National Center for Education Statistics

Table 1. Number and percentage distribution of students enrolled at Title IV institutions, by control of institution, student level, level of institution, enrollment status, and other selected characteristics: United States, fall 2021
Student level, level of institution, enrollment status, gender, and race/ethnicity	All institutions		Public		Private
	All institutions		Public		Nonprofit		For-profit
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All students	19,036,612	100.0	13,655,528	100.0	4,126,289	100.0	1,254,795	100.0
Level of institution
4-year	13,977,470	73.4	9,065,752	66.4	4,085,745	99.0	825,973	65.8
2-year	4,777,305	25.1	4,530,048	33.2	33,231	0.8	214,026	17.1
Less-than-2-year	281,837	1.5	59,728	0.4	7,313	0.2	214,796	17.1

Enrollment status
Full-time	11,601,002	60.9	7,656,758	56.1	3,108,430	75.3	835,814	66.6
Part-time	7,435,610	39.1	5,998,770	43.9	1,017,859	24.7	418,981	33.4

Gender
Men	7,909,565	41.5	5,819,833	42.6	1,695,657	41.1	394,075	31.4
Women	11,127,047	58.5	7,835,695	57.4	2,430,632	58.9	860,720	68.6

Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	120,827	0.6	93,801	0.7	17,420	0.4	9,606	0.8
Asian	1,307,070	6.9	976,237	7.1	281,471	6.8	49,362	3.9
Black or African American	2,283,263	12.0	1,538,222	11.3	443,660	10.8	301,381	24.0
Hispanic or Latino	3,598,930	18.9	2,875,271	21.1	485,540	11.8	238,119	19.0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46,605	0.2	29,009	0.2	9,770	0.2	7,826	0.6
White	9,164,445	48.1	6,611,020	48.4	2,121,579	51.4	431,846	34.4
Two or more races	739,570	3.9	548,954	4.0	145,606	3.5	45,010	3.6
Race/ethnicity unknown	888,786	4.7	457,713	3.4	277,580	6.7	153,493	12.2
Nonresident¹	887,116	4.7	525,301	3.8	343,663	8.3	18,152	1.4

Undergraduate total	15,825,026	100.0	12,056,637	100.0	2,739,384	100.0	1,029,005	100.0
4-year	10,765,884	68.0	7,466,861	61.9	2,698,840	98.5	600,183	58.3
Enrollment status
Full-time	7,856,589	49.6	5,285,631	43.8	2,209,908	80.7	361,050	35.1
Part-time	2,909,295	18.4	2,181,230	18.1	488,932	17.8	239,133	23.2

Gender
Men	4,602,984	29.1	3,262,491	27.1	1,143,211	41.7	197,282	19.2
Women	6,162,900	38.9	4,204,370	34.9	1,555,629	56.8	402,901	39.2

Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	62,031	0.4	45,346	0.4	12,062	0.4	4,623	0.4
Asian	778,427	4.9	587,018	4.9	169,257	6.2	22,152	2.2
Black or African American	1,223,277	7.7	800,755	6.6	286,855	10.5	135,667	13.2
Hispanic or Latino	1,982,100	12.5	1,539,026	12.8	344,200	12.6	98,874	9.6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25,640	0.2	14,343	0.1	7,054	0.3	4,243	0.4
White	5,372,398	33.9	3,704,635	30.7	1,454,496	53.1	213,267	20.7
Two or more races	451,328	2.9	320,694	2.7	107,581	3.9	23,053	2.2
Race/ethnicity unknown	470,122	3.0	209,210	1.7	172,379	6.3	88,533	8.6
Nonresident¹	400,561	2.5	245,834	2.0	144,956	5.3	9,771	0.9

2-year	4,777,305	30.2	4,530,048	37.6	33,231	1.2	214,026	20.8
Enrollment status
Full-time	1,705,825	10.8	1,478,785	12.3	26,938	1.0	200,102	19.4
Part-time	3,071,480	19.4	3,051,263	25.3	6,293	0.2	13,924	1.4
Gender
Men	1,972,352	12.5	1,881,415	15.6	9,679	0.4	81,258	7.9
Women	2,804,953	17.7	2,648,633	22.0	23,552	0.9	132,768	12.9

Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	42,677	0.3	39,650	0.3	688	#	2,339	0.2
Asian	282,272	1.8	273,308	2.3	1,016	#	7,948	0.8
Black or African American	643,411	4.1	580,577	4.8	10,374	0.4	52,460	5.1
Hispanic or Latino	1,212,282	7.7	1,152,237	9.6	3,685	0.1	56,360	5.5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13,831	0.1	12,314	0.1	91	#	1,426	0.1
White	2,131,765	13.5	2,051,121	17.0	14,959	0.5	65,685	6.4
Two or more races	189,326	1.2	179,375	1.5	944	#	9,007	0.9
Race/ethnicity unknown	209,412	1.3	190,580	1.6	1,027	#	17,805	1.7
Nonresident¹	52,329	0.3	50,886	0.4	447	#	996	0.1
Less-than-2-year	281,837	1.8	59,728	0.5	7,313	0.3	214,796	20.9
Enrollment status
Full-time	207,926	1.3	24,311	0.2	7,183	0.3	176,432	17.1
Part-time	73,911	0.5	35,417	0.3	130	#	38,364	3.7

Gender
Men	90,152	0.6	31,504	0.3	3,039	0.1	55,609	5.4
Women	191,685	1.2	28,224	0.2	4,274	0.2	159,187	15.5

Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	2,896	#	1,455	#	61	#	1,380	0.1
Asian	8,093	0.1	1,019	#	410	#	6,664	0.6
Black or African American	63,865	0.4	6,353	0.1	1,775	0.1	55,737	5.4
Hispanic or Latino	69,980	0.4	10,547	0.1	2,263	0.1	57,170	5.6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,410	#	406	#	23	#	981	0.1
White	104,108	0.7	36,121	0.3	2,291	0.1	65,696	6.4
Two or more races	9,235	0.1	2,318	#	166	#	6,751	0.7
Race/ethnicity unknown	21,359	0.1	1,266	#	292	#	19,801	1.9
Nonresident¹	891	#	243	#	32	#	616	0.1

Graduate total	3,211,586	100.0	1,598,891	100.0	1,386,905	100.0	225,790	100.0
Enrollment status
Full-time	1,830,662	57.0	868,031	54.3	864,401	62.3	98,230	43.5
Part-time	1,380,924	43.0	730,860	45.7	522,504	37.7	127,560	56.5

Gender
Men	1,244,077	38.7	644,423	40.3	539,728	38.9	59,926	26.5
Women	1,967,509	61.3	954,468	59.7	847,177	61.1	165,864	73.5
Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	13,223	0.4	7,350	0.5	4,609	0.3	1,264	0.6
Asian	238,278	7.4	114,892	7.2	110,788	8.0	12,598	5.6
Black or African American	352,710	11.0	150,537	9.4	144,656	10.4	57,517	25.5
Hispanic or Latino	334,568	10.4	173,461	10.8	135,392	9.8	25,715	11.4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5,724	0.2	1,946	0.1	2,602	0.2	1,176	0.5
White	1,556,174	48.5	819,143	51.2	649,833	46.9	87,198	38.6
Two or more races	89,681	2.8	46,567	2.9	36,915	2.7	6,199	2.7
Race/ethnicity unknown	187,893	5.9	56,657	3.5	103,882	7.5	27,354	12.1
Nonresident¹	433,335	13.5	228,338	14.3	198,228	14.3	6,769	3.0

# 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 four U.S. service academies that are not Title IV eligible are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public and are included in this table. Students who self-identify with more than one race are included in the Two or more races category. 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. Students of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are included in the Hispanic or Latino category regardless of race and are not included in the race categories. Percentages in the columns of this table use the corresponding count in the "All students," “Undergraduate total,” or “Graduate total,” row as the denominator. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/public/glossary. The glossary is primarily focused on terms used in the current IPEDS collection and may not reflect the definitions in effect when the data in this table were collected.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2022, Fall Enrollment component (provisional data).

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