Tables: Adult
Table A6. Number of adults who completed a work experience program, and percentage distribution of adults who completed a program, by field of last program: 2016
| Field of last program |
Number (thousands) |
|
Percent |
|
| Total, all adults who completed a work experience program |
41,283 |
|
100 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Field of last program |
|
|
|
|
| Accounting, finance, insurance or real estate |
2,313 |
|
6 |
|
| Chef, cook, or food preparation |
600 |
|
1 |
|
| Computer networking or information technology |
1,975 |
|
5 |
|
| Construction |
2,291 |
|
6 |
|
| Engineering or architecture |
2,470 |
|
6 |
|
| Healthcare |
10,921 |
|
26 |
|
| Law enforcement, security, or firefighting |
866 |
|
2 |
|
| Legal practice |
1,529 |
|
4 |
|
| Management or administration |
2,169 |
|
5 |
|
| Mechanic or repair work |
385 |
|
1 |
|
| Social work, counseling, or religious vocations |
2,698 |
|
7 |
|
| Teaching |
5,226 |
|
13 |
|
| Utility or telecommunications technician |
452 |
|
1 |
|
| Other fields1 |
7,389 |
|
18 |
|
| 1 Other fields include driving, piloting, or other transportation; machinist or tool and die maker; marketing; and other subject areas. |
| NOTE: As defined in the survey, adults are ages 16 to 65 and not enrolled in high school, and a work experience program is an internship, co-op, practicum, clerkship, externship, residency, clinical experience, apprenticeship, or similar program. Detail may not sum to total due to rounding. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Adult Training and Education Survey (ATES) of the National Household Education Surveys Program, 2016. |
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