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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 2017, and 2015-16 and 2016-17 |
| State and institution | Level and con-trol1 | Total fall enrollment | Degrees awarded to American Indians/Alaska Natives | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | 17,089 | 16,822 | 16,424 | 12,897 | 78.5 | 1,299 | 1,135 | 301 | 341 |
| Alaska | ||||||||||||||||
| Ilisagvik College | 1 | 322 | 174 | 54.0 | 278 | 288 | 257 | 193 | 188 | 111 | 79 | 71.2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | ||||||||||||||||
| Diné College | 1 | 1,712 | 1,645 | 96.1 | 1,825 | 2,033 | 1,489 | 1,490 | 1,396 | 1,465 | 1,445 | 98.6 | 187 | 129 | 17 | 10 |
| Tohono O'odham Community College | 2 | — | — | — | 270 | 207 | 243 | 212 | 276 | 400 | 359 | 89.8 | 12 | 17 | † | † |
| Kansas | ||||||||||||||||
| Haskell Indian Nations University | 1 | 918 | 918 | 100.0 | 918 | 958 | 742 | 799 | 820 | 806 | 806 | 100.0 | 115 | 93 | 86 | 102 |
| Michigan | ||||||||||||||||
| Bay Mills Community College | 2 | 360 | 228 | 63.3 | 406 | 607 | 531 | 541 | 467 | 448 | 248 | 55.4 | 22 | 21 | † | † |
| Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College |
2 | — | — | — | — | — | 106 | 102 | 104 | 98 | 52 | 53.1 | 5 | 6 | † | † |
| Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College | 2 | — | — | — | 123 | 153 | 117 | 116 | 141 | 154 | 114 | 74.0 | 10 | 15 | † | † |
| Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||
| Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College |
2 | 999 | 221 | 22.1 | 1,981 | 2,339 | 2,272 | 2,227 | 2,101 | 1,946 | 163 | 8.4 | 25 | 22 | † | † |
| Leech Lake Tribal College | 2 | 240 | 228 | 95.0 | 189 | 235 | 348 | 348 | 286 | 181 | 161 | 89.0 | 40 | 39 | † | † |
| White Earth Tribal and Community College |
4 | — | — | — | 61 | 117 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 90 | 60 | 66.7 | 14 | 9 | † | † |
| Montana | ||||||||||||||||
| Aaniiih Nakoda College | 2 | 295 | 266 | 90.2 | 175 | 214 | 139 | 219 | 149 | 122 | 110 | 90.2 | 15 | 28 | † | † |
| Blackfeet Community College | 4 | 299 | 288 | 96.3 | 485 | 473 | 450 | 442 | 425 | 375 | 343 | 91.5 | 83 | 71 | † | † |
| Chief Dull Knife College | 2 | 461 | 365 | 79.2 | 554 | 433 | 201 | 218 | 168 | 186 | 169 | 90.9 | 35 | 20 | † | † |
| Fort Peck Community College | 2 | 400 | 338 | 84.5 | 408 | 452 | 405 | 321 | 385 | 358 | 320 | 89.4 | 13 | 20 | † | † |
| Little Big Horn College | 2 | 320 | 303 | 94.7 | 259 | 380 | 329 | 248 | 225 | 243 | 232 | 95.5 | 40 | 21 | † | † |
| Salish Kootenai College | 3 | 1,042 | 881 | 84.5 | 1,142 | 1,158 | 840 | 784 | 859 | 809 | 579 | 71.6 | 53 | 55 | 33 | 30 |
| Stone Child College | 1 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 344 | 332 | 404 | 540 | 544 | 554 | 487 | 87.9 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska | ||||||||||||||||
| Little Priest Tribal College | 2 | 141 | 121 | 85.8 | 109 | 148 | 144 | 132 | 132 | 141 | 118 | 83.7 | 8 | 10 | † | † |
| Nebraska Indian Community College | 2 | 170 | 146 | 85.9 | 107 | 177 | 199 | 158 | 175 | 180 | 174 | 96.7 | 13 | 4 | † | † |
| New Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development |
1 | 139 | 139 | 100.0 | 113 | 313 | 422 | 493 | 582 | 659 | 438 | 66.5 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 19 |
| Navajo Technical University | 1 | 841 | 841 | 100.0 | 333 | 1,019 | 1,956 | 1,686 | 1,675 | 1,772 | 1,706 | 96.3 | 63 | 48 | 16 | 22 |
| Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute |
2 | 304 | 304 | 100.0 | 614 | 531 | 530 | 402 | 367 | 366 | 366 | 100.0 | 62 | 71 | † | † |
| North Dakota | ||||||||||||||||
| Cankdeska Cikana Community College | 2 | 9 | 8 | 88.9 | 198 | 220 | 254 | 188 | 178 | 242 | 220 | 90.9 | 15 | 22 | † | † |
| Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College | 1 | 50 | 47 | 94.0 | 241 | 215 | 203 | 229 | 268 | 228 | 185 | 81.1 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Sitting Bull College | 1 | 22 | 20 | 90.9 | 287 | 314 | 246 | 261 | 282 | 317 | 285 | 89.9 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 6 |
| Turtle Mountain Community College | 3 | 686 | 608 | 88.6 | 615 | 969 | 602 | 555 | 584 | 567 | 544 | 95.9 | 75 | 62 | 10 | 9 |
| United Tribes Technical College | 3 | 204 | 186 | 91.2 | 885 | 600 | 505 | 391 | 483 | 315 | 257 | 81.6 | 41 | 25 | 14 | 18 |
| Oklahoma | ||||||||||||||||
| College of the Muscogee Nation | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 191 | 202 | 213 | 227 | 190 | 83.7 | 17 | 26 | † | † |
| South Dakota | ||||||||||||||||
| Oglala Lakota College | 1 | 1,174 | 1,077 | 91.7 | 1,302 | 1,830 | 1,551 | 1,366 | 1,301 | 1,246 | 1,181 | 94.8 | 63 | 70 | 44 | 53 |
| Sinte Gleska University | 3 | 900 | 757 | 84.1 | 1,123 | 2,473 | 689 | 581 | 568 | 581 | 521 | 89.7 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 19 |
| Sisseton Wahpeton College | 2 | 250 | 192 | 76.8 | 290 | 261 | 194 | 132 | 142 | 197 | 162 | 82.2 | 8 | 9 | † | † |
| Washington | ||||||||||||||||
| Northwest Indian College | 1 | 524 | 440 | 84.0 | 495 | 626 | 681 | 641 | 579 | 544 | 434 | 79.8 | 78 | 86 | 33 | 47 |
| Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||
| College of the Menominee Nation | 3 | 371 | 283 | 76.3 | 532 | 615 | 661 | 433 | 394 | 285 | 233 | 81.8 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 5 |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College |
2 | 489 | 397 | 81.2 | 505 | 489 | 303 | 371 | 288 | 211 | 156 | 73.9 | 42 | 24 | † | † |
| —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 2017-18 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 2018, Fall Enrollment component; and Fall 2016 and Fall 2017, Completions component. (This table was prepared November 2018.) |