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Table 171. Historical summary of faculty, students, degrees, and finances in degree-granting institutions: 1869-70 to 2000-01

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         Item          | 1869-70  |   1879-80 |    1889-90 |    1899-190|    1909-10 |     1919-20 |     1929-30  |    1939-40   |      1949-50  |     1959-60   |    1969-70     |    1979-80     |    1989-90     |   1999-2000  |  2000-01
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           1           |     2    |      3    |       4    |       5    |      6     |        7    |        8     |      9       |        10     |        11     |       12       |       13       |        14      |       15     |    16
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                       |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
Total institutions\1\ .|      563 |       811 |        998 |        977 |        951 |       1,041 |        1,409 |        1,708 |         1,851 |         2,004 |          2,525 |          3,152 |          3,535 |        4,084 |     4,182
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                       |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
Total faculty\2\ ......|\3\ 5,553 |\3\ 11,522 |\3\  15,809 |     23,868 |     36,480 |      48,615 |       82,386 |      146,929 |       246,722 |       380,554 |\4\     450,000 |\4\     675,000 |\5\     824,220 |    1,027,830 |       ---
  Men .................|\3\ 4,887 |\3\  7,328 |\3\  12,704 |     19,151 |     29,132 |      35,807 |       60,017 |      106,328 |       186,189 |       296,773 |\4\     346,000 |\4\     479,000 |\5\     577,298 |      602,469 |       ---
  Women ...............|\3\   666 |\3\  4,194 |\3\   3,105 |      4,717 |      7,348 |      12,808 |       22,369 |       40,601 |        60,533 |        83,781 |\4\     104,000 |\4\     196,000 |\5\     246,922 |      425,361 |       ---
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                       |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
Total fall             |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
   enrollment\6\ ......|\3\52,286 |\3\115,817 |\3\ 156,756 |    237,592 |\3\ 355,213 |     597,880 |    1,100,737 |    1,494,203 |     2,659,021 |     3,639,847 |      8,004,660 |     11,569,899 |     13,538,560 |   14,791,224 |15,312,289
  Men .................|\3\41,160 |\3\ 77,972 |\3\ 100,453 |    152,254 |\3\ 214,648 |     314,938 |      619,935 |      893,250 |     1,853,068 |     2,332,617 |      4,746,201 |      5,682,877 |      6,190,015 |    6,490,646 | 6,721,769
  Women ...............|\3\11,126 |\3\ 37,845 |\3\  56,303 |     85,338 |\3\ 140,565 |     282,942 |      480,802 |      600,953 |       805,953 |     1,307,230 |      3,258,459 |      5,887,022 |      7,348,545 |    8,300,578 | 8,590,520
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    Earned degrees     |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
       conferred       |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
                       |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
Associate, total ......|      --- |       --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |          ---|          --- |          --- |           --- |           --- |        206,023 |        400,910 |        455,102 |      564,933 |   578,865
  Men .................|      --- |       --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |          ---|          --- |          --- |           --- |           --- |        117,432 |        183,737 |        191,195 |      224,721 |   231,645
  Women ...............|      --- |       --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |          ---|          --- |          --- |           --- |           --- |         88,591 |        217,173 |        263,907 |      340,212 |   347,220
                       |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
Bachelor's, total\7\ ..|    9,371 |    12,896 |     15,539 |     27,410 |     37,199 |      48,622 |      122,484 |      186,500 |       432,058 |       392,440 |        792,316 |        929,417 |      1,051,344 |    1,237,875 | 1,244,171
  Men .................|    7,993 |    10,411 |     12,857 |     22,173 |     28,762 |      31,980 |       73,615 |      109,546 |       328,841 |       254,063 |        451,097 |        473,611 |        491,696 |      530,367 |   531,840
  Women ...............|    1,378 |     2,485 |      2,682 |      5,237 |      8,437 |      16,642 |       48,869 |       76,954 |       103,217 |       138,377 |        341,219 |        455,806 |        559,648 |      707,508 |   712,331
                       |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
Master's, total\8\ ....|        0 |       879 |      1,015 |      1,583 |      2,113 |       4,279 |       14,969 |       26,731 |        58,183 |        74,435 |        208,291 |        298,081 |        324,301 |      457,056 |   468,476
  Men .................|        0 |       868 |        821 |      1,280 |      1,555 |       2,985 |        8,925 |       16,508 |        41,220 |        50,898 |        125,624 |        150,749 |        153,653 |      191,792 |   194,351
  Women ...............|        0 |        11 |        194 |        303 |        558 |       1,294 |        6,044 |       10,223 |        16,963 |        23,537 |         82,667 |        147,332 |        170,648 |      265,264 |   274,125
                       |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
First-professional,    |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
   total\7\ ...........|    (\7\) |     (\7\) |      (\7\) |      (\7\) |      (\7\) |       (\7\) |        (\7\) |        (\7\) |         (\7\) |         (\7\) |         34,918 |         70,131 |         70,988 |       80,057 |    79,707
  Men .................|    (\7\) |     (\7\) |      (\7\) |      (\7\) |      (\7\) |       (\7\) |        (\7\) |        (\7\) |         (\7\) |         (\7\) |         33,077 |         52,716 |         43,961 |       44,239 |    42,862
  Women ...............|    (\7\) |     (\7\) |      (\7\) |      (\7\) |      (\7\) |       (\7\) |        (\7\) |        (\7\) |         (\7\) |         (\7\) |          1,841 |         17,415 |         27,027 |       35,818 |    36,845
                       |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
Doctor's, total .......|        1 |        54 |        149 |        382 |        443 |         615 |        2,299 |        3,290 |         6,420 |         9,829 |         29,866 |         32,615 |         38,371 |       44,808 |    44,904
  Men .................|        1 |        51 |        147 |        359 |        399 |         522 |        1,946 |        2,861 |         5,804 |         8,801 |         25,890 |         22,943 |         24,401 |       25,028 |    24,728
  Women ...............|        0 |         3 |          2 |         23 |         44 |          93 |          353 |          429 |           616 |         1,028 |          3,976 |          9,672 |         13,970 |       19,780 |    20,176
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Finances, in thousands |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
                       |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
Current-fund revenue ..|      --- |       --- |        --- |        --- |    $76,883 |    $199,922 |     $554,511 |     $715,211 |    $2,374,645 |    $5,785,537 |    $21,515,242 |    $58,519,982 |   $139,635,477 |          --- |       ---
  Educational and      |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
    general income ....|      --- |       --- |    $21,464 |    $35,084 |     67,917 |     172,929 |      483,065 |      571,288 |     1,833,845 |     4,688,352 |     16,486,177 |            --- |            --- |          --- |       ---
Current-fund           |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
   expenditures .......|      --- |       --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |          ---|      507,142 |      674,688 |     2,245,661 |     5,601,376 |     21,043,113 |     56,913,588 |    134,655,571 |          --- |       ---
  Educational and      |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
   general expenditures|      --- |       --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |          ---|      377,903 |      521,990 |     1,706,444 |     4,685,258 |     16,845,212 |     44,542,843 |    105,585,076 |          --- |       ---
Value of physical      |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
   property ...........|      --- |       --- |     95,426 |    253,599 |    457,594 |     747,333 |    2,065,049 |\9\ 2,753,780 |     4,799,964 |    13,548,548 |     42,093,580 |     83,733,387 |    164,635,000 |          --- |       ---
Market value of        |          |           |            |            |            |             |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |              |
  endowment funds .....|      --- |       --- |\10\ 78,788 |\10\194,998 |\10\323,661 |\10\ 569,071 |\10\1,372,068 |\10\1,686,283 |\10\ 2,601,223 |\10\ 5,322,080 |     11,206,632 |     20,743,045 |     67,978,726 |          --- |       ---
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\1\Prior to 1979-80, excludes branch campuses.
\2\Total number of different individuals (not reduced to full-time equivalent). Beginning in 1959-60, data are for the first term of the academic year. Beginning in 1969-70, data include only instructional faculty with the rank of instructor or above.
\3\Estimated.
\4\Estimated number of senior instructional staff. Excludes graduate assistants.
\5\Because of revised survey procedures, data may not be directly comparable with figures prior to 1989-90.
\6\Data for 1869-70 to 1949-50 are for resident degree-credit students who enrolled at any time during the academic year.
\7\From 1869-70 to 1959-60, first-professional degrees are included under bachelor's degrees.
\8\Figures for years prior to 1969-70 are not precisely comparable with later data.
\9\Includes unexpended plant funds.
\10\Book value. Includes other nonexpendable funds.

NOTE: Data for 1869-70 to 1989-90 are for institutions of higher education. Institutions of higher education were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate or higher degrees. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), “Fall Enrollment,” “Staff,” and “Completions” surveys. (This table was prepared December 2002.)


2002 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest