The 1997 ACT High School Profile Report -- National Normative Data
Table 10
Table 11
Table 10: Average ACT Composite Scores by Career Cluster
| Plan on 2-years or less of College |
| Reference Group |
Total |
Core
or More |
Less Than
Core |
Males |
Females |
| No. | Ave. |
No. | Ave. |
No. | Ave. |
No. | Ave. |
No. | Ave. |
| Business Cont | (02-03) | 5657 | 16.9 | 1729 | 18.1 | 3881 | 16.4 | 931 | 17.1 | 4726 | 16.8 |
| Business Oper | (04-05) | 8708 | 17.3 | 2534 | 18.4 | 6100 | 16.9 | 3332 | 17.3 | 5376 | 17.4 |
| Technical | (06-07) | 13262 | 17.3 | 3897 | 18.6 | 9233 | 16.7 | 8581 | 17.3 | 4681 | 17.2 |
| Science | (08-09) | 6502 | 18.1 | 2109 | 19.3 | 4311 | 17.5 | 3381 | 18.1 | 3121 | 18.0 |
| Arts | (10-11) | 3187 | 18.0 | 1030 | 19.0 | 2121 | 17.5 | 878 | 18.3 | 2309 | 17.9 |
| Social Service | (12-01) | 3957 | 17.1 | 1175 | 18.2 | 2742 | 16.6 | 903 | 17.1 | 3054 | 17.1 |
| Other * | | 19796 | 17.0 | 6104 | 18.1 | 13361 | 16.5 | 8332 | 17.0 | 11464 | 17.0 |
| Total | | 61069 | 17.2 | 18578 | 18.4 | 41749 | 16.7 | 26338 | 17.3 | 34731 | 17.2 |
|
| Plan on 4-years or more of College |
| Reference Group |
Total |
Core
or More |
Less Than
Core |
Males |
Females |
| No. | Ave. |
No. | Ave. |
No. | Ave. |
No. | Ave. |
No. | Ave. |
| Business Cont | (02-03) | 90175 | 20.6 | 56325 | 21.5 | 33273 | 19.1 | 27407 | 21.3 | 62768 | 20.3 |
| Business Oper | (04-05) | 63147 | 20.7 | 37741 | 21.6 | 25026 | 19.2 | 29047 | 20.7 | 34100 | 20.6 |
| Technical | (06-07) | 85655 | 20.9 | 52994 | 22.0 | 31976 | 19.3 | 53845 | 21.0 | 31810 | 20.9 |
| Science | (08-09) | 112055 | 22.5 | 74620 | 23.4 | 36494 | 20.9 | 55420 | 22.8 | 56635 | 22.3 |
| Arts | (10-11) | 78549 | 22.6 | 51566 | 23.4 | 26388 | 21.0 | 25131 | 22.9 | 53418 | 22.4 |
| Social Service | (12-01) | 82572 | 21.1 | 50752 | 22.0 | 31174 | 19.7 | 22998 | 21.3 | 59574 | 21.0 |
| Other * | | 291735 | 21.3 | 187232 | 22.3 | 101334 | 19.7 | 131978 | 21.5 | 159757 | 21.2 |
| Total | | 803888 | 21.4 | 511230 | 22.3 | 285665 | 19.8 | 345826 | 21.6 | 458062 | 21.3 |
* Other = Students who had World-of-Work regions that differed from those listed.
Table 11: Percentage Distribution of Planned Educational Majors and Vocational Choices
| | Planned Education Major | Male | Female | Total |
| | Number
of
Students | Average
ACT
Composite Score | Certainty
(Percent)
|
(Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) |
| Very | Fairly | Educ
Major | 1st
Voc |
Educ
Major | 1st
Voc | Educ
Major | 1st
Voc |
| Agriculture & Ag Technology | 21085 | 19.5 | 36 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Architectural & Env Design | 20400 | 20.8 | 38 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Business & Management | 101423 | 20.5 | 34 | 51 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Business & Office | 9157 | 18.0 | 31 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Marketing & Distribution | 5732 | 19.2 | 29 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Comm & Comm Technology | 36140 | 21.2 | 35 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Community & Personal Services | 32063 | 18.7 | 45 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Computer & Info Science | 28232 | 21.1 | 40 | 49 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Cross-Disciplinary Studies | 904 | 23.5 | 20 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Education | 49967 | 20.2 | 47 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
| Teacher Education | 36484 | 20.3 | 44 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| | Planned Education Major | Male | Female | Total |
| | Number
of
Students | Average
ACT
Composite Score | Certainty
(Percent)
|
(Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) |
| Very | Fairly | Educ
Major | 1st
Voc |
Educ
Major | 1st
Voc | Educ
Major | 1st
Voc |
| Engineering (Pre) | 63601 | 22.9 | 36 | 51 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Engineer-Related Technology | 15644 | 20.9 | 33 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Foreign Languages | 3434 | 23.1 | 34 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Health Science & Allied | 183863 | 20.9 | 51 | 41 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 22 |
| Home Economics | 6558 | 18.9 | 41 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 6941 | 24.8 | 30 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics | 3832 | 24.3 | 26 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philosophy, Religion, Theology | 5576 | 22.4 | 48 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sciences (Bio and Phy) | 44852 | 23.5 | 35 | 50 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Social Sciences | 77366 | 21.8 | 39 | 48 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Trade & Industrial | 10128 | 18.7 | 44 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Visual/Performing Arts | 45344 | 21.3 | 45 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Undecided | 86366 | 20.7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 |
| No Response to Ed Major | 64209 | |
| Total Students in Report | 959301 | |
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