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Table 02-12: Associate Degrees Granted By Major
  2006-2007 2005-2006 2004-2005 2003-2004 2002-2003 2001-2002 1999-2000 1994-1995 1991-1992
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Independent Institutions                                    
2-Year Institutions                                    
Education 37 2.1% 27 1.5% 25 2.0% 30 2.4% 27 3.5% 34 5.8% 20 2.7% 34 3.6% 28 2.1%
Engineering 5 0.3% 1 0.1% 0 0.0% 3 0.2% 2 0.3% 2 0.3% 1 0.1% 4 0.4% 3 0.2%
Architectural and Engineering Technologies 314 18.2% 323 18.1% 384 30.6% 431 34.2% 134 17.3% 49 8.4% 54 7.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
English Language and Literature 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Liberal Arts and Sciences 79 4.6% 67 3.7% 70 5.6% 73 5.8% 64 8.2% 64 11.0% 68 9.0% 151 15.8% 269 20.3%
Biological Sciences 1 0.1% 2 0.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 0.4% 2 0.2%
Psychology 7 0.4% 4 0.2% 8 0.6% 5 0.4% 5 0.6% 3 0.5% 0 0.0% 17 1.8% 1 0.1%
Social Sciences and History 8 0.5% 16 0.9% 13 1.0% 8 0.6% 8 1.0% 8 1.4% 13 1.7% 15 1.6% 26 2.0%
Health Professions and Related Sciences 548 31.7% 462 25.9% 278 22.2% 216 17.1% 166 21.4% 196 33.6% 252 33.5% 222 23.2% 314 23.7%
Business Management and Administration 346 20.0% 393 22.0% 221 17.6% 239 19.0% 147 18.9% 151 25.9% 208 27.7% 282 29.5% 379 28.6%
All Other Majors 381 22.1% 492 27.5% 256 20.4% 256 20.3% 223 28.7% 77 13.2% 151 20.1% 226 23.7% 302 22.8%
4-Year Institutions                                    
Education 25 1.0% 29 1.3% 38 1.7% 33 1.4% 45 1.7% 48 1.6% 36 1.3% 8 0.4% 3 0.2%
Engineering 4 0.2% 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 1 0.0% 1 0.0% 2 0.1% 6 0.2% 4 0.2% 6 0.5%
Architectural and Engineering Technologies 36 1.5% 31 1.3% 63 2.8% 68 2.9% 83 3.0% 53 1.8% 61 2.2% 14 0.8% 37 3.0%
English Language and Literature 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 2 0.1% 1 0.0% 3 0.2% 7 0.6%
Liberal Arts and Sciences 193 8.0% 215 9.3% 171 7.5% 148 6.3% 223 8.2% 215 7.3% 181 6.6% 238 13.3% 171 13.9%
Biological Sciences 2 0.1% 1 0.0% 3 0.1% 2 0.1% 1 0.0% 5 0.2% 2 0.1% 2 0.1% 0 0.0%
Psychology 4 0.2% 5 0.2% 1 0.0% 2 0.1% 0 0.0% 11 0.4% 8 0.3% 1 0.1% 2 0.2%
Social Sciences and History 3 0.1% 3 0.1% 2 0.1% 5 0.2% 9 0.3% 15 0.5% 29 1.1% 52 2.9% 6 0.5%
Health Professions and Related Sciences 786 32.5% 749 32.4% 562 24.6% 505 21.5% 414 15.2% 467 15.9% 365 13.4% 837 46.9% 492 40.1%
Business Management and Administration 454 18.7% 451 19.5% 484 21.2% 540 23.0% 583 21.4% 620 21.2% 605 22.1% 461 25.8% 390 31.8%
All Other Majors 915 37.8% 824 35.7% 962 42.1% 1,047 44.5% 1,367 50.1% 1,491 50.9% 1,487 54.4% 165 9.2% 115 9.4%
                                     
Public Institutions                                    
Community Colleges                                    
Education 850 7.4% 840 7.6% 746 6.9% 684 6.7% 685 7.4% 678 7.7% 573 6.6% 466 4.6% 505 5.5%
Engineering 50 0.4% 63 0.6% 61 0.6% 53 0.5% 32 0.3% 48 0.5% 41 0.5% 54 0.5% 66 0.7%
Architectural and Engineering Technologies 282 2.4% 305 2.8% 343 3.2% 391 3.8% 500 5.4% 416 4.7% 355 4.1% 475 4.7% 435 4.7%
English Language and Literature 16 0.1% 11 0.1% 7 0.1% 16 0.2% 13 0.1% 18 0.2% 14 0.2% 6 0.1% 6 0.1%
Liberal Arts and Sciences 2,224 19.2% 2,062 18.6% 2,097 19.3% 1,891 18.6% 1,764 19.0% 1,599 18.2% 1,433 16.6% 1,925 19.2% 1,549 16.9%
Biological Sciences 78 0.7% 64 0.6% 55 0.5% 50 0.5% 53 0.6% 48 0.5% 48 0.6% 55 0.5% 35 0.4%
Psychology 163 1.4% 130 1.2% 126 1.2% 122 1.2% 104 1.1% 95 1.1% 90 1.0% 64 0.6% 31 0.3%
Social Sciences and History 135 1.2% 128 1.2% 145 1.3% 167 1.6% 160 1.7% 142 1.6% 148 1.7% 125 1.2% 102 1.1%
Health Professions and Related Sciences 2,467 21.3% 2,503 22.6% 2,375 21.9% 2,046 20.1% 1,602 17.2% 1,441 16.4% 1,606 18.6% 2,429 24.2% 2,297 25.1%
Business Management and Administration 2,096 18.1% 1,995 18.0% 1,971 18.2% 2,047 20.1% 1,898 20.4% 2,010 22.9% 2,036 23.5% 2,214 22.0% 2,418 26.4%
All Other Majors 3,202 27.7% 2,971 26.8% 2,926 27.0% 2,719 26.7% 2,494 26.8% 2,291 26.1% 2,309 26.7% 2,223 22.2% 1,719 18.8%
State-Related Universities                                    
Education 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Engineering 7 0.3% 6 0.3% 6 0.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Architectural and Engineering Technologies 485 21.4% 505 23.8% 538 24.7% 531 23.5% 514 23.2% 549 25.3% 623 27.5% 652 27.9% 611 29.5%
English Language and Literature 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Liberal Arts and Sciences 201 8.9% 218 10.3% 212 9.7% 211 9.3% 200 9.0% 282 13.0% 284 12.5% 441 18.8% 384 18.6%
Biological Sciences 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 0.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Psychology 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Social Sciences and History 1 0.0% 4 0.2% 3 0.1% 5 0.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 3 0.1% 2 0.1%
Health Professions and Related Sciences 671 29.6% 537 25.3% 537 24.6% 493 21.8% 458 20.7% 444 20.5% 529 23.3% 459 19.6% 224 10.8%
Business Management and Administration 211 9.3% 210 9.9% 229 10.5% 257 11.4% 282 12.8% 322 14.9% 308 13.6% 302 12.9% 442 21.4%
All Other Majors 690 30.5% 643 30.3% 657 30.1% 763 33.7% 757 34.2% 571 26.3% 519 22.9% 484 20.7% 406 19.6%
SSHE Universities                                    
Education 37 10.1% 29 8.5% 19 5.2% 41 12.9% 32 13.6% 13 6.8% 12 6.0% 9 3.1% 11 3.9%
Engineering 0 0.0% 28 8.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Architectural and Engineering Technologies 29 7.9% 0 0.0% 17 4.6% 21 6.6% 11 4.7% 9 4.7% 13 6.5% 23 8.0% 13 4.6%
English Language and Literature 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Liberal Arts and Sciences 16 4.3% 30 8.8% 28 7.6% 27 8.5% 16 6.8% 15 7.8% 19 9.5% 21 7.3% 23 8.1%
Biological Sciences 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Psychology 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Social Sciences and History 0 0.0% 1 0.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.5% 2 1.0% 22 7.6% 7 2.5%
Health Professions and Related Sciences 154 41.8% 169 49.7% 229 62.4% 137 43.2% 107 45.3% 90 46.9% 81 40.3% 119 41.3% 119 41.8%
Business Management and Administration 44 12.0% 29 8.5% 38 10.4% 52 16.4% 41 17.4% 35 18.5% 53 26.4% 68 23.6% 79 27.7%
All Other Majors 88 23.9% 54 15.9% 35 9.5% 39 12.3% 29 12.3% 29 15.1% 21 10.4% 26 9.0% 33 11.6%
                                     
Total All Institutions                                    
Education 949 5.2% 925 5.2% 828 4.9% 788 4.8% 789 5.2% 773 5.3% 642 4.4% 517 3.4% 547 3.9%
Engineering 66 0.4% 98 0.6% 68 0.4% 57 0.3% 35 0.2% 52 0.4% 48 0.3% 62 0.4% 75 0.5%
Architectural and Engineering Technologies 1,146 6.2% 1,164 6.6% 1,345 7.9% 1,442 8.8% 1,242 8.1% 1,076 7.3% 1,106 7.6% 1,164 7.6% 1,096 7.8%
English Language and Literature 16 0.1% 12 0.1% 8 0.0% 16 0.1% 14 0.1% 20 0.1% 15 0.1% 9 0.1% 13 0.1%
Liberal Arts and Sciences 2,713 14.8% 2,592 14.7% 2,578 15.2% 2,350 14.3% 2,267 14.9% 2,175 14.8% 1,985 13.6% 2,776 18.0% 2,396 17.0%
Biological Sciences 81 0.4% 67 0.4% 58 0.3% 55 0.3% 54 0.4% 53 0.4% 51 0.3% 61 0.4% 37 0.3%
Psychology 174 0.9% 139 0.8% 135 0.8% 129 0.8% 109 0.7% 109 0.7% 98 0.7% 82 0.5% 34 0.2%
Social Sciences and History 147 0.8% 152 0.9% 163 1.0% 185 1.1% 177 1.2% 166 1.1% 193 1.3% 217 1.4% 143 1.0%
Health Professions and Related Sciences 4,626 25.2% 4,420 25.1% 3,981 23.5% 3,397 20.7% 2,747 18.0% 2,638 18.0% 2,833 19.4% 4,066 26.4% 3,446 24.5%
Business Management and Administration 3,151 17.2% 3,078 17.5% 2,943 17.4% 3,135 19.1% 2,951 19.3% 3,138 21.4% 3,210 22.0% 3,327 21.6% 3,708 26.4%
All Other Majors 5,276 28.8% 4,984 28.3% 4,836 28.5% 4,824 29.5% 4,870 31.9% 4,459 30.4% 4,487 30.7% 3,134 20.3% 2,575 18.3%
Total All Majors 18,345   17,631   16,943   16,378   15,255   14,659   14,668   15,415   14,070  
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Education

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