Table 1.
Summary statistics of demographic variables.
| |
FIRST (n = 29) |
Traditional (n = 1261) |
Total (n = 1290) |
P-value |
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| Gender, n(%) | 0.588 [1] | ||||||
| Female | 17(58.6) | 673(53.4) | 690(53.5) | ||||
| Male | 12(41.4) | 584(46.3) | 596(46.2) | ||||
| Not reported* | 0(0.0) | 4(0.3) | 4(0.3) | ||||
| Race, n(%) | 0.103 [2] | ||||||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0(0.0) | 6(0.5) | 6(0.5) | ||||
| Asian | 2(6.9) | 199(15.8) | 201(15.6) | ||||
| Black or African American | 1(3.4) | 164(13.0) | 165(12.8) | ||||
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0(0.0) | 2(0.2) | 2(0.2) | ||||
| White | 26(89.7) | 725(57.5) | 751(58.2) | ||||
| Other | 0(0.0) | 62(4.9) | 62(4.8) | ||||
| Not reported* | 0(0.0) | 103(8.2) | 103(8.0) | ||||
| NC Resident status, n(%) | 0.242 [2] | ||||||
| Yes | 28(96.6) | 1105(87.6) | 1133(87.8) | ||||
| No | 1(3.4) | 140(11.1) | 141(10.9) | ||||
| Not reported* | 0(0.0) | 16(1.3) | 16(1.2) | ||||
| NC Home State, n(%) | |||||||
| Yes | 27(93.1) | 1120(88.8) | 1147(88.9) | 0.762 [2] | |||
| No | 2(6.9) | 137(10.9) | 139(10.8) | ||||
| Not reported | 0(0.0) | 4(0.3) | 4(0.3) | ||||
| Class of, n(%) | |||||||
| 2018 | 2(6.9) | 147(11.7) | 149(11.6) | 0.627 [2] | |||
| 2019 | 2(6.9) | 131(10.4) | 133(10.3) | ||||
| 2020 | 2(6.9) | 155(12.3) | 157(12.2) | ||||
| 2021 | 2(6.9) | 144(11.4) | 146(11.3) | ||||
| 2022 | 4(13.8) | 146(11.6) | 150(11.6) | ||||
| 2023 | 7(24.1) | 147(11.7) | 154(11.9) | ||||
| 2024 | 5(17.2) | 215(17.0) | 220(17.1) | ||||
| 2025 | 5(17.2) | 176(14.0) | 181(14.0) | ||||
| Age upon graduation | 0.003 [3] | ||||||
| N | 29 | 1254 | 1283 | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 26.69 (2.35) | 28.25(2.83) | 28.22(2.83) | ||||
| Median (Range) | 26 (24, 33) | 28 (23, 45) | 28 (23, 45) | ||||
aChi-Square p-value; bFisher’s Exact test p-value; cTwo-sample t-test p-value; *Not reported cases were excluded from the hypothesis testing.
Abbreviation: NC – North Carolina.