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Career/Technical Education Statistics (CTES)


Table P41. Percentage distribution of credential-seeking undergraduates, by control and level of institution, curriculum area, and credential goal: 2003–04
  Public institutions Private not-for-profit institutions
Curriculum area and credential goal 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
                     
Percentage distribution by control and level of institution
                     
All credential-seeking
undergraduates
100.0 70.2 32.3 37.4 0.5 14.7 14.2 0.5 8.3 7.0
                     
Curriculum area
Career education 100.0 68.5 30.1 37.8 0.6 13.6 13.0 0.6 11.0 6.9
Academic education 100.0 71.9 42.4 29.5 0.1 18.7 18.3 0.4 2.2 7.2
Undeclared 100.0 75.2 23.9 50.8 0.5 12.2 11.7 0.5 5.5 7.1
                     
Credential goal and curriculum area
Bachelor’s degree 100.0 62.6 59.7 2.9 # 26.0 25.9 # 4.9 6.6
Career education 100.0 61.0 58.4 2.6 # 24.9 24.9 # 7.2 6.8
Academic education 100.0 65.2 63.1 2.1 # 27.5 27.5 # 1.3 6.0
Undeclared 100.0 64.2 56.7 7.5 # 27.6 27.6 # 1.7 6.5
Associate’s degree 100.0 83.8 2.6 81.2 # 2.3 1.4 0.9 6.1 7.9
Career education 100.0 82.2 2.6 79.5 # 2.6 1.7 1.0 7.9 7.3
Academic education 100.0 86.4 3.1! 83.3 # 1.7 1.0 0.7! 2.2 9.7
Undeclared 100.0 86.9 2.0 84.9 # 1.9 1.1 0.8 3.2 7.9
Certificate 100.0 48.4 2.3 39.7 6.4 2.9 1.0 1.9 43.6 5.0
Career education 100.0 47.6 2.2 38.8 6.7 2.5 0.9! 1.6 44.8 5.2
Academic education 100.0 49.8 2.7! 44.1 2.9 10.3 2.9! 7.3! 35.0 5.0
Undeclared 100.0 53.0 2.7 43.8 6.5 2.3! 0.7! 1.6! 40.5 4.3
                     
Percentage distribution by curriculum area
       
Total,
all credential-seeking
undergraduates
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
                             
Curriculum area
Career education 63.6 61.9 59.0 64.0 84.1 60.5 60.2 70.0 85.3 62.4
Academic education 23.9 24.8 31.8 19.0 2.6 29.1 29.6 17.0 6.3 24.9
Undeclared 12.5 13.4 9.2 17.0 13.3 10.4 10.3 12.9 8.4 12.7
                     
Credential goal and curriculum area
Bachelor’s degree 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Career education 60.5 58.5 58.7 53.9 # 59.5 59.5 # 88.8 62.6
Academic education 29.9 31.7 32.2 21.8 # 30.4 30.4 # 7.8 27.9
Undeclared 9.6 9.8 9.1 24.4 # 10.2 10.2 # 3.4 9.5
Associate’s degree 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Career education 64.5 63.2 64.9 63.2 # 73.1 74.5 70.9 84.2 59.9
Academic education 19.4 20.1 23.0 20.0 # 13.7 12.8 15.1! 7.2 23.9
Undeclared 16.1 16.7 12.2 16.8 # 13.2 12.7 14.0 8.6 16.2
Certificate 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Career education 81.1 79.7 77.3 79.1 84.1 69.2 73.3 67.3 83.2 83.1
Academic education 5.7 5.9 6.9! 6.4 2.6 20.2 17.1! 21.8! 4.6 5.7
Undeclared 13.2 14.4 15.8 14.5 13.3 10.5 9.6! 11.0! 12.2 11.2
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. Standard error is more than one-third the estimate.
NOTE: This table shows, for example, that 68.5 percent of credential-seeking career education undergraduates were enrolled in public institutions in 2003–04. Also, 61.9 percent of credential-seeking undergraduates attending public institutions were enrolled in career education programs. There were approximately 16,820,000 credential-seeking undergraduates in 2003-04. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003–04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Data Analysis System (DAS).