Career and Technical Education (CTE) Statistics

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Table P186. Percentage distribution of credential-seeking undergraduate students across credential goals and curricular areas, by student race/ethnicity and family income: 2015–16

Credential goal and curricular area	All students	Race/ethnicity¹									Family income²
Credential goal and curricular area	All students	White	Black		Hispanic		Asian		Other		Lowest 25 percent		Middle 50 percent	Highest 25 percent
Subbaccalaureate credential	52.0	47.3	56.2		63.7		44.9		53.5		57.9		54.6	40.9
Occupational education	35.8	31.9	41.6		43.9		30.1		36.5		39.3		37.8	28.5
Academic education	14.4	13.8	13.1		17.4		13.3		15.5		16.7		14.9	11.1
Undecided	1.8	1.6	1.5		2.4		1.5		1.5		2.0		1.9	1.3
Certificate	9.0	8.4	11.6		10.1		6.2		7.7		10.4		9.1	7.5
Occupational education	8.0	7.3	10.7		9.2		4.8		6.9		9.4		8.2	6.2
Academic education	0.9	1.0	0.6		0.7		1.2	!	0.8	!	0.8		0.8	1.1
Undecided	0.2	0.1	0.2	!	0.2	!	‡		‡		0.1	!	0.1	0.2	!
Associate’s degree	43.0	38.9	44.7		53.6		38.7		45.8		47.5		45.5	33.4
Occupational education	27.8	24.6	30.8		34.6		25.3		29.6		29.9		29.6	22.3
Academic education	13.5	12.8	12.5		16.7		12.1		14.7		15.9		14.1	10.1
Undecided	1.6	1.5	1.3		2.2		1.3		1.5		1.8		1.8	1.1
Bachelor’s degree	48.0	52.7	43.8		36.3		55.1		46.5		42.1		45.4	59.1
Occupational education	31.1	34.5	29.9		22.5		33.8		28.3		25.4		29.5	40.0
Academic education	16.3	17.5	13.4		13.3		20.2		17.6		15.9		15.5	18.2
Undecided	0.6	0.7	0.5		0.5		1.0		0.6	!	0.7		0.5	0.9

! 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.

¹Black 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.

²Family income is the 2014 income of parents of dependent students, or the 2014 income of independent students and (if married) their spouse.

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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