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Racial Representation Among College Students, by Type of Institution, 2010

August 26, 2012

Black and Hispanic students make up almost half of enrollment at for-profit, two-year colleges compared with 18 percent at public and private research institutions.

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Racial Representation Among College Students, by Type of Institution, 2010

Black and Hispanic students make up almost half of enrollment at for-profit, two-year colleges compared with 18 percent at public and private research institutions.

		Public institutions					Private nonprofit institutions					For-profit institutions
	All institutions	Research	Master’s	Baccalaureate	Special-focus	2-year	Research	Master’s	Baccalaureate	Special-focus	2-year	4-year	2-year
All races, total	21,016,126	4,026,611	2,654,459	1,150,190	93,511	7,218,038	1,185,089	1,387,700	893,442	356,029	32,660	1,588,220	430,177
White	61%	65%	63%	61%	61%	57%	58%	69%	71%	67%	54%	51%	44%
Black	14%	9%	14%	14%	8%	15%	9%	13%	16%	10%	23%	29%	27%
Hispanic	13%	9%	12%	16%	7%	18%	9%	8%	6%	6%	9%	12%	22%
Asian	6%	8%	5%	4%	12%	6%	10%	4%	3%	8%	4%	3%	3%
Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%
American Indian/Alaska Native	1%	1%	1%	1%	7%	1%	0%	1%	1%	2%	6%	1%	1%
Two or more races	2%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%
Nonresident alien	3%	6%	3%	2%	4%	1%	11%	3%	3%	6%	3%	2%	1%

Note: Percentages are rounded. Figures include full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students.

Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Education Department data