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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 2016, and 2014-15 and 2015-16
State and institution Level and con-trol1 Total fall enrollment Degrees awarded to American Indians/Alaska Natives
2000 2005 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total Total American Indian/ Alaska Native Percent American Indian/ Alaska Native Total Total American Indian/ Alaska Native Percent American Indian/ Alaska Native Associate's Bachelor's
2014-15 2015-16 2014-15 2015-16
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Tribally controlled                                
institutions 13,680 11,459 83.8 17,167 21,179 18,264 17,929 17,161 16,857 13,163 78.1 1,268 1,304 321 301
Alaska                                
Ilisagvik College 2 322 174 54.0 278 288 257 243 193 188 109 58.0 7 9
                                 
Arizona                                
Diné College 1 1,712 1,645 96.1 1,825 2,033 1,489 1,488 1,490 1,396 1,381 98.9 148 187 5 17
Tohono O'odham Community College 2 270 207 243 225 212 276 246 89.1 8 12
                                 
Kansas                                
Haskell Indian Nations University 1 918 918 100.0 918 958 742 808 799 820 820 100.0 94 115 92 86
                                 
Michigan                                
Bay Mills Community College 2 360 228 63.3 406 607 531 555 541 467 256 54.8 31 22
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community
       College
2 106 89 102 104 74 71.2 8 5
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College 2 123 153 117 141 116 141 113 80.1 8 10
                                 
Minnesota                                
Fond du Lac Tribal and
       Community College
2 999 221 22.1 1,981 2,339 2,272 2,215 2,227 2,101 150 7.1 33 25
Leech Lake Tribal College 2 240 228 95.0 189 235 348 297 348 286 262 91.6 32 40
White Earth Tribal and Community
       College
4 61 117 60 69 68 77 57 74.0 8 14
                                 
Montana                                
Aaniiih Nakoda College 2 295 266 90.2 175 214 139 291 219 149 140 94.0 21 15
Blackfeet Community College 4 299 288 96.3 485 473 450 495 442 425 402 94.6 60 83
Chief Dull Knife College 2 461 365 79.2 554 433 201 192 218 168 148 88.1 35 35
Fort Peck Community College 2 400 338 84.5 408 452 405 346 321 385 303 78.7 23 13
Little Big Horn College 2 320 303 94.7 259 380 329 263 248 223 216 96.9 51 40
Salish Kootenai College 3 1,042 881 84.5 1,142 1,158 840 859 784 859 633 73.7 65 53 47 33
Stone Child College 2 38 38 100.0 344 332 404 458 540 544 500 91.9 25 7
                                 
Nebraska                                
Little Priest Tribal College 4 141 121 85.8 109 148 144 127 132 132 116 87.9 11 8
Nebraska Indian Community College 2 170 146 85.9 107 177 199 120 158 175 167 95.4 15 13
                                 
New Mexico                                
Institute of American Indian and
       Alaska Native Culture
       and Arts Development
1 139 139 100.0 113 313 422 486 493 582 379 65.1 2 6 20 24
Navajo Technical University 1 841 841 100.0 333 1,019 1,956 2,075 1,686 1,675 1,599 95.5 76 63 10 16
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic
       Institute
2 304 304 100.0 614 531 530 481 402 367 367 100.0 84 62
                                 
North Dakota                                
Candkeska Cikana Community College 2 9 8 88.9 198 220 254 185 188 178 162 91.0 23 15
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College 1 50 47 94.0 241 215 203 158 229 268 215 80.2 14 24 4 2
Sitting Bull College 1 22 20 90.9 287 314 246 289 261 282 259 91.8 24 32 5 8
Turtle Mountain Community College 3 686 608 88.6 615 969 602 520 555 584 556 95.2 69 75 15 10
United Tribes Technical College 3 204 186 91.2 885 600 505 434 391 483 435 90.1 42 41 9 14
                                 
Oklahoma                                
College of the Muscogee Nation 2 191 188 202 213 178 83.6 22 17
Comanche Nation College 2   50 72 37 35 94.6 1 5
                                 
South Dakota                                
Oglala Lakota College 1 1,174 1,077 91.7 1,302 1,830 1,551 1,427 1,366 1,301 1,243 95.5 74 63 57 44
Sinte Gleska University 3 900 757 84.1 1,123 2,473 689 641 581 568 504 88.7 22 39 20 12
Sisseton Wahpeton College 2 250 192 76.8 290 261 194 165 132 142 132 93.0 10 8
                                 
Washington                                
Northwest Indian College 1 524 440 84.0 495 626 681 637 641 579 493 85.1 62 78 30 33
                                 
Wisconsin                                
College of the Menominee Nation 3 371 283 76.3 532 615 661 560 433 394 312 79.2 21 28 7 2
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa
       Community College
2 489 397 81.2 505 489 303 352 371 288 201 69.8 39 42
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
1 1 = 4-year public; 2 = 2-year public; 3 = 4-year private nonprofit; and 4 = 2-year private nonprofit.
NOTE: This table only includes institutions that were in operation during the 2016-17 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 2017, Fall Enrollment component; and Fall 2015 and Fall 2016, Completions component. (This table was prepared November 2017.)

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