Postsecondary/College Level Tables

This section provides tables on career education at the postsecondary level, including data from public, nonprofit, and for-profit postsecondary education institutions and from students in the United States (50 states and Washington, DC). (Data from faculty exclude for-profit and less-than-2-year institutions.) Federal legislation (2006 Perkins Act, P.L. 109-270) defines career/technical education as education leading to a postsecondary credential below the bachelor's degree level; however, the tables in this section include both sub-baccalaureate and baccalaureate education, referring to this enterprise as career education. (Many tables provide separate data on sub-baccalaureate and baccalaureate education, so that the reader can examine both sectors separately or together.) Tables from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) differ from other NCES products in that they exclude institutions that offered only graduate or first-professional credentials, institutions for which the highest level of the institution was unspecified, and administrative units. Consequently, these IPEDS data may not match similar data in other NCES reports. See the glossary for more detail on the postsecondary populations included and definitions of variables. See the postsecondary taxonomy for more information on how career education is defined.

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• Career education offerings and credentials (10-year trend data, 1997 to 2006) Show AllHide All
  • Offerings among institutions
    • Types of institutions offering career education
      • Table P71 Number of institutions of each type
      • Table P72 Distribution of institutions of each type
      • Table P85 Number of less-than-4-year institutions of each type offering career education
      • Table P73 Distribution of less-than-4-year institutions of each type
    • Career fields of study offered
      • Table P85 Number of less-than-4-year institutions offering each career field of study
  • Career education credentials (certificates and degrees) awarded
    • Table P79 Number of career and academic credentials
    • Table P84 Percent of credentials that are career education
    • Credentials among institutions
      • Table P74 Number of credentials from each institution type
      • Table P75 Distribution of credentials at each level, by institution type
      • Table P76 Distribution of subbaccalaureate credentials at each level, by institution type
      • Table P77 Number of subbaccalaureate credentials from each type of less-than-4-year institution
      • Table P78 Distribution of subbaccalaureate credentials across types of less-than-4-year institution
    • Level of credential awarded
      • Table P79 Number of career and academic credentials, by level of credential
      • Table P84 Percent of credentials that are career education, by level of credential
      • Table P74 Number of credentials at each level, by institution type
      • Table P75 Distribution of credentials at each level, by institution type
      • Table P76 Distribution of subbaccalaureate credentials at each level, by institution type
      • Table P77 Number of subbaccalaureate credentials from each type of less-than-4-year institution, by level of credential
      • Table P78 Distribution of subbaccalaureate credentials across types of less-than-4-year institution, by level of credential
      • Table P80 Number of credentials in each career field of study, by level of credential
      • Table P81 Distribution of credentials across career fields of study, by level of credential
      • Table P82 Number of subbaccalaureate credentials awarded by less-than-4-year institutions in each career field of study, by level of credential
      • Table P83 Distribution of subbaccalaureate credentials awarded by less-than-4-year institutions across career fields of study, by level of credential
    • Career field of study for credential
      • Table P80 Number of credentials in each career field of study
      • Table P81 Distribution of credentials across career fields of study
      • Table P82 Number of subbaccalaureate credentials awarded by less-than-4-year institutions in each career field of study
      • Table P83 Distribution of subbaccalaureate credentials awarded by less-than-4-year institutions across career fields of study, by level of credential
• Student enrollments (2003-04) Show AllHide All
  • Distribution of career education students
    • Table P41 Student distribution across institutions
    • Table P42 Students seeking different levels of credentials
    • Table P43 Students in each career field of study and type of institution
    • Table P44 Students in each career field of study and level of credential
  • Characteristics and backgrounds of career education students
    • Table P51 Sex, race/ethnicity, and age of career versus academic students
    • Table P51 Sex, race/ethnicity, and age of students in each career field of study
    • Table P52 Family background of career versus academic students
    • Table P52 Family background of students in each career field of study
    • Table P50 Distribution of students across career and academic areas
    • Table P53 Distribution of students across career fields of study
  • Students' enrollment characteristics
    • Table P54 Students working while enrolled and attendance status
  • Institutions in which students enroll
    • Table P41 Extent to which each type of institution enrolls career education students
    • Table P41 Types of institutions in which students enroll
    • Table P45 Types of institutions in which students enroll, by student race/ethnicity
    • Table P46 Types of institutions in which students enroll, by student sex
    • Table P47 Types of institutions in which students enroll, by age of students
    • Table P48 Types of institutions in which students enroll, by parents' highest level of education
    • Table P49 Types of institutions in which students enroll, by family income
    • Table P43 Types of institutions in which students enroll, by career field of study
• Student costs and financial aid (2003-04) Show AllHide All
  • Table P55 Tuition and fees charged by institutions
  • Table P55 Student budget, net price, and unmet need
  • Table P56 Student aid, loans, grants and work-study
• Career education faculty (2003-04) Show AllHide All
  • Table P57 Distribution of faculty across institutions
  • Table P57 Extent to which institutions employ career versus academic faculty
  • Table P58 Distribution of faculty in each career teaching field
  • Table P59 Socio-demographic characteristics
  • Table P60 Educational background and years of experience
  • Table P61 Professional status
  • Table P62 Full-time versus part-time teaching
  • Table P63 Job satisfaction
• State-level data Show AllHide All
  • Institutions offering career education Updated!
    • Types of institutions with offerings
      • Table P20 Number of institutions of each type
      • Table P21 Number of institutions of each type offering career education
      • Table P22 Percent of institutions of each type offering career education
      • Table P23 Distribution of institutions offering career education
      • Table P24 Distribution of institutions by extent of career education offerings
    • Level of offerings
      • Table P25 Number of institutions offering career education, by highest level of offering
      • Table P26 Distribution of institutions offering career education, by highest level of offering
      • Table P27 Number of institutions offering career education, by credential level
      • Table P28 Percent of institutions offering career education, by credential level
    • Fields of study offered
      • Table P29 Number of institutions offering career education, by career field of study
      • Table P30 Percent of institutions offering career education, by career field of study
      • Table P31 Number of institutions offering subbaccalaureate career education, by career field of study
      • Table P32 Percent of institutions offering subbaccalaureate career education, by career field of study
    • Subbaccalaureate career education
      • Table P31 Number of institutions offering subbaccalaureate career education, by career field of study
      • Table P32 Percent of institutions offering subbaccalaureate career education, by career field of study
  • Credentials (certificates and degrees) awarded Updated!
    • Types of institutions awarding credentials
      • Table P33 Number of career education credentials awarded, by type of institution
      • Table P34 Distribution of career education credentials awarded, by type of institution
    • Level of credentials awarded
      • Table P35 Number of career education credentials awarded, by level
      • Table P36 Distribution of career education credentials awarded, by level
    • Fields of study
      • Table P37 Number of career education credentials awarded, by career field of study
      • Table P38 Distribution of career education credentials awarded, by career field of study
      • Table P39 Number of subbaccalaureate career education credentials, by career field of study
      • Table P40 Distribution of career education subbaccalaureate credentials, by career field of study
    • Subbaccalaureate credentials
      • Table P39 Number of subbaccalaureate career education credentials, by career field of study
      • Table P40 Distribution of career education subbaccalaureate credentials, by career field of study
  • Student enrollments (2003-04, in 12 states) Updated!
    • Distribution of students
      • Table P64 Students seeking credentials in different curriculum areas
      • Table P69 Subbaccalaureate students distributed across institutions, by curriculum area
      • Table P70 Baccalaureate students distributed across institutions, by curriculum area
    • Distribution of career education students
      • Table P65 Distribution of career education students across institutions, by credential goal
      • Table P66 Career education students seeking different levels of credentials
      • Table P67 Career education students at each level of credential, by career field of study
      • Table P68 Students in each career field of study, by credential level
      • Table P69 Subbaccalaureate student distribution across insititutions, by curriculum area
      • Table P70 Baccalaureate student distribution across insititutions, by curriculum area
    • Institutions in which students enroll
      • Table P65 Distribution of career education students across institutions, by credential goal
      • Table P69 Subbaccalaureate student distribution across insititutions, by curriculum area
      • Table P70 Baccalaureate student distribution across insititutions, by curriculum area

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