National Center for Education Statistics

Number and percentage distribution of students enrolled at Title IV institutions, by control of institution, student level, level of institution, attendance status, and other selected characteristics: United States, fall 2017
Student level, level of institution, attendance status, gender, and race/ethnicity	Total		Public		Private
	Total		Public		Nonprofit		For-profit
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total students	20,138,477	100.0	14,669,554	100.0	4,123,290	100.0	1,345,633	100.0
4-year	13,823,919	68.6	8,853,482	60.4	4,058,361	98.4	912,076	67.8
2-year	6,057,268	30.1	5,766,807	39.3	54,086	1.3	236,375	17.6
Less-than-2-year	257,290	1.3	49,265	0.3	10,843	0.3	197,182	14.7
Full-time	12,355,155	61.4	8,385,760	57.2	3,098,042	75.1	871,353	64.8
Part-time	7,783,322	38.6	6,283,794	42.8	1,025,248	24.9	474,280	35.2
Men	8,707,974	43.2	6,537,074	44.6	1,725,824	41.9	445,076	33.1
Women	11,430,503	56.8	8,132,480	55.4	2,397,466	58.1	900,557	66.9
American Indian or Alaska Native	136,995	0.7	107,674	0.7	18,655	0.5	10,666	0.8
Asian	1,236,197	6.1	945,454	6.4	243,744	5.9	46,999	3.5
Black or African American	2,489,963	12.4	1,683,523	11.5	461,146	11.2	345,294	25.7
Hispanic or Latino	3,482,314	17.3	2,848,708	19.4	406,584	9.9	227,022	16.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51,040	0.3	33,236	0.2	9,932	0.2	7,872	0.6
White	10,147,889	50.4	7,417,904	50.6	2,230,364	54.1	499,621	37.1
Two or more races	681,093	3.4	517,990	3.5	125,602	3.0	37,501	2.8
Race/ethnicity unknown	912,244	4.5	490,496	3.3	276,310	6.7	145,438	10.8
Nonresident alien	1,000,742	5.0	624,569	4.3	350,953	8.5	25,220	1.9
Undergraduate total	17,133,000	100.0	13,210,352	100.0	2,833,620	100.0	1,089,028	100.0
4-year	10,818,442	63.1	7,394,280	56.0	2,768,691	97.7	655,471	60.2
Full-time	8,142,753	47.5	5,498,471	41.6	2,258,319	79.7	385,963	35.4
Part-time	2,675,689	15.6	1,895,809	14.4	510,372	18.0	269,508	24.7
Men	4,784,383	27.9	3,371,413	25.5	1,179,599	41.6	233,371	21.4
Women	6,034,059	35.2	4,022,867	30.5	1,589,092	56.1	422,100	38.8
American Indian or Alaska Native	65,483	0.4	46,936	0.4	13,244	0.5	5,303	0.5
Asian	686,939	4.0	518,170	3.9	148,794	5.3	19,975	1.8
Black or African American	1,265,813	7.4	797,714	6.0	309,827	10.9	158,272	14.5
Hispanic or Latino	1,683,272	9.8	1,293,187	9.8	294,091	10.4	95,994	8.8
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27,649	0.2	16,087	0.1	7,172	0.3	4,390	0.4
White	5,725,441	33.4	3,909,892	29.6	1,567,425	55.3	248,124	22.8
Two or more races	400,020	2.3	286,523	2.2	94,165	3.3	19,332	1.8
Race/ethnicity unknown	479,318	2.8	216,569	1.6	172,211	6.1	90,538	8.3
Nonresident alien	484,507	2.8	309,202	2.3	161,762	5.7	13,543	1.2
2-year	6,057,268	35.4	5,766,807	43.7	54,086	1.9	236,375	21.7
Full-time	2,310,072	13.5	2,050,701	15.5	45,858	1.6	213,513	19.6
Part-time	3,747,196	21.9	3,716,106	28.1	8,228	0.3	22,862	2.1
Men	2,623,571	15.3	2,524,186	19.1	14,209	0.5	85,176	7.8
Women	3,433,697	20.0	3,242,621	24.5	39,877	1.4	151,199	13.9
American Indian or Alaska Native	55,451	0.3	52,132	0.4	886	#	2,433	0.2
Asian	346,039	2.0	335,936	2.5	1,446	0.1	8,657	0.8
Black or African American	832,067	4.9	751,758	5.7	16,906	0.6	63,403	5.8
Hispanic or Latino	1,481,266	8.6	1,418,347	10.7	5,635	0.2	57,284	5.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16,876	0.1	15,284	0.1	243	#	1,349	0.1
White	2,806,666	16.4	2,700,330	20.4	22,224	0.8	84,112	7.7
Two or more races	202,917	1.2	193,873	1.5	1,780	0.1	7,264	0.7
Race/ethnicity unknown	226,273	1.3	212,541	1.6	3,810	0.1	9,922	0.9
Nonresident alien	89,713	0.5	86,606	0.7	1,156	#	1,951	0.2
Less-than-2-year	257,290	1.5	49,265	0.4	10,843	0.4	197,182	18.1
Full-time	195,491	1.1	24,570	0.2	10,724	0.4	160,197	14.7
Part-time	61,799	0.4	24,695	0.2	119	#	36,985	3.4
Men	79,776	0.5	23,954	0.2	3,838	0.1	51,984	4.8
Women	177,514	1.0	25,311	0.2	7,005	0.2	145,198	13.3
American Indian or Alaska Native	3,356	#	1,994	#	131	#	1,231	0.1
Asian	9,365	0.1	873	#	907	#	7,585	0.7
Black or African American	58,930	0.3	5,551	#	2,618	0.1	50,761	4.7
Hispanic or Latino	63,199	0.4	7,033	0.1	3,396	0.1	52,770	4.8
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,038	#	191	#	32	#	815	0.1
White	103,945	0.6	30,561	0.2	3,029	0.1	70,355	6.5
Two or more races	6,823	#	1,684	#	242	#	4,897	0.4
Race/ethnicity unknown	9,718	0.1	1,261	#	432	#	8,025	0.7
Nonresident alien	916	#	117	#	56	#	743	0.1
Graduate total	3,005,477	100.0	1,459,202	100.0	1,289,670	100.0	256,605	100.0
Full-time	1,706,839	56.8	812,018	55.6	783,141	60.7	111,680	43.5
Part-time	1,298,638	43.2	647,184	44.4	506,529	39.3	144,925	56.5
Men	1,220,244	40.6	617,521	42.3	528,178	41.0	74,545	29.1
Women	1,785,233	59.4	841,681	57.7	761,492	59.0	182,060	70.9
American Indian or Alaska Native	12,705	0.4	6,612	0.5	4,394	0.3	1,699	0.7
Asian	193,854	6.5	90,475	6.2	92,597	7.2	10,782	4.2
Black or African American	333,153	11.1	128,500	8.8	131,795	10.2	72,858	28.4
Hispanic or Latino	254,577	8.5	130,141	8.9	103,462	8.0	20,974	8.2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5,477	0.2	1,674	0.1	2,485	0.2	1,318	0.5
White	1,511,837	50.3	777,121	53.3	637,686	49.4	97,030	37.8
Two or more races	71,333	2.4	35,910	2.5	29,415	2.3	6,008	2.3
Race/ethnicity unknown	196,935	6.6	60,125	4.1	99,857	7.7	36,953	14.4
Nonresident alien	425,606	14.2	228,644	15.7	187,979	14.6	8,983	3.5

# Rounds to zero.

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. The four U.S. service academies that

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2018, Fall Enrollment component (provisional data).

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