Table 306.50.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and classification of institution, level of enrollment, and race/ethnicity or nonresident alien status of student: 2020

Level of enrollment and race/ethnicity or nonresident alien status 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	18,915,692	13,858,079	8,755,888	3,291,432	1,460,531	378,656	2,215,779	1,322,333	87,157	5,102,191	4,085,690	4,053,188	679,771	427,069	679,827	1,348,511	558,797	359,213	32,502	971,923	836,951	134,972
White	9,768,387	7,043,166	4,631,247	1,749,204	843,298	224,912	1,157,297	611,536	45,000	2,411,919	2,317,608	2,304,214	287,684	240,596	400,964	831,472	340,490	203,008	13,394	407,613	362,116	45,497
Black	2,366,069	1,602,863	949,056	231,656	194,897	56,444	289,257	169,294	7,508	653,807	486,157	474,631	45,845	44,648	89,540	172,512	81,963	40,123	11,526	277,049	236,939	40,110
Hispanic	3,668,645	2,995,092	1,607,654	498,281	231,881	54,631	448,705	364,802	9,354	1,387,438	501,450	497,776	72,466	56,725	88,821	188,805	53,761	37,198	3,674	172,103	136,542	35,561
Asian	1,337,790	1,011,878	684,751	363,150	68,640	16,535	149,230	75,855	11,341	327,127	283,033	281,986	101,968	31,870	41,685	52,566	19,490	34,407	1,047	42,879	37,111	5,768
Pacific Islander	48,286	30,843	16,967	4,306	1,981	629	5,223	4,724	104	13,876	10,862	10,581	639	800	1,584	5,247	1,455	856	281	6,581	5,710	871
American Indian/Alaska     Native	120,333	93,411	52,385	11,651	7,842	1,224	13,986	9,502	8,180	41,026	18,172	17,314	1,235	1,097	3,062	6,721	2,799	2,400	858	8,750	7,132	1,618
Two or more races	758,278	569,610	367,155	144,787	57,060	15,471	85,522	61,839	2,476	202,455	150,240	149,420	27,517	16,924	23,407	45,322	24,431	11,819	820	38,428	33,709	4,719
Nonresident alien7	847,904	511,216	446,673	288,397	54,932	8,810	66,559	24,781	3,194	64,543	318,168	317,266	142,417	34,409	30,764	45,866	34,408	29,402	902	18,520	17,692	828
Undergraduate	15,781,740	12,312,797	7,210,606	2,503,131	1,175,768	302,801	1,897,000	1,304,311	27,595	5,102,191	2,731,400	2,698,899	329,560	273,747	393,986	1,004,555	528,524	168,527	32,501	737,543	602,571	134,972
White	8,088,976	6,187,168	3,775,249	1,334,553	673,047	177,374	976,729	600,359	13,187	2,411,919	1,597,751	1,584,357	140,160	162,733	237,660	625,925	319,985	97,894	13,394	304,057	258,560	45,497
Black	1,982,540	1,449,892	796,085	177,640	161,655	45,644	243,865	165,778	1,503	653,807	326,467	314,941	23,102	26,292	43,878	124,644	78,268	18,757	11,526	206,181	166,071	40,110
Hispanic	3,328,677	2,824,557	1,437,119	421,900	201,213	45,993	402,133	363,231	2,649	1,387,438	360,550	356,877	42,587	35,921	58,944	148,937	51,617	18,871	3,673	143,570	108,009	35,561
Asian	1,098,822	898,587	571,460	297,724	54,384	13,071	129,849	75,047	1,385	327,127	170,504	169,457	61,066	20,567	22,700	35,928	18,057	11,139	1,047	29,731	23,963	5,768
Pacific Islander	42,205	28,891	15,015	3,455	1,625	544	4,684	4,667	40	13,876	8,056	7,775	337	544	948	4,139	1,388	419	281	5,258	4,387	871
American Indian/Alaska     Native	106,596	85,980	44,954	8,674	6,361	991	11,800	9,353	7,775	41,026	13,437	12,579	675	702	1,704	5,195	2,548	1,755	858	7,179	5,561	1,618
Two or more races	665,627	523,294	320,839	119,600	49,331	13,229	76,583	61,335	761	202,455	111,205	110,385	17,456	11,905	15,269	36,857	23,743	5,155	820	31,128	26,409	4,719
Nonresident alien7	468,297	314,428	249,885	139,585	28,152	5,955	51,357	24,541	295	64,543	143,430	142,528	44,177	15,083	12,883	22,930	32,918	14,537	902	10,439	9,611	828
Postbaccalaureate	3,133,952	1,545,282	1,545,282	788,301	284,763	75,855	318,779	18,022	59,562	†	1,354,290	1,354,289	350,211	153,322	285,841	343,956	30,273	190,686	1	234,380	234,380	†
White	1,679,411	855,998	855,998	414,651	170,251	47,538	180,568	11,177	31,813	†	719,857	719,857	147,524	77,863	163,304	205,547	20,505	105,114	0	103,556	103,556	†
Black	383,529	152,971	152,971	54,016	33,242	10,800	45,392	3,516	6,005	†	159,690	159,690	22,743	18,356	45,662	47,868	3,695	21,366	0	70,868	70,868	†
Hispanic	339,968	170,535	170,535	76,381	30,668	8,638	46,572	1,571	6,705	†	140,900	140,899	29,879	20,804	29,877	39,868	2,144	18,327	1	28,533	28,533	†
Asian	238,968	113,291	113,291	65,426	14,256	3,464	19,381	808	9,956	†	112,529	112,529	40,902	11,303	18,985	16,638	1,433	23,268	0	13,148	13,148	†
Pacific Islander	6,081	1,952	1,952	851	356	85	539	57	64	†	2,806	2,806	302	256	636	1,108	67	437	0	1,323	1,323	†
American Indian/Alaska     Native	13,737	7,431	7,431	2,977	1,481	233	2,186	149	405	†	4,735	4,735	560	395	1,358	1,526	251	645	0	1,571	1,571	†
Two or more races	92,651	46,316	46,316	25,187	7,729	2,242	8,939	504	1,715	†	39,035	39,035	10,061	5,019	8,138	8,465	688	6,664	0	7,300	7,300	†
Nonresident alien7	379,607	196,788	196,788	148,812	26,780	2,855	15,202	240	2,899	†	174,738	174,738	98,240	19,326	17,881	22,936	1,490	14,865	0	8,081	8,081	†
	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	54.1	52.8	55.7	58.2	60.0	60.8	53.8	47.1	53.6	47.9	61.5	61.7	53.5	61.3	61.8	63.8	64.9	61.6	42.4	42.8	44.2	33.9
Black	13.1	12.0	11.4	7.7	13.9	15.3	13.5	13.0	8.9	13.0	12.9	12.7	8.5	11.4	13.8	13.2	15.6	12.2	36.5	29.1	28.9	29.9
Hispanic	20.3	22.4	19.3	16.6	16.5	14.8	20.9	28.1	11.1	27.5	13.3	13.3	13.5	14.4	13.7	14.5	10.3	11.3	11.6	18.1	16.7	26.5
Asian	7.4	7.6	8.2	12.1	4.9	4.5	6.9	5.8	13.5	6.5	7.5	7.5	19.0	8.1	6.4	4.0	3.7	10.4	3.3	4.5	4.5	4.3
Pacific Islander	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.6
American Indian/Alaska     Native	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.7	9.7	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	2.7	0.9	0.9	1.2
Two or more races	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.8	4.1	4.2	4.0	4.8	2.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	5.1	4.3	3.6	3.5	4.7	3.6	2.6	4.0	4.1	3.5
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	52.8	51.6	54.2	56.5	58.6	59.8	52.9	46.9	48.3	47.9	61.7	62.0	49.1	62.9	62.4	63.8	64.6	63.6	42.4	41.8	43.6	33.9
Black	12.9	12.1	11.4	7.5	14.1	15.4	13.2	13.0	5.5	13.0	12.6	12.3	8.1	10.2	11.5	12.7	15.8	12.2	36.5	28.4	28.0	29.9
Hispanic	21.7	23.5	20.6	17.9	17.5	15.5	21.8	28.4	9.7	27.5	13.9	14.0	14.9	13.9	15.5	15.2	10.4	12.3	11.6	19.7	18.2	26.5
Asian	7.2	7.5	8.2	12.6	4.7	4.4	7.0	5.9	5.1	6.5	6.6	6.6	21.4	8.0	6.0	3.7	3.6	7.2	3.3	4.1	4.0	4.3
Pacific Islander	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.6
American Indian/Alaska     Native	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.7	28.5	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.7	1.0	0.9	1.2
Two or more races	4.3	4.4	4.6	5.1	4.3	4.5	4.1	4.8	2.8	4.0	4.3	4.3	6.1	4.6	4.0	3.8	4.8	3.3	2.6	4.3	4.5	3.5
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	100.0	†
White	61.0	63.5	63.5	64.8	66.0	65.1	59.5	62.9	56.1	†	61.0	61.0	58.5	58.1	60.9	64.0	71.2	59.8	0.0	45.8	45.8	†
Black	13.9	11.3	11.3	8.4	12.9	14.8	15.0	19.8	10.6	†	13.5	13.5	9.0	13.7	17.0	14.9	12.8	12.2	0.0	31.3	31.3	†
Hispanic	12.3	12.6	12.6	11.9	11.9	11.8	15.3	8.8	11.8	†	11.9	11.9	11.9	15.5	11.1	12.4	7.4	10.4	100.0	12.6	12.6	†
Asian	8.7	8.4	8.4	10.2	5.5	4.7	6.4	4.5	17.6	†	9.5	9.5	16.2	8.4	7.1	5.2	5.0	13.2	0.0	5.8	5.8	†
Pacific Islander	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	†	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	†
American Indian/Alaska     Native	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	†	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.7	†
Two or more races	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.9	3.0	3.1	2.9	2.8	3.0	†	3.3	3.3	4.0	3.7	3.0	2.6	2.4	3.8	0.0	3.2	3.2	†

†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: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/. This table excludes 195 institutions with missing data on Carnegie classifications, with 76,106 students enrolled. 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 2021, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2021.)