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What proportion of postsecondary students have disabilities?

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According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in the 2003-2004 school year eleven percent of undergraduates in the United State reported having a disability.

For more information about what types of disabilities were reported, ethnicity of respondents, a comparison of the types of disabilities reported by men versus women, and other respondent characteristics data, visit the table titled Percentage of undergraduates who reported some type of disability by student characteristics: 2003–04.