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| Table 312.50. | Fall enrollment and degrees conferred in degree-granting tribally controlled postsecondary institutions, by state and institution: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2015, and 2013-14 and 2014-15 |
| State and institution | Level and control1 |
Total fall enrollment | Degrees awarded to American Indians/Alaska Natives | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2005 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |||||||||
| Total | Total American Indian/ Alaska Native | Percent American Indian/ Alaska Native | Under-graduate American Indian/ Alaska Native | Associate’s | Bachelor’s | |||||||||||
| 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Tribally controlled | ||||||||||||||||
| institutions2 | † | 13,680 | 17,167 | 17,014 | 21,179 | 18,881 | 18,264 | 17,929 | 17,161 | 13,369 | 77.9 | 13,262 | 1,270 | 1,268 | 295 | 321 |
| Alaska | ||||||||||||||||
| Ilisagvik College | 2 | 322 | 278 | 251 | 288 | 231 | 257 | 243 | 193 | 125 | 64.8 | 125 | 5 | 7 | † | † |
| Arizona | ||||||||||||||||
| Diné College | 1 | 1,712 | 1,825 | 1,527 | 2,033 | 1,970 | 1,489 | 1,488 | 1,490 | 1,471 | 98.7 | 1,471 | 152 | 148 | 7 | 5 |
| Tohono O’odham Community College | 2 | — | 270 | 163 | 207 | 214 | 243 | 225 | 212 | 175 | 82.5 | 175 | 6 | 8 | † | † |
| Kansas | ||||||||||||||||
| Haskell Indian Nations University | 1 | 918 | 918 | 997 | 958 | 846 | 742 | 808 | 799 | 799 | 100.0 | 799 | 85 | 94 | 70 | 92 |
| Michigan | ||||||||||||||||
| Bay Mills Community College | 2 | 360 | 406 | 501 | 607 | 536 | 531 | 555 | 541 | 286 | 52.9 | 286 | 25 | 31 | † | † |
| Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College |
2 | — | — | — | — | 86 | 106 | 89 | 102 | 58 | 56.9 | 58 | 4 | 8 | † | † |
| Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College | 2 | — | 123 | 133 | 153 | 127 | 117 | 141 | 116 | 91 | 78.4 | 91 | 9 | 8 | † | † |
| Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||
| Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College |
2 | 999 | 1,981 | 2,206 | 2,339 | 2,307 | 2,272 | 2,215 | 2,227 | 186 | 8.4 | 186 | 33 | 33 | † | † |
| Leech Lake Tribal College | 2 | 240 | 189 | 228 | 235 | 338 | 348 | 297 | 348 | 316 | 90.8 | 316 | 32 | 32 | † | † |
| White Earth Tribal and Community College |
4 | — | 61 | 106 | 117 | 87 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 88.2 | 60 | 10 | 8 | † | † |
| Montana | ||||||||||||||||
| Aaniiih Nakoda College | 2 | 295 | 175 | 168 | 214 | 221 | 139 | 291 | 219 | 202 | 92.2 | 202 | 22 | 21 | † | † |
| Blackfeet Community College | 4 | 299 | 485 | 492 | 473 | 407 | 450 | 495 | 442 | 428 | 96.8 | 428 | 76 | 60 | † | † |
| Chief Dull Knife College | 2 | 461 | 554 | 443 | 433 | 361 | 201 | 192 | 218 | 204 | 93.6 | 204 | 27 | 35 | † | † |
| Fort Peck Community College | 2 | 400 | 408 | 436 | 452 | 438 | 405 | 346 | 321 | 264 | 82.2 | 264 | 21 | 23 | † | † |
| Little Big Horn College | 2 | 320 | 259 | 337 | 380 | 325 | 329 | 263 | 248 | 235 | 94.8 | 235 | 47 | 51 | † | † |
| Salish Kootenai College | 3 | 1,042 | 1,142 | 993 | 1,158 | 906 | 840 | 859 | 784 | 575 | 73.3 | 575 | 64 | 65 | 38 | 47 |
| Stone Child College | 2 | 38 | 344 | 236 | 332 | 501 | 404 | 458 | 540 | 502 | 93.0 | 502 | 21 | 25 | † | † |
| Nebraska | ||||||||||||||||
| Little Priest Tribal College | 4 | 141 | 109 | 116 | 148 | 144 | 144 | 127 | 132 | 120 | 90.9 | 120 | 23 | 11 | † | † |
| Nebraska Indian Community College | 2 | 170 | 107 | 92 | 177 | 150 | 199 | 120 | 158 | 155 | 98.1 | 155 | 7 | 15 | † | † |
| New Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture2 |
1 | 139 | 113 | 249 | 313 | 392 | 422 | 486 | 493 | 339 | 68.8 | 310 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 20 |
| Navajo Technical University2 | 1 | 841 | 333 | 571 | 1,019 | 1,777 | 1,956 | 2,075 | 1,686 | 1,655 | 98.2 | 1,650 | 77 | 76 | 5 | 10 |
| Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute |
2 | 304 | 614 | 470 | 531 | 488 | 530 | 481 | 402 | 402 | 100.0 | 402 | 71 | 84 | † | † |
| North Dakota | ||||||||||||||||
| Candkeska Cikana Community College | 2 | 9 | 198 | 201 | 220 | 247 | 254 | 185 | 188 | 171 | 91.0 | 171 | 27 | 23 | † | † |
| Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College | 1 | 50 | 241 | 162 | 215 | 205 | 203 | 158 | 229 | 171 | 74.7 | 171 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 |
| Sitting Bull College2 | 1 | 22 | 287 | 296 | 314 | 277 | 246 | 289 | 261 | 228 | 87.4 | 226 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 5 |
| Turtle Mountain Community College | 3 | 686 | 615 | 951 | 969 | 532 | 602 | 520 | 555 | 534 | 96.2 | 534 | 82 | 69 | 6 | 15 |
| United Tribes Technical College | 3 | 204 | 885 | 375 | 600 | 505 | 505 | 434 | 391 | 331 | 84.7 | 331 | 28 | 42 | 14 | 9 |
| Oklahoma | ||||||||||||||||
| College of the Muscogee Nation | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 191 | 188 | 202 | 162 | 80.2 | 162 | 17 | 22 | † | † |
| Comanche Nation College | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | 72 | 58 | 80.6 | 58 | 4 | 1 | † | † |
| South Dakota | ||||||||||||||||
| Oglala Lakota College2 | 1 | 1,174 | 1,302 | 1,531 | 1,830 | 1,583 | 1,551 | 1,427 | 1,366 | 1,292 | 94.6 | 1,247 | 68 | 74 | 65 | 57 |
| Sinte Gleska University2 | 3 | 900 | 1,123 | 1,012 | 2,473 | 728 | 689 | 641 | 581 | 518 | 89.2 | 492 | 50 | 22 | 23 | 20 |
| Sisseton Wahpeton College | 2 | 250 | 290 | 227 | 261 | 175 | 194 | 165 | 132 | 124 | 93.9 | 124 | 15 | 10 | † | † |
| Washington | ||||||||||||||||
| Northwest Indian College | 1 | 524 | 495 | 554 | 626 | 699 | 681 | 637 | 641 | 555 | 86.6 | 555 | 68 | 62 | 13 | 30 |
| Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||
| College of the Menominee Nation | 3 | 371 | 532 | 512 | 615 | 721 | 661 | 560 | 433 | 282 | 65.1 | 282 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 7 |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College |
2 | 489 | 505 | 478 | 489 | 357 | 303 | 352 | 371 | 295 | 79.5 | 295 | 23 | 39 | † | † |
| —Not available. | ||||||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 1 = 4-year public; 2 = 2-year public; 3 = 4-year private nonprofit; and 4 = 2-year private nonprofit. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 "Total American Indian/Alaska Native" enrollment (column 11) includes graduate students and therefore does not equal “Undergraduate American Indian/Alaska Native” enrollment (column 13). | ||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: This table only includes institutions that were in operation during the 2015-16 academic year. They are all members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and, with few exceptions, are tribally controlled and located on reservations. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Totals include persons of other racial/ethnic groups not separately identified. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | ||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2001 through Spring 2016, Fall Enrollment component; and Fall 2014 and Fall 2015, Completions component. (This table was prepared November 2016.) |