The degree output of colleges serving the Capital Area Region (Rural Capital Area plus Travis County) reached nearly 35,000 completions in the 2011-12 school year. Liberal Arts** led with 6,000 degree completions, Business with 5,600, and Health Care with 5,200.
Technical degrees in Engineering, Software and Math amounted to a combined total of 5,500 completions, but growth in these fields was flat to negative from the previous year. More importantly, these technical fields experienced significant positive growth at the US level. This is an indication that the Capital Area Region's supply of technical workers may grow even tighter in the near term.
Strong growth in college output was seen in Agriculture, Architecture, Legal and Business fields.
Note: Some institution data include campuses outside the Capital Area Region (as in the case of Victoria College) or include large numbers of online degrees, which are not reported separately.
**Liberal Arts includes studies not classified elsewhere, primarily General Studies, Multi-Interdisciplinary Studies, History, Spanish, and Anthropology.