| Table 29. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in all degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity: Fall 1994 through fall 2019 |
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| [In thousands] | |||||||||
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| Year | Total | Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| White | Black | Hispanic | Asian / Pacific Islander |
American Indian/ Alaska Native |
Nonresident alien1 |
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| Actual | |||||||||
| 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 | 16,911 | 11,281 | 2,068 | 1,716 | 1,076 | 173 | 598 | ||
| 2004 | 17,272 | 11,423 | 2,165 | 1,810 | 1,109 | 176 | 590 | ||
| 2005 | 17,487 | 11,495 | 2,215 | 1,882 | 1,134 | 176 | 585 | ||
| 2006 | 17,759 | 11,572 | 2,280 | 1,964 | 1,165 | 181 | 596 | ||
| 2007 | 18,248 | 11,756 | 2,383 | 2,076 | 1,218 | 190 | 624 | ||
| 2008 | 19,103 | 12,089 | 2,584 | 2,273 | 1,303 | 193 | 661 | ||
| Projected | |||||||||
| 2009 | 19,525 | 12,338 | 2,645 | 2,317 | 1,332 | 197 | 696 | ||
| 2010 | 19,641 | 12,354 | 2,666 | 2,352 | 1,355 | 198 | 717 | ||
| 2011 | 19,713 | 12,292 | 2,709 | 2,411 | 1,375 | 196 | 729 | ||
| 2012 | 19,892 | 12,281 | 2,776 | 2,491 | 1,405 | 195 | 743 | ||
| 2013 | 20,230 | 12,364 | 2,865 | 2,597 | 1,444 | 196 | 763 | ||
| 2014 | 20,709 | 12,530 | 2,971 | 2,726 | 1,495 | 198 | 790 | ||
| 2015 | 21,082 | 12,622 | 3,061 | 2,845 | 1,539 | 199 | 815 | ||
| 2016 | 21,436 | 12,704 | 3,147 | 2,962 | 1,583 | 200 | 840 | ||
| 2017 | 21,779 | 12,785 | 3,229 | 3,075 | 1,623 | 201 | 864 | ||
| 2018 | 22,139 | 12,880 | 3,312 | 3,194 | 1,663 | 202 | 888 | ||
| 2019 | 22,408 | 12,933 | 3,370 | 3,298 | 1,698 | 203 | 908 | ||
| 1 The racial/ethnic backgrounds of nonresident aliens are not known. | |||||||||
| NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Enrollment data in the "racial/ethnicity unknown" category of the IPEDS "Fall Enrollment Survey" have been prorated to the other racial/ethnicity categories at the institutional level. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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:94–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2008; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions by Race/Ethnicity Model, 1980–2008. (This table was prepared February 2010.) |
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