Fall enrollment of U.S. resident students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1976 through 2023

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Table 306.30.Fall enrollment of U.S. resident students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1976 through 2023
Year	Enrollment (in thousands)									Percentage distribution
	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian/Pacific Islander			Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian/Pacific Islander			Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races
	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Total	Asian	Pacific Islander	Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Total	Asian	Pacific Islander	Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
1976	10,767	76	198	---	---	1,033	384	9,076	---	100.0	0.7	1.8	---	---	9.6	3.6	84.3	---
1980	11,782	84	286	---	---	1,107	472	9,833	---	100.0	0.7	2.4	---	---	9.4	4.0	83.5	---
1990	13,427	103	572	---	---	1,247	782	10,722	---	100.0	0.8	4.3	---	---	9.3	5.8	79.9	---
1994	13,823	127	774	---	---	1,449	1,046	10,427	---	100.0	0.9	5.6	---	---	10.5	7.6	75.4	---
1995	13,807	131	797	---	---	1,474	1,094	10,311	---	100.0	1.0	5.8	---	---	10.7	7.9	74.7	---
1996	13,901	138	828	---	---	1,506	1,166	10,264	---	100.0	1.0	6.0	---	---	10.8	8.4	73.8	---
1997	14,037	142	859	---	---	1,551	1,218	10,266	---	100.0	1.0	6.1	---	---	11.0	8.7	73.1	---
1998	14,063	144	900	---	---	1,583	1,257	10,179	---	100.0	1.0	6.4	---	---	11.3	8.9	72.4	---
1999	14,361	146	914	---	---	1,649	1,324	10,329	---	100.0	1.0	6.4	---	---	11.5	9.2	71.9	---
2000	14,784	151	978	---	---	1,730	1,462	10,462	---	100.0	1.0	6.6	---	---	11.7	9.9	70.8	---
2001	15,363	158	1,019	---	---	1,850	1,561	10,775	---	100.0	1.0	6.6	---	---	12.0	10.2	70.1	---
2002	16,021	166	1,074	---	---	1,979	1,662	11,140	---	100.0	1.0	6.7	---	---	12.4	10.4	69.5	---
2003	16,314	173	1,076	---	---	2,068	1,716	11,281	---	100.0	1.1	6.6	---	---	12.7	10.5	69.1	---
2004	16,682	176	1,109	---	---	2,165	1,810	11,423	---	100.0	1.1	6.6	---	---	13.0	10.8	68.5	---
2005	16,903	176	1,134	---	---	2,215	1,882	11,495	---	100.0	1.0	6.7	---	---	13.1	11.1	68.0	---
2006	17,158	181	1,165	---	---	2,280	1,964	11,568	---	100.0	1.1	6.8	---	---	13.3	11.4	67.4	---
2007	17,635	190	1,218	---	---	2,384	2,081	11,761	---	100.0	1.1	6.9	---	---	13.5	11.8	66.7	---
2008	18,421	193	1,303	---	---	2,580	2,271	12,075	---	100.0	1.0	7.1	---	---	14.0	12.3	65.5	---
2009	19,631	206	1,335	---	---	2,884	2,537	12,669	---	100.0	1.0	6.8	---	---	14.7	12.9	64.5	---
2010	20,312	196	1,282	1,218	64	3,039	2,749	12,721	325	100.0	1.0	6.3	6.0	0.3	15.0	13.5	62.6	1.6
2011	20,270	186	1,277	1,211	66	3,079	2,893	12,402	433	100.0	0.9	6.3	6.0	0.3	15.2	14.3	61.2	2.1
2012	19,861	173	1,258	1,195	64	2,962	2,980	11,982	505	100.0	0.9	6.3	6.0	0.3	14.9	15.0	60.3	2.5
2013	19,537	162	1,260	1,199	61	2,872	3,093	11,589	560	100.0	0.8	6.4	6.1	0.3	14.7	15.8	59.3	2.9
2014	19,291	153	1,272	1,214	58	2,793	3,192	11,239	642	100.0	0.8	6.6	6.3	0.3	14.5	16.5	58.3	3.3
2015	19,006	146	1,284	1,229	55	2,681	3,298	10,939	658	100.0	0.8	6.8	6.5	0.3	14.1	17.4	57.6	3.5
2016	18,849	142	1,307	1,253	53	2,589	3,428	10,717	666	100.0	0.8	6.9	6.7	0.3	13.7	18.2	56.9	3.5
2017	18,778	137	1,328	1,276	52	2,550	3,546	10,517	700	100.0	0.7	7.1	6.8	0.3	13.6	18.9	56.0	3.7
2018	18,661	133	1,355	1,305	50	2,496	3,643	10,305	729	100.0	0.7	7.3	7.0	0.3	13.4	19.5	55.2	3.9
2019	18,656	130	1,378	1,327	51	2,467	3,786	10,140	755	100.0	0.7	7.4	7.1	0.3	13.2	20.3	54.4	4.0
2020	18,179	121	1,391	1,343	49	2,389	3,697	9,817	763	100.0	0.7	7.7	7.4	0.3	13.1	20.3	54.0	4.2
2021	17,774	121	1,400	1,354	47	2,329	3,668	9,499	757	100.0	0.7	7.9	7.6	0.3	13.1	20.6	53.4	4.3
2022	17,617	121	1,415	1,371	44	2,323	3,782	9,211	765	100.0	0.7	8.0	7.8	0.3	13.2	21.5	52.3	4.3
2023	18,022	125	1,464	1,419	44	2,412	3,995	9,215	811	100.0	0.7	8.1	7.9	0.2	13.4	22.2	51.1	4.5
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NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Starting in 1990, data for students whose race/ethnicity was unknown were prorated into these groups based on the reported racial/ethnic distribution in each institution (does not include nonresident students). Prior to 2010, institutions were not required to report disaggregated data on students who were Asian, Pacific Islander, and of Two or more races, and each student could be counted in only one race category. Data through 1995 are for institutions of higher education and U.S. service academies, while later data are for degree-granting institutions that participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs and U.S. service academies. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Previous editions of this table included projections, which can be found at https://nces.ed.gov/programs/PES/current_tables.asp. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1976 and 1980; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99); IPEDS, Fall Enrollment component, Spring 2001 through Spring 2023 (final data) and Spring 2024 (provisional data). (This table was prepared December 2024.)

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