| Table 29. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment of U.S. residents in all postsecondary degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity: Fall 1996 through fall 2021 |
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| [In thousands] | ||||||
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| Year | Total | Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native |
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| Actual | ||||||
| 1996 | 13,901 | 10,264 | 1,506 | 1,166 | 828 | 138 |
| 1997 | 14,037 | 10,266 | 1,551 | 1,218 | 859 | 142 |
| 1998 | 14,063 | 10,179 | 1,583 | 1,257 | 900 | 144 |
| 1999 | 14,362 | 10,329 | 1,649 | 1,324 | 914 | 146 |
| 2000 | 14,784 | 10,462 | 1,730 | 1,462 | 978 | 151 |
| 2001 | 15,363 | 10,775 | 1,850 | 1,561 | 1,019 | 158 |
| 2002 | 16,021 | 11,140 | 1,979 | 1,662 | 1,074 | 166 |
| 2003 | 16,314 | 11,281 | 2,068 | 1,716 | 1,076 | 173 |
| 2004 | 16,682 | 11,423 | 2,165 | 1,810 | 1,109 | 176 |
| 2005 | 16,903 | 11,495 | 2,215 | 1,882 | 1,134 | 176 |
| 2006 | 17,163 | 11,572 | 2,280 | 1,964 | 1,165 | 181 |
| 2007 | 17,624 | 11,756 | 2,383 | 2,076 | 1,218 | 190 |
| 2008 | 18,442 | 12,089 | 2,584 | 2,273 | 1,303 | 193 |
| 2009 | 19,743 | 12,731 | 2,920 | 2,547 | 1,338 | 208 |
| 2010 | 20,307 | 12,930 | 3,088 | 2,785 | 1,303 | 200 |
| Projected | ||||||
| 2011 | 20,551 | 12,996 | 3,144 | 2,871 | 1,338 | 201 |
| 2012 | 20,782 | 13,042 | 3,216 | 2,959 | 1,364 | 201 |
| 2013 | 20,987 | 13,060 | 3,288 | 3,051 | 1,386 | 201 |
| 2014 | 21,209 | 13,073 | 3,372 | 3,159 | 1,405 | 201 |
| 2015 | 21,390 | 13,053 | 3,448 | 3,267 | 1,422 | 200 |
| 2016 | 21,613 | 13,066 | 3,527 | 3,379 | 1,442 | 200 |
| 2017 | 21,910 | 13,136 | 3,610 | 3,498 | 1,466 | 200 |
| 2018 | 22,248 | 13,236 | 3,694 | 3,626 | 1,492 | 201 |
| 2019 | 22,561 | 13,328 | 3,764 | 3,750 | 1,517 | 202 |
| 2020 | 22,822 | 13,388 | 3,824 | 3,868 | 1,540 | 202 |
| 2021 | 23,010 | 13,407 | 3,873 | 3,967 | 1,560 | 202 |
| NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Because of underreporting and nonreporting of racial/ethnic data and nonresident aliens, some estimates are slightly lower than corresponding data in other published tables. Enrollment data in the “race/ethnicity unknown” (all years) and “two or more races” (2008, 2009, and 2010 only) categories of the IPEDS “Enrollment component” have been prorated to the other racial/ethnic 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | ||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:96–99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2011, Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions by Race/Ethnicity Model, 1980–2010. (This table was prepared February 2012.) |
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