Career and Technical Education (CTE) Statistics

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Table P205. Number and percentage distribution of subbaccalaureate certificates 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 certificates	714,790	728,315	748,354	804,620	935,719	1,030,477	989,061	967,214	969,278	961,146	939,291	946,023

Academic education fields	22,024	26,163	25,798	32,384	37,998	48,789	59,055	59,327	64,974	72,142	79,512	92,767
Interdisciplinary studies	1,001	1,424	1,677	2,032	2,312	2,839	2,398	2,747	2,728	3,058	3,135	3,286
Languages, arts, and philosophy	15,510	18,708	17,398	17,415	17,426	18,029	20,569	19,370	19,110	20,900	15,618	18,125
Liberal arts/general studies¹	3,881	4,573	4,963	11,244	16,410	26,121	34,002	34,340	39,490	44,939	56,998	67,606
Science and mathematics	381	243	479	481	432	388	329	997	1,323	1,116	1,541	1,342
Social and behavioral sciences	1,251	1,215	1,281	1,212	1,418	1,412	1,757	1,873	2,323	2,129	2,220	2,408

Occupational education fields	692,766	702,152	722,556	772,236	897,721	981,688	930,006	907,887	904,304	889,004	859,779	853,256
Agriculture and natural resources	5,582	5,492	5,689	5,722	5,562	6,142	5,788	6,060	5,655	6,001	6,496	7,295
Business	62,557	59,766	59,033	59,058	59,919	66,160	68,068	71,890	75,153	82,475	82,433	83,432
Communication and communication technologies	4,942	5,184	5,570	6,364	7,402	8,116	8,526	8,731	9,404	9,608	9,703	9,997
Computer and information sciences	21,771	18,450	19,821	21,230	24,595	27,813	26,334	28,483	33,716	34,673	36,130	38,496
Consumer services	105,954	104,693	110,780	118,047	131,279	149,296	158,352	164,259	157,153	147,872	135,723	133,596
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	18,720	19,681	21,708	24,155	30,481	38,912	34,006	31,797	35,415	35,825	38,737	38,285
Health sciences	308,441	315,301	321,091	356,078	431,982	464,046	417,655	380,939	360,159	338,522	315,611	303,351
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	121,529	129,890	135,377	139,278	158,279	171,663	164,142	165,785	174,427	177,656	178,270	180,188
Protective services	27,631	29,305	29,072	27,916	30,365	32,023	29,648	32,817	34,418	36,737	37,383	38,055
Public, legal, and social services	15,639	14,390	14,415	14,388	17,857	17,517	17,487	17,126	18,804	19,635	19,293	20,561

Unspecified fields	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Percentage distribution, all subbaccalaureate certificates	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	3.1	3.6	3.4	4.0	4.1	4.7	6.0	6.1	6.7	7.5	8.5	9.8
Interdisciplinary studies	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Languages, arts, and philosophy	2.2	2.6	2.3	2.2	1.9	1.7	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.2	1.7	1.9
Liberal arts/general studies¹	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.4	1.8	2.5	3.4	3.6	4.1	4.7	6.1	7.1
Science and mathematics	0.1	#	0.1	0.1	#	#	#	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1
Social and behavioral sciences	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3

Occupational education fields	96.9	96.4	96.6	96.0	95.9	95.3	94.0	93.9	93.3	92.5	91.5	90.2
Agriculture and natural resources	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8
Business	8.8	8.2	7.9	7.3	6.4	6.4	6.9	7.4	7.8	8.6	8.8	8.8
Communication and communication technologies	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1
Computer and information sciences	3.0	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.9	3.5	3.6	3.8	4.1
Consumer services	14.8	14.4	14.8	14.7	14.0	14.5	16.0	17.0	16.2	15.4	14.4	14.1
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	2.6	2.7	2.9	3.0	3.3	3.8	3.4	3.3	3.7	3.7	4.1	4.0
Health sciences	43.2	43.3	42.9	44.3	46.2	45.0	42.2	39.4	37.2	35.2	33.6	32.1
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	17.0	17.8	18.1	17.3	16.9	16.7	16.6	17.1	18.0	18.5	19.0	19.0
Protective services	3.9	4.0	3.9	3.5	3.2	3.1	3.0	3.4	3.6	3.8	4.0	4.0
Public, legal, and social services	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.2

Unspecified fields	0.0	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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