Latest Publications on CTE
Career and Technical Education in the United States Spotlight
Updated May 2024 from the Report on Condition of Education 2024
Among 2013 public high school graduates ever enrolled in postsecondary education by June 2021, a higher percentage of high school career and technical education (CTE) concentrators than nonconcentrators had received an associate’s degree as their highest postsecondary degree (14 vs. 9 percent). Conversely, a lower percentage of CTE concentrators than nonconcentrators had received a bachelor’s or higher degree as their highest postsecondary degree (48 vs. 54 percent). Learn more
2024 Data Releases
- Student Participation in CTE
- Participation among all students
- Table H256: Average number of Carnegie credits and percentage distribution of total credits earned by public high school graduates, by course type and subject area: 2019 (Released October 2024)
- Table H257: Percentage of public high school graduates who concentrated in a career and technical education (CTE) subject area, by CTE coursetaking pattern and CTE subject area: 2019 (Released October 2024)
- Table H258: Percentage of public high school graduates who earned Carnegie credits in each career and technical education (CTE) subject area and, among those graduates, average number of credits earned and percentage who concentrated in each CTE subject area: 2019 (Released October 2024)
- Table H260: Average number of career and technical education (CTE) Carnegie credits and percentage distribution of total CTE credits public high school graduates earned, by grade level: 2019 (Released October 2024)
- Participation among different student groups
- Table H259: Percentage distribution of public high school graduates with each career and technical education (CTE) coursetaking pattern, by selected student race/ethnicity categories and gender: 2019 (Released October 2024)
- Participation among all students
- Public School Teachers of CTE
- Table 209.50: Percentage of public school teachers of grades 9 through 12, by field of main teaching assignment and selected demographic and educational characteristics: School year 2020-21
- Table 210.50: Percentage of public and private elementary and secondary schools hiring for at least one open teaching position, and among schools with at least one opening schoolwide, percentage hiring in various subject-matter fields, by selected school characteristics: School years 2011-12, 2015-16, and 2020-21
- Table 210.60: Among public and private elementary and secondary schools that were hiring for at least one open teaching position in a specific field, percentage that found it very difficult or were not able to fill the opening, by subject-matter field of opening and selected school characteristics: School years 2011-12, 2015-16, and 2020-21
- CTE Coursetaking
- Table 225.25: Percentage of public and private high school graduates who earned at least one Carnegie credit in selected career/technical education courses in high school, by selected student and school characteristics: 2019
- Table 326.60: Number of 2013 public high school graduates and percentage ever enrolled in postsecondary education by June 2016 or June 2021, and selected postsecondary outcomes among 2013 public high school graduates ever enrolled in postsecondary education by June 2021, by high school career and technical education (CTE) concentrator status
- Table 326.65: Among 2013 public high school graduates ever enrolled in postsecondary education by June 2021, percentage of high school career and technical education (CTE) concentrators who earned postsecondary degrees/certificates and whose highest postsecondary degree/certificate was in the same field or a different field as their high school CTE concentration, by field of CTE concentration during high school and highest postsecondary degree/certificate earned: 2021
Other Publications on CTE
- Career and Technical Education Programs in Rural High Schools: Updated November 2023 from the Condition of Education 2023
Highlights
Coming Soon in 2025! National Training and Workforce Survey (NTEWS) data
March 19, 2024:
School Pulse Panel survey results on CTE-related topic: College and Career Readiness
May 24, 2023:
Condition of Education 2023
March 8, 2023:
Digest of Education Statistics, 2021