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Table 219. Enrollment and degrees conferred in tribally controlled institutions, by institution: Selected years, fall 1997 to fall 2002, and 2000-01 to 2002-03

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                                       |      |                          Total enrollment                   |                  |
                                       |      |_____________________________________________________________|Associate's degree|Bachelor's degrees
                                       |      | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall |             Fall 2002           |     conferred to |   conferred to
                                       |Type  | 1997 | 1999 |  2000|  2001|_________________________________|  American Indian |American Indians/
Institution                            | and  |      |      |      |      |Total |American|Percent |American|   Alaska Natives | Alaska Natives
                                       |cont- |      |      |      |      |      |Indian/ |American|Indian/ |                  |
                                       |rol\1\|      |      |      |      |      | Alaska |Indian/ | Alaska |__________________|_________________
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      | Native | Alaska |Native, |     |     |      |     |     |
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |        | Native | under- |2000-|2001-| 2002-|2000-|2001-|2002-
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |graduate|  01 |  02 |   03 |  01 |  02 |  03
_______________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|________|________|_____|_____|______|_____|_____|_____
1                                      |     2|    3 |     4|    5 |     6|     7|       8|       9|      10|   11|  12 |    13|   14|  15 |   16
_______________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|________|________|_____|_____|______|_____|_____|_____
   Tribally controlled institutions ...|      |13,583|14,400|13,589|14,040|15,837|  13,024|    82.2|  12,940|  918|1,179| 1,065|  112|  139|  150
                                       |______|______|______|______|______|______|________|________|________|_____|_____|______|_____|_____|_____
Arizona                                |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
  Dinč College ........................|     2| 1,732| 1,881| 1,712| 1,685| 1,822|   1,764|    96.8|   1,764|  129|  314|   137|    †|    †|    †
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
California                             |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
  D-Q University ......................|     4|   314|   257|   172|   193|   251|      88|    35.1|      88| --- |   13|     6|    †|    †|    †
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
Kansas                                 |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
  Haskell Indian Nations University ...|     1|   846|   885|   918|   967|   887|     887|   100.0|     887|   68|   63|   108|   21|   24|   44
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
Michigan                               |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
  Bay Mills Community College .........|     2|   453|   321|   360|   368|   430|     237|    55.1|     237|   12|   18|    15|    †|    †|    †
  Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College .....|     2|    † |  --- |  --- |  --- |    41|      35|    85.4|      35| --- |    2|     0|    †|    †|    †
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
Minnesota                              |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
  Fond du Lac Tribal and               |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
     Community College ................|     2|   704|   935|   999| 1,023| 1,315|     316|    24.0|     316|   16|   22|    21|    †|    †|    †
  Leech Lake Tribal College ...........|     2|   135|   222|   240|   174|   244|     226|    92.6|     226|   13|    8|     9|    †|    †|    †
  White Earth Tribal and Community     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
     College ..........................|     4|  --- |    99|  --- |    79|    99|      74|    74.7|      74| --- |    3|     7|    †|    †|    †
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
Montana                                |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
  Blackfeet Community College .........|     4|   411|   291|   299|   341|   418|     402|    96.2|     402|   47|   77|    62|    †|    †|    †
  Chief Dull Knife College ............|     4|   508|   448|   461|   442|   268|     207|    77.2|     207|   16|   23|    20|    †|    †|    †
  Fort Belknap College ................|     2|   218|   266|   295|   170|   158|     136|    86.1|     136|   30|   27|    26|    †|    †|    †
  Fort Peck Community College .........|     2|   360|   370|   400|   419|   443|     353|    79.7|     353|   26|   20|    28|    †|    †|    †
  Little Big Horn College .............|     2|   243|   207|   320|   203|   275|     265|    96.4|     265|   18|    4|    12|    †|    †|    †
  Salish Kootenai College .............|     3|   967| 1,075| 1,042|   976| 1,109|     885|    79.8|     885|   59|   48|    43|   27|   20|   27
  Stone Child College .................|     2|   166|   188|    38|   242|    83|      78|    94.0|      78|   15|   23|     8|    †|    †|    †
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
Nebraska                               |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
  Little Priest Tribal College ........|     4|  --- |   147|   141|    88|   146|     126|    86.3|     126|    1|    7|     5|    †|    †|    †
  Nebraska Indian Community College ...|     4|   223|   186|   170|   191|   118|      90|    76.3|      90|   14|    4|     7|    †|    †|    †
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
New Mexico                             |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
  Crownpoint Institute of Technology ..|     4|   364|   270|   841|   299|   283|     279|    98.6|     279|   29|   33|    25|    †|    †|    †
  Institute of American Indian and     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
     Alaska Native Culture ............|     1|   109|   133|   139|    44|   155|     150|    96.8|     150|   15|   17|    28|    †|    2|    7
  Southwestern Indian Polytechnic      |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
     Institute ........................|     2|   656|   643|   304|   723|   777|     777|   100.0|     777|   53|   46|    49|    †|    †|    †
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
North Dakota                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
  Candeska Cikana Community College ...|     2|   142|   134|     9|   169|   160|     157|    98.1|     157|   10|   16|    11|    †|    †|    †
  Fort Berthold Community College .....|     2|   223|   285|    50|    50|   249|     233|    93.6|     233|   26|   26|    29|    †|    †|    †
  Sitting Bull College ................|     2|   217|   233|    22|   194|   214|     190|    88.8|     190|   25|   32|    22|    †|    †|    †
  Turtle Mountain Community College ...|     1|   579|   665|   686|   684|   897|     833|    92.9|     833|   46|   45|    60|    †|   16|    2
  United Tribes Technical College .....|     4|   263|   299|   204|   302|   463|     423|    91.4|     423|   65|   63|    58|    †|    †|    †
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
South Dakota                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
  Oglala Lakota College ...............|     1| 1,219| 1,198| 1,174| 1,270| 1,279|   1,124|    87.9|   1,040|   47|   62|    72|   49|   34|   38
  Si Tanka Huron University, Eagle     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
     Butte Campus .....................|     1|   171|   215|    59|    51|   434|     309|    71.2|     309|   17|    7|    18|    †|   17|   17
  Sinte Gleska University .............|     1|   766|   910|   900|   895|   787|     787|   100.0|     787|   39|   26|    44|   15|   26|   15
  Sisseton-Wahpeton Community College .|     2|   199|   219|   250|   275|   285|     238|    83.5|     238|   12|   36|    23|    †|    †|    †
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
Washington                             |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
  Northwest Indian College ............|     2|   677|   548|   524|   600|   667|     525|    78.7|     525|   28|   21|    41|    †|    †|    †
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
Wisconsin                              |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
  College of the Menominee Nation .....|     4|   225|   385|   371|   407|   530|     409|    77.2|     409|   12|   28|    28|    †|    †|    †
  Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa           |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |        |     |     |      |     |     |
     Community College ................|     2|   493|   485|   489|   516|   550|     421|    76.5|     421|   30|   45|    43|    †|    †|    †
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†Not applicable.
\1\1=public, 4-year; 2=public, 2-year; 3=private not-for-profit, 4-year; and 4=private not-for-profit, 2-year.

NOTE: These colleges are, with few exceptions, tribally controlled and located on reservations. They are all members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1997 through 2002 and 2000-01 through 2002-03 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:97-99); Fall 2001 through Fall 2003; and Spring 2001 through Spring 2003. (This table was prepared December 2004.)