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Table 212. Number and percent of students enrolled in postsecondary institutions, by disability status and selected student characteristics: 1995-96
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                                  |                                 |        Graduate and
                                  |         Undergraduate           |     first-professional\1\
         Selected student         |_________________________________|__________________________________
         characteristics          |   All   | Disabled  |Nondisabled|   All   | Disabled  |Nondisabled
                                  |students |students\2\| students  |students |students\2\|  students
__________________________________|_________|___________|___________|_________|___________|____________
                1                 |    2    |     3     |     4     |    5    |     6     |     7
__________________________________|_________|___________|___________|_________|___________|____________
Total (in thousands) .............|  16,678 |       892 |    15,786 |   2,784 |        89 |      2,695
                                  |_________|___________|___________|_________|___________|____________
                                  |         |           |           |         |           |
Sex ..............................|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  Male ...........................|    44.1 |      50.0 |      43.8 |    45.7 |      31.3 |       46.2
  Female .........................|    55.9 |      50.0 |      56.2 |    54.3 |      68.7 |       53.8
                                  |         |           |           |         |           |
Race/ethnicity of student ........|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ............|    71.4 |      80.9 |      70.8 |    80.6 |      73.9 |       80.9
  Black, non-Hispanic ............|    11.6 |       7.1 |      11.9 |     6.4 |      10.7 |        6.2
  Hispanic .......................|    10.3 |       7.7 |      10.5 |     4.9 |       9.8 |        4.7
  Asian/Pacific Islander .........|     5.3 |       1.8 |       5.5 |     8.1 |       5.6 |        8.2
  American Indian/Alaskan Native .|     0.9 |       2.1 |       0.8 |   (\3\) |     (\3\) |      (\3\)
  Other ..........................|     0.5 |       0.4 |       0.5 |   (\3\) |     (\3\) |      (\3\)
                                  |         |           |           |         |           |
Age ..............................|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  15 to 23 .......................|    54.9 |      46.0 |      55.5 |     9.2 |       7.6 |        9.3
  24 to 29 .......................|    17.9 |      13.6 |      18.1 |    42.7 |      32.3 |       43.0
  30 or older ....................|    27.2 |      40.4 |      26.4 |    48.1 |      60.0 |       47.7
                                  |         |           |           |         |           |
Attendance status ................|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  Full-time ......................|    40.5 |      38.7 |      40.6 |    32.5 |      34.2 |       32.5
  Part-time ......................|    59.5 |      61.3 |      59.4 |    67.5 |      65.8 |       67.5
                                  |         |           |           |         |           |
Student housing status ...........|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  On-campus ......................|    14.6 |      12.0 |      14.8 |     6.5 |       6.6 |        6.5
  Off-campus .....................|    58.0 |      62.7 |      57.7 |    86.9 |      82.3 |       87.1
  With parents or relatives ......|    27.4 |      25.3 |      27.5 |     6.6 |      11.1 |        6.4
                                  |         |           |           |         |           |
Dependency status ................|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  Dependent ......................|    49.3 |      40.7 |      49.8 |    50.5 |      48.8 |       50.5
  Independent, unmarried .........|    16.7 |      21.5 |      16.4 |    20.7 |      21.5 |       20.7
  Independent, married ...........|     9.8 |       8.0 |       9.9 |    28.8 |      29.7 |       28.8
  Independent with dependents ....|    24.2 |      29.8 |      23.9 |   (\3\) |     (\3\) |      (\3\)
                                  |         |           |           |         |           |
Veteran status ...................|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  Veteran ........................|     5.2 |       9.7 |       5.0 |     5.2 |      10.6 |        5.0
  Not veteran ....................|    94.8 |      90.3 |      95.0 |    94.8 |      89.4 |       95.0
                                  |         |           |           |         |           |
Field of study ...................|   100.0 |     100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |      100.0
  Business/management ............|    15.7 |      13.8 |      15.8 |    17.1 |      14.8 |       17.1
  Education ......................|     6.8 |       6.6 |       6.8 |    26.1 |      23.8 |       26.2
  Engineering/computer science ...|     9.6 |      10.9 |       9.6 |     8.3 |       3.7 |        8.4
  Health .........................|    10.1 |       9.0 |      10.2 |    13.0 |      28.6 |       12.5
  Humanities .....................|    11.6 |      13.9 |      11.5 |     9.7 |       6.2 |        9.8
  Law ............................|     0.0 |       0.0 |       0.0 |     5.2 |       4.1 |        5.2
  Life/physical sciences .........|     5.3 |       3.2 |       5.4 |     6.3 |       2.1 |        6.5
  Social/behavioral sciences .....|     7.6 |       7.5 |       7.6 |     7.8 |       5.8 |        7.9
  Vocational/technical ...........|     2.1 |       3.0 |       2.1 |     0.0 |       0.0 |        0.0
  Undeclared .....................|    20.3 |      20.9 |      20.3 |     3.5 |       7.1 |        3.4
  Other ..........................|    10.8 |      11.3 |      10.7 |     2.9 |       3.8 |        2.9
__________________________________|_________|___________|___________|_________|___________|____________

\1\Includes chiropractic medicine, medicine, dentistry, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, and veterinary medicine.
\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.
\3\Sample size too small for a reliable estimate.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to survey item nonresponse and rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "The 1995-96 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study." (This table was prepared October 1997.)


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