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 2015 | ||||||||||||
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Student level, level of institution, enrollment status, gender, and race/ethnicity | All institutions | Public | Private | |||||||||
Nonprofit | For-profit | |||||||||||
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |||||
All students | 20,400,164 | 100.0 | 14,682,321 | 100.0 | 4,088,450 | 100.0 | 1,629,393 | 100.0 | ||||
Level of institution | ||||||||||||
4-year | 13,489,100 | 66.1 | 8,348,539 | 56.9 | 4,016,239 | 98.2 | 1,124,322 | 69.0 | ||||
2-year | 6,619,766 | 32.4 | 6,283,390 | 42.8 | 56,422 | 1.4 | 279,954 | 17.2 | ||||
Less-than-2-year | 291,298 | 1.4 | 50,392 | 0.3 | 15,789 | 0.4 | 225,117 | 13.8 | ||||
Enrollment status | ||||||||||||
Full-time | 12,601,088 | 61.8 | 8,412,185 | 57.3 | 3,066,119 | 75.0 | 1,122,784 | 68.9 | ||||
Part-time | 7,799,076 | 38.2 | 6,270,136 | 42.7 | 1,022,331 | 25.0 | 506,609 | 31.1 | ||||
Gender | ||||||||||||
Men | 8,871,706 | 43.5 | 6,575,476 | 44.8 | 1,728,546 | 42.3 | 567,684 | 34.8 | ||||
Women | 11,528,458 | 56.5 | 8,106,845 | 55.2 | 2,359,904 | 57.7 | 1,061,709 | 65.2 | ||||
Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 145,398 | 0.7 | 113,603 | 0.8 | 19,518 | 0.5 | 12,277 | 0.8 | ||||
Asian | 1,184,946 | 5.8 | 903,753 | 6.2 | 230,197 | 5.6 | 50,996 | 3.1 | ||||
Black or African American | 2,609,881 | 12.8 | 1,730,415 | 11.8 | 464,548 | 11.4 | 414,918 | 25.5 | ||||
Hispanic or Latino | 3,244,229 | 15.9 | 2,622,184 | 17.9 | 371,143 | 9.1 | 250,902 | 15.4 | ||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 53,793 | 0.3 | 35,225 | 0.2 | 9,633 | 0.2 | 8,935 | 0.5 | ||||
White | 10,515,845 | 51.5 | 7,651,957 | 52.1 | 2,247,337 | 55.0 | 616,551 | 37.8 | ||||
Two or more races | 633,884 | 3.1 | 469,314 | 3.2 | 112,022 | 2.7 | 52,548 | 3.2 | ||||
Race/ethnicity unknown | 1,028,300 | 5.0 | 529,667 | 3.6 | 303,055 | 7.4 | 195,578 | 12.0 | ||||
Nonresident alien | 983,888 | 4.8 | 626,203 | 4.3 | 330,997 | 8.1 | 26,688 | 1.6 | ||||
Undergraduate total | 17,458,363 | 85.6 | 13,260,301 | 90.3 | 2,844,411 | 69.6 | 1,353,651 | 83.1 | ||||
4-year | 10,547,299 | 51.7 | 6,926,519 | 47.2 | 2,772,200 | 67.8 | 848,580 | 52.1 | ||||
Enrollment status | ||||||||||||
Full-time | 8,092,433 | 39.7 | 5,280,979 | 36.0 | 2,262,386 | 55.3 | 549,068 | 33.7 | ||||
Part-time | 2,454,866 | 12.0 | 1,645,540 | 11.2 | 509,814 | 12.5 | 299,512 | 18.4 | ||||
Gender | ||||||||||||
Men | 4,684,190 | 23.0 | 3,173,010 | 21.6 | 1,187,559 | 29.0 | 323,621 | 19.9 | ||||
Women | 5,863,109 | 28.7 | 3,753,509 | 25.6 | 1,584,641 | 38.8 | 524,959 | 32.2 | ||||
Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 66,390 | 0.3 | 46,094 | 0.3 | 13,872 | 0.3 | 6,424 | 0.4 | ||||
Asian | 623,921 | 3.1 | 458,979 | 3.1 | 142,356 | 3.5 | 22,586 | 1.4 | ||||
Black or African American | 1,291,014 | 6.3 | 764,659 | 5.2 | 318,852 | 7.8 | 207,503 | 12.7 | ||||
Hispanic or Latino | 1,426,208 | 7.0 | 1,047,797 | 7.1 | 269,156 | 6.6 | 109,255 | 6.7 | ||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 27,294 | 0.1 | 15,224 | 0.1 | 6,897 | 0.2 | 5,173 | 0.3 | ||||
White | 5,757,936 | 28.2 | 3,838,983 | 26.1 | 1,591,852 | 38.9 | 327,101 | 20.1 | ||||
Two or more races | 359,616 | 1.8 | 243,106 | 1.7 | 85,880 | 2.1 | 30,630 | 1.9 | ||||
Race/ethnicity unknown | 535,368 | 2.6 | 221,751 | 1.5 | 187,249 | 4.6 | 126,368 | 7.8 | ||||
Nonresident alien | 459,552 | 2.3 | 289,926 | 2.0 | 156,086 | 3.8 | 13,540 | 0.8 | ||||
2-year | 6,619,766 | 32.4 | 6,283,390 | 42.8 | 56,422 | 1.4 | 279,954 | 17.2 | ||||
Enrollment status | ||||||||||||
Full-time | 2,601,055 | 12.8 | 2,307,406 | 15.7 | 41,435 | 1.0 | 252,214 | 15.5 | ||||
Part-time | 4,018,711 | 19.7 | 3,975,984 | 27.1 | 14,987 | 0.4 | 27,740 | 1.7 | ||||
Gender | ||||||||||||
Men | 2,878,716 | 14.1 | 2,761,535 | 18.8 | 16,230 | 0.4 | 100,951 | 6.2 | ||||
Women | 3,741,050 | 18.3 | 3,521,855 | 24.0 | 40,192 | 1.0 | 179,003 | 11.0 | ||||
Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 62,233 | 0.3 | 58,349 | 0.4 | 1,187 | # | 2,697 | 0.2 | ||||
Asian | 372,556 | 1.8 | 361,726 | 2.5 | 1,607 | # | 9,223 | 0.6 | ||||
Black or African American | 922,839 | 4.5 | 838,159 | 5.7 | 15,344 | 0.4 | 69,336 | 4.3 | ||||
Hispanic or Latino | 1,525,215 | 7.5 | 1,456,298 | 9.9 | 6,888 | 0.2 | 62,029 | 3.8 | ||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 19,964 | 0.1 | 18,209 | 0.1 | 263 | # | 1,492 | 0.1 | ||||
White | 3,141,657 | 15.4 | 3,011,707 | 20.5 | 26,185 | 0.6 | 103,765 | 6.4 | ||||
Two or more races | 205,644 | 1.0 | 193,991 | 1.3 | 1,455 | # | 10,198 | 0.6 | ||||
Race/ethnicity unknown | 265,045 | 1.3 | 243,662 | 1.7 | 2,390 | 0.1 | 18,993 | 1.2 | ||||
Nonresident alien | 104,613 | 0.5 | 101,289 | 0.7 | 1,103 | # | 2,221 | 0.1 | ||||
Less-than-2-year | 291,298 | 1.4 | 50,392 | 0.3 | 15,789 | 0.4 | 225,117 | 13.8 | ||||
Enrollment status | ||||||||||||
Full-time | 222,891 | 1.1 | 23,602 | 0.2 | 15,130 | 0.4 | 184,159 | 11.3 | ||||
Part-time | 68,407 | 0.3 | 26,790 | 0.2 | 659 | # | 40,958 | 2.5 | ||||
Gender | ||||||||||||
Men | 87,179 | 0.4 | 24,285 | 0.2 | 5,360 | 0.1 | 57,534 | 3.5 | ||||
Women | 204,119 | 1.0 | 26,107 | 0.2 | 10,429 | 0.3 | 167,583 | 10.3 | ||||
Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3,910 | # | 2,489 | # | 79 | # | 1,342 | 0.1 | ||||
Asian | 9,626 | # | 932 | # | 1,050 | # | 7,644 | 0.5 | ||||
Black or African American | 67,037 | 0.3 | 5,563 | # | 4,483 | 0.1 | 56,991 | 3.5 | ||||
Hispanic or Latino | 70,336 | 0.3 | 6,427 | # | 5,224 | 0.1 | 58,685 | 3.6 | ||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1,064 | # | 126 | # | 67 | # | 871 | 0.1 | ||||
White | 117,686 | 0.6 | 31,938 | 0.2 | 3,813 | 0.1 | 81,935 | 5.0 | ||||
Two or more races | 6,919 | # | 1,546 | # | 350 | # | 5,023 | 0.3 | ||||
Race/ethnicity unknown | 12,146 | 0.1 | 1,344 | # | 693 | # | 10,109 | 0.6 | ||||
Nonresident alien | 2,574 | # | 27 | # | 30 | # | 2,517 | 0.2 | ||||
Graduate total | 2,941,801 | 14.4 | 1,422,020 | 9.7 | 1,244,039 | 30.4 | 275,742 | 16.9 | ||||
Enrollment status | ||||||||||||
Full-time | 1,684,709 | 8.3 | 800,198 | 5.5 | 747,168 | 18.3 | 137,343 | 8.4 | ||||
Part-time | 1,257,092 | 6.2 | 621,822 | 4.2 | 496,871 | 12.2 | 138,399 | 8.5 | ||||
Gender | ||||||||||||
Men | 1,221,621 | 6.0 | 616,646 | 4.2 | 519,397 | 12.7 | 85,578 | 5.3 | ||||
Women | 1,720,180 | 8.4 | 805,374 | 5.5 | 724,642 | 17.7 | 190,164 | 11.7 | ||||
Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 12,865 | 0.1 | 6,671 | # | 4,380 | 0.1 | 1,814 | 0.1 | ||||
Asian | 178,843 | 0.9 | 82,116 | 0.6 | 85,184 | 2.1 | 11,543 | 0.7 | ||||
Black or African American | 328,991 | 1.6 | 122,034 | 0.8 | 125,869 | 3.1 | 81,088 | 5.0 | ||||
Hispanic or Latino | 222,470 | 1.1 | 111,662 | 0.8 | 89,875 | 2.2 | 20,933 | 1.3 | ||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 5,471 | # | 1,666 | # | 2,406 | 0.1 | 1,399 | 0.1 | ||||
White | 1,498,566 | 7.3 | 769,329 | 5.2 | 625,487 | 15.3 | 103,750 | 6.4 | ||||
Two or more races | 61,705 | 0.3 | 30,671 | 0.2 | 24,337 | 0.6 | 6,697 | 0.4 | ||||
Race/ethnicity unknown | 215,741 | 1.1 | 62,910 | 0.4 | 112,723 | 2.8 | 40,108 | 2.5 | ||||
Nonresident alien | 417,149 | 2.0 | 234,961 | 1.6 | 173,778 | 4.3 | 8,410 | 0.5 |
# 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 2016, Fall Enrollment component (final data).