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Career/Technical Education (CTE) Statistics

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Table P76. Percentage distribution of subbaccalaureate career education credentials awarded by Title IV postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution and credential level: United States, 1997 to 2006
Control and level of institution and credential level 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
                     
Total, all subbaccalaureate career                    
education credentials 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
                     
Certificates 57.1 56.9 56.5 58.1 56.4 58.7 59.6 59.9 59.9 59.2
Associate's degrees 42.9 43.1 43.5 41.9 43.6 41.3 40.4 40.1 40.1 40.8
                     
Control and level of institution                    
                     
Public 4-year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Certificates 26.0 22.4 22.9 23.1 26.0 24.7 24.7 23.6 23.3 26.3
Associate's degrees 74.0 77.6 77.1 76.9 74.0 75.3 75.3 76.4 76.7 73.7
                     
Public 2-year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Certificates 46.8 45.9 45.6 46.8 49.2 50.5 53.9 54.3 54.2 53.5
Associate's degrees 53.2 54.1 54.4 53.2 50.8 49.5 46.1 45.7 45.8 46.5
                     
Public less-than-2-year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Certificates 100.0 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.8 99.9 99.7 99.9 99.9 99.9
Associate's degrees # 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1
                     
Private not-for-profit 4-year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Certificates 18.5 21.8 18.2 21.7 22.4 22.8 23.4 24.6 22.7 22.8
Associate's degrees 81.5 78.2 81.8 78.3 77.6 77.2 76.6 75.4 77.3 77.2
                     
Private not-for-profit 2-year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Certificates 23.0 20.7 27.6 28.3 29.1 29.3 35.2 35.2 35.8 37.4
Associate's degrees 77.0 79.3 72.4 71.7 70.9 70.7 64.8 64.8 64.2 62.6
                     
Private not-for-profit less-than-2-year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Certificates 100.0 100.0 94.5 97.2 100.0 97.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Associate's degrees 0.0 0.0 5.5 2.8 0.0 2.8 # 0.0 0.0 0.0
                     
Private for-profit 4-year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Certificates 15.8 13.9 16.4 16.1 18.6 16.1 14.5 18.3 20.4 22.0
Associate's degrees 84.2 86.1 83.6 83.9 81.4 83.9 85.5 81.7 79.6 78.0
                     
Private for-profit 2-year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Certificates 53.1 53.3 53.1 52.2 45.2 48.7 49.9 56.6 57.0 57.1
Associate's degrees 46.9 46.7 46.9 47.8 54.8 51.3 50.1 43.4 43.0 42.9
                     
Private for-profit less-than-2-year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Certificates 99.9 99.9 99.7 99.9 99.5 99.7 100.0 99.9 100.0 99.9
Associate's degrees 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.3 # 0.1 # 0.1
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: This table shows, for example, that 57.1 percent of the subbaccalaureate career education credentials awarded in 1997 were certificates. There are no standard errors for this table because it is based on population counts. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions and Institutional Characteristics (IC) data files, various years (e.g., report year 2006 uses IC 2006–07 and Completions 2005–06).

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