Digest of Education Statistics
1996 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest

Table 207.Enrollment of persons 14 to 34 years of age\1\ in institutions of higher education, by race/ethnicity, sex, and year of college: October 1965 to October 1995

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    Characteristic     | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980  |1984\2\| 1985  | 1986  | 1987  | 1988  | 1989  | 1990  | 1991  | 1992  | 1993  |1994\3\|1995\3\
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           1           |  2   |  3   |  4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13   |  14   |  15   |  16   |  17
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                       |                                               Numbers in thousands
                       |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   All students .......|5,675 |7,413 |9,697 |10,181 |10,858 |10,863 |10,605 |10,915 |10,937 |11,066 |11,303 |11,589 |11,671 |11,409 |12,298 |12,046
                       |------|------|------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
White, non-Hispanic\4\ |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Total ...............|5,317 |6,759 |8,141 | 8,453 | 8,764 | 8,781 | 8,284 | 8,519 | 8,616 | 8,786 | 8,892 | 8,916 | 8,883 | 8,592 | 9,076 | 8,973
    Men ...............|3,326 |4,066 |4,566 | 4,225 | 4,487 | 4,361 | 4,158 | 4,221 | 4,155 | 4,220 | 4,298 | 4,323 | 4,207 | 4,168 | 4,313 | 4,319
    Women .............|1,991 |2,693 |3,576 | 4,228 | 4,277 | 4,420 | 4,126 | 4,299 | 4,461 | 4,565 | 4,594 | 4,594 | 4,676 | 4,424 | 4,764 | 4,654
                       |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Black, non-Hispanic\4\ |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Total ...............|  274 |  522 |  927 |   996 | 1,124 | 1,036 | 1,126 | 1,162 | 1,096 | 1,116 | 1,167 | 1,190 | 1,205 | 1,227 | 1,469 | 1,415
    Men ...............|  126 |  253 |  433 |   431 |   538 |   458 |   484 |   505 |   423 |   425 |   508 |   523 |   467 |   515 |   641 |   579
    Women .............|  148 |  269 |  494 |   565 |   586 |   578 |   642 |   657 |   674 |   690 |   659 |   667 |   738 |   713 |   828 |   837
                       |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Hispanic origin        |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Total ...............|  --- |  --- |  411 |   443 |   524 |   579 |   677 |   667 |   654 |   640 |   617 |   721 |   816 |   867 |   982 | 1,014
    Men ...............|  --- |  --- |  219 |   222 |   232 |   280 |   331 |   369 |   313 |   311 |   297 |   310 |   349 |   391 |   443 |   495
    Women .............|  --- |  --- |  192 |   221 |   292 |   299 |   346 |   298 |   341 |   330 |   321 |   411 |   468 |   475 |   539 |   519
                       |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Year of college        |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  First ...............|1,861 |2,212 |2,886 | 2,958 | 3,023 | 2,956 | 2,965 | 2,915 | 3,131 | 2,983 | 3,109 | 2,995 | 3,274 | 3,139 | 3,357 | 3,236
  Second ..............|1,256 |1,739 |2,376 | 2,411 | 2,454 | 2,585 | 2,564 | 2,745 | 2,598 | 2,680 | 2,798 | 2,959 | 3,002 | 2,964 | 3,075 | 3,068
  Third ...............|  896 |1,248 |1,491 | 1,716 | 1,981 | 1,931 | 1,803 | 2,011 | 1,979 | 2,017 | 1,958 | 2,009 | 2,136 | 2,080 | 2,244 | 2,239
  Fourth ..............|  803 |1,074 |1,354 | 1,403 | 1,599 | 1,642 | 1,640 | 1,556 | 1,631 | 1,676 | 1,817 | 1,877 | 1,681 | 1,692 | 1,902 | 1,772
  Fifth or higher .....|  859 |1,140 |1,590 | 1,692 | 1,802 | 1,749 | 1,633 | 1,690 | 1,598 | 1,711 | 1,620 | 1,749 | 1,578 | 1,535 | 1,719 | 1,731
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                       |                                        Percentage distribution
                       |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   All students .......|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
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White, non-Hispanic\4\ |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Total ...............| 93.7 | 91.2 | 84.0 |  83.0 |  80.7 |  80.8 |  78.1 |  78.1 |  78.8 |  79.4 |  78.7 |  76.9 |  76.1 |  75.3 |  73.8 |  74.5
    Men ...............| 58.6 | 54.8 | 47.1 |  41.5 |  41.3 |  40.1 |  39.2 |  38.7 |  38.0 |  38.1 |  38.0 |  37.3 |  36.0 |  36.5 |  35.1 |  35.9
    Women .............| 35.1 | 36.3 | 36.9 |  41.5 |  39.4 |  40.7 |  38.9 |  39.4 |  40.8 |  41.3 |  40.6 |  39.6 |  40.1 |  38.8 |  38.7 |  38.6
                       |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Black, non-Hispanic\4\ |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Total ...............|  4.8 |  7.0 |  9.6 |   9.8 |  10.4 |   9.5 |  10.6 |  10.6 |  10.0 |  10.1 |  10.3 |  10.3 |  10.3 |  10.8 |  11.9 |  11.7
    Men ...............|  2.2 |  3.4 |  4.5 |   4.2 |   5.0 |   4.2 |   4.6 |   4.6 |   3.9 |   3.8 |   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.0 |   4.5 |   5.2 |   4.8
    Women .............|  2.6 |  3.6 |  5.1 |   5.5 |   5.4 |   5.3 |   6.1 |   6.0 |   6.2 |   6.2 |   5.8 |   5.8 |   6.3 |   6.2 |   6.7 |   6.9
                       |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Hispanic origin        |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Total ...............|  --- |  --- |  4.2 |   4.4 |   4.8 |   5.3 |   6.4 |   6.1 |   6.0 |   5.8 |   5.5 |   6.2 |   7.0 |   7.6 |   8.0 |   8.4
    Men ...............|  --- |  --- |  2.3 |   2.2 |   2.1 |   2.6 |   3.1 |   3.4 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.6 |   2.7 |   3.0 |   3.4 |   3.6 |   4.1
    Women .............|  --- |  --- |  2.0 |   2.2 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   3.3 |   2.7 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   3.5 |   4.0 |   4.2 |   4.4 |   4.3
                       |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Year of college        |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  First ...............| 32.8 | 29.8 | 29.8 |  29.1 |  27.8 |  27.2 |  28.0 |  26.7 |  28.6 |  27.0 |  27.5 |  25.8 |  28.1 |  27.5 |  27.3 |  26.9
  Second ..............| 22.1 | 23.5 | 24.5 |  23.7 |  22.6 |  23.8 |  24.2 |  25.1 |  23.8 |  24.2 |  24.8 |  25.5 |  25.7 |  26.0 |  25.0 |  25.5
  Third ...............| 15.8 | 16.8 | 15.4 |  16.9 |  18.2 |  17.8 |  17.0 |  18.4 |  18.1 |  18.2 |  17.3 |  17.3 |  18.3 |  18.2 |  18.3 |  18.6
  Fourth ..............| 14.1 | 14.5 | 14.0 |  13.8 |  14.7 |  15.1 |  15.5 |  14.3 |  14.9 |  15.1 |  16.1 |  16.2 |  14.4 |  14.8 |  15.5 |  14.7
  Fifth or higher .....| 15.1 | 15.4 | 16.4 |  16.6 |  16.6 |  16.1 |  15.4 |  15.5 |  14.6 |  15.5 |  14.3 |  15.1 |  13.5 |  13.5 |  14.0 |  14.4
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\1\Totals differ from those shown in other tables. This table presents data collected in sample surveys of households rather than surveys of institutions. Excludes persons age 35 and over.

\2\Data for 1984 to 1993 are controlled to 1980 census base.

\3\Data are controlled to 1990 census base. Large increase in 1994 is partly due to the change in census base and change in survey form administration procedures.

\4\Data for 1965 and 1970 include persons of Hispanic origin.

---Data not available.

NOTE.--Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-20, No. 403, and unpublished data. (This table was prepared July 1996.)


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