Indicator 51 Supp

Christian Party


Indicator 51 Supp. Table 1:  Percentage of undergraduate students with selected
                             characteristics, by control and type of
                             postsecondary institution: 1989-90
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                                         Public                      Private, non,profit
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                                                   4-year                            4-year
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                                                Non-                              Non-                Private
Characteristic              Total 1/  2-year     PhD     PhD  Total 1/  2-year     PhD     PhD  for-profit 2/
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Attended part-time              50.9    70.1    30.8    24.1      23.4    28.5    26.9    17.2           17.1
Lived off campus                88.9    98.7    78.4    73.9      59.7    72.4    57.6    57.2           96.8
Female                          55.0    56.7    55.5    51.6      54.3    61.2    55.9    50.0           61.6
Minority                        22.6    24.7    21.5    19.0      21.1    19.3    18.4    22.8           42.7
24 years of age or older        44.3    56.2    32.6    25.0      29.5    34.2    31.7    21.2           49.2
Married                         27.1    34.8    19.6    14.5      17.5    19.9    20.0    11.4           24.2
Financially independent         53.2    65.6    41.0    32.5      36.5    45.1    38.1    27.7           71.5

Family income (dependent
 students) 3/
  Low                           17.9    19.8    19.3    14.6      19.0    21.7    20.9    15.3           35.8
  Lower middle                  21.1    23.8    20.3    17.8      16.7    21.7    17.6    14.3           27.7
  Middle                        20.2    19.3    21.5    20.6      17.4    22.5    18.5    14.8           17.3
  Upper middle                  21.9    21.3    21.5    23.0      18.8    14.2    19.3    19.1           12.5
  Upper                         18.9    15.7    17.4    24.0      28.1    19.9    23.6    36.6            6.7

Parents' highest educational
 level 4/
  High school graduate or less  41.6    47.9    38.4    29.0      32.5    44.3    36.0    22.7           64.1
  Vocational/trade school        5.1     5.2     5.4     4.6       4.5     7.4     5.0     2.9            6.0
  Some college                  18.4    18.5    18.9    17.8      14.6    15.1    16.0    12.2           14.6
  Bachelor's degree or higher   35.0    28.4    37.4    48.7      48.5    33.2    43.1    62.2           15.3
    Bachelor's degree           19.9    17.1    21.4    25.4      22.5    17.5    21.5    25.7            9.3
    Advanced degree             15.1    11.3    16.0    23.3      26.0    15.7    21.6    36.5            6.0
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1/ Includes students in less than 2-year institutions (1 percent of enrollment in public institutions and
3 percent of enrollment in private, nonprofit institutions).
2/ Sixty-three percent of the students in private, for-profit institutions were in less-than-2-year
institutions, 30 percent were in 2-year institutions, and 7 percent were in 4-year institutions.
3/ Adjusted 1988 gross family income in quintiles.  The cut-points for the quintiles are: $0, $16,200,
$30,100, $43,900, and $60,100.
4/ Highest level attained by either parent.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
1990 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (data analysis system).

Modified Tuesday, November 02, 2010