National Center for Education Statistics

Enrollment at Title IV institutions, by control and level of institution, student level, attendance status, gender, and race/ethnicity: United States, fall 2008
Level of institution, student level, attendance status, gender, and race/ethnicity	Total		Public		Private not-for-profit		Private for-profit
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total students	19,574,395	100.0	14,092,109	100.0	3,684,723	100.0	1,797,563	100.0
4-year	12,131,855	62.0	7,331,849	52.0	3,626,547	98.4	1,173,459	65.3
Undergraduate	9,394,747	48.0	5,951,146	42.2	2,501,295	67.9	942,306	52.4
Full time	7,422,934	37.9	4,668,373	33.1	2,070,486	56.2	684,075	38.1
Part time	1,971,813	10.1	1,282,773	9.1	430,809	11.7	258,231	14.4
Men	4,130,848	21.1	2,708,303	19.2	1,065,545	28.9	357,000	19.9
Women	5,263,899	26.9	3,242,843	23.0	1,435,750	39.0	585,306	32.6
American Indian or Alaska Native	83,606	0.4	59,426	0.4	16,034	0.4	8,146	0.5
Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander	560,716	2.9	403,973	2.9	129,953	3.5	26,790	1.5
Black or African American	1,137,342	5.8	667,753	4.7	278,713	7.6	190,876	10.6
Hispanic or Latino	845,600	4.3	592,540	4.2	159,001	4.3	94,059	5.2
White	5,732,447	29.3	3,760,991	26.7	1,594,088	43.3	377,368	21.0
Two or more races1	6,150	#	3,702	#	1,941	0.1	507	#
Race/ethnicity unknown	773,670	4.0	312,736	2.2	233,101	6.3	227,833	12.7
Nonresident alien	255,216	1.3	150,025	1.1	88,464	2.4	16,727	0.9
Graduate	2,482,941	12.7	1,272,612	9.0	982,898	26.7	227,431	12.7
Full time	1,260,786	6.4	606,148	4.3	501,991	13.6	152,647	8.5
Part time	1,222,155	6.2	666,464	4.7	480,907	13.1	74,784	4.2
Men	993,765	5.1	516,411	3.7	402,925	10.9	74,429	4.1
Women	1,489,176	7.6	756,201	5.4	579,973	15.7	153,002	8.5
American Indian or Alaska Native	13,975	0.1	8,419	0.1	3,977	0.1	1,579	0.1
Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander	127,729	0.7	62,202	0.4	55,971	1.5	9,556	0.5
Black or African American	257,422	1.3	112,199	0.8	88,569	2.4	56,654	3.2
Hispanic or Latino	134,819	0.7	73,764	0.5	49,392	1.3	11,663	0.6
White	1,381,468	7.1	756,564	5.4	538,222	14.6	86,682	4.8
Two or more races1	806	#	269	#	508	#	29	#
Race/ethnicity unknown	273,095	1.4	86,524	0.6	134,167	3.6	52,404	2.9
Nonresident alien	293,627	1.5	172,671	1.2	112,092	3.0	8,864	0.5
First-professional2	254,167	1.3	108,091	0.8	142,354	3.9	3,722	0.2
Full time	232,245	1.2	103,642	0.7	126,721	3.4	1,882	0.1
Part time	21,922	0.1	4,449	#	15,633	0.4	1,840	0.1
Men	128,492	0.7	52,061	0.4	74,480	2.0	1,951	0.1
Women	125,675	0.6	56,030	0.4	67,874	1.8	1,771	0.1
American Indian or Alaska Native	1,760	#	970	#	760	#	30	#
Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander	32,832	0.2	14,286	0.1	18,364	0.5	182	#
Black or African American	17,937	0.1	7,005	#	10,696	0.3	236	#
Hispanic or Latino	13,297	0.1	5,324	#	7,815	0.2	158	#
White	156,301	0.8	70,092	0.5	84,846	2.3	1,363	0.1
Two or more races1	73	#	0	0.0	73	#	0	0.0
Race/ethnicity unknown	25,464	0.1	8,857	0.1	14,860	0.4	1,747	0.1
Nonresident alien	6,503	#	1,557	#	4,940	0.1	6	#
2-year3	7,100,631	36.3	6,693,185	47.5	46,355	1.3	361,091	20.1
Full time	2,934,713	15.0	2,581,290	18.3	32,325	0.9	321,098	17.9
Part time	4,165,918	21.3	4,111,895	29.2	14,030	0.4	39,993	2.2
Men	2,992,111	15.3	2,851,631	20.2	14,795	0.4	125,685	7.0
Women	4,108,520	21.0	3,841,554	27.3	31,560	0.9	235,406	13.1
American Indian or Alaska Native	82,066	0.4	77,129	0.5	1,596	#	3,341	0.2
Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander	441,239	2.3	425,764	3.0	2,050	0.1	13,425	0.7
Black or African American	982,143	5.0	889,021	6.3	7,740	0.2	85,382	4.7
Hispanic or Latino	1,111,383	5.7	1,049,454	7.4	3,384	0.1	58,545	3.3
White	3,901,242	19.9	3,711,797	26.3	27,809	0.8	161,636	9.0
Two or more races1	8,540	#	7,403	0.1	127	#	1,010	0.1
Race/ethnicity unknown	468,879	2.4	429,987	3.1	2,524	0.1	36,368	2.0
Nonresident alien	105,139	0.5	102,630	0.7	1,125	#	1,384	0.1
Less-than-2-year	341,909	1.7	67,075	0.5	11,821	0.3	263,013	14.6
Full time	274,748	1.4	38,938	0.3	10,528	0.3	225,282	12.5
Part time	67,161	0.3	28,137	0.2	1,293	#	37,731	2.1
Men	94,279	0.5	27,977	0.2	4,134	0.1	62,168	3.5
Women	247,630	1.3	39,098	0.3	7,687	0.2	200,845	11.2
American Indian or Alaska Native	3,799	#	2,148	#	75	#	1,576	0.1
Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander	12,735	0.1	2,522	#	712	#	9,501	0.5
Black or African American	81,680	0.4	9,058	0.1	3,236	0.1	69,386	3.9
Hispanic or Latino	84,470	0.4	17,947	0.1	4,663	0.1	61,860	3.4
White	129,553	0.7	33,742	0.2	2,824	0.1	92,987	5.2
Two or more races1	950	#	100	#	33	#	817	#
Race/ethnicity unknown	25,568	0.1	1,416	#	137	#	24,015	1.3
Nonresident alien	3,154	#	142	#	141	#	2,871	0.2

# Rounds to zero.

¹ Two or more races was an optional reporting category in IPEDS 2008-09, and a total of 651 institutions reported an enrollment of 16,519 students of two or more races (0.1 percent of the 19,574,395 total students) using this option. The figures reported here should not be considered representative of the total number of individuals who could be classified into two or more races.

² A total of 744 institutions reported fall enrollment using the optional revised levels of study that eliminated the first-professional category. For these institutions, students formerly classified as first-professional students are now classified as graduate students. In the prior year, graduate and first-professional student counts were reported for 729 of the 744 institutions, and 822,464 total graduate and first-professional students were reported. Of these students, 100,619 (12.2 percent) were classified as first-professional.

³ Includes 273 students enrolled in graduate-level courses at seven 2-year institutions.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2009, Enrollment component.