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Table 210. Number and percentage of students enrolled in postsecondary institutions, by level, disability status, and selected student characteristics: 2003-04
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                                          |                                            |                  Graduate and
                                          |               Undergraduate                |             first-professional\1\
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                                          |              |      Disabled|   Nondisabled|              |      Disabled|Nondisabled
Selected student characteristic           |  All students|   students\2\|      students|  All students|   students\2\|students
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1                                         |             2|             3|             4|             5|             6|             7
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Number of students (in thousands) ........| 19,054  (0.0)|  2,156 (36.7)| 16,897 (36.7)|  2,826 (19.9)|    189 (14.0)|  2,637 (21.1)
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Sex (percent) ............................|  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†)
  Male .................................  |   42.4 (0.39)|   42.1 (0.84)|   42.4 (0.39)|   41.9 (1.23)|   38.0 (3.50)|   42.2 (1.29)
  Female .................................|   57.6 (0.39)|   57.9 (0.84)|   57.6 (0.39)|   58.1 (1.23)|   62.0 (3.50)|   57.8 (1.29)
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Race/ethnicity of student (percent) ......|  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†)
  White, non-Hispanic ....................|   63.1 (0.76)|   65.1 (0.99)|   62.9 (0.76)|   68.3 (1.05)|   67.0 (3.39)|   68.4 (1.09)
  Black, non-Hispanic ....................|   14.0 (0.62)|   13.2 (0.78)|   14.1 (0.62)|    9.6 (0.68)|   12.5 (2.99)|    9.3 (0.69)
  Hispanic ...............................|   12.7 (0.43)|   12.3 (0.62)|   12.8 (0.44)|    7.7 (0.73)|    7.9 (1.85)|    7.6 (0.74)
  Asian/Pacific Islander .................|    5.9 (0.22)|    3.8 (0.37)|    6.2 (0.23)|   11.0 (0.53)|    5.9 (1.36)|   11.3 (0.56)
  American Indian/Alaska Native ..........|    0.9 (0.11)|    1.2 (0.22)|    0.9 (0.10)|    0.6 (0.11)|    0.4 (0.24)|    0.6 (0.11)
  Other ...............................   |    3.3 (0.11)|    4.4 (0.31)|    3.2 (0.11)|    2.9 (0.30)|    6.3 (1.59)|    2.7 (0.31)
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Age (percent) ............................|  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†)
  15 to 23 ...............................|   56.8 (0.52)|   45.8 (1.07)|   58.2 (0.49)|   11.2 (0.44)|    8.5 (1.46)|   11.4 (0.46)
  24 to 29 ...............................|   17.3 (0.28)|   15.5 (0.59)|   17.5 (0.28)|   39.6 (0.93)|   33.9 (2.69)|   40.0 (1.00)
  30 or older .........................   |   25.9 (0.42)|   38.7 (1.06)|   24.3 (0.39)|   49.2 (1.03)|   57.6 (2.72)|   48.6 (1.08)
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Attendance status (percent) ..............|  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†)
  Full-time, full-year ...................|   38.6 (0.45)|   33.5 (0.72)|   39.2 (0.45)|   32.7 (1.01)|   28.9 (2.76)|   32.9 (1.03)
  Part-time or part-year .................|   61.4 (0.45)|   66.5 (0.72)|   60.8 (0.45)|   67.3 (1.01)|   71.1 (2.76)|   67.1 (1.03)
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Student housing status (percent) .........|  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |   ---    (†) |   ---    (†) |   ---    (†)
  On-campus ...........................   |   13.8 (0.36)|   10.7 (0.46)|   14.2 (0.38)|   ---    (†) |   ---    (†) |   ---    (†)
  Off-campus ..........................   |   55.2 (0.47)|   61.5 (0.81)|   54.4 (0.47)|   ---    (†) |   ---    (†) |   ---    (†)
  With parents or relatives ............. |   31.0 (0.41)|   27.7 (0.73)|   31.4 (0.40)|   ---    (†) |   ---    (†) |   ---    (†)
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Dependency status (percent) ..............|  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†)
  Dependent ...........................   |   49.7 (0.56)|   39.4 (0.95)|   51.0 (0.55)|     ‡    (†) |     ‡    (†) |     ‡    (†)
  Independent, unmarried ...............  |   15.2 (0.25)|   19.5 (0.72)|   14.7 (0.25)|   47.5 (1.01)|   48.1 (3.03)|   47.5 (1.03)
  Independent, married ................   |    7.9 (0.18)|    9.1 (0.50)|    7.8 (0.17)|   18.8 (0.81)|   15.7 (2.45)|   19.0 (0.82)
  Independent with dependents ............|   27.1 (0.42)|   32.0 (0.78)|   26.5 (0.42)|   33.7 (1.11)|   36.2 (3.64)|   33.6 (1.11)
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Veteran status (percent) .................|  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†)
  Veteran ................................|    3.4 (0.16)|    6.2 (0.52)|    3.0 (0.14)|    3.8 (0.46)|    2.7 (0.66)|    3.9 (0.48)
  Not veteran ............................|   96.6 (0.16)|   93.8 (0.52)|   97.0 (0.14)|   96.2 (0.46)|   97.3 (0.66)|   96.1 (0.48)
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Field of study (percent) .................|  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†) |  100.0   (†)
  Business/management ....................|   15.6 (0.33)|   14.6 (0.66)|   15.7 (0.33)|   16.1 (1.02)|   12.7 (3.46)|   16.4 (1.05)
  Education ...........................   |    6.7 (0.23)|    6.3 (0.42)|    6.8 (0.23)|   23.7 (1.53)|   29.7 (3.09)|   23.3 (1.64)
  Engineering/computer science ........   |    4.7 (0.25)|    3.8 (0.35)|    4.8 (0.26)|    8.1 (0.59)|    4.3 (1.02)|    8.4 (0.62)
  Health ...............................  |   12.9 (0.37)|   12.2 (0.59)|   13.0 (0.37)|   13.2 (0.87)|    9.9 (1.76)|   13.4 (0.90)
  Humanities ...........................  |   10.3 (0.26)|   10.8 (0.52)|   10.3 (0.25)|    7.3 (0.72)|    6.3 (1.04)|    7.4 (0.75)
  Law ....................................|     ‡    (†) |     ‡    (†) |     ‡    (†) |    5.5 (0.35)|    5.6 (1.13)|    5.5 (0.36)
  Life/physical sciences ................ |    4.5 (0.12)|    4.2 (0.29)|    4.5 (0.12)|    3.5 (0.23)|    3.6 (0.92)|    3.5 (0.23)
  Social/behavioral sciences .............|    7.0 (0.17)|    7.3 (0.34)|    7.0 (0.18)|    5.5 (0.35)|    7.8 (1.84)|    5.3 (0.33)
  Vocational/technical ...................|    2.4 (0.14)|    2.9 (0.24)|    2.3 (0.15)|     ‡    (†) |     ‡    (†) |     ‡    (†)
  Undeclared ...........................  |   21.3 (0.51)|   22.0 (0.79)|   21.2 (0.52)|    9.5 (1.02)|    9.4 (1.71)|    9.5 (1.06)
  Other ................................  |   14.6 (0.34)|   15.9 (0.68)|   14.4 (0.34)|    7.6 (0.58)|   10.6 (2.21)|    7.4 (0.56)
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†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met.
\1\First-professional includes chiropractic medicine, medicine, dentistry, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, veterinary medicine, law, and theology.
\2\Disabled students are those who reported that they had one or more of the following conditions: a specific learning disability, a visual handicap, hard of hearing, deafness, a speech disability, an orthopedic handicap, or a health impairment.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of survey item nonresponse and rounding. Data include Puerto Rico.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003-04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04). (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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