Table 225.20.

Average number of Carnegie units earned by public high school graduates in career/technical education courses in various occupational fields, by sex and race/ethnicity, and percentage distribution of students, by units earned: Selected years, 2000 through 2009

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Graduation year, sex, and race/ethnicity	Total, all occupational education courses1		Agriculture			Business and marketing		Communica-tions and design		Computer and information sciences			Construction and architecture			Engineering technologies			Health sciences			Manufacturing			Repair and transporta-tion			Personal, public, and legal services
1	2		3			4		5		6			7			8			9			10			11			12
2000 graduates
Average units earned,      all students2	2.86	(0.105)	0.25		(0.029)	0.82	(0.041)	0.30	(0.016)	0.27		(0.021)	0.14		(0.018)	0.20		(0.020)	0.15		(0.019)	0.24		(0.021)	0.18		(0.015)	0.32	(0.018)
Units earned, by sex
Male	3.24	(0.133)	0.34		(0.041)	0.71	(0.043)	0.28	(0.018)	0.33		(0.026)	0.25		(0.035)	0.34		(0.034)	0.07		(0.013)	0.40		(0.035)	0.33		(0.028)	0.18	(0.015)
Female	2.48	(0.086)	0.16		(0.022)	0.91	(0.042)	0.32	(0.017)	0.21		(0.020)	0.02		(0.003)	0.06		(0.008)	0.22		(0.026)	0.10		(0.011)	0.03		(0.004)	0.46	(0.027)
Units earned, by      race/ethnicity
White	2.97	(0.136)	0.31		(0.038)	0.79	(0.049)	0.31	(0.019)	0.26		(0.023)	0.16		(0.027)	0.22		(0.025)	0.13		(0.019)	0.27		(0.027)	0.20		(0.021)	0.31	(0.020)
Black	2.74	(0.143)	0.11		(0.027)	0.98	(0.068)	0.29	(0.026)	0.24		(0.024)	0.08		(0.017)	0.15		(0.029)	0.17		(0.022)	0.17		(0.023)	0.11		(0.016)	0.44	(0.050)
Hispanic	2.64	(0.152)	0.13		(0.020)	0.86	(0.083)	0.29	(0.024)	0.26		(0.021)	0.09		(0.018)	0.14		(0.019)	0.24	!	(0.100)	0.17		(0.027)	0.15		(0.017)	0.31	(0.029)
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.99	(0.149)	0.06		(0.014)	0.54	(0.065)	0.25	(0.035)	0.45		(0.098)	0.02	!	(0.007)	0.17		(0.033)	0.15		(0.037)	0.12		(0.030)	0.07		(0.018)	0.16	(0.022)
American Indian/    Alaska Native	3.23	(0.380)	0.37	!	(0.131)	0.80	(0.088)	0.24	(0.050)	0.32		(0.072)	0.08	!	(0.029)	0.20	!	(0.067)	0.11		(0.030)	0.49	!	(0.160)	‡		(†)	0.41	(0.121)
Percentage distribution      of students, by units earned
0 units	11.1	(0.79)	88.3		(0.86)	49.0	(1.83)	74.5	(1.29)	75.7		(1.61)	93.1		(0.51)	85.8		(1.10)	89.4		(1.28)	83.6		(0.98)	90.7		(0.61)	74.5	(1.34)
More than 0, but less than 1	7.9	(0.57)	2.3		(0.37)	12.1	(1.18)	8.9	(0.72)	8.7		(1.22)	1.8		(0.26)	3.4		(0.44)	5.6		(1.22)	5.4		(0.53)	2.7		(0.43)	11.8	(1.01)
At least 1, but less than 2	22.1	(0.77)	4.5		(0.37)	22.7	(0.91)	12.1	(0.72)	11.9		(0.94)	3.0		(0.33)	7.5		(0.67)	2.3		(0.32)	7.0		(0.61)	3.5		(0.38)	8.6	(0.64)
At least 2, but less than 3	17.0	(0.56)	1.7		(0.18)	8.1	(0.50)	3.0	(0.25)	2.5		(0.39)	0.7		(0.11)	2.1		(0.23)	0.8		(0.13)	2.1		(0.27)	0.9		(0.11)	2.5	(0.29)
3 or more units	41.8	(1.53)	3.3		(0.44)	8.1	(0.63)	1.6	(0.20)	1.1		(0.20)	1.4		(0.21)	1.3		(0.18)	1.9		(0.39)	1.9		(0.26)	2.1		(0.21)	2.6	(0.22)
4 or more units	28.9	(1.48)	2.1		(0.37)	4.0	(0.47)	0.8	(0.13)	0.6		(0.15)	1.0		(0.20)	0.6		(0.13)	1.1	!	(0.37)	1.2		(0.20)	1.4		(0.18)	1.5	(0.19)
2005 graduates
Average units earned,      all students2	2.64	(0.045)	0.23		(0.013)	0.64	(0.020)	0.36	(0.012)	0.24		(0.011)	0.12		(0.007)	0.15		(0.008)	0.16		(0.010)	0.21		(0.011)	0.18		(0.011)	0.35	(0.013)
Units earned, by sex
Male	3.01	(0.050)	0.32		(0.020)	0.62	(0.022)	0.34	(0.014)	0.33		(0.015)	0.21		(0.014)	0.26		(0.014)	0.07		(0.007)	0.33		(0.019)	0.33		(0.019)	0.20	(0.011)
Female	2.29	(0.049)	0.15		(0.011)	0.66	(0.023)	0.38	(0.014)	0.15		(0.010)	0.03		(0.003)	0.05		(0.005)	0.25		(0.016)	0.10		(0.008)	0.03		(0.005)	0.49	(0.018)
Units earned, by      race/ethnicity
White	2.75	(0.059)	0.28		(0.017)	0.63	(0.024)	0.39	(0.015)	0.24		(0.013)	0.13		(0.010)	0.17		(0.010)	0.15		(0.012)	0.25		(0.015)	0.19		(0.014)	0.33	(0.015)
Black	2.58	(0.074)	0.10		(0.018)	0.80	(0.041)	0.28	(0.019)	0.23		(0.021)	0.11		(0.012)	0.11		(0.015)	0.25		(0.023)	0.11		(0.013)	0.13		(0.023)	0.45	(0.030)
Hispanic	2.41	(0.086)	0.14		(0.019)	0.63	(0.033)	0.30	(0.016)	0.21		(0.015)	0.10		(0.014)	0.12		(0.019)	0.16		(0.019)	0.17		(0.022)	0.19		(0.020)	0.39	(0.030)
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.94	(0.116)	0.06	!	(0.019)	0.49	(0.045)	0.32	(0.040)	0.36		(0.032)	0.04		(0.010)	0.13		(0.021)	0.10		(0.022)	0.13		(0.024)	0.09		(0.018)	0.21	(0.020)
American Indian/    Alaska Native	2.45	(0.208)	0.46		(0.127)	0.46	(0.080)	0.33	(0.056)	0.24	!	(0.076)	0.09	!	(0.038)	0.02	!	(0.009)	0.10		(0.029)	0.24		(0.055)	0.21	!	(0.069)	0.31	(0.057)
Percentage distribution      of students, by units earned
0 units	13.0	(0.45)	88.4		(0.54)	55.8	(1.05)	69.8	(0.79)	80.5		(0.91)	93.3		(0.33)	88.2		(0.53)	90.4		(0.67)	83.6		(0.82)	91.2		(0.38)	74.9	(0.85)
More than 0, but less than 1	8.2	(0.35)	2.0		(0.20)	11.5	(0.62)	10.6	(0.50)	6.3		(0.36)	1.6		(0.17)	3.7		(0.34)	3.3		(0.52)	6.2		(0.48)	2.6		(0.26)	9.7	(0.61)
At least 1, but less than 2	22.0	(0.41)	4.8		(0.28)	20.7	(0.65)	14.2	(0.59)	9.5		(0.62)	2.9		(0.20)	5.7		(0.28)	2.9		(0.21)	6.4		(0.35)	2.8		(0.17)	9.6	(0.47)
At least 2, but less than 3	17.3	(0.34)	1.8		(0.12)	6.5	(0.29)	3.4	(0.16)	2.3		(0.19)	0.9		(0.11)	1.4		(0.12)	1.1		(0.11)	2.0		(0.18)	1.1		(0.12)	2.7	(0.20)
3 or more units	39.5	(0.76)	3.0		(0.21)	5.4	(0.32)	2.1	(0.17)	1.4		(0.12)	1.2		(0.12)	1.0		(0.13)	2.2		(0.19)	1.8		(0.16)	2.3		(0.20)	3.0	(0.20)
4 or more units	26.5	(0.67)	1.9		(0.16)	2.7	(0.20)	0.9	(0.09)	0.6		(0.09)	0.8		(0.09)	0.5		(0.08)	1.1		(0.13)	0.8		(0.11)	1.5		(0.16)	1.7	(0.15)
2009 graduates
Average units earned,      all students2	2.47	(0.059)	0.20		(0.013)	0.51	(0.017)	0.36	(0.011)	0.23		(0.010)	0.11		(0.009)	0.14		(0.008)	0.20		(0.015)	0.17		(0.010)	0.17		(0.015)	0.37	(0.020)
Units earned, by sex
Male	2.77	(0.068)	0.27		(0.020)	0.52	(0.020)	0.35	(0.012)	0.31		(0.013)	0.20		(0.015)	0.24		(0.013)	0.09		(0.010)	0.26		(0.017)	0.32		(0.027)	0.22	(0.013)
Female	2.19	(0.055)	0.14		(0.009)	0.50	(0.018)	0.38	(0.013)	0.16		(0.009)	0.03		(0.004)	0.05		(0.005)	0.31		(0.021)	0.09		(0.007)	0.03		(0.005)	0.51	(0.028)
Units earned, by      race/ethnicity
White	2.55	(0.071)	0.27		(0.020)	0.50	(0.022)	0.38	(0.013)	0.22		(0.011)	0.13		(0.011)	0.16		(0.010)	0.16		(0.013)	0.20		(0.014)	0.17		(0.012)	0.35	(0.020)
Black	2.72	(0.127)	0.09		(0.010)	0.69	(0.035)	0.34	(0.026)	0.26		(0.026)	0.10		(0.021)	0.10		(0.015)	0.31		(0.044)	0.12		(0.015)	0.19	!	(0.056)	0.52	(0.037)
Hispanic	2.31	(0.101)	0.14		(0.018)	0.43	(0.027)	0.34	(0.015)	0.23		(0.025)	0.08		(0.011)	0.10		(0.009)	0.24		(0.031)	0.13		(0.013)	0.20		(0.026)	0.43	(0.044)
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.63	(0.074)	0.03		(0.009)	0.42	(0.054)	0.26	(0.026)	0.27		(0.024)	0.04		(0.009)	0.13		(0.034)	0.20		(0.048)	0.08		(0.012)	0.07		(0.015)	0.14	(0.020)
American Indian/    Alaska Native	2.35	(0.188)	0.17	!	(0.069)	0.43	(0.065)	0.44	(0.065)	0.24	!	(0.079)	‡		(†)	0.07	!	(0.028)	0.12	!	(0.050)	0.30		(0.071)	0.19	!	(0.068)	0.26	(0.057)
Percentage distribution      of students, by units earned
0 units	15.0	(0.61)	89.3		(0.58)	63.4	(1.04)	70.2	(0.91)	78.5		(0.89)	93.3		(0.43)	88.8		(0.62)	89.6		(0.64)	87.1		(0.52)	92.0		(0.43)	74.6	(0.73)
More than 0, but less than 1	8.7	(0.33)	2.1		(0.26)	10.1	(0.51)	10.2	(0.55)	8.3		(0.64)	1.7		(0.18)	2.8		(0.24)	2.3		(0.28)	4.5		(0.30)	2.0		(0.21)	9.2	(0.40)
At least 1, but less than 2	23.0	(0.59)	4.3		(0.32)	17.0	(0.60)	13.8	(0.53)	10.1		(0.50)	2.9		(0.23)	6.1		(0.51)	4.1		(0.44)	5.6		(0.31)	2.8		(0.20)	10.2	(0.45)
At least 2, but less than 3	17.0	(0.33)	1.7		(0.15)	5.4	(0.35)	3.6	(0.20)	2.1		(0.16)	1.0		(0.17)	1.3		(0.12)	1.4		(0.13)	1.6		(0.12)	1.1		(0.10)	2.9	(0.22)
3 or more units	36.2	(1.02)	2.7		(0.24)	4.1	(0.23)	2.2	(0.13)	1.1		(0.14)	1.1		(0.11)	0.9		(0.09)	2.6		(0.25)	1.3		(0.15)	2.1		(0.24)	3.2	(0.24)
4 or more units	23.8	(0.89)	1.6		(0.15)	1.8	(0.16)	1.0	(0.07)	0.4		(0.07)	0.7		(0.08)	0.4		(0.05)	1.7		(0.19)	0.6		(0.09)	1.5		(0.21)	1.9	(0.19)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater.

1 Includes Carnegie units earned in all occupational education courses. This table does not include general labor market preparation courses and family and consumer sciences education courses.

2 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown.

NOTE: The Carnegie unit is a standard of measurement that represents one credit for the completion of a 1-year course. Data may differ from figures appearing in other NCES reports because of differences in course taxonomies and/or inclusion criteria. The analysis was restricted to graduates who attained either a standard or honors diploma and whose transcripts reflected a total of 16 or more Carnegie credits, with credits in English making up some part of the total. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2000, 2005, and 2009 High School Transcript Study (HSTS). (This table was prepared September 2011.)