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| Table H121. Percentage distribution of grade 9 through 12 public school teachers' highest educational attainment, by school type and main teaching assignment: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| School type and main teaching assignment | Total, less than bachelor’s degree |
No degree |
Associate’s degree or certificate |
Bachelor’s degree | Master’s degree or higher |
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| Total | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 44.3 | 53.7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| School type1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 45.1 | 53.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career or technical | 21.0 | 4.3 | 16.8 | 27.8 | 51.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | ! | 0.8 | ! | 43.1 | 55.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Main teaching assignment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career and technical education (CTE), total | 10.1 | 1.9 | 8.2 | 43.7 | 46.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nonoccupational CTE | 5.0 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 48.2 | 46.8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Occupational education | 14.1 | 2.5 | 11.7 | 40.1 | 45.8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Agriculture and natural resources | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 53.9 | 44.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Business | 1.3 | ! | # | 1.3 | ! | 39.4 | 59.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Communications and design | 12.6 | ! | ‡ | 10.8 | ! | 46.6 | 40.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 4.1 | ! | ‡ | ‡ | 47.8 | 48.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Construction, architecture, and engineering technologies | 31.1 | 4.7 | ! | 26.4 | 32.4 | 36.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer, culinary, and public services | 23.8 | ‡ | 20.2 | 24.1 | 52.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Health sciences | 23.6 | ! | ‡ | 23.1 | ! | 35.3 | 41.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 37.9 | ‡ | 35.5 | 43.0 | 19.2 | ! | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marketing | ‡ | ‡ | # | 36.8 | 61.4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Repair and transportation | 57.3 | 15.9 | ! | 41.4 | 26.7 | 16.1 | ! | |||||||||||||||||
| Academic education | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ! | 44.5 | 55.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other3 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 43.7 | 54.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| # Rounds to zero. ! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate. ‡ Reporting standards not met. 1 Excludes 9 percent of teachers with unspecified school type. 2 Other school types include special program emphasis schools, special education schools, and alternative/other schools. 3 Other teaching assignments include special education; health education; physical education; military science or Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC); religious studies, theology, or divinity; and other unspecified teaching assignments. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), “Public School Teacher Questionnaire,” 2007–08. |
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