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Minority Student Enrollments
Table 31-3.  Number and percentage of students enrolled in degree-granting institutions and, for each racial/ethnic group, the percentage distribution of students by their racial/ethnic enrollment concentration at the institution attended, by student race/ethnicity and type of institution: Fall 2002

      Racial/ethnic percentage of total enrollment at degree-granting institution2
  
Student race/
ethnicity1 and
type of institution
Number of
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

American Indian 165,914 1.0 78.8 4.0 6.2 0.9 1.0 0.2 # 3.3 1.1 4.4
  Doctoral 34,107 0.7 96.0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Master’s 35,037 0.9 81.4 3.6 14.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Other 4-year 15,465 1.3 51.0 8.3 5.6 0 2.2 0 0.4 7.7 7.5 17.2
  2-year 81,305 1.2 75.7 3.3 5.2 1.9 1.6 0.5 0 5.3 0.9 5.7
Asian/Pacific Islander 1,074,162 6.5 37.4 29.6 11.5 10.7 7.0 0.7 1.7 0.8 0.6 #
  Doctoral 383,412 8.1 35.5 34.9 9.4 14.2 3.1 0 3.0 0 0 0
  Master’s 204,558 5.0 44.5 16.6 16.8 14.4 7.0 0.5 0.1 0 0 0.2
  Other 4-year 45,170 3.7 59.0 23.7 7.1 2.0 5.1 1.1 1.2 0.1 0.7 0
  2-year 441,022 6.8 33.5 31.6 11.4 6.8 10.7 1.4 1.2 2.1 1.3 0
Black 1,978,746 11.9 24.5 24.1 15.2 9.8 5.6 3.1 1.8 3.3 5.8 6.7
  Doctoral 420,915 8.8 39.5 32.7 14.2 1.7 0.9 0 0 1.6 5.1 4.3
  Master’s 518,983 12.7 23.3 21.8 12.6 10.2 3.5 0.2 2.1 4.0 10.3 12.1
  Other 4-year 179,779 14.7 17.7 13.1 9.9 6.7 9.4 5.5 1.3 3.3 9.6 23.5
  2-year 859,069 13.2 19.3 23.6 18.4 14.2 8.4 5.9 2.7 3.7 2.6 1.1
White 11,140,240 67.1 0.2 0.6 1.3 2.3 4.9 7.7 13.9 23.9 28.5 16.7
  Doctoral 3,290,568 69.2 # 0.1 0.7 1.0 4.0 8.3 20.0 32.1 28.7 5.1
  Master’s 2,884,664 70.4 0.2 0.4 0.9 2.3 4.1 5.0 8.4 20.3 35.4 23.0
  Other 4-year 878,542 71.6 0.2 0.6 0.9 1.0 2.2 4.4 7.1 17.7 29.7 36.1
  2-year 4,086,466 62.6 0.2 1.1 2.1 3.7 6.9 9.8 14.4 21.2 23.0 17.4
Hispanic 1,661,726 10.0 21.9 22.6 16.1 10.9 8.9 7.7 4.8 2.5 2.8 1.8
  Doctoral 304,674 6.4 45.8 30.2 8.3 0.9 0 8.6 2.0 4.2 0 0
  Master’s 323,344 7.9 27.4 24.1 20.9 8.0 5.7 5.2 0.7 0 5.1 2.9
  Other 4-year 74,835 6.1 36.2 24.1 11.4 12.9 3.6 5.5 2.1 1.8 2.5 0
  2-year 958,873 14.7 11.3 19.6 17.3 14.9 13.1 8.5 7.3 2.9 2.9 2.2

# Rounds to zero.

1American Indian includes Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, Black includes African American, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. See supplemental note 1 for information on race/ethnicity categories.

2Refers to the concentration of student’s own racial/ethnic group at the institution attended.

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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