Career and Technical Education (CTE) Statistics

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Table A73. Among adults ages 25 to 64 whose license is their most important work credential, percentage who find their license useful for various objectives, by highest level of education, licensure field, and whether license is used for the current job: 2016

Background and program characteristic	Useful for getting a job	Useful for keeping a job	Useful for keeping you marketable to employers or clients	Useful for improving your work skills

Total, all adults whose license is their most important work credential	93.0	93.6	93.8	89.6

Highest level of education
High school or less	92.7	91.7	91.4	88.9
Some college, no bachelor's degree (including certificate holders)	89.9	91.4	91.6	90.0
Bachelor’s or higher degree	94.9	95.4	95.7	89.5

Licensure field
Science, engineering, and mathematics	90.0	96.9	95.7	89.9
Business	89.7	93.6	94.4	93.6
Finance, insurance, and real estate	90.1	90.8	92.6	90.3
Healthcare	94.9	95.1	95.1	92.0
Personal care and services	93.4	89.5	88.8	87.5
Public and social services	89.7	92.6	93.0	90.3
Teaching and instruction	97.7	96.9	96.3	89.2
Trades	90.6	91.9	93.1	86.7
Other fields	87.9	84.9	92.3	86.4

License used for current job
Yes	96.0	98.0	96.8	91.9
No (including not employed)	82.2	77.7	82.8	81.2

NOTE: Adults are ages 25 to 64 and not enrolled in high school. The number of adults who have a license as their most important work credential is approximatelly 30,577,000. Work credentials include certifications and licenses. Certifications and licenses were defined in the survey as follows: "A professional certification or license shows you are qualified to perform a specific job and includes things like licensed realtor, certified medical assistant, certified teacher, or an IT certification. "If a respondent indicated that a license or certification was required by a government agency, it was counted as a license; otherwise it was counted as a certification. Information was collected on respondents’ three most important licenses and certifications. Respondents could select "Very useful," "Somewhat useful," "Not useful," and "Too soon to tell." Numerators include ratings of "Very useful" and "Somewhat useful." All percentages exclude those who selected "Too soon to tell."
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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