Postsecondary Education
Programs and Courses
Table S-43-2. Standard Errors for the Number and percentage of postbaccalaureate students in postsecondary institutions taking distance education courses, by selected characteristics: 2007-08
| Selected characteristic |
Percent of total enrollment taking any distance education courses |
|
Percent of total enrollment taking their entire program through distance education |
| Total |
0.85 |
|
0.65 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
| Male |
1.00 |
|
0.85 |
| Female |
1.08 |
|
0.74 |
| |
|
|
|
| Race/ethnicity |
|
|
|
| White |
1.07 |
|
0.87 |
| Black |
2.31 |
|
1.56 |
| Hispanic |
1.99 |
|
1.39 |
| Asian |
1.33 |
|
0.69 |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
10.50 |
|
6.29 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native |
7.35 |
|
1.97 |
| Two or more races |
4.76 |
|
4.37 |
| |
|
|
|
| Age |
|
|
|
| 15 through 23 |
1.46 |
|
0.46 |
| 24 through 29 |
0.87 |
|
0.49 |
| 30 or older |
1.30 |
|
1.19 |
| |
|
|
|
| Attendance status |
|
|
|
| Exclusively full-time |
1.43 |
|
1.36 |
| Exclusively part-time |
1.11 |
|
0.86 |
| Mixed full-time and part-time |
1.66 |
|
0.96 |
| |
|
|
|
| Type of job student had |
|
|
|
| No job |
3.01 |
|
2.73 |
| Regular job only |
0.91 |
|
0.75 |
| Work-study/assistantship job only |
0.66 |
|
0.29 |
| Both regular job and work-study/assistantship job |
1.30 |
|
0.73 |
| |
|
|
|
| Dependency status |
|
|
|
| Dependent |
† |
|
† |
| Independent, no dependents, not married |
0.79 |
|
0.43 |
| Independent, no dependents, married |
1.44 |
|
1.22 |
| Independent, with dependents, not married |
2.89 |
|
1.78 |
| Independent, with dependents, married |
1.87 |
|
1.97 |
| |
|
|
|
| Veteran status |
|
|
|
| Veteran |
4.97 |
|
3.33 |
| Not veteran |
0.85 |
|
0.64 |
| |
|
|
|
| Field of study |
|
|
|
| Business/management |
3.09 |
|
3.00 |
| Education |
1.39 |
|
1.13 |
| Computer science, mathematics and engineering |
2.43 |
|
2.33 |
| Health |
1.54 |
|
1.23 |
| Humanities |
1.50 |
|
0.56 |
| Law |
0.87 |
|
0.50 |
| Life sciences |
2.16 |
|
1.15 |
| Social/behavioral sciences |
2.59 |
|
2.04 |
| Other |
1.95 |
|
1.15 |
| |
|
|
|
| Control of institution |
|
|
|
| Public |
1.02 |
|
0.84 |
| Private not-for-profit |
0.76 |
|
0.41 |
| Private for-profit |
6.07 |
|
6.64 |
| † Not applicable. |
|
|
|
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2007–08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08). |
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