Career and Technical Education (CTE) Statistics

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Table P189. Percentage distribution of subbaccalaureate occupational education students across fields of study, by student sex, student age, and parents’ highest level of education: 2015–16

Field of study	All students	Sex		Age (as of 12/31/15)			Parents’ highest level of education¹
Field of study	All students	Male	Female	Younger than 25	25–34	35 or older	High school or less	Some college, no bachelor’s degree	Bachelor’s or higher degree
Agriculture and natural resources	1.5	2.1	1.1	1.8	1.3	1.0	1.1	1.6	2.0
Business and marketing	18.4	20.4	16.9	18.3	17.4	20.0	18.1	17.3	19.8
Communication and communications technologies	1.7	2.2	1.4	2.3	1.2	0.9	1.3	1.9	1.9
Computer and information sciences	6.6	12.5	2.4	6.2	6.7	7.7	5.3	6.6	8.0
Consumer services²	6.8	3.8	9.0	7.4	6.4	6.1	6.3	7.1	7.2
Education	5.5	2.6	7.7	5.8	5.2	5.3	5.8	5.4	5.4
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	7.8	15.2	2.4	8.6	7.3	6.5	7.8	7.2	8.6
Health sciences	35.0	14.2	50.0	31.7	39.2	37.0	37.5	36.5	30.8
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	7.4	16.6	0.7	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.1	7.5	7.7
Protective services	6.5	8.9	4.7	8.0	5.3	4.3	6.8	6.4	6.2
Public, legal, and social services³	2.7	1.5	3.6	2.4	2.5	3.9	3.0	2.7	2.5

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.

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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