Atlantic County Times

About 37.1 percent of the 763 degrees and certificates handed out by Atlantic Cape Community College in 2017-18 were to students in liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Landing conferred 271 associate's degrees and 12 certificates in liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities programs.

But the single most popular program was for a associate's degree in general studies. Data shows the school gave out 138 associate's degrees in general studies, followed by 133 associate's degrees in liberal arts and sciences/liberal studies and 115 associate's degrees in general business administration and management.

The college enrolled 4,973 students for 2017-18, all of whom were enrolled in undergraduate programs.

Program	Associates degrees	Certificates awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	133	12	145
General Studies	138	-	138
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	271	12	283	37.1
Business Administration and Management, General	115	8	123
Management Information Systems, General	18	1	19
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	10	-	10
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General	4	1	5
Accounting	-	2	2
Project Management	-	-	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other	-	-	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	147	12	159	20.8
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	85	-	85
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs, Other	15	-	15
Surgical Technology/Technologist	13	-	13
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	7	-	7
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	2	-	2
Health Professions and Related Programs total	122	-	122	16
Criminal Justice/Police Science	55	-	55
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total	55	-	55	7.2
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	10	3	13
Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	7	2	9
Institutional Food Workers	1	-	1
Personal and Culinary Services total	18	5	23	3
Human Services, General	18	4	22
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	18	4	22	2.9
Biomedical Sciences, General	11	-	11
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	8	-	8
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	19	-	19	2.5
Pre-Engineering	17	-	17
Engineering total	17	-	17	2.2
Communication, General	15	-	15
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	1	-	1
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	16	-	16	2.1
Computer Programming/Programmer, General	7	1	8
Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician	7	1	8
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	-	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	14	2	16	2.1
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	7	-	7
Legal Professions and Studies total	7	-	7	0.9
Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General	4	1	5
Air Traffic Controller	2	-	2
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew	-	-	-
Transportation and Materials Moving total	6	1	7	0.9
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields, Other	6	-	6
Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total	6	-	6	0.8
Mathematics, General	5	-	5
Mathematics and Statistics total	5	-	5	0.7
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	2	-	2
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	2	-	2	0.3
Environmental Science	2	-	2
Natural Resources and Conservation total	2	-	2	0.3
Chemistry, General	2	-	2
Physical Sciences total	2	-	2	0.3
Fine/Studio Arts, General	-	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts total	-	-	-	-