Table 205. | Enrollment of persons 14 to 34 years of age\1\ in institutions of higher education, by race/ethnicity, sex, and year of college: October 1965 to October 1994 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Characteristic | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 |1984\2\| 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 _______________________|______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 _______________________|______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________ | Numbers in thousands |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All students .......|5,675 |7,413 |9,697 |10,181 |10,858 |10,863 |10,605 |10,919 |10,937 |11,068 |11,303 |11,589 |11,671 |11,409 | 12,298 |______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________ White, non-Hispanic\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total ...............|5,317 |6,759 |8,141 | 8,453 | 8,764 | 8,781 | 8,284 | 8,519 | 8,616 | 8,786 | 8,892 | 8,916 | 8,883 | 8,592 | 9,076 Men ...............|3,326 |4,066 |4,566 | 4,225 | 4,487 | 4,361 | 4,158 | 4,221 | 4,155 | 4,220 | 4,298 | 4,323 | 4,207 | 4,168 | 4,313 Women .............|1,991 |2,693 |3,576 | 4,228 | 4,277 | 4,420 | 4,126 | 4,299 | 4,461 | 4,565 | 4,594 | 4,594 | 4,676 | 4,424 | 4,764 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Black, non-Hispanic\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| 274 | 522 | 927 | 996 | 1,124 | 1,036 | 1,126 | 1,162 | 1,096 | 1,116 | 1,167 | 1,190 | 1,205 | 1,227 | 1,478 Men ...............| 126 | 253 | 433 | 431 | 538 | 458 | 484 | 505 | 423 | 425 | 508 | 523 | 467 | 515 | 650 Women .............| 148 | 269 | 494 | 565 | 586 | 578 | 642 | 657 | 674 | 690 | 659 | 667 | 738 | 713 | 828 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| --- | --- | 411 | 443 | 524 | 579 | 677 | 667 | 654 | 640 | 617 | 721 | 816 | 867 | 982 Men ...............| --- | --- | 219 | 222 | 232 | 280 | 331 | 369 | 313 | 311 | 297 | 310 | 349 | 391 | 443 Women .............| --- | --- | 192 | 221 | 292 | 299 | 346 | 298 | 341 | 330 | 321 | 411 | 468 | 475 | 539 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Year of college | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | First ...............|1,861 |2,212 |2,886 | 2,958 | 3,023 | 2,956 | 2,965 | 2,915 | 3,131 | 2,983 | 3,109 | 2,995 | 3,274 | 3,139 | 3,357 Second ..............|1,256 |1,739 |2,376 | 2,411 | 2,454 | 2,585 | 2,564 | 2,745 | 2,598 | 2,680 | 2,798 | 2,959 | 3,002 | 2,964 | 3,075 Third ...............| 896 |1,248 |1,491 | 1,716 | 1,981 | 1,931 | 1,803 | 2,011 | 1,979 | 2,017 | 1,958 | 2,009 | 2,136 | 2,080 | 2,244 Fourth ..............| 803 |1,074 |1,354 | 1,403 | 1,599 | 1,642 | 1,640 | 1,556 | 1,631 | 1,676 | 1,817 | 1,877 | 1,681 | 1,692 | 1,902 Fifth or higher .....| 859 |1,140 |1,590 | 1,692 | 1,802 | 1,749 | 1,633 | 1,690 | 1,598 | 1,711 | 1,620 | 1,749 | 1,578 | 1,535 | 1,719 |______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________ | Percentage distribution |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All students .......|100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________ White, non-Hispanic\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| 93.7 | 91.2 | 84.0 | 83.0 | 80.7 | 80.8 | 78.1 | 78.0 | 78.8 | 79.4 | 78.7 | 76.9 | 76.1 | 75.3 | 73.8 Men ...............| 58.6 | 54.8 | 47.1 | 41.5 | 41.3 | 40.1 | 39.2 | 38.7 | 38.0 | 38.1 | 38.0 | 37.3 | 36.0 | 36.5 | 35.1 Women .............| 35.1 | 36.3 | 36.9 | 41.5 | 39.4 | 40.7 | 38.9 | 39.4 | 40.8 | 41.2 | 40.6 | 39.6 | 40.1 | 38.8 | 38.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Black, non-Hispanic\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| 4.8 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 12.0 Men ...............| 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.3 Women .............| 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| --- | --- | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.0 Men ...............| --- | --- | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 Women .............| --- | --- | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Year of college | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | First ...............| 32.8 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 29.1 | 27.8 | 27.2 | 28.0 | 26.7 | 28.6 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 25.8 | 28.1 | 27.5 | 27.3 Second ..............| 22.1 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 23.7 | 22.6 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 25.1 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 24.8 | 25.5 | 25.7 | 26.0 | 25.0 Third ...............| 15.8 | 16.8 | 15.4 | 16.9 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 17.0 | 18.4 | 18.1 | 18.2 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 18.3 | 18.2 | 18.3 Fourth ..............| 14.1 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 Fifth or higher .....| 15.1 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 14.6 | 15.5 | 14.3 | 15.1 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 _______________________|______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________ |
\1\Totals differ from those shown in other tables. This table presents data collected in sample surveys of households rather than surveys
of institutions. Excludes persons age 35 and over. NOTE.--Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-20, No. 403, and unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1995.) |