Career and Technical Education (CTE) Statistics

Findings: Postsecondary/College

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From 2003-04 to 2011-12, the proportion of undergraduates who were seeking a subbaccalaureate certificate increased slightly from 7 percent to 8 percent. In 2011-12, some 34 percent of subbaccalaureate certificate seekers had already earned a postsecondary certificate or degree, an increase from 28 percent in 2003-04.

Figure 1. Percentage of undergraduates enrolled in a subbaccalaureate certificate program, and, of these, percentage who had already attained a postsecondary credential: 2003–04, 2007–08, and 2011–12

Figure 1. Percentage of undergraduates enrolled in a subbaccalaureate certificate program, and, of these, percentage who had already attained a postsecondary credential: 2003–04, 2007–08, and 2011–12

NOTE: Estimates include students enrolled in Title IV eligible postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Standard error tables are available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2016411.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003–04, 2007–08, and 2011–12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies (NPSAS:04, NPSAS:08, and NPSAS:12). This figure was first published in the NCES Data Point Trends in U.S. Subbaccalaureate Certificate Seekers: 2003-04 to 2011-12.

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