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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 or nonresident status of student: 2021
Level of enrollment
and race/ethnicity or nonresident
status of student
Total, all
institutions
Public institutions Nonprofit institutions For-profit institutions
Total 4-year 2-year Total 4-year 2-year Total 4-year 2-year
Total Research university,
very high1
Research university,
high2
Doctoral/research
university3
Master's4 Baccalaureate5 Special
focus6
Total Research university,
very high1
Research university,
high2
Doctoral/research
university3
Master's4 Baccalaureate5 Special
focus6
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 18,621,073 13,531,871 8,718,642 3,581,078 1,526,231 388,870 1,872,145 1,266,359 83,959 4,813,229 4,105,687 4,073,945 762,670 418,831 794,117 1,285,280 538,255 274,792 31,742 983,515 821,657 161,858
  White 9,485,006 6,803,423 4,526,657 1,886,624 793,553 248,021 999,440 558,628 40,391 2,276,766 2,278,289 2,264,039 313,583 229,319 459,155 785,768 321,073 155,141 14,250 403,294 351,572 51,722
  Black 2,318,912 1,572,678 940,192 265,228 202,523 57,168 253,977 154,099 7,197 632,486 478,905 468,791 51,400 42,934 109,212 156,278 81,328 27,639 10,114 267,329 222,877 44,452
  Hispanic 3,652,410 2,940,631 1,642,439 544,870 302,043 46,580 355,742 382,876 10,328 1,298,192 521,507 517,916 83,771 57,958 109,965 179,479 55,899 30,844 3,591 190,272 142,303 47,969
  Asian 1,351,297 1,005,239 707,384 392,551 96,845 12,600 117,598 76,101 11,689 297,855 299,369 298,213 113,053 35,554 45,523 54,366 20,354 29,363 1,156 46,689 40,024 6,665
  Pacific Islander 47,043 29,174 16,403 4,559 2,357 772 4,314 4,290 111 12,771 10,453 10,293 724 734 1,688 5,085 1,512 550 160 7,416 6,317 1,099
  American Indian/Alaska
     Native
120,821 93,053 52,382 13,046 7,212 1,288 13,427 8,871 8,538 40,671 18,585 17,857 1,402 930 3,475 7,697 2,417 1,936 728 9,183 7,035 2,148
  Two or more races 757,028 561,961 367,180 159,172 60,098 14,687 72,343 58,419 2,461 194,781 154,040 153,265 31,807 16,449 26,986 43,516 25,763 8,744 775 41,027 34,047 6,980
  Nonresident7 888,556 525,712 466,005 315,028 61,600 7,754 55,304 23,075 3,244 59,707 344,539 343,571 166,930 34,953 38,113 53,091 29,909 20,575 968 18,305 17,482 823
                                             
  Undergraduate 15,411,807 11,933,184 7,120,020 2,707,709 1,231,245 306,677 1,588,167 1,262,154 24,068 4,813,164 2,720,837 2,689,095 366,035 267,466 470,752 961,375 513,322 110,145 31,742 757,786 595,928 161,858
    White 7,818,752 5,948,359 3,671,644 1,443,306 630,267 196,206 837,143 555,788 8,934 2,276,715 1,566,229 1,551,979 155,044 155,411 276,441 594,575 305,440 65,068 14,250 304,164 252,442 51,722
    Black 1,937,070 1,416,020 783,536 203,823 167,363 44,548 212,831 153,448 1,523 632,484 319,514 309,400 25,415 25,401 56,785 114,012 77,386 10,401 10,114 201,536 157,084 44,452
    Hispanic 3,294,485 2,759,987 1,461,800 458,054 262,562 37,940 317,608 382,614 3,022 1,298,187 373,896 370,305 49,154 37,242 74,912 141,558 53,892 13,547 3,591 160,602 112,633 47,969
    Asian 1,097,080 885,254 587,401 319,428 79,287 9,233 101,965 76,003 1,485 297,853 179,379 178,223 66,975 22,300 25,092 37,413 19,292 7,151 1,156 32,447 25,782 6,665
    Pacific Islander 40,873 27,189 14,418 3,610 1,950 653 3,872 4,279 54 12,771 7,652 7,492 383 514 985 3,993 1,431 186 160 6,032 4,933 1,099
    American Indian/Alaska
      Native
106,761 85,495 44,825 9,787 5,837 1,038 11,261 8,774 8,128 40,670 13,574 12,846 742 613 1,973 5,877 2,223 1,418 728 7,692 5,544 2,148
    Two or more races 661,681 513,527 318,746 131,422 51,551 12,470 64,384 58,298 621 194,781 114,276 113,501 20,182 12,016 17,799 35,114 25,091 3,299 775 33,878 26,898 6,980
    Nonresident7 455,105 297,353 237,650 138,279 32,428 4,589 39,103 22,950 301 59,703 146,317 145,349 48,140 13,969 16,765 28,833 28,567 9,075 968 11,435 10,612 823
                                             
  Postbaccalaureate 3,209,266 1,598,687 1,598,622 873,369 294,986 82,193 283,978 4,205 59,891 1,384,850 1,384,850 396,635 151,365 323,365 323,905 24,933 164,647 225,729 225,729
    White 1,666,254 855,064 855,013 443,318 163,286 51,815 162,297 2,840 31,457 712,060 712,060 158,539 73,908 182,714 191,193 15,633 90,073 99,130 99,130
    Black 381,842 156,658 156,656 61,405 35,160 12,620 41,146 651 5,674 159,391 159,391 25,985 17,533 52,427 42,266 3,942 17,238 65,793 65,793
    Hispanic 357,925 180,644 180,639 86,816 39,481 8,640 38,134 262 7,306 147,611 147,611 34,617 20,716 35,053 37,921 2,007 17,297 29,670 29,670
    Asian 254,217 119,985 119,983 73,123 17,558 3,367 15,633 98 10,204 119,990 119,990 46,078 13,254 20,431 16,953 1,062 22,212 14,242 14,242
    Pacific Islander 6,170 1,985 1,985 949 407 119 442 11 57 2,801 2,801 341 220 703 1,092 81 364 1,384 1,384
    American Indian/Alaska
      Native
14,060 7,558 7,557 3,259 1,375 250 2,166 97 410 5,011 5,011 660 317 1,502 1,820 194 518 1,491 1,491
    Two or more races 95,347 48,434 48,434 27,750 8,547 2,217 7,959 121 1,840 39,764 39,764 11,625 4,433 9,187 8,402 672 5,445 7,149 7,149
    Nonresident7 433,451 228,359 228,355 176,749 29,172 3,165 16,201 125 2,943 198,222 198,222 118,790 20,984 21,348 24,258 1,342 11,500 6,870 6,870
  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 53.5 52.3 54.9 57.8 54.2 65.1 55.0 44.9 50.0 47.9 60.6 60.7 52.6 59.7 60.7 63.8 63.2 61.0 46.3 41.8 43.7 32.1
  Black 13.1 12.1 11.4 8.1 13.8 15.0 14.0 12.4 8.9 13.3 12.7 12.6 8.6 11.2 14.4 12.7 16.0 10.9 32.9 27.7 27.7 27.6
  Hispanic 20.6 22.6 19.9 16.7 20.6 12.2 19.6 30.8 12.8 27.3 13.9 13.9 14.1 15.1 14.5 14.6 11.0 12.1 11.7 19.7 17.7 29.8
  Asian 7.6 7.7 8.6 12.0 6.6 3.3 6.5 6.1 14.5 6.3 8.0 8.0 19.0 9.3 6.0 4.4 4.0 11.6 3.8 4.8 5.0 4.1
  Pacific Islander 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.7
  American Indian/Alaska
     Native
0.7 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.7 10.6 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 2.4 1.0 0.9 1.3
  Two or more races 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.9 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.7 3.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 5.3 4.3 3.6 3.5 5.1 3.4 2.5 4.3 4.2 4.3
                                             
  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 52.3 51.1 53.3 56.2 52.6 64.9 54.0 44.9 37.6 47.9 60.8 61.0 48.8 61.3 60.9 63.8 63.0 64.4 46.3 40.8 43.1 32.1
    Black 13.0 12.2 11.4 7.9 14.0 14.7 13.7 12.4 6.4 13.3 12.4 12.2 8.0 10.0 12.5 12.2 16.0 10.3 32.9 27.0 26.8 27.6
    Hispanic 22.0 23.7 21.2 17.8 21.9 12.6 20.5 30.9 12.7 27.3 14.5 14.6 15.5 14.7 16.5 15.2 11.1 13.4 11.7 21.5 19.2 29.8
    Asian 7.3 7.6 8.5 12.4 6.6 3.1 6.6 6.1 6.2 6.3 7.0 7.0 21.1 8.8 5.5 4.0 4.0 7.1 3.8 4.3 4.4 4.1
    Pacific Islander 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.7
    American Indian/Alaska
      Native
0.7 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.7 34.2 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 1.4 2.4 1.0 0.9 1.3
    Two or more races 4.4 4.4 4.6 5.1 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.7 2.6 4.1 4.4 4.5 6.3 4.7 3.9 3.8 5.2 3.3 2.5 4.5 4.6 4.3
                                             
  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 60.0 62.4 62.4 63.6 61.4 65.6 60.6 69.6 55.2 60.0 60.0 57.1 56.7 60.5 63.8 66.3 58.8 45.3 45.3
    Black 13.8 11.4 11.4 8.8 13.2 16.0 15.4 16.0 10.0 13.4 13.4 9.4 13.4 17.4 14.1 16.7 11.3 30.1 30.1
    Hispanic 12.9 13.2 13.2 12.5 14.9 10.9 14.2 6.4 12.8 12.4 12.4 12.5 15.9 11.6 12.7 8.5 11.3 13.6 13.6
    Asian 9.2 8.8 8.8 10.5 6.6 4.3 5.8 2.4 17.9 10.1 10.1 16.6 10.2 6.8 5.7 4.5 14.5 6.5 6.5
    Pacific Islander 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.6
    American Indian/Alaska
      Native
0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.8 2.4 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.7
    Two or more races 3.4 3.5 3.5 4.0 3.2 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.4 4.2 3.4 3.0 2.8 2.8 3.6 3.3 3.3
†Not applicable.
1Research universities with a very high level of research activity.
2Research universities with a high level of research activity.
3Institutions that award at least 20 research/scholarship doctor's degrees per year, but did not have a high level of research activity.
4Institutions that award at least 50 master's degrees and fewer than 20 doctor's degrees per year.
5Institutions 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.
6Four-year institutions that award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering.
7Race/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 http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/. This table excludes 122 institutions with missing data on Carnegie classifications, with 38,778 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 2022, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared March 2023.)

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