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Post-baccalaureate enrollment numbers in the United States, by ethnicity 1976-2016

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

The data displays the number of post-baccalaureate students of different ethnicities enrolled in degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the U.S. from 1976 to 2016. In 2016, there were 1.66 million white students enrolled in post-baccalaureate courses in the United States, as compared to 362,900 Black or African-American students.

White	1335.6	1352.4	1449.8	1478.6	1666.8	1809.5	1824.9	1783.3	1733.1	1691.3	1656.7	1635.4	1630.8
Black	89.7	87.9	99.8	181.4	259.2	338	361.9	370.9	369.2	367.3	366.2	364.5	362.9
Hispanic	30.9	38.6	57.9	110.8	148.4	183	197.8	205.1	212.6	221	229.4	242.7	259.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	28.6	37.7	72	132.7	163	194.9	194.3	197.4	195.4	195.2	197.3	200.3	206.3
American Indian/Alaskan Native	6.4	6	7.3	12.6	15.9	18.3	17.1	16.1	15.4	14.8	14.3	13.9	13.7

Post-baccalaureate enrollment numbers in the United States, by ethnicity 1976-2016

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