National Center for Education Statistics

Table 17. 12-month unduplicated headcount enrollment and percentage distribution at Title IV institutions, by control of institution, student level, level of institution, gender, and race/ethnicity: United States, 2020–21
Student level, level of institution, gender, and race/ethnicity	Total		Public		Private
	Total		Public		Nonprofit		For-profit
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All institutions	25,349,129	100.0	18,240,203	100.0	5,030,693	100.0	2,078,233	100.0
Level of institution
4-year	17,424,818	68.7	11,109,334	60.9	4,950,295	98.4	1,365,189	65.7
2-year	7,464,668	29.4	7,044,802	38.6	68,038	1.4	351,828	16.9
Less-than-2-year	459,643	1.8	86,067	0.5	12,360	0.2	361,216	17.4
Gender
Men	10,374,675	40.9	7,669,979	42.0	2,041,066	40.6	663,630	31.9
Women	14,974,454	59.1	10,570,224	58.0	2,989,627	59.4	1,414,603	68.1
Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	168,094	0.7	128,564	0.7	23,368	0.5	16,162	0.8
Asian	1,660,686	6.6	1,272,249	7.0	313,833	6.2	74,604	3.6
Black or African American	3,210,644	12.7	2,108,114	11.6	577,228	11.5	525,302	25.3
Hispanic or Latino	4,798,209	18.9	3,847,386	21.1	571,821	11.4	379,002	18.2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	67,260	0.3	41,938	0.2	13,413	0.3	11,909	0.6
White	12,140,393	47.9	8,828,601	48.4	2,595,262	51.6	716,530	34.5
Two or more races	965,707	3.8	724,772	4.0	167,367	3.3	73,568	3.5
Race/ethnicity unknown	1,317,052	5.2	668,765	3.7	395,605	7.9	252,682	12.2
Nonresident¹	1,021,084	4.0	619,814	3.4	372,796	7.4	28,474	1.4
Undergraduate	21,362,185	100.0	16,336,348	100.0	3,308,591	100.0	1,717,246	100.0
4-year	13,437,879	62.9	9,205,479	56.3	3,228,198	97.6	1,004,202	58.5
Gender
Men	5,694,594	26.7	3,998,581	24.5	1,355,843	41.0	340,170	19.8
Women	7,743,285	36.2	5,206,898	31.9	1,872,355	56.6	664,032	38.7
Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	82,723	0.4	59,198	0.4	15,678	0.5	7,847	0.5
Asian	901,661	4.2	682,110	4.2	186,858	5.6	32,693	1.9
Black or African American	1,622,365	7.6	1,020,299	6.2	359,202	10.9	242,864	14.1
Hispanic or Latino	2,455,309	11.5	1,899,851	11.6	396,429	12.0	159,029	9.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34,871	0.2	19,222	0.1	9,406	0.3	6,243	0.4
White	6,637,209	31.1	4,544,053	27.8	1,737,017	52.5	356,139	20.7
Two or more races	548,770	2.6	389,445	2.4	121,051	3.7	38,274	2.2
Race/ethnicity unknown	677,825	3.2	287,655	1.8	242,333	7.3	147,837	8.6
Nonresident¹	477,146	2.2	303,646	1.9	160,224	4.8	13,276	0.8
2-year	7,464,663	34.9	7,044,802	43.1	68,033	2.1	351,828	20.5
Gender
Men	3,015,143	14.1	2,871,056	17.6	15,342	0.5	128,745	7.5
Women	4,449,520	20.8	4,173,746	25.5	52,691	1.6	223,083	13.0
Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	63,171	0.3	57,949	0.4	1,369	#	3,853	0.2
Asian	475,600	2.2	461,407	2.8	1,591	#	12,602	0.7
Black or African American	1,008,861	4.7	892,158	5.5	26,743	0.8	89,960	5.2
Hispanic or Latino	1,829,182	8.6	1,732,980	10.6	5,881	0.2	90,321	5.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22,555	0.1	19,945	0.1	354	#	2,256	0.1
White	3,355,935	15.7	3,220,760	19.7	26,414	0.8	108,761	6.3
Two or more races	294,531	1.4	279,127	1.7	1,416	#	13,988	0.8
Race/ethnicity unknown	329,733	1.5	297,667	1.8	3,738	0.1	28,328	1.6
Nonresident¹	85,095	0.4	82,809	0.5	527	#	1,759	0.1
Less-than-2-year	459,643	2.2	86,067	0.5	12,360	0.4	361,216	21.0
Gender
Men	144,849	0.7	43,910	0.3	5,203	0.2	95,736	5.6
Women	314,794	1.5	42,157	0.3	7,157	0.2	265,480	15.5
Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	4,933	#	2,424	#	92	#	2,417	0.1
Asian	14,135	0.1	1,591	#	753	#	11,791	0.7
Black or African American	110,427	0.5	9,516	0.1	3,032	0.1	97,879	5.7
Hispanic or Latino	109,387	0.5	15,235	0.1	4,126	0.1	90,026	5.2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,082	#	415	#	35	#	1,632	0.1
White	168,343	0.8	51,677	0.3	3,652	0.1	113,014	6.6
Two or more races	14,982	0.1	2,999	#	283	#	11,700	0.7
Race/ethnicity unknown	33,715	0.2	1,883	#	367	#	31,465	1.8
Nonresident¹	1,639	#	327	#	20	#	1,292	0.1

Graduate	3,986,944	100.0	1,903,855	100.0	1,722,102	100.0	360,987	100.0
Gender
Men	1,520,089	38.1	756,432	39.7	664,678	38.6	98,979	27.4
Women	2,466,855	61.9	1,147,423	60.3	1,057,424	61.4	262,008	72.6
Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	17,267	0.4	8,993	0.5	6,229	0.4	2,045	0.6
Asian	269,290	6.8	127,141	6.7	124,631	7.2	17,518	4.9
Black or African American	468,991	11.8	186,141	9.8	188,251	10.9	94,599	26.2
Hispanic or Latino	404,331	10.1	199,320	10.5	165,385	9.6	39,626	11.0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7,752	0.2	2,356	0.1	3,618	0.2	1,778	0.5
White	1,978,906	49.6	1,012,111	53.2	828,179	48.1	138,616	38.4
Two or more races	107,424	2.7	53,201	2.8	44,617	2.6	9,606	2.7
Race/ethnicity unknown	275,779	6.9	81,560	4.3	149,167	8.7	45,052	12.5
Nonresident¹	457,204	11.5	233,032	12.2	212,025	12.3	12,147	3.4

# Rounds to zero.

¹The use of "Nonresident" is for reporting purposes only and does not reflect a change in the collection of data for this category.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy are not Title IV eligible but are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public; they are included in this table. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is Title IV eligible and is also included in this table. The unduplicated headcount displayed in this table is the count of students enrolled over the 12-month period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. Percentages in the columns of this table use the corresponding count in the appropriate total row of each section as the denominator. Individuals who self-identify with more than one race are included in the "Two or more races" category. Individuals of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are included in the "Hispanic or Latino" category regardless of race and are not included in the race categories. Individuals who are in the United States on a visa or temporary basis, and who are not authorized to remain indefinitely, are included in the "Nonresident" category regardless of race or ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the collection year's archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2021.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2021, 12-Month Enrollment component (final data).

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