National Center for Education Statistics

12-month unduplicated headcount enrollment at Title IV institutions, by student level, institution sector, race/ethnicity, and gender: United States, 2009-10
Institution sector, race/ethnicity, and gender	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total students	28,907,413	25,095,038	3,812,375
Sector
Public 4-year	9,390,730	7,547,034	1,843,696
Public 2-year1	10,989,213	10,989,210	3
Public less-than-2-year	114,471	114,471	0
Private nonprofit 4-year	4,546,926	3,009,105	1,537,821
Private nonprofit 2-year	60,575	60,575	0
Private nonprofit less-than-2-year	24,933	24,933	0
Private for-profit 4-year	2,436,546	2,005,691	430,855
Private for-profit 2-year	815,425	815,425	0
Private for-profit less-than-2-year	528,594	528,594	0
Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	276,132	254,398	21,734
Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander	1,601,732	1,396,957	204,775
Black or African American	4,059,638	3,653,360	406,278
Hispanic or Latino	3,410,768	3,200,828	209,940
White	15,809,192	13,696,100	2,113,092
Two or more races2	203,216	181,575	21,641
Race/ethnicity unknown	2,715,020	2,232,784	482,236
Nonresident alien	831,715	479,036	352,679
Gender
Male	12,306,142	10,797,013	1,509,129
Female	16,601,271	14,298,025	2,303,246

¹ One 2-year institution reported students enrolled in graduate-level courses.

² Two or more races was an optional reporting category in IPEDS 2010-11, and 2,955 institutions reported unduplicated headcount enrollment using this option. The figures reported here should not be considered representative of the unduplicated headcount enrollment of all individuals that could be classified into Two or more races.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the Secretary of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. Data in this table cover the period from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 or September 1, 2009 to August 31, 2010, as selected by the institution. Students of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are included in the Hispanic or Latino category regardless of race.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2010, 12-Month Enrollment component.