The Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education recently released 2022-23 enrollment and performance data for secondary and postsecondary CTE participants and concentrators.
The 2022-23 enrollment and performance data, alongside fiscal information, can be accessed on the Perkins Collaborative Resource Network’s recently revitalized website:
- Fiscal information showing funding distributions nationally and in each state (can also be found under the “Grant Programs” tab as “State Profiles”).
- National enrollment data showing national totals for secondary and postsecondary CTE participants and concentrators, which can be disaggregated by gender, race/ethnicity, special populations, and Career Clusters.
- National performance data showing national averages for each performance indicator for secondary and postsecondary levels, which can be disaggregated by gender, race/ethnicity, special populations, and Career Clusters.
- State enrollment and performance data, which can also be disaggregated by gender, race/ethnicity, special populations and Career Clusters (both can also be found under the “Accountability” tab in the “Perkins State Plans and Data Explorer”).
Several takeaways from the data are listed below. Note that the OCTAE will update the data later this month as they work to resolve issues in a few states, so the data presented here may differ slightly once the update is complete.
- In 2022-23, there were about 11.3 million secondary students engaged in CTE, with about 7.8 million being classified as CTE participants and about 3.5 million being classified as CTE concentrators.
- In 2022-23, there were about 5.1 million postsecondary students engaged in CTE, with about 3.3 million being classified as CTE participants and about 1.8 million being classified as CTE concentrators.
- The four-year graduation rate for secondary CTE concentrators nationwide was 96.7%.
- The postsecondary placement rate for postsecondary CTE concentrators nationwide was 81.3%.
States also reported on at least one of the three following secondary program quality indicators:
- About 400,000 secondary CTE concentrators attained a recognized postsecondary credential across 21 states, districts or territories.
- About 116,000 secondary CTE concentrators attained postsecondary credits in their CTE program area across 12 states, districts or territories.
- About 215,000 secondary CTE concentrators participated in work-based learning across 29 states, districts or territories.
In addition, disaggregated data revealed the following:
- The top three Career Clusters among secondary CTE concentrators were Health Science; Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources; and Business Management & Administration.
- The top three Career Clusters among postsecondary CTE concentrators were Health Science, Business Management & Administration, and Information Technology.
CTE educators, students and families, policymakers and other stakeholders are encouraged to explore the new data tools to examine CTE data in their own state.
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