University of Montana __________________________________________________________________ 2015-2016 Data Digest
Fall Semester Enrollment by Ethnic Category
Undergraduates
Caucasian
All Ethnic Minorities
African American
Asian
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Hispanic
Native American
Nonresident Alien
Two or More Races
Other
Not Reported
2011
13,370
10,059
1,282
99
114
24
369
676
293
158
1
1,577
2012
12,657
10,063
1,287
80
126
25
374
682
349
179
2
777
2013
12,254
9,535
1,349
88
142
24
403
692
374
187
3
806
2014
11,692
8,904
1,297
86
128
27
409
647
487
183
3
818
2015
10,777
8,181
1,248
86
126
31
403
602
353
186
2
807
All Graduate Students2
Caucasian
All Ethnic Minorities
African American
Asian
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Hispanic
Native American
Nonresident Alien
Two or More Races
Other
Not Reported
2,299
1,494
249
9
77
3
38
122
84
16
0
456
2,289
1,655
332
13
157
3
50
109
101
18
0
183
2,271
1,598
320
15
148
2
45
110
155
20
0
178
2,260
1,540
395
15
215
4
45
116
140
18
0
167
2,267
1,545
414
18
243
4
50
99
128
26
0
154
15,669
11,553
1,531
108
191
27
407
798
377
174
1
2,033
14,946
11,718
1,619
93
283
28
424
791
450
197
2
960
14,525
11,133
1,669
103
290
26
448
802
529
207
3
984
13,952
10,444
1,692
101
343
31
454
763
627
201
3
985
13,044
9,726
1,662
104
369
35
453
701
481
212
2
961
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Total UM-Missoula
Caucasian
All Ethnic Minorities
African American
Asian
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Hispanic
Native American
Nonresident Alien
Two or More Races
Other
Not Reported
Source: Student Data Warehouse
1
Includes Missoula College students
2
Includes nondegree graduate students
Note: Beginning Fall 2011, UM-Missoula incorporated the new
reporting methodology required for Federal IPEDS reporting that
permits students to report multiple ethnicities ("Two or more
Races") by checking as many individual ethnicities as they deem
appropriate. Under the Federal reporting method, if a student
selects "Hispanic" as one of two or more races, the students is
counted as Hispanic, rather than in the Two or More Races
category. While UM-Missoula will use this method as required for
its annual IPEDS report, we have found that it tends to significantly
understate our Native American student population. To more
accurately report our Native American population for internal
purposes, the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education
(OCHE) has created an alternative method wherein multiracial
students reporting "Native American/Alaska Native" as one of two
or more races are counted as Native American. This summary
uses the alternative OCHE method. Due to this reporting change,
ethnicity data published in previous editions of the Data Digest will
not be comparable.
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