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                                     |                        Number, in thousands                                   |  Percentage distribution by type and control\1\
 Type and control of institution and |_______________________________________________________________________________|__________________________________________________
      race/ethnicity of student      |  1976   |  1980   |  1984   |  1988   |  1990   |  1991   | 1992\2\ | 1993\3\ | 1976 | 1980 | 1988 | 1990 | 1991 |1992\2\|1993\3\
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            All students             |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
  Total .............................|10,985.6 |12,086.8 |12,233.0 |13,043.1 |13,818.6 |14,359.0 |14,486.3 |14,305.7 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
 White, non-Hispanic ................| 9,076.1 | 9,833.0 | 9,814.7 |10,283.2 |10,722.5 |10,989.8 |10,874.8 |10,603.7 | 84.3 | 83.5 | 81.1 | 79.9 | 78.8 |  77.5 |  76.6
 Total minority .................... | 1,690.8 | 1,948.8 | 2,083.8 | 2,398.8 | 2,704.7 | 2,952.8 | 3,163.8 | 3,245.1 | 15.7 | 16.5 | 18.9 | 20.1 | 21.2 |  22.5 |  23.4
   Black, non-Hispanic ..............| 1,033.0 | 1,106.8 | 1,075.8 | 1,129.6 | 1,247.0 | 1,335.4 | 1,392.7 | 1,410.3 |  9.6 |  9.4 |  8.9 |  9.3 |  9.6 |   9.9 |  10.2
   Hispanic .........................|   383.8 |   471.7 |   534.9 |   680.0 |   782.4 |   866.6 |   954.9 |   989.0 |  3.6 |  4.0 |  5.4 |  5.8 |  6.2 |   6.8 |   7.1
   Asian or Pacific Islander ........|   197.9 |   286.4 |   389.5 |   496.7 |   572.4 |   637.2 |   696.9 |   724.1 |  1.8 |  2.4 |  3.9 |  4.3 |  4.6 |   5.0 |   5.2
   American Indian/Alaskan Native ...|    76.1 |    83.9 |    83.6 |    92.5 |   102.8 |   113.7 |   119.3 |   121.7 |  0.7 |  0.7 |  0.7 |  0.8 |  0.8 |   0.8 |   0.9
 Nonresident alien ..................|   218.7 |   305.0 |   334.6 |   361.2 |   391.5 |   416.4 |   447.7 |   456.8 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   ---
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               4-year                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
  Total .............................| 7,106.5 | 7,565.4 | 7,706.1 | 8,175.0 | 8,578.6 | 8,707.1 | 8,763.9 | 8,739.8 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
 White, non-Hispanic ................| 5,999.0 | 6,274.5 | 6,300.4 | 6,581.6 | 6,768.1 | 6,791.0 | 6,743.6 | 6,643.2 | 86.6 | 85.7 | 83.6 | 82.0 | 81.2 |  80.2 |  79.3
 Total minority .................... |   931.0 | 1,049.9 | 1,123.6 | 1,291.8 | 1,486.1 | 1,573.3 | 1,663.3 | 1,731.0 | 13.4 | 14.3 | 16.4 | 18.0 | 18.8 |  19.8 |  20.7
   Black, non-Hispanic ..............|   603.7 |   634.3 |   617.0 |   656.3 |   722.8 |   757.8 |   791.0 |   811.3 |  8.7 |  8.7 |  8.3 |  8.8 |  9.1 |   9.4 |   9.7
   Hispanic .........................|   173.6 |   216.6 |   246.1 |   296.0 |   358.2 |   382.9 |   409.9 |   432.1 |  2.5 |  3.0 |  3.8 |  4.3 |  4.6 |   4.9 |   5.2
   Asian or Pacific Islander ........|   118.7 |   162.1 |   222.4 |   297.4 |   357.2 |   381.5 |   407.4 |   429.1 |  1.7 |  2.2 |  3.8 |  4.3 |  4.6 |   4.8 |   5.1
   American Indian/Alaskan Native ...|    35.0 |    36.9 |    38.1 |    42.1 |    47.9 |    51.1 |    54.9 |    58.5 |  0.5 |  0.5 |  0.5 |  0.6 |  0.6 |   0.7 |   0.7
 Nonresident alien ..................|   176.5 |   240.9 |   282.1 |   301.5 |   324.3 |   342.8 |   357.0 |   365.6 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   ---
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  Public ............................| 4,892.9 | 5,127.6 | 5,196.0 | 5,544.0 | 5,848.2 | 5,904.7 | 5,900.0 | 5,851.8 | 69.1 | 68.0 | 68.1 | 68.5 | 68.1 |  67.7 |  67.3
   White, non-Hispanic ..............| 4,120.2 | 4,243.0 | 4,229.9 | 4,454.8 | 4,605.6 | 4,597.4 | 4,532.0 | 4,432.9 | 59.5 | 57.9 | 56.6 | 55.8 | 55.0 |  53.9 |  52.9
   Total minority ...................|   666.7 |   740.8 |   795.9 |   907.7 | 1,046.2 | 1,101.7 | 1,155.4 | 1,202.1 |  9.6 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 13.2 |  13.7 |  14.4
     Black, non-Hispanic ............|   421.8 |   438.2 |   426.7 |   448.5 |   495.1 |   516.2 |   535.4 |   548.2 |  6.1 |  6.0 |  5.7 |  6.0 |  6.2 |   6.4 |   6.5
     Hispanic .......................|   129.3 |   156.4 |   178.8 |   215.8 |   262.5 |   278.7 |   295.1 |   311.5 |  1.9 |  2.1 |  2.7 |  3.2 |  3.3 |   3.5 |   3.7
     Asian or Pacific Islander ......|    87.5 |   117.2 |   160.3 |   210.2 |   250.6 |   266.2 |   281.8 |   296.6 |  1.3 |  1.6 |  2.7 |  3.0 |  3.2 |   3.4 |   3.5
     American Indian/Alaskan Native .|    28.2 |    29.0 |    30.1 |    33.3 |    38.0 |    40.6 |    43.0 |    45.9 |  0.4 |  0.4 |  0.4 |  0.5 |  0.5 |   0.5 |   0.5
   Nonresident alien ................|   106.0 |   143.8 |   170.1 |   181.4 |   196.4 |   205.6 |   212.6 |   216.7 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   ---
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  Private ...........................| 2,213.6 | 2,437.8 | 2,510.2 | 2,631.0 | 2,730.3 | 2,802.3 | 2,863.9 | 2,888.0 | 30.9 | 32.0 | 31.9 | 31.5 | 31.9 |  32.3 |  32.7
   White, non-Hispanic ..............| 1,878.8 | 2,031.5 | 2,070.5 | 2,126.8 | 2,162.5 | 2,193.5 | 2,211.6 | 2,210.3 | 27.1 | 27.7 | 27.0 | 26.2 | 26.2 |  26.3 |  26.4
   Total minority ...................|   264.3 |   309.2 |   327.7 |   384.1 |   439.8 |   471.5 |   507.9 |   528.8 |  3.8 |  4.2 |  4.9 |  5.3 |  5.6 |   6.0 |   6.3
     Black, non-Hispanic ............|   182.0 |   196.1 |   190.4 |   207.8 |   227.7 |   241.5 |   255.7 |   263.1 |  2.6 |  2.7 |  2.6 |  2.8 |  2.9 |   3.0 |   3.1
     Hispanic .......................|    44.3 |    60.2 |    67.3 |    80.2 |    95.7 |   104.2 |   114.8 |   120.6 |  0.6 |  0.8 |  1.0 |  1.2 |  1.2 |   1.4 |   1.4
     Asian or Pacific Islander ......|    31.2 |    44.9 |    62.1 |    87.2 |   106.6 |   115.3 |   125.6 |   132.5 |  0.5 |  0.6 |  1.1 |  1.3 |  1.4 |   1.5 |   1.6
     American Indian/Alaskan Native .|     6.8 |     7.9 |     7.9 |     8.8 |     9.9 |    10.6 |    11.8 |    12.6 |  0.1 |  0.1 |  0.1 |  0.1 |  0.1 |   0.1 |   0.2
   Nonresident alien ................|    70.5 |    97.1 |   112.0 |   120.1 |   127.9 |   137.2 |   144.4 |   148.9 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   ---
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               2-year                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |      |       |
  Total .............................| 3,879.1 | 4,521.4 | 4,526.9 | 4,868.1 | 5,240.1 | 5,651.9 | 5,722.4 | 5,565.9 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
 White, non-Hispanic ................| 3,077.1 | 3,558.5 | 3,514.3 | 3,701.5 | 3,954.3 | 4,198.8 | 4,131.2 | 3,960.6 | 80.2 | 79.8 | 77.0 | 76.4 | 75.3 |  73.4 |  72.3
 Total minority .................... |   759.8 |   898.9 |   960.1 | 1,106.9 | 1,218.6 | 1,379.6 | 1,500.6 | 1,514.1 | 19.8 | 20.2 | 23.0 | 23.6 | 24.7 |  26.6 |  27.7
   Black, non-Hispanic ..............|   429.3 |   472.5 |   458.7 |   473.3 |   524.3 |   577.6 |   601.6 |   599.0 | 11.2 | 10.6 |  9.8 | 10.1 | 10.4 |  10.7 |  10.9
   Hispanic .........................|   210.2 |   255.1 |   288.8 |   383.9 |   424.2 |   483.7 |   545.0 |   556.8 |  5.5 |  5.7 |  8.0 |  8.2 |  8.7 |   9.7 |  10.2
   Asian or Pacific Islander ........|    79.2 |   124.3 |   167.1 |   199.3 |   215.2 |   255.7 |   289.5 |   295.0 |  2.1 |  2.8 |  4.1 |  4.2 |  4.6 |   5.1 |   5.4
   American Indian/Alaskan Native ...|    41.2 |    47.0 |    45.5 |    50.4 |    54.9 |    62.6 |    64.4 |    63.2 |  1.1 |  1.1 |  1.0 |  1.1 |  1.1 |   1.1 |   1.2
 Nonresident alien ..................|    42.2 |    64.1 |    52.5 |    59.6 |    67.1 |    73.5 |    90.6 |    91.2 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   ---
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  Public ............................| 3,748.1 | 4,328.8 | 4,260.4 | 4,612.4 | 4,996.5 | 5,404.8 | 5,484.6 | 5,337.3 | 96.7 | 95.8 | 94.7 | 95.4 | 95.6 |  95.8 |  95.9
   White, non-Hispanic ..............| 2,974.3 | 3,413.1 | 3,312.5 | 3,509.0 | 3,779.8 | 4,024.8 | 3,961.2 | 3,793.7 | 77.5 | 76.6 | 73.0 | 73.1 | 72.2 |  70.3 |  69.3
   Total minority ...................|   734.5 |   855.4 |   899.0 | 1,047.0 | 1,153.0 | 1,310.3 | 1,436.4 | 1,456.0 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 21.8 | 22.3 | 23.5 |  25.5 |  26.6
     Black, non-Hispanic ............|   409.5 |   437.9 |   417.3 |   432.6 |   481.4 |   537.2 |   565.0 |   566.1 | 10.7 |  9.8 |  9.0 |  9.3 |  9.6 |  10.0 |  10.3
     Hispanic .......................|   207.5 |   249.8 |   277.3 |   371.1 |   408.9 |   463.4 |   527.1 |   539.8 |  5.4 |  5.6 |  7.7 |  7.9 |  8.3 |   9.4 |   9.9
     Asian or Pacific Islander ......|    78.2 |   122.5 |   162.4 |   195.5 |   210.3 |   250.1 |   284.0 |   289.7 |  2.0 |  2.7 |  4.1 |  4.1 |  4.5 |   5.0 |   5.3
     American Indian/Alaskan Native .|    39.3 |    45.2 |    42.0 |    47.8 |    52.4 |    59.6 |    60.3 |    60.5 |  1.0 |  1.0 |  1.0 |  1.0 |  1.1 |   1.1 |   1.1
   Nonresident alien ................|    39.2 |    60.3 |    48.9 |    56.4 |    63.6 |    69.7 |    86.9 |    87.6 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   ---
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  Private ...........................|   131.0 |   192.6 |   266.4 |   255.7 |   243.6 |   247.1 |   237.8 |   228.5 |  3.3 |  4.2 |  5.3 |  4.6 |  4.4 |   4.2 |   4.1
   White, non-Hispanic ..............|   102.8 |   145.4 |   201.8 |   192.6 |   174.5 |   174.0 |   170.0 |   166.9 |  2.7 |  3.3 |  4.0 |  3.4 |  3.1 |   3.0 |   3.0
   Total minority ...................|    25.3 |    43.5 |    61.2 |    60.0 |    65.6 |    69.3 |    64.1 |    58.1 |  0.7 |  1.0 |  1.2 |  1.3 |  1.2 |   1.1 |   1.1
     Black, non-Hispanic ............|    19.8 |    34.6 |    41.4 |    40.7 |    42.9 |    40.4 |    36.6 |    32.9 |  0.5 |  0.8 |  0.8 |  0.8 |  0.7 |   0.7 |   0.6
     Hispanic .......................|     2.6 |     5.3 |    11.6 |    12.9 |    15.3 |    20.3 |    17.9 |    17.1 |  0.1 |  0.1 |  0.3 |  0.3 |  0.4 |   0.3 |   0.3
     Asian or Pacific Islander ......|     0.9 |     1.8 |     4.7 |     3.8 |     4.9 |     5.6 |     5.5 |     5.4 |(\4\) |(\4\) |  0.1 |  0.1 |  0.1 |   0.1 |   0.1
     American Indian/Alaskan Native .|     1.8 |     1.8 |     3.5 |     2.7 |     2.5 |     3.0 |     4.1 |     2.7 |(\4\) |(\4\) |(\4\) |(\4\) |  0.1 |   0.1 | (\4\)
   Nonresident alien ................|     3.0 |     3.7 |     3.5 |     3.2 |     3.5 |     3.8 |     3.7 |     3.6 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   ---
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared March 1995.)