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Table 219.Selected statistics on historically black colleges and universities:\1\ 1980, 1990, and 1995

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                                               |           |       Public          |      Private
    Enrollment, degrees, type of revenues,     |   Total   |_______________________|_____________________
           and type of expenditures            |           |  4-year   |  2-year   |  4-year   | 2-year
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                       1                       |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |    6
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Number of institutions, fall 1995 .............|       103 |        40 |        10 |        49 |       4
                                               |===========|===========|===========|===========|=========
Total enrollment, fall 1980 ...................|   233,557 |   155,085 |    13,132 |    62,924 |   2,416
  Men .........................................|   106,387 |    70,236 |     6,758 |    28,352 |   1,041
   Men, black .................................|    81,818 |    53,654 |     2,781 |    24,412 |     971
  Women .......................................|   127,170 |    84,849 |     6,374 |    34,572 |   1,375
   Women, black ...............................|   109,171 |    70,582 |     4,644 |    32,589 |   1,356
                                               |           |           |           |           |
Total enrollment, fall 1990 ...................|   257,152 |   171,969 |    15,077 |    68,528 |   1,578
  Men .........................................|   105,157 |    70,220 |     6,321 |    28,054 |     562
   Men, black .................................|    82,897 |    54,041 |     3,214 |    25,198 |     444
  Women .......................................|   151,995 |   101,749 |     8,756 |    40,474 |   1,016
   Women, black ...............................|   125,785 |    80,883 |     6,066 |    38,115 |     721
                                               |           |           |           |           |
Total enrollment, fall 1995 ...................|   278,725 |   186,278 |    18,448 |    73,131 |     868
  Men .........................................|   112,637 |    75,194 |     7,839 |    29,239 |     365
   Men, black .................................|    91,132 |    60,007 |     3,733 |    27,113 |     279
  Women .......................................|   166,088 |   111,084 |    10,609 |    43,892 |     503
   Women, black ...............................|   138,286 |    89,654 |     6,531 |    41,605 |     496
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Full-time enrollment, fall 1995 .............|   214,091 |   138,159 |    10,056 |    65,253 |     623
    Men .......................................|    88,711 |    58,049 |     4,131 |    26,254 |     277
    Women .....................................|   125,380 |    80,110 |     5,925 |    38,999 |     346
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Part-time enrollment, fall 1995 .............|    64,634 |    48,119 |     8,392 |     7,878 |     245
    Men .......................................|    23,926 |    17,145 |     3,708 |     2,985 |      88
    Women .....................................|    40,708 |    30,974 |     4,684 |     4,893 |     157
                                               |===========|===========|===========|===========|=========
Earned degrees conferred, 1994-95              |           |           |           |           |
  Associate ...................................|     2,883 |     1,136 |     1,535 |       129 |      83
    Men .......................................|     1,009 |       389 |       555 |        39 |      26
      Men, black ..............................|       376 |       120 |       207 |        23 |      26
    Women .....................................|     1,874 |       747 |       980 |        90 |      57
      Women, black ............................|     1,021 |       238 |       643 |        83 |      57
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Bachelor's ..................................|    28,327 |    19,242 |        ---|     9,085 |      ---
    Men .......................................|    10,469 |     7,209 |        ---|     3,260 |      ---
      Men, black ..............................|     8,583 |     5,598 |        ---|     2,985 |      ---
    Women .....................................|    17,858 |    12,033 |        ---|     5,825 |      ---
      Women, black ............................|    15,370 |     9,842 |        ---|     5,528 |      ---
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Master's ....................................|     5,560 |     4,501 |        ---|     1,059 |      ---
    Men .......................................|     1,840 |     1,507 |        ---|       333 |      ---
      Men, black ..............................|       970 |       756 |        ---|       214 |      ---
    Women .....................................|     3,720 |     2,994 |        ---|       726 |      ---
      Women, black ............................|     2,492 |     1,903 |        ---|       589 |      ---
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Doctor's ....................................|       230 |       114 |        ---|       116 |      ---
    Men .......................................|       116 |        47 |        ---|        69 |      ---
      Men, black ..............................|        67 |        21 |        ---|        46 |      ---
    Women .....................................|       114 |        67 |        ---|        47 |      ---
      Women, black ............................|        75 |        40 |        ---|        35 |      ---
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  First-professional ..........................|     1,147 |       420 |        ---|       727 |      ---
    Men .......................................|       568 |       208 |        ---|       360 |      ---
      Men, black ..............................|       375 |       102 |        ---|       273 |      ---
    Women .....................................|       579 |       212 |        ---|       367 |      ---
      Women, black ............................|       436 |       147 |        ---|       289 |      ---
                                               |===========|===========|===========|===========|=========
Financial statistics, 1994-95,                 |           |           |           |           |
  in thousands of dollars                      |           |           |           |           |
    Current-fund revenues .....................|$3,681,616 |$1,941,454 |   $94,438 |$1,637,253 |  $8,470
      Tuition and fees ........................|   902,850 |   398,497 |    17,382 |   484,186 |   2,786
      Federal government\2\ ...................|   797,728 |   299,360 |    16,698 |   479,022 |   2,648
      State governments\2\ ....................|   914,357 |   818,856 |    47,363 |    47,613 |     525
      Local governments\2\ ....................|    98,223 |    83,230 |     7,193 |     7,762 |      38
      Private gifts, grants, and contracts ....|   212,557 |    36,370 |       234 |   175,131 |     822
      Endowment income ........................|    29,818 |     2,173 |        63 |    27,573 |       9
      Sales and services ......................|   657,171 |   260,668 |     4,501 |   390,814 |   1,188
      Other sources ...........................|    68,913 |    42,301 |     1,005 |    25,153 |     454
                                               |           |           |           |           |
    Current-fund expenditures .................| 3,598,223 | 1,914,303 |    91,321 | 1,583,234 |   9,365
      Educational and general expenditures ....| 2,976,538 | 1,662,182 |    87,599 | 1,217,710 |   9,047
      Auxiliary enterprises ...................|   367,846 |   252,121 |     3,722 |   111,686 |     318
      Hospitals ...........................    |   234,877 |         0 |         0 |   234,877 |       0
      Independent operations ..................|    18,962 |         0 |         0 |    18,962 |       0
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\1\Historically black colleges and universities are accredited institutions of higher education established prior to 1964 with the principal mission of educating black Americans. Federal regulations, 20 U.S. Code, Section 1061 (2), allow for certain exceptions to the founding date. Most institutions are in the southern and border states and were established prior to 1954.

\2\Includes appropriations, grants, contracts, and independent operations.

---Not applicable.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education"; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment," "Completions," and "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared July 1997.)



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