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Minority Student Enrollments
Table 31-1.  Number and percentage of minority students enrolled in degree-granting institutions and, among minority students, percentage distribution of students by the minority enrollment concentration at the institution attended, by type of institution: Fall 2002

      Percent minority enrollment
Type of institution Number of
minority
students
enrolled
Percent
of total
enrollment
Less
than
10.0
10.0–
19.9
20.0–
29.9
30.0–
39.9
40.0–
49.9
50.0–
59.9
60.0–
69.9
70.0–
79.9
80.0–
89.9
90.0
or
more

     Total1 4,880,548 29.4 4.2 12.5 16.3 14.0 11.4 11.3 9.2 8.0 6.3 6.8
Doctoral 1,143,108 24.0 5.2 19.8 28.4 18.2 8.8 6.9 4.6 4.5 1.2 2.4
Master’s 1,081,922 26.4 6.2 15.4 15.5 10.1 11.5 13.6 6.2 7.1 4.2 10.3
Other 4-year 315,249 25.7 8.0 13.3 13.0 8.5 7.3 6.9 3.6 8.5 10.9 20.1
2-year 2,340,269 35.8 2.3 7.6 11.1 14.6 13.2 13.0 13.6 10.0 9.1 5.5

1Minority students include American Indian (including Alaska Native), Asian/Pacific Islander (including Native Hawaiian), Black (including African American), and Hispanic (including Latino). See supplemental note 1 for information on race/ethnicity categories.

NOTE: Nonresident aliens are included in the total enrollment (i.e., the denominator), but none are considered minority students. Data are for 4- and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs in fall 2002. See supplemental note 8 for information on types of institutions. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. See supplemental note 3 for more information about the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2002 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:02), fall 2002, previously unpublished tabulation (December 2004).

 
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