Career and Technical Education (CTE) Statistics

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Table P204. Number and percentage distribution of subbaccalaureate credentials awarded by Title IV postsecondary institutions, by field of study: United States, 2005–06 to 2016–17

Field of study	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17

Total number, all subbaccalaureate credentials	1,428,245	1,455,935	1,498,639	1,592,004	1,784,695	1,973,992	2,010,835	1,974,756	1,974,491	1,975,539	1,947,561	1,951,767

Academic education fields	318,726	329,371	333,276	352,516	386,916	429,691	478,170	489,890	508,972	534,942	561,844	583,909
Interdisciplinary studies	15,481	17,262	17,924	17,504	19,591	26,568	29,661	30,154	30,895	32,197	33,617	34,066
Languages, arts, and philosophy	39,898	41,775	39,220	39,378	40,588	43,613	47,425	46,225	45,251	47,011	41,367	43,804
Liberal arts/general studies¹	248,605	254,554	258,953	275,191	301,364	332,795	370,940	378,511	393,436	412,791	438,200	454,352
Science and mathematics	4,693	5,108	5,506	5,943	6,525	8,456	9,344	11,066	12,546	13,736	15,362	16,184
Social and behavioral sciences	10,049	10,672	11,673	14,500	18,848	18,259	20,800	23,934	26,844	29,207	33,298	35,503

Occupational education fields	1,109,519	1,126,564	1,165,349	1,239,488	1,397,779	1,544,301	1,532,665	1,484,866	1,465,519	1,440,597	1,385,717	1,367,858
Agriculture and natural resources	11,753	11,330	11,427	11,446	11,414	12,572	12,856	12,886	12,712	13,694	14,354	15,503
Business	159,535	159,785	163,664	170,582	176,723	187,895	191,082	186,735	188,209	196,162	192,476	191,808
Communication and communication technologies	10,967	10,861	12,458	13,891	14,661	15,376	17,025	18,058	19,087	20,270	21,031	21,683
Computer and information sciences	53,049	46,162	48,119	51,143	56,950	65,507	67,602	67,444	71,363	71,093	66,701	69,667
Consumer services	133,734	131,165	137,329	145,027	159,267	178,453	191,357	196,014	187,106	179,984	167,647	161,380
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	53,784	53,680	56,187	59,553	67,859	80,613	77,819	73,048	75,420	76,906	75,739	76,202
Health sciences	443,635	460,447	476,991	521,115	609,346	666,968	637,149	595,034	569,069	538,586	507,067	489,720
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	143,301	152,841	158,721	163,256	183,561	201,986	196,025	196,774	205,370	208,475	209,824	213,115
Protective services	54,056	57,465	58,570	60,933	67,549	76,945	80,966	81,277	80,219	79,778	77,313	75,417
Public, legal, and social services	45,705	42,828	41,883	42,542	50,449	57,986	60,784	57,596	56,964	55,649	53,565	53,363

Unspecified fields	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Total percentage distribution, all subbaccalaureate credentials	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Academic education fields	22.3	22.6	22.2	22.1	21.7	21.8	23.8	24.8	25.8	27.1	28.8	29.9
Interdisciplinary studies	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7
Languages, arts, and philosophy	2.8	2.9	2.6	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.1	2.2
Liberal arts/general studies¹	17.4	17.5	17.3	17.3	16.9	16.9	18.4	19.2	19.9	20.9	22.5	23.3
Science and mathematics	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8
Social and behavioral sciences	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.2	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.8

Occupational education fields	77.7	77.4	77.8	77.9	78.3	78.2	76.2	75.2	74.2	72.9	71.2	70.1
Agriculture and natural resources	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8
Business	11.2	11.0	10.9	10.7	9.9	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.9	9.9	9.8
Communication and communication technologies	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1
Computer and information sciences	3.7	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.4	3.6
Consumer services	9.4	9.0	9.2	9.1	8.9	9.0	9.5	9.9	9.5	9.1	8.6	8.3
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	4.1	3.9	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9
Health sciences	31.1	31.6	31.8	32.7	34.1	33.8	31.7	30.1	28.8	27.3	26.0	25.1
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	10.0	10.5	10.6	10.3	10.3	10.2	9.7	10.0	10.4	10.6	10.8	10.9
Protective services	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9
Public, legal, and social services	3.2	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7

Unspecified fields	0.0	0.0	#	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

# Rounds to zero.

¹Since 2008, the number of subbaccalaureate certificates awarded in “liberal arts/general studies” has increased sharply, as some states and institutions now award these certificates as evidence of progression toward another credential; thus, some of these certificates might not represent completion certificates.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. The four U.S. service academies that are not Title IV eligible are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe and in this table because they are federally funded and open to the public. For all years, academic and occupational education fields of study are based on the 2010 Classification of Instructional Programs, and are defined here as the fields listed in the table. See https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ctes/tables/postsec_tax.asp for the taxonomy linking CIP codes and fields of study. Credential counts are based on the Completions file reference year, which is the year prior to the data collection year (e.g., 2016–17 for collection year 2017–18). Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Institutional Characteristics (IC) and Completions components, 2006–07 through 2017–18.

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