| Table 22. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in all degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity: Fall 1991 through fall 2016 [In thousands] |
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| Race/ethnicity | Nonresident alien1 | ||||||||
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| Year | Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian / Pacific Islander |
American Indian/ Alaska Native | |||
| Actual | |||||||||
| 1991 | 14,360 | 10,990 | 1,335 | 867 | 637 | 114 | 416 | ||
| 1992 | 14,488 | 10,876 | 1,393 | 955 | 697 | 119 | 448 | ||
| 1993 | 14,306 | 10,601 | 1,413 | 989 | 725 | 122 | 457 | ||
| 1994 | 14,280 | 10,428 | 1,449 | 1,046 | 774 | 127 | 456 | ||
| 1995 | 14,264 | 10,313 | 1,474 | 1,094 | 797 | 131 | 454 | ||
| 1996 | 14,369 | 10,265 | 1,506 | 1,166 | 828 | 138 | 466 | ||
| 1997 | 14,504 | 10,267 | 1,551 | 1,219 | 859 | 142 | 465 | ||
| 1998 | 14,509 | 10,180 | 1,583 | 1,257 | 901 | 144 | 444 | ||
| 1999 | 14,792 | 10,283 | 1,643 | 1,319 | 913 | 145 | 488 | ||
| 2000 | 15,313 | 10,463 | 1,730 | 1,462 | 978 | 151 | 529 | ||
| 2001 | 15,929 | 10,775 | 1,850 | 1,561 | 1,019 | 158 | 565 | ||
| 2002 | 16,613 | 11,141 | 1,979 | 1,662 | 1,074 | 166 | 591 | ||
| 2003 | 16,902 | 11,276 | 2,069 | 1,716 | 1,076 | 173 | 592 | ||
| 2004 | 17,273 | 11,423 | 2,165 | 1,810 | 1,109 | 176 | 590 | ||
| 2005 | 17,489 | 11,496 | 2,215 | 1,882 | 1,134 | 176 | 585 | ||
| Projected | |||||||||
| 2006 | 17,672 | 11,572 | 2,235 | 1,944 | 1,138 | 194 | 589 | ||
| 2007 | 17,958 | 11,693 | 2,291 | 2,011 | 1,170 | 197 | 595 | ||
| 2008 | 18,264 | 11,827 | 2,351 | 2,080 | 1,204 | 201 | 602 | ||
| 2009 | 18,567 | 11,950 | 2,414 | 2,154 | 1,238 | 204 | 608 | ||
| 2010 | 18,839 | 12,046 | 2,472 | 2,227 | 1,271 | 208 | 615 | ||
| 2011 | 19,105 | 12,132 | 2,531 | 2,301 | 1,307 | 212 | 623 | ||
| 2012 | 19,374 | 12,207 | 2,595 | 2,378 | 1,346 | 217 | 632 | ||
| 2013 | 19,662 | 12,283 | 2,667 | 2,465 | 1,385 | 221 | 641 | ||
| 2014 | 19,944 | 12,354 | 2,734 | 2,554 | 1,425 | 226 | 651 | ||
| 2015 | 20,192 | 12,400 | 2,794 | 2,641 | 1,464 | 231 | 660 | ||
| 2016 | 20,442 | 12,448 | 2,855 | 2,729 | 1,503 | 236 | 670 | ||
| 1 The racial/ethnic backgrounds of nonresident aliens are not known. |
| NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Data for 1999 were imputed using alternative procedures. (For more details, see appendix E of Projections of Education Statistics to 2011.) Enrollment data in the "racial/ethnicity unknown" category of the IPEDS "Fall Enrollment Survey" have been prorated to the other racial/ethnicity categories at the institutional level. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2, appendix A |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:91–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2006; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions by Race/Ethnicity Model, 1980–2005. (This table was prepared December 2006.) |
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