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Table P181. Percentage distributions of subbaccalaureate occupational education students across fields of study and across selected student characteristics, by credential goal: 2015–16

Field of study and student characteristic	Any subbaccalaureate credential	Certificate		Associate’s degree
Field of study
Agriculture and natural resources	1.5	1.4	!	1.6
Business and marketing	18.4	7.9		21.4
Communication and communications technologies	1.7	1.3	!	1.8
Computer and information sciences	6.6	3.4		7.6
Consumer services¹	6.8	14.0		4.8
Education	5.5	2.2		6.5
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	7.8	5.0		8.6
Health sciences	35.0	41.5		33.1
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	7.4	18.7		4.2
Protective services	6.5	3.5		7.3
Public, legal, and social services²	2.7	1.2		3.1
Sex
Male	42.0	40.4		42.5
Female	58.0	59.6		57.5
Age (as of 12/31/15)
Younger than 25	50.6	43.9		52.6
25–34	29.4	32.1		28.7
35 or older	19.9	24.1		18.7
Race/ethnicity³
White	47.2	48.1		46.9
Black	18.3	21.2		17.4
Hispanic	23.7	22.3		24.0
Asian	6.1	4.4		6.6
Other	4.8	4.1		5.0
Family income⁴
Lowest 25 percent	27.2	29.1		26.6
Middle 50 percent	53.1	51.5		53.5
Highest 25 percent	19.8	19.3		19.9
Parents’ highest level of education⁵
High school or less	31.9	32.8		31.7
Some college, no bachelor’s degree	35.5	34.8		35.7
Bachelor’s or higher degree	32.5	32.4		32.6

! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error is between 30 and 50 percent of the estimate.
¹Includes personal and culinary services; family, consumer, and human sciences; and parks, recreation, and fitness studies.
²Includes legal professions and studies; library science; theology and religious vocations; and public administration and social services.
³Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Other includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, and persons of Two or more races. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
⁴Family income is the 2014 income of parents of dependent students, or the 2014 income of independent students and (if married) their spouse.
⁵Excludes 0.6 percent of subbaccalaureate occupational education students who did not know their parents’ highest level of education.
NOTE: Data include students enrolled in Title IV eligible postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The estimated number of subbaccalaureate occupational students is approximately 6,705,000. 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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