Table 2.Percentage distribution of postsecondary degree attainment of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators compared to Non-Concentrators among 2003-04 public high school graduates, by institution level (2012)

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Table 2. Percentage distribution of postsecondary degree attainment of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators compared to Non-Concentrators among 2003-04 public high school graduates, by institution level (2012)Percentage distribution of postsecondary degree attainment of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators compared to Non-Concentrators among 2003-04 public high school graduates, by institution level (2012)

	Postsecondary institution level
Characteristic	4 year institution	2 year institution	Less than 2 year institution
Total	73.92	23.97	2.11

CTE Concentrator¹	63.86	33.11	3.03	!
Non-CTE Concentrator	75.69	22.36	1.95
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
¹ 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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