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Career/Technical Education (CTE) Statistics


Table P47. Percentage distribution of credential-seeking undergraduates, by control and level of institution, curriculum area, and student age: 2003–04
  Public institutions Private not-for-profit institutions
Curriculum area and
age of student
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
100.0 70.2 32.3 37.4 0.5 14.7 14.2 0.5 8.3 7.0
                     
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
                     
Age of student                    
                     
Younger than 25 years old 100.0 71.1 39.0 31.9 0.2 16.3 15.9 0.4 5.4 7.2
                     
Career education 100.0 70.5 38.5 31.7 0.3 15.0 14.5 0.5 7.4 7.1
Academic education 100.0 70.7 45.4 25.3 # 20.3 20.0 0.3 1.7 7.4
Undeclared 100.0 74.1 28.7 45.1 0.2 14.3 13.9 0.4 4.1 7.5
                     
25 to 34 years old 100.0 68.3 24.2 43.4 0.7 10.7 10.1 0.7 13.9 7.2
                     
Career education 100.0 64.8 21.3 42.7 0.8 11.4 10.7 0.7 16.9 6.9
Academic education 100.0 77.5 40.5 36.8 0.2! 11.2 10.8 0.4! 3.7 7.7
Undeclared 100.0 77.0 14.7 61.3 1.0 5.3 4.5 0.8! 10.7 7.1
                     
35 years and older 100.0 68.9 16.1 51.7 1.2 12.9 12.3 0.7 12.2 6.0
                     
Career education 100.0 65.3 14.3 49.7 1.4 13.8 13.2 0.6 14.7 6.1
Academic education 100.0 79.4 28.9 50.4 0.1! 11.3 10.6 0.7! 3.6 5.7
Undeclared 100.0 78.5 10.9 66.4 1.2 9.6 8.8 0.7! 6.6 5.4
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. Standard error is more than one-third the estimate.
NOTE: This table shows, for example, that 70.5 percent of credential-seeking career education undergraduates younger than 25 were enrolled in public institutions in 2003–04. 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).