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Total Schools, Colleges, and Departments of Education Undergraduate Enrollment by Discipline and Race/Ethnicity 1995

	N	White	Black/African American	Hispanic	Asian Pacific American	Native American/ American Indian	Alaskan Native	Int'l	Other
Early Childhood	28,108	83	12	2	1.2	0.6	-.-	0.4	0.8
Elementary	130,975	84.1	8.4	4.3	1.4	0.8	-.-	0.3	0.7
Secondary	86,325	83.5	8.4	4.8	1.4	0.8	-.-	0.4	0.7
Special	28,151	84	8.9	3.8	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.3	1.1
Bilingual	1,513	46.6	2.4	45.9	2.2	1.9	0.1	0.2	0.7
Vocational	3,195	73.2	13.6	4.8	1.3	1.5	-.-	0.5	5.6
Other	34,842	74.8	9	8.4	1.5	1.3	-.-	0.5	5.1

Source: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, (1999). Teacher Education Pipeline IV: Schools, Colleges, and Departments of Education Enrollments by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender. Washington, DC. Auhor.