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| Table P188. Percentage distributions of subbaccalaureate occupational education students across student race/ethnicity and across family income, by field of study: 2015–16 |
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| Field of study | Race/ethnicity1 | Family income2 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White, non-Hispanic |
Black, non-Hispanic |
Hispanic | Asian | Other | Lowest 25 percent |
Middle 50 percent |
Highest 25 percent |
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| All subbaccalaureate occupational education students |
47.2 | 18.3 | 23.7 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 27.2 | 53.1 | 19.8 | |||||||||
| Field of study | |||||||||||||||||
| Agriculture and natural resources | 68.4 | 9.7 | 11.6 | 5.4 | ! | 5.0 | ! | 31.9 | 51.4 | 16.7 | |||||||
| Business and marketing | 43.3 | 19.2 | 23.6 | 9.7 | 4.2 | 24.6 | 51.9 | 23.5 | |||||||||
| Communication and communication technologies |
39.8 | 16.4 | 31.3 | 6.1 | ! | 6.4 | 31.8 | 53.3 | 14.9 | ||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 49.0 | 15.4 | 19.0 | 10.4 | 6.3 | 28.2 | 47.9 | 23.9 | |||||||||
| Consumer services3 | 47.5 | 17.8 | 25.1 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 33.9 | 52.3 | 13.8 | |||||||||
| Education | 47.3 | 15.9 | 25.8 | 3.9 | 7.1 | 27.5 | 52.9 | 19.6 | |||||||||
| Engineering, architecture, and science technologies |
48.0 | 13.5 | 24.7 | 9.1 | 4.7 | 23.5 | 52.1 | 24.4 | |||||||||
| Health sciences | 47.2 | 20.8 | 22.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 27.2 | 55.2 | 17.6 | |||||||||
| Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation |
53.8 | 16.1 | 22.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 27.0 | 52.6 | 20.4 | |||||||||
| Protective services | 43.5 | 18.2 | 30.2 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 28.3 | 53.8 | 17.9 | |||||||||
| Public, legal, and social services4 | 49.3 | 18.6 | 23.6 | 4.4 | ! | 4.2 | 27.1 | 50.4 | 22.6 | ||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error is between 30 and 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. | |||||||||||||||||
| 3Includes personal and culinary services; family, consumer, and human sciences; and parks, recreation, and fitness studies. | |||||||||||||||||
| 4Includes legal professions and studies; library science; theology and religious vocations; and public administration and social services. | |||||||||||||||||
| 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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