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Table 207. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and type and control of institution: Selected years, 1976 to 2002 

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                                    |                         Fall enrollment, in thousands                 ||         Percentage distribution of students
Race/ethnicity of student and       |_______________________________________________________________________||_______________________________________________
type and control of institution     |   1976 |   1980 |   1990 |   1996 |1999\1\ |   2000 |    2001|    2002||1976 |1980 |1990 |1996 | 1999|2000 | 2001| 2002
____________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________||_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
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|14,791.2|15,312.3|15,928.0|16,611.7||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|10,282.1|10,462.1|10,774.5|11,140.2|| 82.6| 81.4| 77.6| 71.4| 69.5| 68.3| 67.6| 67.1
Total minority .....................| 1,690.8| 1,948.8| 2,704.7| 3,637.4| 4,020.7| 4,321.5| 4,588.2| 4,880.5|| 15.4| 16.1| 19.6| 25.3| 27.2| 28.2| 28.8| 29.4
  Black, non-Hispanic ..............| 1,033.0| 1,106.8| 1,247.0| 1,505.6| 1,643.2| 1,730.3| 1,850.4| 1,978.7||  9.4|  9.2|  9.0| 10.5| 11.1| 11.3| 11.6| 11.9
  Hispanic .........................|   383.8|   471.7|   782.4| 1,166.1| 1,319.1| 1,461.8| 1,560.6| 1,661.7||  3.5|  3.9|  5.7|  8.1|  8.9|  9.5|  9.8| 10.0
  Asian or Pacific Islander ........|   197.9|   286.4|   572.4|   828.2|   913.0|   978.2| 1,019.0| 1,074.2||  1.8|  2.4|  4.1|  5.8|  6.2|  6.4|  6.4|  6.5
  American Indian/Alaska Native ....|    76.1|    83.9|   102.8|   137.6|   145.5|   151.2|   158.2|   165.9||  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|   488.5|   528.7|   565.3|   590.9||  2.0|  2.5|  2.8|  3.2|  3.3|  3.5|  3.5|  3.6
                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        ||     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Public .............................| 8,641.0| 9,456.4|10,844.7|11,120.5|11,309.4|11,752.8|12,233.2|12,752.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ..............| 7,094.5| 7,656.1| 8,385.4| 7,871.9| 7,803.2| 7,963.4| 8,214.0| 8,490.5|| 82.1| 81.0| 77.3| 70.8| 69.0| 67.8| 67.1| 66.6
  Total minority ...................| 1,401.2| 1,596.2| 2,199.2| 2,944.8| 3,192.8| 3,446.3| 3,645.5| 3,867.4|| 16.2| 16.9| 20.3| 26.5| 28.2| 29.3| 29.8| 30.3
    Black, non-Hispanic ............|   831.2|   876.1|   976.4| 1,177.4| 1,253.4| 1,319.2| 1,397.1| 1,487.2||  9.6|  9.3|  9.0| 10.6| 11.1| 11.2| 11.4| 11.7
    Hispanic .......................|   336.8|   406.2|   671.4|   990.7| 1,099.1| 1,229.3| 1,308.8| 1,388.7||  3.9|  4.3|  6.2|  8.9|  9.7| 10.5| 10.7| 10.9
    Asian or Pacific Islander ......|   165.7|   239.7|   461.0|   657.9|   716.1|   770.5|   806.1|   851.6||  1.9|  2.5|  4.3|  5.9|  6.3|  6.6|  6.6|  6.7
    American Indian/Alaska Native ..|    67.5|    74.2|    90.4|   118.8|   124.2|   127.3|   133.6|   140.0||  0.8|  0.8|  0.8|  1.1|  1.1|  1.1|  1.1|  1.1
  Nonresident alien ................|   145.3|   204.2|   260.0|   303.8|   313.3|   343.1|   373.6|   394.1||  1.7|  2.2|  2.4|  2.7|  2.8|  2.9|  3.1|  3.1
                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        ||     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Private ............................| 2,344.6| 2,630.4| 2,973.9| 3,247.0| 3,481.8| 3,559.5| 3,694.8| 3,859.7||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ..............| 1,981.6| 2,176.9| 2,337.0| 2,392.0| 2,478.8| 2,498.7| 2,560.5| 2,649.8|| 84.5| 82.8| 78.6| 73.7| 71.2| 70.2| 69.3| 68.7
  Total minority ...................|   289.6|   352.7|   505.5|   692.6|   827.9|   875.2|   942.7| 1,013.2|| 12.4| 13.4| 17.0| 21.3| 23.8| 24.6| 25.5| 26.3
    Black, non-Hispanic ............|   201.8|   230.7|   270.6|   328.1|   389.8|   411.1|   453.3|   491.6||  8.6|  8.8|  9.1| 10.1| 11.2| 11.5| 12.3| 12.7
    Hispanic .......................|    47.0|    65.6|   111.0|   175.4|   220.0|   232.5|   251.8|   273.1||  2.0|  2.5|  3.7|  5.4|  6.3|  6.5|  6.8|  7.1
    Asian or Pacific Islander ......|    32.2|    46.7|   111.5|   170.3|   196.9|   207.7|   213.0|   222.6||  1.4|  1.8|  3.7|  5.2|  5.7|  5.8|  5.8|  5.8
    American Indian/Alaska Native ..|     8.6|     9.7|    12.4|    18.8|    21.3|    23.9|    24.6|    25.9||  0.4|  0.4|  0.4|  0.6|  0.6|  0.7|  0.7|  0.7
  Nonresident alien ................|    73.4|   100.8|   131.4|   162.5|   175.1|   185.6|   191.6|   196.8||  3.1|  3.8|  4.4|  5.0|  5.0|  5.2|  5.2|  5.1
                                    |========|========|========|========|========|========|========|========||=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====
4-year                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        ||     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
     Total .........................| 7,106.5| 7,565.4| 8,578.6| 8,804.2| 9,198.5| 9,363.9| 9,677.4|10,082.3||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
                                    |________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________||_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
White, non-Hispanic ................| 5,999.0| 6,274.5| 6,768.1| 6,483.1| 6,610.1| 6,658.0| 6,818.8| 7,053.8|| 84.4| 82.9| 78.9| 73.6| 71.9| 71.1| 70.5| 70.0
Total minority .....................|   931.0| 1,049.9| 1,486.1| 1,946.8| 2,177.6| 2,266.1| 2,392.5| 2,540.3|| 13.1| 13.9| 17.3| 22.1| 23.7| 24.2| 24.7| 25.2
  Black, non-Hispanic ..............|   603.7|   634.3|   722.8|   869.6|   964.1|   995.4| 1,054.7| 1,119.7||  8.5|  8.4|  8.4|  9.9| 10.5| 10.6| 10.9| 11.1
  Hispanic .........................|   173.6|   216.6|   358.2|   508.8|   583.4|   617.9|   656.3|   702.9||  2.4|  2.9|  4.2|  5.8|  6.3|  6.6|  6.8|  7.0
  Asian or Pacific Islander ........|   118.7|   162.1|   357.2|   501.1|   556.8|   576.3|   601.6|   633.1||  1.7|  2.1|  4.2|  5.7|  6.1|  6.2|  6.2|  6.3
  American Indian/Alaska Native ....|    35.0|    36.9|    47.9|    67.3|    73.4|    76.5|    80.0|    84.6||  0.5|  0.5|  0.6|  0.8|  0.8|  0.8|  0.8|  0.8
Nonresident alien ..................|   176.5|   240.9|   324.3|   374.3|   410.8|   439.7|   466.1|   488.3||  2.5|  3.2|  3.8|  4.3|  4.5|  4.7|  4.8|  4.8
                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        ||     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Public .............................| 4,892.9| 5,127.6| 5,848.2| 5,806.0| 5,970.0| 6,055.4| 6,236.5| 6,481.6||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ..............| 4,120.2| 4,243.0| 4,605.6| 4,258.7| 4,293.8| 4,311.2| 4,409.0| 4,551.7|| 84.2| 82.7| 78.8| 73.3| 71.9| 71.2| 70.7| 70.2
  Total minority ...................|   666.7|   740.8| 1,046.2| 1,332.3| 1,436.6| 1,486.4| 1,550.0| 1,636.2|| 13.6| 14.4| 17.9| 22.9| 24.1| 24.5| 24.9| 25.2
    Black, non-Hispanic ............|   421.8|   438.2|   495.1|   580.1|   615.3|   627.8|   650.4|   682.5||  8.6|  8.5|  8.5| 10.0| 10.3| 10.4| 10.4| 10.5
    Hispanic .......................|   129.3|   156.4|   262.5|   359.8|   394.1|   420.0|   439.8|   468.1||  2.6|  3.1|  4.5|  6.2|  6.6|  6.9|  7.1|  7.2
    Asian or Pacific Islander ......|    87.5|   117.2|   250.6|   340.5|   371.4|   381.3|   400.3|   422.8||  1.8|  2.3|  4.3|  5.9|  6.2|  6.3|  6.4|  6.5
    American Indian/Alaska Native ..|    28.2|    29.0|    38.0|    52.0|    55.8|    57.2|    59.4|    62.7||  0.6|  0.6|  0.7|  0.9|  0.9|  0.9|  1.0|  1.0
  Nonresident alien ................|   106.0|   143.8|   196.4|   215.0|   239.5|   257.8|   277.4|   293.7||  2.2|  2.8|  3.4|  3.7|  4.0|  4.3|  4.4|  4.5
                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        ||     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Private ............................| 2,213.6| 2,437.8| 2,730.3| 2,998.2| 3,228.6| 3,308.5| 3,441.0| 3,600.7||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ..............| 1,878.8| 2,031.5| 2,162.5| 2,224.4| 2,316.3| 2,346.9| 2,409.8| 2,502.1|| 84.9| 83.3| 79.2| 74.2| 71.7| 70.9| 70.0| 69.5
  Total minority ...................|   264.3|   309.2|   439.8|   614.5|   741.0|   779.7|   842.5|   904.1|| 11.9| 12.7| 16.1| 20.5| 23.0| 23.6| 24.5| 25.1
    Black, non-Hispanic ............|   182.0|   196.1|   227.7|   289.5|   348.7|   367.6|   404.3|   437.2||  8.2|  8.0|  8.3|  9.7| 10.8| 11.1| 11.7| 12.1
    Hispanic .......................|    44.3|    60.2|    95.7|   149.0|   189.3|   197.9|   216.5|   234.7||  2.0|  2.5|  3.5|  5.0|  5.9|  6.0|  6.3|  6.5
    Asian or Pacific Islander ......|    31.2|    44.9|   106.6|   160.7|   185.4|   195.0|   201.3|   210.3||  1.4|  1.8|  3.9|  5.4|  5.7|  5.9|  5.8|  5.8
    American Indian/Alaska Native ..|     6.8|     7.9|     9.9|    15.3|    17.6|    19.3|    20.5|    21.9||  0.3|  0.3|  0.4|  0.5|  0.5|  0.6|  0.6|  0.6
  Nonresident alien ................|    70.5|    97.1|   127.9|   159.3|   171.3|   181.9|   188.6|   194.5||  3.2|  4.0|  4.7|  5.3|  5.3|  5.5|  5.5|  5.4
                                    |========|========|========|========|========|========|========|========||=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====
2-year                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        ||     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
     Total .........................| 3,879.1| 4,521.4| 5,240.1| 5,563.3| 5,592.7| 5,948.4| 6,250.6| 6,529.4||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
                                    |________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________||_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
White, non-Hispanic ................| 3,077.1| 3,558.5| 3,954.3| 3,780.8| 3,672.0| 3,804.1| 3,955.7| 4,086.5|| 79.3| 78.7| 75.5| 68.0| 65.7| 64.0| 63.3| 62.6
Total minority .....................|   759.8|   898.9| 1,218.6| 1,690.6| 1,843.1| 2,055.4| 2,195.7| 2,340.3|| 19.6| 19.9| 23.3| 30.4| 33.0| 34.6| 35.1| 35.8
  Black, non-Hispanic ..............|   429.3|   472.5|   524.3|   636.0|   679.1|   734.9|   795.7|   859.1|| 11.1| 10.4| 10.0| 11.4| 12.1| 12.4| 12.7| 13.2
  Hispanic .........................|   210.2|   255.1|   424.2|   657.3|   735.7|   843.9|   904.3|   958.9||  5.4|  5.6|  8.1| 11.8| 13.2| 14.2| 14.5| 14.7
  Asian or Pacific Islander ........|    79.2|   124.3|   215.2|   327.0|   356.2|   401.9|   417.5|   441.0||  2.0|  2.8|  4.1|  5.9|  6.4|  6.8|  6.7|  6.8
  American Indian/Alaska Native ....|    41.2|    47.0|    54.9|    70.2|    72.1|    74.7|    78.2|    81.3||  1.1|  1.0|  1.0|  1.3|  1.3|  1.3|  1.3|  1.2
Nonresident alien ..................|    42.2|    64.1|    67.1|    92.0|    77.6|    89.0|    99.2|   102.6||  1.1|  1.4|  1.3|  1.7|  1.4|  1.5|  1.6|  1.6
                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        ||     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Public .............................| 3,748.1| 4,328.8| 4,996.5| 5,314.5| 5,339.4| 5,697.4| 5,996.7| 6,270.4||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ..............| 2,974.3| 3,413.1| 3,779.8| 3,613.2| 3,509.4| 3,652.2| 3,805.0| 3,938.8|| 79.4| 78.8| 75.7| 68.0| 65.7| 64.1| 63.5| 62.8
  Total minority ...................|   734.5|   855.4| 1,153.0| 1,612.5| 1,756.2| 1,959.9| 2,095.5| 2,231.2|| 19.6| 19.8| 23.1| 30.3| 32.9| 34.4| 34.9| 35.6
    Black, non-Hispanic ............|   409.5|   437.9|   481.4|   597.4|   638.1|   691.4|   746.7|   804.7|| 10.9| 10.1|  9.6| 11.2| 12.0| 12.1| 12.5| 12.8
    Hispanic .......................|   207.5|   249.8|   408.9|   631.0|   705.0|   809.2|   869.0|   920.5||  5.5|  5.8|  8.2| 11.9| 13.2| 14.2| 14.5| 14.7
    Asian or Pacific Islander ......|    78.2|   122.5|   210.3|   317.5|   344.7|   389.2|   405.8|   428.7||  2.1|  2.8|  4.2|  6.0|  6.5|  6.8|  6.8|  6.8
    American Indian/Alaska Native ..|    39.3|    45.2|    52.4|    66.7|    68.4|    70.1|    74.1|    77.2||  1.0|  1.0|  1.0|  1.3|  1.3|  1.2|  1.2|  1.2
  Nonresident alien ................|    39.2|    60.3|    63.6|    88.8|    73.8|    85.2|    96.2|   100.4||  1.0|  1.4|  1.3|  1.7|  1.4|  1.5|  1.6|  1.6
                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        ||     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Private ............................|   131.0|   192.6|   243.6|   248.9|   253.3|   251.0|   253.9|   259.0||100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0
  White, non-Hispanic ..............|   102.8|   145.4|   174.5|   167.6|   162.5|   151.8|   150.7|   147.7|| 78.5| 75.5| 71.6| 67.3| 64.2| 60.5| 59.4| 57.0
  Total minority ...................|    25.3|    43.5|    65.6|    78.1|    86.9|    95.5|   100.1|   109.1|| 19.3| 22.6| 26.9| 31.4| 34.3| 38.0| 39.4| 42.1
    Black, non-Hispanic ............|    19.8|    34.6|    42.9|    38.6|    41.0|    43.5|    49.0|    54.4|| 15.1| 17.9| 17.6| 15.5| 16.2| 17.3| 19.3| 21.0
    Hispanic .......................|     2.6|     5.3|    15.3|    26.4|    30.7|    34.7|    35.3|    38.3||  2.0|  2.8|  6.3| 10.6| 12.1| 13.8| 13.9| 14.8
    Asian or Pacific Islander ......|     0.9|     1.8|     4.9|     9.6|    11.5|    12.7|    11.7|    12.3||  0.7|  0.9|  2.0|  3.8|  4.5|  5.1|  4.6|  4.7
    American Indian/Alaska Native ..|     1.8|     1.8|     2.5|     3.5|     3.7|     4.5|     4.1|     4.1||  1.4|  0.9|  1.0|  1.4|  1.5|  1.8|  1.6|  1.6
  Nonresident alien ................|     3.0|     3.7|     3.5|     3.2|     3.8|     3.8|     3.0|     2.2||  2.3|  1.9|  1.4|  1.3|  1.5|  1.5|  1.2|  0.9
____________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________||_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____

\1\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

NOTE: Because of underreporting and nonreporting of racial/ethnic data, some figures are slightly lower than corresponding data in other tables. Data for 1976 through 1990 are for institutionsof higher education. Data for 1996 and later years are for degree-granting institutions. Institutions of higher education 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. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate's or higher degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals because of 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 1976 through 2002 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2003. (This table was prepared October 2004.)


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