Ethnicity is self-reported by students, and many students choose not to specify a racial/ethnic category. By federal law, ethnicity is a protected category and no student can be forced to disclose it. Nevertheless, colleges and universities receiving federal funds are required to report the ethnic composition of their student body to the US Department of Education using the following racial/ethnic categories:

Black, non-Hispanic

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Asian or Pacific Islander

Hispanic

White, non-Hispanic

These catagories are reported for US citizens and resident aliens. Students who are not US citizens and are in the country on a temporary basis are reported as nonresident aliens (the column 'Foreign' below). At MSU-Bozeman, a very small number of students report their racial/ethnic category as 'Other,' which generally implies parents of different racial/ethnic backgrounds.

• Agriculture
• Arts & Architecture
• Business
• Education
• Engineering
• Letters & Science
• Nursing
• Other
• Overall Total

Agriculture

Fall	American Citizens/Permanent Residents							Foreign	Total
	Black	Asian	Hisp	Indian	Other	White	Unknown
2008	2	4	7	21	3	624	46	32	739
2007	0	4	2	21	2	595	58	30	712
2006	1	4	4	23	4	643	49	33	761
2005	3	7	8	15	4	716	43	30	826
2004	2	5	8	21	5	751	44	28	864
2003	0	6	7	18	5	734	58	22	850
2002	0	6	7	17	4	740	65	22	861
2001	0	6	8	16	4	703	71	21	829
2000	2	3	5	12	5	753	67	24	871
1999	1	4	5	16	1	790	93	27	937
1998	1	2	6	19	1	780	107	33	949
1997	3	2	7	16	0	784	80	31	923
1996	2	1	8	19	0	699	90	32	851
1995	0	1	6	18	0	685	86	25	821
1994	0	1	4	20	0	594	83	35	737
1993	0	2	4	18	0	597	116	48	785
1992	0	1	6	11	0	513	116	57	704

Arts & Architecture

Fall	American Citizens/Permanent Residents							Foreign	Total
	Black	Asian	Hisp	Indian	Other	White	Unknown
2008	3	19	28	17	6	1370	68	31	1542
2007	5	16	22	14	9	1303	75	23	1467
2006	1	16	14	19	9	1434	83	29	1605
2005	3	22	21	19	9	1470	71	29	1644
2004	4	20	25	18	17	1460	67	17	1628
2003	4	17	23	15	11	1425	90	23	1608
2002	6	16	20	22	10	1369	113	27	1583
2001	2	20	23	21	13	1284	103	33	1499
2000	2	16	18	21	3	1247	101	34	1442
1999	2	17	18	24	2	1145	130	36	1374
1998	2	16	20	15	2	1116	137	39	1347
1997	2	9	14	16	1	1032	107	35	1216
1996	3	13	15	13	1	986	143	38	1212
1995	4	14	12	17	0	939	140	37	1163
1994	4	11	11	26	1	833	148	39	1073
1993	3	8	19	19	0	835	158	41	1083
1992	3	7	15	20	1	771	197	47	1061

Business

Fall	American Citizens/Permanent Residents							Foreign	Total
	Black	Asian	Hisp	Indian	Other	White	Unknown
2008	6	16	13	6	2	1068	41	37	1189
2007	4	15	11	10	1	1087	30	41	1199
2006	7	12	9	11	1	1068	23	30	1161
2005	2	18	12	12	2	1093	30	28	1197
2004	7	13	9	12	5	997	39	23	1105
2003	2	10	12	8	4	959	52	18	1065
2002	3	10	11	13	6	1008	58	26	1135
2001	5	9	9	15	6	969	68	28	1109
2000	3	8	10	16	5	962	65	23	1092
1999	3	8	10	17	5	957	79	26	1105
1998	1	8	12	21	2	944	69	26	1083
1997	3	9	11	12	1	894	79	34	1043
1996	6	10	10	15	0	829	94	35	999
1995	5	10	8	12	2	788	96	20	941
1994	3	10	3	8	1	749	102	19	895
1993	2	9	6	11	1	788	141	11	969
1992	4	4	7	13	0	814	191	10	1043

Education

Fall	American Citizens/Permanent Residents							Foreign	Total
	Black	Asian	Hisp	Indian	Other	White	Unknown
2008	4	19	25	111	5	1161	105	9	1439
2007	8	14	23	68	7	1131	87	11	1349
2006	11	14	21	58	7	1167	78	13	1369
2005	6	14	14	46	6	1224	74	13	1397
2004	12	10	9	27	4	1214	59	12	1347
2003	9	10	8	30	6	1254	78	14	1409
2002	8	10	15	40	7	1268	95	16	1459
2001	6	10	14	45	8	1280	116	12	1491
2000	9	9	16	42	6	1273	136	10	1501
1999	9	12	15	37	5	1263	176	15	1532
1998	6	11	16	40	2	1234	186	11	1506
1997	6	12	16	54	2	1303	215	8	1616
1996	5	11	13	66	1	1290	266	8	1660
1995	6	7	15	52	2	1272	204	10	1568
1994	5	4	12	37	3	1254	232	11	1558
1993	5	4	6	30	3	1205	249	10	1512
1992	3	2	4	33	1	1162	290	15	1510

Engineering

Fall	American Citizens/Permanent Residents							Foreign	Total
	Black	Asian	Hisp	Indian	Other	White	Unknown
2008	6	22	13	43	5	1779	75	122	2065
2007	4	24	19	44	7	1771	85	118	2072
2006	3	27	23	45	3	1791	74	81	2047
2005	4	25	22	46	3	1760	75	55	1990
2004	4	19	22	50	3	1788	74	88	2048
2003	3	17	17	35	6	1820	99	93	2090
2002	7	19	12	34	9	1864	114	86	2145
2001	2	14	9	32	9	1970	145	88	2269
2000	4	16	13	35	4	1910	158	102	2242
1999	6	20	14	34	6	1825	176	135	2216
1998	3	18	11	40	5	1761	189	137	2164
1997	5	17	14	36	3	1665	168	136	2044
1996	6	17	16	30	6	1678	198	99	2050
1995	7	15	17	33	5	1643	214	74	2008
1994	4	14	21	41	2	1622	230	78	2012
1993	6	16	12	43	3	1641	255	99	2075
1992	3	11	16	30	4	1618	336	84	2102

Letters & Science

Fall	American Citizens/Permanent Residents							Foreign	Total
	Black	Asian	Hisp	Indian	Other	White	Unknown
2008	16	42	39	45	11	2148	172	97	2570
2007	14	35	39	50	16	2172	199	100	2625
2006	15	41	44	52	18	2282	176	75	2703
2005	20	41	42	40	20	2284	143	73	2663
2004	22	34	33	46	12	2244	129	66	2586
2003	15	33	43	43	7	2260	189	65	2655
2002	14	17	43	53	10	2173	159	65	2534
2001	12	15	40	45	13	2083	166	56	2430
2000	12	17	39	47	15	2025	176	77	2408
1999	11	13	35	53	8	2059	245	67	2491
1998	11	17	27	55	7	2078	318	62	2575
1997	8	18	34	62	7	2142	298	67	2636
1996	5	23	42	65	4	2254	311	70	2774
1995	8	18	39	60	3	2206	310	52	2696
1994	10	26	38	67	3	2109	283	49	2585
1993	8	20	34	54	1	1926	333	72	2448
1992	9	13	25	41	0	1736	352	57	2233

Nursing

Fall	American Citizens/Permanent Residents							Foreign	Total
	Black	Asian	Hisp	Indian	Other	White	Unknown
2008	0	11	14	51	3	713	31	4	827
2007	1	14	13	39	2	696	38	1	804
2006	1	6	9	43	3	708	35	2	807
2005	1	6	9	45	3	730	32	1	827
2004	2	8	7	39	1	716	31	0	804
2003	3	5	6	37	3	668	38	4	764
2002	2	4	10	29	1	580	33	1	660
2001	2	2	9	26	1	502	38	3	583
2000	1	0	10	18	1	455	51	3	539
1999	1	3	8	14	2	444	54	2	528
1998	0	3	3	15	1	479	60	1	562
1997	0	7	4	18	1	464	67	1	562
1996	0	8	4	9	1	457	78	0	557
1995	2	10	9	9	1	490	76	0	597
1994	2	10	10	9	0	496	104	4	635
1993	1	3	8	15	0	502	118	5	652
1992	0	1	6	17	0	467	119	5	615

Other

Fall	American Citizens/Permanent Residents							Foreign	Total
	Black	Asian	Hisp	Indian	Other	White	Unknown
2008	17	23	26	68	2	1591	196	75	1998
2007	18	14	26	59	7	1507	258	53	1942
2006	20	31	31	47	12	1540	155	49	1885
2005	15	22	20	45	12	1427	110	55	1706
2004	7	31	28	31	7	1380	81	56	1621
2003	11	24	21	37	6	1427	109	59	1694
2002	9	20	17	21	8	1328	99	55	1557
2001	5	11	16	25	7	1288	109	74	1535
2000	5	11	22	20	9	1380	123	96	1666
1999	5	18	11	21	10	1232	200	73	1570
1998	1	12	15	22	1	1173	307	29	1560
1997	5	13	13	28	4	1259	280	20	1622
1996	6	10	10	23	1	1104	319	35	1508
1995	4	11	7	30	2	1161	221	37	1473
1994	5	12	11	23	2	1150	227	37	1467
1993	13	8	7	22	1	1048	159	16	1274
1992	7	7	9	24	0	996	220	9	1272

Overall Total

Fall	American Citizens/Permanent Residents							Foreign	Total
	Black	Asian	Hisp	Indian	Other	White	Unknown
2008	54	156	165	362	37	10454	734	407	12369
2007	54	136	155	305	51	10262	830	377	12170
2006	59	151	155	298	57	10633	673	312	12338
2005	54	155	148	268	59	10704	578	284	12250
2004	60	140	141	244	54	10550	524	290	12003
2003	47	122	137	223	48	10547	713	298	12135
2002	49	102	135	229	55	10330	736	298	11934
2001	34	87	128	225	61	10079	816	315	11745
2000	38	80	133	211	48	10005	877	369	11761
1999	38	95	116	216	39	9715	1153	381	11753
1998	25	87	110	227	21	9565	1373	338	11746
1997	32	88	113	242	19	9543	1294	331	11662
1996	33	93	118	240	14	9297	1499	317	11611
1995	36	86	113	231	15	9184	1348	254	11267
1994	33	88	110	231	12	8807	1409	272	10962
1993	38	70	96	212	9	8542	1529	302	10798
1992	29	46	88	186	6	8077	1821	284	10540

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