North Dakota CTE Pathways by Program Area (2023-2024)
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 2023-2024 Enrollment
Agribusiness Systems 48 97
Animal Systems 78 213
Environmental Services Systems 93 939
Food Products & Processing Systems 28 *
General Agricultural Education 118 2884
Natural Resources 55 *
Plant Systems 43 101
Power, Structural & Technical Systems 87 966

Program Area: Business Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2023-2024 Enrollment
Accounting 31 *
Administrative Support 97 815
General Business Education 148 2312
General Management 50 53

Program Area: Family and Consumer Sciences Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2023-2024 Enrollment
Early Childhood Development & Services 123 636
Family & Community Services 125 476
General Family and Consumer Sciences Education 121 742
Restaurants & Food/Beverage Services 73 216
Support Services 100 209
Teaching/Training 95 112
Visual Arts 66 39

Program Area: Health Sciences Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2023-2024 Enrollment
Biotechnology Research & Development 6 220
Diagnostic Services 30 32
General Health Sciences Education 100 115
Health Informatics 2 *
Human Resources Management 21 *
Therapeutic Services 49 111

Program Area: Information Technology Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2023-2024 Enrollment
General Information Technology Education 59 1543
Information Support & Services 26 39
Network Systems 26 40
Programming & Software Development 59 168
Web & Digital Communications 23 2729

Program Area: Marketing Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2023-2024 Enrollment
General Marketing Education 133 119
Marketing Management 18 29
Professional Sales/Merchandising/Marketing Communication 49 37

Program Area: Technology & Engineering Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2023-2024 Enrollment
Biotechnology Research & Development 0 *
Engineering & Technology 43 798
General Technology & Engineering Education 17 157
Manufacturing Production Process Development 37 449
Programming & Software Development 0 *

Program Area: Trade Industry & Technical Education

Pathway Schools Offering 2023-2024 Enrollment
Construction 46 639
Design/Pre-Construction 18 25
Facility & Mobile Equipment Maintenance 43 674
General Trade, Industry & Technical Education 29 *
Maintenance/Operations 4 50
Manufacturing Production Process Development 4 38
Natural Resources Systems 0 *
Production 40 358
Restaurants & Food/Beverage Services 4 72
Transportation Operations 46 189
Visual Arts 27 130