2000 National and State Scores

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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.	Avg.	No.	Avg.	No.	Avg.	No.	Avg.	No.	Avg.
Business Cont	(02-03)	5268	16.9	1877	17.7	3354	16.4	1052	17.1	4196	16.8
Business Oper	(04-05)	8162	17.2	2592	18.2	5503	16.8	3369	17.2	4758	17.3
Technical	(06-07)	13866	17.4	4446	18.7	9252	16.9	9479	17.5	4340	17.3
Science	(08-09)	7952	18.1	2768	19.2	5046	17.5	4174	18.2	3747	18.0
Arts	(10-11)	4211	18.1	1498	19.1	2656	17.4	1188	18.3	3006	17.9
Social Service	(12-01)	4237	17.3	1503	18.2	2684	16.8	1032	17.2	3187	17.3
Other *		17059	17.1	5925	18.0	10845	16.6	6997	17.1	9998	17.1
Total		60755	17.4	20609	18.4	39340	16.9	27291	17.5	33232	17.3
Plan on 4 years or more of College
Reference Group		Total		Core or More		Less Than Core		Males		Females
		No.	Avg.	No.	Avg.	No.	Avg.	No.	Avg.	No.	Avg.
Business Cont	(02-03)	105099	20.8	68826	21.5	35364	19.3	34739	21.5	70033	20.4
Business Oper	(04-05)	69198	20.7	43290	21.5	25303	19.2	32991	20.7	36000	20.6
Technical	(06-07)	96794	21.0	61626	21.9	34192	19.4	62379	21.0	34108	20.9
Science	(08-09)	140848	22.5	94916	23.3	44432	21.0	68357	22.8	72020	22.3
Arts	(10-11)	107115	22.4	71184	23.1	34828	21.0	32376	22.8	74351	22.3
Social Service	(12-01)	105266	21.2	67635	22.0	36588	19.8	29278	21.4	75615	21.2
Other *		266153	21.2	172338	22.0	89015	19.6	116038	21.4	149100	21.0
Total		890473	21.4	5798155	22.2	299722	19.9	376158	21.6	511227	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 Educational 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 Science/Technology	20365	19.1	34	49	3	3	1	1	2	2
Architectural & Env Design	23481	20.8	36	49	3	3	2	2	2	3
Business & Management	106182	20.6	31	52	13	12	9	9	11	10
Business & Office	8150	18.5	27	54	0	1	1	1	1	1
Marketing & Distribution	6518	19.6	27	53	0	1	1	1	1	1
Comm & Comm Technology	41724	21.4	32	51	3	4	5	5	4	5
Community & Personal Services	28273	18.8	43	45	3	4	3	3	3	3
Computer & Info Science	43401	21.3	41	49	8	8	2	2	4	4
Cross-Disciplinary Studies	1095	23.3	20	46	0	0	0	0	0	0
Education	56377	20.3	46	43	2	2	9	9	6	6
Teacher Education	35054	20.3	42	46	3	4	4	5	4	4
	Planned Educational 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)	61648	22.6	33	52	12	11	2	2	6	6
Engineer-Related Technology	20042	21.4	33	52	4	5	0	1	2	2
Foreign Languages	3753	23.4	33	47	0	0	1	0	0	0
Health Science & Allied Hlth	179137	20.9	48	43	10	10	25	26	18	20
Human, Family/Cons Sci	8513	18.8	39	45	0	0	1	2	1	1
Letters	7199	24.7	29	52	0	0	1	1	1	1
Mathematics	4273	24.3	26	52	1	0	0	0	0	0
Philosophy, Religion, Theology	6915	22.5	45	40	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sciences (Bio and Physical)	48897	23.3	34	50	5	4	5	4	5	4
Social Sciences	84778	21.9	38	48	6	5	11	10	9	8
Trade & Industrial	11848	18.9	42	43	3	4	0	0	1	2
Visual/Performing Arts	59414	21.3	43	43	6	6	6	7	6	6
Undecided	102676	20.9	6	12	12	11	10	8	11	10
No Response to Ed Major	95425
Total Students in Report	1065138

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