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| Highest postsecondary degree/certificate earned and postsecondary field of concentration | Nonconcentrators | CTE concentrators, by field of CTE concentration during high school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All concentrators | Agriculture and natural resources | Business, finance, and marketing | Communication and communications technologies | Computer and information sciences | Construction | Consumer services | Engineering, design, and production | Health care | Mechanical repair and operation | Public services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less than 2 credits in the same CTE area |
2-credit CTE concentrators |
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Highest postsecondary degree/certificate earned |
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| Any postsecondary degree/certificate | 68.5 | (1.45) | 68.0 | (1.46) | 69.9 | (5.47) | 70.2 | (2.78) | 72.8 | (3.55) | 71.9 | (4.82) | 52.1 | (7.40) | 62.7 | (4.92) | 68.3 | (4.43) | 72.3 | (4.72) | 46.4 | (8.71) | 57.2 | (7.12) | ||||||||||||
| Certificate or associate's degree1 | 14.5 | (1.00) | 20.4 | (1.47) | 29.9 | (5.33) | 19.4 | (2.79) | 14.9 | (3.06) | 25.2 | (5.17) | 26.0 | (6.53) | 21.2 | (4.61) | 22.9 | (3.07) | 24.3 | (4.26) | 26.1 | (7.81) | 13.0 | ! | (4.21) | |||||||||||
| Bachelor's or higher degree2 | 54.1 | (1.52) | 47.7 | (1.81) | 39.9 | (4.68) | 50.8 | (3.23) | 57.9 | (3.81) | 46.7 | (4.91) | 26.0 | (5.14) | 41.5 | (5.35) | 45.4 | (4.33) | 48.0 | (6.67) | 20.3 | ! | (9.04) | 44.3 | (7.14) | |||||||||||
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No known postsecondary degree/certificate earned |
31.5 |
(1.45) |
32.0 |
(1.46) |
30.1 |
(5.47) |
29.8 |
(2.78) |
27.2 |
(3.55) |
28.1 |
(4.82) |
47.9 |
(7.40) |
37.3 |
(4.92) |
31.7 |
(4.43) |
27.7 |
(4.72) |
53.6 |
(8.71) |
42.8 |
(7.12) |
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Highest postsecondary degree/certificate earned, by postsecondary field of concentration |
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| Any postsecondary degree/certificate | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | ||||||||||||
|
Same CTE field as high school concentration |
† |
(†) |
27.3 |
(1.85) |
25.3 |
(5.88) |
23.7 |
(2.99) |
10.2 |
(2.40) |
14.7 |
(3.94) |
‡ |
(†) |
12.7 |
(3.61) |
32.1 |
(5.05) |
43.8 |
(6.55) |
‡ |
(†) |
53.9 |
(8.86) |
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|
CTE field other than high school concentration3 |
64.3 |
(1.41) |
46.5 |
(2.12) |
60.3 |
(6.02) |
54.4 |
(4.31) |
54.5 |
(4.50) |
56.3 |
(7.06) |
70.3 |
(10.55) |
47.7 |
(6.43) |
46.9 |
(5.43) |
30.8 |
(6.21) |
‡ |
(†) |
25.1 |
(6.46) |
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| Not CTE field | 35.7 | (1.41) | 26.1 | (1.80) | 14.4 | (3.21) | 21.9 | (3.15) | 35.4 | (4.22) | 29.0 | (6.25) | 14.8 | ! | (6.29) | 39.6 | (6.45) | 21.0 | (3.77) | 25.4 | (5.03) | ‡ | (†) | 21.0 | ! | (7.33) | ||||||||||
| Certificate or associate's degree1 | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | ||||||||||||
|
Same CTE field as high school concentration |
† |
(†) |
24.5 |
(2.98) |
14.5 |
! |
(6.54) |
9.3 |
! |
(3.67) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
19.7 |
! |
(6.11) |
25.3 |
! |
(8.35) |
56.8 |
(9.36) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
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|
CTE field other than high school concentration3 |
64.1 |
(3.52) |
46.3 |
(3.83) |
68.4 |
(7.80) |
65.2 |
(8.38) |
50.3 |
(11.04) |
64.0 |
(11.31) |
‡ |
(†) |
35.6 |
(9.56) |
52.8 |
(9.34) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
||||||||||||
| Not CTE field | 35.9 | (3.52) | 29.2 | (3.65) | 17.1 | ! | (5.31) | 25.4 | (7.27) | 49.7 | (11.04) | 26.9 | ! | (10.04) | ‡ | (†) | 44.7 | (10.60) | 21.9 | ! | (7.32) | 33.4 | (8.96) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Bachelor's or higher degree2,4 | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | ||||||||||||
|
Same CTE field as high school concentration |
† |
(†) |
28.5 |
(2.19) |
32.8 |
(7.68) |
29.3 |
(3.39) |
12.8 |
(2.92) |
17.9 |
(4.86) |
‡ |
(†) |
9.1 |
! |
(4.15) |
35.5 |
(6.03) |
37.3 |
(7.91) |
‡ |
(†) |
63.1 |
(9.15) |
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|
CTE field other than high school concentration3 |
64.4 |
(1.50) |
46.6 |
(2.15) |
54.7 |
(7.73) |
50.2 |
(4.13) |
55.5 |
(4.95) |
51.8 |
(8.24) |
87.4 |
(7.97) |
53.8 |
(7.77) |
44.0 |
(5.89) |
41.2 |
(7.34) |
‡ |
(†) |
20.1 |
! |
(6.22) |
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| Not CTE field | 35.6 | (1.50) | 24.8 | (1.85) | 12.5 | ! | (3.90) | 20.5 | (3.27) | 31.7 | (4.37) | 30.3 | (7.95) | ‡ | (†) | 37.1 | (7.62) | 20.6 | (4.30) | 21.4 | (5.95) | ‡ | (†) | 16.8 | ! | (7.34) | ||||||||||
Less than 3 credits in the same CTE area |
3-credit CTE concentrators |
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Highest postsecondary degree/certificate earned |
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| Any postsecondary degree/certificate | 68.8 | (1.26) | 66.2 | (2.11) | 69.2 | (7.30) | 70.6 | (4.08) | 74.4 | (4.76) | 72.5 | (8.38) | 44.7 | (10.30) | 61.9 | (7.39) | 65.3 | (5.77) | 74.6 | (5.67) | 33.9 | ! | (10.49) | 50.3 | (11.18) | |||||||||||
| Certificate or associate's degree1 | 14.9 | (0.89) | 24.4 | (2.21) | 35.2 | (7.39) | 24.0 | (5.18) | 11.8 | ! | (4.93) | 30.2 | ! | (9.87) | 28.0 | ! | (8.92) | 24.0 | ! | (8.05) | 25.1 | (4.81) | 26.3 | (6.56) | 31.0 | ! | (10.53) | 23.9 | ! | (9.32) | ||||||
| Bachelor's or higher degree2 | 53.9 | (1.41) | 41.8 | (2.30) | 34.0 | (5.83) | 46.6 | (6.05) | 62.5 | (5.85) | 42.3 | (9.86) | 16.7 | ! | (6.05) | 37.9 | (8.72) | 40.2 | (5.68) | 48.4 | (9.18) | ‡ | (†) | 26.4 | ! | (8.46) | ||||||||||
|
No known postsecondary degree or certificate earned |
31.2 |
(1.26) |
33.8 |
(2.11) |
30.8 |
(7.30) |
29.4 |
(4.08) |
25.6 |
(4.76) |
27.5 |
! |
(8.38) |
55.3 |
(10.30) |
38.1 |
(7.39) |
34.7 |
(5.77) |
25.4 |
(5.67) |
66.1 |
(10.49) |
49.7 |
(11.18) |
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Highest postsecondary degree/certificate earned, by postsecondary field of concentration |
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| Any postsecondary degree/certificate | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | ||||||||||||
|
Same CTE field as high school concentration |
† |
(†) |
27.7 |
(2.84) |
26.0 |
! |
(8.01) |
23.7 |
(4.80) |
11.0 |
(3.23) |
30.5 |
! |
(10.39) |
‡ |
(†) |
15.3 |
! |
(6.15) |
32.5 |
(6.95) |
43.7 |
(9.39) |
‡ |
(†) |
39.9 |
! |
(13.74) |
||||||||
|
CTE field other than high school concentration3 |
65.9 |
(1.20) |
48.8 |
(3.09) |
60.5 |
(9.14) |
59.8 |
(6.39) |
55.3 |
(7.40) |
43.3 |
(11.44) |
‡ |
(†) |
45.8 |
(9.62) |
51.7 |
(7.27) |
28.7 |
! |
(8.90) |
‡ |
(†) |
28.9 |
! |
(11.13) |
||||||||||
| Not CTE field | 34.1 | (1.20) | 23.5 | (2.29) | 13.4 | ! | (4.78) | 16.5 | (4.59) | 33.7 | (7.36) | 26.1 | ! | (9.92) | ‡ | (†) | 38.9 | (8.74) | 15.8 | (4.43) | 27.6 | (6.59) | ‡ | (†) | 31.2 | ! | (13.42) | |||||||||
| Certificate or associate's degree1 | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | ||||||||||||
|
Same CTE field as high school concentration |
† |
(†) |
23.6 |
(4.09) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
22.7 |
! |
(10.56) |
51.7 |
(12.19) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
|||||||||||
|
CTE field other than high school concentration3 |
64.4 |
(2.91) |
51.0 |
(5.25) |
67.7 |
(12.03) |
80.2 |
(10.96) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
58.1 |
(12.31) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
||||||||||||
| Not CTE field | 35.6 | (2.91) | 25.4 | (4.21) | 17.6 | ! | (8.60) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 36.4 | ! | (12.10) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||||
| Bachelor's or higher degree2,4 | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | ||||||||||||
|
Same CTE field as high school concentration |
† |
(†) |
30.2 |
(3.81) |
37.2 |
(10.75) |
33.2 |
(6.27) |
13.1 |
(3.80) |
34.5 |
! |
(12.44) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
38.6 |
(8.90) |
39.4 |
! |
(13.12) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
||||||||||
|
CTE field other than high school concentration3 |
66.3 |
(1.25) |
47.5 |
(3.83) |
53.5 |
(10.80) |
48.6 |
(7.09) |
51.3 |
(7.64) |
45.6 |
(13.05) |
‡ |
(†) |
56.3 |
(12.80) |
47.7 |
(9.01) |
37.8 |
! |
(11.70) |
‡ |
(†) |
‡ |
(†) |
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| Not CTE field | 33.7 | (1.25) | 22.3 | (2.49) | 9.3 | ! | (4.04) | 18.2 | ! | (5.46) | 35.6 | (7.77) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 31.3 | ! | (11.23) | 13.6 | (3.82) | 22.9 | ! | (8.18) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Includes certificates/diplomas from schools providing occupational training or associate's degree programs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Includes bachelor's degree, master's degree, Ph.D., M.D., law degree (i.e., J.D.), and other higher level professional degrees. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3Since nonconcentrators did not concentrate in a CTE field during high school, this refers to a nonconcentrator having a postsecondary degree/certificate in any CTE field. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4Under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, as amended by the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, bachelor’s and higher degrees are generally not considered to be career and technical education. These estimates are meant to specify that a student's postsecondary degree field paralleled that of their high school CTE field. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Public high school graduates are defined as fall 2009 ninth-graders who graduated from a public high school with an honors or standard diploma by August 31 of their expected graduation year (2013). This table includes only graduates who had a complete grade 9–12 transcript, defined as one that recorded at least 16 Carnegie units (a Carnegie unit is a credit hour, i.e., the equivalent of a course taken every school day, one period per day, for a full school year), with a positive, nonzero number of units completed in English. Ninety-four percent of 2013 public high school graduates had a complete grade 9–12 transcript. "Ever enrolled in postsecondary education" refers to ever enrolling in a postsecondary course or postsecondary certificate or degree program. 2- and 3-credit CTE concentrators earned at least 2 and at least 3 credits, respectively, in the same CTE area during high school, with the CTE areas being: agriculture and natural resources; business, finance, and marketing; communication and communications technologies; computer and information sciences; construction; consumer services; engineering, design, and production; health care; mechanical repair and operation; and public services. Nonconcentrators are those who did not earn at least 2 or at least 3 credits in the same CTE area during high school. Students could concentrate in more than one CTE area if they earned 2 or more credits each (or 3 or more credits each) in multiple subject areas. Those who concentrated in more than one CTE area during high school were counted in each concentration. Among 2013 public high school graduates with complete transcripts who are known to have enrolled in postsecondary education by June 2021, some 15 percent of 2-credit concentrators and 5 percent of 3-credit concentrators concentrated in more than one CTE area during high school. This table presents estimates for 2- and 3-credit CTE concentrators because the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, as amended by the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, uses a 2-credit definition, while older research on CTE concentrators often uses a 3-credit definition. See https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2019046 for the taxonomy used to define high school subject areas. See https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2020/data/2020008_crosswalk.xlsx for the crosswalk linking secondary and postsecondary occupational fields. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) High School Transcript Study and Postsecondary Education Administrative Records Data Collection. (This table was prepared March 2024.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
