Table 311.10.

Number and percentage distribution of students enrolled in postsecondary institutions, by level, disability status, and selected student characteristics: 2015-16

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Selected student characteristic	Undergraduate								Postbaccalaureate
	All students		Students with disabilities1			Students without disabilities			All students		Students with disabilities1			Students without disabilities
1	2		3			4			5		6			7
Number of students (in thousands)	19,308	(—)	3,755		(—)	15,554		(—)	3,547	(—)	423		(—)	3,124		(—)
Percentage distribution of students
Total	100.0	(†)	19.4		(0.21)	80.6		(0.21)	100.0	(†)	11.9		(0.45)	88.1		(0.45)
Sex
Male	100.0	(†)	19.2		(0.33)	80.8		(0.33)	100.0	(†)	9.9		(0.57)	90.1		(0.57)
Female	100.0	(†)	19.6		(0.26)	80.4		(0.26)	100.0	(†)	13.3		(0.57)	86.7		(0.57)
Race/ethnicity of student
White	100.0	(†)	20.8		(0.31)	79.2		(0.31)	100.0	(†)	13.0		(0.59)	87.0		(0.59)
Black	100.0	(†)	17.2		(0.50)	82.8		(0.50)	100.0	(†)	10.3		(0.94)	89.7		(0.94)
Hispanic	100.0	(†)	18.3		(0.47)	81.7		(0.47)	100.0	(†)	14.3		(1.53)	85.7		(1.53)
Asian	100.0	(†)	15.2		(0.69)	84.8		(0.69)	100.0	(†)	6.2		(0.88)	93.8		(0.88)
Pacific Islander	100.0	(†)	23.6		(4.44)	76.4		(4.44)	100.0	(†)	14.9	!	(6.07)	85.1		(6.07)
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0	(†)	27.8		(2.71)	72.2		(2.71)	100.0	(†)	11.8	!	(4.60)	88.2		(4.60)
Two or more races	100.0	(†)	22.1		(1.25)	77.9		(1.25)	100.0	(†)	19.7		(3.61)	80.3		(3.61)
Age
15 to 23	100.0	(†)	17.6		(0.27)	82.4		(0.27)	100.0	(†)	8.1		(1.13)	91.9		(1.13)
24 to 29	100.0	(†)	21.6		(0.55)	78.4		(0.55)	100.0	(†)	11.3		(0.67)	88.7		(0.67)
30 or older	100.0	(†)	22.6		(0.48)	77.4		(0.48)	100.0	(†)	13.5		(0.66)	86.5		(0.66)
Attendance status2
Full-time, full-year	100.0	(†)	17.3		(0.28)	82.7		(0.28)	100.0	(†)	12.0		(0.67)	88.0		(0.67)
Part-time or part-year	100.0	(†)	20.8		(0.28)	79.2		(0.28)	100.0	(†)	11.9		(0.57)	88.1		(0.57)
Student housing status
On-campus	100.0	(†)	15.8		(0.49)	84.2		(0.49)	—	(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)
Off-campus	100.0	(†)	20.6		(0.31)	79.4		(0.31)	—	(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)
With parents or relatives	100.0	(†)	19.5		(0.45)	80.5		(0.45)	—	(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)
Attended more than one institution	100.0	(†)	18.7		(0.55)	81.3		(0.55)	—	(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)
Dependency status
Dependent	100.0	(†)	17.2		(0.28)	82.8		(0.28)	—	(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)
Independent, unmarried	100.0	(†)	23.9		(0.55)	76.1		(0.55)	100.0	(†)	11.5		(0.61)	88.5		(0.61)
Independent, married	100.0	(†)	20.5		(1.07)	79.5		(1.07)	100.0	(†)	10.3		(1.12)	89.7		(1.12)
Independent with dependents	100.0	(†)	20.3		(0.41)	79.7		(0.41)	100.0	(†)	13.4		(0.74)	86.6		(0.74)
Veteran status
Veteran	100.0	(†)	25.8		(0.98)	74.2		(0.98)	100.0	(†)	17.1		(1.09)	82.9		(1.09)
Not veteran	100.0	(†)	19.1		(0.22)	80.9		(0.22)	100.0	(†)	11.6		(0.47)	88.4		(0.47)
Field of study
Business/management	100.0	(†)	17.7		(0.46)	82.3		(0.46)	100.0	(†)	9.9		(0.97)	90.1		(0.97)
Education	100.0	(†)	17.9		(0.92)	82.1		(0.92)	100.0	(†)	12.5		(1.25)	87.5		(1.25)
Engineering/computer science/mathematics	100.0	(†)	19.6		(0.75)	80.4		(0.75)	100.0	(†)	6.8		(0.90)	93.2		(0.90)
Health	100.0	(†)	18.3		(0.40)	81.7		(0.40)	100.0	(†)	12.2		(0.90)	87.8		(0.90)
Humanities	100.0	(†)	21.5		(0.60)	78.5		(0.60)	100.0	(†)	14.1		(1.72)	85.9		(1.72)
Law	—	(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	100.0	(†)	15.0		(2.33)	85.0		(2.33)
Life/physical sciences	100.0	(†)	17.9		(0.74)	82.1		(0.74)	100.0	(†)	11.6		(1.81)	88.4		(1.81)
Social/behavioral sciences	100.0	(†)	21.8		(0.82)	78.2		(0.82)	100.0	(†)	17.5		(1.90)	82.5		(1.90)
Vocational/technical	100.0	(†)	21.6		(1.36)	78.4		(1.36)	—	(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)
Undeclared	100.0	(†)	21.7		(1.55)	78.3		(1.55)	—	(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)
Other	100.0	(†)	20.2		(0.64)	79.8		(0.64)	100.0	(†)	12.5		(1.29)	87.5		(1.29)

—Not available.

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

1 Students with disabilities are those who reported having deafness or serious difficulty hearing; blindness or serious difficulty seeing; serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition; or serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs. For 2015-16, the question about difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions was expanded to include examples of relevant conditions. Specifically, students were instructed to "consider conditions including, but not limited to, a serious learning disability, depression, ADD, or ADHD." The percentage of students reporting difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions was 17 percent in 2015-16 (after the examples were added) and 8 percent in 2011-12 (before the examples were added). Due to addition of the examples, estimates of the percentage of students with this type of disability in 2015-16 and of the overall percentage of students with disabilities in 2015-16 cannot be compared to estimates of the percentages in earlier years.

2 Full-time, full-year includes students enrolled full time for 9 or more months. Part-time or part-year includes students enrolled part time for 9 or more months and students enrolled less than 9 months either part time or full time.

NOTE: Data are based on a sample survey of students who enrolled at any time during the school year. Data exclude students attending institutions in Puerto Rico. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16). (This table was prepared May 2018.)