Undergraduate Education

Among students seeking bachelor’s degrees, 61.2 percent of all racial and ethnic groups enrolled at public four-year institutions. Over half of Hispanic or Latino (64.9 percent), Asian (63.2 percent), White (62.3 percent), American Indian or Alaska Native (60.6 percent), Black or African American (57.5 percent), and multiracial (56.3 percent) students attended public four-year institutions. Enrollment rates at these institutions were slightly lower for international (48.9 percent) and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (45.9 percent) undergraduates. Among international students seeking a bachelor’s degree, the highest enrollment share was at private nonprofit four-year institutions (44.5 percent).

Considering the Carnegie classification, the largest share of bachelor’s degree–seeking students enrolled at master’s institutions (32.4 percent), followed by R1 doctoral universities (28.2 percent). International and Asian bachelor’s degree–seeking students were heavily concentrated at R1 doctoral universities (39.2 percent and 48.9 percent, respectively). American Indian or Alaska Native bachelor’s degree–seeking students enrolled at TCUs at a rate of 8.6 percent—the highest percentage among all racial and ethnic groups.