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| Table 211. - | 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
|_________|___________|___________|_________|___________|____________
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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
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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 | --- | --- | ---
Other ..........................| 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | --- | --- | ---
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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
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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
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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
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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 | --- | --- | ---
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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
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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
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\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. ---Sample size too small for a reliable estimate. NOTE.--Because of rounding and survey item nonresponse, details may not add to totals. 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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