Table 24.3. Number and percentage distribution of U.S. citizen enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and institutional type: 2008

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Table 24.3.

Number and percentage distribution of U.S. citizen enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and institutional type: 2008

	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native

Institutional type
Number enrolled
Total, all types	18,442,233	12,088,781	2,584,478	2,272,888	1,302,797	193,289

Public institutions	13,545,180	8,817,677	1,759,200	1,832,397	982,876	153,030
Research	3,614,610	2,612,923	355,490	294,693	318,678	32,826
Other 4-year	3,392,814	2,266,300	471,852	415,226	199,662	39,774
2-year	6,537,756	3,938,454	931,858	1,122,478	464,536	80,430

Private, not-for-profit	3,454,943	2,513,749	431,988	248,545	236,537	24,124
Research	1,012,479	692,750	103,743	87,379	122,796	5,811
Other 4-year	2,407,925	1,799,663	321,311	158,120	112,079	16,752
2-year	34,539	21,336	6,934	3,046	1,662	1,561

Private, for-profit	1,442,110	757,355	393,290	191,946	83,384	16,135
4-year	1,147,730	615,507	312,559	136,784	70,205	12,675
2-year	294,380	141,848	80,731	55,162	13,179	3,460

Percentage distribution
Total, all types	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Public institutions	73.4	72.9	68.1	80.6	75.4	79.2
Research	19.6	21.6	13.8	13.0	24.5	17.0
Other 4-year	18.4	18.7	18.3	18.3	15.3	20.6
2-year	35.4	32.6	36.1	49.4	35.7	41.6

Private, not-for-profit	18.7	20.8	16.7	10.9	18.2	12.5
Research	5.5	5.7	4.0	3.8	9.4	3.0
Other 4-year	13.1	14.9	12.4	7.0	8.6	8.7
2-year	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.8

Private, for-profit	7.8	6.3	15.2	8.4	6.4	8.3
4-year	6.2	5.1	12.1	6.0	5.4	6.6
2-year	1.6	1.2	3.1	2.4	1.0	1.8
NOTE: Nonresident alien enrollment is not included in table. Research institutions include those with a high level of research activity or those that award at least 20 doctor's degrees per year. Relative levels of research activity for research universities were determined by an analysis of research and development expenditures, science and engineering research staffing, and doctoral degrees conferred, by field. Further information on the research index ranking may be obtained from http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/index.asp?key=798#related. Other 4-year institutions include those that award at least 50 master's degrees per year, those that primarily emphasize undergraduate education, and those that award degrees primarily in single fields of study such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2008 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2009.