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Table 202.Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by type and control of institution and race/ethnicity of student: 1976 to 1994

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                                   |                        Number, in thousands                                             |  Percentage distribution by type and control\1\
Type and control of institution and|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
     race/ethnicity of student     |  1976   |  1980   |  1984   |  1988   |  1990   |  1991   | 1992\2\ | 1993\2\ | 1994\3\ | 1976 | 1980 | 1988 | 1990 |1992\2\|1993\2\|1994\3\
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                 1                 |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7    |    8    |    9    |   10    |  11  |  12  |  13  |  14  |  15   |  16   |  17
-----------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|------|------|------|------|-------|-------|-------
           All students            |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Total ............................|10,985.6 |12,086.8 |12,233.0 |13,043.1 |13,818.6 |14,359.0 |14,487.4 |14,304.8 |14,278.8 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
White, non-Hispanic ...............| 9,076.1 | 9,833.0 | 9,814.7 |10,283.2 |10,722.5 |10,989.8 |10,875.4 |10,600.0 |10,427.0 | 84.3 | 83.5 | 81.1 | 79.9 |  77.5 |  76.5 |  75.4
Total minority ....................| 1,690.8 | 1,948.8 | 2,083.8 | 2,398.8 | 2,704.7 | 2,952.8 | 3,164.2 | 3,247.7 | 3,395.9 | 15.7 | 16.5 | 18.9 | 20.1 |  22.5 |  23.5 |  24.6
  Black, non-Hispanic .............| 1,033.0 | 1,106.8 | 1,075.8 | 1,129.6 | 1,247.0 | 1,335.4 | 1,392.9 | 1,412.8 | 1,448.6 |  9.6 |  9.4 |  8.9 |  9.3 |   9.9 |  10.2 |  10.5
  Hispanic ........................|   383.8 |   471.7 |   534.9 |   680.0 |   782.4 |   866.6 |   955.0 |   988.8 | 1,045.6 |  3.6 |  4.0 |  5.4 |  5.8 |   6.8 |   7.1 |   7.6
  Asian or Pacific Islander .......|   197.9 |   286.4 |   389.5 |   496.7 |   572.4 |   637.2 |   697.0 |   724.4 |   774.3 |  1.8 |  2.4 |  3.9 |  4.3 |   5.0 |   5.2 |   5.6
  American Indian/Alaskan Native ..|    76.1 |    83.9 |    83.6 |    92.5 |   102.8 |   113.7 |   119.3 |   121.7 |   127.4 |  0.7 |  0.7 |  0.7 |  0.8 |   0.8 |   0.9 |   0.9
Nonresident alien .................|   218.7 |   305.0 |   334.6 |   361.2 |   391.5 |   416.4 |   447.7 |   457.1 |   455.9 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
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              4-year               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Total ............................| 7,106.5 | 7,565.4 | 7,706.1 | 8,175.0 | 8,578.6 | 8,707.1 | 8,765.0 | 8,738.9 | 8,749.1 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
White, non-Hispanic ...............| 5,999.0 | 6,274.5 | 6,300.4 | 6,581.6 | 6,768.1 | 6,791.0 | 6,744.3 | 6,639.5 | 6,565.3 | 86.6 | 85.7 | 83.6 | 82.0 |  80.2 |  79.3 |  78.3
Total minority ....................|   931.0 | 1,049.9 | 1,123.6 | 1,291.8 | 1,486.1 | 1,573.3 | 1,663.7 | 1,733.6 | 1,819.2 | 13.4 | 14.3 | 16.4 | 18.0 |  19.8 |  20.7 |  21.7
  Black, non-Hispanic .............|   603.7 |   634.3 |   617.0 |   656.3 |   722.8 |   757.8 |   791.2 |   813.7 |   833.6 |  8.7 |  8.7 |  8.3 |  8.8 |   9.4 |   9.7 |   9.9
  Hispanic ........................|   173.6 |   216.6 |   246.1 |   296.0 |   358.2 |   382.9 |   410.0 |   432.0 |   462.7 |  2.5 |  3.0 |  3.8 |  4.3 |   4.9 |   5.2 |   5.5
  Asian or Pacific Islander .......|   118.7 |   162.1 |   222.4 |   297.4 |   357.2 |   381.5 |   407.5 |   429.4 |   461.8 |  1.7 |  2.2 |  3.8 |  4.3 |   4.8 |   5.1 |   5.5
  American Indian/Alaskan Native ..|    35.0 |    36.9 |    38.1 |    42.1 |    47.9 |    51.1 |    54.9 |    58.5 |    61.2 |  0.5 |  0.5 |  0.5 |  0.6 |   0.7 |   0.7 |   0.7
Nonresident alien .................|   176.5 |   240.9 |   282.1 |   301.5 |   324.3 |   342.8 |   357.0 |   365.9 |   364.5 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Public ...........................| 4,892.9 | 5,127.6 | 5,196.0 | 5,544.0 | 5,848.2 | 5,904.7 | 5,900.0 | 5,851.8 | 5,825.2 | 69.1 | 68.0 | 68.1 | 68.5 |  67.6 |  67.3 |  66.9
  White, non-Hispanic .............| 4,120.2 | 4,243.0 | 4,229.9 | 4,454.8 | 4,605.6 | 4,597.4 | 4,531.6 | 4,432.9 | 4,355.0 | 59.5 | 57.9 | 56.6 | 55.8 |  53.9 |  52.9 |  51.9
  Total minority ..................|   666.7 |   740.8 |   795.9 |   907.7 | 1,046.2 | 1,101.7 | 1,155.8 | 1,202.1 | 1,256.7 |  9.6 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 12.7 |  13.7 |  14.4 |  15.0
    Black, non-Hispanic ...........|   421.8 |   438.2 |   426.7 |   448.5 |   495.1 |   516.2 |   535.5 |   548.2 |   561.4 |  6.1 |  6.0 |  5.7 |  6.0 |   6.4 |   6.5 |   6.7
    Hispanic ......................|   129.3 |   156.4 |   178.8 |   215.8 |   262.5 |   278.7 |   295.2 |   311.5 |   332.6 |  1.9 |  2.1 |  2.7 |  3.2 |   3.5 |   3.7 |   4.0
    Asian or Pacific Islander .....|    87.5 |   117.2 |   160.3 |   210.2 |   250.6 |   266.2 |   281.9 |   296.6 |   315.3 |  1.3 |  1.6 |  2.7 |  3.0 |   3.4 |   3.5 |   3.8
    American Indian/Alaskan Native |    28.2 |    29.0 |    30.1 |    33.3 |    38.0 |    40.6 |    43.0 |    45.9 |    47.5 |  0.4 |  0.4 |  0.4 |  0.5 |   0.5 |   0.5 |   0.6
  Nonresident alien ...............|   106.0 |   143.8 |   170.1 |   181.4 |   196.4 |   205.6 |   212.6 |   216.7 |   213.4 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Private ..........................| 2,213.6 | 2,437.8 | 2,510.2 | 2,631.0 | 2,730.3 | 2,802.3 | 2,865.0 | 2,887.2 | 2,923.9 | 30.9 | 32.0 | 31.9 | 31.5 |  32.4 |  32.7 |  33.1
  White, non-Hispanic .............| 1,878.8 | 2,031.5 | 2,070.5 | 2,126.8 | 2,162.5 | 2,193.5 | 2,212.6 | 2,206.6 | 2,210.3 | 27.1 | 27.7 | 27.0 | 26.2 |  26.3 |  26.4 |  26.4
  Total minority ..................|   264.3 |   309.2 |   327.7 |   384.1 |   439.8 |   471.5 |   507.9 |   531.5 |   562.5 |  3.8 |  4.2 |  4.9 |  5.3 |   6.0 |   6.3 |   6.7
    Black, non-Hispanic ...........|   182.0 |   196.1 |   190.4 |   207.8 |   227.7 |   241.5 |   255.7 |   265.6 |   272.2 |  2.6 |  2.7 |  2.6 |  2.8 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   3.2
    Hispanic ......................|    44.3 |    60.2 |    67.3 |    80.2 |    95.7 |   104.2 |   114.8 |   120.4 |   130.1 |  0.6 |  0.8 |  1.0 |  1.2 |   1.4 |   1.4 |   1.6
    Asian or Pacific Islander .....|    31.2 |    44.9 |    62.1 |    87.2 |   106.6 |   115.3 |   125.6 |   132.8 |   146.5 |  0.5 |  0.6 |  1.1 |  1.3 |   1.5 |   1.6 |   1.7
    American Indian/Alaskan Native |     6.8 |     7.9 |     7.9 |     8.8 |     9.9 |    10.6 |    11.8 |    12.6 |    13.6 |  0.1 |  0.1 |  0.1 |  0.1 |   0.1 |   0.2 |   0.2
  Nonresident alien ...............|    70.5 |    97.1 |   112.0 |   120.1 |   127.9 |   137.2 |   144.4 |   149.1 |   151.1 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
              2-year               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Total ............................| 3,879.1 | 4,521.4 | 4,526.9 | 4,868.1 | 5,240.1 | 5,651.9 | 5,722.4 | 5,565.9 | 5,529.7 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
White, non-Hispanic ...............| 3,077.1 | 3,558.5 | 3,514.3 | 3,701.5 | 3,954.3 | 4,198.8 | 4,131.2 | 3,960.6 | 3,861.7 | 80.2 | 79.8 | 77.0 | 76.4 |  73.4 |  72.3 |  71.0
Total minority ....................|   759.8 |   898.9 |   960.1 | 1,106.9 | 1,218.6 | 1,379.6 | 1,500.6 | 1,514.1 | 1,576.6 | 19.8 | 20.2 | 23.0 | 23.6 |  26.6 |  27.7 |  29.0
  Black, non-Hispanic .............|   429.3 |   472.5 |   458.7 |   473.3 |   524.3 |   577.6 |   601.6 |   599.0 |   615.0 | 11.2 | 10.6 |  9.8 | 10.1 |  10.7 |  10.9 |  11.3
  Hispanic ........................|   210.2 |   255.1 |   288.8 |   383.9 |   424.2 |   483.7 |   545.0 |   556.8 |   582.9 |  5.5 |  5.7 |  8.0 |  8.2 |   9.7 |  10.2 |  10.7
  Asian or Pacific Islander .......|    79.2 |   124.3 |   167.1 |   199.3 |   215.2 |   255.7 |   289.5 |   295.0 |   312.5 |  2.1 |  2.8 |  4.1 |  4.2 |   5.1 |   5.4 |   5.7
  American Indian/Alaskan Native ..|    41.2 |    47.0 |    45.5 |    50.4 |    54.9 |    62.6 |    64.4 |    63.2 |    66.2 |  1.1 |  1.1 |  1.0 |  1.1 |   1.1 |   1.2 |   1.2
Nonresident alien .................|    42.2 |    64.1 |    52.5 |    59.6 |    67.1 |    73.5 |    90.6 |    91.2 |    91.4 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Public ...........................| 3,748.1 | 4,328.8 | 4,260.4 | 4,612.4 | 4,996.5 | 5,404.8 | 5,484.6 | 5,337.3 | 5,308.5 | 96.7 | 95.8 | 94.7 | 95.4 |  95.8 |  95.9 |  96.0
  White, non-Hispanic .............| 2,974.3 | 3,413.1 | 3,312.5 | 3,509.0 | 3,779.8 | 4,024.8 | 3,961.2 | 3,793.7 | 3,701.3 | 77.5 | 76.6 | 73.0 | 73.1 |  70.3 |  69.3 |  68.1
  Total minority ..................|   734.5 |   855.4 |   899.0 | 1,047.0 | 1,153.0 | 1,310.3 | 1,436.4 | 1,456.0 | 1,519.3 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 21.8 | 22.3 |  25.5 |  26.6 |  27.9
    Black, non-Hispanic ...........|   409.5 |   437.9 |   417.3 |   432.6 |   481.4 |   537.2 |   565.0 |   566.1 |   583.2 | 10.7 |  9.8 |  9.0 |  9.3 |  10.0 |  10.3 |  10.7
    Hispanic ......................|   207.5 |   249.8 |   277.3 |   371.1 |   408.9 |   463.4 |   527.1 |   539.8 |   566.1 |  5.4 |  5.6 |  7.7 |  7.9 |   9.4 |   9.9 |  10.4
    Asian or Pacific Islander .....|    78.2 |   122.5 |   162.4 |   195.5 |   210.3 |   250.1 |   284.0 |   289.7 |   306.8 |  2.0 |  2.7 |  4.1 |  4.1 |   5.0 |   5.3 |   5.6
    American Indian/Alaskan Native |    39.3 |    45.2 |    42.0 |    47.8 |    52.4 |    59.6 |    60.3 |    60.5 |    63.2 |  1.0 |  1.0 |  1.0 |  1.0 |   1.1 |   1.1 |   1.2
  Nonresident alien ...............|    39.2 |    60.3 |    48.9 |    56.4 |    63.6 |    69.7 |    86.9 |    87.6 |    87.8 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
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 Private ..........................|   131.0 |   192.6 |   266.4 |   255.7 |   243.6 |   247.1 |   237.8 |   228.5 |   221.2 |  3.3 |  4.2 |  5.3 |  4.6 |   4.2 |   4.1 |   4.0
  White, non-Hispanic .............|   102.8 |   145.4 |   201.8 |   192.6 |   174.5 |   174.0 |   170.0 |   166.9 |   160.3 |  2.7 |  3.3 |  4.0 |  3.4 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.9
  Total minority ..................|    25.3 |    43.5 |    61.2 |    60.0 |    65.6 |    69.3 |    64.1 |    58.1 |    57.3 |  0.7 |  1.0 |  1.2 |  1.3 |   1.1 |   1.1 |   1.1
    Black, non-Hispanic ...........|    19.8 |    34.6 |    41.4 |    40.7 |    42.9 |    40.4 |    36.6 |    32.9 |    31.9 |  0.5 |  0.8 |  0.8 |  0.8 |   0.7 |   0.6 |   0.6
    Hispanic ......................|     2.6 |     5.3 |    11.6 |    12.9 |    15.3 |    20.3 |    17.9 |    17.1 |    16.7 |  0.1 |  0.1 |  0.3 |  0.3 |   0.3 |   0.3 |   0.3
    Asian or Pacific Islander .....|     0.9 |     1.8 |     4.7 |     3.8 |     4.9 |     5.6 |     5.5 |     5.4 |     5.7 |(\4\) |(\4\) |  0.1 |  0.1 |   0.1 |   0.1 |   0.1
    American Indian/Alaskan Native |     1.8 |     1.8 |     3.5 |     2.7 |     2.5 |     3.0 |     4.1 |     2.7 |     3.0 |(\4\) |(\4\) |(\4\) |(\4\) |   0.1 | (\4\) |   0.1
  Nonresident alien ...............|     3.0 |     3.7 |     3.5 |     3.2 |     3.5 |     3.8 |     3.7 |     3.6 |     3.6 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
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\1\Distribution for U.S. citizens only.

\2\Revised from prevously published data.

\3\Preliminary data.

\4\Less than 0.05 percent.

---Not applicable.

NOTE.--Because of underreporting and nonreporting of racial/ethnic data, some figures are slightly lower than corresponding data in other tables. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared May 1996.)


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