Career and Technical Education (CTE) Statistics

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Table A70. Among adults ages 25 to 64 who completed a work experience program, percentage whose program was related to formal education or to a certification or licensure process, by selected program characteristics: 2016

		Relationship of work experience program with formal education
					Part of a postsecondary school program
Program characteristic	Number of adults (thousands)	Not part of a formal education program	Part of a high school program		Part of a postsecondary school program, total	Part of a postsecondary school program, less than bachelor’s		Part of a postsecondary school program, bachelor’s or higher	Part of formal education program or included postsecondary courses	Program was related to certification or licensure process

Total, all adults who completed a work experience program	34,973	30.7	2.6		66.7	17.1		49.6	75.0	50.1

Program occupational field
Construction	2,049	65.1	9.6		25.3	19.4		5.8	55.5	53.2
Healthcare	9,411	20.4	1.3		78.3	35.4		42.9	86.1	75.8
Accounting, finance, insurance, or real estate	1,777	43.1	5.6	!	51.3	4.6		46.7	58.4	27.1
Computer networking or information technology	1,649	38.8	2.2	!	59.0	13.1		45.9	66.4	21.2
Engineering or architecture	1,965	38.5	‡		59.0	3.7	!	55.2	66.6	24.8
Law enforcement, security, or firefighting	788	36.1	‡		57.8	23.8		34.0	66.4	41.7
Legal practice	1,418	31.1	‡		68.3	10.7		57.6	71.0	35.2
Management or administration	1,747	36.9	3.5	!	59.7	7.7		52.0	65.2	18.9
Social work, counseling, or religious vocations	2,401	14.8	‡		84.2	6.4		77.8	87.5	54.8
Teaching	4,693	12.4	‡		87.0	4.9		82.1	91.3	81.5
Other fields	7,076	42.5	3.4		54.1	14.3		39.8	63.5	23.5

Program was related to certification or licensure process
Yes	17,507	18.6	1.9		79.5	23.7		55.8	87.3	100.0
No	17,467	42.8	3.4		53.9	10.5		43.4	62.7	0.0

! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.

‡ Reporting standards not met. The standard error represents more than 50 percent of the estimate.

NOTE: Adults are ages 25 to 64 and not enrolled in high school. A work experience program is defined in the survey as an internship, co-op, practicum, clerkship, externship, residency, clinical experience, apprenticeship, or similar program. Respondents reported characteristics of their last work experience program. 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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