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Table 306.60. | Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity or nonresident alien status of student and state or jurisdiction: 2020 |
State or jurisdiction | Fall enrollment | Percentage distribution of U.S. resident students (excludes nonresident aliens) | |||||||||||||||
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Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native | Two or more races | Nonresi-dent alien1 | Total | White | Black | His- panic | Asian | Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native | Two or more races | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
United States | 18,991,798 | 9,797,525 | 2,382,445 | 3,689,651 | 1,342,013 | 48,648 | 121,025 | 761,832 | 848,659 | 100.0 | 54.0 | 13.1 | 20.3 | 7.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 4.2 |
Alabama | 292,181 | 182,968 | 72,290 | 12,514 | 6,135 | 357 | 1,607 | 8,696 | 7,614 | 100.0 | 64.3 | 25.4 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.1 |
Alaska | 22,106 | 12,757 | 700 | 1,923 | 1,221 | 488 | 2,262 | 2,380 | 375 | 100.0 | 58.7 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 10.4 | 11.0 |
Arizona | 600,103 | 286,522 | 77,614 | 153,650 | 25,342 | 2,869 | 13,046 | 26,200 | 14,860 | 100.0 | 49.0 | 13.3 | 26.3 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 4.5 |
Arkansas | 149,294 | 100,035 | 22,481 | 11,608 | 3,076 | 207 | 1,021 | 6,741 | 4,125 | 100.0 | 68.9 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 4.6 |
California | 2,579,991 | 678,875 | 153,679 | 1,079,060 | 397,897 | 11,910 | 8,341 | 123,588 | 126,641 | 100.0 | 27.7 | 6.3 | 44.0 | 16.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
Colorado |
362,267 | 218,827 | 30,117 | 66,936 | 14,454 | 1,022 | 3,684 | 17,802 | 9,425 | 100.0 | 62.0 | 8.5 | 19.0 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
Connecticut | 186,717 | 102,381 | 24,334 | 30,218 | 10,884 | 208 | 479 | 8,264 | 9,949 | 100.0 | 57.9 | 13.8 | 17.1 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.7 |
Delaware | 58,678 | 31,583 | 12,331 | 5,988 | 2,290 | 78 | 181 | 2,346 | 3,881 | 100.0 | 57.6 | 22.5 | 10.9 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
District of Columbia | 97,481 | 40,802 | 23,854 | 10,874 | 7,424 | 179 | 369 | 3,851 | 10,128 | 100.0 | 46.7 | 27.3 | 12.4 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 4.4 |
Florida | 1,027,331 | 433,211 | 171,926 | 299,330 | 39,896 | 1,897 | 2,671 | 36,614 | 41,786 | 100.0 | 44.0 | 17.4 | 30.4 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
Georgia |
547,389 | 250,448 | 164,989 | 51,828 | 34,350 | 658 | 1,546 | 18,294 | 25,276 | 100.0 | 48.0 | 31.6 | 9.9 | 6.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
Hawaii | 59,693 | 9,475 | 967 | 7,720 | 17,652 | 3,450 | 135 | 16,877 | 3,417 | 100.0 | 16.8 | 1.7 | 13.7 | 31.4 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 30.0 |
Idaho | 122,997 | 89,839 | 1,372 | 12,197 | 2,064 | 583 | 785 | 6,887 | 9,270 | 100.0 | 79.0 | 1.2 | 10.7 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 6.1 |
Illinois | 681,988 | 350,249 | 83,465 | 135,450 | 52,932 | 799 | 1,502 | 20,711 | 36,880 | 100.0 | 54.3 | 12.9 | 21.0 | 8.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
Indiana | 410,949 | 278,518 | 40,779 | 36,250 | 16,704 | 524 | 992 | 16,362 | 20,820 | 100.0 | 71.4 | 10.5 | 9.3 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
Iowa |
208,220 | 157,355 | 12,205 | 16,446 | 6,703 | 321 | 953 | 5,822 | 8,415 | 100.0 | 78.8 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
Kansas | 193,119 | 126,821 | 15,068 | 22,933 | 6,104 | 450 | 2,309 | 8,165 | 11,269 | 100.0 | 69.7 | 8.3 | 12.6 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
Kentucky | 261,413 | 193,912 | 23,762 | 13,031 | 7,594 | 242 | 583 | 9,008 | 13,281 | 100.0 | 78.1 | 9.6 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.6 |
Louisiana | 243,507 | 130,756 | 74,007 | 14,835 | 6,553 | 1,453 | 1,706 | 7,749 | 6,448 | 100.0 | 55.2 | 31.2 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
Maine | 69,838 | 57,334 | 3,112 | 2,976 | 2,134 | 61 | 557 | 2,151 | 1,513 | 100.0 | 83.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.1 |
Maryland |
348,054 | 148,684 | 95,741 | 37,214 | 29,598 | 807 | 921 | 15,479 | 19,610 | 100.0 | 45.3 | 29.1 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 4.7 |
Massachusetts | 473,731 | 256,106 | 41,417 | 58,883 | 43,891 | 395 | 757 | 16,536 | 55,746 | 100.0 | 61.3 | 9.9 | 14.1 | 10.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 4.0 |
Michigan | 490,081 | 335,790 | 52,156 | 30,480 | 25,053 | 422 | 2,616 | 20,025 | 23,539 | 100.0 | 72.0 | 11.2 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.3 |
Minnesota | 395,705 | 252,780 | 60,487 | 27,796 | 24,149 | 666 | 2,657 | 14,217 | 12,953 | 100.0 | 66.0 | 15.8 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
Mississippi | 163,054 | 90,411 | 58,020 | 4,877 | 2,931 | 94 | 798 | 3,302 | 2,621 | 100.0 | 56.4 | 36.2 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
Missouri |
342,618 | 242,010 | 37,018 | 21,705 | 13,239 | 623 | 1,560 | 13,310 | 13,153 | 100.0 | 73.5 | 11.2 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
Montana | 45,461 | 35,806 | 445 | 2,160 | 1,066 | 77 | 3,178 | 1,912 | 817 | 100.0 | 80.2 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 7.1 | 4.3 |
Nebraska | 135,026 | 97,614 | 7,539 | 15,797 | 4,478 | 242 | 933 | 4,239 | 4,184 | 100.0 | 74.6 | 5.8 | 12.1 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.2 |
Nevada | 116,660 | 45,735 | 9,018 | 35,682 | 13,682 | 1,102 | 666 | 9,066 | 1,709 | 100.0 | 39.8 | 7.8 | 31.0 | 11.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 7.9 |
New Hampshire | 188,545 | 126,764 | 25,350 | 19,835 | 5,088 | 564 | 1,006 | 5,085 | 4,853 | 100.0 | 69.0 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
New Jersey |
392,343 | 178,784 | 53,045 | 87,536 | 41,098 | 740 | 739 | 10,749 | 19,652 | 100.0 | 48.0 | 14.2 | 23.5 | 11.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
New Mexico | 110,095 | 33,449 | 3,166 | 54,921 | 2,617 | 238 | 9,696 | 3,076 | 2,932 | 100.0 | 31.2 | 3.0 | 51.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 9.0 | 2.9 |
New York | 1,182,412 | 543,001 | 155,046 | 222,227 | 127,571 | 1,583 | 3,765 | 34,240 | 94,979 | 100.0 | 49.9 | 14.3 | 20.4 | 11.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
North Carolina | 557,673 | 318,945 | 119,106 | 53,954 | 22,287 | 648 | 5,774 | 20,287 | 16,672 | 100.0 | 59.0 | 22.0 | 10.0 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 3.7 |
North Dakota | 51,308 | 40,635 | 1,614 | 2,020 | 811 | 61 | 2,051 | 2,029 | 2,087 | 100.0 | 82.6 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
Ohio |
654,555 | 465,195 | 75,887 | 37,714 | 22,511 | 697 | 1,633 | 25,548 | 25,370 | 100.0 | 73.9 | 12.1 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.1 |
Oklahoma | 189,214 | 107,483 | 15,164 | 20,373 | 6,187 | 239 | 13,384 | 19,024 | 7,360 | 100.0 | 59.1 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 7.4 | 10.5 |
Oregon | 203,759 | 128,130 | 5,573 | 32,803 | 13,237 | 1,271 | 1,870 | 13,424 | 7,451 | 100.0 | 65.3 | 2.8 | 16.7 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 6.8 |
Pennsylvania | 667,515 | 433,102 | 70,836 | 54,458 | 43,811 | 571 | 1,138 | 24,154 | 39,445 | 100.0 | 69.0 | 11.3 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
Rhode Island | 77,087 | 48,662 | 5,839 | 11,541 | 4,015 | 54 | 225 | 2,984 | 3,767 | 100.0 | 66.4 | 8.0 | 15.7 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.1 |
South Carolina |
235,009 | 148,814 | 52,600 | 14,007 | 5,292 | 236 | 749 | 8,531 | 4,780 | 100.0 | 64.6 | 22.8 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
South Dakota | 50,849 | 41,029 | 1,598 | 2,083 | 744 | 83 | 2,539 | 1,418 | 1,355 | 100.0 | 82.9 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 5.1 | 2.9 |
Tennessee | 316,270 | 212,679 | 56,890 | 18,331 | 9,731 | 458 | 884 | 10,580 | 6,717 | 100.0 | 68.7 | 18.4 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.4 |
Texas | 1,601,399 | 549,341 | 191,106 | 644,733 | 107,525 | 1,967 | 5,371 | 47,175 | 54,181 | 100.0 | 35.5 | 12.4 | 41.7 | 6.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
Utah | 395,572 | 288,394 | 22,506 | 45,485 | 12,257 | 2,646 | 2,916 | 14,814 | 6,554 | 100.0 | 74.1 | 5.8 | 11.7 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
Vermont |
39,646 | 31,537 | 1,438 | 2,479 | 1,230 | 22 | 131 | 1,506 | 1,303 | 100.0 | 82.2 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.9 |
Virginia | 555,755 | 310,719 | 106,512 | 52,188 | 41,163 | 1,240 | 1,843 | 25,875 | 16,215 | 100.0 | 57.6 | 19.7 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 4.8 |
Washington | 334,059 | 180,049 | 15,904 | 49,570 | 36,873 | 2,133 | 3,076 | 27,758 | 18,696 | 100.0 | 57.1 | 5.0 | 15.7 | 11.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 8.8 |
West Virginia | 137,742 | 99,833 | 14,029 | 11,400 | 2,831 | 619 | 642 | 5,051 | 3,337 | 100.0 | 74.3 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
Wisconsin | 318,858 | 238,383 | 16,720 | 26,875 | 14,182 | 281 | 2,255 | 9,838 | 10,324 | 100.0 | 77.3 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.2 |
Wyoming | 30,943 | 24,989 | 380 | 2,986 | 322 | 51 | 470 | 1,029 | 716 | 100.0 | 82.7 | 1.3 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 3.4 |
U.S. Service Academies |
15,538 | 10,004 | 1,243 | 1,771 | 1,134 | 62 | 53 | 1,063 | 208 | 100.0 | 65.3 | 8.1 | 11.6 | 7.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 6.9 |
Other jurisdictions |
198,870 | 1,436 | 3,222 | 182,129 | 3,178 | 7,751 | 282 | 280 | 592 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 91.9 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
American Samoa | 1,081 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 981 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 99.2 | 0 | 0 |
Federated States of Micronesia |
1,861 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,859 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 99.9 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 5,438 | 150 | 39 | 59 | 2,457 | 2,701 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 100.0 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 45.3 | 49.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Marshall Islands | 1,162 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1,154 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.3 | 99.3 | 0 | 0.1 |
Northern Marianas | 1,255 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 562 | 475 | 1 | 100 | 82 | 100.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 47.9 | 40.5 | 0.1 | 8.5 |
Palau | 553 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 2.2 | 97.5 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 185,682 | 1,173 | 1,815 | 181,826 | 123 | 38 | 268 | 152 | 287 | 100.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 98.1 | 0.1 | # | 0.1 | 0.1 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1,838 | 99 | 1,363 | 220 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 111 | 100.0 | 5.7 | 78.9 | 12.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
#Rounds to zero. | |||||||||||||||||
1 Race/ethnicity not collected. | |||||||||||||||||
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||||||||
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 January 2022.) |