Skip Navigation
small NCES header image

Table H12. Percentage of 10th-graders in public schools that offered occupational programs, by school type and program area: 2002
Program area All public schools Full-time CTE
school
Comprehensive
school
served by an
area CTE school
Comprehensive
school
not served by an
area CTE school
Any program area 92.6100.091.892.0
Agriculture 41.4 49.8 50.0 32.5
Business 76.3 78.4 82.8 70.4
Child care and education 61.9 71.8 64.7 57.9
Communications technology 52.9 59.9 57.9 47.5
Computer technology 75.2 86.1 77.6 71.3
Other technology 49.7 49.5 54.6 45.5
Construction 60.1 75.3 70.1 49.0
Food service and hospitality 55.8 63.4 63.4 48.0
Health care 60.2 68.1 69.4 51.1
Marketing 58.5 68.1 64.3 51.9
Mechanics and repair 64.1 69.2 73.2 55.4
Personal services 49.4 52.4 59.6 40.1
Precision production 67.2 75.2 72.3 61.4
Public and protective services 24.6 34.5 28.1 20.0
Transportation 27.2 28.4 30.9 23.9
Other occupational program 45.7 36.5 51.6 42.4
NOTE: CTE is career/technical education. Area CTE schools were not included in the data collection and thus are not included in this table. Area CTE schools are described in tables H8 and H9. The table describes programs that were offered either on- or off-site.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), "Student Questionnaire Base Year: 10th Grade" and "School Administrator Questionnaire Base Year."


National Center for Education Statistics - http://nces.ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education