Table A-7.2. Enrollment in tribally controlled colleges: Fall 1997 to fall 2002
College
Fall 1997
Fall 1998
Fall 1999
Fall 2000
Fall 2001
Fall 2002
Total
13,583
13,940
14,400
13,589
14,040
15,837
Bay Mills Community College
453
369
321
360
368
430
Blackfeet Community College
411
396
291
299
341
418
Cankdeska Cikana Community College
142
124
134
9
169
160
Chief Dull Knife College1
508
448
448
461
442
268
College of the Menominee Nation
225
249
385
371
407
530
Crownpoint Institute of Technology
364
227
270
841
299
283
D-Q University
314
225
257
172
193
251
Diné College
1,732
1,875
1,881
1,712
1,685
1,822
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
704
701
935
999
1,023
1,315
Fort Belknap College
218
163
266
295
170
158
Fort Berthold Community College
223
291
285
50
50
249
Fort Peck Community College
360
316
370
400
419
443
Haskell Indian Nations University
846
779
885
918
967
887
Institute of American Indian Arts
109
109
133
139
44
155
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College
493
551
485
489
516
550
Leech Lake Tribal College
135
228
222
240
174
244
Little Big Horn College
243
324
207
320
203
275
Little Priest Tribal College
—
—
147
141
88
146
Nebraska Indian Community College
223
186
186
170
191
118
Northwest Indian College
677
695
548
524
600
667
Oglala Lakota College
1,219
1,137
1,198
1,174
1,270
1,279
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College
—
—
—
—
—
41
Salish Kootenai College
967
1,016
1,075
1,042
976
1,109
Sinte Gleska University
766
1,041
910
900
895
787
Sisseton Wahpeton Community College
199
201
219
250
275
285
Si Tanka College
171
215
215
59
51
434
Sitting Bull College
217
231
233
22
194
214
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
656
653
643
304
723
777
Stone Child College
166
255
188
38
242
83
Turtle Mountain Community College
579
624
665
686
684
897
United Tribes Technical College
263
311
299
204
302
463
White Earth Tribal and Community College
—
—
99
—
79
99
— Not available
1 Previously named Dull Knife Memorial College.
NOTE: These colleges are, with few exceptions, located on reservations. They are all members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. The U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) maintains the U.S. Department of Education Minority Postsecondary Institution listing which includes a listing of tribally controlled colleges.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, various years, based on Integrated Postsecondary Education System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, 1997 to 1999, and Spring 2001 through Spring 2003 surveys.
