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Associate Degree Level
About 1,300 2-year institutions produce the overwhelming majority of associate degrees,(Click here for footnote 7.) which
represent a full quarter (484,800) of all degrees awarded in U.S. higher education. Only a small percentage of these degrees, however, are in science or engineering. In 1991, fewer than 4 percent of
associate degrees (or 19,352) were awarded in S& E fields, and 9 percent (45,000) were awarded in engineering technology. These institutions thus account for only 1 percent of the 1.9 million S& E degrees in higher education. They do, however,
account for 10 percent of the 64,586 engineering technology degrees in higher education. (See figure 2-3 and discussion on "Associate Degrees in S& E" later in this
chapter.)
Footnote 7:
Associate degrees are granted for prebaccalaureate 2- to 3-year programs of study at the junior and community college level.
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