occupational education students within each Field of study classifies students into three broad categories based on their major field of study: academic field of study (e.g., fine and performing arts, humanities, mathematics, and science), career/technical or occupational field of study (e.g., business and marketing, computer sciences, education, health care), and undeclared field of study. See the postsecondary taxonomy for more information on fields of study. ">field of study, by family income quartile: 2011–12" />
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Table P136. Percentage distribution of credential-seeking subbaccalaureate occupational education students within each field of study, by family income quartile: 2011–12 |
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Field of study | Number of students | Family income1 | ||||||||||
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Total | Lowest family income quartile | Second family income quartile | Third family income quartile | Highest family income quartile | ||||||||
All credential-seeking subbaccalaureate occupational education students |
8,449,000 | 100.0 | 29.0 | 26.6 | 24.1 | 20.3 | ||||||
Agriculture and natural resources | 93,000 | 100.0 | 24.8 | 22.5 | 27.9 | 24.9 | ||||||
Business and marketing | 1,410,000 | 100.0 | 26.3 | 24.4 | 26.9 | 22.4 | ||||||
Communications and design | 253,000 | 100.0 | 35.3 | 26.0 | 20.2 | 18.5 | ||||||
Computer and information sciences | 532,000 | 100.0 | 27.7 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 24.1 | ||||||
Consumer services | 701,000 | 100.0 | 38.0 | 28.3 | 18.8 | 14.8 | ||||||
Education | 470,000 | 100.0 | 22.7 | 32.8 | 25.6 | 18.9 | ||||||
Engineering and architecture | 560,000 | 100.0 | 25.5 | 25.3 | 27.9 | 21.3 | ||||||
Health sciences | 3,033,000 | 100.0 | 28.4 | 27.2 | 23.2 | 21.3 | ||||||
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation | 592,000 | 100.0 | 31.6 | 26.7 | 23.7 | 17.9 | ||||||
Protective services | 546,000 | 100.0 | 30.4 | 26.5 | 26.1 | 17.0 | ||||||
Public, legal, and social services | 259,000 | 100.0 | 34.9 | 26.2 | 21.9 | 17.0 | ||||||
1 Parents' income is used if student is dependent and student's own income is used if student is independent. Income quartiles were computed using the distribution of all credential-seeking undergraduates, and were constructed separately for each dependency status. NOTE: Family income quartiles were computed using the distribution of all credential-seeking undergraduates. 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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