Students are far likelier to report a learning disability than any other kind, the report says.
The comparable figure in 1988 was 15 percent. The report acknowledges that the survey's statistics may not be completely accurate, because the students self-reported their disabilities and had not necessarily been formally diagnosed as disabled. The study also suggests a link between the reporting of disabilities and gender. Fifty-three percent of the students who reported having disabilities were male, according to the report, while men made up just 46 percent of all students. Twenty-eight percent of students with disabilities said they had chosen their institution because it offered special programs for disabled people.