Career and Technical Education (CTE) Statistics

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Table A2. Percentage distribution of adults who have each type of nondegree credential, by adult characteristic: 2016

Adult characteristic	Number (thousands)	Percent with work credentials					Percent with postsecondary certificates
Adult characteristic	Number (thousands)	Any	Certification		License		Percent with postsecondary certificates
Total	52,890	100	100		100		100
Sex
Male	22,222	42	50		40		44
Female	30,668	58	50		60		56
Race/Ethnicity¹
White, non-Hispanic	35,607	69	70		69		61
Black, non-Hispanic	6,783	12	10		12		17
Hispanic	6,512	12	12		11		15
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	2,534	5	5		5		4
Other, non-Hispanic	1,454	2	3		2		4
Age
16 to 24 years	3,028	6	6		5		6
25 to 34 years	11,643	23	25		23		19
35 to 44 years	12,822	25	26		25		21
45 to 54 years	12,795	24	23		24		26
55 to 65 years	12,602	22	20		23		27
Highest level of education
Less than high school	1,481	3	3		2		3
High school (or equivalent)	8,857	15	14		14		22
Some college, no degree	12,859	20	22		19		42
Associate's degree	6,851	12	13		12		17
Bachelor's degree	12,778	28	30		27		13
Graduate or professional degree	10,065	24	18		25		3
Labor force and employment status
In labor force	43,827	86	88		86		75
Employed	40,945	95	94		96		88
Underemployed²	3,186	7	8		7		11
Not underemployed	37,759	93	92		93		89
Unemployed	2,882	5	6		4		12
Not in labor force	9,063	14	12		14		25
Earnings over past 12 months³
$0 to $20,000	9,595	18	17		18		29
$20,001 to $50,000	16,818	35	33		35		42
$50,001 or more	19,891	47	50		47		28
Job sector category (among employed adults)
Public sector⁴	9,396	24	17		26		18
Private sector	31,549	76	83		74		82
Last occupational field (among adults ever employed)
Business Management and Operations (except financial)	5,111	10	14		8		9
Financial Specialists	1,303	3	4		2		1
Scientists, Engineers and Architects	1,436	3	4		2		2
Computer Occupations	937	2	5		1		2
Community, Social Service, and Legal	2,211	5	3		5		2
Education and Library Occupations	6,124	14	6		16		3
Arts, Design, Entertainment, and Media	510	1	1		1		2
Healthcare	9,847	22	17		25		12
Protective Services	1,589	3	2		4		3
Food Preparation and Serving	1,198	2	2		2		4
Personal, Building and Grounds Services	3,180	6	5		6		7
Sales	3,587	7	6		7		7
Administrative Support	4,796	6	7		5		17
Manufacturing and Farming	1,842	2	3		2		7
Construction and Extraction	1,841	3	4		3		4
Installation and Repair	1,918	3	6		3		6
Transportation	2,270	4	3		4		5
Military	157	#	#	!	#	!	‡
Unknown	2,508	4	6		4		6
# Estimate rounds to zero.
‡ Reporting standards not met. There were too few cases for a reliable estimate.
! Interpret data with caution; coefficient of variation is between 30 and 50 percent.
¹ Other race, non-Hispanic includes American Indian and Alaska Native adults who are not Hispanic, adults who are not Hispanic and reported more than one race, and adults with an unspecified race/ethnicity.
² Underemployed adults are those who reported that they are employed part-time but would prefer full-time or are working in a temporary job but would prefer a permanent job.
³ Excludes respondents who reported that they never worked for pay or last worked over 12 months ago.
⁴ Public sector includes adults who worked for a local, state, or federal government.
NOTE: As defined in the survey, adults are ages 16 to 65 and not enrolled in high school. Postsecondary certificates are defined in the survey as certificates obtained from a community or technical college or other school after high school, and that included at least 40 hours of instruction and did not require being enrolled in or having completed a bachelor's or higher degree program. A nondegree credential is a certification, license, or postsecondary certificate. Work credentials are certifications and licenses; cases for which one or more reported work credentials were deemed invalid are treated as not having any reported work credentials (n=170). The percentage of adults with "any" work credential is less than the sum of those with certifications and licenses because some respondents reported having both work credentials. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Adult Training and Education Survey (ATES) of the National Household Education Surveys Program, 2016.

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