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Table P182. Percentage distribution of subbaccalaureate occupational education students across credential goals, by field of study and selected student characteristics: 2015–16

Field of study and student characteristic	Certificate	Associate’s degree
Field of study
Agriculture and natural resources	19.7	80.3
Business and marketing	9.6	90.4
Communication and communications technologies	16.8	83.2
Computer and information sciences	11.4	88.6
Consumer services¹	45.6	54.4
Education	9.1	90.9
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	14.2	85.8
Health sciences	26.5	73.5
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	56.3	43.7
Protective services	12.1	87.9
Public, legal, and social services²	10.0	90.0
Sex
Male	21.5	78.5
Female	23.0	77.0
Age (as of 12/31/15)
Younger than 25	19.4	80.6
25–34	24.3	75.7
35 or older	27.0	73.0
Race/ethnicity³
White	22.8	77.2
Black	25.9	74.1
Hispanic	21.1	78.9
Asian	16.1	83.9
Other	18.9	81.1
Family income⁴
Lowest 25 percent	24.0	76.0
Middle 50 percent	21.7	78.3
Highest 25 percent	21.8	78.2
Parents’ highest level of education⁵
High school or less	23.0	77.0
Some college, no bachelor’s degree	21.9	78.1
Bachelor’s or higher degree	22.2	77.8

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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