Undergraduate fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions and the percentage of undergraduates who are female, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

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Table 18.	Undergraduate fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions and the percentage of undergraduates who are female, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

Year	Total		White		Black		Hispanic		Asian/ Pacific Islander		American Indian/ Alaska Native
Year	Total (in thous -ands)	Percent female	Total (in thous -ands)	Percent female	Total (in thous -ands)	Percent female	Total (in thous -ands)	Percent female	Total (in thous -ands)	Percent female	Total (in thous -ands)	Percent female
1980	10,469	52.3	8,481	52.2	1,019	58.0	433	51.2	249	48.3	78	55.4
1990	11,959	55.0	9,273	54.9	1,147	61.0	725	54.9	500	49.2	95	58.2
2000	13,155	56.1	8,983	55.4	1,549	62.7	1,351	56.9	846	52.5	139	59.3
2002	14,257	56.6	9,565	55.6	1,764	63.6	1,533	57.7	927	53.0	152	60.2
2003	14,480	57.0	9,665	55.9	1,838	64.1	1,580	58.4	923	53.6	158	61.0
2004	14,781	57.1	9,771	55.9	1,918	64.3	1,667	58.6	950	53.8	160	60.9
2005	14,964	57.2	9,829	55.9	1,955	64.3	1,734	58.6	971	53.9	160	61.1
2006	15,184	57.1	9,885	55.8	2,006	64.3	1,810	58.5	998	53.8	164	60.4
2007	15,604	56.9	10,047	55.6	2,093	64.0	1,916	58.1	1,042	53.6	171	60.4
2008	16,366	56.8	10,339	55.5	2,269	63.8	2,104	58.0	1,118	54.0	176	59.9
2009	17,565	56.8	10,915	55.5	2,577	63.6	2,362	57.8	1,142	53.2	189	59.6

NOTE: Data for 1980 and 1990 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" survey, 1980; and 1990 through 2009 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" survey, 1990, and Spring 2001–10.