. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2014 May;44(5):1159–1167. doi: 10.1007/s10803-013-1978-5

Table 2.

Pathways to postsecondary STEM majors vs. Non-STEM majors among college students with an ASD, 2001 to 2009, weighted %

Type of postsecondary institutions	Weighted %
Type of postsecondary institutions	All	STEM major	Non-STEM major
Attended 2-year only	49.73%	35.94%	56.61%
Attended both 2-year and 4-year	31.60%	48.72%	23.06%
Attended 4-year university only	18.61%	15.34%	20.33%
Total weighted N (%)	2679 (100%)	893 (100%)	1787 (100%)
		χ² = 12.85, p = 0.002

Source: NLTS2, waves 1 through 5.

Notes. Unweighted N = 190. Percentages were weighted to population levels.