Texas Works: Training and Education for All Texans
Career, Technical and Work Force Education in Texas
Exhibit 3-2
Texas Public Two-Year College Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity, 2000 and 2007
| Ethnicity | 2000 | Percent of Total (2000) |
2007 | Percent of Total (2007) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public 2-Year Institution Total | 447,998 | 587,244 | ||
| White | 236,429 | 52.8% | 272,977 | 46.5% |
| African American | 49,414 | 11.0% | 67,554 | 11.5% |
| Hispanic | 129,308 | 28.9% | 195,890 | 33.4% |
| Asian | 17,645 | 3.9% | 24,092 | 4.1% |
| Other | 15,202 | 3.4% | 26,731 | 4.6% |
| Minority Total | 211,569 | 47.2% | 314,267 | 53.5% |
Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.