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Table 212  Total number of institutions and fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by percentage minority enrollment: 1997\1\

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                        |           |              Public institutions                      | Private nonprofit and proprietary institutions   |        Private nonprofit institutions only
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 Minority percentage of |           |           |     4-year institutions        |          |          |     4-year institutions      |        |          |     4-year institutions      |
U.S. citizen enrollment |   Total   |           |________________________________|          |          |______________________________|        |          |______________________________|
                        |enrollment |           |          | Univer-  |  Other   |  2-year  |          |          |Univer- |  Other   | 2-year |          |          |Univer- |  Other   |2-year
                        |           |   Total   |  Total   |   sity   |  4-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   |    13    |    14    |   15   |    16    |  17
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  All institutions      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |          |          |        |          |
Number of institutions..|     3,885 |     1,657 |      608 |       94 |      514 |    1,049 |    2,228 |    1,613 |     62 |    1,551 |    615 |    1,625 |    1,463 |     62 |    1,401 |   162
Total enrollment........|14,502,334 |11,196,119 |5,835,433 |2,231,273 |3,604,160 |5,360,686 |3,306,215 |3,061,332 |764,613 |2,296,719 |244,883 |2,977,614 |2,905,820 |764,613 |2,141,207 |71,794
U.S. citizens...........|14,037,332 |10,898,786 |5,615,064 |2,110,309 |3,504,755 |5,283,722 |3,138,546 |2,897,437 |693,988 |2,203,449 |241,109 |2,818,651 |2,748,305 |693,988 |2,054,317 |70,346
Minority................| 3,771,210 | 3,040,940 |1,365,473 |  395,173 |  970,300 |1,675,467 |  730,270 |  650,942 |176,979 |  473,963 | 79,328 |  615,133 |  596,451 |176,979 |  419,472 |18,682
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90.0 percent or more    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |          |          |        |          |
 minority enrollment    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |          |          |        |          |
  Number of institutions|       135 |        57 |       30 |        0 |       30 |       27 |       78 |       58 |      1 |       57 |     20 |       64 |       56 |      1 |       55 |     8
  Total enrollment......|   352,486 |   268,856 |  144,752 |        0 |  144,752 |  124,104 |   83,630 |   75,692 | 10,438 |   65,254 |  7,938 |   75,940 |   72,024 | 10,438 |   61,586 | 3,916
  U.S. citizens.........|   343,968 |   263,599 |  142,232 |        0 |  142,232 |  121,367 |   80,369 |   72,503 |  9,305 |   63,198 |  7,866 |   72,929 |   69,067 |  9,305 |   59,762 | 3,862
  Minority..............|   328,250 |   249,437 |  133,681 |        0 |  133,681 |  115,756 |   78,813 |   71,339 |  9,152 |   62,187 |  7,474 |   71,682 |   68,026 |  9,152 |   58,874 | 3,656
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75.0 to 89.9 percent    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |          |          |        |          |
 minority enrollment    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |          |          |        |          |
  Number of institutions|       112 |        61 |       18 |        1 |       17 |       43 |       51 |       19 |      0 |       19 |     32 |       19 |       13 |      0 |       13 |     6
  Total enrollment......|   492,797 |   458,798 |  135,214 |   17,356 |  117,858 |  323,584 |   33,999 |   18,065 |      0 |   18,065 | 15,934 |   13,440 |   11,299 |      0 |   11,299 | 2,141
  U.S. citizens.........|   476,506 |   443,504 |  128,432 |   15,891 |  112,541 |  315,072 |   33,002 |   17,298 |      0 |   17,298 | 15,704 |   13,081 |   10,994 |      0 |   10,994 | 2,087
  Minority..............|   391,790 |   364,408 |  104,809 |   12,117 |   92,692 |  259,599 |   27,382 |   14,460 |      0 |   14,460 | 12,922 |   11,117 |    9,419 |      0 |    9,419 | 1,698
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50.0 to 74.9 percent    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |          |          |        |          |
 minority enrollment    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |          |          |        |          |
  Number of institutions|       267 |       125 |       33 |        2 |       31 |       92 |      142 |       61 |      0 |       61 |     81 |       59 |       36 |      0 |       36 |    23
  Total enrollment......| 1,234,308 | 1,087,508 |  444,980 |   65,848 |  379,132 |  642,528 |  146,800 |  112,878 |      0 |  112,878 | 33,922 |   96,043 |   89,387 |      0 |   89,387 | 6,656
  U.S. citizens.........| 1,191,172 | 1,052,581 |  424,477 |   61,677 |  362,800 |  628,104 |  138,591 |  105,714 |      0 |  105,714 | 32,877 |   90,092 |   83,543 |      0 |   83,543 | 6,549
  Minority..............|   724,957 |   639,204 |  255,230 |   35,507 |  219,723 |  383,974 |   85,753 |   65,157 |      0 |   65,157 | 20,596 |   55,475 |   51,294 |      0 |   51,294 | 4,181
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25.0 to 49.9 percent    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |          |          |        |          |
 minority enrollment    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |          |          |        |          |
  Number of institutions|       813 |       364 |      101 |       11 |       90 |      263 |      449 |      275 |     27 |      248 |    174 |      253 |      220 |     27 |      193 |    33
  Total enrollment......| 3,648,317 | 2,773,545 |1,133,664 |  340,058 |  793,606 |1,639,881 |  874,772 |  804,288 |362,222 |  442,066 | 70,484 |  754,999 |  741,692 |362,222 |  379,470 |13,307
  U.S. citizens.........| 3,505,892 | 2,697,385 |1,086,734 |  319,912 |  766,822 |1,610,651 |  808,507 |  738,728 |324,250 |  414,478 | 69,779 |  692,194 |  679,190 |324,250 |  354,940 |13,004
  Minority..............| 1,213,139 |   939,709 |  371,262 |  108,463 |  262,799 |  568,447 |  273,430 |  247,736 |106,285 |  141,451 | 25,694 |  230,016 |  225,185 |106,285 |  118,900 | 4,831
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10.0 to 24.9 percent    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |          |          |        |          |
 minority enrollment    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |          |          |        |          |
  Number of institutions|     1,316 |       553 |      226 |       54 |      172 |      327 |      763 |      610 |     30 |      580 |    153 |      607 |      566 |     30 |      536 |    41
  Total enrollment......| 5,735,515 | 4,399,170 |2,636,297 |1,355,049 |1,281,248 |1,762,873 |1,336,345 |1,271,294 |335,079 |  936,215 | 65,051 |1,241,590 |1,222,157 |335,079 |  887,078 |19,433
  U.S. citizens.........| 5,540,555 | 4,271,707 |2,526,867 |1,279,208 |1,247,659 |1,744,840 |1,268,848 |1,204,854 |306,164 |  898,690 | 63,994 |1,175,927 |1,156,825 |306,164 |  850,661 |19,102
  Minority..............|   930,890 |   715,707 |  417,655 |  208,767 |  208,888 |  298,052 |  215,183 |  205,095 | 58,116 |  146,979 | 10,088 |  198,951 |  196,002 | 58,116 |  137,886 | 2,949
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Less than 10.0 percent  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |          |          |        |          |
 minority enrollment    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |          |          |        |          |
  Number of institutions|     1,242 |       497 |      200 |       26 |      174 |      297 |      745 |      590 |      4 |      586 |    155 |      623 |      572 |      4 |      568 |    51
  Total enrollment......| 3,038,911 | 2,208,242 |1,340,526 |  452,962 |  887,564 |  867,716 |  830,669 |  779,115 | 56,874 |  722,241 | 51,554 |  795,602 |  769,261 | 56,874 |  712,387 |26,341
  U.S. citizens.........| 2,979,239 | 2,170,010 |1,306,322 |  433,621 |  872,701 |  863,688 |  809,229 |  758,340 | 54,269 |  704,071 | 50,889 |  774,428 |  748,686 | 54,269 |  694,417 |25,742
  Minority..............|   182,184 |   132,475 |   82,836 |   30,319 |   52,517 |   49,639 |   49,709 |   47,155 |  3,426 |   43,729 |  2,554 |   47,892 |   46,525 |  3,426 |   43,099 | 1,367
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\1\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. Includes data for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" survey. (This table was prepared June 1999.)


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