|
|
|
Total, sub-
baccalaureate students |
|
Credential goal |
Curriculum area and occupational field of study |
Number of students |
|
|
Certificate |
|
Associate's degree |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All credential-seeking subbaccalaureate students |
11,596,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
16.0 |
|
84.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Occupational education |
8,449,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
20.7 |
|
79.3 |
|
Agriculture and natural resources |
93,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
9.4 |
|
90.6 |
|
Business and marketing |
1,410,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
6.7 |
|
93.3 |
|
Communications and design |
253,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
6.7 |
|
93.3 |
|
Computer and information sciences |
532,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
9.6 |
|
90.4 |
|
Consumer services |
701,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
55.3 |
|
44.7 |
|
Education |
470,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
9.6 |
|
90.4 |
|
Engineering and architecture |
560,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
12.0 |
|
88.0 |
|
Health sciences |
3,033,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
25.7 |
|
74.3 |
|
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation |
592,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
42.3 |
|
57.7 |
|
Protective services |
546,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
4.9 |
|
95.1 |
|
Public, legal, and social services |
259,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
7.2 |
|
92.8 |
|
Academic education |
2,919,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
2.6 |
|
97.4 |
|
Undeclared |
229,000 |
|
100.0 |
|
11.8 |
|
88.2 |
|
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). |