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Findings: Postsecondary/College

For-profit institutions increased from 47 percent of all institutions that offer subbaccalaureate occupational education in 2000 to 57 percent in 2014.

Figure 2. Percentage distribution of postsecondary institutions overall and of postsecondary institutions that offer subbaccalaureate occupational education, by institution control: 2000 and 2014

Figure 2. Percentage distribution of postsecondary institutions overall and of postsecondary institutions that offer subbaccalaureate occupational education, by institution control: 2000 and 2014

NOTE: Occupational education includes agriculture and natural resources; business management and support; communication and design; computer and information sci-ences; construction; consumer services; education; engineering, architecture, and science technologies; health sciences; manufacturing; marketing; mechanics and repair; protective services; public, legal, and social services; and transportation. Percentages in figure were calculated from the counts found at https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ctes/tables/P140.asp and https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ctes/tables/P141.asp.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Institutional Characteristics (IC) and Completions components, 2000–01 and 2014–15. This figure was first published in the NCES Data Point Change in Number and Types of Postsecondary Institutions: 2000 to 2014.


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