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

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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
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
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).