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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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.) |