Career and Technical Education (CTE) Statistics

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Table P207. Number and percentage distribution of bachelor's degrees 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 bachelor's degrees	1,485,104	1,524,729	1,563,740	1,601,399	1,649,919	1,716,053	1,792,163	1,840,381	1,870,150	1,894,969	1,920,750	1,956,114

Academic education fields	608,127	624,023	642,049	652,749	667,797	688,952	714,306	728,467	727,056	717,086	709,941	708,936
Interdisciplinary studies	32,012	33,800	36,147	37,445	37,717	42,473	45,717	47,658	48,392	47,556	48,833	49,631
Languages, arts, and philosophy	169,759	172,586	175,967	178,225	179,037	181,228	183,972	184,639	180,209	172,255	164,367	159,959
Liberal arts/general studies	44,898	44,268	46,882	47,095	46,963	46,717	46,961	46,790	45,281	43,649	43,669	44,103
Science and mathematics	103,980	110,871	114,717	118,422	125,463	131,504	140,795	148,317	154,455	161,299	166,574	171,567
Social and behavioral sciences	257,478	262,498	268,336	271,562	278,617	287,030	296,861	301,063	298,719	292,327	286,498	283,676

Occupational education fields	876,977	900,706	921,314	948,650	982,122	1,027,101	1,077,857	1,111,914	1,143,094	1,177,883	1,210,809	1,247,178
Agriculture and natural resources	23,052	23,144	24,125	24,982	26,343	28,630	30,972	33,592	35,125	36,278	36,995	37,734
Business	317,392	327,114	334,541	347,043	357,180	363,919	365,910	359,585	356,800	362,339	370,304	379,955
Communication and communication technologies	76,645	78,442	81,054	83,084	86,062	88,089	88,754	89,805	92,603	95,793	97,375	98,409
Computer and information sciences	47,702	42,164	38,523	37,992	39,593	43,066	47,406	50,961	55,271	59,586	64,402	71,416
Consumer services	46,915	49,582	52,742	54,602	56,103	59,586	63,764	67,860	72,068	74,994	77,687	79,526
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	91,041	91,870	93,628	94,722	98,701	102,805	108,400	112,924	118,220	124,330	133,001	142,934
Health sciences	91,973	101,898	111,554	120,420	129,623	143,463	163,675	181,149	198,777	216,228	228,907	237,979
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	5,791	6,072	5,647	5,609	5,506	5,538	5,540	5,214	5,211	5,420	5,193	5,192
Protective services	35,319	39,216	40,297	41,788	43,613	47,600	54,091	60,264	62,416	62,723	61,159	59,553
Public, legal, and social services	141,147	141,204	139,203	138,408	139,398	144,405	149,345	150,560	146,603	140,192	135,786	134,480

Unspecified fields	0	0	377	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Percentage distribution, all bachelor's degrees	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	40.9	40.9	41.1	40.8	40.5	40.1	39.9	39.6	38.9	37.8	37.0	36.2
Interdisciplinary studies	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5
Languages, arts, and philosophy	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.1	10.9	10.6	10.3	10.0	9.6	9.1	8.6	8.2
Liberal arts/general studies	3.0	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3
Science and mathematics	7.0	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.6	7.7	7.9	8.1	8.3	8.5	8.7	8.8
Social and behavioral sciences	17.3	17.2	17.2	17.0	16.9	16.7	16.6	16.4	16.0	15.4	14.9	14.5

Occupational education fields	59.1	59.1	58.9	59.2	59.5	59.9	60.1	60.4	61.1	62.2	63.0	63.8
Agriculture and natural resources	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9
Business	21.4	21.5	21.4	21.7	21.6	21.2	20.4	19.5	19.1	19.1	19.3	19.4
Communication and communication technologies	5.2	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.0
Computer and information sciences	3.2	2.8	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.8	3.0	3.1	3.4	3.7
Consumer services	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1
Engineering, architecture, and science technologies	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.3	6.6	6.9	7.3
Health sciences	6.2	6.7	7.1	7.5	7.9	8.4	9.1	9.8	10.6	11.4	11.9	12.2
Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Protective services	2.4	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.8	3.0	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.0
Public, legal, and social services	9.5	9.3	8.9	8.6	8.4	8.4	8.3	8.2	7.8	7.4	7.1	6.9

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.

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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