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The University of Alabama
Students by Race/Ethnicity*: Fall 2018

  Students by IPEDS
Reporting Category		 Students by Collection Category
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 1,831 4.77 1,831 91 47 116 25 1,475 0 0
American Indian
or Alaska Native		 139 0.36 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asian 466 1.21 0 0 466 0 0 0 0 0
Black or African American 4,038 10.52 0 0 0 4,038 0 0 0 0
Native Hawaiian
or Other Pacific Islander		 42 0.11 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 0
White 29,170 75.98 0 0 0 0 0 29,170 0 0
Two or more races 1,242 3.24 0 478 416 434 142 1,112 0 0
Race/Ethnicity unknown 240 0.63 0 0 0 0 0 0 240 0
Non-Resident Alien 1,224 3.19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,224
Total 38,392 100.00 1,831 708 929 4,588 209 31,757 240 1,224
Percent of Enrollment
by Collection Category		     4.77 1.84 2.42 11.95 0.54 82.72 0.63 3.19
Total Percent of Enrollment
by all Collection Categories**		                   108.06

* 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%.