Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday October 14, 2003
STUDENTS PART TWO: ARIZONA v. NATION
Enrollment |
State |
Nation |
At public 4-year institutions |
105,842 |
6,055,398 |
Undergraduate |
299,529 |
13,155,393 |
Graduate |
40,512& |
1,850,271& |
Professional |
2,449& |
306,625& |
American Indian |
13,989 |
151,150 |
Asian |
12,561 |
978,224 |
Black |
13,895 |
1,730,318 |
Hispanic |
55,520 |
1,461,806 |
White |
236,684 |
10,462,099 |
Foreign |
9,841 |
528,692 |
Total |
342,490 |
15,312,289 |
Proportion of enrollment made up of minority students at public 4-year institutions:
State:21.6%
Nation:24.5%
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 75% of all freshmen enrolled in Arizona in fall 2000 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 88% of all Arizona residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in fall 2000 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
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