Table 3.

LGBTQ+ college student demographic characteristics (N=21,466)

Characteristic	Frequency	%
Age (Mean ± SD)	21.79 ± 4.25
Race/Ethnicity
APIDA	2067	9.6%
Black/African American	1671	7.8%
Hispanic/Latine	1954	9.1%
Multiracial	345	1.6%
White	15429	71.9%
First-Generation Student	6485	30.2%
Sexual minority	21367	99.5%
Transgender/gender non-conforming	3322	15.5%
Lack of sense of belonging (Mean ± SD)	3.29 ± 1.38
Negative perceptions of campus environment (Mean ± SD)	3.35 ± 1.38
Depressive symptoms (Mean ± SD)	12.15 ± 6.62

Notes: APIDA = Arab/Arab American, Asian/Pacific Islander/Desi American. Sexual minority includes college students who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, asexual, or pansexual.