Minorities account for an increasing proportion of undergraduate engineering enrollment.

• The percentage of undergraduate engineering students who are white decreased from 76 percent in 1990 to 68 percent in 2002.
• The Asian/Pacific Islander share of engineering enrollment generally increased between 1990 and 2002.
• The Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaskan Native share of engineering enrollment also increased, although there has been little growth or some decline since the late 1990s.