Table A-6.1a. American Indian/Alaska Native enrollment (in thousands) in public and private degree-granting institutions, by type of institution and sex: Selected years, 1976 through 2006

Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008

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Table A-6.1a. American Indian/Alaska Native enrollment (in thousands) in public and private degree-granting institutions, by type of institution and sex: Selected years, 1976 through 2006

Year	Total	Type of institution		Sex
Year	Total	2-year	4-year	Males	Females
1976	76.1	41.2	35.0	38.5	37.6
1978	77.9	43.1	34.8	36.8	41.0
1980	83.9	47.0	36.9	37.8	46.1
1982	87.7	49.1	38.6	39.9	47.8
1984	83.6	45.5	38.1	37.4	46.1
1986	90.1	50.5	39.6	39.4	50.6
1988	92.5	50.4	42.1	39.1	53.4
1990	102.8	54.9	47.9	43.1	59.7
1991	113.7	62.6	51.1	47.6	66.1
1992	119.3	64.4	54.9	50.2	69.1
1993	121.7	63.2	58.5	51.2	70.5
1994	127.4	66.2	61.2	53.0	74.4
1995	131.3	65.6	65.7	54.8	76.5
1996	137.6	70.2	67.3	57.2	80.4
1997	142.5	71.0	71.5	59.0	83.4
1998	144.2	71.5	72.6	59.0	85.1
1999¹	145.5	72.1	73.4	58.6	86.8
2000	151.2	74.7	76.5	61.4	89.7
2001	158.2	78.2	80.0	63.6	94.5
2002	165.9	81.3	84.6	65.7	100.2
2003	172.6	82.3	90.4	67.1	105.5
2004	176.1	82.2	93.9	68.6	107.5
2005	176.3	80.7	95.6	68.4	107.9
2006	181.1	81.1	100.0	71.2	111.0

¹ Data were imputed using alternative procedures.

NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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's 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, 2007, based on Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities," 1976 through 1986; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey," 1987 through 1999, and Spring 2001 through Spring 2007.

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