Table 3.

Changes in Distribution of Student Characteristics Within Meta–Major by 2014

	Undeclared (%) ($\Delta$)	STEM (%) ($\Delta$)	Humanities/ Liberal Arts (%) ($\Delta$)	Social Sciences (%) ($\Delta$)	Education (%) ($\Delta$)	Business (%) ($\Delta$)	Health Sciences (%) ($\Delta$)	Industry/ Manufacturing/ Agriculture/ Construction (%) ($\Delta$)	Public Safety (%) ($\Delta$)	Total (%) ($\Delta$)
Gender
Male	44.4	70.8	49.1	32.9	23.3	49.1	15.8	88.6	62.1	46.0
	(−15.1)	(−5.3)	(3.6)	(3.5)	(−0.5)	(−6.8)	(1.1)	(3.0)	(−3.0)
Female	55.6	29.2	50.9	67.1	76.7	50.9	84.2	11.4	37.9	54.0
	(15.1)	(5.3)	(−3.6)	(−3.5)	(0.5)	(6.8)	(−1.1)	(−3.0)	(3.0)
Race
White	50.8	55.7	59.6	47.1	48.7	50.2	50.7	63.7	49.4	52.9
	(−5.7)	(1.7)	(0.9)	(−1.7)	(−0.4)	(0.7)	(2.5)	(2.3)	(0.4)
Black	11.0	10.0	13.0	15.9	11.9	15.3	17.1	14.1	11.3	13.4
	(7.1)	(−1.5)	(2.1)	(−0.2)	(−1.3)	(−1.4)	(−0.1)	(0.7)	(0.1)
Hispanic	32.4	20.0	20.5	28.4	29.7	25.9	23.0	15.2	34.9	25.2
	(5.6)	(−0.1)	(−2.7)	(1.1)	(−2.2)	(0.0)	(−3.0)	(−5.9)	(−1.0)
Asian	2.2	6.9	3.6	5.7	5.2	6.5	3.8	0.7	2.2	4.2
	(−4.6)	(−0.4)	(−0.4)	(2.1)	(4.8)	(1.1)	(0.1)	(−0.1)	(0.0)
Other races	3.7	7.4	3.2	2.9	4.4	2.1	5.4	6.4	2.3	4.2
	(−2.4)	(0.3)	(0.1)	(−1.2)	(−0.9)	(−0.4)	(0.5)	(3.0)	(0.5)
First–generation college studenta
No	28.2	32.5	27.8	26.2	23.5	18.6	20.0	29.9	19.9	25.6
	(1.1)	(1.7)	(−0.1)	(−2.5)	(−1.3)	(−7.2)	(0.5)	(9.9)	(−1.6)
Yes	71.8	67.5	72.2	73.8	76.5	81.4	80.0	70.1	80.1	74.4
	(−1.1)	(−1.7)	(0.1)	(2.5)	(1.3)	(7.2)	(−0.5)	(−9.9)	(1.6)
Family income quartile
Q1	22.4	25.5	20.9	28.8	25.6	24.3	29.1	23.3	26.8	25.0
	(10.4)	(−0.8)	(0.9)	(−0.1)	(2.8)	(0.5)	(−1.6)	(−1.9)	(−3.3)
Q2	26.2	27.1	19.5	26.4	22.0	28.1	26.7	23.3	22.4	25.0
	(0.6)	(0.5)	(−2.8)	(4.0)	(−7.0)	(0.2)	(−0.4)	(−3.1)	(2.6)
Q3	26.7	19.8	27.5	23.8	30.7	25.0	22.9	28.6	24.4	25.0
	(−11.6)	(−1.7)	(2.1)	(−1.4)	(−0.3)	(−1.2)	(0.3)	(3.6)	(2.5)
Q4	24.7	27.5	32.1	20.9	21.7	22.6	21.3	24.8	26.4	25.0
	(0.5)	(2.0)	(−0.2)	(−2.5)	(4.5)	(0.5)	(1.7)	(1.4)	(−1.9)
Total %	16.2	13.3	15.8	12.2	4.7	11.0	15.2	5.9	5.7	100.0
	(11.7)	(−0.7)	(−8.2)	(0.7)	(0.7)	(−0.7)	(−4.3)	(0.9)	(−0.1)
Weighted N	158,144	129,159	153,684	118,782	46,159	107,161	147,570	57,608	55,369	973,636

Note. N = 4,250. Analyses used the BPS analysis weight (WTA000); with the weight, our estimates represent 973,636 in the population. Table presents percentage of students in each category, followed by the difference ($\Delta$) in the reported value between the first and third years in parentheses. Categories within a variable add up to 100% within each column/meta–major.

^aUnweighted N = 3,945 in this measure only; 305 participants answered “don’t know” to parents’ highest education.