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 requirement over the last nine years. Based on this tracking, there has been a dramatic increase of the number of CTE courses meeting UC "a-g" admission requirements. The date below supports this assertion:
| School Year |
A2 |
= |
AG |
BUS |
HC |
HE |
IT |
OT |
AE |
| 2010-11 |
8,389 |
= |
1,049 |
959 |
933 |
248 |
628 |
779 |
3,752 |
| 2009-10 |
7650 |
= |
1,049 |
854 |
847 |
234 |
508 |
686 |
3,472 |
| 2008-09 |
6509 |
= |
908 |
707 |
783 |
180 |
452 |
341 |
3,138 |
| 2007-08 |
5614 |
= |
842 |
532 |
709 |
182 |
397 |
198 |
2,754 |
| 2006-07 |
4705 |
= |
781 |
491 |
629 |
148 |
365 |
10 |
2,281 |
| 2005-06 |
4021 |
= |
667 |
408 |
575 |
120 |
314 |
03 |
1,934 |
| 2004-05 |
3336 |
= |
544 |
358 |
522 |
99 |
1,813* |
NR |
NR |
| 2003-04 |
1984 |
= |
449 |
257 |
277 |
57 |
944* |
NR |
NR |
| 2002-03 |
340** |
= |
340 |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
| 2001-02 |
289** |
= |
289 |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
| 2000-01 |
258** |
= |
258 |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
* IT & AE courses were combined
** Only agriculture courses were tracked during those years
A2 = Total number of CTE courses that meet UC "a-g" admission requirements during that year
AG = Number of UC Approved Agriculture Education Courses
BUS = Number of UC Approved Business Education Courses
HC = Number of UC Approved Health Career Courses
HE = Number of UC Approved Home Economics Careers & Technology Courses
IT = Number of UC Approved Industrial & Technology Education Courses
AE = Number of UC Approved Arts, Media & Entertainment Courses
OT = Number of UC Approved Other CTE Sector Courses
NR = Not Recorded
Source: CDE California High School Career Technical Education Course report (doc).
