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Table P187. Percentage distributions of subbaccalaureate occupational education students across student sex, across parents’ highest level of education, and across student age groups, by field of study: 2015–16

Field of study	Sex		Parents’ highest level of education¹			Age (as of 12/31/15)			Average age
Field of study	Male	Female	High school or less	Some college, no bachelor’s degree	Bachelor’s or higher degree	Younger than 25	25–34	35 or older	Average age
All subbaccalaureate occupational education students	42.0	58.0	31.9	35.5	32.5	50.6	29.4	19.9	27.7
Field of study
Agriculture and natural resources	57.1	42.9	22.1	36.0	41.9	60.7	25.8	13.5	26.1
Business and marketing	46.7	53.3	31.4	33.4	35.1	50.5	27.9	21.7	28.1
Communication and communications technologies	53.3	46.7	24.0	38.9	37.1	68.6	21.1	10.2	24.5
Computer and information sciences	79.1	20.9	25.7	35.2	39.1	47.4	29.5	23.1	28.9
Consumer services²	23.5	76.5	29.2	36.7	34.0	55.0	27.4	17.6	26.8
Education	19.4	80.6	33.4	35.1	31.6	53.4	27.5	19.1	27.3
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	81.9	18.1	31.7	32.7	35.7	55.9	27.6	16.5	26.5
Health sciences	17.0	83.0	34.3	37.1	28.7	45.9	33.0	21.1	28.1
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	94.5	5.5	30.6	35.7	33.7	50.4	29.6	20.0	27.6
Protective services	57.9	42.1	33.7	35.3	31.1	62.5	24.4	13.2	25.5
Public, legal, and social services²	23.7	76.3	34.8	35.1	30.1	44.8	26.8	28.3	30.1

¹Excludes 0.6 percent of subbaccalaureate occupational education students who did not know their parents’ highest level of education.

²Includes personal and culinary services; family, consumer, and human sciences; and parks, recreation, and fitness studies.

³Includes legal professions and studies; library science; theology and religious vocations; and public administration and social services.