Enrollment of persons 14 to 34 years of age in institutions of higher education, by race/ethnicity, sex, and year of college: October 1965 to October 1994

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

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                       |      |      |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    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.
\2\Data for 1984 to 1993 are controlled to 1980 census base.
\3\Data for 1965 and 1970 include persons of Hispanic origin.
---Data not available.

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.)

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