• Number of career academies in the U.S.: Over 2,500
• Percentage of employers reporting that online graduates have job skills equal or superior to on-campus grads: 91 percent
• Salary difference between surveyed career college grads and high school grads: 11 percent ($2,088 per year)

Sources:
Eric Digest, The Vocational Education/Entrepreneurship Match
Vocational Schools Review
New York Times