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Career/Technical Education (CTE) Statistics


Table H33. Percentage distribution of public high school graduates, by combination of career/technical education (CTE) credits earned: 2005
CTE credit combination Percentage distribution of graduates
Total 100.0
   
No CTE credits 3.4
Family and consumer sciences education (FCSC) credits only 1.0
General labor market preparation (GLMP) credits only 5.5
Occupational education credits only 16.7
GLMP and FCSE credits only 3.2
Occupational education and FCSE credits only 9.8
Occupational education and GLMP credits only 33.3
Credits in all three CTE areas 27.1
NOTE: This table shows, for example, that 16.7 percent of public high school graduates from the class of 2005 earned credits in occupational education but not in GLMP or FCSC. The total weighted count of public high school graduates in 2005 was 2.4 million. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U .S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2005.