Table 240.

Number and percentage distribution of students enrolled in postsecondary institutions, by level, disability status, and selected student characteristics: 2003-04 and 2007-08

Selected student characteristic	Undergraduate												Graduate and first-professional,1  2007-08
	2003-04						2007-08
	All students		Students with disabil-ities2		Nondisabled students		All students		Students with disabil-ities2		Nondisabled students		All students		Students with disabil-ities2		Nondisabled students
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10
Number of students (in thousands)	19,054	(—)	2,154	(—)	16,900	(—)	20,928	(—)	2,266	(—)	18,662	(—)	3,456	(—)	261	(—)	3,195	(—)
Percentage distribution	100.0	(†)	11.3	(0.18)	88.7	(0.18)	100.0	(†)	10.8	(0.18)	89.2	(0.18)	100.0	(†)	7.6	(0.47)	92.4	(0.47)
Sex (percent)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
Male	42.4	(0.34)	42.0	(0.82)	42.5	(0.35)	43.1	(0.60)	42.7	(0.84)	43.1	(0.62)	40.1	(0.71)	39.2	(2.87)	40.2	(0.70)
Female	57.6	(0.34)	58.0	(0.82)	57.5	(0.35)	56.9	(0.60)	57.3	(0.84)	56.9	(0.62)	59.9	(0.71)	60.8	(2.87)	59.8	(0.70)
Race/ethnicity of student (percent)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
White	62.9	(0.71)	65.0	(0.86)	62.6	(0.74)	61.8	(0.52)	66.3	(0.80)	61.2	(0.53)	66.6	(0.89)	63.6	(3.70)	66.9	(0.93)
Black	14.0	(0.60)	13.2	(0.73)	14.1	(0.61)	14.0	(0.28)	12.7	(0.51)	14.1	(0.29)	11.7	(0.61)	19.0	(4.24)	11.1	(0.58)
Hispanic	12.9	(0.39)	12.3	(0.55)	13.0	(0.40)	14.1	(0.44)	12.3	(0.61)	14.4	(0.46)	8.0	(0.38)	7.4	(1.21)	8.0	(0.41)
Asian/Pacific Islander	5.9	(0.30)	3.9	(0.40)	6.2	(0.31)	6.6	(0.19)	4.8	(0.36)	6.8	(0.19)	11.1	(0.50)	7.3	(1.08)	11.4	(0.51)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.9	(0.10)	1.2	(0.17)	0.9	(0.11)	0.8	(0.09)	0.8	(0.12)	0.9	(0.09)	0.3	(0.07)	0.5	(0.48)	0.3	(0.06)
Other	3.3	(0.16)	4.5	(0.35)	3.2	(0.15)	2.7	(0.13)	3.2	(0.25)	2.6	(0.13)	2.3	(0.19)	2.3	(0.61)	2.3	(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	57.7	(0.51)	46.8	(0.91)	59.1	(0.50)	59.7	(0.29)	54.0	(0.74)	60.4	(0.31)	11.4	(0.42)	7.8	(1.10)	11.7	(0.44)
24 to 29	16.9	(0.24)	15.2	(0.48)	17.1	(0.24)	17.3	(0.18)	20.1	(0.65)	17.0	(0.19)	39.9	(0.86)	36.2	(2.70)	40.2	(0.88)
30 or older	25.4	(0.46)	38.0	(0.92)	23.8	(0.46)	23.0	(0.25)	25.9	(0.63)	22.7	(0.27)	48.7	(1.02)	56.0	(3.07)	48.1	(1.0)
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	40.3	(0.42)	34.8	(0.72)	41.0	(0.42)	39.3	(0.28)	34.7	(0.75)	39.8	(0.28)	34.1	(0.77)	32.6	(3.22)	34.2	(0.78)
Part-time or part-year	59.7	(0.42)	65.2	(0.72)	59.0	(0.42)	60.7	(0.28)	65.3	(0.75)	60.2	(0.28)	65.9	(0.77)	67.4	(3.22)	65.8	(0.78)
Student housing status (percent)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
On-campus	14.2	(0.34)	10.9	(0.44)	14.6	(0.35)	14.2	(0.53)	11.1	(0.55)	14.5	(0.55)	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
Off-campus	54.8	(1.19)	61.2	(1.62)	54.0	(1.16)	54.0	(1.05)	56.3	(1.27)	53.7	(1.04)	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
With parents or relatives	31.0	(1.16)	27.9	(1.52)	31.4	(1.13)	31.9	(1.53)	32.6	(1.58)	31.8	(1.54)	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
Dependency status (percent)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
Dependent	50.5	(0.54)	40.4	(0.97)	51.8	(0.52)	53.0	(0.31)	46.8	(0.71)	53.7	(0.34)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
Independent, unmarried	14.8	(0.25)	19.0	(0.59)	14.2	(0.25)	15.3	(0.20)	19.5	(0.59)	14.7	(0.20)	50.0	(0.87)	52.7	(4.23)	49.8	(0.79)
Independent, married	7.7	(0.18)	9.0	(0.43)	7.5	(0.18)	6.4	(0.13)	6.9	(0.39)	6.3	(0.15)	16.9	(0.58)	12.9	(1.77)	17.2	(0.61)
Independent with dependents	27.0	(0.40)	31.6	(0.78)	26.4	(0.39)	25.4	(0.30)	26.7	(0.74)	25.2	(0.29)	33.1	(0.99)	34.4	(4.14)	33.0	(0.93)
Veteran status (percent)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
Veteran	3.3	(0.13)	6.0	(0.44)	2.9	(0.12)	3.1	(0.13)	4.4	(0.30)	3.0	(0.13)	3.1	(0.32)	6.5	(1.70)	2.8	(0.28)
Not veteran	96.7	(0.13)	94.0	(0.44)	97.1	(0.12)	96.9	(0.13)	95.6	(0.30)	97.0	(0.13)	96.9	(0.32)	93.5	(1.70)	97.2	(0.28)
Field of study (percent)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
Business/management	15.4	(0.26)	14.2	(0.61)	15.6	(0.25)	16.2	(0.24)	14.6	(0.56)	16.4	(0.25)	17.3	(1.11)	13.0	(2.11)	17.6	(1.11)
Education	6.7	(0.20)	6.3	(0.36)	6.7	(0.21)	5.8	(0.19)	5.4	(0.36)	5.9	(0.19)	23.9	(1.05)	28.3	(3.83)	23.6	(0.99)
Engineering/computer     science/mathematics	9.4	(0.24)	9.3	(0.46)	9.4	(0.24)	8.9	(0.16)	8.7	(0.52)	8.9	(0.17)	8.8	(0.45)	6.3	(0.93)	9.0	(0.48)
Health	12.8	(0.31)	12.3	(0.51)	12.9	(0.32)	14.3	(0.37)	14.8	(0.63)	14.3	(0.38)	11.7	(0.39)	12.6	(2.48)	11.6	(0.37)
Humanities	10.3	(0.24)	10.9	(0.47)	10.3	(0.25)	15.2	(0.31)	17.0	(0.59)	15.0	(0.33)	6.7	(0.48)	5.9	(0.89)	6.8	(0.47)
Law	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	4.9	(0.34)	4.2	(0.58)	5.0	(0.36)
Life/physical sciences	4.5	(0.11)	4.2	(0.26)	4.5	(0.12)	6.2	(0.11)	5.6	(0.33)	6.3	(0.12)	4.8	(0.25)	3.9	(0.76)	4.8	(0.25)
Social/behavioral sciences	7.0	(0.15)	7.3	(0.34)	6.9	(0.16)	6.4	(0.11)	6.2	(0.38)	6.4	(0.12)	6.8	(0.52)	7.9	(1.41)	6.7	(0.52)
Vocational/technical	2.5	(0.15)	3.0	(0.23)	2.4	(0.15)	2.4	(0.16)	2.6	(0.23)	2.4	(0.16)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
Undeclared	21.7	(0.49)	22.3	(0.78)	21.6	(0.50)	14.1	(0.32)	14.3	(0.74)	14.0	(0.33)	6.3	(0.43)	6.0	(1.33)	6.3	(0.45)
Other	9.7	(0.25)	10.2	(0.48)	9.6	(0.26)	10.5	(0.25)	10.9	(0.46)	10.4	(0.25)	8.7	(0.38)	11.8	(1.83)	8.5	(0.37)

—Not available.

†Not applicable.

‡Reporting standards not met.

1 First-professional includes chiropractic medicine, medicine, dentistry, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, veterinary medicine, law, and theology.

2 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 include Puerto Rico. Detail may not sum to totals because of survey item nonresponse and rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

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). (This table was prepared October 2009.)