| 6 in 10 high school students are planning to pursue a career related to the CTE area they are studying.[i] |
One of the questions policymakers ask about CTE is whether students who study a particular career field in high school continue to pursue the same or a similar program in postsecondary education, and eventually into the workforce.
Findings from an ACTE survey with myCollegeOptions® demonstrate that 6 in 10 high school students are planning to pursue a career related to the CTE area they are studying. This is a great percentage. However, the four in 10 who are unsure or don’t plan to continue in the same field do not indicate a failure in the system—it benefits students to discover the careers that don’t interest them early, before they begin paying tuition at a postsecondary institution or enter the workforce.
When sharing this statistic with policymakers, the media or the public, follow it up with success stories on your students who have transitioned from high school to postsecondary education or the workforce in the same CTE area.
As always, you can access CTE facts and figures online any time you need them with ACTE Fact Sheets.
[i] ACTE and myCollegeOptions®, “College and Career Ready through CTE” infographic, 2015.
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