National Center for Education Statistics

Enrollment at Title IV institutions, by degree-granting status, attendance status, level and control of institution, race/ethnicity, and gender: United States, fall 2008
Level and control of institution, race/ethnicity, and gender			Degree-granting			Non-degree-granting
	All institutions		Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total students	19,574,395		19,102,814	11,747,743	7,355,071	471,581	377,683	93,898
Level and control of institution
4-year	12,131,855		12,131,436	8,915,546	3,215,890	419	419	0
Public	7,331,849		7,331,809	5,378,123	1,953,686	40	40	0
Private not-for-profit	3,626,547		3,626,168	2,698,819	927,349	379	379	0
Private for-profit	1,173,459		1,173,459	838,604	334,855	†	†	†
2-year	7,100,631	¹	6,971,378	2,832,197	4,139,181	129,253	102,516	26,737
Public	6,693,185		6,640,344	2,548,488	4,091,856	52,841	32,802	20,039
Private not-for-profit	46,355		35,351	23,270	12,081	11,004	9,055	1,949
Private for-profit	361,091		295,683	260,439	35,244	65,408	60,659	4,749
Less-than-2-year	341,909		†	†	†	341,909	274,748	67,161
Public	67,075		†	†	†	67,075	38,938	28,137
Private not-for-profit	11,821		†	†	†	11,821	10,528	1,293
Private for-profit	263,013		†	†	†	263,013	225,282	37,731
Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	185,206		179,528	107,436	72,092	5,678	3,269	2,409
Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander	1,175,251		1,158,338	737,683	420,655	16,913	13,482	3,431
Black or African American	2,476,524		2,370,881	1,408,395	962,486	105,643	88,561	17,082
Hispanic or Latino	2,189,569		2,086,773	1,080,303	1,006,470	102,796	86,853	15,943
White	11,301,011		11,098,209	7,039,330	4,058,879	202,802	154,025	48,777
Two or more races²	16,519		15,360	10,620	4,740	1,159	990	169
Race/ethnicity unknown	1,566,676		1,533,808	842,101	691,707	32,868	27,227	5,641
Nonresident alien	663,639		659,917	521,875	138,042	3,722	3,276	446
Gender
Men	8,339,495		8,188,895	5,234,357	2,954,538	150,600	117,903	32,697
Women	11,234,900		10,913,919	6,513,386	4,400,533	320,981	259,780	61,201

† Not applicable.

¹ Includes 273 students enrolled in graduate-level courses at seven 2-year institutions.

² 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.

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

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