	33,390	33,791	32,916	32,950	12,528	20,422

Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology	3,123	3,455	4,383	4,669	4,771	5,037	5,098	5,634	5,674	5,955	6,254	3,208	3,046
Philosophy and religious studies	308	326	435	697	814	1,384	1,357	1,417	1,625	1,616	1,530	975	555
Physical sciences and science technologies	5,827	6,376	6,916	7,568	8,484	9,223	10,119	10,557	10,753	10,196	9,219	4,824	4,395
Physical sciences	3,652	4,083	4,518	5,040	5,528	5,838	6,692	7,066	6,762	6,425	5,470	2,959	2,511
Science technologies/technicians	2,175	2,293	2,398	2,528	2,956	3,385	3,427	3,491	3,991	3,771	3,749	1,865	1,884
Precision production	3,320	3,345	3,903	4,382	4,794	5,251	5,334	5,386	4,763	4,837	5,036	4,518	518
Psychology	4,717	6,122	7,604	8,780	10,603	11,283	12,499	14,486	16,207	18,801	19,305	4,296	15,009
Public administration and social services	9,222	8,788	8,914	8,436	7,988	7,591	7,140	6,822	6,321	6,768	6,743	850	5,893

Social sciences and history	14,132	15,668	16,554	17,916	20,056	21,392	23,692	25,974	28,241	28,824	26,847	9,980	16,867
Social sciences	13,321	14,749	15,473	16,631	18,451	19,636	21,552	23,561	25,729	26,267	24,309	8,433	15,876
History	811	919	1,081	1,285	1,605	1,756	2,140	2,413	2,512	2,557	2,538	1,547	991

Theology and religious vocations	839	881	944	1,135	1,089	1,164	1,127	1,131	1,079	982	884	421	463
Transportation and materials moving	2,098	2,119	2,102	1,810	1,497	1,547	1,610	1,926	1,720	1,999	1,964	1,651	313

Visual and performing arts	22,431	22,309	21,340	20,988	20,176	19,444	19,154	20,145	20,576	19,922	19,430	7,535	11,895
Fine and studio arts	2,339	2,541	2,699	2,866	3,082	3,315	3,767	4,060	4,267	4,206	4,329	1,335	2,994
Music and dance	1,683	1,743	1,715	1,886	1,989	1,993	2,309	2,621	2,647	2,498	2,345	1,382	963
Visual and performing arts, other²	18,409	18,025	16,926	16,236	15,105	14,136	13,078	13,464	13,662	13,218	12,756	4,818	7,938
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 and U.S. service academies. Degree counts are limited to degree-granting institutions as classified in the fall following the reported data year. A small number of current non-degree-granting institutions could have awarded associate’s degrees to students in the prior year, but these counts are excluded from this table. 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), Completions component, Fall 2011 through Fall 2021 (final data) and Fall 2022 (provisional data). (This table was prepared September 2023.)

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