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Table 222. Enrollment and degrees conferred in tribally controlled institutions, by selected characteristics and institution: Fall 1997 to fall 2001, and 1999-2000 to 2001-02

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                                    |    |       Total enrollment    |     Enrollment, fall 2001       |Associate degrees|Bachelor's degrees
                                    |    |___________________________|_________________________________|  to American    |  to American
                                    |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |Percent |American|  Indians and    |  Indians and
                                    |Type| Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall |Total |American|American|Indian/ |Alaska Natives   |Alaska Natives
            Institution             |and | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |      |Indian/ |Indian/ | Alaska |_________________|_________________
                                    |con-|      |      |      |      |      | Alaska | Alaska |Native, |     |     |     |     |     |
                                    |trol|      |      |      |      |      | Native | Native | under- |1999-|2000-|2001-|1999-|2000-|2001-
                                    | \1\|      |      |      |      |      |        |        |graduate|2000 | 01  | 02  |2000 | 01  | 02
____________________________________|____|______|______|______|______|______|________|________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
                 1                  | 2  |  3   |  4   |  5   |  6   |  7   |   8    |   9    |   10   | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16
____________________________________|____|______|______|______|______|______|________|________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
  Tribally controlled institutions .| † |13,583|13,940|14,301|13,589|13,961|  11,618|    83.2|  11,533|  984|  918|1,174| 144 | 112 | 139
                                    |____|______|______|______|______|______|________|________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
              Arizona               |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
Dinč College .......................|   2| 1,732| 1,875| 1,881| 1,712| 1,685|   1,619|    96.1|   1,619|  134|  129|  314|   † |    †|    †
                                    |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
             California             |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
D-Q University .....................|   4|   314|   225|   257|   172|   193|      73|    37.8|      73|  ---|  ---|   13|   † |    †|    †
                                    |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
               Kansas               |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
Haskell Indian Nations University ..|   1|   846|   779|   885|   918|   967|     967|   100.0|     967|   91|   68|   63|  63 |   21|   24
                                    |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
              Michigan              |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
Bay Mills Community College ........|   2|   453|   369|   321|   360|   368|     220|    59.8|     220|    7|   12|   18|   † |    †|    †
                                    |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
             Minnesota              |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
Fond du Lac Tribal and              |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
 Community College .................|   2|   704|   701|   935|   999| 1,023|     278|    27.2|     278|   14|   16|   22|   † |    †|    †
Leech Lake Tribal College ..........|   2|   135|   228|   222|   240|   174|     165|    94.8|     165|   18|   13|    8|   † |    †|    †
                                    |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
              Montana               |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
Blackfeet Community College ........|   4|   411|   396|   291|   299|   341|     329|    96.5|     329|  103|   47|   77|   † |    †|    †
Chief Dull Knife College ...........|   4|   508|   448|   448|   461|   442|     353|    79.9|     353|   31|   16|   23|   † |    †|    †
Fort Belknap College ...............|   2|   218|   163|   266|   295|   170|     148|    87.1|     148|   14|   30|   27|   † |    †|    †
Fort Peck Community College ........|   2|   360|   316|   370|   400|   419|     344|    82.1|     344|   13|   26|   20|   † |    †|    †
Little Big Horn College ............|   2|   243|   324|   207|   320|   203|     195|    96.1|     195|    7|   18|    4|   † |    †|    †
Salish Kootenai College ............|   3|   967| 1,016| 1,075| 1,042|   976|     808|    82.8|     808|   65|   59|   48|  29 |   27|   20
Stone Child College ................|   2|   166|   255|   188|    38|   242|     232|    95.9|     232|   32|   15|   23|   † |    †|    †
                                    |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
              Nebraska              |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
Little Priest Tribal College .......|   4|   ---|   ---|   147|   141|    88|      77|    87.5|      77|    1|    1|    7|   † |    †|    †
Nebraska Indian Community College ..|   4|   223|   186|   186|   170|   191|     160|    83.8|     160|   10|   14|    4|   † |    †|    †
                                    |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
             New Mexico             |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
Crownpoint Institute of Technology .|   4|   364|   227|   270|   841|   299|     293|    98.0|     293|   19|   29|   33|   † |    †|    †
Institute of American Indian Arts ..|   1|   109|   109|   133|   139|    44|      40|    90.9|      40|    7|   15|   17|   † |    †|    2
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic     |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
 Institute .........................|   2|   656|   653|   643|   304|   723|     723|   100.0|     723|   41|   53|   46|   † |    †|    †
                                    |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
            North Dakota            |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
Candeska Cikana Community College ..|   2|   142|   124|   134|     9|   169|     158|    93.5|     158|    5|   10|   16|   † |    †|    †
Fort Berthold Community College ....|   2|   223|   291|   285|    50|    50|      47|    94.0|      47|   26|   26|   26|   † |    †|    †
Sitting Bull College ...............|   2|   217|   231|   233|    22|   194|     172|    88.7|     172|   32|   25|   32|   † |    †|    †
Turtle Mountain Community College ..|   1|   579|   624|   665|   686|   684|     636|    93.0|     636|   38|   46|   45|   † |    †|   16
United Tribes Technical College ....|   4|   263|   311|   299|   204|   302|     272|    90.1|     272|   55|   65|   63|   † |    †|    †
                                    |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
            South Dakota            |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
Oglala Lakota College ..............|   1| 1,219| 1,137| 1,198| 1,174| 1,270|   1,132|    89.1|   1,058|   83|   47|   62|  38 |   49|   34
Si Tanka College ...................|   1|   171|   215|   215|    59|    51|      46|    90.2|      46|   17|   17|    7|   † |    †|   17
Sinte Gleska University ............|   1|   766| 1,041|   910|   900|   895|     749|    83.7|     738|   44|   39|   26|  14 |   15|   26
Sisseton-Wahpeton Community College |   2|   199|   201|   219|   250|   275|     211|    76.7|     211|   13|   12|   36|   † |    †|    †
                                    |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
             Washington             |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
Northwest Indian College ...........|   2|   677|   695|   548|   524|   600|     465|    77.5|     465|   26|   28|   21|   † |    †|    †
                                    |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
             Wisconsin              |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
College of the Menominee Nation ....|   4|   225|   249|   385|   371|   407|     320|    78.6|     320|   12|   12|   28|   † |    †|    †
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa,         |    |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |
 Community College .................|   2|   493|   551|   485|   489|   516|     386|    74.8|     386|   26|   30|   45|   † |    †|    †
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† Not applicable.
---Not available.
#1=public, 4-year; 2=public, 2-year; 3=private not-for-profit, 4-year; and 4=private not-for-profit, 2-year.

NOTE: These colleges are, with few exceptions, tribally controlled and located on reservations. They are all members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. Some data revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys 1997 through 1999; and Spring 2001, Fall 2002, and Spring 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared October 2003.)


2003 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest