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Table 172. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, sex of student, and control of institution: 1947 to 2000

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         |           |   Attendance status     |     Sex of student    |            Control of institution
  Year   |           |_________________________|_______________________|_____________________________________________
         |   Total   |           |             |           |           |  Public   |             Private
         |enrollment | Full-time |   Part-time |    Men    |   Women   |           |_________________________________
         |           |           |             |           |           |           |          | Not-for- |   For-
         |           |           |             |           |           |           |  Total   |  profit  |   profit
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         |                                   Institutions of higher education\1\
         |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1947\2\ .| 2,338,226 |       --- |         --- | 1,659,249 |   678,977 | 1,152,377 |1,185,849 |      --- |       ---
1948\2\ .| 2,403,396 |       --- |         --- | 1,709,367 |   694,029 | 1,185,588 |1,217,808 |      --- |       ---
1949\2\ .| 2,444,900 |       --- |         --- | 1,721,572 |   723,328 | 1,207,151 |1,237,749 |      --- |       ---
1950\2\ .| 2,281,298 |       --- |         --- | 1,560,392 |   720,906 | 1,139,699 |1,141,599 |      --- |       ---
1951\2\ .| 2,101,962 |       --- |         --- | 1,390,740 |   711,222 | 1,037,938 |1,064,024 |      --- |       ---
         |           |           |             |           |           |           |          |          |
1952\2\ .| 2,134,242 |       --- |         --- | 1,380,357 |   753,885 | 1,101,240 |1,033,002 |      --- |       ---
1953\2\ .| 2,231,054 |       --- |         --- | 1,422,598 |   808,456 | 1,185,876 |1,045,178 |      --- |       ---
1954\2\ .| 2,446,693 |       --- |         --- | 1,563,382 |   883,311 | 1,353,531 |1,093,162 |      --- |       ---
1955\2\ .| 2,653,034 |       --- |         --- | 1,733,184 |   919,850 | 1,476,282 |1,176,752 |      --- |       ---
1956\2\ .| 2,918,212 |       --- |         --- | 1,911,458 | 1,006,754 | 1,656,402 |1,261,810 |      --- |       ---
         |           |           |             |           |           |           |          |          |
1957 ....| 3,323,783 |       --- |         --- | 2,170,765 | 1,153,018 | 1,972,673 |1,351,110 |      --- |       ---
1959 ....| 3,639,847 | 2,421,016 |\3\1,218,831 | 2,332,617 | 1,307,230 | 2,180,982 |1,458,865 |      --- |       ---
1961 ....| 4,145,065 | 2,785,133 |\3\1,359,932 | 2,585,821 | 1,559,244 | 2,561,447 |1,583,618 |      --- |       ---
1963 ....| 4,779,609 | 3,183,833 |\3\1,595,776 | 2,961,540 | 1,818,069 | 3,081,279 |1,698,330 |      --- |       ---
1964 ....| 5,280,020 | 3,573,238 |\3\1,706,782 | 3,248,713 | 2,031,307 | 3,467,708 |1,812,312 |      --- |       ---
         |           |           |             |           |           |           |          |          |
1965 ....| 5,920,864 | 4,095,728 |\3\1,825,136 | 3,630,020 | 2,290,844 | 3,969,596 |1,951,268 |      --- |       ---
1966 ....| 6,389,872 | 4,438,606 |\3\1,951,266 | 3,856,216 | 2,533,656 | 4,348,917 |2,040,955 |      --- |       ---
1967 ....| 6,911,748 | 4,793,128 |\3\2,118,620 | 4,132,800 | 2,778,948 | 4,816,028 |2,095,720 |      --- |       ---
1968 ....| 7,513,091 | 5,210,155 |   2,302,936 | 4,477,649 | 3,035,442 | 5,430,652 |2,082,439 |      --- |       ---
1969 ....| 8,004,660 | 5,498,883 |   2,505,777 | 4,746,201 | 3,258,459 | 5,896,868 |2,107,792 |      --- |       ---
         |           |           |             |           |           |           |          |          |
1970 ....| 8,580,887 | 5,816,290 |   2,764,597 | 5,043,642 | 3,537,245 | 6,428,134 |2,152,753 |      --- |       ---
1971 ....| 8,948,644 | 6,077,232 |   2,871,412 | 5,207,004 | 3,741,640 | 6,804,309 |2,144,335 |      --- |       ---
1972 ....| 9,214,820 | 6,072,350 |   3,142,470 | 5,238,718 | 3,976,102 | 7,070,635 |2,144,185 |      --- |       ---
1973 ....| 9,602,123 | 6,189,493 |   3,412,630 | 5,371,052 | 4,231,071 | 7,419,516 |2,182,607 |      --- |       ---
1974 ....|10,223,729 | 6,370,273 |   3,853,456 | 5,622,429 | 4,601,300 | 7,988,500 |2,235,229 |      --- |       ---
         |           |           |             |           |           |           |          |          |
1975 ....|11,184,859 | 6,841,334 |   4,343,525 | 6,148,997 | 5,035,862 | 8,834,508 |2,350,351 |      --- |       ---
1976 ....|11,012,137 | 6,717,058 |   4,295,079 | 5,810,828 | 5,201,309 | 8,653,477 |2,358,660 |2,314,298 |    44,362
1977 ....|11,285,787 | 6,792,925 |   4,492,862 | 5,789,016 | 5,496,771 | 8,846,993 |2,438,794 |2,386,652 |    52,142
1978 ....|11,260,092 | 6,667,657 |   4,592,435 | 5,640,998 | 5,619,094 | 8,785,893 |2,474,199 |2,408,331 |    65,868
1979 ....|11,569,899 | 6,794,039 |   4,775,860 | 5,682,877 | 5,887,022 | 9,036,822 |2,533,077 |2,461,773 |    71,304
         |           |           |             |           |           |           |          |          |
1980 ....|12,096,895 | 7,097,958 |   4,998,937 | 5,874,374 | 6,222,521 | 9,457,394 |2,639,501 |2,527,787 |\4\111,714
1981 ....|12,371,672 | 7,181,250 |   5,190,422 | 5,975,056 | 6,396,616 | 9,647,032 |2,724,640 |2,572,405 |\4\152,235
1982 ....|12,425,780 | 7,220,618 |   5,205,162 | 6,031,384 | 6,394,396 | 9,696,087 |2,729,693 |2,552,739 |\4\176,954
1983 ....|12,464,661 | 7,261,050 |   5,203,611 | 6,023,725 | 6,440,936 | 9,682,734 |2,781,927 |2,589,187 |   192,740
1984 ....|12,241,940 | 7,098,388 |   5,143,552 | 5,863,574 | 6,378,366 | 9,477,370 |2,764,570 |2,574,419 |   190,151
         |           |           |             |           |           |           |          |          |
1985 ....|12,247,055 | 7,075,221 |   5,171,834 | 5,818,450 | 6,428,605 | 9,479,273 |2,767,782 |2,571,791 |   195,991
1986 ....|12,503,511 | 7,119,550 |   5,383,961 | 5,884,515 | 6,618,996 | 9,713,893 |2,789,618 |2,572,479 |\5\217,139
1987 ....|12,766,642 | 7,231,085 |   5,535,557 | 5,932,056 | 6,834,586 | 9,973,254 |2,793,388 |2,602,350 |\5\191,038
1988 ....|13,055,337 | 7,436,768 |   5,618,569 | 6,001,896 | 7,053,441 |10,161,388 |2,893,949 |2,673,567 |   220,382
1989 ....|13,538,560 | 7,660,950 |   5,877,610 | 6,190,015 | 7,348,545 |10,577,963 |2,960,597 |2,731,174 |   229,423
         |           |           |             |           |           |           |          |          |
1990 ....|13,818,637 | 7,820,985 |   5,997,652 | 6,283,909 | 7,534,728 |10,844,717 |2,973,920 |2,760,227 |   213,693
1991 ....|14,358,953 | 8,115,329 |   6,243,624 | 6,501,844 | 7,857,109 |11,309,563 |3,049,390 |2,819,041 |   230,349
1992 ....|14,487,359 | 8,162,118 |   6,325,241 | 6,523,989 | 7,963,370 |11,384,567 |3,102,792 |2,872,523 |   230,269
1993 ....|14,304,803 | 8,127,618 |   6,177,185 | 6,427,450 | 7,877,353 |11,189,088 |3,115,715 |2,888,897 |   226,818
1994 ....|14,278,790 | 8,137,776 |   6,141,014 | 6,371,898 | 7,906,892 |11,133,680 |3,145,110 |2,910,107 |   235,003
         |           |           |             |           |           |           |          |          |
1995 ....|14,261,781 | 8,128,802 |   6,132,979 | 6,342,539 | 7,919,242 |11,092,374 |3,169,407 |2,929,044 |   240,363
1996 ....|14,300,255 | 8,213,490 |   6,086,765 | 6,343,992 | 7,956,263 |11,090,171 |3,210,084 |2,940,557 |   269,527
1997 ....|14,345,416 | 8,322,362 |   6,023,054 | 6,329,960 | 8,015,456 |11,146,155 |3,199,261 |2,961,714 |   237,547
         |===========|===========|=============|===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|===========
         |                              Degree-granting institutions\6\
         |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1996 ....|14,367,520 | 8,302,953 |   6,064,567 | 6,352,825 | 8,014,695 |11,120,499 |3,247,021 |2,942,556 |   304,465
1997 ....|14,502,334 | 8,438,062 |   6,064,272 | 6,396,028 | 8,106,306 |11,196,119 |3,306,215 |2,977,614 |   328,601
1998 ....|14,506,967 | 8,563,338 |   5,943,629 | 6,369,265 | 8,137,702 |11,137,769 |3,369,198 |3,004,925 |   364,273
1999\7\ .|14,791,224 | 8,786,494 |   6,004,730 | 6,490,646 | 8,300,578 |11,309,399 |3,481,825 |3,051,626 |   430,199
2000.....|15,312,289 | 9,009,600 |   6,302,689 | 6,721,769 | 8,590,520 |11,752,786 |3,559,503 |3,109,419 |   450,084
_________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|___________

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\1\Institutions that 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.
\2\Degree-credit enrollment only.
\3\Includes part-time resident students and all extension students.
\4\Large increases are due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.
\5\Because of imputation techniques, data are not consistent with figures for other years.
\6\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\7\Data imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

NOTE: Trend tabulations of institutions of higher education data are based on institutions that 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. As of 1996, the Department has been collecting data from Title IV participants. 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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared May 2002.)


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