Table 214. | Number and percent of students enrolled in postsecondary institutions, by level, disability status, and selected student characteristics: 1999-2000 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Graduate and | Undergraduate | first-professional\1\ Selected student |_________________________________|__________________________________ characteristic | All | Disabled |Nondisabled| All | Disabled |Nondisabled |students |students\2\| students |students |students\2\| students ____________________________________|_________|___________|___________|_________|___________|____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 ____________________________________|_________|___________|___________|_________|___________|____________ Total (in thousands) .............| 16,538 | 1,508 | 15,030 | 2,658 | 161 | 2,497 |_________|___________|___________|_________|___________|____________ | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | 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 ____________________________________|_________|___________|___________|_________|___________|____________ |
‡ Did not meet reporting standard. 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 due to 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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