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Table 204.Total number of institutions and fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by percentage minority enrollment: 1994\1\

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                                |           |              Public institutions                      |             Private institutions
                                |           |-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
     Minority percentage of     |           |           |     4-year institutions        |          |          |     4-year institutions       |
    U.S. citizen enrollment     |   Total   |           |--------------------------------|          |          |-------------------------------|
                                |enrollment |           |          | Univer-  |  Other   |  2-year  |          |          | Univer- |  Other   | 2-year
                                |           |   Total   |  Total   |   sity   |  4-year  |          |  Total   |  Total   |  sity   |  4-year  |
--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|----------|--------
               1                |     2     |     3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |   10    |    11    |   12
--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|----------|--------
All institutions                |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|     3,561 |     1,595 |      599 |       94 |      505 |      996 |    1,966 |    1,565 |      62 |    1,503 |    401
   Total enrollment.............|14,278,790 |11,133,680 |5,825,213 |2,244,636 |3,580,577 |5,308,467 |3,145,110 |2,923,867 | 764,436 |2,159,431 |221,243
   U.S. citizens................|13,822,855 |10,832,425 |5,611,790 |2,123,285 |3,488,505 |5,220,635 |2,990,430 |2,772,767 | 696,586 |2,076,181 |217,663
   Minority.....................| 3,395,861 | 2,776,074 |1,256,743 |  363,492 |  893,251 |1,519,331 |  619,787 |  562,473 | 163,286 |  399,187 | 57,314
                                |-----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|----------|--------
90.0 percent or more minority   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
enrollment                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|       123 |        48 |       23 |        0 |       23 |       25 |       75 |       62 |       1 |       61 |     13
   Total enrollment.............|   316,189 |   232,689 |  118,094 |        0 |  118,094 |  114,595 |   83,500 |   75,846 |  10,115 |   65,731 |  7,654
   U.S. citizens................|   306,690 |   225,497 |  114,603 |        0 |  114,603 |  110,894 |   81,193 |   73,639 |   9,414 |   64,225 |  7,554
   Minority.....................|   292,835 |   213,907 |  109,072 |        0 |  109,072 |  104,835 |   78,928 |   71,771 |   9,240 |   62,531 |  7,157
                                |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
75.0 to 89.9 percent minority   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
enrollment                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|        80 |        53 |       20 |        0 |       20 |       33 |       27 |       11 |       0 |       11 |     16
   Total enrollment.............|   417,454 |   402,109 |  133,168 |        0 |  133,168 |  268,941 |   15,345 |    6,947 |       0 |    6,947 |  8,398
   U.S. citizens................|   401,698 |   387,064 |  128,691 |        0 |  128,691 |  258,373 |   14,634 |    6,306 |       0 |    6,306 |  8,328
   Minority.....................|   328,721 |   316,752 |  107,596 |        0 |  107,596 |  209,156 |   11,969 |    5,152 |       0 |    5,152 |  6,817
                                |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
50.0 to 74.9 percent minority   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
enrollment                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|       181 |        99 |       27 |        3 |       24 |       72 |       82 |       43 |       0 |       43 |     39
   Total enrollment.............| 1,071,517 |   975,608 |  373,478 |   84,754 |  288,724 |  602,130 |   95,909 |   79,346 |       0 |   79,346 | 16,563
   U.S. citizens................| 1,028,504 |   937,633 |  356,702 |   79,282 |  277,420 |  580,931 |   90,871 |   74,848 |       0 |   74,848 | 16,023
   Minority.....................|   621,060 |   566,220 |  216,070 |   47,706 |  168,364 |  350,150 |   54,840 |   45,243 |       0 |   45,243 |  9,597
                                |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
25.0 to 49.9 percent minority   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
enrollment                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|       620 |       299 |       79 |       10 |       69 |      220 |      321 |      222 |      18 |      204 |     99
   Total enrollment.............| 2,993,948 | 2,343,456 |  918,043 |  318,212 |  599,831 |1,425,413 |  650,492 |  601,810 | 252,237 |  349,573 | 48,682
   U.S. citizens................| 2,874,717 | 2,274,307 |  879,005 |  298,125 |  580,880 |1,395,302 |  600,410 |  552,851 | 224,130 |  328,721 | 47,559
   Minority.....................|   984,802 |   784,995 |  301,390 |   91,434 |  209,956 |  483,605 |  199,807 |  183,109 |  74,563 |  108,546 | 16,698
                                |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
10.0 to 24.9 percent minority   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
enrollment                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|     1,208 |       544 |      226 |       46 |      180 |      318 |      664 |      570 |      39 |      531 |     94
   Total enrollment.............| 5,787,384 | 4,413,997 |2,587,016 |1,165,955 |1,421,061 |1,826,981 |1,373,387 |1,295,845 | 444,896 |  850,949 | 77,542
   U.S. citizens................| 5,600,055 | 4,298,897 |2,488,632 |1,103,074 |1,385,558 |1,810,265 |1,301,158 |1,224,426 | 408,219 |  816,207 | 76,732
   Minority.....................|   940,250 |   720,363 |  411,183 |  175,352 |  235,831 |  309,180 |  219,887 |  206,124 |  76,312 |  129,812 | 13,763
                                |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
Less than 10.0 percent minority |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
enrollment                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|     1,349 |       552 |      224 |       35 |      189 |      328 |      797 |      657 |       4 |      653 |    140
   Total enrollment.............| 3,692,298 | 2,765,821 |1,695,414 |  675,715 |1,019,699 |1,070,407 |  926,477 |  864,073 |  57,188 |  806,885 | 62,404
   U.S. citizens................| 3,611,191 | 2,709,027 |1,644,157 |  642,804 |1,001,353 |1,064,870 |  902,164 |  840,697 |  54,823 |  785,874 | 61,467
   Minority.....................|   228,193 |   173,837 |  111,432 |   49,000 |   62,432 |   62,405 |   54,356 |   51,074 |   3,171 |   47,903 |  3,282
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\1\Preliminary data. Minority includes black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaskan Native students.

NOTE.-Some institutions do not report separate enrollment data for each branch campus. For this reason, counts of institutions in this table are somewhat lower than figures appearing in other tables.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" survey. (This table was prepared June 1996.)


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