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: 2018-19

Field of study	Less-than-1-year certificates								1- to less-than-4-year certificates
	Total	Sex		Institution level		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	Non- profit	For- profit		Males	Females	Non-degree-granting (less-than-2-year)1	Degree-granting (2-year and 4-year)	Public	Non- profit	For- profit
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Total	546,019	257,238	288,781	101,869	444,150	431,876	9,461	104,682	453,977	177,374	276,603	135,278	318,699	281,830	16,476	155,671
Agriculture and natural resources	5,586	3,288	2,298	85	5,501	5,440	46	100	2,651	1,727	924	98	2,553	2,412	114	125
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and     related sciences	4,278	2,569	1,709	85	4,193	4,205	21	52	2,407	1,566	841	97	2,310	2,178	104	125
Natural resources and conservation	1,308	719	589	0	1,308	1,235	25	48	244	161	83	1	243	234	10	0
Architecture and related services	274	155	119	0	274	254	20	0	108	65	43	0	108	108	0	0
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	2,380	548	1,832	0	2,380	2,371	9	0	88	11	77	0	88	70	18	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	1,350	370	980	66	1,284	1,334	16	0	248	66	182	139	109	221	27	0
Business, management, marketing, and support services	78,861	30,715	48,146	1,860	77,001	72,401	994	5,466	21,625	6,741	14,884	1,639	19,986	19,529	769	1,327
Accounting and related services	12,020	3,343	8,677	432	11,588	11,284	123	613	4,863	1,217	3,646	383	4,480	4,512	259	92
Business/commerce, general	2,657	1,161	1,496	0	2,657	2,654	3	0	2,004	926	1,078	0	2,004	1,973	2	29
Business administration, management, and operations	27,385	11,953	15,432	30	27,355	25,668	163	1,554	5,362	1,940	3,422	47	5,315	5,276	6	80
Management information systems and services	788	518	270	3	785	649	138	1	54	37	17	8	46	53	0	1
Business operations support and assistant services	10,273	3,456	6,817	875	9,398	9,391	7	875	4,598	754	3,844	1,135	3,463	3,471	101	1,026
Business and management, other	25,738	10,284	15,454	520	25,218	22,755	560	2,423	4,744	1,867	2,877	66	4,678	4,244	401	99
Communication, journalism, and related programs	4,350	2,185	2,165	982	3,368	2,718	33	1,599	954	508	446	539	415	522	7	425
Communications technologies	3,419	2,240	1,179	496	2,923	2,713	6	700	2,775	1,977	798	1,157	1,618	1,768	16	991
Computer and information sciences and support services	33,700	25,364	8,336	2,839	30,861	28,077	368	5,255	10,161	7,874	2,287	2,143	8,018	8,840	143	1,178
Construction trades	15,529	14,399	1,130	2,494	13,035	13,534	555	1,440	13,535	12,837	698	4,172	9,363	9,988	565	2,982
Education	9,142	890	8,252	70	9,072	8,124	245	773	4,076	496	3,580	58	4,018	2,887	681	508
Engineering	1,196	935	261	189	1,007	1,032	7	157	539	449	90	306	233	519	20	0
Engineering technologies and engineering-related     fields2	24,683	21,112	3,571	2,112	22,571	22,742	192	1,749	13,432	11,795	1,637	1,955	11,477	10,306	422	2,704
English language and literature/letters	2,913	1,023	1,890	237	2,676	2,663	104	146	433	148	285	116	317	118	1	314
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	17,242	1,198	16,044	933	16,309	17,105	3	134	4,114	133	3,981	256	3,858	4,087	23	4
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	2,382	611	1,771	42	2,340	2,253	128	1	702	141	561	0	702	679	23	0
Health professions and related programs	141,483	28,184	113,299	30,755	110,728	104,817	2,865	33,801	144,741	18,780	125,961	45,574	99,167	66,666	8,205	69,870
Dental assisting	5,612	441	5,171	1,467	4,145	1,443	252	3,917	10,471	802	9,669	3,671	6,800	4,050	267	6,154
Emergency medical technician (EMT paramedic)	18,503	11,314	7,189	1,113	17,390	18,139	67	297	5,884	4,232	1,652	452	5,432	5,548	97	239
Clinical/medical lab science	9,798	1,312	8,486	2,637	7,161	6,956	158	2,684	1,802	414	1,388	343	1,459	610	456	736
Medical assisting	10,736	676	10,060	4,890	5,846	3,105	106	7,525	40,588	3,007	37,581	14,414	26,174	6,835	1,931	31,822
Pharmacy assisting	2,692	536	2,156	1,248	1,444	1,374	23	1,295	3,824	733	3,091	1,106	2,718	1,487	168	2,169
Other allied health assisting	6,901	2,374	4,527	1,335	5,566	5,902	35	964	3,498	351	3,147	495	3,003	1,470	160	1,868
Nursing and patient care assistant	41,154	4,814	36,340	7,287	33,867	36,673	542	3,939	1,193	136	1,057	424	769	695	0	498
Practical nursing	5,362	608	4,754	713	4,649	4,803	0	559	42,336	4,335	38,001	14,340	27,996	29,070	1,055	12,211
Nursing, registered nurse and other	1,472	165	1,307	26	1,446	1,421	51	0	2,509	311	2,198	1,699	810	831	1,436	242
Health sciences, other	39,253	5,944	33,309	10,039	29,214	25,001	1,631	12,621	32,636	4,459	28,177	8,630	24,006	16,070	2,635	13,931
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	28,895	20,270	8,625	2,079	26,816	27,952	384	559	7,890	5,287	2,603	482	7,408	7,153	120	617
Criminal justice and corrections	21,134	13,744	7,390	1,118	20,016	20,402	292	440	6,585	4,134	2,451	430	6,155	5,880	88	617
Fire control and safety	6,627	5,899	728	932	5,695	6,608	0	19	1,178	1,076	102	52	1,126	1,178	0	0
Homeland security and related protective services,     other	1,134	627	507	29	1,105	942	92	100	127	77	50	0	127	95	32	0
Legal professions and studies	1,839	383	1,456	28	1,811	1,352	249	238	2,417	403	2,014	166	2,251	2,011	171	235
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and     humanities	9,669	3,639	6,030	0	9,669	9,668	1	0	78,686	30,841	47,845	0	78,686	78,483	203	0
Library science	223	30	193	0	223	223	0	0	42	7	35	0	42	39	3	0
Mathematics and statistics	277	212	65	0	277	259	18	0	28	17	11	0	28	26	2	0
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	39,759	37,314	2,445	4,818	34,941	36,313	395	3,051	43,402	41,204	2,198	17,093	26,309	23,768	1,037	18,597
Military technologies and applied sciences	56	43	13	0	56	43	0	13	7	6	1	6	1	7	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	4,019	1,612	2,407	0	4,019	3,712	64	243	1,786	944	842	0	1,786	1,769	17	0
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	1,676	767	909	314	1,362	1,354	6	316	597	337	260	70	527	325	8	264
Personal and culinary services	48,113	5,703	42,410	36,333	11,780	12,600	488	35,025	64,567	10,474	54,093	51,518	13,049	13,497	703	50,367
Philosophy and religious studies	119	50	69	0	119	78	41	0	64	26	38	0	64	22	42	0
Physical sciences and science technologies	1,951	766	1,185	0	1,951	1,951	0	0	1,510	916	594	16	1,494	1,494	0	16
Physical sciences	202	121	81	0	202	202	0	0	37	20	17	0	37	37	0	0
Science technologies/technicians	1,749	645	1,104	0	1,749	1,749	0	0	1,473	896	577	16	1,457	1,457	0	16
Precision production	33,123	30,669	2,454	4,832	28,291	28,953	366	3,804	18,553	17,246	1,307	6,152	12,401	13,627	950	3,976
Psychology	283	40	243	0	283	259	24	0	39	7	32	0	39	38	1	0
Public administration and social services	2,034	400	1,634	0	2,034	1,718	85	231	795	119	676	0	795	722	34	39
Social sciences and history	1,757	866	891	6	1,751	1,672	85	0	520	287	233	0	520	428	92	0
Social sciences	1,727	850	877	6	1,721	1,646	81	0	518	287	231	0	518	426	92	0
History	30	16	14	0	30	26	4	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0
Theology and religious vocations	278	132	146	0	278	0	272	6	1,297	346	951	493	804	0	1,297	0
Transportation and materials moving	19,815	17,555	2,260	9,334	10,481	9,540	809	9,466	1,103	1,018	85	313	790	774	28	301
Visual and performing arts	7,643	3,570	4,073	965	6,678	6,651	583	409	10,492	4,141	6,351	817	9,675	8,927	734	831
Fine and studio arts	830	317	513	527	303	299	440	91	6,189	2,272	3,917	74	6,115	6,091	32	66
Music and dance	523	322	201	4	519	415	7	101	394	233	161	64	330	183	94	117
Visual and performing arts, other3	6,290	2,931	3,359	434	5,856	5,937	136	217	3,909	1,636	2,273	679	3,230	2,653	608	648

1 Non-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.

2 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians," which are listed separately.

3 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-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 2019, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2020.)