| Percentage of graduate and first-professional students with disabilities, percentage distribution of students with disabilities according to main disability, and the percentage of students who considered themselves to have a disability, by degree program: 1999–2000 |
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| Of those reporting a disability, main disability |
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| Degree program | Any reported disability |
Hearing |
Blind or visual impair- ment |
Ortho- pedic or mobility |
Learning disability |
Health problem |
Mental illness/ depression |
Other |
Considered themselves to have a disability |
| Total | 7.4 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 25.1 | 3.9 | 19.4 | 14.3 | 26.5 | 2.4 |
| Degree program | |||||||||
| Master’s degree | 7.4 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 27.3 | 3.5 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 28.1 | 2.5 |
| Doctoral degree | 9.0 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 19.0 | 5.3 | 19.3 | 16.6 | 26.3 | 2.6 |
| First-professional degree | 4.5 | 8.4 | 3.8 | 34.2 | 6.9 | 31.8 | 2.9 | 12.0 | 1.0 |
| Other graduate program | 8.1 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 17.5 | 1.7 | 32.3 | 12.7 | 27.9 | 3.3 |
| NOTE: Percentages may not add to 100.0 because of rounding. |
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| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1999–2000 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:2000). |
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