The Trend of Career Technical Education Courses Meeting University of California Admission Requirements

The California Department of Education has been tracking the number of CTE courses that meet UC admission requirements over the last nine years. In relationship to all UC approved courses and all academic and CTE courses available in the comprehensive high school, the following trends emerge:

School Year	A2	B2	C2	D2	E2	F2
2010-11	8,389	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2009-10	7,650	23,600	32.4%	588,069	255,447	43.4%
2008-09	6,509	25,752*	25.3%	596,128	252,348	42.3%
2007-08	5,614	25,752*	21.8%	690,649	249,708	36.1%
2006-07	4,705	24,580*	19.1%	722,440	219,708	30.4%
2005-06	4,021	24,370*	16.5%	697,121	215,569	30.9%
2004-05	3,336	25,410*	13.1%	685,707	216,793	31.6%
2003-04	984	26,291*	.07.5%	670,466	215,272	32.1%
2002-03	340*	32,456*	01.0%	693,394	205,338	29.6%
2001-02	289*	29,768	00.9%	662,732	187,424	28.2%
2000-01	258*	29,461	00.8%	641,887	187,517	29.2%

*Does not include all CTE courses in the industry sector of Arts, Media & Entertainment

An analysis of the above data reveals a dramatic percentage increase over the number of CTE courses that have been approved to meet UC "a-g" admission requirements.

A2 = Total number of CTE courses that meet UC "a-g" admission requirements during that year
B2 = Total number of CTE courses taught during that year in high schools
C2 = Percent of all CTE courses that are UC-approved
D2 = Total number of academic, specialized, and CTE courses taught during that year
E2 = Total number of UC-approved courses in all subject areas in high schools
F2 = Percent of all high school courses that are UC-approved

Source: CDE California High School Career Technical Education Course report (doc).