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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: 2018 |
Level of enrollment and race/ethnicity of student | Total, all insti- tutions |
Public institutions | Nonprofit institutions | For-profit institutions | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 19,645,918 | 14,529,264 | 8,982,560 | 2,880,371 | 1,355,351 | 634,802 | 2,505,556 | 1,512,103 | 94,377 | 5,546,704 | 4,134,244 | 4,089,090 | 645,546 | 329,064 | 451,943 | 1,616,062 | 653,475 | 393,000 | 45,154 | 982,410 | 829,060 | 153,350 |
White | 10,301,292 | 7,505,866 | 4,849,505 | 1,541,259 | 814,436 | 314,750 | 1,407,828 | 721,125 | 50,107 | 2,656,361 | 2,384,510 | 2,367,157 | 280,063 | 189,231 | 257,271 | 1,010,791 | 406,265 | 223,536 | 17,353 | 410,916 | 358,119 | 52,797 |
Black | 2,493,306 | 1,711,755 | 969,085 | 195,506 | 152,810 | 99,334 | 328,825 | 182,534 | 10,076 | 742,670 | 494,901 | 476,784 | 40,818 | 31,761 | 62,287 | 196,752 | 100,429 | 44,737 | 18,117 | 286,650 | 243,387 | 43,263 |
Hispanic | 3,645,040 | 3,016,367 | 1,561,402 | 397,173 | 186,287 | 132,956 | 425,266 | 410,540 | 9,180 | 1,454,965 | 460,431 | 455,701 | 64,562 | 35,197 | 52,751 | 210,252 | 56,833 | 36,106 | 4,730 | 168,242 | 128,042 | 40,200 |
Asian | 1,302,106 | 994,527 | 652,373 | 311,137 | 64,607 | 37,759 | 144,471 | 83,121 | 11,278 | 342,154 | 266,389 | 265,281 | 88,497 | 23,247 | 30,227 | 67,281 | 21,233 | 34,796 | 1,108 | 41,190 | 34,482 | 6,708 |
Pacific Islander | 50,505 | 33,274 | 18,391 | 4,167 | 1,977 | 1,009 | 5,724 | 5,375 | 139 | 14,883 | 10,602 | 10,440 | 676 | 609 | 1,067 | 5,438 | 1,579 | 1,071 | 162 | 6,629 | 5,541 | 1,088 |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
133,751 | 105,105 | 54,889 | 9,470 | 8,695 | 2,329 | 16,068 | 10,419 | 7,908 | 50,216 | 19,390 | 18,556 | 1,210 | 918 | 1,806 | 7,955 | 2,905 | 3,762 | 834 | 9,256 | 7,278 | 1,978 |
Two or more races | 727,863 | 551,241 | 350,422 | 116,354 | 52,998 | 22,608 | 92,487 | 63,743 | 2,232 | 200,819 | 141,180 | 139,548 | 24,177 | 10,837 | 14,517 | 49,901 | 25,517 | 14,599 | 1,632 | 35,442 | 29,495 | 5,947 |
Nonresident alien7 | 992,055 | 611,129 | 526,493 | 305,305 | 73,541 | 24,057 | 84,887 | 35,246 | 3,457 | 84,636 | 356,841 | 355,623 | 145,543 | 37,264 | 32,017 | 67,692 | 38,714 | 34,393 | 1,218 | 24,085 | 22,716 | 1,369 |
Undergraduate | 16,610,235 | 13,049,326 | 7,502,622 | 2,187,010 | 1,095,720 | 525,972 | 2,153,440 | 1,504,994 | 35,486 | 5,546,704 | 2,821,653 | 2,776,499 | 309,524 | 213,114 | 273,092 | 1,164,431 | 618,808 | 197,530 | 45,154 | 739,256 | 585,906 | 153,350 |
White | 8,664,500 | 6,680,174 | 4,023,813 | 1,180,428 | 657,043 | 254,993 | 1,198,358 | 715,752 | 17,239 | 2,656,361 | 1,680,715 | 1,663,362 | 139,075 | 131,241 | 160,428 | 736,038 | 382,501 | 114,079 | 17,353 | 303,611 | 250,814 | 52,797 |
Black | 2,127,937 | 1,572,462 | 829,792 | 152,871 | 128,011 | 84,163 | 278,011 | 181,815 | 4,921 | 742,670 | 347,687 | 329,570 | 20,576 | 18,119 | 32,629 | 138,841 | 95,900 | 23,505 | 18,117 | 207,788 | 164,525 | 43,263 |
Hispanic | 3,352,665 | 2,871,674 | 1,416,709 | 339,760 | 163,506 | 116,829 | 383,097 | 410,242 | 3,275 | 1,454,965 | 337,587 | 332,857 | 38,354 | 22,140 | 35,478 | 162,374 | 54,544 | 19,967 | 4,730 | 143,404 | 103,204 | 40,200 |
Asian | 1,087,123 | 894,499 | 552,345 | 257,239 | 52,534 | 31,769 | 126,386 | 82,936 | 1,481 | 342,154 | 163,373 | 162,265 | 52,289 | 15,546 | 18,865 | 43,625 | 19,867 | 12,073 | 1,108 | 29,251 | 22,543 | 6,708 |
Pacific Islander | 44,667 | 31,460 | 16,577 | 3,413 | 1,724 | 852 | 5,153 | 5,362 | 73 | 14,883 | 7,850 | 7,688 | 340 | 458 | 637 | 4,124 | 1,501 | 628 | 162 | 5,357 | 4,269 | 1,088 |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
120,165 | 98,131 | 47,915 | 6,960 | 7,232 | 1,925 | 13,924 | 10,344 | 7,530 | 50,216 | 14,623 | 13,789 | 635 | 577 | 1,113 | 5,748 | 2,727 | 2,989 | 834 | 7,411 | 5,433 | 1,978 |
Two or more races | 646,540 | 511,120 | 310,301 | 96,634 | 46,454 | 19,800 | 83,176 | 63,617 | 620 | 200,819 | 106,938 | 105,306 | 15,152 | 7,941 | 10,388 | 39,522 | 24,755 | 7,548 | 1,632 | 28,482 | 22,535 | 5,947 |
Nonresident alien7 | 566,638 | 389,806 | 305,170 | 149,705 | 39,216 | 15,641 | 65,335 | 34,926 | 347 | 84,636 | 162,880 | 161,662 | 43,103 | 17,092 | 13,554 | 34,159 | 37,013 | 16,741 | 1,218 | 13,952 | 12,583 | 1,369 |
Postbaccalaureate | 3,035,683 | 1,479,938 | 1,479,938 | 693,361 | 259,631 | 108,830 | 352,116 | 7,109 | 58,891 | † | 1,312,591 | 1,312,591 | 336,022 | 115,950 | 178,851 | 451,631 | 34,667 | 195,470 | † | 243,154 | 243,154 | † |
White | 1,636,792 | 825,692 | 825,692 | 360,831 | 157,393 | 59,757 | 209,470 | 5,373 | 32,868 | † | 703,795 | 703,795 | 140,988 | 57,990 | 96,843 | 274,753 | 23,764 | 109,457 | † | 107,305 | 107,305 | † |
Black | 365,369 | 139,293 | 139,293 | 42,635 | 24,799 | 15,171 | 50,814 | 719 | 5,155 | † | 147,214 | 147,214 | 20,242 | 13,642 | 29,658 | 57,911 | 4,529 | 21,232 | † | 78,862 | 78,862 | † |
Hispanic | 292,375 | 144,693 | 144,693 | 57,413 | 22,781 | 16,127 | 42,169 | 298 | 5,905 | † | 122,844 | 122,844 | 26,208 | 13,057 | 17,273 | 47,878 | 2,289 | 16,139 | † | 24,838 | 24,838 | † |
Asian | 214,983 | 100,028 | 100,028 | 53,898 | 12,073 | 5,990 | 18,085 | 185 | 9,797 | † | 103,016 | 103,016 | 36,208 | 7,701 | 11,362 | 23,656 | 1,366 | 22,723 | † | 11,939 | 11,939 | † |
Pacific Islander | 5,838 | 1,814 | 1,814 | 754 | 253 | 157 | 571 | 13 | 66 | † | 2,752 | 2,752 | 336 | 151 | 430 | 1,314 | 78 | 443 | † | 1,272 | 1,272 | † |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
13,586 | 6,974 | 6,974 | 2,510 | 1,463 | 404 | 2,144 | 75 | 378 | † | 4,767 | 4,767 | 575 | 341 | 693 | 2,207 | 178 | 773 | † | 1,845 | 1,845 | † |
Two or more races | 81,323 | 40,121 | 40,121 | 19,720 | 6,544 | 2,808 | 9,311 | 126 | 1,612 | † | 34,242 | 34,242 | 9,025 | 2,896 | 4,129 | 10,379 | 762 | 7,051 | † | 6,960 | 6,960 | † |
Nonresident alien7 | 425,417 | 221,323 | 221,323 | 155,600 | 34,325 | 8,416 | 19,552 | 320 | 3,110 | † | 193,961 | 193,961 | 102,440 | 20,172 | 18,463 | 33,533 | 1,701 | 17,652 | † | 10,133 | 10,133 | † |
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 | 55.2 | 53.9 | 57.3 | 59.9 | 63.5 | 51.5 | 58.2 | 48.8 | 55.1 | 48.6 | 63.1 | 63.4 | 56.0 | 64.8 | 61.3 | 65.3 | 66.1 | 62.3 | 39.5 | 42.9 | 44.4 | 34.7 |
Black | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 7.6 | 11.9 | 16.3 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 8.2 | 10.9 | 14.8 | 12.7 | 16.3 | 12.5 | 41.2 | 29.9 | 30.2 | 28.5 |
Hispanic | 19.5 | 21.7 | 18.5 | 15.4 | 14.5 | 21.8 | 17.6 | 27.8 | 10.1 | 26.6 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 13.6 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 17.6 | 15.9 | 26.5 |
Asian | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 12.1 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 12.4 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 17.7 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 9.7 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
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 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 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 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
Two or more races | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
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 | 54.0 | 52.8 | 55.9 | 57.9 | 62.2 | 50.0 | 57.4 | 48.7 | 49.1 | 48.6 | 63.2 | 63.6 | 52.2 | 67.0 | 61.8 | 65.1 | 65.7 | 63.1 | 39.5 | 41.9 | 43.7 | 34.7 |
Black | 13.3 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 7.5 | 12.1 | 16.5 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 14.0 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 16.5 | 13.0 | 41.2 | 28.6 | 28.7 | 28.5 |
Hispanic | 20.9 | 22.7 | 19.7 | 16.7 | 15.5 | 22.9 | 18.3 | 27.9 | 9.3 | 26.6 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 14.4 | 11.3 | 13.7 | 14.4 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 19.8 | 18.0 | 26.5 |
Asian | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 12.6 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 19.6 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
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 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 21.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
Two or more races | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
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 | 62.7 | 65.6 | 65.6 | 67.1 | 69.9 | 59.5 | 63.0 | 79.1 | 58.9 | † | 62.9 | 62.9 | 60.4 | 60.5 | 60.4 | 65.7 | 72.1 | 61.6 | † | 46.0 | 46.0 | † |
Black | 14.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 7.9 | 11.0 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 10.6 | 9.2 | † | 13.2 | 13.2 | 8.7 | 14.2 | 18.5 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 11.9 | † | 33.8 | 33.8 | † |
Hispanic | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 16.1 | 12.7 | 4.4 | 10.6 | † | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 13.6 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 6.9 | 9.1 | † | 10.7 | 10.7 | † |
Asian | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 17.6 | † | 9.2 | 9.2 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 12.8 | † | 5.1 | 5.1 | † |
Pacific Islander | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | † | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | † | 0.5 | 0.5 | † |
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 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | † | 0.8 | 0.8 | † |
Two or more races | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | † | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 4.0 | † | 3.0 | 3.0 | † |
†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 doctor's 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 2019, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared September 2019.) |