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: 2017

Level of enrollment and race/ethnicity of student	Total, all insti- tutions	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	19,765,598	14,560,155	8,853,477	2,844,803	1,366,233	628,300	2,487,434	1,433,586	93,121	5,706,678	4,106,477	4,058,087	633,342	326,266	442,414	1,596,806	668,707	390,552	48,390	1,098,966	912,076	186,890
White	10,510,784	7,641,235	4,851,639	1,545,924	829,505	313,999	1,415,455	697,155	49,601	2,789,596	2,401,698	2,381,969	282,619	189,168	255,240	1,009,164	421,408	224,370	19,729	467,851	404,019	63,832
Black	2,545,916	1,722,844	956,178	191,913	155,682	98,998	322,938	176,565	10,082	766,666	496,597	478,492	39,329	31,940	61,196	198,393	102,012	45,622	18,105	326,475	268,530	57,945
Hispanic	3,540,584	2,923,743	1,470,999	379,476	179,395	127,155	403,977	372,166	8,830	1,452,744	432,741	427,308	60,809	32,929	50,561	193,582	54,654	34,773	5,433	184,100	136,281	47,819
Asian	1,277,733	975,098	630,151	297,200	63,173	36,995	142,669	79,124	10,990	344,947	259,523	258,337	85,861	21,900	29,897	65,658	21,011	34,010	1,186	43,112	35,857	7,255
Pacific Islander	52,015	33,622	18,250	4,376	2,012	928	5,511	5,286	137	15,372	10,537	10,297	669	643	1,037	5,140	1,734	1,074	240	7,856	6,743	1,113
American Indian/Alaska    Native	137,632	107,889	55,089	9,690	9,048	2,284	16,096	10,187	7,784	52,800	19,578	18,682	1,208	932	1,838	7,951	3,023	3,730	896	10,165	8,047	2,118
Two or more races	700,212	530,836	332,836	110,418	50,851	21,560	90,294	57,557	2,156	198,000	134,224	132,462	22,779	10,089	13,085	48,374	24,426	13,709	1,762	35,152	29,893	5,259
Nonresident alien7	1,000,722	624,888	538,335	305,806	76,567	26,381	90,494	35,546	3,541	86,553	351,579	350,540	140,068	38,665	29,560	68,544	40,439	33,264	1,039	24,255	22,706	1,549
Undergraduate	16,760,331	13,100,953	7,394,275	2,160,020	1,104,197	522,304	2,144,761	1,427,893	35,100	5,706,678	2,817,017	2,768,627	305,582	209,878	272,366	1,147,851	635,351	197,599	48,390	842,361	655,471	186,890
White	8,876,872	6,823,692	4,034,096	1,187,296	670,482	256,102	1,210,698	692,732	16,786	2,789,596	1,699,556	1,679,827	141,945	131,053	161,248	732,397	398,371	114,813	19,729	353,624	289,792	63,832
Black	2,180,467	1,588,382	821,716	150,648	130,866	84,109	274,967	176,068	5,058	766,666	350,970	332,865	19,687	18,243	33,252	139,215	97,584	24,884	18,105	241,115	183,170	57,945
Hispanic	3,265,599	2,786,825	1,334,081	323,972	157,479	112,222	365,160	371,980	3,268	1,452,744	319,380	313,947	36,346	20,526	34,499	150,716	52,511	19,349	5,433	159,394	111,575	47,819
Asian	1,068,832	879,728	534,781	246,133	51,415	31,289	125,373	78,994	1,577	344,947	158,605	157,419	50,456	14,316	18,635	42,455	19,880	11,677	1,186	30,499	23,244	7,255
Pacific Islander	46,090	31,921	16,549	3,627	1,748	813	5,017	5,273	71	15,372	7,875	7,635	332	450	640	3,930	1,671	612	240	6,294	5,181	1,113
American Indian/Alaska    Native	124,019	101,033	48,233	7,249	7,591	1,864	14,021	10,126	7,382	52,800	14,811	13,915	656	598	1,121	5,733	2,871	2,936	896	8,175	6,057	2,118
Two or more races	623,409	493,152	295,152	91,677	44,658	18,971	81,717	57,473	656	198,000	102,263	100,501	14,584	7,302	9,588	37,694	23,804	7,529	1,762	27,994	22,735	5,259
Nonresident alien7	575,043	396,220	309,667	149,418	39,958	16,934	67,808	35,247	302	86,553	163,557	162,518	41,576	17,390	13,383	35,711	38,659	15,799	1,039	15,266	13,717	1,549
Postbaccalaureate	3,005,267	1,459,202	1,459,202	684,783	262,036	105,996	342,673	5,693	58,021	†	1,289,460	1,289,460	327,760	116,388	170,048	448,955	33,356	192,953	†	256,605	256,605	†
White	1,633,912	817,543	817,543	358,628	159,023	57,897	204,757	4,423	32,815	†	702,142	702,142	140,674	58,115	93,992	276,767	23,037	109,557	†	114,227	114,227	†
Black	365,449	134,462	134,462	41,265	24,816	14,889	47,971	497	5,024	†	145,627	145,627	19,642	13,697	27,944	59,178	4,428	20,738	†	85,360	85,360	†
Hispanic	274,985	136,918	136,918	55,504	21,916	14,933	38,817	186	5,562	†	113,361	113,361	24,463	12,403	16,062	42,866	2,143	15,424	†	24,706	24,706	†
Asian	208,901	95,370	95,370	51,067	11,758	5,706	17,296	130	9,413	†	100,918	100,918	35,405	7,584	11,262	23,203	1,131	22,333	†	12,613	12,613	†
Pacific Islander	5,925	1,701	1,701	749	264	115	494	13	66	†	2,662	2,662	337	193	397	1,210	63	462	†	1,562	1,562	†
American Indian/Alaska    Native	13,613	6,856	6,856	2,441	1,457	420	2,075	61	402	†	4,767	4,767	552	334	717	2,218	152	794	†	1,990	1,990	†
Two or more races	76,803	37,684	37,684	18,741	6,193	2,589	8,577	84	1,500	†	31,961	31,961	8,195	2,787	3,497	10,680	622	6,180	†	7,158	7,158	†
Nonresident alien7	425,679	228,668	228,668	156,388	36,609	9,447	22,686	299	3,239	†	188,022	188,022	98,492	21,275	16,177	32,833	1,780	17,465	†	8,989	8,989	†
	Percentage distribution of U.S. resident students (excludes nonresident aliens)
U.S. resident    students, 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	56.0	54.8	58.3	60.9	64.3	52.2	59.1	49.9	55.4	49.6	64.0	64.2	57.3	65.8	61.8	66.0	67.1	62.8	41.7	43.5	45.4	34.4
Black	13.6	12.4	11.5	7.6	12.1	16.4	13.5	12.6	11.3	13.6	13.2	12.9	8.0	11.1	14.8	13.0	16.2	12.8	38.2	30.4	30.2	31.3
Hispanic	18.9	21.0	17.7	14.9	13.9	21.1	16.9	26.6	9.9	25.8	11.5	11.5	12.3	11.4	12.2	12.7	8.7	9.7	11.5	17.1	15.3	25.8
Asian	6.8	7.0	7.6	11.7	4.9	6.1	6.0	5.7	12.3	6.1	6.9	7.0	17.4	7.6	7.2	4.3	3.3	9.5	2.5	4.0	4.0	3.9
Pacific Islander	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.6
American Indian/Alaska    Native	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.7	8.7	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.9	0.9	0.9	1.1
Two or more races	3.7	3.8	4.0	4.3	3.9	3.6	3.8	4.1	2.4	3.5	3.6	3.6	4.6	3.5	3.2	3.2	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.3	3.4	2.8
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	54.8	53.7	56.9	59.1	63.0	50.7	58.3	49.7	48.2	49.6	64.1	64.5	53.8	68.1	62.3	65.9	66.8	63.2	41.7	42.8	45.2	34.4
Black	13.5	12.5	11.6	7.5	12.3	16.6	13.2	12.6	14.5	13.6	13.2	12.8	7.5	9.5	12.8	12.5	16.4	13.7	38.2	29.2	28.5	31.3
Hispanic	20.2	21.9	18.8	16.1	14.8	22.2	17.6	26.7	9.4	25.8	12.0	12.0	13.8	10.7	13.3	13.6	8.8	10.6	11.5	19.3	17.4	25.8
Asian	6.6	6.9	7.5	12.2	4.8	6.2	6.0	5.7	4.5	6.1	6.0	6.0	19.1	7.4	7.2	3.8	3.3	6.4	2.5	3.7	3.6	3.9
Pacific Islander	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.6
American Indian/Alaska    Native	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.7	21.2	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.6	1.9	1.0	0.9	1.1
Two or more races	3.9	3.9	4.2	4.6	4.2	3.8	3.9	4.1	1.9	3.5	3.9	3.9	5.5	3.8	3.7	3.4	4.0	4.1	3.7	3.4	3.5	2.8
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	63.3	66.4	66.4	67.9	70.5	60.0	64.0	82.0	59.9	†	63.7	63.7	61.4	61.1	61.1	66.5	73.0	62.4	†	46.1	46.1	†
Black	14.2	10.9	10.9	7.8	11.0	15.4	15.0	9.2	9.2	†	13.2	13.2	8.6	14.4	18.2	14.2	14.0	11.8	†	34.5	34.5	†
Hispanic	10.7	11.1	11.1	10.5	9.7	15.5	12.1	3.4	10.2	†	10.3	10.3	10.7	13.0	10.4	10.3	6.8	8.8	†	10.0	10.0	†
Asian	8.1	7.8	7.8	9.7	5.2	5.9	5.4	2.4	17.2	†	9.2	9.2	15.4	8.0	7.3	5.6	3.6	12.7	†	5.1	5.1	†
Pacific Islander	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	†	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	†	0.6	0.6	†
American Indian/Alaska    Native	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.7	†	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	†	0.8	0.8	†
Two or more races	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.5	2.7	2.7	2.7	1.6	2.7	†	2.9	2.9	3.6	2.9	2.3	2.6	2.0	3.5	†	2.9	2.9	†

†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 research/scholarship doctor's degrees per year, but did not have a high level of research activity.

4 Institutions that award at least 50 master's degrees and fewer than 20 doctor's degrees per year.

5 Institutions that primarily emphasize undergraduate education. In addition to institutions that primarily award bachelor's degrees, also includes institutions classified as 4-year in the IPEDS system, but classified as 2-year baccalaureate/associate's colleges in the Carnegie Classification 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.

7 Race/ethnicity not collected.

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 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 2018, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared October 2018.)