North Dakota CTE Pathways by Program Area (2024-2025)
The following pathways are focus areas that North Dakota students can take across the public high schools in the state. They are grouped by CTE Program Area. Select one below to drill into statistics about the pathway. Note: An asterisk (*) denotes that cell sizes are less than 10 and are suppressed.

Program Area: Agricultural Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2024-2025 Enrollment
Agribusiness Systems 45 91
Animal Systems 84 267
Environmental Services Systems 94 913
Food Products & Processing Systems 29 *
General Agricultural Education 118 2777
Natural Resources 42 *
Plant Systems 38 81
Power, Structural & Technical Systems 91 929

Program Area: Business Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2024-2025 Enrollment
Accounting 32 *
Administrative Support 97 779
General Business Education 145 2592
General Management 52 67

Program Area: Family and Consumer Sciences Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2024-2025 Enrollment
Early Childhood Development & Services 123 973
Family & Community Services 129 903
General Family and Consumer Sciences Education 125 2029
Restaurants & Food/Beverage Services 80 306
Support Services 107 450
Teaching/Training 90 237
Visual Arts 65 148

Program Area: Health Sciences Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2024-2025 Enrollment
Biotechnology Research & Development 5 157
Diagnostic Services 29 49
General Health Sciences Education 99 839
Health Informatics 2 *
Human Resources Management 19 *
Therapeutic Services 51 88

Program Area: Information Technology Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2024-2025 Enrollment
General Information Technology Education 77 454
Information Support & Services 21 70
Network Systems 21 *
Programming & Software Development 59 225
Web & Digital Communications 17 33

Program Area: Marketing Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2024-2025 Enrollment
General Marketing Education 130 1457
Marketing Management 20 12
Professional Sales/Merchandising/Marketing Communication 49 50

Program Area: Technology & Engineering Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2024-2025 Enrollment
Biotechnology Research & Development 1 *
Engineering & Technology 48 624
General Technology & Engineering Education 21 145
Manufacturing Production Process Development 39 458
Programming & Software Development 0 *

Program Area: Trade Industry & Technical Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2024-2025 Enrollment
Construction 58 688
Design/Pre-Construction 22 22
Facility & Mobile Equipment Maintenance 49 644
General Trade, Industry & Technical Education 33 112
Maintenance/Operations 4 47
Manufacturing Production Process Development 6 42
Natural Resources Systems 0 *
Production 48 394
Restaurants & Food/Beverage Services 6 61
Transportation Operations 57 156
Visual Arts 33 189