Skip Navigation
small header image
Digest of Education Statistics
1996 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Issue of the Digest

Table 203.Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by level of study, sex, and race/ethnicity of student: 1976 to 1994

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   |                        Number, in thousands                                             |  Percentage distribution, by level of study\1\
     Level of study, sex, and      |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
     race/ethnicity of student     |  1976   |  1980   |  1984   |  1988   |  1990   |  1991   | 1992\2\ | 1993\2\ | 1994\3\ | 1976 | 1980 | 1988 | 1990 |1992\2\|1993\2\|1994\3\
-----------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|------|------|------|------|-------|-------|-------
                 1                 |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7    |    8    |    9    |   10    |  11  |  12  |  13  |  14  |  15   |  16   |  17
-----------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|------|------|------|------|-------|-------|-------
           All students            |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Total ............................|10,985.6 |12,086.8 |12,233.0 |13,043.1 |13,818.6 |14,359.0 |14,487.4 |14,304.8 |14,278.8 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
White, non-Hispanic ...............| 9,076.1 | 9,833.0 | 9,814.7 |10,283.2 |10,722.5 |10,989.8 |10,875.4 |10,600.0 |10,427.0 | 84.3 | 83.5 | 81.1 | 79.9 |  77.5 |  76.5 |  75.4
Total minority ....................| 1,690.8 | 1,948.8 | 2,083.8 | 2,398.8 | 2,704.7 | 2,952.8 | 3,164.2 | 3,247.7 | 3,395.9 | 15.7 | 16.5 | 18.9 | 20.1 |  22.5 |  23.5 |  24.6
  Black, non-Hispanic .............| 1,033.0 | 1,106.8 | 1,075.8 | 1,129.6 | 1,247.0 | 1,335.4 | 1,392.9 | 1,412.8 | 1,448.6 |  9.6 |  9.4 |  8.9 |  9.3 |   9.9 |  10.2 |  10.5
  Hispanic ........................|   383.8 |   471.7 |   534.9 |   680.0 |   782.4 |   866.6 |   955.0 |   988.8 | 1,045.6 |  3.6 |  4.0 |  5.4 |  5.8 |   6.8 |   7.1 |   7.6
  Asian or Pacific Islander .......|   197.9 |   286.4 |   389.5 |   496.7 |   572.4 |   637.2 |   697.0 |   724.4 |   774.3 |  1.8 |  2.4 |  3.9 |  4.3 |   5.0 |   5.2 |   5.6
  American Indian/Alaskan Native ..|    76.1 |    83.9 |    83.6 |    92.5 |   102.8 |   113.7 |   119.3 |   121.7 |   127.4 |  0.7 |  0.7 |  0.7 |  0.8 |   0.8 |   0.9 |   0.9
Nonresident alien .................|   218.7 |   305.0 |   334.6 |   361.2 |   391.5 |   416.4 |   447.7 |   457.1 |   455.9 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Men ..............................| 5,794.4 | 5,868.1 | 5,858.3 | 5,998.2 | 6,283.9 | 6,501.8 | 6,524.0 | 6,427.5 | 6,371.9 | 52.4 | 48.0 | 45.4 | 45.0 |  44.5 |  44.4 |  44.1
  White, non-Hispanic .............| 4,813.7 | 4,772.9 | 4,689.9 | 4,711.6 | 4,861.0 | 4,962.2 | 4,884.6 | 4,755.0 | 4,650.7 | 44.7 | 40.5 | 37.2 | 36.2 |  34.8 |  34.3 |  33.6
  Total minority ..................|   826.6 |   884.4 |   937.9 | 1,051.3 | 1,176.6 | 1,280.3 | 1,366.3 | 1,399.1 | 1,451.7 |  7.7 |  7.5 |  8.3 |  8.8 |   9.7 |  10.1 |  10.5
    Black, non-Hispanic ...........|   469.9 |   463.7 |   436.8 |   442.7 |   484.7 |   517.0 |   536.9 |   543.7 |   549.7 |  4.4 |  3.9 |  3.5 |  3.6 |   3.8 |   3.9 |   4.0
    Hispanic ......................|   209.7 |   231.6 |   253.8 |   310.3 |   353.9 |   390.5 |   427.7 |   441.2 |   464.0 |  1.9 |  2.0 |  2.4 |  2.6 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   3.4
    Asian or Pacific Islander .....|   108.4 |   151.3 |   210.0 |   259.2 |   294.9 |   325.1 |   351.5 |   363.1 |   385.0 |  1.0 |  1.3 |  2.0 |  2.2 |   2.5 |   2.6 |   2.8
    American Indian/Alaskan Native |    38.5 |    37.8 |    37.4 |    39.1 |    43.1 |    47.6 |    50.2 |    51.2 |    53.0 |  0.4 |  0.3 |  0.3 |  0.3 |   0.4 |   0.4 |   0.4
  Nonresident alien ...............|   154.1 |   210.8 |   230.4 |   235.3 |   246.3 |   259.4 |   273.1 |   273.4 |   269.5 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Women ............................| 5,191.2 | 6,218.7 | 6,374.7 | 7,044.9 | 7,534.7 | 7,857.1 | 7,963.4 | 7,877.4 | 7,906.9 | 47.6 | 52.0 | 54.6 | 55.0 |  55.5 |  55.6 |  55.9
  White, non-Hispanic .............| 4,262.4 | 5,060.1 | 5,124.7 | 5,571.6 | 5,861.5 | 6,027.6 | 5,990.8 | 5,845.1 | 5,776.3 | 39.6 | 42.9 | 43.9 | 43.7 |  42.7 |  42.2 |  41.8
  Total minority ..................|   864.2 | 1,064.4 | 1,145.8 | 1,347.4 | 1,528.1 | 1,672.5 | 1,797.9 | 1,848.6 | 1,944.2 |  8.0 |  9.0 | 10.6 | 11.4 |  12.8 |  13.3 |  14.1
    Black, non-Hispanic ...........|   563.1 |   643.0 |   639.0 |   686.9 |   762.3 |   818.4 |   856.0 |   869.1 |   898.9 |  5.2 |  5.5 |  5.4 |  5.7 |   6.1 |   6.3 |   6.5
    Hispanic ......................|   174.1 |   240.1 |   281.2 |   369.6 |   428.5 |   476.0 |   527.3 |   547.6 |   581.6 |  1.6 |  2.0 |  2.9 |  3.2 |   3.8 |   4.0 |   4.2
    Asian or Pacific Islander .....|    89.4 |   135.2 |   179.5 |   237.5 |   277.5 |   312.0 |   345.6 |   361.3 |   389.3 |  0.8 |  1.1 |  1.9 |  2.1 |   2.5 |   2.6 |   2.8
    American Indian/Alaskan Native |    37.6 |    46.1 |    46.1 |    53.4 |    59.7 |    66.1 |    69.1 |    70.5 |    74.4 |  0.3 |  0.4 |  0.4 |  0.4 |   0.5 |   0.5 |   0.5
  Nonresident alien ...............|    64.6 |    94.2 |   104.1 |   125.9 |   145.2 |   157.0 |   174.6 |   183.7 |   186.4 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|======|======|======|======|=======|=======|=======
           Undergraduate           |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Total ............................| 9,419.0 |10,469.1 |10,610.8 |11,304.2 |11,959.1 |12,439.3 |12,537.7 |12,324.0 |12,262.6 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
White, non-Hispanic ...............| 7,740.5 | 8,480.7 | 8,484.0 | 8,906.7 | 9,272.6 | 9,507.7 | 9,387.6 | 9,100.4 | 8,916.0 | 83.4 | 82.7 | 80.2 | 79.0 |  76.4 |  75.5 |  74.3
Total minority ....................| 1,535.3 | 1,778.5 | 1,911.0 | 2,192.4 | 2,467.7 | 2,697.9 | 2,892.2 | 2,955.4 | 3,077.2 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 19.8 | 21.0 |  23.6 |  24.5 |  25.7
  Black, non-Hispanic .............|   943.4 | 1,018.8 |   994.9 | 1,038.8 | 1,147.2 | 1,229.3 | 1,280.6 | 1,290.4 | 1,317.3 | 10.2 |  9.9 |  9.4 |  9.8 |  10.4 |  10.7 |  11.0
  Hispanic ........................|   352.9 |   433.1 |   495.2 |   631.2 |   724.6 |   804.2 |   887.8 |   918.1 |   968.3 |  3.8 |  4.2 |  5.7 |  6.2 |   7.2 |   7.6 |   8.1
  Asian or Pacific Islander .......|   169.3 |   248.7 |   343.0 |   436.6 |   500.5 |   558.7 |   613.0 |   634.2 |   674.1 |  1.8 |  2.4 |  3.9 |  4.3 |   5.0 |   5.3 |   5.6
  American Indian/Alaskan Native ..|    69.7 |    77.9 |    77.8 |    85.9 |    95.5 |   105.8 |   110.9 |   112.7 |   117.4 |  0.8 |  0.8 |  0.8 |  0.8 |   0.9 |   0.9 |   1.0
Nonresident alien .................|   143.2 |   209.9 |   215.8 |   205.0 |   218.7 |   233.6 |   257.9 |   268.2 |   269.4 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Men ..............................| 4,896.8 | 4,997.4 | 5,002.4 | 5,133.7 | 5,379.8 | 5,571.0 | 5,582.9 | 5,483.7 | 5,422.1 | 51.8 | 47.3 | 45.1 | 44.7 |  44.3 |  44.3 |  44.0
  White, non-Hispanic .............| 4,052.2 | 4,054.9 | 4,005.1 | 4,053.8 | 4,184.4 | 4,273.0 | 4,195.5 | 4,067.0 | 3,963.1 | 43.7 | 39.5 | 36.5 | 35.6 |  34.2 |  33.7 |  33.0
  Total minority ..................|   748.2 |   802.7 |   855.0 |   956.0 | 1,069.3 | 1,165.2 | 1,244.2 | 1,270.1 | 1,312.4 |  8.1 |  7.8 |  8.6 |  9.1 |  10.1 |  10.5 |  10.9
    Black, non-Hispanic ...........|   430.7 |   428.2 |   404.8 |   408.2 |   448.0 |   478.1 |   495.6 |   499.6 |   502.9 |  4.6 |  4.2 |  3.7 |  3.8 |   4.0 |   4.1 |   4.2
    Hispanic ......................|   191.7 |   211.2 |   233.9 |   287.2 |   326.9 |   361.4 |   397.1 |   409.2 |   429.4 |  2.1 |  2.1 |  2.6 |  2.8 |   3.2 |   3.4 |   3.6
    Asian or Pacific Islander .....|    91.1 |   128.5 |   181.7 |   224.4 |   254.5 |   281.5 |   305.0 |   314.1 |   331.4 |  1.0 |  1.3 |  2.0 |  2.2 |   2.5 |   2.6 |   2.8
    American Indian/Alaskan Native |    34.8 |    34.8 |    34.6 |    36.2 |    39.9 |    44.2 |    46.6 |    47.2 |    48.6 |  0.4 |  0.3 |  0.3 |  0.3 |   0.4 |   0.4 |   0.4
  Nonresident alien ...............|    96.4 |   139.8 |   142.3 |   124.0 |   126.1 |   132.8 |   143.3 |   146.6 |   146.6 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Women ............................| 4,522.1 | 5,471.7 | 5,608.4 | 6,170.4 | 6,579.3 | 6,868.3 | 6,954.8 | 6,840.3 | 6,840.5 | 48.2 | 52.7 | 54.9 | 55.3 |  55.7 |  55.7 |  56.0
  White, non-Hispanic .............| 3,688.3 | 4,425.8 | 4,478.9 | 4,852.9 | 5,088.2 | 5,234.8 | 5,192.1 | 5,033.4 | 4,953.0 | 39.8 | 43.1 | 43.7 | 43.3 |  42.3 |  41.8 |  41.3
  Total minority ..................|   787.0 |   975.8 | 1,056.0 | 1,236.5 | 1,398.5 | 1,532.7 | 1,648.0 | 1,685.2 | 1,764.8 |  8.5 |  9.5 | 11.1 | 11.9 |  13.4 |  14.0 |  14.7
    Black, non-Hispanic ...........|   512.7 |   590.6 |   590.2 |   630.6 |   699.2 |   751.1 |   785.0 |   790.8 |   814.4 |  5.5 |  5.8 |  5.7 |  6.0 |   6.4 |   6.6 |   6.8
    Hispanic ......................|   161.2 |   221.8 |   261.3 |   344.0 |   397.6 |   442.7 |   490.7 |   508.9 |   538.9 |  1.7 |  2.2 |  3.1 |  3.4 |   4.0 |   4.2 |   4.5
    Asian or Pacific Islander .....|    78.2 |   120.2 |   161.4 |   212.2 |   246.0 |   277.2 |   308.0 |   320.0 |   342.7 |  0.8 |  1.2 |  1.9 |  2.1 |   2.5 |   2.7 |   2.9
    American Indian/Alaskan Native |    34.9 |    43.1 |    43.2 |    49.7 |    55.5 |    61.6 |    64.3 |    65.5 |    68.8 |  0.4 |  0.4 |  0.4 |  0.5 |   0.5 |   0.5 |   0.6
  Nonresident alien ...............|    46.8 |    70.1 |    73.5 |    81.1 |    92.6 |   100.8 |   114.6 |   121.7 |   122.8 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
             Graduate              |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Total ............................| 1,322.5 | 1,340.9 | 1,343.7 | 1,471.9 | 1,586.2 | 1,639.1 | 1,668.7 | 1,688.4 | 1,721.5 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
White, non-Hispanic ...............| 1,115.6 | 1,104.7 |  1087.3 |  1153.2 |  1228.4 |  1258.0 | 1,267.2 | 1,273.8 | 1,286.8 | 89.2 | 88.5 | 87.3 | 86.6 |  85.3 |  84.6 |  83.5
Total minority ....................|   134.5 |   144.0 |   141.1 |   167.2 |   190.5 |   204.1 |   217.9 |   232.7 |   255.2 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 13.4 |  14.7 |  15.4 |  16.5
  Black, non-Hispanic .............|    78.5 |    75.1 |    67.4 |    76.5 |    83.9 |    88.9 |    94.1 |   102.2 |   110.6 |  6.3 |  6.0 |  5.8 |  5.9 |   6.3 |   6.8 |   7.2
  Hispanic ........................|    26.4 |    32.1 |    31.7 |    39.5 |    47.2 |    50.9 |    55.3 |    57.9 |    63.9 |  2.1 |  2.6 |  3.0 |  3.3 |   3.7 |   3.8 |   4.1
  Asian or Pacific Islander .......|    24.5 |    31.6 |    37.1 |    45.7 |    53.2 |    57.6 |    61.5 |    65.2 |    72.6 |  2.0 |  2.5 |  3.5 |  3.8 |   4.1 |   4.3 |   4.7
  American Indian/Alaskan Native ..|     5.1 |     5.2 |     4.8 |     5.6 |     6.2 |     6.6 |     7.0 |     7.3 |     8.1 |  0.4 |  0.4 |  0.4 |  0.4 |   0.5 |   0.5 |   0.5
Nonresident alien .................|    72.4 |    92.2 |   115.3 |   151.4 |   167.3 |   177.0 |   183.6 |   182.0 |   179.5 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Men ..............................|   707.9 |   672.2 |   671.0 |   697.8 |   737.4 |   761.0 |   772.4 |   771.0 |   775.8 | 52.2 | 48.3 | 44.7 | 43.8 |  43.6 |  43.1 |  42.7
  White, non-Hispanic .............|   589.1 |   538.5 |   521.3 |   516.5 |   538.8 |   550.7 |   553.7 |   550.9 |   551.4 | 47.1 | 43.1 | 39.1 | 38.0 |  37.3 |  36.6 |  35.8
  Total minority ..................|    63.7 |    65.0 |    64.2 |    73.3 |    82.1 |    87.8 |    93.3 |    98.1 |   106.3 |  5.1 |  5.2 |  5.6 |  5.8 |   6.3 |   6.5 |   6.9
    Black, non-Hispanic ...........|    32.0 |    28.2 |    24.9 |    27.4 |    29.3 |    31.0 |    33.1 |    35.3 |    37.7 |  2.6 |  2.3 |  2.1 |  2.1 |   2.2 |   2.3 |   2.4
    Hispanic ......................|    14.6 |    15.7 |    14.7 |    17.4 |    20.6 |    22.4 |    23.6 |    24.8 |    27.0 |  1.2 |  1.3 |  1.3 |  1.5 |   1.6 |   1.6 |   1.8
    Asian or Pacific Islander .....|    14.4 |    18.6 |    22.4 |    26.2 |    29.7 |    31.8 |    33.8 |    35.1 |    38.3 |  1.2 |  1.5 |  2.0 |  2.1 |   2.3 |   2.3 |   2.5
    American Indian/Alaskan Native |     2.7 |     2.5 |     2.2 |     2.3 |     2.6 |     2.7 |     2.9 |     3.0 |     3.3 |  0.2 |  0.2 |  0.2 |  0.2 |   0.2 |   0.2 |   0.2
  Nonresident alien ...............|    55.1 |    68.7 |    85.6 |   108.0 |   116.4 |   122.4 |   125.4 |   122.0 |   118.1 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Women ............................|   614.6 |   668.7 |   672.6 |   774.1 |   848.8 |   878.2 |   896.3 |   917.4 |   945.6 | 47.8 | 51.7 | 55.3 | 56.2 |  56.4 |  56.9 |  57.3
  White, non-Hispanic .............|   526.5 |   566.2 |   566.0 |   636.8 |   689.5 |   707.3 |   713.6 |   722.9 |   735.4 | 42.1 | 45.3 | 48.2 | 48.6 |  48.0 |  48.0 |  47.7
  Total minority ..................|    70.8 |    79.0 |    76.9 |    93.9 |   108.3 |   116.3 |   124.6 |   134.6 |   148.9 |  5.7 |  6.3 |  7.1 |  7.6 |   8.4 |   8.9 |   9.7
    Black, non-Hispanic ...........|    46.5 |    46.9 |    42.5 |    49.1 |    54.6 |    57.9 |    61.0 |    66.9 |    72.9 |  3.7 |  3.8 |  3.7 |  3.8 |   4.1 |   4.4 |   4.7
    Hispanic ......................|    11.8 |    16.4 |    17.1 |    22.0 |    26.6 |    28.6 |    31.7 |    33.1 |    36.9 |  0.9 |  1.3 |  1.7 |  1.9 |   2.1 |   2.2 |   2.4
    Asian or Pacific Islander .....|    10.1 |    13.0 |    14.7 |    19.5 |    23.6 |    25.9 |    27.8 |    30.2 |    34.3 |  0.8 |  1.0 |  1.5 |  1.7 |   1.9 |   2.0 |   2.2
    American Indian/Alaskan Native |     2.4 |     2.7 |     2.6 |     3.3 |     3.6 |     3.9 |     4.1 |     4.3 |     4.8 |  0.2 |  0.2 |  0.2 |  0.3 |   0.3 |   0.3 |   0.3
  Nonresident alien ...............|    17.3 |    23.5 |    29.7 |    43.4 |    50.9 |    54.6 |    58.2 |    59.9 |    61.4 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
        First-professional         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Total ............................|   244.1 |   276.8 |   278.5 |   267.1 |   273.4 |   280.5 |   280.9 |   292.4 |   294.7 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
White, non-Hispanic ...............|   220.0 |   247.7 |   243.4 |   223.2 |   221.5 |   224.0 |   220.6 |   225.9 |   224.2 | 91.3 | 90.4 | 85.1 | 82.6 |  80.3 |  79.1 |  77.9
Total minority ....................|    21.1 |    26.3 |    31.7 |    39.1 |    46.5 |    50.8 |    54.1 |    59.6 |    63.5 |  8.7 |  9.6 | 14.9 | 17.4 |  19.7 |  20.9 |  22.1
  Black, non-Hispanic .............|    11.2 |    12.8 |    13.4 |    14.3 |    15.9 |    17.2 |    18.2 |    20.2 |    20.7 |  4.6 |  4.7 |  5.5 |  5.9 |   6.6 |   7.1 |   7.2
  Hispanic ........................|     4.5 |     6.5 |     8.0 |     9.3 |    10.7 |    11.4 |    12.0 |    12.8 |    13.4 |  1.9 |  2.4 |  3.6 |  4.0 |   4.4 |   4.5 |   4.7
  Asian or Pacific Islander .......|     4.1 |     6.1 |     9.3 |    14.4 |    18.7 |    20.8 |    22.5 |    25.0 |    27.6 |  1.7 |  2.2 |  5.5 |  7.0 |   8.2 |   8.8 |   9.6
  American Indian/Alaskan Native ..|     1.3 |     0.8 |     1.0 |     1.1 |     1.1 |     1.3 |     1.5 |     1.7 |     1.8 |  0.5 |  0.3 |  0.4 |  0.4 |   0.5 |   0.6 |   0.6
Nonresident alien .................|     3.1 |     2.9 |     3.4 |     4.7 |     5.4 |     5.8 |     6.2 |     6.9 |     7.0 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Men ..............................|   189.6 |   198.5 |   184.9 |   166.7 |   166.8 |   169.9 |   168.6 |   172.8 |   174.0 | 77.6 | 71.6 | 62.3 | 60.8 |  59.8 |  58.8 |  58.8
  White, non-Hispanic .............|   172.4 |   179.5 |   163.6 |   141.3 |   137.8 |   138.6 |   135.5 |   137.2 |   136.2 | 71.5 | 65.5 | 53.8 | 51.4 |  49.3 |  48.0 |  47.3
  Total minority ..................|    14.7 |    16.7 |    18.8 |    22.1 |    25.3 |    27.2 |    28.8 |    30.9 |    33.0 |  6.1 |  6.1 |  8.4 |  9.4 |  10.5 |  10.8 |  11.5
    Black, non-Hispanic ...........|     7.2 |     7.4 |     7.1 |     7.1 |     7.4 |     7.9 |     8.2 |     8.8 |     9.1 |  3.0 |  2.7 |  2.7 |  2.8 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   3.2
    Hispanic ......................|     3.5 |     4.6 |     5.2 |     5.7 |     6.4 |     6.7 |     7.0 |     7.2 |     7.5 |  1.5 |  1.7 |  2.2 |  2.4 |   2.6 |   2.5 |   2.6
    Asian or Pacific Islander .....|     2.9 |     4.1 |     5.9 |     8.6 |    10.8 |    11.9 |    12.7 |    13.9 |    15.3 |  1.2 |  1.5 |  3.3 |  4.0 |   4.6 |   4.9 |   5.3
    American Indian/Alaskan Native |     1.0 |     0.5 |     0.6 |     0.6 |     0.6 |     0.7 |     0.8 |     0.9 |     1.0 |  0.4 |  0.2 |  0.2 |  0.2 |   0.3 |   0.3 |   0.4
  Nonresident alien ...............|     2.5 |     2.3 |     2.5 |     3.4 |     3.8 |     4.1 |     4.4 |     4.8 |     4.8 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |      |      |      |      |       |       |
 Women ............................|    54.5 |    78.4 |    93.6 |   100.4 |   106.6 |   110.7 |   112.3 |   119.6 |   120.8 | 22.4 | 28.4 | 37.7 | 39.2 |  40.2 |  41.2 |  41.2
  White, non-Hispanic .............|    47.6 |    68.1 |    79.8 |    82.0 |    83.7 |    85.4 |    85.1 |    88.8 |    88.0 | 19.7 | 24.9 | 31.2 | 31.2 |  31.0 |  31.1 |  30.6
  Total minority ..................|     6.4 |     9.6 |    12.9 |    17.1 |    21.3 |    23.5 |    25.3 |    28.8 |    30.5 |  2.6 |  3.5 |  6.5 |  7.9 |   9.2 |  10.1 |  10.6
    Black, non-Hispanic ...........|     3.9 |     5.5 |     6.3 |     7.2 |     8.5 |     9.3 |    10.0 |    11.4 |    11.5 |  1.6 |  2.0 |  2.7 |  3.2 |   3.6 |   4.0 |   4.0
    Hispanic ......................|     1.0 |     1.9 |     2.8 |     3.6 |     4.3 |     4.7 |     4.9 |     5.5 |     5.9 |  0.4 |  0.7 |  1.4 |  1.6 |   1.8 |   1.9 |   2.0
    Asian or Pacific Islander .....|     1.1 |     2.0 |     3.5 |     5.8 |     7.9 |     8.9 |     9.8 |    11.1 |    12.3 |  0.5 |  0.7 |  2.2 |  3.0 |   3.6 |   3.9 |   4.3
    American Indian/Alaskan Native |     0.2 |     0.3 |     0.4 |     0.5 |     0.5 |     0.6 |     0.7 |     0.7 |     0.8 |  0.1 |  0.1 |  0.2 |  0.2 |   0.2 |   0.3 |   0.3
  Nonresident alien ...............|     0.5 |     0.6 |     0.9 |     1.4 |     1.6 |     1.7 |     1.8 |     2.1 |     2.3 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
-----------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|------|------|------|------|-------|-------|-------

\1\Distribution for U.S. citizens only.

\2\Revised from previously published data.

\3\Preliminary data.

---Not applicable.

NOTE.--Because of underreporting and nonreporting of racial/ethnic data, some figures are slightly lower than corresponding data in other tables. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" survey. (This table was prepared May 1996.)


1996 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Issue of the Digest
1990 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006, USA
Phone: (202) 502-7300 (map)