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Appendix A: Methodology
Table 14: Demographic Comparison between Survey Sample, Participating
Schools, and Nationwide Undergraduate Student Population
Gender
Survey
Sample
Participating
Schools*
Nationwide Undergraduate
Population*
Female 57% 54% 57%
Race
White 40% 41% 58%
Asian 19% 19% 6%
Hispanic or Latino 18% 17% 16%
Black or African American 14% 8% 16%
Age
18-19 35%
20-21 34% 22%
22-24 16% 18%
**
25-29 7% 14%
30-34 4% 9%
35 and over 4% 17%
Household Income
Less than $5,000 12%
$5,000-$14,999 12%
$15,000-$24,999 13%
$25,000-$49,999 18%
$50,000-$74,999 14%
$75,000-$99,999 9%
$100,000 or more 17%
Did not report 6%
Highest Level of Parental Education
High school or less 27%
20%
** **
Some college 21% 20%
Professional (one year or less) certificate 3% **
**
Associate (two year) degree 5% 8%
Bachelor’s (four year) degree 23% 21%
Graduate degree (e.g., master’s, PhD) 21% 18%
Other
Pell Grant recipient 43% 38% 41%
U.S. Citizen 87% ** 94%
Served in military 3% ** 4%
Married 6% ** 18%
Have children 7% ** **
34%
*Based on data from the National Center for Education Statistics 54
**Data not available
Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
54 Data Lab, National Center for Education Statistics, August 1, 2016, http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/.
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