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College Certificates make up 22 percent of all college awards, up from 6 percent in 1 - Life Long Learning - 04-07-2018
College Certificates make up 22 percent of all college awards, up from 6 percent in 1980.
Public institutions award 51 percent of certificates, with almost all coming from two-year or community colleges. For-profit colleges issue 45 percent of certificates, while private colleges issue 4 percent.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/06/06/certificates-are-misunderstood-credentials-pay-mostly-men
2017 updated stats
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/09/14/feds-release-data-nondegree-credentials-including-certificates-and-licenses
Certificate holders typically are happy with their credential, according to results from the new federal survey.
Most respondents said their last postsecondary certificate was either very useful (49 percent) or somewhat useful (27 percent) in getting them a job. An even larger percentage (83 percent) said the certificate program had improved their work skills, while 58 percent said it was useful in increasing their pay.
RE: College Certificates make up 22 percent of all college awards, up from 6 percent in 1 - ajs1976a - 04-07-2018
the article is from 2012. I wonder what it is like now.
RE: College Certificates make up 22 percent of all college awards, up from 6 percent in 1 - Life Long Learning - 04-07-2018
(04-07-2018, 01:59 PM)ajs1976a Wrote: the article is from 2012. I wonder what it is like now.
I added the 2017 update that I just found.
2014 Real Numbers:
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d15/tables/dt15_318.40.asp