Table 209. | Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by level, attendance status, sex, and race/ethnicity of student: 1996 and 1997 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 1997 | |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Percent | | Enrollment, by sex | Enrollment, by race/ethnicity\1\ | |minority, Level and enrollment status | |_____________________|______________________________________________________________________| | fall | | | | | Total | | | | |American|Nonresi-| 1996 | Total | Male | Female | White | minority |Percent| Black, | Hispanic | Asian/ |Indian/ | dent | | | | | | |minor- | non- | |Pacific |Alaskan | alien | | | | | | | ity | Hispanic | |Islander| Native | | ________________________________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|_______|__________|__________|________|________|________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ________________________________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|_______|__________|__________|________|________|________|_________ All students ................|14,502,334 |6,396,028 |8,106,306 |10,266,122 |3,771,210 | 26.9 |1,551,044 |1,218,493 |859,206 |142,467 |465,002 | 26.2 |___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|_______|__________|__________|________|________|________|_________ Undergraduate, full-time and | | | | | | | | | | | | part-time.....................|12,450,587 |5,468,532 |6,982,055 | 8,783,903 |3,398,505 | 27.9 |1,398,058 |1,125,924 |743,706 |130,817 |268,179 | 27.2 Degree seeking ...............|10,608,340 |4,669,187 |5,939,153 | 7,527,357 |2,845,923 | 27.4 |1,230,934 | 886,567 |619,903 |108,519 |235,060 | 27.4 Percent of undergraduates | | | | | | | | | | | | seeking degrees .............| 85.2 | 85.4 | 85.1 | 85.7 | 83.7 | (\2\) | 88.0 | 78.7 | 83.4 | 83.0 | 87.7 | (\2\) First-time freshmen ........| 2,219,255 |1,026,058 |1,193,197 | 1,583,445 | 595,165 | 27.3 | 266,296 | 184,936 |119,804 | 24,129 | 40,645 | 28.2 Other first-year ...........| 2,248,654 | 973,117 |1,275,537 | 1,476,924 | 727,575 | 33.0 | 323,375 | 249,959 |127,061 | 27,180 | 44,155 | 33.6 Second year ................| 2,867,544 |1,206,394 |1,661,150 | 2,052,324 | 759,498 | 27.0 | 325,295 | 239,057 |165,306 | 29,840 | 55,722 | 26.3 Third year .................| 1,415,095 | 627,693 | 787,402 | 1,039,461 | 336,622 | 24.5 | 139,571 | 95,687 | 89,471 | 11,893 | 39,012 | 23.9 Fourth year and beyond .....| 1,736,704 | 785,916 | 950,788 | 1,281,124 | 404,308 | 24.0 | 163,597 | 111,924 |114,307 | 14,480 | 51,272 | 23.1 Unclassified by level ......| 121,088 | 50,009 | 71,079 | 94,079 | 22,755 | 19.5 | 12,800 | 5,004 | 3,954 | 997 | 4,254 | 17.4 Others in credit courses .....| 1,842,247 | 799,345 |1,042,902 | 1,256,546 | 552,582 | 30.5 | 167,124 | 239,357 |123,803 | 22,298 | 33,119 | 26.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | Full-time ..................| 7,418,598 |3,379,597 |4,039,001 | 5,284,553 |1,924,059 | 26.7 | 826,756 | 568,855 |453,365 | 75,083 |209,986 | 26.2 Degree seeking ...........| 7,104,341 |3,231,650 |3,872,691 | 5,096,661 |1,812,133 | 26.2 | 790,611 | 518,991 |431,367 | 71,164 |195,547 | 26.1 First-time freshmen ....| 1,733,512 | 806,054 | 927,458 | 1,251,597 | 446,482 | 26.3 | 204,260 | 129,538 | 95,053 | 17,631 | 35,433 | 26.7 Other first-year .......| 1,135,024 | 518,098 | 616,926 | 740,863 | 360,656 | 32.7 | 168,387 | 114,330 | 63,372 | 14,567 | 33,505 | 32.8 Second year ............| 1,762,010 | 780,462 | 981,548 | 1,279,537 | 437,014 | 25.5 | 189,365 | 124,155 |105,259 | 18,235 | 45,459 | 25.0 Third year .............| 1,156,482 | 526,028 | 630,454 | 853,702 | 266,522 | 23.8 | 107,661 | 72,056 | 77,197 | 9,608 | 36,258 | 23.4 Fourth year and beyond .| 1,288,809 | 588,779 | 700,030 | 951,415 | 294,750 | 23.7 | 116,580 | 77,801 | 89,449 | 10,920 | 42,644 | 22.8 Unclassified by level ..| 28,504 | 12,229 | 16,275 | 19,547 | 6,709 | 25.6 | 4,358 | 1,111 | 1,037 | 203 | 2,248 | 24.7 Others in credit courses .| 314,257 | 147,947 | 166,310 | 187,892 | 111,926 | 37.3 | 36,145 | 49,864 | 21,998 | 3,919 | 14,439 | 31.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | Part-time ..................| 5,031,989 |2,088,935 |2,943,054 | 3,499,350 |1,474,446 | 29.6 | 571,302 | 557,069 |290,341 | 55,734 | 58,193 | 28.7 Degree seeking ...........| 3,503,999 |1,437,537 |2,066,462 | 2,430,696 |1,033,790 | 29.8 | 440,323 | 367,576 |188,536 | 37,355 | 39,513 | 29.9 First-time freshmen ....| 485,743 | 220,004 | 265,739 | 331,848 | 148,683 | 30.9 | 62,036 | 55,398 | 24,751 | 6,498 | 5,212 | 33.2 Other first-year .......| 1,113,630 | 455,019 | 658,611 | 736,061 | 366,919 | 33.3 | 154,988 | 135,629 | 63,689 | 12,613 | 10,650 | 34.4 Second year ............| 1,105,534 | 425,932 | 679,602 | 772,787 | 322,484 | 29.4 | 135,930 | 114,902 | 60,047 | 11,605 | 10,263 | 28.2 Third year .............| 258,613 | 101,665 | 156,948 | 185,759 | 70,100 | 27.4 | 31,910 | 23,631 | 12,274 | 2,285 | 2,754 | 26.1 Fourth year and beyond | 447,895 | 197,137 | 250,758 | 329,709 | 109,558 | 24.9 | 47,017 | 34,123 | 24,858 | 3,560 | 8,628 | 23.8 Unclassified by level ..| 92,584 | 37,780 | 54,804 | 74,532 | 16,046 | 17.7 | 8,442 | 3,893 | 2,917 | 794 | 2,006 | 15.8 Others in credit courses | 1,527,990 | 651,398 | 876,592 | 1,068,654 | 440,656 | 29.2 | 130,979 | 189,493 |101,805 | 18,379 | 18,680 | 25.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | Postbaccalaureate ..............| 2,051,747 | 927,496 |1,124,251 | 1,482,219 | 372,705 | 20.1 | 152,986 | 92,569 |115,500 | 11,650 |196,823 | 19.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | First-professional ...........| 298,258 | 169,627 | 128,631 | 220,386 | 70,414 | 24.2 | 21,364 | 13,865 | 32,903 | 2,282 | 7,458 | 23.7 First-time .................| 87,914 | 48,725 | 39,189 | 64,648 | 21,214 | 24.7 | 6,498 | 4,299 | 9,734 | 683 | 2,052 | 24.2 Other ..................... | 210,344 | 120,902 | 89,442 | 155,738 | 49,200 | 24.0 | 14,866 | 9,566 | 23,169 | 1,599 | 5,406 | 23.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Full-time ..................| 267,218 | 151,325 | 115,893 | 196,499 | 63,840 | 24.5 | 18,120 | 12,533 | 31,108 | 2,079 | 6,879 | 24.1 First-time ...............| 78,337 | 43,272 | 35,065 | 57,487 | 18,953 | 24.8 | 5,397 | 3,823 | 9,113 | 620 | 1,897 | 24.4 Other ....................| 188,881 | 108,053 | 80,828 | 139,012 | 44,887 | 24.4 | 12,723 | 8,710 | 21,995 | 1,459 | 4,982 | 23.9 Part-time ..................| 31,040 | 18,302 | 12,738 | 23,887 | 6,574 | 21.6 | 3,244 | 1,332 | 1,795 | 203 | 579 | 21.0 First-time ...............| 9,577 | 5,453 | 4,124 | 7,161 | 2,261 | 24.0 | 1,101 | 476 | 621 | 63 | 155 | 22.6 Other ....................| 21,463 | 12,849 | 8,614 | 16,726 | 4,313 | 20.5 | 2,143 | 856 | 1,174 | 140 | 424 | 20.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Graduate students ............| 1,753,489 | 757,869 | 995,620 | 1,261,833 | 302,291 | 19.3 | 131,622 | 78,704 | 82,597 | 9,368 |189,365 | 18.4 Degree seeking .............| 1,477,955 | 659,855 | 818,100 | 1,050,051 | 247,000 | 19.0 | 108,620 | 61,507 | 69,225 | 7,648 |180,904 | 18.2 Percent of graduate stu- | | | | | | | | | | | | dents seeking degrees ...| 84.3 | 87.1 | 82.2 | 83.2 | 81.7 | (\2\) | 82.5 | 78.1 | 83.8 | 81.6 | 95.5 | (\2\) First-time ...............| 380,204 | 168,429 | 211,775 | 258,688 | 68,132 | 20.8 | 29,221 | 16,639 | 20,309 | 1,963 | 53,384 | 20.2 Other degree seeking .....| 1,097,751 | 491,426 | 606,325 | 791,363 | 178,868 | 18.4 | 79,399 | 44,868 | 48,916 | 5,685 |127,520 | 17.5 Others in credit courses ...| 275,534 | 98,014 | 177,520 | 211,782 | 55,291 | 20.7 | 23,002 | 17,197 | 13,372 | 1,720 | 8,461 | 19.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Full-time ..................| 752,246 | 359,520 | 392,726 | 479,093 | 130,804 | 21.4 | 51,695 | 32,605 | 42,161 | 4,343 |142,349 | 20.6 Degree seeking ...........| 704,719 | 338,987 | 365,732 | 448,353 | 118,074 | 20.8 | 47,967 | 28,595 | 37,563 | 3,949 |138,292 | 20.1 First-time .............| 229,058 | 107,850 | 121,208 | 143,906 | 38,748 | 21.2 | 14,882 | 9,289 | 13,372 | 1,205 | 46,404 | 21.1 Other degree seeking ...| 475,661 | 231,137 | 244,524 | 304,447 | 79,326 | 20.7 | 33,085 | 19,306 | 24,191 | 2,744 | 91,888 | 19.5 Others in credit courses .| 47,527 | 20,533 | 26,994 | 30,740 | 12,730 | 29.3 | 3,728 | 4,010 | 4,598 | 394 | 4,057 | 26.8 Part-time ..................| 1,001,243 | 398,349 | 602,894 | 782,740 | 171,487 | 18.0 | 79,927 | 46,099 | 40,436 | 5,025 | 47,016 | 17.0 Degree seeking ...........| 773,236 | 320,868 | 452,368 | 601,698 | 128,926 | 17.6 | 60,653 | 32,912 | 31,662 | 3,699 | 42,612 | 16.7 First-time .............| 151,146 | 60,579 | 90,567 | 114,782 | 29,384 | 20.4 | 14,339 | 7,350 | 6,937 | 758 | 6,980 | 19.1 Other degree seeking ...| 622,090 | 260,289 | 361,801 | 486,916 | 99,542 | 17.0 | 46,314 | 25,562 | 24,725 | 2,941 | 35,632 | 16.2 Others in credit courses .| 228,007 | 77,481 | 150,526 | 181,042 | 42,561 | 19.0 | 19,274 | 13,187 | 8,774 | 1,326 | 4,404 | 17.9 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\1\Racial/ethnic minority students are based on U.S. citizens only. Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to
participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared July 1999.)
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