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Minority, Women Students
Gain Enrollment Share,
Federal Report Says
Overall undergraduate enrollment has increased in the past three
decades, with the enrollment of women and minority students increasing
at a greater rate than that of men and white students, according
to a report released last week by the U.S. Education Department.
Metro State enrollment figures show similar trends.
According to the education department's annual statistical report,
"The Condition of Education," the proportion of white
students among all students enrolled in two-year and four-year,
public and private postsecondary institutions dropped by 8.1 percentage
points over the most recent 10-year period for which figures were
available. White students accounted for 67.8 percent of total enrollments
in 1999-2000, compared with 75.9 percent in 1989-1990.
Over the same period, the enrollment of ethnic minority students
steadily increased. The proportion of Hispanic students enrolled
grew by 3.8 percentage points, to 12.2 percent. Enrollment of black
students increased by 2.4 percentage points, to 12.6 percent. Combined,
minority students made up about one-third of the student population
in 1999-2000, compared with only one-fourth in 1989-1990.
At Metro State, white students accounted for 71.6 percent of total
enrollment in fall 1999, compared with 77.1 percent in fall 1989.
The proportion of Hispanic students increased to 12.4 percent, from
8.1 percent. Enrollment of black students grew to 6.0 percent, from
4.3 percent.
The number of women enrolling in college continues to outpace that
of men, as it has since the 1970s. Women accounted for 56.3 percent
of all students enrolled in institutions of higher education in
1999-2000, a one-percentage-point gain from 55.4 percent in 1989-1990.
At Metro State, women accounted for 56.7 percent of enrollment in
fall 1999, compared to 53.3 percent in fall 1989.
Metro State's minority and gender enrollment trends support national
trend data, noted Director of Admissions Bill Hathaway-Clark. "I
believe this speaks well of the College in its commitment and ongoing
efforts to attract and meet the needs of a diverse urban population,"
he said.
To read more, go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2003067
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