Table 306.50.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and classification of institution, level of enrollment, and race/ethnicity of student: 2015

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	19,977,270	14,568,103	8,352,437	2,757,513	1,356,186	610,463	2,458,338	1,087,190	82,747	6,215,666	4,063,372	4,013,323	608,782	331,054	443,003	1,551,759	688,483	390,242	50,049	1,345,795	1,120,582	225,213
White	10,937,058	7,913,048	4,793,344	1,561,767	843,082	310,763	1,440,619	589,891	47,222	3,119,704	2,437,254	2,414,573	286,843	194,882	259,265	996,614	443,088	233,881	22,681	586,756	504,116	82,640
Black	2,675,352	1,770,446	916,494	183,251	155,288	97,166	319,707	154,989	6,093	853,952	502,340	486,849	36,253	33,361	62,384	199,985	108,400	46,466	15,491	402,566	336,475	66,091
Hispanic	3,292,156	2,689,370	1,199,529	332,680	160,345	113,909	360,813	224,749	7,033	1,489,841	395,332	388,659	54,286	31,147	49,065	170,772	51,696	31,693	6,673	207,454	153,592	53,862
Asian	1,228,310	933,511	562,154	276,177	59,394	35,363	136,860	44,599	9,761	371,357	246,638	245,281	81,700	20,916	28,362	61,447	20,486	32,370	1,357	48,161	39,862	8,299
Pacific Islander	55,529	35,828	17,392	4,860	2,212	920	5,417	3,909	74	18,436	10,592	10,247	593	672	1,059	5,008	1,813	1,102	345	9,109	7,845	1,264
American Indian/Alaska       Native	146,171	113,778	54,587	9,952	9,823	2,136	17,548	8,211	6,917	59,191	20,655	19,461	1,279	1,124	1,796	7,917	3,365	3,980	1,194	11,738	9,266	2,472
Two or more races	659,584	484,354	283,207	99,427	45,368	19,531	81,067	35,928	1,886	201,147	119,355	117,973	20,266	9,347	12,009	42,231	22,888	11,232	1,382	55,875	47,291	8,584
Nonresident alien	983,110	627,768	525,730	289,399	80,674	30,675	96,307	24,914	3,761	102,038	331,206	330,280	127,562	39,605	29,063	67,785	36,747	29,518	926	24,136	22,135	2,001
Undergraduate	17,036,778	13,145,720	6,930,054	2,091,917	1,093,181	506,903	2,129,253	1,082,274	26,526	6,215,666	2,819,174	2,769,125	300,986	210,033	278,063	1,125,846	656,663	197,534	50,049	1,071,884	846,671	225,213
White	9,302,419	7,099,042	3,979,338	1,200,226	681,962	254,793	1,242,082	585,900	14,375	3,119,704	1,737,710	1,715,029	147,101	133,394	164,980	729,522	420,802	119,230	22,681	465,667	383,027	82,640
Black	2,311,082	1,642,883	788,931	144,839	130,854	82,865	274,417	154,629	1,327	853,952	359,745	344,254	18,903	18,423	34,932	142,056	104,199	25,741	15,491	308,454	242,363	66,091
Hispanic	3,049,584	2,571,686	1,081,845	284,046	141,292	100,676	329,029	224,608	2,194	1,489,841	295,266	288,593	33,567	18,932	34,741	134,097	49,751	17,505	6,673	182,632	128,770	53,862
Asian	1,033,882	846,295	474,938	228,770	48,499	30,065	121,914	44,528	1,162	371,357	152,803	151,446	48,776	13,422	18,376	39,775	19,453	11,644	1,357	34,784	26,485	8,299
Pacific Islander	49,545	34,125	15,689	3,988	1,910	825	5,029	3,904	33	18,436	7,987	7,642	255	478	723	3,821	1,754	611	345	7,433	6,169	1,264
American Indian/Alaska       Native	132,293	106,842	47,651	7,464	8,303	1,770	15,371	8,173	6,570	59,191	15,836	14,642	688	693	1,076	5,830	3,190	3,165	1,194	9,615	7,143	2,472
Two or more races	592,159	452,106	250,959	83,222	39,807	17,375	74,118	35,879	558	201,147	92,488	91,106	13,263	6,861	8,960	33,960	22,335	5,727	1,382	47,565	38,981	8,584
Nonresident alien	565,814	392,741	290,703	139,362	40,554	18,534	67,293	24,653	307	102,038	157,339	156,413	38,433	17,830	14,275	36,785	35,179	13,911	926	15,734	13,733	2,001
Postbaccalaureate	2,940,492	1,422,383	1,422,383	665,596	263,005	103,560	329,085	4,916	56,221	†	1,244,198	1,244,198	307,796	121,021	164,940	425,913	31,820	192,708	†	273,911	273,911	†
White	1,634,639	814,006	814,006	361,541	161,120	55,970	198,537	3,991	32,847	†	699,544	699,544	139,742	61,488	94,285	267,092	22,286	114,651	†	121,089	121,089	†
Black	364,270	127,563	127,563	38,412	24,434	14,301	45,290	360	4,766	†	142,595	142,595	17,350	14,938	27,452	57,929	4,201	20,725	†	94,112	94,112	†
Hispanic	242,572	117,684	117,684	48,634	19,053	13,233	31,784	141	4,839	†	100,066	100,066	20,719	12,215	14,324	36,675	1,945	14,188	†	24,822	24,822	†
Asian	194,428	87,216	87,216	47,407	10,895	5,298	14,946	71	8,599	†	93,835	93,835	32,924	7,494	9,986	21,672	1,033	20,726	†	13,377	13,377	†
Pacific Islander	5,984	1,703	1,703	872	302	95	388	5	41	†	2,605	2,605	338	194	336	1,187	59	491	†	1,676	1,676	†
American Indian/Alaska       Native	13,878	6,936	6,936	2,488	1,520	366	2,177	38	347	†	4,819	4,819	591	431	720	2,087	175	815	†	2,123	2,123	†
Two or more races	67,425	32,248	32,248	16,205	5,561	2,156	6,949	49	1,328	†	26,867	26,867	7,003	2,486	3,049	8,271	553	5,505	†	8,310	8,310	†
Nonresident alien	417,296	235,027	235,027	150,037	40,120	12,141	29,014	261	3,454	†	173,867	173,867	89,129	21,775	14,788	31,000	1,568	15,607	†	8,402	8,402	†
	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	57.6	56.8	61.2	63.3	66.1	53.6	61.0	55.5	59.8	51.0	65.3	65.6	59.6	66.9	62.6	67.2	68.0	64.8	46.2	44.4	45.9	37.0
Black	14.1	12.7	11.7	7.4	12.2	16.8	13.5	14.6	7.7	14.0	13.5	13.2	7.5	11.4	15.1	13.5	16.6	12.9	31.5	30.5	30.6	29.6
Hispanic	17.3	19.3	15.3	13.5	12.6	19.6	15.3	21.2	8.9	24.4	10.6	10.6	11.3	10.7	11.9	11.5	7.9	8.8	13.6	15.7	14.0	24.1
Asian	6.5	6.7	7.2	11.2	4.7	6.1	5.8	4.2	12.4	6.1	6.6	6.7	17.0	7.2	6.9	4.1	3.1	9.0	2.8	3.6	3.6	3.7
Pacific Islander	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6
American Indian/Alaska       Native	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.8	8.8	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.4	0.9	0.8	1.1
Two or more races	3.5	3.5	3.6	4.0	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.4	2.4	3.3	3.2	3.2	4.2	3.2	2.9	2.8	3.5	3.1	2.8	4.2	4.3	3.8
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	56.5	55.7	59.9	61.5	64.8	52.2	60.2	55.4	54.8	51.0	65.3	65.6	56.0	69.4	62.5	67.0	67.7	64.9	46.2	44.1	46.0	37.0
Black	14.0	12.9	11.9	7.4	12.4	17.0	13.3	14.6	5.1	14.0	13.5	13.2	7.2	9.6	13.2	13.0	16.8	14.0	31.5	29.2	29.1	29.6
Hispanic	18.5	20.2	16.3	14.5	13.4	20.6	16.0	21.2	8.4	24.4	11.1	11.0	12.8	9.9	13.2	12.3	8.0	9.5	13.6	17.3	15.5	24.1
Asian	6.3	6.6	7.2	11.7	4.6	6.2	5.9	4.2	4.4	6.1	5.7	5.8	18.6	7.0	7.0	3.7	3.1	6.3	2.8	3.3	3.2	3.7
Pacific Islander	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6
American Indian/Alaska       Native	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.8	25.1	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.7	2.4	0.9	0.9	1.1
Two or more races	3.6	3.5	3.8	4.3	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.4	2.1	3.3	3.5	3.5	5.1	3.6	3.4	3.1	3.6	3.1	2.8	4.5	4.7	3.8
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	64.8	68.6	68.6	70.1	72.3	61.2	66.2	85.7	62.2	†	65.4	65.4	63.9	62.0	62.8	67.6	73.7	64.7	†	45.6	45.6	†
Black	14.4	10.7	10.7	7.5	11.0	15.6	15.1	7.7	9.0	†	13.3	13.3	7.9	15.1	18.3	14.7	13.9	11.7	†	35.4	35.4	†
Hispanic	9.6	9.9	9.9	9.4	8.5	14.5	10.6	3.0	9.2	†	9.3	9.3	9.5	12.3	9.5	9.3	6.4	8.0	†	9.3	9.3	†
Asian	7.7	7.3	7.3	9.2	4.9	5.8	5.0	1.5	16.3	†	8.8	8.8	15.1	7.6	6.7	5.5	3.4	11.7	†	5.0	5.0	†
Pacific Islander	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	†	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	†	0.6	0.6	†
American Indian/Alaska       Native	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.7	†	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	†	0.8	0.8	†
Two or more races	2.7	2.7	2.7	3.1	2.5	2.4	2.3	1.1	2.5	†	2.5	2.5	3.2	2.5	2.0	2.1	1.8	3.1	†	3.1	3.1	†

†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://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/. 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 2016, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2016.)