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TABLE 306. TOTAL ENROLLMENTS IN DENTAL SCHOOLS BY RACE AND ETHNICITY, ACADEMIC YEARS: 1980-81 TO 2000-01

ACADEMIC
YEAR
TOTAL
TOTAL
MINORITIES
UNDERREPRESENTED
MINORITIES 1,2/
BLACK
HISPANIC 1/
AMERICAN
INDIAN
ASIAN
WHITE/
OTHER
NUMBER
PERCENT
1980-81 22,842 2,895 1,855 8.1 1,022 780 53 1,040 19,947
1981-82 22,621 3,103 1,907 8.4 999 847 61 1,196 19,518
1982-83 22,235 3,285 1,962 8.8 1,001 896 65 1,323 18,950
1983-84 21,428 3,283 1,926 9.0 1,000 862 64 1,357 18,145
1984-85 20,588 3,669 2,077 10.1 1,037 980 60 1,592 16,919
1985-86 19,563 3,797 2,125 10.9 1,019 1,056 50 1,672 15,766
1986-87 18,673 3,957 2,152 11.5 1,032 1,064 56 1,805 14,716
1987-88 17,885 4,354 2,255 12.6 994 1,201 60 2,099 13,531
1988-89 17,094 4,649 2,323 13.6 984 1,276 63 2,326 12,445
1989-90 16,412 4,711 2,318 14.1 983 1,278 57 2,393 11,701
1990-91 15,951 4,766 2,247 14.1 940 1,254 53 2,519 11,185
1991-92 15,882 4,730 2,145 13.5 907 1,187 51 2,585 11,152
1992-93 15,980 4,793 2,143 13.4 943 1,152 48 2,650 11,187
1993-94 16,250 5,009 2,163 13.3 972 1,141 50 2,846 11,241
1994-95 16,353 5,027 1,951 11.9 928 967 56 3,076 11,326
1995-96 16,552 5,423 1,990 12.0 951 966 73 3,433 11,129
1996-97 16,570 5,470 1,858 11.2 951 824 83 3,612 11,100
1997-98 16,926 5,680 1,804 10.7 883 825 96 3,876 11,246
1998-99 17,033 5,796 1,761 10.3 841 823 97 4,035 11,237
1999-2000 17,242 6,136 1,819 10.5 808 912 99 4,317 11,106
2000-01 17,349 6,164 1,869 10.8 832 925 112 4,295 11,185

1/ Includes students from the University of Puerto Rico.
2/ Includes Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans.

SOURCE: American Dental Association. 2000/01 Survey of Predoctoral Dental Education. Academic Programs, Enrollment, and Graduates, Vol 1.Chicago, 2002. Also prior annual reports.