The University of Alabama |
Students by Race/Ethnicity*: Fall 2017 |
Students by IPEDS Reporting Category |
Students by Collection Category | |||||||||
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Race/Ethnicity | Total (Unique Count) | % | Hispanic or Latino | American Indian or Alaska Native | Asian | Black or African American | Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | White | Race/ Ethnicity unknown |
Non- Resident Alien |
Hispanic or Latino | 1,736 | 4.50 | 1,736 | 72 | 46 | 103 | 20 | 1,395 | 0 | 0 |
American Indian or Alaska Native |
132 | 0.34 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 471 | 1.22 | 0 | 0 | 471 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black or African American | 4,081 | 10.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,081 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
43 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 29,544 | 76.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29,544 | 0 | 0 |
Two or more races | 1,176 | 3.05 | 0 | 450 | 407 | 393 | 128 | 1,048 | 0 | 0 |
Race/Ethnicity unknown | 209 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 0 |
Non-Resident Alien | 1,171 | 3.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,171 |
Total | 38,563 | 100.00 | 1,736 | 654 | 924 | 4,577 | 191 | 31,987 | 209 | 1,171 |
Percent of Enrollment by Collection Category |
4.50 | 1.70 | 2.40 | 11.87 | 0.50 | 82.95 | 0.54 | 3.04 | ||
Total Percent of Enrollment by all Collection Categories** |
107.48 |
* 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%. |