Table 5. Description of student characteristics by intended major classification at BUILD Institutionsa.
| Characteristics | Intended major classification | |||
| Natural/life science, n=15,969 | Social/behavioral science, n=2,513 | Non-biomed, n=10,310 | ||
| Mean (SD, range) | Mean (SD, range) | Mean (SD, range) | Pb | |
| Age, n=25,783 | 18.4 (1.3, 15–51) | 18.7 (2.7, 17-59) | 18.7 (2.4, 16-64) | <.0001 |
| N (%)c | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Sex, n=28,147 | <.0001 | |||
| Female | 9,612 (61) | 2,109 (86) | 6,436 (64) | |
| Male | 6,052 (39) | 334 (14) | 3,604 (36) | |
| Non-response | 305 | 70 | 270 | |
| Race/ethnicity, n=28,600 | <.0001 | |||
| Hispanic/Latino | 2,580 (16) | 620 (25) | 2,107 (21) | |
| African American/Black | 3,126 (20) | 570 (23) | 1,544 (15) | |
| Asian | 3,265 (21) | 266 (11) | 1,443 (14) | |
| White | 4,490 (28) | 591 (24) | 3,273 (32) | |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander | 306 (2) | 35 (1) | 210 (2) | |
| Two or more races (not incl. Latinos) | 2,112 (13) | 416 (17) | 1,646 (16) | |
| Non-response | 90 | 15 | 87 | |
| Family demographics | ||||
| First generation college, n=25,616 | 3,322 (23) | 663 (30) | 2,432 (27) | <.0001 |
| Family SES/total income, n=25,674 | <.0001 | |||
| <$19,999 | 1,345 (9) | 265 (12) | 975 (11) | |
| $20,000 - $29,999 | 2,229 (16) | 438 (20) | 1,600 (17) | |
| $30,000 - $59,999 | 2,863 (20) | 510 (23) | 1,915 (21) | |
| $60,000 or more | 7,838 (55) | 972 (45) | 4,724 (51) | |
| Non-response | 1694 | 328 | 1096 | |
| Pell grants, n=27,025 | 6,250 (41) | 1,195 (51) | 4,200 (44) | <.0001 |
| Family covers some expenses, n=26,796 | 10,862 (73) | 1,598 (69) | 6,692 (70) | <.0001 |
| At least one disability, n=16,831d | 2,184 (24) | 565 (38) | 1,951 (32) | <.0001 |
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a. Data from Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) The Freshman Survey respondents from 2015 – 2019.
b. Chi-square test except age, which uses ANOVA.
c. Percent responders for a given question.
d. HERI Freshman Survey - 2016 and 2018-2019 only.
Sample sizes may differ within and across tables due to non-response for selected questions.