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Table 242.Associate degrees and other subbaccalaureate awards conferred by institutions of higher education, by length of curriculum, sex of student, and field of study: 1993-94

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                                                 | Less than 1-year awards  |1- to less than 4-year awards|    Associate degrees
                 Field of study                  |--------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------
                                                 | Total  |  Men   | Women  |  Total   |  Men   |  Women  | Total  |  Men   | Women
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                        1                        |   2    |   3    |   4    |    5     |   6    |    7    |   8    |   9    |   10
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     Total ......................................| 71,748 | 34,732 | 37,016 |  152,849 | 63,886 |  88,963 |542,449 |220,990 |321,459
                                                 |--------|--------|--------|----------|--------|---------|--------|--------|--------
Agriculture and natural resources, total ........|  1,459 |  1,128 |    331 |    4,157 |  2,290 |   1,867 |  5,720 |  3,869 |  1,851
   Agricultural business and production .........|  1,233 |    949 |    284 |    1,339 |    920 |     419 |  3,518 |  2,400 |  1,118
   Agricultural sciences ........................|    155 |    116 |     39 |    1,596 |    430 |   1,166 |    871 |    483 |    388
   Conservation and renewable natural resources .|     71 |     63 |      8 |    1,222 |    940 |     282 |  1,331 |    986 |    345
Architecture and related programs ...............|     10 |      0 |     10 |       44 |     16 |      28 |    353 |    115 |    238
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies ..............|    133 |     32 |    101 |      505 |    141 |     364 |     92 |     34 |     58
Biological/life sciences ........................|     43 |     34 |      9 |       93 |     45 |      48 |  1,852 |    744 |  1,108
Business management and administrative services .| 12,535 |  3,541 |  8,994 |   30,908 |  5,931 |  24,977 |103,098 | 30,569 | 72,529
   Accounting ...................................|  1,088 |    217 |    871 |    4,356 |    813 |   3,543 | 15,963 |  3,652 | 12,311
   Business, general ............................|    245 |    104 |    141 |    1,463 |    463 |   1,000 | 11,452 |  4,215 |  7,237
   Business administration and management .......|  1,914 |    796 |  1,118 |    2,218 |    789 |   1,429 | 31,031 | 12,134 | 18,897
   Business and management, other ...............|  2,125 |  1,025 |  1,100 |    4,206 |  1,716 |   2,490 | 12,561 |  5,243 |  7,318
   Business data processing .....................|    901 |    361 |    540 |    2,297 |    803 |   1,494 |  6,883 |  3,030 |  3,853
   Secretarial and related programs .............|  4,222 |    326 |  3,896 |   14,097 |    784 |  13,313 | 18,313 |    535 | 17,778
   Marketing and distribution ...................|  2,040 |    712 |  1,328 |    2,271 |    563 |   1,708 |  6,895 |  1,760 |  5,135
Communications ..................................|    426 |    246 |    180 |      350 |    135 |     215 |  2,110 |    984 |  1,126
Communications technologies .....................|     82 |     53 |     29 |      331 |    192 |     139 |  2,789 |  1,807 |    982
Computer and information sciences ...............|  1,793 |    878 |    915 |    3,938 |  1,965 |   1,973 |  9,456 |  4,740 |  4,716
Construction trades .............................|  1,495 |  1,393 |    102 |    4,557 |  4,311 |     246 |  1,724 |  1,644 |     80
Consumer and personal services ..................|  1,229 |    296 |    933 |    6,109 |  1,462 |   4,647 |  5,212 |  3,499 |  1,713
Education .......................................|    499 |    135 |    364 |    1,294 |    133 |   1,161 | 10,021 |  3,149 |  6,872
Engineering .....................................|    228 |    204 |     24 |      104 |     84 |      20 |  2,799 |  2,447 |    352
Engineering-related technologies ................|  2,351 |  2,027 |    324 |    9,011 |  8,024 |     987 | 36,877 | 32,784 |  4,093
English language and literature/letters .........|     92 |     28 |     64 |      120 |     39 |      81 |  1,354 |    493 |    861
Foreign languages and literatures ...............|    324 |    132 |    192 |       77 |     35 |      42 |    517 |    151 |    366
Health professions and related sciences .........| 24,909 |  7,140 | 17,769 |   42,569 |  6,805 |  35,764 | 95,832 | 15,476 | 80,356
   Dental assisting .............................|    283 |     16 |    267 |    2,552 |    126 |   2,426 |  4,325 |    284 |  4,041
   Emergency medical technician-ambulance and    |        |        |        |          |        |         |        |        |
      paramedic .................................|  6,551 |  4,293 |  2,258 |    1,863 |  1,327 |     536 |    514 |    357 |    157
   Medical lab technician .......................|     39 |      5 |     34 |      207 |     91 |     116 |  2,570 |    665 |  1,905
   Medical assisting ............................|  1,707 |    205 |  1,502 |    3,410 |    105 |   3,305 |  2,785 |    113 |  2,672
   Nursing assisting ............................|  8,046 |  1,010 |  7,036 |      295 |     35 |     260 |      6 |      1 |      5
   Practical nursing ............................|    519 |     63 |    456 |   19,431 |  2,124 |  17,307 |    740 |     68 |    672
   Nursing, R.N. and other ......................|  2,355 |    280 |  2,075 |    3,529 |    384 |   3,145 | 57,531 |  6,679 | 50,852
   Health sciences, other .......................|  5,409 |  1,268 |  4,141 |   11,282 |  2,613 |   8,669 | 27,361 |  7,309 | 20,052
Home economics and vocational home economics ....|  3,428 |    974 |  2,454 |    8,570 |  1,792 |   6,778 |  7,562 |    643 |  6,919
Law and legal studies ...........................|    962 |    167 |    795 |    2,104 |    378 |   1,726 |  9,008 |  1,103 |  7,905
Liberal/general studies and humanities ..........|    149 |     57 |     92 |      631 |    270 |     361 |164,575 | 65,879 | 98,696
Library science .................................|     97 |      4 |     93 |       57 |      5 |      52 |    118 |     16 |    102
Mathematics .....................................|     17 |     11 |      6 |        0 |      0 |       0 |    765 |    436 |    329
Mechanics and repairers .........................|  3,505 |  3,373 |    132 |   20,526 | 19,007 |   1,519 | 11,618 | 10,873 |    745
Multi/interdisciplinary studies .................|    379 |    128 |    251 |      119 |     47 |      72 |  8,461 |  4,059 |  4,402
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies .|     47 |     34 |     13 |      129 |     53 |      76 |    767 |    465 |    302
Philosophy and religion .........................|     53 |     22 |     31 |      514 |    212 |     302 |     94 |     55 |     39
Physical sciences ...............................|     38 |     22 |     16 |       57 |     33 |      24 |  2,622 |  1,527 |  1,095
   Physical sciences, other .....................|     17 |      9 |      8 |       18 |     12 |       6 |  1,639 |    945 |    694
   Science technologies .........................|     21 |     13 |      8 |       39 |     21 |      18 |    983 |    582 |    401
Precision production trades .....................|  2,374 |  1,996 |    378 |    7,662 |  6,372 |   1,290 |  9,661 |  7,779 |  1,882
Protective services .............................|  6,683 |  5,403 |  1,280 |    2,398 |  1,667 |     731 | 19,416 | 13,956 |  5,460
   Criminal justice and corrections .............|  5,657 |  4,484 |  1,173 |    1,916 |  1,262 |     654 | 16,350 | 11,206 |  5,144
   Fire control and safety ......................|    939 |    842 |     97 |      375 |    342 |      33 |  2,372 |  2,232 |    140
   Protective services, other ...................|     87 |     77 |     10 |      107 |     63 |      44 |    694 |    518 |    176
Psychology ......................................|     30 |      7 |     23 |        6 |      1 |       5 |  1,756 |    433 |  1,323
Public administration and services ..............|    249 |     72 |    177 |      500 |    143 |     357 |  3,720 |    762 |  2,958
R.O.T.C. and military technologies ..............|      0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |      0 |       0 |    265 |    245 |     20
Social sciences and history .....................|     40 |     32 |      8 |       93 |     25 |      68 |  4,100 |  1,631 |  2,469
Theological studies/religious vocations .........|    126 |     69 |     57 |      590 |    288 |     302 |    642 |    343 |    299
Transportation and material moving ..............|  5,591 |  4,958 |    633 |      500 |    418 |      82 |  1,988 |  1,654 |    334
Visual and performing arts ......................|    329 |    121 |    208 |    3,913 |  1,443 |   2,470 | 13,979 |  5,827 |  8,152
   Fine arts, general ...........................|      7 |      4 |      3 |      646 |    259 |     387 |  1,667 |    643 |  1,024
   Design and music .............................|    311 |    112 |    199 |    2,422 |    765 |   1,657 | 10,595 |  4,341 |  6,254
   Visual and performing arts, other ............|     11 |      5 |      6 |      845 |    419 |     426 |  1,717 |    843 |    874
Not classified by field of study ................|     43 |     15 |     28 |      313 |    124 |     189 |  1,526 |    799 |    727
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared May 1996.)


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