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Racial/Ethnic Background by Type of Institution

Fall 2002 to Fall 2011*

Includes both undergraduate and graduate students.

Community & Technical Colleges
	American Indian	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total Minority No.	Percent	White No.	Percent	Total No.	Percent
2002	1,386	3,085	5,348	1,457			11,276	13%	75,766	87%	87,042	100%
2003	1,593	3,587	6,535	1,547			13,262	14%	83,184	86%	96,446	100%
2004	1,667	4,180	8,087	1,840			15,774	16%	85,651	84%	101,425	100%
2005	1,705	4,315	7,991	1,969			15,980	16%	86,866	84%	102,846	100%
2006	1,778	4,581	8,653	2,115			17,127	16%	88,859	84%	105,986	100%
2007	1,949	5,518	10,490	2,377			20,334	18%	92,068	82%	112,402	100%
2008	1,936	5,960	11,410	2,768			22,074	19%	94,870	81%	116,944	100%
2009	2,180	6,490	14,202	3,362	218		26,452	20%	103,867	80%	130,319	100%
2010	1,474	6,177	13,635	6,063	124	5,541	33,014	25%	101,429	75%	134,443	100%
2011	1,481	6,522	14,341	6,477	140	5,422	34,383	26%	97,405	74%	131,788	100%

State Universities
	American Indian	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total Minority No.	Percent	White No.	Percent	Total No.	Percent
2002	417	914	896	435			2,662	7%	36,052	93%	38,714	100%
2003	454	1,018	1,044	445			2,961	7%	36,915	93%	39,876	100%
2004	499	1,843	1,508	526			4,376	9%	43,819	91%	48,195	100%
2005	510	1,357	1,501	553			3,921	8%	46,716	92%	50,637	100%
2006	594	1,564	1,760	634			4,552	8%	50,075	92%	54,627	100%
2007	611	1,752	2,118	719			5,200	9%	51,909	91%	57,109	100%
2008	612	1,913	2,351	754			5,630	10%	53,014	90%	58,644	100%
2009	637	2,035	2,872	870	87		6,501	10%	56,773	90%	63,274	100%
2010	366	1,886	2,858	1,628	56	1,643	8,437	13%	56,492	87%	64,929	100%
2011	364	2,102	3,068	1,727	50	1,634	8,945	14%	55,904	86%	64,849	100%

University of MN
	American Indian	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total Minority No.	Percent	White No.	Percent	Total No.	Percent
2002	551	3,663	1,916	967			7,097	13%	47,618	87%	54,715	100%
2003	568	3,967	1,982	1,058			7,575	14%	48,051	86%	55,626	100%
2004	622	5,693	2,163	1,238			9,716	16%	49,522	84%	59,238	100%
2005	695	4,317	2,119	1,145			8,276	14%	49,368	86%	57,644	100%
2006	753	4,404	2,195	1,135			8,487	15%	49,299	85%	57,786	100%
2007	767	4,380	2,283	1,215			8,645	15%	48,822	85%	57,467	100%
2008	783	4,443	2,302	1,223			8,751	15%	48,518	85%	57,269	100%
2009	664	4,272	2,262	1,387	68	604	9,257	16%	48,939	84%	58,196	100%
2010	600	4,252	2,245	1,488	63	1,001	9,649	17%	48,801	83%	58,450	100%
2011	531	4,205	2,161	1,595	66	1,345	9,903	17%	48,982	83%	58,885	100%

Private Colleges & Universities
	American Indian	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total Minority No.	Percent	White No.	Percent	Total No.	Percent
2002	437	2,033	1,650	861			4,981	9%	49,546	91%	54,527	100%
2003	323	2,005	1,620	906			4,854	9%	49,447	91%	54,301	100%
2004	343	2,424	1,929	1,062			5,758	10%	49,955	90%	55,713	100%
2005	350	2,236	1,970	1,078			5,634	10%	50,313	90%	55,947	100%
2006	363	2,454	2,174	1,212			6,203	11%	51,485	89%	57,688	100%
2007	363	2,588	2,309	1,060			6,320	11%	52,111	89%	58,431	100%
2008	375	2,622	2,505	1,373			6,875	12%	51,930	88%	58,805	100%
2009	389	2,751	2,505	1,517	11	370	7,543	13%	50,388	87%	57,931	100%
2010	360	2,681	2,735	1,737	29	1,025	8,567	15%	50,270	85%	58,837	100%
2011	348	2,761	2,880	1,828	42	1,097	8,956	15%	48,861	85%	57,817	100%

Private Career Schools
	American Indian	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total Minority No.	Percent	White No.	Percent	Total No.	Percent
2002	91	390	648	173			1,302	19%	5,729	81%	7,031	100%
2003	283	853	3,533	739			5,408	24%	17,561	76%	22,969	100%
2004	308	980	4,596	1,059			6,943	24%	22,291	76%	29,234	100%
2005	444	1,399	5,854	1,499			9,196	24%	29,690	76%	38,886	100%
2006**	284	1,078	1,665	481			3,508	19%	15,091	81%	18,599	100%
2007	359	1,099	1,835	492			3,785	20%	15,577	80%	19,362	100%
2008	627	1,459	2,350	568			5,004	22%	17,675	78%	22,679	100%
2009	670	1,357	2,424	631	17	723	5,822	23%	19,454	77%	25,276	100%
2010	681	1,545	3,186	803	40	643	6,898	24%	21,946	76%	28,844	100%
2011	625	1,358	2,963	833	46	581	6,406	25%	18,938	75%	25,344	100%

Private Career Online Schools**
	American Indian	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total Minority No.	Percent	White No.	Percent	Total No.	Percent
2006	285	696	8,219	1,546			10,746	32%	22,508	68%	33,254	100%
2007	371	846	11,539	1,884			14,640	37%	25,024	63%	39,664	100%
2008	491	1,031	15,393	2,202			19,117	40%	28,200	60%	47,317	100%
2009	586	1,164	21,183	2,684		268	25,885	45%	32,135	55%	58,020	100%
2010	734	1,467	29,673	3,625	41	524	36,064	50%	35,404	50%	71,468	100%
2011	763	1,538	29,822	3,850	69	725	36,767	52%	34,258	48%	71,025	100%

Private Graduate & Professional
	American Indian	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total Minority No.	Percent	White No.	Percent	Total No.	Percent
2002	45	174	821	201			1,241	20%	5,038	80%	6,279	100%
2003	44	194	716	87			1,041	24%	3,209	76%	4,250	100%
2004	17	127	164	64			372	11%	3,096	89%	3,468	100%
2005	16	176	197	89			478	14%	2,921	86%	3,399	100%
2006	18	180	174	83			455	14%	2,831	86%	3,286	100%
2007	18	147	156	54			375	12%	2,719	88%	3,094	100%
2008	24	145	149	47			365	12%	2,606	88%	2,971	100%
2009	21	113	119	34			287	11%	2,351	89%	2,638	100%
2010	18	99	81	50	1	32	281	12%	2,103	88%	2,384	100%
2011	11	98	71	50	1	38	269	11%	2,108	89%	2,377	100%

Total All Minnesota
	American Indian	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total Minority No.	Percent	White No.	Percent	Total No.	Percent
2002	2,927	10,259	11,279	4,094			28,559	12%	219,749	88%	248,308	100%
2003	3,265	11,624	15,430	4,782			35,101	13%	238,367	87%	273,468	100%
2004	3,428	12,709	17,157	5,481			38,775	13%	253,017	87%	291,792	100%
2005	3,720	13,800	19,632	6,330			43,482	14%	265,874	86%	309,356	100%
2006	4,075	14,957	24,840	7,206			51,078	15%	280,148	85%	331,226	100%
2007	4,438	16,330	30,730	7,801			59,299	17%	288,230	83%	347,529	100%
2008	4,848	17,573	36,460	8,935			67,816	19%	296,813	81%	364,629	100%
2009	5,147	18,182	45,567	10,485	401	1,965	81,747	21%	313,907	79%	395,654	100%
2010	4,233	18,107	54,413	15,394	354	10,409	102,910	25%	316,445	75%	419,355	100%
2011	4,123	18,584	56,035	16,360	414	10,842	106,358	26%	305,722	74%	412,080	100%

*Does not include students whose racial/ethnic group was not reported and international students.

**Starting in 2006, schools that only offer online instruction (Capella and Walden University) were separated from the Career School category. These institutions have headquarters in Minnesota but report their nation-wide enrollment. The majority of their students are enrolled from out of state.

Source: Minnesota Office of Higher Education

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