Updated: Investing in CTE Yields Big Returns

ACTE has updated its fact sheet about the economic benefits that CTE programs have for learners and communities across the country. The Investing in CTE map shows just a sampling of CTE's financial impacts across different states and localities:

• Five years after earning a CTE credential in Ohio, on average, individuals receive a more than 220% return on investment.
• Iowa Community College alumni employed in the Iowa workforce generate $4.8 billion in added income for the state’s economy.
• Secondary CTE concentrators in Massachusetts, on average, make $3,359 more in annual earnings seven years after graduating high school than non-CTE concentrators.

Please share this infographic, along with ACTE's other fact sheets, with fellow CTE advocates, the media, policymakers, and students and families to communicate the many benefits of CTE.

Comments

[Roger Barnes]

I am Roger Barnes, CTE Coordinator/CTE State Director for Missouri.
Looking at the state fact sheets, I am not sure I agree with all the Data for Missouri.
Missouri produces a fact sheet each year and some of the data does not agree with the ACTE state fact sheet for Missouri.

Who can I talk with to understand the differences?

[CTE Policy Watch]

Hi Roger, I have passed your message along to our research team and we will be in touch!