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| Table P191. Percentage of credential-seeking undergraduate students who were seeking a subbaccalaureate credential in each occupational field, by student sex, student age, and parents’ highest level of education: 2015–16 |
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| Occupational field of study | All students | Sex | Age (as of 12/31/15) | Parents’ highest level of education1 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Younger than 25 |
25–34 | 35 or older | High school or less |
Some college, no bachelor’s degree |
Bachelor’s degree or higher |
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| Occupational field of study, any | 35.8 | 34.6 | 36.8 | 28.4 | 48.0 | 50.3 | 47.9 | 39.9 | 26.3 | |||||||||||
| Agriculture and natural resources | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |||||||||||
| Business and marketing | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 8.4 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 6.9 | 5.2 | |||||||||||
| Communication and communications technologies |
0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 2.4 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.1 | |||||||||||
| Consumer services2 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.9 | |||||||||||
| Education | 2.0 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 | |||||||||||
| Engineering, architecture, and science technologies |
2.8 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 | |||||||||||
| Health sciences | 12.5 | 4.9 | 18.4 | 9.0 | 18.8 | 18.6 | 18.0 | 14.6 | 8.1 | |||||||||||
| Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation |
2.7 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
| Protective services | 2.3 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.6 | |||||||||||
| Public, legal, and social services3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | |||||||||||
| 1Excludes 0.4 percent of credential-seeking 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 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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