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Table 209.Total number of institutions and fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by percentage minority enrollment: 1995\1\

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                                |           |              Public institutions                      |             Private institutions
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     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  |
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               1                |     2     |     3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |   10    |    11    |   12
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All institutions                |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|     3,545 |     1,603 |      602 |       94 |      508 |    1,001 |    1,942 |    1,572 |      62 |    1,510 |    370
   Total enrollment.............|14,261,781 |11,092,374 |5,814,545 |2,235,939 |3,578,606 |5,277,829 |3,169,407 |2,954,707 | 763,702 |2,191,005 |214,700
   U.S. citizens................|13,807,417 |10,794,917 |5,602,655 |2,116,669 |3,485,986 |5,192,262 |3,012,500 |2,800,361 | 695,271 |2,105,090 |212,139
   Minority.....................| 3,496,174 | 2,849,526 |1,299,343 |  377,112 |  922,231 |1,550,183 |  646,648 |  586,474 | 168,995 |  417,479 | 60,174
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90.0 percent or more minority   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
enrollment                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|       125 |        50 |       25 |        0 |       25 |       25 |       75 |       63 |       1 |       62 |     12
   Total enrollment.............|   309,665 |   229,158 |  128,231 |        0 |  128,231 |  100,927 |   80,507 |   73,246 |  10,332 |   62,914 |  7,261
   U.S. citizens................|   301,358 |   223,353 |  124,986 |        0 |  124,986 |   98,367 |   78,005 |   70,837 |   9,784 |   61,053 |  7,168
   Minority.....................|   288,410 |   212,089 |  117,995 |        0 |  117,995 |   94,094 |   76,321 |   69,492 |   9,636 |   59,856 |  6,829
                                |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
75.0 to 89.9 percent minority   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
enrollment                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|        80 |        55 |       20 |        0 |       20 |       35 |       25 |       12 |       0 |       12 |     13
   Total enrollment.............|   445,047 |   423,304 |  134,292 |        0 |  134,292 |  289,012 |   21,743 |   12,530 |       0 |   12,530 |  9,213
   U.S. citizens................|   427,829 |   406,502 |  129,021 |        0 |  129,021 |  277,481 |   21,327 |   12,212 |       0 |   12,212 |  9,115
   Minority.....................|   351,813 |   333,948 |  107,055 |        0 |  107,055 |  226,893 |   17,865 |   10,343 |       0 |   10,343 |  7,522
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50.0 to 74.9 percent minority   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
enrollment                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|       197 |       107 |       30 |        3 |       27 |       77 |       90 |       41 |       0 |       41 |     49
   Total enrollment.............| 1,083,289 |   989,399 |  384,786 |   84,112 |  300,674 |  604,613 |   93,890 |   72,475 |       0 |   72,475 | 21,415
   U.S. citizens................| 1,042,747 |   951,962 |  367,721 |   78,761 |  288,960 |  584,241 |   90,785 |   69,929 |       0 |   69,929 | 20,856
   Minority.....................|   636,548 |   580,708 |  224,100 |   48,617 |  175,483 |  356,608 |   55,840 |   42,809 |       0 |   42,809 | 13,031
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25.0 to 49.9 percent minority   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
enrollment                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|       640 |       314 |       83 |       11 |       72 |      231 |      326 |      246 |      22 |      224 |     80
   Total enrollment.............| 3,163,014 | 2,443,738 |  975,904 |  338,293 |  637,611 |1,467,834 |  719,276 |  679,973 | 311,336 |  368,637 | 39,303
   U.S. citizens................| 3,035,188 | 2,374,061 |  935,909 |  318,083 |  617,826 |1,438,152 |  661,127 |  622,488 | 278,138 |  344,350 | 38,639
   Minority.....................| 1,052,637 |   830,097 |  325,583 |  100,181 |  225,402 |  504,514 |  222,540 |  209,006 |  90,458 |  118,548 | 13,534
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10.0 to 24.9 percent minority   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
enrollment                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|     1,226 |       554 |      235 |       53 |      182 |      319 |      672 |      579 |      35 |      544 |     93
   Total enrollment.............| 6,028,744 | 4,652,184 |2,794,930 |1,340,298 |1,454,632 |1,857,254 |1,376,560 |1,290,774 | 385,345 |  905,429 | 85,786
   U.S. citizens................| 5,830,763 | 4,524,300 |2,684,689 |1,266,587 |1,418,102 |1,839,611 |1,306,463 |1,221,020 | 353,154 |  867,866 | 85,443
   Minority.....................|   973,229 |   751,235 |  438,014 |  196,338 |  241,676 |  313,221 |  221,994 |  205,589 |  65,526 |  140,063 | 16,405
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Less than 10.0 percent minority |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
enrollment                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
   Number of institutions.......|     1,277 |       523 |      209 |       27 |      182 |      314 |      754 |      631 |       4 |      627 |    123
   Total enrollment.............| 3,232,022 | 2,354,591 |1,396,402 |  473,236 |  923,166 |  958,189 |  877,431 |  825,709 |  56,689 |  769,020 | 51,722
   U.S. citizens................| 3,169,532 | 2,314,739 |1,360,329 |  453,238 |  907,091 |  954,410 |  854,793 |  803,875 |  54,195 |  749,680 | 50,918
   Minority.....................|   193,537 |   141,449 |   86,596 |   31,976 |   54,620 |   54,853 |   52,088 |   49,235 |   3,375 |   45,860 |  2,853
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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 January 1997.)



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