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Table 311.10. Number and percentage distribution of students enrolled in postsecondary institutions, by level, disability status, and selected student characteristics: 2007-08 and 2011-12
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Selected student characteristic Undergraduate Postbaccalaureate, 2011-12
2007-08 2011-12
All students Students with disabilities1 Nondisabled
students
All students Students with disabilities1 Nondisabled
students
All students Students with disabilities1 Nondisabled
students
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number of students (in thousands) 20,762 (—) 2,270 (—) 18,492 (—) 23,055 (—) 2,563 (—) 20,493 (—) 3,682   (—) 195   (—) 3,487   (—)
Percentage distribution 100.0 (†) 10.9 (0.19) 89.1 (0.19) 100.0 (†) 11.1 (0.17) 88.9 (0.17) 100.0   (†) 5.3   (0.36) 94.7   (0.36)
                                           
Sex (percent) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†)
Male 43.0 (0.32) 42.6 (0.82) 43.0 (0.32) 43.0 (0.11) 43.7 (0.80) 42.9 (0.14) 39.7   (0.68) 35.7   (2.58) 40.0   (0.73)
Female 57.0 (0.32) 57.4 (0.82) 57.0 (0.32) 57.0 (0.11) 56.3 (0.80) 57.1 (0.14) 60.3   (0.68) 64.3   (2.58) 60.0   (0.73)
                                           
                                           
Race/ethnicity of student (percent) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†)
White 61.2 (0.37) 65.6 (0.81) 60.7 (0.39) 57.9 (0.42) 58.0 (0.85) 57.9 (0.44) 63.6   (0.73) 60.4   (2.76) 63.8   (0.77)
Black 14.4 (0.31) 13.1 (0.55) 14.6 (0.32) 16.1 (0.30) 17.6 (0.57) 15.9 (0.32) 11.8   (0.50) 15.5   (2.24) 11.6   (0.53)
Hispanic 14.3 (0.29) 12.5 (0.59) 14.5 (0.30) 16.0 (0.37) 14.9 (0.65) 16.2 (0.38) 8.7   (0.39) 10.5   (2.31) 8.6   (0.40)
Asian 5.9 (0.17) 4.3 (0.37) 6.1 (0.17) 5.6 (0.15) 4.0 (0.31) 5.8 (0.17) 12.9   (0.48) 10.4   (2.09) 13.0   (0.47)
Pacific Islander 0.7 (0.06) 0.5 (0.09) 0.7 (0.06) 0.5 (0.04) 0.7 (0.14) 0.5 (0.04) 0.6   (0.11)   (†) 0.6   (0.12)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.8 (0.09) 0.8 (0.12) 0.8 (0.09) 0.9 (0.07) 1.2 (0.20) 0.9 (0.07) 0.4 ! (0.15)   (†) 0.4 ! (0.15)
Other 0.3 (0.03) 0.3 (0.08) 0.3 (0.03) (†) (†) (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Two or more races 2.4 (0.09) 2.9 (0.26) 2.3 (0.09) 3.0 (0.08) 3.6 (0.28) 2.9 (0.08) 2.0   (0.18) 2.5   (0.64) 2.0   (0.19)
                                           
Age (percent) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†)
15 to 23 58.3 (0.29) 52.1 (0.77) 59.0 (0.31) 56.2 (0.33) 45.3 (0.89) 57.6 (0.33) 11.4   (0.41) 8.4   (1.51) 11.5   (0.41)
24 to 29 17.9 (0.19) 20.9 (0.70) 17.6 (0.20) 18.4 (0.22) 18.8 (0.65) 18.4 (0.23) 40.3   (0.79) 35.3   (3.26) 40.5   (0.79)
30 or older 23.8 (0.26) 27.0 (0.70) 23.4 (0.29) 25.4 (0.28) 35.8 (0.89) 24.0 (0.28) 48.4   (0.84) 56.3   (3.36) 47.9   (0.85)
                                           
                                           
Attendance status (percent) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†)
Full-time, full-year 36.8 (0.24) 32.3 (0.70) 37.4 (0.26) 38.4 (0.32) 33.0 (0.74) 39.1 (0.32) 37.8   (0.72) 38.2   (2.69) 37.8   (0.75)
Part-time or part-year 63.2 (0.24) 67.7 (0.70) 62.6 (0.26) 61.6 (0.32) 67.0 (0.74) 60.9 (0.32) 62.2   (0.72) 61.8   (2.69) 62.2   (0.75)
                                           
                                           
Student housing status (percent) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
On-campus 13.5 (0.18) 10.6 (0.44) 13.8 (0.19) 12.1 (0.19) 9.4 (0.41) 12.5 (0.20)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Off-campus 55.1 (0.33) 57.6 (0.73) 54.8 (0.34) 46.1 (0.54) 48.9 (0.97) 45.7 (0.55)   (†)   (†)   (†)
With parents or relatives 23.8 (0.31) 24.2 (0.65) 23.7 (0.32) 33.5 (0.55) 34.2 (1.02) 33.5 (0.54)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Attended more than one institution 7.7 (0.15) 7.5 (0.34) 7.7 (0.15) 8.3 (0.28) 7.4 (0.44) 8.4 (0.28)   (†)   (†)   (†)
                                           
                                           
Dependency status (percent) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†)
Dependent 51.3 (0.31) 44.8 (0.71) 52.1 (0.33) 48.7 (0.31) 37.5 (0.80) 50.1 (0.32)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Independent, unmarried 15.7 (0.22) 20.2 (0.67) 15.1 (0.22) 17.8 (0.22) 22.9 (0.65) 17.2 (0.23) 49.8   (0.74) 53.0   (2.77) 49.6   (0.75)
Independent, married 6.6 (0.14) 7.2 (0.44) 6.5 (0.15) 6.0 (0.18) 7.1 (0.40) 5.8 (0.19) 15.4   (0.53) 12.3   (2.46) 15.5   (0.56)
Independent with dependents 26.4 (0.32) 27.7 (0.78) 26.2 (0.32) 27.5 (0.28) 32.5 (0.86) 26.9 (0.29) 34.8   (0.74) 34.7   (2.92) 34.8   (0.73)
                                           
                                           
Veteran status (percent) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†)
Veteran 3.3 (0.12) 4.6 (0.33) 3.2 (0.12) 3.7 (0.12) 6.9 (0.49) 3.3 (0.12) 3.0   (0.25) 4.4   (0.98) 2.9   (0.25)
Not veteran 96.7 (0.12) 95.4 (0.33) 96.8 (0.12) 96.3 (0.12) 93.1 (0.49) 96.7 (0.12) 97.0   (0.25) 95.6   (0.98) 97.1   (0.25)
                                           
                                           
Field of study (percent) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†)
Business/management 16.3 (0.27) 14.9 (0.66) 16.5 (0.28) 15.1 (0.20) 13.6 (0.58) 15.3 (0.21) 16.7   (0.66) 18.5   (4.53) 16.6   (0.69)
Education 5.7 (0.13) 5.2 (0.31) 5.7 (0.14) 5.1 (0.14) 4.6 (0.36) 5.2 (0.14) 21.1   (0.66) 22.2   (3.24) 21.0   (0.68)
Engineering/computer                                          
science/mathematics 8.9 (0.27) 8.6 (0.59) 8.9 (0.19) 9.3 (0.19) 8.9 (0.58) 9.3 (0.18) 8.6   (0.36) 7.8   (1.65) 8.6   (0.38)
Health 14.6 (0.27) 15.1 (0.67) 14.5 (0.27) 18.5 (0.33) 17.9 (0.67) 18.6 (0.33) 18.4   (0.53) 15.9   (2.47) 18.6   (0.54)
Humanities 15.0 (0.26) 16.8 (0.64) 14.8 (0.26) 16.6 (0.30) 18.2 (0.76) 16.3 (0.31) 7.2   (0.46) 8.0   (1.53) 7.1   (0.48)
Law (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 4.0   (0.21) 5.8   (0.98) 3.9   (0.21)
Life/physical sciences 6.0 (0.11) 5.4 (0.30) 6.1 (0.12) 7.2 (0.14) 5.9 (0.37) 7.3 (0.15) 5.2   (0.27) 3.7   (0.71) 5.3   (0.27)
Social/behavioral sciences 6.2 (0.11) 6.1 (0.38) 6.2 (0.12) 6.8 (0.16) 7.2 (0.48) 6.7 (0.15) 6.6   (0.41) 7.3   (1.18) 6.6   (0.40)
Vocational/technical 2.5 (0.18) 2.5 (0.25) 2.5 (0.19) 3.1 (0.15) 4.1 (0.35) 3.0 (0.15)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Undeclared 14.3 (0.33) 14.5 (0.70) 14.3 (0.34) 5.3 (0.24) 5.7 (0.50) 5.3 (0.24) 2.8   (0.30) 2.2 ! (0.94) 2.8   (0.30)
Other 10.5 (0.21) 10.8 (0.44) 10.4 (0.21) 13.0 (0.24) 13.8 (0.52) 12.9 (0.26) 9.4   (0.42) 8.6   (1.42) 9.5   (0.43)
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
1 Students with disabilities 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: Data are based on a sample survey of students who enrolled at any time during the school year. Data for 2007-08 include Puerto Rico, which is excluded from the 2011-12 data. Detail may not sum to totals because of survey item nonresponse and rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2007-08 and 2011–12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08 and NPSAS:12). (This table was prepared January 2014.)

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