Oklahoma CareerTech

What Oklahoma CareerTech does

Oklahoma CareerTech (legal name: Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education) is a state government agency headquartered at 1500 West 7th Ave., Stillwater, Oklahoma, founded in 1916. It is the State's primary provider of career and technical education, operating a unified delivery system comprising 29 technology centers on 62 campuses, 20 Skills Centers campuses (including dedicated programming for female offenders), 49 Adult Education and Family Literacy providers at 125 sites, and 394 PK-12 school district partnerships across Oklahoma.

The organization's core technology is competency-based, industry-endorsed instructional products and services, produced by the CIMC (Curriculum Instructional Materials Center) and made available to educators in all 50 states and internationally. Operational platforms include CTIMS (CareerTech Information Management System) for events and training coordination, ctYOU.org for educator professional development and certification tracking, and the CareerTech Testing Center, which administers Oklahoma Competency Testing, Health & Professional Certifications, and WorkKeys skills assessments. Programmatic offerings include Apprenticeship Oklahoma (registered apprenticeship pathways) and the Oklahoma APEX Accelerator (federal contracting assistance for businesses).

Oklahoma CareerTech is funded primarily through public appropriations from the State of Oklahoma, supplemented by federal Perkins funding and grants; it is not a revenue-generating commercial entity in the traditional sense. The agency served 517,752 enrollments and 10,604 companies in FY25, and serves three primary constituencies: students (career planning, scholarships, military resources), educators (curriculum, certification, professional development), and business & industry (workforce partnerships, apprenticeship sponsors, industry-specific training in aerospace, automotive, and manufacturing).

Name

Oklahoma CareerTech

Legal name

Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education

Website

https://okcareertech.org

Company type

Public

Founded year

1916

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Oklahoma CareerTech is a state government agency delivering career and technical education across Oklahoma through 29 technology centers, 394 PK-12 district partnerships, 20 Skills Centers, and adult education providers, serving 517,752 enrollments and 10,604 companies in FY25.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Career and Technical Education

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (61151), Other Technical and Trade Schools (611519), Apprenticeship Training (611513), Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDABALAI

Education & Training Providers

Education/Corporate Training & Professional Development/Industry-Specific Professional Training (e.g., Healthcare, Manufacturing, Construction)

SECONDARYEDALABAB

Career Services & Career Readiness

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Academic Advising, Career Services & Student Success

SECONDARYEDAFAMAK

Career Exploration, Interest/Skills Assessment & Pathway Planning

Education/Education Technology (EdTech) & Digital Learning/Career Guidance, College Admissions & Student Success Platforms

SECONDARYEDAJADAL

Virtual CTE & Career Pathways Programs (K–12)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Online & Virtual Schools

SECONDARYEDAAAPAB

Information Technology & Software

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Industry-Specific Training (Healthcare, Tech, etc.)

Keywords

• Career and technical education
• Workforce development training
• Adult education literacy
• Apprenticeship programs
• Industry-endorsed curriculum

Headquarters

HQ city

Stillwater

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding: As a state government department, CareerTech receives public funding to operate technology centers, Skills Centers, and adult education programs across Oklahoma

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Oklahoma CareerTech delivers career and technical education, workforce training, adult education, and apprenticeship programs through a statewide network of technology centers, Skills Centers, PK-12 district partnerships, and adult education providers. It sells competency-based, industry-endorsed instructional products and services to educators, administers occupational testing and certifications, and connects Oklahoma employers with skilled workforce pipelines.

Product overview

Oklahoma CareerTech operates as a unified system comprising 29 technology centers on 62 campuses, 20 Skills Centers campuses, and 49 Adult Education and Family Literacy providers serving 517,752 enrollments. The system provides competency-based, industry-endorsed instructional products and services for educators in all 50 states. Key offerings include the CareerTech Testing Center (offering competency testing, professional certifications, and WorkKeys assessments), CTIMS information management platform, Oklahoma APEX Accelerator for workforce partnerships, Apprenticeship Oklahoma programs, CIMC curriculum and instructional materials, and the ctYOU.org professional development platform. The organization also provides Skills Centers for specialized workforce training and various business/industry partnership programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CareerTech Testing Center

Quantifiable outcome

• 517,752 total CareerTech enrollments in FY25
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Coursera: Global online learning platform partnering with universities, industry, and governments to deliver workforce-relevant credentials. Comparable competency-based certification delivery, though Coursera operates at vastly larger scale and via digital rather than physical delivery.
• LinkedIn Learning: Enterprise-scale online skills training platform with a large library of business, technology, and creative courses. Comparable digital workforce-skills delivery and corporate upskilling use cases.

Regional players

• SkillsUSA: National nonprofit serving middle-school, high-school, and college CTE students with career skills competitions and leadership development. Overlaps with CareerTech's student-organization and career-readiness offerings.

Emerging players

• Year Up: Workforce development nonprofit offering skills training and corporate internships for young adults, partnering with employers nationwide. Comparable employer-anchored training model and adult-learner focus.
• Per Scholas: National nonprofit providing no-cost technology and software skills training with employer partnerships for underserved adults. Comparable technical-skills training and employer-talent-pipeline model, though operating as a private nonprofit rather than state agency.
• Guild Education: Education benefits platform partnering with employers to fund tuition for in-demand workforce credentials. Comparable employer-funded skills-training model, though focused on degree pathways rather than CTE trades.

Direct peers

• Workforce Solutions (Texas): Workforce development board network in Texas operating employer partnership, job placement, and training programs. Comparable community-led GTM motion and employer-services orientation.
• Tennessee Department of Education – Career and Technical Education: State-level CTE division operating secondary and postsecondary career pathways across Tennessee schools and technology centers. Comparable in mission, governance, and PK-12/employer partnership model.
• Texas Workforce Commission: State agency administering workforce development, apprenticeship, and Career & Technology Education programs in Texas. Closest scale and structural analog to Oklahoma CareerTech, serving a similar three-sided student/educator/employer audience with public funding.
• Florida Department of Education – Career and Adult Education: Florida's state CTE and adult education agency, funding career centers, technical colleges, and apprenticeship pathways. Highly comparable in scope, public-funding model, and workforce-development mission.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/okcareertech

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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