Digest of Education Statistics
1997 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest

Table 208.Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, bylevel, attendance status, sex, and race/ethnicity ofstudent: 1994 and 1995 

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                                |                            1995\1\                                                                              | Percent
                                |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|minority,
                                |           | Enrollment, by sex  |                   Enrollment, by race/ethnicity                      |        |  fall
  Level and enrollment status   |           |_____________________|______________________________________________________________________|        | 1994\2\
                                |           |          |          |           |  Total   |       |          |          |        |American|Nonresi-|
                                |   Total   |   Male   |  Female  |   White   | minority |Percent|  Black,  | Hispanic | Asian/ |Indian/ |  dent  |
                                |           |          |          |           |          |minor- |   non-   |          |Pacific |Alaskan | alien  |
                                |           |          |          |           |          |ity\2\ | Hispanic |          |Islander| Native |        |
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   All students ................|14,261,781 |6,342,539 |7,919,242 |10,311,243 |3,496,174 |  25.3 |1,473,672 |1,093,839 |797,359 |131,304 |454,364 |    24.6
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Undergraduate, full-time and    |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
  part-time.....................|12,231,719 |5,401,130 |6,830,589 | 8,805,607 |3,158,507 |  26.4 |1,333,641 |1,011,969 |692,182 |120,715 |267,605 |    25.7
  Degree seeking ...............|10,621,283 |4,708,420 |5,912,863 | 7,619,193 |2,763,827 |  26.6 |1,181,433 |  874,517 |604,490 |103,387 |238,263 |    25.8
    First-time freshmen ........| 2,168,831 |1,001,052 |1,167,779 | 1,541,387 |  586,401 |  27.6 |  252,076 |  190,120 |121,007 | 23,198 | 41,043 |    27.4
    Other first-year ...........| 2,433,434 |1,046,475 |1,386,959 | 1,603,129 |  781,101 |  32.8 |  332,827 |  274,063 |145,885 | 28,326 | 49,204 |    32.0
    Second year ................| 2,767,344 |1,174,985 |1,592,359 | 2,022,764 |  688,827 |  25.4 |  299,393 |  218,006 |143,819 | 27,609 | 55,753 |    24.4
    Third year .................| 1,394,845 |  631,360 |  763,485 | 1,042,087 |  314,541 |  23.2 |  133,205 |   86,913 | 83,950 | 10,473 | 38,217 |    22.2
    Fourth year and beyond .....| 1,714,665 |  795,243 |  919,422 | 1,296,067 |  368,722 |  22.1 |  150,973 |  100,559 |104,634 | 12,556 | 49,876 |    20.9
    Unclassified by level ......|   142,164 |   59,305 |   82,859 |   113,759 |   24,235 |  17.6 |   12,959 |    4,856 |  5,195 |  1,225 |  4,170 |    17.2
  Others in credit courses .....| 1,610,436 |  692,710 |  917,726 | 1,186,414 |  394,680 |  25.0 |  152,208 |  137,452 | 87,692 | 17,328 | 29,342 |    24.4
                                |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
    Full-time ..................| 7,145,268 |3,296,610 |3,848,658 | 5,163,439 |1,780,446 |  25.6 |  777,506 |  512,237 |423,336 | 67,367 |201,383 |    25.1
      Degree seeking ...........| 6,883,159 |3,174,144 |3,709,015 | 4,990,474 |1,704,056 |  25.5 |  747,102 |  486,088 |406,441 | 64,425 |188,629 |    24.9
        First-time freshmen ....| 1,646,812 |  767,185 |  879,627 | 1,194,389 |  419,413 |  26.0 |  190,520 |  122,990 | 89,968 | 15,935 | 33,010 |    25.9
        Other first-year .......| 1,136,399 |  520,469 |  615,930 |   745,014 |  358,966 |  32.5 |  167,473 |  112,564 | 64,825 | 14,104 | 32,419 |    32.0
        Second year ............| 1,688,726 |  758,647 |  930,079 | 1,241,020 |  402,968 |  24.5 |  175,593 |  113,866 | 97,037 | 16,472 | 44,738 |    23.9
        Third year .............| 1,126,949 |  525,848 |  601,101 |   842,865 |  248,911 |  22.8 |  102,648 |   65,766 | 72,167 |  8,330 | 35,173 |    21.9
        Fourth year and beyond .| 1,259,327 |  590,948 |  668,379 |   950,057 |  268,061 |  22.0 |  107,420 |   69,893 | 81,366 |  9,382 | 41,209 |    20.8
        Unclassified by level ..|    24,946 |   11,047 |   13,899 |    17,129 |    5,737 |  25.1 |    3,448 |    1,009 |  1,078 |    202 |  2,080 |    24.5
      Others in credit courses .|   262,109 |  122,466 |  139,643 |   172,965 |   76,390 |  30.6 |   30,404 |   26,149 | 16,895 |  2,942 | 12,754 |    30.7
                                |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
    Part-time ..................| 5,086,451 |2,104,520 |2,981,931 | 3,642,168 |1,378,061 |  27.5 |  556,135 |  499,732 |268,846 | 53,348 | 66,222 |    26.5
      Degree seeking ...........| 3,738,124 |1,534,276 |2,203,848 | 2,628,719 |1,059,771 |  28.7 |  434,331 |  388,429 |198,049 | 38,962 | 49,634 |    27.6
        First-time freshmen ....|   522,019 |  233,867 |  288,152 |   346,998 |  166,988 |  32.5 |   61,556 |   67,130 | 31,039 |  7,263 |  8,033 |    31.9
        Other first-year .......| 1,297,035 |  526,006 |  771,029 |   858,115 |  422,135 |  33.0 |  165,354 |  161,499 | 81,060 | 14,222 | 16,785 |    32.0
        Second year ............| 1,078,618 |  416,338 |  662,280 |   781,744 |  285,859 |  26.8 |  123,800 |  104,140 | 46,782 | 11,137 | 11,015 |    25.1
        Third year .............|   267,896 |  105,512 |  162,384 |   199,222 |   65,630 |  24.8 |   30,557 |   21,147 | 11,783 |  2,143 |  3,044 |    23.5
        Fourth year and beyond  |   455,338 |  204,295 |  251,043 |   346,010 |  100,661 |  22.5 |   43,553 |   30,666 | 23,268 |  3,174 |  8,667 |    21.2
        Unclassified by level ..|   117,218 |   48,258 |   68,960 |    96,630 |   18,498 |  16.1 |    9,511 |    3,847 |  4,117 |  1,023 |  2,090 |    15.3
      Others in credit courses  | 1,348,327 |  570,244 |  778,083 | 1,013,449 |  318,290 |  23.9 |  121,804 |  111,303 | 70,797 | 14,386 | 16,588 |    23.1
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Postbaccalaureate ..............| 2,030,062 |  941,409 |1,088,653 | 1,505,636 |  337,667 |  18.3 |  140,031 |   81,870 |105,177 | 10,589 |186,759 |    17.4
                                |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
  First-professional ...........|   297,592 |  173,897 |  123,695 |   223,301 |   66,989 |  23.1 |   21,444 |   13,835 | 29,571 |  2,139 |  7,302 |    22.1
    Full-time ..................|   266,414 |  155,056 |  111,358 |   198,934 |   60,712 |  23.4 |   18,497 |   12,489 | 27,844 |  1,882 |  6,768 |    22.4
      First-time ...............|    78,890 |   45,285 |   33,605 |    57,585 |   19,233 |  25.0 |    6,048 |    3,974 |  8,560 |    651 |  2,072 |    24.2
      Other ....................|   187,524 |  109,771 |   77,753 |   141,349 |   41,479 |  22.7 |   12,449 |    8,515 | 19,284 |  1,231 |  4,696 |    21.6
    Part-time ..................|    31,178 |   18,841 |   12,337 |    24,367 |    6,277 |  20.5 |    2,947 |    1,346 |  1,727 |    257 |    534 |    19.3
      First-time ...............|    10,760 |    6,487 |    4,273 |     8,266 |    2,327 |  22.0 |    1,026 |      539 |    689 |     73 |    167 |    22.3
      Other ....................|    20,418 |   12,354 |    8,064 |    16,101 |    3,950 |  19.7 |    1,921 |      807 |  1,038 |    184 |    367 |    18.0
                                |           |          |          |           |          |       |          |          |        |        |        |
  Graduate students ............| 1,732,470 |  767,512 |  964,958 | 1,282,335 |  270,678 |  17.4 |  118,587 |   68,035 | 75,606 |  8,450 |179,457 |    16.5
    Full-time ..................|   717,120 |  355,726 |  361,394 |   471,443 |  114,164 |  19.5 |   44,389 |   28,446 | 37,561 |  3,768 |131,513 |    18.5
      Degree seeking ...........|   670,222 |  335,639 |  334,583 |   439,479 |  103,049 |  19.0 |   41,107 |   24,971 | 33,543 |  3,428 |127,694 |    18.2
        First-time .............|   222,196 |  108,606 |  113,590 |   146,572 |   35,298 |  19.4 |   13,603 |    8,874 | 11,658 |  1,163 | 40,326 |    18.6
        Other degree seeking ...|   448,026 |  227,033 |  220,993 |   292,907 |   67,751 |  18.8 |   27,504 |   16,097 | 21,885 |  2,265 | 87,368 |    17.9
      Others in credit courses .|    46,898 |   20,087 |   26,811 |    31,964 |   11,115 |  25.8 |    3,282 |    3,475 |  4,018 |    340 |  3,819 |    23.1
    Part-time ..................| 1,015,350 |  411,786 |  603,564 |   810,892 |  156,514 |  16.2 |   74,198 |   39,589 | 38,045 |  4,682 | 47,944 |    15.4
      Degree seeking ...........|   775,811 |  329,521 |  446,290 |   615,570 |  117,017 |  16.0 |   54,973 |   28,948 | 29,601 |  3,495 | 43,224 |    15.1
        First-time .............|   148,220 |   60,322 |   87,898 |   115,825 |   25,896 |  18.3 |   12,415 |    6,850 |  5,984 |    647 |  6,499 |    17.0
        Other degree seeking ...|   627,591 |  269,199 |  358,392 |   499,745 |   91,121 |  15.4 |   42,558 |   22,098 | 23,617 |  2,848 | 36,725 |    14.6
      Others in credit courses .|   239,539 |   82,265 |  157,274 |   195,322 |   39,497 |  16.8 |   19,225 |   10,641 |  8,444 |  1,187 |  4,720 |    16.4
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\1\Preliminary data.

\2\Percentage based on U.S. citizens only.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared March 1997.)



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