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Table 214.Selected statistics on historically black colleges and universities:\1\ 1980, 1988, and 1994

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                                               |           |       Public          |      Private
    Enrollment, degrees, type of revenues,     |   Total   |-----------------------|---------------------
           and type of expenditures            |           |  4-year   |  2-year   |  4-year   | 2-year
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                       1                       |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |    6
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Number of institutions, fall 1994 .............|       103 |        40 |        10 |        49 |       4
                                               |===========|===========|===========|===========|=========
Total enrollment, fall 1980 ...................|   233,557 |   155,085 |    13,132 |    62,924 |   2,416
  Men .........................................|   106,387 |    70,236 |     6,758 |    28,352 |   1,041
   Men, black .................................|    81,818 |    53,654 |     2,781 |    24,412 |     971
  Women .......................................|   127,170 |    84,849 |     6,374 |    34,572 |   1,375
   Women, black ...............................|   109,171 |    70,582 |     4,644 |    32,589 |   1,356
                                               |           |           |           |           |
Total enrollment, fall 1988 ...................|   239,755 |   158,606 |    15,066 |    64,644 |   1,439
  Men .........................................|   100,561 |    66,097 |     6,772 |    27,219 |     473
   Men, black .................................|    78,268 |    50,545 |     3,192 |    24,081 |     450
  Women .......................................|   139,194 |    92,509 |     8,294 |    37,425 |     966
   Women, black ...............................|   115,883 |    73,893 |     5,894 |    35,145 |     951
                                               |           |           |           |           |
Total enrollment, fall 1994 ...................|   280,071 |   187,735 |    18,785 |    72,262 |   1,289
  Men .........................................|   114,006 |    76,654 |     7,778 |    29,108 |     466
   Men, black .................................|    91,908 |    60,931 |     3,700 |    26,895 |     382
  Women .......................................|   166,065 |   111,081 |    11,007 |    43,154 |     823
   Women, black ...............................|   138,254 |    89,751 |     6,716 |    40,988 |     799
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Full-time enrollment, fall 1994 .............|   214,889 |   138,215 |    10,493 |    65,134 |   1,047
    Men .......................................|    89,707 |    58,813 |     4,244 |    26,230 |     420
    Women .....................................|   125,182 |    79,402 |     6,249 |    38,904 |     627
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Part-time enrollment, fall 1994 .............|    65,182 |    49,520 |     8,292 |     7,128 |     242
    Men .......................................|    24,299 |    17,841 |     3,534 |     2,878 |      46
    Women .....................................|    40,883 |    31,679 |     4,758 |     4,250 |     196
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Earned degrees conferred, 1993-94              |           |           |           |           |
  Associate ...................................|     2,830 |     1,285 |     1,309 |        94 |     142
    Men .......................................|       984 |       428 |       475 |        37 |      44
      Men, black ..............................|       450 |       164 |       215 |        29 |      42
    Women .....................................|     1,846 |       857 |       834 |        57 |      98
      Women, black ............................|     1,016 |       327 |       537 |        56 |      96
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Bachelor's ..................................|    27,425 |    18,390 |       --- |     9,035 |     ---
    Men .......................................|    10,249 |     7,062 |       --- |     3,187 |     ---
      Men, black ..............................|     8,475 |     5,539 |       --- |     2,936 |     ---
    Women .....................................|    17,176 |    11,328 |       --- |     5,848 |     ---
      Women, black ............................|    14,959 |     9,348 |       --- |     5,611 |     ---
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Master's ....................................|     4,986 |     3,961 |       --- |     1,025 |     ---
    Men .......................................|     1,670 |     1,343 |       --- |       327 |     ---
      Men, black ..............................|       939 |       727 |       --- |       212 |     ---
    Women .....................................|     3,316 |     2,618 |       --- |       698 |     ---
      Women, black ............................|     2,248 |     1,686 |       --- |       562 |     ---
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  Doctor's ....................................|       213 |        88 |       --- |       125 |     ---
    Men .......................................|       105 |        32 |       --- |        73 |     ---
      Men, black ..............................|        61 |        15 |       --- |        46 |     ---
    Women .....................................|       108 |        56 |       --- |        52 |     ---
      Women, black ............................|        69 |        31 |       --- |        38 |     ---
                                               |           |           |           |           |
  First-professional ..........................|     1,013 |       420 |       --- |       593 |     ---
    Men .......................................|       522 |       206 |       --- |       316 |     ---
      Men, black ..............................|       320 |        84 |       --- |       236 |     ---
    Women .....................................|       491 |       214 |       --- |       277 |     ---
      Women, black ............................|       368 |       156 |       --- |       212 |     ---
                                               |===========|===========|===========|===========|=========
Financial statistics, 1993-94,                 |           |           |           |           |
  in thousands of dollars                      |           |           |           |           |
    Current-fund revenues .....................|$3,496,796 |$1,814,596 |   $90,843 |$1,580,355 | $11,002
      Tuition and fees ........................|   862,615 |   383,268 |    16,243 |   458,507 |   4,598
      Federal government\2\ ...................|   719,926 |   272,994 |    14,872 |   429,590 |   2,470
      State governments\2\ ....................|   840,144 |   747,812 |    46,715 |    45,029 |     587
      Local governments\2\ ....................|    90,103 |    81,119 |     7,068 |     1,657 |     259
      Private gifts, grants, and contracts ....|   189,157 |    28,503 |       515 |   158,759 |   1,379
      Endowment income ........................|    28,709 |     2,812 |         1 |    25,758 |     138
      Sales and services ......................|   696,758 |   256,820 |     4,532 |   433,951 |   1,455
      Other sources ...........................|    69,385 |    41,269 |       896 |    27,104 |     116
                                               |           |           |           |           |
    Current-fund expenditures .................| 3,437,221 | 1,794,937 |    90,109 | 1,540,760 |  11,415
      Educational and general expenditures ....| 2,828,784 | 1,552,387 |    86,195 | 1,179,594 |  10,607
      Auxiliary enterprises ...................|   352,928 |   242,550 |     3,914 |   105,657 |     808
      Hospitals ...........................    |   254,957 |         0 |         0 |   254,957 |       0
      Independent operations ..................|       553 |         0 |         0 |       553 |       0
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\1\Historically black colleges and universities are accredited institutions of higher education established prior to 1964 with the principal mission of educating black Americans. Federal regulations, 20 U.S. Code, Section 1061 (2), allow for certain exceptions to the founding date. Most institutions are in the southern and border states and were established prior to 1954.

\2\Includes appropriations, grants, contracts, and independent operations.

---Not applicable.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

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


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