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Table 218. -  Selected statistics on historically black colleges and universities:\1\ 1980, 1990, and 1996
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   Enrollment, degrees, type of    |           |       Public          |      Private
        revenues, and type         |   Total   |_______________________|_____________________
          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 1996 .|       104 |        40 |        10 |        51 |       3
                                   |===========|===========|===========|===========|=========
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 1990 .......|   257,152 |   171,969 |    15,077 |    68,528 |   1,578
  Men .............................|   105,157 |    70,220 |     6,321 |    28,054 |     562
   Men, black .....................|    82,897 |    54,041 |     3,214 |    25,198 |     444
  Women ...........................|   151,995 |   101,749 |     8,756 |    40,474 |   1,016
   Women, black ...................|   125,785 |    80,883 |     6,066 |    38,115 |     721
                                   |           |           |           |           |
Total enrollment, fall 1996 .......|   273,931 |   182,063 |    18,506 |    72,383 |     979
  Men .............................|   110,056 |    72,929 |     7,763 |    28,900 |     464
   Men, black .....................|    88,257 |    57,845 |     3,657 |    26,348 |     407
  Women ...........................|   163,875 |   109,134 |    10,743 |    43,483 |     515
   Women, black ...................|   135,241 |    87,659 |     6,381 |    40,696 |     505
                                   |           |           |           |           |
  Full-time enrollment, fall 1996 .|   211,940 |   136,341 |     9,927 |    64,959 |     713
    Men ...........................|    87,042 |    56,756 |     4,016 |    25,959 |     311
    Women .........................|   124,898 |    79,585 |     5,911 |    39,000 |     402
                                   |           |           |           |           |
  Part-time enrollment, fall 1996 .|    61,991 |    45,722 |     8,579 |     7,424 |     266
    Men ...........................|    23,014 |    16,173 |     3,747 |     2,941 |     153
    Women .........................|    38,977 |    29,549 |     4,832 |     4,483 |     113
                                   |===========|===========|===========|===========|=========
 Earned degrees conferred, 1995-96 |           |           |           |           |
Associate .........................|     3,053 |     1,285 |     1,496 |       137 |     135
  Men .............................|     1,111 |       481 |       535 |        43 |      52
    Men, black ....................|       474 |       199 |       220 |        29 |      26
  Women ...........................|     1,942 |       804 |       961 |        94 |      83
    Women, black ..................|     1,052 |       313 |       588 |        76 |      75
                                   |           |           |           |           |
Bachelor's ........................|    29,728 |    20,187 |       --- |     9,541 |     ---
  Men .............................|    10,884 |     7,584 |       --- |     3,300 |     ---
    Men, black ....................|     9,087 |     6,007 |       --- |     3,080 |     ---
  Women ...........................|    18,844 |    12,603 |       --- |     6,241 |     ---
    Women, black ..................|    16,305 |    10,335 |       --- |     5,970 |     ---
                                   |           |           |           |           |
Master's ..........................|     5,848 |     4,777 |       --- |     1,071 |     ---
  Men .............................|     1,881 |     1,545 |       --- |       336 |     ---
    Men, black ....................|     1,088 |       850 |       --- |       238 |     ---
  Women ...........................|     3,967 |     3,232 |       --- |       735 |     ---
    Women, black ..................|     2,718 |     2,111 |       --- |       607 |     ---
                                   |           |           |           |           |
Doctor's ..........................|       236 |       105 |       --- |       131 |     ---
  Men .............................|       127 |        50 |       --- |        77 |     ---
    Men, black ....................|        83 |        26 |       --- |        57 |     ---
  Women ...........................|       109 |        55 |       --- |        54 |     ---
    Women, black ..................|        83 |        38 |       --- |        45 |     ---
                                   |           |           |           |           |
First-professional ................|     1,178 |       442 |       --- |       736 |     ---
  Men .............................|       526 |       212 |       --- |       314 |     ---
    Men, black ....................|       344 |       105 |       --- |       239 |     ---
  Women ...........................|       652 |       230 |       --- |       422 |     ---
    Women, black ..................|       497 |       162 |       --- |       335 |     ---
                                   |===========|===========|===========|===========|=========
  Financial statistics, 1995-96,   |           |           |           |           |
      in thousands of dollars      |           |           |           |           |
Current-fund revenues .............|$3,855,794 |$2,037,292 |   $96,108 |$1,712,458 |  $9,936
  Tuition and fees ................|   942,423 |   419,116 |    18,198 |   501,837 |   3,272
  Federal government\2\ ...........|   816,612 |   322,323 |    16,992 |   474,154 |   3,142
  State governments\2\ ............|   942,577 |   844,659 |    49,045 |    48,406 |     466
  Local governments\2\ ............|    96,157 |    80,093 |     6,793 |     9,064 |     207
  Private gifts, grants,           |           |           |           |           |
   and contracts ..................|   240,160 |    36,703 |       170 |   202,049 |   1,237
  Endowment income ................|    37,014 |     2,616 |         3 |    34,385 |      10
  Sales and services ..............|   688,975 |   284,649 |     3,651 |   399,285 |   1,391
  Other sources ...................|    91,876 |    47,134 |     1,255 |    43,276 |     211
                                   |           |           |           |           |
Current-fund expenditures .........| 3,744,816 | 2,003,637 |    95,818 | 1,634,808 |  10,554
  Educational and general          |           |           |           |           |
   expenditures ...................| 3,112,805 | 1,738,574 |    92,034 | 1,271,960 |  10,238
  Auxiliary enterprises ...........|   388,753 |   265,063 |     3,785 |   119,590 |     316
  Hospitals .......................|   233,460 |         0 |         0 |   233,460 |       0
  Independent operations ..........|     9,798 |         0 |         0 |     9,798 |       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, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment," "Completions," and "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared November 1998.)


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