(32KB)| Table 211. | Number and percent of students enrolled in postsecondary institutions, by level, disability status, and selected student characteristics: 1999-2000 |
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| Undergraduate | first-professional\1\
Selected student |_________________________________|__________________________________
characteristic | All | Disabled |Nondisabled| All | Disabled |Nondisabled
|students |students\2\| students |students |students\2\| students
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
_____________________________________|_________|___________|___________|_________|___________|____________
Total (in thousands) .............| 16,538| 1,508| 15,030| 2,658| 161| 2,497
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Sex (percent) .......................| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
Male ..............................| 43.6| 41.0| 43.9| 43.0| 34.9| 43.6
Female ............................| 56.4| 59.0| 56.1| 57.0| 65.1| 56.4
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Race/ethnicity of student (percent) .| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
White, non-Hispanic ...............| 67.4| 71.8| 67.0| 72.0| 73.1| 71.9
Black, non-Hispanic ...............| 12.0| 11.0| 12.1| 8.4| 12.0| 8.1
Hispanic ..........................| 12.0| 10.3| 12.2| 6.8| 7.7| 6.8
Asian/Pacific Islander ............| 5.8| 3.3| 6.0| 10.5| 4.3| 10.9
American Indian/Alaska Native .....| 1.0| 2.1| 0.8| 0.5| 1.3| 0.5
Other .............................| 1.8| 1.6| 1.8| 1.7| 1.5| 1.7
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Age (percent) .......................| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
15 to 23 ..........................| 57.1| 42.4| 58.6| 10.9| 7.2| 11.2
24 to 29 ..........................| 17.0| 16.3| 17.0| 39.6| 23.5| 40.7
30 or older .......................| 25.9| 41.4| 24.4| 49.4| 69.3| 48.2
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Attendance status (percent) .........| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
Full-time, full-year ..............| 40.3| 33.5| 41.0| 35.8| 31.4| 36.0
Part-time or part-year ............| 59.7| 66.5| 59.0| 64.2| 68.6| 64.0
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Student housing status (percent) ....| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
On-campus .........................| 15.1| 11.3| 15.5| 7.2| 3.9| 7.4
Off-campus ........................| 58.9| 66.6| 58.2| 87.0| 90.9| 86.7
With parents or relatives .........| 25.9| 22.1| 26.3| 5.8| 5.1| 5.9
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Dependency status (percent) .........| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
Dependent .........................| 50.7| 36.7| 52.1| ‡ | ‡ | ‡
Independent, unmarried ............| 15.1| 19.9| 14.6| 46.8| 40.9| 47.2
Independent, married ..............| 6.9| 8.7| 6.7| 17.4| 16.4| 17.5
Independent with dependents .......| 27.4| 34.8| 26.6| 35.7| 42.7| 35.3
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Veteran status (percent) ............| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
Veteran ...........................| 4.2| 9.9| 3.6| 3.7| 9.5| 3.3
Not veteran .......................| 95.8| 90.1| 96.4| 96.3| 90.5| 96.7
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Field of study (percent) ............| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
Business/management ...............| 17.8| 15.7| 18.0| 17.7| 11.7| 18.0
Education .........................| 8.0| 7.9| 8.0| 23.4| 22.0| 23.5
Engineering/computer science ......| 14.1| 15.2| 14.0| 8.2| 6.6| 8.3
Health ............................| 9.6| 8.3| 9.7| 14.2| 10.8| 14.4
Humanities ........................| 14.6| 16.3| 14.4| 9.1| 14.6| 8.7
Law ...............................| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 4.8| 4.5| 4.8
Life/physical sciences ............| 5.8| 4.8| 5.9| 5.9| 5.8| 5.9
Social/behavioral sciences ........| 8.5| 10.0| 8.3| 7.8| 11.5| 7.6
Vocational/technical ..............| 5.3| 5.0| 5.3| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0
Undeclared ........................| 7.5| 6.9| 7.5| 4.3| 6.4| 4.2
Other .............................| 8.9| 9.8| 8.8| 4.7| 6.1| 4.6
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‡Reporting standards not met. NOTE: The estimates reported in this table are not directly comparable to previously reported data. Due to changes in 1999-2000 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) survey items, the percentage of students indicating some sort of disability is substantially higher than those indicating a disability in prior years, when a much shorter and different set of questions was asked. Detail may not sum to totals because of survey item nonresponse and rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1999-2000 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:2000). (This table was prepared June 2002.)
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