Table 22. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in all degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity: Fall 1990 through fall 2015

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Table 22. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in all degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity: Fall 1990 through fall 2015 [In thousands]
Year	Total	Race/ethnicity					Nonresident alien¹
Year	Total	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian / Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Nonresident alien¹
Actual
1990	13,819	10,722	1,247	782	572	103	391
1991	14,359	10,990	1,335	867	637	114	416
1992	14,487	10,875	1,393	955	697	119	448
1993	14,305	10,600	1,413	989	724	122	457
1994	14,279	10,427	1,449	1,046	774	127	456
1995	14,262	10,311	1,474	1,094	797	131	454
1996	14,368	10,264	1,506	1,166	828	138	466
1997	14,502	10,266	1,551	1,218	859	142	465
1998	14,507	10,179	1,583	1,257	900	144	444
1999	14,791	10,282	1,643	1,319	913	145	488
2000	15,312	10,462	1,730	1,462	978	151	529
2001	15,928	10,775	1,850	1,561	1,019	158	565
2002	16,612	11,140	1,979	1,662	1,074	166	591
2003	16,900	11,275	2,069	1,716	1,076	173	592
2004	17,272	11,423	2,165	1,810	1,109	176	590

Projected
2005	17,429	11,508	2,179	1,842	1,099	194	607
2006	17,648	11,584	2,225	1,898	1,121	197	623
2007	17,916	11,688	2,279	1,959	1,149	200	641
2008	18,202	11,800	2,335	2,026	1,179	203	658
2009	18,480	11,896	2,396	2,097	1,210	206	676
2010	18,746	11,973	2,456	2,171	1,242	210	695
2011	18,956	12,006	2,509	2,244	1,272	213	712
2012	19,182	12,040	2,570	2,319	1,307	217	731
2013	19,439	12,085	2,637	2,401	1,343	221	752
2014	19,682	12,117	2,700	2,487	1,380	225	773
2015	19,874	12,113	2,755	2,569	1,415	229	793
¹ The racial/ethnic backgrounds of nonresident aliens are not known.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Data for 1999 were imputed using alternative procedures. (For more details, see appendix E of Projections of Education Statistics to 2011.) Enrollment data in the "racial/ethnicity unknown" category of the IPED "Fall Enrollment Survey" have been prorated to the other racial/ethnicity categories at the institutional level. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A-2, appendix A.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2005; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions by Race/Ethnicity Model, 1980–2004. (This table was prepared November 2005.)

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