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Undergraduate enrollment numbers in the United States, by ethnicity 1976 to 2016

Number of undergraduate students enrolled in the United States from 1976 to 2016, by ethnicity (in thousand)

The data displays the number of undergraduate students enrolled in degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the U.S. from 1976 to 2016, as distinguished by the race or ethnicity of the students. In 2016, there were approx. 142,300 students with American Indian or Alaskan Native heritage enrolled at an university in the United States

1976	9076.1	1033	383.8	197.9			76.1		218.7
1980	9833	1106.8	471.7	286.4			83.9		305
1990	10722.5	1247	782.4	572.4			102.8		391.5
2000	10462.1	1730.3	1461.8	978.2			151.2		528.7
2005	11495.4	2214.6	1882	1134.4			176.3		584.8
2009	12668.9	2883.9	2537.4	1335.3			205.9		682.2
2010	12720.8	3039	2748.8	1281.6	1217.6	64	196.2	325.4	707.7
2011	12401.9	3079.2	2893	1277	1211	66	186.2	432.7	740.5
2012	11982.2	2962.4	2980.3	1258.2	1194.7	63.5	173	504.8	783.6
2013	11589.4	2872	3093.2	1259.7	1198.7	61	162.2	560	840.2
2014	11239.3	2792.8	3191.9	1272.2	1213.8	58.5	152.9	642.2	917.8
2015	10939.2	2681	3297.7	1284.3	1229	55.3	146.1	657.6	982.3
2016	10712.9	2588.2	3426.8	1306.5	1253.3	53.2	142.3	666.4	998

Undergraduate enrollment numbers in the United States, by ethnicity 1976 to 2016

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