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Table 209. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by level, attendance status, sex, and race/ethnicity of student: 1996 and 1997
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                                |                            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 |        |
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               1                |     2     |    3     |    4     |     5     |    6     |   7   |    8     |    9     |   10   |   11   |   12   |   13
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   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
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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
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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
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  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.
\2\Not applicable.

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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