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Students’ Gender, Race, and Ethnicity, by Sector, Fall 2017

Almanac 2019
August 18, 2019

African-American students made up nearly a third of all those at four-year and two-year for-profit institutions and more than a third of those at two-year private nonprofit institutions, while they were only 13.5 percent of all students enrolled in colleges in the fall of 2017. The sector in which Asian students had their highest representation was four-year public institutions. The sector in which white students had their highest representation was four-year private nonprofit institutions, where they made up nearly two-thirds of all students. The highest representation for Hispanics was at two-year public institutions, closely followed by two-year for-profit colleges. Click on the plus sign at the beginning of each row to see additional data.

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African-American students made up nearly a third of all those at four-year and two-year for-profit institutions and more than a third of those at two-year private nonprofit institutions, while they were only 13.5 percent of all students enrolled in colleges in the fall of 2017. The sector in which Asian students had their highest representation was four-year public institutions. The sector in which white students had their highest representation was four-year private nonprofit institutions, where they made up nearly two-thirds of all students. The highest representation for Hispanics was at two-year public institutions, closely followed by two-year for-profit colleges. Click on the plus sign at the beginning of each row to see additional data.

SectorTotalFemaleAmerican Indian or Alaska NativeAsianBlack or African-AmericanHispanicNative Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderWhite2 or more races Nonresident aliens
4-year public, number 8,839,171 4,860,879 53,473 607,664 925,071 1,421,794 17,694 4,677,996 321,468 537,661
4-year public, percentage 100.0% 55.0% 0.7% 7.6% 11.5% 17.7% 0.2% 58.3% 4.0% 6.1%
4-year private nonprofit, number 4,057,994 2,350,339 17,638 241,365 441,596 397,522 9,656 2,204,859 123,578 349,721
4-year private nonprofit, percentage 100.0% 57.9% 0.5% 7.0% 12.9% 11.6% 0.3% 64.2% 3.6% 8.6%
4-year for-profit, number 909,638 602,309 6,981 30,681 230,605 115,935 5,697 344,476 25,281 22,520
4-year for-profit, percentage 100.0% 66.2% 0.9% 4.0% 30.4% 15.3% 0.7% 45.3% 3.3% 2.5%
2-year public, number 5,706,678 3,217,688 50,948 334,771 741,785 1,405,951 15,021 2,668,462 192,094 86,546
2-year public, percentage 100.0% 56.4% 0.9% 6.2% 13.7% 26.0% 0.3% 49.3% 3.6% 1.5%
2-year private nonprofit, number 48,390 35,674 863 1,145 16,243 5,194 227 18,463 1,592 1,034
2-year private nonprofit, percentage 100.0% 73.7% 2.0% 2.6% 37.1% 11.9% 0.5% 42.2% 3.6% 2.1%
2-year for-profit, number 186,701 125,371 2,050 6,900 55,209 45,594 1,076 60,562 5,049 1,532
2-year for-profit, percentage 100.0% 67.2% 1.2% 3.9% 31.3% 25.8% 0.6% 34.3% 2.9% 0.8%
All institutions, number 19,748,577 11,192,263 131,953 1,222,526 2,410,510 3,391,991 49,371 9,974,821 669,067 999,014
All institutions, percentage 100.0% 56.7% 0.7% 6.8% 13.5% 19.0% 0.3% 55.9% 3.7% 5.1%

Note: This table shows all full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students at two-year and four-year degree-granting institutions in the United States that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid. Percentages of the racial or ethnic groups were calculated by dividing them into the totals minus the numbers of nonresident aliens and people whose race was unknown. The percentages whose race was unknown, which in 2017 ranged from 3.1 percent at four-year public institutions to 14.0 percent at four-year for-profit institutions, are not shown. “Hispanic” students may be of any race. Nonresident aliens are not included in any racial or ethnic categories. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to Ruth Hammond.

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


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A version of this article appeared in the August 23, 2019, issue.
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