Table A23.1. Undergraduate fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex: Selected years, 1976

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Table A23.1.

Undergraduate fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex: Selected years, 1976–2004

Year	White	Total minority	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native
Total
1976	7,740,485	1,535,268	943,355	352,893	169,291	69,729
1980	8,480,661	1,778,526	1,018,840	433,075	248,711	77,900
1990	9,272,630	2,467,741	1,147,220	724,561	500,486	95,474
2000	8,983,455	3,883,969	1,548,893	1,351,025	845,545	138,506
2001	9,278,682	4,130,231	1,657,141	1,444,414	883,902	144,774
2002	9,564,851	4,376,233	1,763,778	1,533,278	927,434	151,743
2003	9,662,515	4,498,325	1,838,199	1,579,571	922,718	157,837
2004	9,771,283	4,695,524	1,918,465	1,666,859	949,882	160,318

Male
1976	4,052,162	748,221	430,669	191,653	91,078	34,821
1980	4,054,858	802,736	428,215	211,238	128,527	34,756
1990	4,184,394	1,069,272	447,972	326,912	254,459	39,929
2000	4,010,109	1,617,985	576,996	582,627	401,942	56,420
2001	4,139,637	1,705,865	611,710	618,526	417,165	58,464
2002	4,245,583	1,787,099	642,154	649,160	435,436	60,349
2003	4,262,027	1,806,455	660,447	656,638	427,876	61,494
2004	4,309,906	1,877,024	684,697	690,544	439,107	62,676

Female
1976	3,688,323	787,047	512,686	161,240	78,213	34,908
1980	4,425,803	975,790	590,625	221,837	120,184	43,144
1990	5,088,236	1,398,469	699,248	397,649	246,027	55,545
2000	4,973,346	2,265,984	971,897	768,398	443,603	82,086
2001	5,139,045	2,424,366	1,045,431	825,888	466,737	86,310
2002	5,319,268	2,589,134	1,121,624	884,118	491,998	91,394
2003	5,400,488	2,691,870	1,177,752	922,933	494,842	96,343
2004	5,461,377	2,818,500	1,233,768	976,315	510,775	97,642
NOTE: Data from 1976 to 1990 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. Later data 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. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2005 (NCES 2006-030), table 205, data from the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1976 and 1980, and 1990 through 2004 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" survey, 1990, and Spring 2001 through Spring 2005.