Postsecondary Education

Programs and Courses

Table S-43-1. Standard Errors for the Number and percentage of undergraduate students in postsecondary institutions taking distance education courses, by selected characteristics: 2003-04 and 2007-08

Selected characteristic	2003–04		2007–08
Selected characteristic	Percent taking any distance education courses	Percent taking their entire program through distance education	Percent taking any distance education courses	Percent taking their entire program through distance education
Total	0.29	0.17	0.33	0.18
Sex
Male	0.31	0.18	0.37	0.17
Female	0.40	0.23	0.36	0.23

Race/ethnicity
White	0.33	0.19	0.38	0.19
Black	0.59	0.36	0.69	0.52
Hispanic	0.51	0.28	0.56	0.19
Asian	0.92	0.57	0.83	0.37
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	2.37	1.82	1.97	0.79
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.84	1.33	2.09	0.67
Two or more races	1.33	1.01	1.06	0.65
Other and unknown	1.20	0.68	2.68	1.54

Age
15 through 23	0.26	0.14	0.24	0.08
24 through 29	0.46	0.37	0.54	0.41
30 or older	0.65	0.40	0.77	0.48

Attendance status
Exclusively full-time	0.32	0.20	0.34	0.27
Exclusively part-time	0.46	0.30	0.54	0.27
Mixed full-time and part-time	0.53	0.22	0.46	0.21

Type of job student had
No job	0.35	0.20	0.38	0.27
Regular job only	0.37	0.23	0.40	0.19
Work-study/assistantship job only	0.63	0.42	0.66	0.27
Both regular job and work-study/assistantship job	0.77	0.39	0.72	0.33

Student housing status
On-campus	0.32	0.15	0.33	0.06
Off-campus	0.34	0.22	0.38	0.31
With parents or relatives	0.36	0.18	0.41	0.14
Attended more than one institution	0.77	0.48	0.56	0.26

Dependency status
Dependent	0.24	0.14	0.25	0.07
Independent, no dependents, not married	0.50	0.33	0.53	0.29
Independent, no dependents, married	0.78	0.50	1.08	0.64
Independent, with dependents, not married	0.69	0.49	0.61	0.48
Independent, with dependents, married	0.79	0.49	0.94	0.57

Veteran status
Veteran	1.72	0.92	1.84	1.42
Not veteran	0.27	0.17	0.30	0.16

Field of study
Business/management	0.58	0.43	0.67	0.48
Computer science	0.96	0.72	1.51	1.23
Education	0.88	0.45	0.79	0.35
Engineering	0.79	0.40	0.74	0.32
Health	0.48	0.30	0.51	0.28
Humanities	0.53	0.26	0.54	0.21
Life sciences	0.81	0.39	0.69	0.20
Mathematics	2.48	1.42	2.29	†
Physical sciences	1.98	0.41	1.30	0.14
Social/behavioral sciences	0.63	0.33	0.65	0.30
Vocational/technical	0.96	0.60	1.14	0.44
Undeclared/no major	0.60	0.32	0.61	0.26
Other	0.68	0.28	0.70	0.36

Control and level of institution
Public	0.35	0.18	0.33	0.13
4-year	0.54	0.24	0.58	0.24
2-year	0.43	0.25	0.33	0.14
Less-than-2-year	1.19	0.58	2.28	0.78
Private not-for-profit	0.80	0.43	0.58	0.24
4-year	0.84	0.45	0.59	0.25
2-year	2.06	0.94	2.29	1.15
Less-than-2-year	2.05	1.32	2.56	0.65
Private for-profit	1.08	1.01	1.21	1.39
4-year	2.22	2.21	2.09	2.19
2-year	1.64	1.21	1.30	1.33
Less-than-2-year	0.26	0.16	0.33	0.23

† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003–04 and 2007–08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04 and NPSAS:08).

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