Table 1. Percentage distribution of postsecondary attendance of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators compared to Non-Concentrators among 2003-04 public high school graduates, by attainment status (2012)

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Table 1. Percentage distribution of postsecondary attendance of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators compared to Non-Concentrators among 2003-04 public high school graduates, by attainment status (2012)Percentage distribution of postsecondary attendance of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators compared to Non-Concentrators among 2003-04 public high school graduates, by attainment status (2012)

Characteristic	No PS attendance	Some PS attendance, no credential	Undergraduate certificate	Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Professional degree or certificate¹
			Postsecondary attainment status
Total	10.7	32.4	10.0	9.7	29.1	8.2

CTE Concentrator²	17.6	32.5	12.5	10.6	21.5	5.4
Non-CTE Concentrator	9.3	32.4	9.5	9.5	30.6	8.7
¹ Professional degree or certificate includes the categories Master's degree, Post-master's certificate, and Doctoral degree from variable F3A13B. For more information, see the sample member questionnaire, available on the ELS website: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/els2002/questionnaires.asp
² A "CTE concentrator" is defined as a high school student who earned three or more credits in CTE courses in one specific topic area while in high school, as indicated on the student's high school transcript.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), Third Follow-up Restricted-use File.

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