Undergraduate Education

In 2019–20, 42.5 percent of undergraduate students were enrolled at public two-year institutions. Over half of Asian (60.1 percent), White (56.0 percent), and international (68.6 percent) undergraduates were enrolled at public or private nonprofit four-year institutions. The largest shares of undergraduates enrolled at public two-year institutions were American Indian or Alaska Native (57.2 percent), Hispanic or Latino (53.3 percent), and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (46.0 percent). The highest undergraduate enrollment rates at for-profit institutions were among Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (13.7 percent), Black or African American (12.1 percent), and American Indian or Alaska Native (11.3 percent) students.

Across all Carnegie Classifications^[1], associate institutions enrolled 40.2 percent of undergraduates from all racial and ethnic backgrounds. For most racial and ethnic groups, enrollment was concentrated at associate institutions. Over four in 10 Hispanic or Latino (50.1 percent), American Indian or Alaska Native (45.4 percent), Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (45.4 percent), and Black or African American (41.7 percent) students attended associate institutions. The exception was international students, among whom only 27.2 percent were enrolled at associate institutions and the largest share (28.6 percent) were enrolled at R1 doctoral institutions.