Table A-7.1a. American Indian/Alaska Native enrollment in public and private degree-granting institutions, by type of institution and sex: Selected years, 1976 to 2002
Year
Type of institution
Sex
Total
2-year
4-year
Males
Females
1976
76,100
41,200
35,000
38,500
37,600
1978
77,900
43,100
34,800
36,800
41,000
1980
83,900
47,000
36,900
37,800
46,100
1982
87,700
49,100
38,600
39,900
47,800
1984
83,600
45,500
38,100
37,400
46,100
1986
90,100
50,500
39,600
39,400
50,600
1988
92,500
50,400
42,100
39,100
53,400
1990
102,800
54,900
47,900
43,100
59,700
1991
113,700
62,600
51,100
47,600
66,100
1992
119,300
64,400
54,900
50,200
69,100
1993
121,700
63,200
58,500
51,200
70,500
1994
127,400
66,200
61,200
53,000
74,400
1995
131,300
65,600
65,700
54,800
76,500
1996
137,600
70,200
67,300
57,200
80,400
1997
142,500
71,000
71,500
59,000
83,400
1998
144,200
71,500
72,600
59,000
85,100
1999
145,500
72,100
73,400
58,600
86,800
2000
151,200
74,700
76,500
61,400
89,700
2001
158,200
78,200
80,000
63,600
94,500
2002
165,900
81,300
84,600
65,700
100,200
1 Data were imputed using alternative procedures.
NOTE: Data from 1976 to 1996 are for institutions of higher education that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. Data from 1996 and later years are for degree-granting institutions.The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate or higher degrees. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2004 (forthcoming), based on Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, 1976 to 1999, and Spring 2001 through Spring 2003 surveys.
