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Table 211.Selected statistics on historically black colleges and universities:\1\1980, 1988, and 1993

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                                               |           |       Public          |      Private
    Enrollment, degrees, type of revenues,     |   Total   |_______________________|_____________________
           and type of expenditures            |           |  4-year   |  2-year   |  4-year   | 2-year
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                       1                       |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |    6
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Number of institutions, fall 1993 .............|       103 |        40 |        10 |        49 |       4
                                               |===========|===========|===========|===========|=========
Total enrollment, fall 1980 ...................|   233,557 |   155,085 |    13,132 |    62,924 |   2,416
  Men .........................................|   106,387 |    70,236 |     6,758 |    28,352 |   1,041
   Men, black .................................|    81,818 |    53,654 |     2,781 |    24,412 |     971
  Women .......................................|   127,170 |    84,849 |     6,374 |    34,572 |   1,375
   Women, black ...............................|   109,171 |    70,582 |     4,644 |    32,589 |   1,356
                                               |           |           |           |           |
Total enrollment, fall 1988 ...................|   239,755 |   158,606 |    15,066 |    64,644 |   1,439
  Men .........................................|   100,561 |    66,097 |     6,772 |    27,219 |     473
   Men, black .................................|    78,268 |    50,545 |     3,192 |    24,081 |     450
  Women .......................................|   139,194 |    92,509 |     8,294 |    37,425 |     966
   Women, black ...............................|   115,883 |    73,893 |     5,894 |    35,145 |     951
                                               |           |           |           |           |
Total enrollment, fall 1993 ...................|   282,856 |   189,032 |    19,165 |    73,398 |   1,261
  Men .........................................|   116,397 |    77,823 |     8,091 |    30,028 |     455
   Men, black .................................|    93,110 |    61,508 |     3,720 |    27,474 |     408
  Women .......................................|   166,459 |   111,209 |    11,074 |    43,370 |     806
   Women, black ...............................|   138,088 |    89,359 |     6,857 |    41,090 |     782
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Full-time enrollment, fall 1993 .............|   217,462 |   139,072 |    11,017 |    66,440 |     933
    Men .......................................|    91,611 |    59,619 |     4,464 |    27,150 |     378
    Women .....................................|   125,851 |    79,453 |     6,553 |    39,290 |     555
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Part-time enrollment, fall 1993 .............|    65,394 |    49,960 |     8,148 |     6,958 |     328
    Men .......................................|    24,786 |    18,204 |     3,627 |     2,878 |      77
    Women .....................................|    40,608 |    31,756 |     4,521 |     4,080 |     251
                                               |===========|===========|===========|===========|=========
Earned degrees conferred, 1992-93              |           |           |           |           |
  Associate ...................................|     2,805 |     1,267 |     1,281 |       104 |     153
    Men .......................................|     1,047 |       437 |       510 |        50 |      50
      Men, black ..............................|       482 |       188 |       205 |        41 |      48
    Women .....................................|     1,758 |       830 |       771 |        54 |     103
      Women, black ............................|       974 |       289 |       532 |        50 |     103
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Bachelor's ..................................|    26,140 |    16,867 |       --- |     9,273 |     ---
    Men .......................................|     9,764 |     6,318 |       --- |     3,446 |     ---
      Men, black ..............................|     7,924 |     4,836 |       --- |     3,088 |     ---
    Women .....................................|    16,376 |    10,549 |       --- |     5,827 |     ---
      Women, black ............................|    14,096 |     8,605 |       --- |     5,491 |     ---
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Master's ....................................|     4,612 |     3,708 |       --- |       904 |     ---
    Men .......................................|     1,617 |     1,300 |       --- |       317 |     ---
      Men, black ..............................|       821 |       652 |       --- |       169 |     ---
    Women .....................................|     2,995 |     2,408 |       --- |       587 |     ---
      Women, black ............................|     1,945 |     1,501 |       --- |       444 |     ---
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Doctor's ....................................|       219 |        65 |       --- |       154 |     ---
    Men .......................................|        94 |        16 |       --- |        78 |     ---
      Men, black ..............................|        44 |         7 |       --- |        37 |     ---
    Women .....................................|       125 |        49 |       --- |        76 |     ---
      Women, black ............................|        84 |        27 |       --- |        57 |     ---
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  First-professional ..........................|       966 |       404 |       --- |       562 |     ---
    Men .......................................|       500 |       215 |       --- |       285 |     ---
      Men, black ..............................|       295 |        80 |       --- |       215 |     ---
    Women .....................................|       466 |       189 |       --- |       277 |     ---
      Women, black ............................|       332 |       113 |       --- |       219 |     ---
                                               |===========|===========|===========|===========|=========
Financial statistics, 1992-93,                 |           |           |           |           |
  in thousands of dollars                      |           |           |           |           |
    Current-fund revenues .....................|$3,258,171 |$1,689,795 |   $87,936 |$1,468,329 | $12,110
      Tuition and fees ........................|   796,725 |   351,387 |    15,457 |   425,079 |   4,802
      Federal government\2\ ...................|   658,749 |   240,780 |    14,706 |   400,625 |   2,639
      State governments\2\ ....................|   786,358 |   710,717 |    41,634 |    33,297 |     710
      Local governments\2\ ....................|    93,509 |    82,060 |    10,346 |     1,103 |       0
      Private gifts, grants, and contracts ....|   168,781 |    28,552 |       413 |   137,952 |   1,864
      Endowment income ........................|    30,045 |     2,436 |        26 |    27,500 |      82
      Sales and services ......................|   664,603 |   240,911 |     3,912 |   417,852 |   1,928
      Other sources ...........................|    59,401 |    32,952 |     1,442 |    24,922 |      85
                                               |           |           |           |           |
    Current-fund expenditures .................| 3,184,303 | 1,651,220 |    86,639 | 1,433,065 |  13,379
      Educational and general expenditures ....| 2,612,086 | 1,435,870 |    82,520 | 1,081,273 |  12,423
      Auxiliary enterprises ...................|   322,274 |   215,351 |     4,119 |   101,849 |     956
      Hospitals ...........................    |   249,309 |         0 |         0 |   249,309 |       0
      Independent operations ..................|       633 |         0 |         0 |       633 |       0
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\1\Historically black colleges and universities are accredited institutions of higher education established prior to 1964 with the principal mission of educating black Americans. Federal regulations, 20 U.S. Code, Section 1061 (2), allow for certain exceptions to the founding date. Most institutions are in the southern and border states and were established prior to 1954.
\2\Includes appropriations, grants, contracts, and independent operations.
---Not applicable.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment," "Completions," and "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared May 1995.)


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