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Table 209. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by level, attendance status, sex, and race/ethnicity of student: 1998 and 1999

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                                |                            1999                                                                                 |
                                |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Percent
                                |           | Enrollment, by sex  |                   Enrollment, by race/ethnicity\1\                   |        |minority,
  Level and enrollment status   |           |_____________________|______________________________________________________________________|        |  fall
                                |           |          |          |           |  Total   |       |          |          |        |American|Nonresi-|  1998
                                |   Total   |   Male   |  Female  |   White   | minority |Percent|  Black,  | Hispanic | Asian/ |Indian/ |  dent  |
                                |           |          |          |           |          |minor- |   non-   |          |Pacific |Alaskan | alien  |
                                |           |          |          |           |          |  ity  | Hispanic |          |Islander| Native |        |
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               1                |     2     |    3     |    4     |     5     |    6     |   7   |    8     |    9     |   10   |   11   |   12   |   13
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   All students ................|14,791,224 |6,490,646 |8,300,578 |10,262,485 |4,012,301 |  28.1 |1,640,746 |1,316,616 |909,658 |145,281 |516,438 |    27.6
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Undergraduate, full-time and    |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
  part-time.....................|12,681,231 |5,559,457 |7,121,774 | 8,796,657 |3,600,417 |  29.0 |1,470,509 |1,212,341 |784,268 |133,299 |284,157 |    28.6
  Degree seeking ...............|10,967,780 |4,823,390 |6,144,390 | 7,608,045 |3,114,238 |  29.0 |1,314,748 |1,025,570 |661,406 |112,514 |245,497 |    28.4
  Percent of undergraduates     |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
   seeking degrees .............|      86.5 |     86.8 |     86.3 |      86.5 |     86.5 | (\2\) |     89.4 |     84.6 |   84.3 |   84.4 |   86.4 |   (\2\)
    First-time freshmen ........| 2,351,932 |1,091,802 |1,260,130 | 1,641,983 |  667,976 |  28.9 |  289,167 |  221,019 |132,996 | 24,794 | 41,973 |    28.2
    Other first-year ...........| 2,421,214 |1,050,187 |1,371,027 | 1,514,205 |  859,565 |  36.2 |  358,811 |  315,793 |156,327 | 28,634 | 47,444 |    34.5
    Second year ................| 2,854,278 |1,204,473 |1,649,805 | 2,018,430 |  780,229 |  27.9 |  334,445 |  259,520 |154,967 | 31,297 | 55,619 |    28.4
    Third year .................| 1,460,326 |  643,706 |  816,620 | 1,061,895 |  356,637 |  25.1 |  148,574 |  102,937 | 93,209 | 11,917 | 41,794 |    24.7
    Fourth year and beyond .....| 1,782,764 |  793,179 |  989,585 | 1,298,415 |  429,723 |  24.9 |  172,372 |  121,384 |120,893 | 15,074 | 54,626 |    24.4
    Unclassified by level ......|    97,266 |   40,043 |   57,223 |    73,117 |   20,108 |  21.6 |   11,379 |    4,917 |  3,014 |    798 |  4,041 |    21.1
  Others in credit courses .....| 1,713,451 |  736,067 |  977,384 | 1,188,612 |  486,179 |  29.0 |  155,761 |  186,771 |122,862 | 20,785 | 38,660 |    30.0
                                |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
    Full-time ..................| 7,735,075 |3,515,869 |4,219,206 | 5,466,389 |2,045,531 |  27.2 |  870,597 |  616,501 |481,667 | 76,766 |223,155 |    27.1
      Degree seeking ...........| 7,415,415 |3,368,868 |4,046,547 | 5,265,701 |1,945,544 |  27.0 |  836,594 |  579,286 |457,266 | 72,398 |204,170 |    26.8
        First-time freshmen ....| 1,845,407 |  863,377 |  982,030 | 1,321,406 |  487,219 |  26.9 |  218,336 |  147,126 |103,631 | 18,126 | 36,782 |    26.8
        Other first-year .......| 1,197,491 |  550,357 |  647,134 |   759,694 |  401,511 |  34.6 |  182,130 |  132,075 | 72,589 | 14,717 | 36,286 |    33.7
        Second year ............| 1,807,686 |  805,204 |1,002,482 | 1,305,539 |  455,564 |  25.9 |  195,476 |  136,170 |105,264 | 18,654 | 46,583 |    26.3
        Third year .............| 1,204,771 |  542,585 |  662,186 |   883,875 |  282,730 |  24.2 |  114,511 |   78,230 | 80,445 |  9,544 | 38,166 |    23.9
        Fourth year and beyond .| 1,332,644 |  596,000 |  736,644 |   977,224 |  311,117 |  24.1 |  121,238 |   84,396 | 94,397 | 11,086 | 44,303 |    23.9
        Unclassified by level ..|    27,416 |   11,345 |   16,071 |    17,963 |    7,403 |  29.2 |    4,903 |    1,289 |    940 |    271 |  2,050 |    29.6
      Others in credit courses .|   319,660 |  147,001 |  172,659 |   200,688 |   99,987 |  33.3 |   34,003 |   37,215 | 24,401 |  4,368 | 18,985 |    35.0
                                |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
    Part-time ..................| 4,946,156 |2,043,588 |2,902,568 | 3,330,268 |1,554,886 |  31.8 |  599,912 |  595,840 |302,601 | 56,533 | 61,002 |    30.9
      Degree seeking ...........| 3,552,365 |1,454,522 |2,097,843 | 2,342,344 |1,168,694 |  33.3 |  478,154 |  446,284 |204,140 | 40,116 | 41,327 |    31.8
        First-time freshmen ....|   506,525 |  228,425 |  278,100 |   320,577 |  180,757 |  36.1 |   70,831 |   73,893 | 29,365 |  6,668 |  5,191 |    33.9
        Other first-year .......| 1,223,723 |  499,830 |  723,893 |   754,511 |  458,054 |  37.8 |  176,681 |  183,718 | 83,738 | 13,917 | 11,158 |    35.2
        Second year ............| 1,046,592 |  399,269 |  647,323 |   712,891 |  324,665 |  31.3 |  138,969 |  123,350 | 49,703 | 12,643 |  9,036 |    31.7
        Third year .............|   255,555 |  101,121 |  154,434 |   178,020 |   73,907 |  29.3 |   34,063 |   24,707 | 12,764 |  2,373 |  3,628 |    28.1
        Fourth year and beyond  |   450,120 |  197,179 |  252,941 |   321,191 |  118,606 |  27.0 |   51,134 |   36,988 | 26,496 |  3,988 | 10,323 |    26.1
        Unclassified by level ..|    69,850 |   28,698 |   41,152 |    55,154 |   12,705 |  18.7 |    6,476 |    3,628 |  2,074 |    527 |  1,991 |    17.9
      Others in credit courses  | 1,393,791 |  589,066 |  804,725 |   987,924 |  386,192 |  28.1 |  121,758 |  149,556 | 98,461 | 16,417 | 19,675 |    28.9
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Postbaccalaureate ..............| 2,109,993 |  931,189 |1,178,804 | 1,465,828 |  411,884 |  21.9 |  170,237 |  104,275 |125,390 | 11,982 |232,281 |    21.0
                                |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
  First-professional ...........|   303,190 |  165,134 |  138,056 |   219,677 |   75,475 |  25.6 |   22,469 |   14,682 | 36,226 |  2,098 |  8,038 |    25.1
    First-time .................|    88,911 |   47,379 |   41,532 |    64,137 |   22,005 |  25.5 |    6,703 |    4,569 | 10,131 |    602 |  2,769 |    25.7
    Other ..................... |   214,279 |  117,755 |   96,524 |   155,540 |   53,470 |  25.6 |   15,766 |   10,113 | 26,095 |  1,496 |  5,269 |    24.9
                                |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
    Full-time ..................|   270,581 |  146,613 |  123,968 |   195,032 |   68,158 |  25.9 |   18,906 |   13,086 | 34,288 |  1,878 |  7,391 |    25.4
      First-time ...............|    79,089 |   41,902 |   37,187 |    56,812 |   19,678 |  25.7 |    5,483 |    4,046 |  9,613 |    536 |  2,599 |    25.8
      Other ....................|   191,492 |  104,711 |   86,781 |   138,220 |   48,480 |  26.0 |   13,423 |    9,040 | 24,675 |  1,342 |  4,792 |    25.2
    Part-time ..................|    32,609 |   18,521 |   14,088 |    24,645 |    7,317 |  22.9 |    3,563 |    1,596 |  1,938 |    220 |    647 |    23.1
      First-time ...............|     9,822 |    5,477 |    4,345 |     7,325 |    2,327 |  24.1 |    1,220 |      523 |    518 |     66 |    170 |    25.0
      Other ....................|    22,787 |   13,044 |    9,743 |    17,320 |    4,990 |  22.4 |    2,343 |    1,073 |  1,420 |    154 |    477 |    22.4
                                |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
  Graduate students ............| 1,806,803 |  766,055 |1,040,748 | 1,246,151 |  336,409 |  21.3 |  147,768 |   89,593 | 89,164 |  9,884 |224,243 |    20.2
    Degree seeking .............| 1,525,038 |  669,092 |  855,946 | 1,036,236 |  276,410 |  21.1 |  122,982 |   70,603 | 74,692 |  8,133 |212,392 |    19.9
     Percent of graduate stu-   |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
       dents seeking degrees ...|      84.4 |     87.3 |     82.2 |      83.2 |     82.2 | (\2\) |     83.2 |     78.8 |   83.8 |   82.3 |   94.7 |   (\2\)
      First-time ...............|   405,265 |  175,481 |  229,784 |   262,272 |   76,576 |  22.6 |   33,209 |   19,292 | 21,775 |  2,300 | 66,417 |    21.7
      Other degree seeking .....| 1,119,773 |  493,611 |  626,162 |   773,964 |  199,834 |  20.5 |   89,773 |   51,311 | 52,917 |  5,833 |145,975 |    19.4
    Others in credit courses ...|   281,765 |   96,963 |  184,802 |   209,915 |   59,999 |  22.2 |   24,786 |   18,990 | 14,472 |  1,751 | 11,851 |    21.7
                                |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
    Full-time ..................|   780,838 |  363,239 |  417,599 |   472,508 |  143,825 |  23.3 |   56,910 |   37,096 | 45,405 |  4,414 |164,505 |    22.2
      Degree seeking ...........|   733,963 |  344,428 |  389,535 |   443,497 |  130,204 |  22.7 |   53,273 |   32,459 | 40,448 |  4,024 |160,262 |    21.5
        First-time .............|   243,171 |  111,775 |  131,396 |   144,396 |   42,351 |  22.7 |   16,475 |   10,395 | 14,190 |  1,291 | 56,424 |    21.7
        Other degree seeking ...|   490,792 |  232,653 |  258,139 |   299,101 |   87,853 |  22.7 |   36,798 |   22,064 | 26,258 |  2,733 |103,838 |    21.5
      Others in credit courses .|    46,875 |   18,811 |   28,064 |    29,011 |   13,621 |  32.0 |    3,637 |    4,637 |  4,957 |    390 |  4,243 |    30.6
    Part-time ..................| 1,025,965 |  402,816 |  623,149 |   773,643 |  192,584 |  19.9 |   90,858 |   52,497 | 43,759 |  5,470 | 59,738 |    19.0
      Degree seeking ...........|   791,075 |  324,664 |  466,411 |   592,739 |  146,206 |  19.8 |   69,709 |   38,144 | 34,244 |  4,109 | 52,130 |    18.7
        First-time .............|   162,094 |   63,706 |   98,388 |   117,876 |   34,225 |  22.5 |   16,734 |    8,897 |  7,585 |  1,009 |  9,993 |    21.7
        Other degree seeking ...|   628,981 |  260,958 |  368,023 |   474,863 |  111,981 |  19.1 |   52,975 |   29,247 | 26,659 |  3,100 | 42,137 |    18.0
      Others in credit courses .|   234,890 |   78,152 |  156,738 |   180,904 |   46,378 |  20.4 |   21,149 |   14,353 |  9,515 |  1,361 |  7,608 |    20.0
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\1\Only U.S. citizens are classified by race/ethnicity.
\2\Not applicable.

NOTE: Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Data imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared March 2001.)


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