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Table P173. Percentage distributions of credential-seeking undergraduate students across selected institution types and across prior postsecondary attainment levels, by credential goal and curricular area: 2015–16

Credential goal and curricular area	Institution type				Prior postsecondary attainment level¹
	Public 2-year	Private for-profit		Other²	No credential	Subbaccalaureate credential					Bachelor’s or higher degree
	Public 2-year	Private for-profit		Other²	No credential	Any subbacca- laureate credential	Certificate		Associate’s degree		Bachelor’s or higher degree
All credential-seeking students	35.0	8.7		56.3	73.7	21.3	9.4		11.9		5.0
Subbaccalaureate credential	67.2	11.5		21.2	71.8	21.7	13.8		7.9		6.5
Occupational education	63.3	15.7		21.0	69.6	23.8	15.3		8.5		6.6
Academic education	76.2	2.3		21.5	75.9	17.4	10.8		6.6		6.6
Undecided	74.1	1.7		24.2	81.8	14.0	9.3		4.7		4.2
Certificate	40.4	37.1		22.4	63.5	25.8	15.4		10.4		10.7
Occupational education	38.4	39.9		21.6	64.1	26.2	15.6		10.6		9.6
Academic education	55.0	17.1	!	27.9	60.1	20.4	13.5		6.9		19.5
Undecided	62.0	‡		32.8	49.0	33.8	14.8		18.9	!	17.3	!
Associate’s degree	72.9	6.1		21.0	73.5	20.8	13.5		7.3		5.7
Occupational education	70.5	8.8		20.8	71.2	23.1	15.2		7.9		5.7
Academic education	77.6	1.3		21.1	76.9	17.2	10.6		6.6		5.8
Undecided	75.3	1.3	!	23.4	85.0	12.1	8.7		3.3	!	2.9	!
Bachelor’s degree	†	5.7		94.3	75.7	20.9	4.7		16.2		3.4
Occupational education	†	6.9		93.1	72.5	23.7	5.3		18.4		3.9
Academic education	†	3.6		96.4	81.3	16.1	3.5		12.6		2.6
Undecided	†	‡		98.4	89.2	8.8	2.8	!	6.0		2.1	!

† Not applicable.

! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error is between 30 and 50 percent of the estimate.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the standard error is greater than 50 percent of the estimate.

¹Categories are not mutually exclusive; students could have attained more than one credential.

²Includes students who attended a public less-than-2-year institution, public 4-year institution, private nonprofit institution, or more than one institution.

NOTE: Occupational education consists of agriculture and natural resources; business and marketing; communication and communications technologies; computer and information sciences; consumer services (personal and culinary services; family, consumer, and human sciences; and parks, recreation, and fitness studies); education; engineering, architecture, and science technologies; health sciences; manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation; protective services; and public, legal, and social services (legal professions and studies; library science; theology and religious vocations; and public administration and social services). Academic education consists of English/letters, foreign languages, interdisciplinary studies, liberal arts, natural sciences and mathematics, philosophy and religious studies, social and behavioral sciences (area/ethnic studies, history, international relations and affairs, political science, psychology, and other social sciences), and visual and performing arts. Data include students enrolled in Title IV eligible postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The estimated number of credential-seeking undergraduates is approximately 18,716,000. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2015–16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16).

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