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The University of Alabama
Students by Race and Ethnicity*: Fall 2011

  Students by IPEDS
Reporting Category		 Students by Collection Category
Race and Ethnicity Total (Unique Count) % American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Hispanic of any race White Race/
Ethnicity unknown		 Non-
Resident Alien
Black or African American 3,945 12.43 0 0 3,945 0 0 0 0 0
Asian 389 1.23 0 389 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hispanic of any race 789 2.49 18 9 35 2 789 398 0 0
American Indian
or Alaska Native		 161 0.51 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Native Hawaiian
or Other Pacific Islander		 17 0.05 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
White 24,784 78.07 0 0 0 0 0 24,784 0 0
Two or more races 376 1.18 210 95 126 21 0 324 0 0
Race/Ethnicity unknown 137 0.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0
Non-Resident Alien
(of any race or ethnicity)		 1,149 3.62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,149
Total 31,747 100.00 389 493 4,106 40 789 25,506 137 1,149
Percent of Enrollment
by Collection Category		     1.23 1.55 12.93 0.13 2.49 80.34 0.43 3.62
Total Percent of Enrollment
by all Collection Categories**		                   102.72

* Effective fall 2010, federal law required universities to collect race/ethnicity data on new students in greater detail, see Glossary for more information.
New students may declare more than one race category in addition to the ethnicity category. Information under the "Students by IPEDS Reporting Category"
heading in the table above provides traditional race/ethnicity information where students are counted once per category. Information under the "Students
by Collection Category" heading provides a different look at race/ethnicity information. Hispanic students are reported as Hispanic as well as any race
categories they have self-reported. All new students declaring more than one race category are reported in each category selected. Therefore, adding the
figures from the separate race/ethnicity categories under this heading may yield a figure greater than the number shown in the "Total" column, which is a
unique student count. This second method provides a more precise reflection of the racial and ethnic diversity of the UA student body.
 
**This is the sum of all "collection category" percentages which will likely be greater than 100%.