Percentage distribution of 1999–2000 undergraduates’ race/ethnicity, their average age, and percentage distributions (by columns) of demographic characteristics for each racial/ethnic group

Student characteristics	White, non- Hispanic	Black, non- Hispanic	Hispanic* or Latino	Asian	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Native Hawaiian/ other Pacific Islander	Other	More than one race
Percent of all	66.6	12.2	11.5	5.2	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.7
Average age	26	27	26	25	28	26	25	26
Column total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Age
18 or younger	9.7	7.9	9.8	9.3	7.9	8.5	10.7	11.8
19–23 years	49.1	41.5	46.1	48.8	37.3	48.1	51.8	50.0
24–29 years	15.3	19.9	20.7	22.3	24.6	19.8	15.5	15.7
30–39 years	13.3	17.9	13.9	11.0	15.5	18.3	15.0	13.3
40 years or older	12.6	12.9	9.5	8.6	14.7	5.4	7.0	9.1
Gender
Male	44.4	36.7	44.2	48.7	39.3	46.4	52.1	46.7
Female	55.6	63.3	55.8	51.3	60.7	53.6	47.9	53.3
Income quartiles
Low quartile	19.3	37.7	35.9	32.9	25.0	31.3	29.2	30.7
Middle quartiles	51.4	47.7	47.3	46.1	54.8	45.6	47.9	50.0
High quartile	29.3	14.7	16.8	21.0	20.2	23.1	23.0	19.3
Parents’ highest education level
High school or less	32.7	46.6	57.0	32.9	37.8	32.7	35.5	32.2
Some postsecondary education	23.5	25.6	18.9	15.0	28.3	15.8	17.1	28.7
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent	43.9	27.9	24.2	52.2	33.9	51.5	47.4	39.1
*Priority was given to Hispanic ethnicity regardless of race chosen.
NOTE: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1999–2000 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:2000).