Higher Education Demographics: University Demographics: Statistics: Twenty-seven percent of undergraduates at Title IV schools are racial minorities; foreign student enrollment in graduate school (12 percent) is significantly higher than in undergraduate (3 percent); and Blacks generally have the lowest six-year graduation rates of any racial group and have a disproportionately high enrollment in for-profit colleges.
This snapshot of the demographics of the nation’s colleges and universities comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, which recently released “Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2005; Graduation Rates, 1999 and 2002 Cohorts; and Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2005.” The information is based on Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System collection of data from more than 6,457 Title IV institutions and 83 administrative offices in the United States.
