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Career/Technical Education Statistics (CTES)


Table SP48. Standard errors for the percentage distribution of credential-seeking undergraduates, by control and level of institution, curriculum area, and parent's highest level of education: 2003–04
  Public institutions Private not-for-profit institutions
Curriculum area and parent's
highest level of education
Total, all
institutions
All public 4-year 2-year Less
than
2-year
All
private
not-for-
profit
4-year Less
than
4-year
Private
for-profit institutions
More
than one institution
                     
All credential-seeking
undergraduates
0.22 0.23 0.27 0.02 0.20 0.20 0.02 0.10 0.16
                     
Career education 0.44 0.37 0.45 0.02 0.48 0.47 0.05 0.19 0.19
Academic education 0.74 0.84 0.84 0.01 0.73 0.72 0.09 0.33 0.25
Undeclared 0.79 0.76 1.08 0.05 0.69 0.67 0.12 0.30 0.33
                     
Parent's highest level of education                    
                     
Less than high school 1.17 0.90 1.37 0.09 1.03 1.01 0.17 0.89 0.49
                     
Career education 1.44 1.06 1.58 0.11 1.30 1.27 0.20 1.19 0.60
Academic education 2.12 2.39 2.75 0.11 1.59 1.42 0.70 1.05 1.14
Undeclared 2.48 1.94 3.18 0.23 1.83 1.79 0.32 1.65 0.96
                     
High school diploma or equivalent 0.50 0.49 0.56 0.04 0.38 0.38 0.06 0.27 0.25
                     
Career education 0.72 0.63 0.76 0.06 0.53 0.54 0.08 0.40 0.27
Academic education 1.05 1.32 1.24 0.03 0.91 0.89 0.18 0.45 0.47
Undeclared 1.18 1.47 1.86 0.14 0.78 0.74 0.21 0.66 0.54
                     
Some college, no bachelor's degree 0.43 0.49 0.61 0.03 0.40 0.40 0.06 0.23 0.26
                     
Career education 0.58 0.59 0.72 0.04 0.64 0.62 0.09 0.37 0.32
Academic education 1.12 1.68 1.86 0.03 0.94 0.93 0.10 0.38 0.48
Undeclared 1.36 1.29 1.76 0.09 0.86 0.86 0.13 0.46 0.64
                     
Bachelor's degree or higher 0.45 0.41 0.43 0.03 0.39 0.39 0.04 0.20 0.20
                     
Career education 0.61 0.54 0.50 0.04 0.65 0.63 0.07 0.29 0.27
Academic education 1.00 0.99 0.82 1.01 1.01 0.10 0.33 0.30
Undeclared 1.27 1.02 1.58 0.09 1.18 1.14 0.20 0.26 0.49
Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003–04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Data Analysis System (DAS).