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Table 306.50. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution, level of enrollment, and race/ethnicity of student: 2013
Level of enrollment and race/ethnicity of student Total, all institutions Public institutions Nonprofit institutions For-profit institutions
Total 4-year 2-year Total 4-year 2-year
Total Research univer- sity, very high1 Research univer- sity, high2 Doctoral/ research univer- sity3 Master's4 Bacca- laureate5 Special
focus6
Total Research univer- sity, very high1 Research univer- sity, high2 Doctoral/ research univer- sity3 Master's4 Bacca- laureate5 Special
focus6
Total 4-year 2-year
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
  Fall enrollment
All students, total 20,375,789 14,745,558 8,120,417 2,363,477 1,478,612 416,284 2,655,967 1,115,474 90,603 6,625,141 3,974,004 3,941,806 557,026 310,887 322,508 1,566,964 810,477 373,944 32,198 1,656,227 1,344,827 311,400
White 11,590,717 8,364,146 4,866,761 1,428,602 927,266 244,641 1,594,482 619,767 52,003 3,497,385 2,475,173 2,459,642 279,614 187,369 180,612 1,034,423 543,866 233,758 15,531 751,398 628,203 123,195
Black 2,872,126 1,886,791 908,928 148,717 147,203 95,666 340,453 169,167 7,722 977,863 488,747 479,780 32,400 30,089 39,423 211,631 124,679 41,558 8,967 496,588 410,352 86,236
Hispanic 3,091,112 2,477,489 1,063,611 234,598 184,106 39,179 380,456 218,347 6,925 1,413,878 354,386 350,188 46,530 27,606 42,132 148,078 59,290 26,552 4,198 259,237 186,089 73,148
Asian 1,198,545 905,582 526,178 236,360 73,773 10,520 151,617 43,442 10,466 379,404 239,549 238,207 75,818 20,926 24,363 62,374 22,596 32,130 1,342 53,414 41,819 11,595
Pacific Islander 61,053 39,171 18,564 4,762 2,699 416 5,840 4,746 101 20,607 9,953 9,834 566 778 816 4,370 1,927 1,377 119 11,929 9,267 2,662
American Indian/Alaska
     Native
162,563 124,615 58,119 10,140 10,575 1,622 19,267 9,047 7,468 66,496 21,726 20,955 1,421 875 1,499 8,243 4,449 4,468 771 16,222 12,514 3,708
Two or more races 559,362 413,354 233,403 75,703 41,301 9,768 74,831 29,736 2,064 179,951 101,284 100,728 17,779 7,960 8,534 35,922 21,963 8,570 556 44,724 35,627 9,097
Nonresident alien 840,311 534,410 444,853 224,595 91,689 14,472 89,021 21,222 3,854 89,557 283,186 282,472 102,898 35,284 25,129 61,923 31,707 25,531 714 22,715 20,956 1,759
                                             
Undergraduate 17,474,835 13,347,002 6,721,861 1,782,454 1,175,173 335,829 2,289,498 1,106,290 32,617 6,625,141 2,757,447 2,725,249 271,659 191,449 199,786 1,111,847 760,039 190,469 32,198 1,370,386 1,058,986 311,400
White 9,899,168 7,522,236 4,024,851 1,091,635 738,885 198,244 1,365,163 613,472 17,452 3,497,385 1,755,481 1,739,950 140,177 124,335 110,720 737,824 507,863 119,031 15,531 621,451 498,256 123,195
Black 2,504,814 1,758,975 781,112 116,931 123,506 79,191 290,640 168,029 2,815 977,863 350,822 341,855 16,643 16,007 23,493 143,840 117,895 23,977 8,967 395,017 308,781 86,236
Hispanic 2,870,150 2,369,192 955,314 198,609 160,635 32,936 343,080 217,789 2,265 1,413,878 266,438 262,240 28,526 16,881 29,384 115,244 56,535 15,670 4,198 234,520 161,372 73,148
Asian 1,010,138 820,653 441,249 194,586 60,059 8,010 133,971 42,962 1,661 379,404 147,827 146,485 43,839 13,751 15,668 40,942 20,819 11,466 1,342 41,658 30,063 11,595
Pacific Islander 54,221 37,137 16,530 3,840 2,282 353 5,295 4,704 56 20,607 7,062 6,943 209 389 508 3,212 1,845 780 119 10,022 7,360 2,662
American Indian/Alaska
     Native
147,766 117,277 50,781 7,610 8,927 1,301 16,810 8,993 7,140 66,496 16,680 15,909 760 618 851 5,914 4,079 3,687 771 13,809 10,101 3,708
Two or more races 505,174 387,393 207,442 64,184 36,066 8,487 68,340 29,504 861 179,951 78,758 78,202 11,768 5,813 6,305 28,617 21,294 4,405 556 39,023 29,926 9,097
Nonresident alien 483,404 334,139 244,582 105,059 44,813 7,307 66,199 20,837 367 89,557 134,379 133,665 29,737 13,655 12,857 36,254 29,709 11,453 714 14,886 13,127 1,759
                                             
Postbaccalaureate 2,900,954 1,398,556 1,398,556 581,023 303,439 80,455 366,469 9,184 57,986 † 1,216,557 1,216,557 285,367 119,438 122,722 455,117 50,438 183,475 † 285,841 285,841 †
White 1,691,549 841,910 841,910 336,967 188,381 46,397 229,319 6,295 34,551 † 719,692 719,692 139,437 63,034 69,892 296,599 36,003 114,727 † 129,947 129,947 †
Black 367,312 127,816 127,816 31,786 23,697 16,475 49,813 1,138 4,907 † 137,925 137,925 15,757 14,082 15,930 67,791 6,784 17,581 † 101,571 101,571 †
Hispanic 220,962 108,297 108,297 35,989 23,471 6,243 37,376 558 4,660 † 87,948 87,948 18,004 10,725 12,748 32,834 2,755 10,882 † 24,717 24,717 †
Asian 188,407 84,929 84,929 41,774 13,714 2,510 17,646 480 8,805 † 91,722 91,722 31,979 7,175 8,695 21,432 1,777 20,664 † 11,756 11,756 †
Pacific Islander 6,832 2,034 2,034 922 417 63 545 42 45 † 2,891 2,891 357 389 308 1,158 82 597 † 1,907 1,907 †
American Indian/Alaska
     Native
14,797 7,338 7,338 2,530 1,648 321 2,457 54 328 † 5,046 5,046 661 257 648 2,329 370 781 † 2,413 2,413 †
Two or more races 54,188 25,961 25,961 11,519 5,235 1,281 6,491 232 1,203 † 22,526 22,526 6,011 2,147 2,229 7,305 669 4,165 † 5,701 5,701 †
Nonresident alien 356,907 200,271 200,271 119,536 46,876 7,165 22,822 385 3,487 † 148,807 148,807 73,161 21,629 12,272 25,669 1,998 14,078 † 7,829 7,829 †
  Percentage distribution of U.S. residents
U.S. residents, total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
White 59.3 58.9 63.4 66.8 66.9 60.9 62.1 56.6 59.9 53.5 67.1 67.2 61.6 68.0 60.7 68.7 69.8 67.1 49.3 46.0 47.5 39.8
Black 14.7 13.3 11.8 7.0 10.6 23.8 13.3 15.5 8.9 15.0 13.2 13.1 7.1 10.9 13.3 14.1 16.0 11.9 28.5 30.4 31.0 27.9
Hispanic 15.8 17.4 13.9 11.0 13.3 9.8 14.8 20.0 8.0 21.6 9.6 9.6 10.2 10.0 14.2 9.8 7.6 7.6 13.3 15.9 14.1 23.6
Asian 6.1 6.4 6.9 11.1 5.3 2.6 5.9 4.0 12.1 5.8 6.5 6.5 16.7 7.6 8.2 4.1 2.9 9.2 4.3 3.3 3.2 3.7
Pacific Islander 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.9
American Indian/Alaska
     Native
0.8 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.8 8.6 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.3 2.4 1.0 0.9 1.2
Two or more races 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.5 3.0 2.4 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.9 2.9 2.9 2.4 2.8 2.5 1.8 2.7 2.7 2.9
                                             
Undergraduate 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
White 58.3 57.8 62.1 65.1 65.4 60.3 61.4 56.5 54.1 53.5 66.9 67.1 57.9 69.9 59.2 68.6 69.5 66.5 49.3 45.8 47.6 39.8
Black 14.7 13.5 12.1 7.0 10.9 24.1 13.1 15.5 8.7 15.0 13.4 13.2 6.9 9.0 12.6 13.4 16.1 13.4 28.5 29.1 29.5 27.9
Hispanic 16.9 18.2 14.7 11.8 14.2 10.0 15.4 20.1 7.0 21.6 10.2 10.1 11.8 9.5 15.7 10.7 7.7 8.8 13.3 17.3 15.4 23.6
Asian 5.9 6.3 6.8 11.6 5.3 2.4 6.0 4.0 5.2 5.8 5.6 5.7 18.1 7.7 8.4 3.8 2.9 6.4 4.3 3.1 2.9 3.7
Pacific Islander 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.9
American Indian/Alaska
     Native
0.9 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.8 22.1 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.1 2.4 1.0 1.0 1.2
Two or more races 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.8 3.2 2.6 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.0 4.9 3.3 3.4 2.7 2.9 2.5 1.8 2.9 2.9 2.9
                                             
Postbaccalaureate 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 † 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 † 100.0 100.0 †
White 66.5 70.3 70.3 73.0 73.4 63.3 66.7 71.5 63.4 † 67.4 67.4 65.7 64.4 63.3 69.1 74.3 67.7 † 46.7 46.7 †
Black 14.4 10.7 10.7 6.9 9.2 22.5 14.5 12.9 9.0 † 12.9 12.9 7.4 14.4 14.4 15.8 14.0 10.4 † 36.5 36.5 †
Hispanic 8.7 9.0 9.0 7.8 9.1 8.5 10.9 6.3 8.6 † 8.2 8.2 8.5 11.0 11.5 7.6 5.7 6.4 † 8.9 8.9 †
Asian 7.4 7.1 7.1 9.1 5.3 3.4 5.1 5.5 16.2 † 8.6 8.6 15.1 7.3 7.9 5.0 3.7 12.2 † 4.2 4.2 †
Pacific Islander 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 † 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 † 0.7 0.7 †
American Indian/Alaska
     Native
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 † 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 † 0.9 0.9 †
Two or more races 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.0 1.7 1.9 2.6 2.2 † 2.1 2.1 2.8 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.4 2.5 † 2.1 2.1 †
†Not applicable.
1 Research universities with a very high level of research activity.
2 Research universities with a high level of research activity.
3 Institutions that award at least 20 doctor's degrees per year, but did not have high levels of research activity.
4 Institutions that award at least 50 master's degrees per year.
5 Institutions that primarily emphasize undergraduate education. Also includes institutions classified as 4-year under the IPEDS system, which had been classified as 2-year in the Carnegie system because they primarily award associate's degrees.
6 Four-year institutions that award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering.
NOTE: Relative levels of research activity for research universities were determined by an analysis of research and development expenditures, science and engineering research staffing, and doctoral degrees conferred, by field. Further information on the research index ranking may be obtained from http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/resources/. Includes imputed Carnegie system classifications for institutions with missing data. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2014, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared December 2014.)

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