Table 6.Percentage of CTE graduates who enroll in postsecondary education, by field of concentration in high school (2012)

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Table 6. Percentage of CTE graduates who enroll in postsecondary education, by field of concentration in high school (2012)Percentage of CTE graduates who enroll in postsecondary education, by field of concentration in high school (2012)

Characteristics	Enrolled in same postsecondary field of study¹		Enrolled in different postsecondary field of study
	Postsecondary institution level
Total	27.7		72.3

Area of CTE concentration while in high school		!
Agriculture and natural resources	8.6		91.4
Business	31.1		68.9
Communications and design	23.1	!	76.9
Computer and information sciences	29.0	!	71.0
Consumer and culinary services	24.4	!	75.6
Engineering technologies	27.1		72.9
Health Sciences	62.8		37.2
Repair and transportation	56.7		43.3
All other concentrations	6.2	!	93.8
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
¹ The postsecondary field of study was the major or field of study the sample member indicated for a completed degree or certificate.
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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