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Table 209. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, attendance status, and level of study: Selected years, 1976 to 2001

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                                  |                          ||                                            ||        Percentage distribution of students
                                  |   Institutions of higher ||         Degree-granting institutions,      ||____________________________________________________
    Level of study, sex, and      |education, in thousands\1\||              in thousands/2/               ||  Institutions of   ||Degree-granting institutions\2\
          race/ethnicity          |                          ||                                            ||higher education\1\ ||
                                  |__________________________||____________________________________________||____________________||______________________________
                                  |  1976  |  1980  |  1990  ||  1996  |  1998  |  1999  |  2000  |  2001  || 1976 | 1980 | 1990 ||1996 |1998 |1999 |2000 |2001
__________________________________|________|________|________||________|________|________|________|________||______|______|______||_____|_____|_____|_____|______
                1                 |   2    |   3    |   4    ||   5    |   6    |   7    |   8    |   9    ||  10  |  11  |  12  || 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17
__________________________________|________|________|________||________|________|________|________|________||______|______|______||_____|_____|_____|_____|______
           All students           |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Total ...........................|10,985.6|12,086.8|13,818.6||14,367.5|14,507.0|14,791.2|15,312.3|15,928.0|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
White, non-Hispanic ..............| 9,076.1| 9,833.0|10,722.5||10,263.9|10,178.8|10,282.1|10,462.1|10,774.5||  82.6|  81.4|  77.6|| 71.4| 70.2| 69.5| 68.3| 67.6
Total minority ...................| 1,690.8| 1,948.8| 2,704.7|| 3,637.4| 3,884.7| 4,020.7| 4,321.5| 4,588.2||  15.4|  16.1|  19.6|| 25.3| 26.8| 27.2| 28.2| 28.8
  Black, non-Hispanic ............| 1,033.0| 1,106.8| 1,247.0|| 1,505.6| 1,582.9| 1,643.2| 1,730.3| 1,850.4||   9.4|   9.2|   9.0|| 10.5| 10.9| 11.1| 11.3| 11.6
  Hispanic .......................|   383.8|   471.7|   782.4|| 1,166.1| 1,257.1| 1,319.1| 1,461.8| 1,560.6||   3.5|   3.9|   5.7||  8.1|  8.7|  8.9|  9.5|  9.8
  Asian or Pacific Islander ......|   197.9|   286.4|   572.4||   828.2|   900.5|   913.0|   978.2| 1,019.0||   1.8|   2.4|   4.1||  5.8|  6.2|  6.2|  6.4|  6.4
  American Indian/Alaska Native ..|    76.1|    83.9|   102.8||   137.6|   144.2|   145.5|   151.2|   158.2||   0.7|   0.7|   0.7||  1.0|  1.0|  1.0|  1.0|  1.0
Nonresident alien ................|   218.7|   305.0|   391.5||   466.3|   443.5|   488.5|   528.7|   565.3||   2.0|   2.5|   2.8||  3.2|  3.1|  3.3|  3.5|  3.5
                                  |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Men .............................| 5,794.4| 5,868.1| 6,283.9|| 6,352.8| 6,369.3| 6,490.6| 6,721.8| 6,960.8|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ............| 4,813.7| 4,772.9| 4,861.0|| 4,552.2| 4,499.4| 4,551.1| 4,634.6| 4,762.3||  83.1|  81.3|  77.4|| 71.7| 70.6| 70.1| 68.9| 68.4
  Total minority .................|   826.6|   884.4| 1,176.6|| 1,533.4| 1,615.2| 1,663.6| 1,789.8| 1,881.1||  14.3|  15.1|  18.7|| 24.1| 25.4| 25.6| 26.6| 27.0
    Black, non-Hispanic ..........|   469.9|   463.7|   484.7||   564.1|   584.0|   604.2|   635.3|   672.4||   8.1|   7.9|   7.7||  8.9|  9.2|  9.3|  9.5|  9.7
    Hispanic .....................|   209.7|   231.6|   353.9||   506.6|   538.6|   563.6|   627.1|   664.2||   3.6|   3.9|   5.6||  8.0|  8.5|  8.7|  9.3|  9.5
    Asian or Pacific Islander ....|   108.4|   151.3|   294.9||   405.5|   433.6|   437.1|   465.9|   480.8||   1.9|   2.6|   4.7||  6.4|  6.8|  6.7|  6.9|  6.9
    American Indian/Alaska Native |    38.5|    37.8|    43.1||    57.2|    59.0|    58.6|    61.4|    63.6||   0.7|   0.6|   0.7||  0.9|  0.9|  0.9|  0.9|  0.9
  Nonresident alien ..............|   154.1|   210.8|   246.3||   267.2|   254.6|   276.0|   297.3|   317.4||   2.7|   3.6|   3.9||  4.2|  4.0|  4.3|  4.4|  4.6
                                  |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Women ...........................| 5,191.2| 6,218.7| 7,534.7|| 8,014.7| 8,137.7| 8,300.6| 8,590.5| 8,967.2|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ............| 4,262.4| 5,060.1| 5,861.5|| 5,711.7| 5,679.4| 5,731.0| 5,827.5| 6,012.2||  82.1|  81.4|  77.8|| 71.3| 69.8| 69.0| 67.8| 67.0
  Total minority .................|   864.2| 1,064.4| 1,528.1|| 2,104.0| 2,269.4| 2,357.2| 2,531.7| 2,707.1||  16.6|  17.1|  20.3|| 26.3| 27.9| 28.4| 29.5| 30.2
    Black, non-Hispanic ..........|   563.1|   643.0|   762.3||   941.4|   999.0| 1,038.9| 1,095.0| 1,178.0||  10.8|  10.3|  10.1|| 11.7| 12.3| 12.5| 12.7| 13.1
    Hispanic .....................|   174.1|   240.1|   428.5||   659.5|   718.5|   755.5|   834.7|   896.4||   3.4|   3.9|   5.7||  8.2|  8.8|  9.1|  9.7| 10.0
    Asian or Pacific Islander ....|    89.4|   135.2|   277.5||   422.6|   466.9|   475.8|   512.3|   538.3||   1.7|   2.2|   3.7||  5.3|  5.7|  5.7|  6.0|  6.0
    American Indian/Alaska Native |    37.6|    46.1|    59.7||    80.4|    85.1|    86.8|    89.7|    94.5||   0.7|   0.7|   0.8||  1.0|  1.0|  1.0|  1.0|  1.1
  Nonresident alien ..............|    64.6|    94.2|   145.2||   199.0|   188.9|   212.4|   231.4|   247.8||   1.2|   1.5|   1.9||  2.5|  2.3|  2.6|  2.7|  2.8
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                                  |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Full-time .......................| 6,703.6| 7,088.9| 7,821.0|| 8,303.0| 8,563.3| 8,786.5| 9,009.6| 9,447.5|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ............| 5,512.6| 5,717.0| 6,016.5|| 5,906.1| 6,022.8| 6,147.1| 6,231.1| 6,478.1||  82.2|  80.6|  76.9|| 71.1| 70.3| 70.0| 69.2| 68.6
  Total minority .................| 1,030.9| 1,137.5| 1,514.9|| 2,046.8| 2,193.6| 2,263.6| 2,368.5| 2,530.7||  15.4|  16.0|  19.4|| 24.7| 25.6| 25.8| 26.3| 26.8
    Black, non-Hispanic ..........|   659.2|   685.6|   718.3||   871.9|   917.5|   948.1|   982.6| 1,059.4||   9.8|   9.7|   9.2|| 10.5| 10.7| 10.8| 10.9| 11.2
    Hispanic .....................|   211.1|   247.0|   394.7||   588.8|   636.3|   668.5|   710.3|   761.9||   3.1|   3.5|   5.0||  7.1|  7.4|  7.6|  7.9|  8.1
    Asian or Pacific Islander ....|   117.7|   162.0|   347.4||   508.5|   557.0|   563.8|   591.2|   619.9||   1.8|   2.3|   4.4||  6.1|  6.5|  6.4|  6.6|  6.6
    American Indian/Alaska Native |    43.0|    43.0|    54.4||    77.5|    82.8|    83.2|    84.4|    89.5||   0.6|   0.6|   0.7||  0.9|  1.0|  0.9|  0.9|  0.9
  Nonresident alien ..............|   160.0|   234.4|   289.6||   350.1|   347.0|   375.8|   410.0|   438.7||   2.4|   3.3|   3.7||  4.2|  4.1|  4.3|  4.6|  4.6
                                  |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Part-time .......................| 4,282.1| 4,997.9| 5,997.7|| 6,064.6| 5,943.6| 6,004.7| 6,302.7| 6,480.5|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ............| 3,563.5| 4,116.0| 4,706.0|| 4,357.8| 4,156.0| 4,135.0| 4,231.0| 4,296.4||  83.2|  82.4|  78.5|| 71.9| 69.9| 68.9| 67.1| 66.3
  Total minority .................|   659.9|   811.3| 1,189.8|| 1,590.6| 1,691.1| 1,757.1| 1,953.0| 2,057.5||  15.4|  16.2|  19.8|| 26.2| 28.5| 29.3| 31.0| 31.7
    Black, non-Hispanic ..........|   373.8|   421.2|   528.7||   633.6|   665.4|   695.1|   747.7|   791.1||   8.7|   8.4|   8.8|| 10.4| 11.2| 11.6| 11.9| 12.2
    Hispanic .....................|   172.7|   224.8|   387.7||   577.3|   620.8|   650.6|   751.5|   798.7||   4.0|   4.5|   6.5||  9.5| 10.4| 10.8| 11.9| 12.3
    Asian or Pacific Islander ....|    80.2|   124.4|   225.1||   319.6|   343.5|   349.1|   387.1|   399.2||   1.9|   2.5|   3.8||  5.3|  5.8|  5.8|  6.1|  6.2
    American Indian/Alaska Native |    33.1|    40.9|    48.4||    60.0|    61.3|    62.3|    66.8|    68.6||   0.8|   0.8|   0.8||  1.0|  1.0|  1.0|  1.1|  1.1
  Nonresident alien ..............|    58.7|    70.6|   101.8||   116.2|    96.5|   112.7|   118.7|   126.5||   1.4|   1.4|   1.7||  1.9|  1.6|  1.9|  1.9|  2.0
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          Undergraduate           |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Total ...........................| 9,419.0|10,469.1|11,959.1||12,326.9|12,436.9|12,681.2|13,155.4|13,715.6|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
White, non-Hispanic ..............| 7,740.5| 8,480.7| 9,272.6|| 8,769.5| 8,703.6| 8,805.7| 8,983.5| 9,278.7||  82.2|  81.0|  77.5|| 71.1| 70.0| 69.4| 68.3| 67.7
Total minority ...................| 1,535.3| 1,778.5| 2,467.7|| 3,282.1| 3,492.1| 3,605.3| 3,884.0| 4,130.2||  16.3|  17.0|  20.6|| 26.6| 28.1| 28.4| 29.5| 30.1
  Black, non-Hispanic ............|   943.4| 1,018.8| 1,147.2|| 1,358.6| 1,421.7| 1,471.9| 1,548.9| 1,657.1||  10.0|   9.7|   9.6|| 11.0| 11.4| 11.6| 11.8| 12.1
  Hispanic .......................|   352.9|   433.1|   724.6|| 1,079.4| 1,159.8| 1,214.0| 1,351.0| 1,444.4||   3.7|   4.1|   6.1||  8.8|  9.3|  9.6| 10.3| 10.5
  Asian or Pacific Islander ......|   169.3|   248.7|   500.5||   717.6|   778.3|   786.0|   845.5|   883.9||   1.8|   2.4|   4.2||  5.8|  6.3|  6.2|  6.4|  6.4
  American Indian/Alaska Native ..|    69.7|    77.9|    95.5||   126.5|   132.2|   133.4|   138.5|   144.8||   0.7|   0.7|   0.8||  1.0|  1.1|  1.1|  1.1|  1.1
Nonresident alien ................|   143.2|   209.9|   218.7||   275.3|   241.3|   270.3|   288.0|   306.7||   1.5|   2.0|   1.8||  2.2|  1.9|  2.1|  2.2|  2.2
                                  |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Men .............................| 4,896.8| 4,997.4| 5,379.8|| 5,420.7| 5,446.1| 5,559.5| 5,778.3| 6,004.4|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ............| 4,052.2| 4,054.9| 4,184.4|| 3,890.8| 3,861.8| 3,919.7| 4,010.1| 4,139.6||  82.8|  81.1|  77.8|| 71.8| 70.9| 70.5| 69.4| 68.9
  Total minority .................|   748.2|   802.7| 1,069.3|| 1,384.1| 1,455.5| 1,498.0| 1,618.0| 1,705.9||  15.3|  16.1|  19.9|| 25.5| 26.7| 26.9| 28.0| 28.4
    Black, non-Hispanic ..........|   430.7|   428.2|   448.0||   513.6|   530.2|   548.4|   577.0|   611.7||   8.8|   8.6|   8.3||  9.5|  9.7|  9.9| 10.0| 10.2
    Hispanic .....................|   191.7|   211.2|   326.9||   469.2|   498.2|   520.6|   582.6|   618.5||   3.9|   4.2|   6.1||  8.7|  9.1|  9.4| 10.1| 10.3
    Asian or Pacific Islander ....|    91.1|   128.5|   254.5||   348.8|   373.0|   375.0|   401.9|   417.2||   1.9|   2.6|   4.7||  6.4|  6.8|  6.7|  7.0|  6.9
    American Indian/Alaska Native |    34.8|    34.8|    39.9||    52.4|    54.2|    53.9|    56.4|    58.5||   0.7|   0.7|   0.7||  1.0|  1.0|  1.0|  1.0|  1.0
  Nonresident alien ..............|    96.4|   139.8|   126.1||   145.8|   128.8|   141.8|   150.2|   158.9||   2.0|   2.8|   2.3||  2.7|  2.4|  2.6|  2.6|  2.6
                                  |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Women ...........................| 4,522.1| 5,471.7| 6,579.3|| 6,906.3| 6,990.8| 7,121.8| 7,377.1| 7,711.2|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ............| 3,688.3| 4,425.8| 5,088.2|| 4,878.7| 4,841.8| 4,886.0| 4,973.3| 5,139.0||  81.6|  80.9|  77.3|| 70.6| 69.3| 68.6| 67.4| 66.6
  Total minority .................|   787.0|   975.8| 1,398.5|| 1,898.1| 2,036.5| 2,107.4| 2,266.0| 2,424.4||  17.4|  17.8|  21.3|| 27.5| 29.1| 29.6| 30.7| 31.4
    Black, non-Hispanic ..........|   512.7|   590.6|   699.2||   845.0|   891.5|   923.5|   971.9| 1,045.4||  11.3|  10.8|  10.6|| 12.2| 12.8| 13.0| 13.2| 13.6
    Hispanic .....................|   161.2|   221.8|   397.6||   610.1|   661.6|   693.4|   768.4|   825.9||   3.6|   4.1|   6.0||  8.8|  9.5|  9.7| 10.4| 10.7
    Asian or Pacific Islander ....|    78.2|   120.2|   246.0||   368.8|   405.3|   411.0|   443.6|   466.7||   1.7|   2.2|   3.7||  5.3|  5.8|  5.8|  6.0|  6.1
    American Indian/Alaska Native |    34.9|    43.1|    55.5||    74.1|    78.1|    79.5|    82.1|    86.3||   0.8|   0.8|   0.8||  1.1|  1.1|  1.1|  1.1|  1.1
  Nonresident alien ..............|    46.8|    70.1|    92.6||   129.5|   112.5|   128.4|   137.8|   147.8||   1.0|   1.3|   1.4||  1.9|  1.6|  1.8|  1.9|  1.9
                                  |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
             Graduate             |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Total ...........................| 1,322.5| 1,340.9| 1,586.2|| 1,742.3| 1,767.6| 1,806.8| 1,850.3| 1,903.7|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
White, non-Hispanic ..............| 1,115.6| 1,104.7| 1,228.4|| 1,272.6| 1,254.3| 1,256.5| 1,258.5| 1,275.1||  84.4|  82.4|  77.4|| 73.0| 71.0| 69.5| 68.0| 67.0
Total minority ...................|   134.5|   144.0|   190.5||   286.3|   318.5|   339.8|   359.4|   378.5||  10.2|  10.7|  12.0|| 16.4| 18.0| 18.8| 19.4| 19.9
  Black, non-Hispanic ............|    78.5|    75.1|    83.9||   125.5|   138.7|   148.7|   157.9|   169.4||   5.9|   5.6|   5.3||  7.2|  7.8|  8.2|  8.5|  8.9
  Hispanic .......................|    26.4|    32.1|    47.2||    72.8|    82.9|    90.4|    95.4|   100.5||   2.0|   2.4|   3.0||  4.2|  4.7|  5.0|  5.2|  5.3
  Asian or Pacific Islander ......|    24.5|    31.6|    53.2||    79.1|    87.0|    90.7|    95.8|    97.4||   1.9|   2.4|   3.4||  4.5|  4.9|  5.0|  5.2|  5.1
  American Indian/Alaska Native ..|     5.1|     5.2|     6.2||     8.9|     9.8|    10.0|    10.3|    11.2||   0.4|   0.4|   0.4||  0.5|  0.6|  0.6|  0.6|  0.6
Nonresident alien ................|    72.4|    92.2|   167.3||   183.3|   194.8|   210.6|   232.3|   250.1||   5.5|   6.9|  10.5|| 10.5| 11.0| 11.7| 12.6| 13.1
                                  |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Men .............................|   707.9|   672.2|   737.4||   759.4|   754.3|   766.1|   779.6|   795.7|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ............|   589.1|   538.5|   538.8||   529.0|   510.4|   507.4|   502.6|   503.4||  83.2|  80.1|  73.1|| 69.7| 67.7| 66.2| 64.5| 63.3
  Total minority .................|    63.7|    65.0|    82.1||   114.0|   122.8|   129.3|   135.1|   138.9||   9.0|   9.7|  11.1|| 15.0| 16.3| 16.9| 17.3| 17.5
    Black, non-Hispanic ..........|    32.0|    28.2|    29.3||    41.2|    44.2|    46.7|    48.9|    51.5||   4.5|   4.2|   4.0||  5.4|  5.9|  6.1|  6.3|  6.5
    Hispanic .....................|    14.6|    15.7|    20.6||    29.6|    32.6|    35.2|    36.5|    37.8||   2.1|   2.3|   2.8||  3.9|  4.3|  4.6|  4.7|  4.7
    Asian or Pacific Islander ....|    14.4|    18.6|    29.7||    39.7|    42.3|    43.7|    45.8|    45.6||   2.0|   2.8|   4.0||  5.2|  5.6|  5.7|  5.9|  5.7
    American Indian/Alaska Native |     2.7|     2.5|     2.6||     3.6|     3.7|     3.7|     3.8|     4.1||   0.4|   0.4|   0.3||  0.5|  0.5|  0.5|  0.5|  0.5
  Nonresident alien ..............|    55.1|    68.7|   116.4||   116.4|   121.1|   129.4|   142.0|   153.4||   7.8|  10.2|  15.8|| 15.3| 16.1| 16.9| 18.2| 19.3
                                  |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Women ...........................|   614.6|   668.7|   848.8||   982.8| 1,013.3| 1,040.7| 1,070.7| 1,108.0|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ............|   526.5|   566.2|   689.5||   743.6|   743.9|   749.1|   756.0|   771.7||  85.7|  84.7|  81.2|| 75.7| 73.4| 72.0| 70.6| 69.6
  Total minority .................|    70.8|    79.0|   108.3||   172.3|   195.6|   210.5|   224.4|   239.6||  11.5|  11.8|  12.8|| 17.5| 19.3| 20.2| 21.0| 21.6
    Black, non-Hispanic ..........|    46.5|    46.9|    54.6||    84.3|    94.5|   102.1|   109.0|   117.9||   7.6|   7.0|   6.4||  8.6|  9.3|  9.8| 10.2| 10.6
    Hispanic .....................|    11.8|    16.4|    26.6||    43.2|    50.4|    55.2|    58.8|    62.8||   1.9|   2.4|   3.1||  4.4|  5.0|  5.3|  5.5|  5.7
    Asian or Pacific Islander ....|    10.1|    13.0|    23.6||    39.4|    44.8|    46.9|    50.0|    51.8||   1.6|   1.9|   2.8||  4.0|  4.4|  4.5|  4.7|  4.7
    American Indian/Alaska Native |     2.4|     2.7|     3.6||     5.3|     6.0|     6.3|     6.5|     7.1||   0.4|   0.4|   0.4||  0.5|  0.6|  0.6|  0.6|  0.6
  Nonresident alien ..............|    17.3|    23.5|    50.9||    66.9|    73.7|    81.1|    90.3|    96.7||   2.8|   3.5|   6.0||  6.8|  7.3|  7.8|  8.4|  8.7
                                  |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
        First-professional        |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Total ...........................|   244.1|   276.8|   273.4||   298.3|   302.5|   303.2|   306.6|   308.6|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
White, non-Hispanic ..............|   220.0|   247.7|   221.5||   221.7|   220.9|   219.9|   220.1|   220.8||  90.1|  89.5|  81.0|| 74.3| 73.0| 72.5| 71.8| 71.5
Total minority ...................|    21.1|    26.3|    46.5||    69.0|    74.1|    75.6|    78.1|    79.5||   8.6|   9.5|  17.0|| 23.1| 24.5| 24.9| 25.5| 25.7
  Black, non-Hispanic ............|    11.2|    12.8|    15.9||    21.5|    22.5|    22.5|    23.5|    23.9||   4.6|   4.6|   5.8||  7.2|  7.4|  7.4|  7.7|  7.8
  Hispanic .......................|     4.5|     6.5|    10.7||    13.9|    14.4|    14.7|    15.4|    15.6||   1.9|   2.4|   3.9||  4.7|  4.7|  4.9|  5.0|  5.1
  Asian or Pacific Islander ......|     4.1|     6.1|    18.7||    31.4|    35.1|    36.3|    36.8|    37.7||   1.7|   2.2|   6.8|| 10.5| 11.6| 12.0| 12.0| 12.2
  American Indian/Alaska Native ..|     1.3|     0.8|     1.1||     2.2|     2.2|     2.1|     2.3|     2.1||   0.5|   0.3|   0.4||  0.7|  0.7|  0.7|  0.8|  0.7
Nonresident alien ................|     3.1|     2.9|     5.4||     7.6|     7.4|     7.6|     8.4|     8.4||   1.3|   1.0|   2.0||  2.6|  2.4|  2.5|  2.7|  2.7
                                  |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Men .............................|   189.6|   198.5|   166.8||   172.7|   168.8|   165.1|   163.9|   160.7|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ............|   172.4|   179.5|   137.8||   132.3|   127.2|   124.0|   122.0|   119.3||  90.9|  90.5|  82.6|| 76.6| 75.3| 75.1| 74.4| 74.2
  Total minority .................|    14.7|    16.7|    25.3||    35.4|    36.9|    36.4|    36.8|    36.3||   7.7|   8.4|  15.1|| 20.5| 21.8| 22.0| 22.4| 22.6
    Black, non-Hispanic ..........|     7.2|     7.4|     7.4||     9.4|     9.5|     9.1|     9.5|     9.3||   3.8|   3.7|   4.4||  5.4|  5.6|  5.5|  5.8|  5.8
    Hispanic .....................|     3.5|     4.6|     6.4||     7.7|     7.8|     7.7|     8.0|     7.9||   1.8|   2.3|   3.8||  4.5|  4.6|  4.7|  4.9|  4.9
    Asian or Pacific Islander ....|     2.9|     4.1|    10.8||    17.1|    18.4|    18.4|    18.1|    18.1||   1.5|   2.1|   6.5||  9.9| 10.9| 11.1| 11.1| 11.2
    American Indian/Alaska Native |     1.0|     0.5|     0.6||     1.2|     1.1|     1.1|     1.2|     1.1||   0.5|   0.3|   0.4||  0.7|  0.7|  0.7|  0.7|  0.7
  Nonresident alien ..............|     2.5|     2.3|     3.8||     5.1|     4.8|     4.7|     5.1|     5.1||   1.3|   1.1|   2.3||  2.9|  2.8|  2.9|  3.1|  3.2
                                  |        |        |        ||        |        |        |        |        ||      |      |      ||     |     |     |     |
 Women ...........................|    54.5|    78.4|   106.6||   125.6|   133.6|   138.1|   142.7|   148.0|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ............|    47.6|    68.1|    83.7||    89.4|    93.7|    95.9|    98.1|   101.5||  87.3|  86.9|  78.5|| 71.2| 70.1| 69.4| 68.7| 68.6
  Total minority .................|     6.4|     9.6|    21.3||    33.6|    37.3|    39.3|    41.3|    43.1||  11.7|  12.3|  20.0|| 26.8| 27.9| 28.5| 28.9| 29.1
    Black, non-Hispanic ..........|     3.9|     5.5|     8.5||    12.1|    12.9|    13.4|    14.0|    14.6||   7.2|   7.0|   8.0||  9.6|  9.7|  9.7|  9.8|  9.9
    Hispanic .....................|     1.0|     1.9|     4.3||     6.2|     6.5|     7.0|     7.4|     7.7||   1.9|   2.4|   4.0||  4.9|  4.9|  5.0|  5.2|  5.2
    Asian or Pacific Islander ....|     1.1|     2.0|     7.9||    14.4|    16.8|    17.9|    18.7|    19.7||   2.1|   2.6|   7.4|| 11.4| 12.5| 13.0| 13.1| 13.3
    American Indian/Alaska Native |     0.2|     0.3|     0.5||     1.0|     1.0|     1.0|     1.1|     1.1||   0.4|   0.3|   0.5||  0.8|  0.8|  0.7|  0.8|  0.7
  Nonresident alien ..............|     0.5|     0.6|     1.6||     2.6|     2.6|     2.9|     3.3|     3.4||   1.0|   0.8|   1.5||  2.0|  2.0|  2.1|  2.3|  2.3
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\1\Institutions that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education.
\2\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting higher education institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

NOTE: Because of underreporting and nonreporting of racial/ethnic data, some figures are slightly lower than corresponding data in other tables. Data for 1999 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1976 and 1980; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, 1990 through 1999, and Spring 2001 and Spring 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared September 2003.)


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