Number and percentage of students enrolled at Title IV institutions, by control, student level and other selected characteristics: United States, fall 2010 | ||||||||||||
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Student level, level of institution, attendance status, gender, and race/ethnicity | Total | Public | Private nonprofit | Private for-profit | ||||||||
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |||||
Total students | 21,588,124 | 100 | 15,280,273 | 100 | 3,881,906 | 100 | 2,425,945 | 100 | ||||
4-year | 13,335,777 | 61.8 | 7,924,813 | 51.9 | 3,822,683 | 98.5 | 1,588,281 | 65.5 | ||||
2-year | 7,847,996 | 36.4 | 7,284,613 | 47.7 | 44,060 | 1.1 | 519,323 | 21.4 | ||||
Less-than-2-year | 404,351 | 1.9 | 70,847 | 0.5 | 15,163 | 0.4 | 318,341 | 13.1 | ||||
Full-time | 13,537,645 | 62.7 | 8,843,309 | 57.9 | 2,909,668 | 75 | 1,784,668 | 73.6 | ||||
Part-time | 8,050,479 | 37.3 | 6,436,964 | 42.1 | 972,238 | 25 | 641,277 | 26.4 | ||||
Men | 9,240,120 | 42.8 | 6,744,888 | 44.1 | 1,647,887 | 42.5 | 847,345 | 34.9 | ||||
Women | 12,348,004 | 57.2 | 8,535,385 | 55.9 | 2,234,019 | 57.5 | 1,578,600 | 65.1 | ||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 189,017 | 0.9 | 147,095 | 1 | 23,245 | 0.6 | 18,677 | 0.8 | ||||
Asian | 1,138,531 | 5.3 | 872,346 | 5.7 | 208,399 | 5.4 | 57,786 | 2.4 | ||||
Black or African American | 2,902,749 | 13.4 | 1,904,016 | 12.5 | 427,704 | 11 | 571,029 | 23.5 | ||||
Hispanic or Latino | 2,643,952 | 12.2 | 2,061,933 | 13.5 | 264,579 | 6.8 | 317,440 | 13.1 | ||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 60,772 | 0.3 | 42,608 | 0.3 | 8,761 | 0.2 | 9,403 | 0.4 | ||||
White | 11,943,403 | 55.3 | 8,723,156 | 57.1 | 2,289,156 | 59 | 931,091 | 38.4 | ||||
Two or more races | 312,127 | 1.4 | 226,904 | 1.5 | 52,390 | 1.3 | 32,833 | 1.4 | ||||
Race/ethnicity unknown | 1,689,804 | 7.8 | 848,345 | 5.6 | 380,924 | 9.8 | 460,535 | 19 | ||||
Nonresident alien | 707,769 | 3.3 | 453,870 | 3 | 226,748 | 5.8 | 27,151 | 1.1 | ||||
Undergraduate total | 18,650,251 | 100 | 13,841,712 | 100 | 2,680,074 | 100 | 2,128,465 | 100 | ||||
4-year | 10,397,904 | 55.8 | 6,486,252 | 46.9 | 2,620,851 | 97.8 | 1,290,801 | 60.6 | ||||
Full-time | 8,086,482 | 43.4 | 5,043,049 | 36.4 | 2,174,391 | 81.1 | 869,042 | 40.8 | ||||
Part-time | 2,311,422 | 12.4 | 1,443,203 | 10.4 | 446,460 | 16.7 | 421,759 | 19.8 | ||||
Men | 4,570,050 | 24.5 | 2,965,138 | 21.4 | 1,117,974 | 41.7 | 486,938 | 22.9 | ||||
Women | 5,827,854 | 31.2 | 3,521,114 | 25.4 | 1,502,877 | 56.1 | 803,863 | 37.8 | ||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 84,937 | 0.5 | 57,584 | 0.4 | 16,646 | 0.6 | 10,707 | 0.5 | ||||
Asian | 549,268 | 2.9 | 396,806 | 2.9 | 127,364 | 4.8 | 25,098 | 1.2 | ||||
Black or African American | 1,337,325 | 7.2 | 745,958 | 5.4 | 304,883 | 11.4 | 286,484 | 13.5 | ||||
Hispanic or Latino | 1,053,700 | 5.6 | 735,154 | 5.3 | 188,962 | 7.1 | 129,584 | 6.1 | ||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 26,525 | 0.1 | 15,298 | 0.1 | 5,977 | 0.2 | 5,250 | 0.2 | ||||
White | 6,058,845 | 32.5 | 3,957,862 | 28.6 | 1,601,011 | 59.7 | 499,972 | 23.5 | ||||
Two or more races | 161,685 | 0.9 | 103,188 | 0.7 | 40,207 | 1.5 | 18,290 | 0.9 | ||||
Race/ethnicity unknown | 829,001 | 4.4 | 294,354 | 2.1 | 233,863 | 8.7 | 300,784 | 14.1 | ||||
Nonresident alien | 296,618 | 1.6 | 180,048 | 1.3 | 101,938 | 3.8 | 14,632 | 0.7 | ||||
2-year | 7,847,996 | 42.1 | 7,284,613 | 52.6 | 44,060 | 1.6 | 519,323 | 24.4 | ||||
Full-time | 3,497,257 | 18.8 | 2,991,971 | 21.6 | 32,724 | 1.2 | 472,562 | 22.2 | ||||
Part-time | 4,350,739 | 23.3 | 4,292,642 | 31 | 11,336 | 0.4 | 46,761 | 2.2 | ||||
Men | 3,346,603 | 17.9 | 3,146,609 | 22.7 | 15,634 | 0.6 | 184,360 | 8.7 | ||||
Women | 4,501,393 | 24.1 | 4,138,004 | 29.9 | 28,426 | 1.1 | 334,963 | 15.7 | ||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 84,587 | 0.5 | 78,432 | 0.6 | 1,943 | 0.1 | 4,212 | 0.2 | ||||
Asian | 409,605 | 2.2 | 394,280 | 2.8 | 1,855 | 0.1 | 13,470 | 0.6 | ||||
Black or African American | 1,152,180 | 6.2 | 1,025,841 | 7.4 | 8,738 | 0.3 | 117,601 | 5.5 | ||||
Hispanic or Latino | 1,320,084 | 7.1 | 1,218,926 | 8.8 | 3,712 | 0.1 | 97,446 | 4.6 | ||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 26,936 | 0.1 | 24,604 | 0.2 | 188 | # | 2,144 | 0.1 | ||||
White | 4,110,981 | 22 | 3,878,766 | 28 | 24,647 | 0.9 | 207,568 | 9.8 | ||||
Two or more races | 117,823 | 0.6 | 109,310 | 0.8 | 312 | # | 8,201 | 0.4 | ||||
Race/ethnicity unknown | 525,764 | 2.8 | 458,378 | 3.3 | 1,332 | # | 66,054 | 3.1 | ||||
Nonresident alien | 100,036 | 0.5 | 96,076 | 0.7 | 1,333 | # | 2,627 | 0.1 | ||||
Less-than-2-year | 404,351 | 2.2 | 70,847 | 0.5 | 15,163 | 0.6 | 318,341 | 15 | ||||
Full-time | 322,790 | 1.7 | 39,926 | 0.3 | 11,105 | 0.4 | 271,759 | 12.8 | ||||
Part-time | 81,561 | 0.4 | 30,921 | 0.2 | 4,058 | 0.2 | 46,582 | 2.2 | ||||
Men | 113,722 | 0.6 | 29,720 | 0.2 | 5,610 | 0.2 | 78,392 | 3.7 | ||||
Women | 290,629 | 1.6 | 41,127 | 0.3 | 9,553 | 0.4 | 239,949 | 11.3 | ||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 4,257 | # | 2,250 | # | 91 | # | 1,916 | 0.1 | ||||
Asian | 13,746 | 0.1 | 2,570 | # | 1,213 | # | 9,963 | 0.5 | ||||
Black or African American | 99,024 | 0.5 | 7,576 | 0.1 | 3,346 | 0.1 | 88,102 | 4.1 | ||||
Hispanic or Latino | 96,421 | 0.5 | 17,491 | 0.1 | 4,914 | 0.2 | 74,016 | 3.5 | ||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1,661 | # | 574 | # | 96 | # | 991 | # | ||||
White | 156,852 | 0.8 | 36,534 | 0.3 | 4,683 | 0.2 | 115,635 | 5.4 | ||||
Two or more races | 4,061 | # | 440 | # | 49 | # | 3,572 | 0.2 | ||||
Race/ethnicity unknown | 25,969 | 0.1 | 3,063 | # | 447 | # | 22,459 | 1.1 | ||||
Nonresident alien | 2,360 | # | 349 | # | 324 | # | 1,687 | 0.1 | ||||
Graduate total | 2,937,873 | 100 | 1,438,561 | 100 | 1,201,832 | 100 | 297,480 | 100 | ||||
Full-time | 1,631,116 | 55.5 | 768,363 | 53.4 | 691,448 | 57.5 | 171,305 | 57.6 | ||||
Part-time | 1,306,757 | 44.5 | 670,198 | 46.6 | 510,384 | 42.5 | 126,175 | 42.4 | ||||
Men | 1,209,745 | 41.2 | 603,421 | 41.9 | 508,669 | 42.3 | 97,655 | 32.8 | ||||
Women | 1,728,128 | 58.8 | 835,140 | 58.1 | 693,163 | 57.7 | 199,825 | 67.2 | ||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 15,236 | 0.5 | 8,829 | 0.6 | 4,565 | 0.4 | 1,842 | 0.6 | ||||
Asian | 165,912 | 5.6 | 78,690 | 5.5 | 77,967 | 6.5 | 9,255 | 3.1 | ||||
Black or African American | 314,220 | 10.7 | 124,641 | 8.7 | 110,737 | 9.2 | 78,842 | 26.5 | ||||
Hispanic or Latino | 173,747 | 5.9 | 90,362 | 6.3 | 66,991 | 5.6 | 16,394 | 5.5 | ||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 5,650 | 0.2 | 2,132 | 0.1 | 2,500 | 0.2 | 1,018 | 0.3 | ||||
White | 1,616,725 | 55 | 849,994 | 59.1 | 658,815 | 54.8 | 107,916 | 36.3 | ||||
Two or more races | 28,558 | 1 | 13,966 | 1 | 11,822 | 1 | 2,770 | 0.9 | ||||
Race/ethnicity unknown | 309,070 | 10.5 | 92,550 | 6.4 | 145,282 | 12.1 | 71,238 | 23.9 | ||||
Nonresident alien | 308,755 | 10.5 | 177,397 | 12.3 | 123,153 | 10.2 | 8,205 | 2.8 |
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the Secretary of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. Percentages in the columns of this table use the corresponding count in the appropriate total row of each section as the denominator. Students who self-identify with more than one race are included in the Two or more races category. Students of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are included in the Hispanic or Latino category regardless of race. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) online glossary located at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2011, Enrollment component.