Career and Technical Education
What is Career and Technical Education?
Career and Technical Education (CTE) prepares secondary, postsecondary and adult students with technical, academic and employability skills for success in the workplace and in further education.
- Encompasses 94% of high school students and 8.4 million individuals seeking postsecondary certificates and associate degrees in CTE fields
- Is delivered flexibly through high schools, area career centers, career academies, community and technical colleges, four-year universities and more
- Educates students for a range of career options through 16 Career Clusters® and 79+ pathways
- Offers clear pathways to industry certifications, postsecondary certificates and degrees
- Partners with businesses to prepare students for tomorrow’s workforce
- Fulfills employer needs in high-skill, high-wage, high-demand areas
- Prepares students to be college- and career-ready by providing core academic skills, employability skills and technical, job-specific skills
Source: Association of Career & Technical Education
Program Data
CTE Enrollment by Career Cluster 2019-20 (unduplicated by Cluster)
Agriculture, Food + Natural Resources | 2,898 |
Architecture + Construction | 4,262 |
Arts, A/V/Tech. + Communication | 19,668 |
Business Management + Administration | 1,376 |
Education + Training | 3,880 |
Finance | 813 |
Government + Public Administration | 3,571 |
Health Science | 8,783 |
Hospitality + Tourism | 8,545 |
Human Services | 2,699 |
Information Technology | 8,787 |
Law, Public Safety, Corrections + Security | 4,468 |
Manufacturing | 3,709 |
Marketing | 5,152 |
STEM | 2,066 |
Transportation, Distribution + Logistics | 4,269 |
Source: CTE official enrollment data base (Oct. 1st annually); duplications can occur across clusters.
CTE Graduation Rates
2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | |
---|---|---|---|
NV Total | 80.85% | 83.17% | 84.11% |
CTE Students | 91.23% | 93.30% | 94.19% |
Source: NDE reporting of CTE cohort graduation rates.
CTE Completers
Data represents students who have enrolled in a CTE completer course and are eligible for end-of-program assessment.
2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
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9,329 | 11,425 | 13,247 |
Source: CTE annual assessment reporting of CTE students who have completed a program sequences. Includes duplicates and some POS for which an assessment is still being developed and is not currently available.
CTE Concentrators
Data represents unduplicated students enrolled in Level 2.
2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
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17,761 | 20,723 | 19,724 |
Source: CTE official enrollment data base (Oct. 1st annually). Note: Level 2 concentrators are only those students who moved into concentrator status in the reporting year. Total concentrator counts as reported in the federal Perkins Annual CAR report: 2016-17 (23,111), 2017-18 (26,917), 2018-19 (31,394), 2019-20 (34,135).
69,204
Students enrolled in career + technical education