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Table P127. Percentage distribution of credential-seeking undergraduates within each credential goal, by curriculum area: 2011–12
Credential goal         Curriculum area
Number of students   Percent of students   Occupational education   Academic education   Undeclared  
                     
All credential-seeking
   undergraduates
22,288,000   100.0   69.0   28.9   2.1  
                     
Subbaccalaureate credential 11,596,000   100.0   72.9   25.2   2.0  
Certificate 1,851,000   100.0   94.4   4.2   1.5  
Associate's degree 9,745,000   100.0   68.8   29.2   2.1  
Bachelor's degree 10,691,000   100.0   64.8   33.0   2.2  
NOTE: Data include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Increases in the number or proportion of students with occupational and academic majors from 2008 to 2012, and decreases in undeclared majors, may be caused in part by a methodological change. In 2012, but not in 2008, students with an undeclared major were asked their intended major; those with an intended major were coded as having a major field of study rather than as undeclared.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2011–12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:12).

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