| Table H24. Percentage distribution of career/technical education (CTE) credits, occupational credits, and general labor market preparation (GLMP) credits earned by public high school graduates, by CTE area: 2005 |
| CTE total | 100 | † | † |
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| Non-occupational CTE, total | 38.4 | † | † |
| Family and consumer sciences education | 11.3 | † | † |
| General labor market preparation, total | 27.1 | † | 100.0 |
| Basic keyboarding/typewriting | 5.9 | † | 24.8 |
| Career preparation | 17.7 | † | 63.0 |
| Industrial arts | 0.9 | † | 3.4 |
| Introduction to technology | 2.2 | † | 7.8 |
| Other general labor market preparation | 0.4 | † | 0.9 |
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| Occupational education, total | 61.6 | 100.0 | † |
| Agriculture and natural resources | 4.0 | 6.3 | † |
| Business | 13.4 | 22.6 | † |
| Business finance | 2.7 | 4.6 | † |
| Business management | 4.2 | 7.4 | † |
| Business support | 6.5 | 10.6 | † |
| Communications and design | 10.0 | 16.3 | † |
| Computer and information sciences | 6.4 | 10.4 | † |
| Construction and architecture | 2.0 | 3.0 | † |
| Architecture | 0.5 | 0.7 | † |
| Construction | 1.5 | 2.3 | † |
| Consumer and culinary services | 6.0 | 10.5 | † |
| Consumer services | 3.6 | 6.3 | † |
| Culinary arts | 2.4 | 4.2 | † |
| Engineering technologies | 3.4 | 5.3 | † |
| Health sciences | 3.4 | 5.3 | † |
| Manufacturing, repair, and transportation | 7.8 | 12.4 | † |
| Manufacturing | 4.7 | 7.8 | † |
| Repair and tranportation | 3.1 | 4.5 | † |
| Mechanics and repair | 2.9 | 4.3 | † |
| Transportation | 0.2 | 0.3 | † |
| Marketing | 3.0 | 4.6 | † |
| Public services | 2.1 | 3.3 | † |
| Education and library science | 1.0 | 1.6 | † |
| Education | 0.7 | 1.1 | † |
| Library science | 0.3 | 0.5 | † |
| Protective/legal services and public administration | 1.1 | 1.7 | † |
| Protective services | 1.0 | 1.6 | † |
| Public administration and legal services | 0.1 | 0.1 | † |
† Not applicable.
NOTE: This table shows, for example, that 61.6 percent of all CTE credits earned by public high school graduates from the class of 2005 were earned in occupational education. Also, 6.3 percent of occupational education credits earned were earned in agriculture and natural resources. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U .S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2005.
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