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Table 180. Fall enrollment and number of degree-granting institutions, by affiliation of institution: 1980 to 2000

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                                            |        Enrollment in institutions of          |                          Enrollment in degree-granting institutions\3\         | Number of   |Number of degree-
                                            |             higher education\2\               |________________________________________________________________________________| higher edu- |    granting
                                            |_______________________________________________|           |            |                       Fall 2000                       |cation insti-|  institutions\4\
               Affiliation\1\               |  Total,   |  Total,   |  Total,   |  Total,   |  Total,   |   Total,   |_______________________________________________________|  tutions\4\ |
                                            |   fall    |   fall    |   fall    |   fall    |   fall    |    fall    |           |      Full-time      |      Part-time      |_____________|____________________
                                            |   1980    |   1990    |   1995    |   1996    |   1998    |    1999    |   Total   |_____________________|_____________________| Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |   Men    |  Women   |   Men    |  Women   | 1980 | 1990 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000
____________________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|______|______|______|______|______
                     1                      |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |     7      |     8     |    9     |    10    |    11    |    12    |  13  |  14  |  15  |  16  |  17
____________________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|______|______|______|______|______
  All institutions..........................|12,096,895 |13,818,637 |14,261,781 |14,300,255 |14,506,967 | 14,791,224 |15,312,289 |4,111,093 |4,898,507 |2,610,676 |3,692,013 |3,226 |3,501 |3,913 |3,958 |4,056
                                            |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|______|______|______|______|______
Public institutions.........................| 9,457,394 |10,844,717 |11,092,374 |11,090,171 |11,137,769 | 11,309,399 |11,752,786 |2,899,900 |3,471,326 |2,232,507 |3,149,053 |1,493 |1,548 |1,644 |1,646 |1,676
  Federal...................................|    50,989 |    50,669 |    90,046 |    83,230 |    17,122 |     16,218 |    16,917 |   12,479 |    3,360 |      302 |      776 |   12 |   17 |   11 |    9 |   12
  State.....................................|     (\5\) | 7,181,380 | 7,842,782 | 7,905,241 | 8,100,171 |  8,302,641 | 9,548,090 |2,529,632 |3,030,153 |1,646,375 |2,341,930 |(\5\) |  978 |1,176 |1,191 |1,355
  Local.....................................|     (\5\) | 3,508,941 | 3,023,723 | 2,980,820 | 2,887,670 |  2,847,100 | 2,078,090 |  325,771 |  398,360 |  570,810 |  783,149 |(\5\) |  523 |  414 |  397 |  277
  Other public .............................| 9,406,405 |   103,727 |   135,823 |   120,880 |   132,806 |    143,440 |   109,689 |   32,018 |   39,453 |   15,020 |   23,198 |1,481 |   30 |   43 |   49 |   32
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Private institutions........................| 2,639,501 | 2,973,920 | 3,169,407 | 3,210,084 | 3,369,198 |  3,481,825 | 3,559,503 |1,211,193 |1,427,181 |  378,169 |  542,960 |1,733 |1,953 |2,269 |2,312 |2,380
  Independent not-for-profit ...............| 1,521,614 | 1,474,818 | 1,511,151 | 1,515,330 | 1,520,918 |  1,550,568 | 1,577,242 |  532,097 |  609,612 |  185,730 |  249,803 |  795 |  709 |  721 |  725 |  729
  For-profit ...............................|   111,714 |   213,693 |   240,363 |   269,527 |   364,273 |    430,199 |   450,084 |  193,130 |  172,546 |   40,856 |   43,552 |  164 |  322 |  629 |  674 |  724
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |          |          |          |          |      |      |      |      |
  Religiously affiliated....................| 1,006,173 | 1,285,409 | 1,417,893 | 1,425,227 | 1,484,007 |  1,501,058 | 1,532,177 |  485,966 |  645,023 |  151,583 |  249,605 |  774 |  922 |  919 |  913 |  927
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |          |          |          |          |      |      |      |      |
    Advent Christian Church ................|       143 |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |        --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |    1 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  ---
    African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |     1,091 |        88 |       --- |       --- |       --- |        --- |        34 |       24 |        7 |        0 |        3 |    3 |    1 |  --- |  --- |    1
    African Methodist Episcopal ............|     4,541 |     3,220 |     3,503 |     5,180 |     5,783 |      5,942 |     5,980 |    2,206 |    3,155 |      304 |      315 |    6 |    5 |    7 |    7 |    6
    American Baptist .......................|     6,131 |    10,800 |    11,394 |    11,532 |    12,871 |     12,146 |    15,410 |    3,938 |    5,676 |    1,791 |    4,005 |   11 |   15 |   13 |   13 |   17
    American Evangelical Lutheran Church ...|       --- |       --- |       779 |       822 |     4,826 |        788 |       743 |      309 |      252 |       86 |       96 |  --- |  --- |    2 |    1 |    1
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    American Lutheran and Lutheran Church   |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |          |          |          |          |      |      |      |      |
      in America............................|     3,092 |       --- |     1,304 |     1,234 |     1,512 |      1,547 |     1,460 |      588 |      642 |       90 |      140 |    3 |  --- |    1 |    1 |    1
    American Lutheran ......................|    21,608 |       --- |    10,459 |    10,153 |     9,750 |      9,971 |       --- |     ---- |      --- |      --- |      --- |   13 |  --- |    8 |    8 |  ---
    Assemblies of God Church ...............|     7,814 |     8,307 |     9,652 |     9,860 |    10,321 |     10,687 |    14,272 |    5,461 |    6,272 |    1,277 |    1,262 |   10 |   11 |   12 |   12 |   14
    Baptist ................................|    38,231 |    99,510 |   105,802 |   105,251 |   106,456 |    106,123 |   107,610 |   37,523 |   49,012 |    9,141 |   11,934 |   33 |   69 |   66 |   66 |   68
    Brethren Church ........................|     3,925 |       958 |     1,456 |     1,414 |     1,793 |      1,855 |     2,088 |      845 |      856 |      249 |      138 |    3 |    3 |    3 |    3 |    3
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |          |          |          |          |      |      |      |      |
    Brethren in Christ Church ..............|     1,301 |     2,239 |     2,416 |     2,517 |     2,697 |      2,735 |     2,797 |    1,067 |    1,670 |       14 |       46 |    1 |    1 |    1 |    1 |    1
    Christian and Missionary Alliance       |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |          |          |          |          |      |      |      |      |
     Church ................................|     1,705 |     2,519 |     3,723 |     3,953 |     4,608 |      4,758 |     5,278 |    1,810 |    2,575 |      387 |      506 |    3 |    4 |    4 |    4 |    4
    Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)..|    14,913 |    30,397 |    33,029 |    33,492 |    35,638 |     35,377 |    35,984 |   10,345 |   15,364 |    3,964 |    6,311 |   12 |   18 |   17 |   17 |   16
    Christian Churches and Churches of      |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |          |          |          |          |      |      |      |      |
      Christ................................|     1,342 |     2,263 |     3,494 |     4,616 |     4,820 |      4,977 |     7,277 |    2,776 |    3,027 |      823 |      651 |    7 |    8 |   13 |   13 |   18
    Christian Methodist Episcopal ..........|     2,486 |     2,174 |     2,598 |     1,881 |     1,390 |      1,453 |     1,502 |      647 |      786 |       33 |       36 |    4 |    4 |    1 |    1 |    1
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    Christian Reformed Church ..............|     5,408 |     4,488 |     4,205 |     4,308 |     4,394 |      4,534 |     5,999 |    2,551 |    3,049 |      176 |      223 |    3 |    2 |    2 |    2 |    3
    Church of Christ (Scientist) ...........|     2,773 |     2,557 |     4,320 |     4,407 |     4,651 |      4,708 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |    6 |    8 |    5 |    5 |  ---
    Church of God of Prophecy ..............|       --- |       249 |       --- |       --- |       --- |        --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |  --- |    1 |  --- |  --- |  ---
    Church of God ..........................|     6,082 |     5,627 |     4,410 |     6,913 |     7,761 |      7,824 |    12,540 |    4,273 |    5,472 |    1,186 |    1,609 |    9 |    9 |    7 |    6 |    7
    Church of New Jerusalem ................|       170 |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |        --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |    1 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  ---
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    Church of the Brethren .................|     8,482 |     4,463 |     2,812 |     2,856 |     2,847 |      2,933 |     4,187 |    1,600 |    2,335 |      101 |      151 |    6 |    5 |    3 |    3 |    4
    Church of the Nazarene .................|    11,716 |    10,779 |    14,466 |    14,502 |    15,863 |     16,472 |    16,661 |    5,934 |    7,779 |    1,161 |    1,787 |   10 |    9 |   12 |   12 |   12
    Churches of Christ .....................|     9,343 |    14,611 |    22,807 |    23,035 |    24,455 |     25,171 |    30,140 |   10,384 |   12,382 |    3,534 |    3,840 |    9 |   19 |   16 |   16 |   19
    Cumberland Presbyterian ................|       594 |       746 |       799 |       823 |       966 |      1,039 |     1,112 |      454 |      395 |      128 |      135 |    2 |    2 |    2 |    2 |    2
    Evangelical Congregational Church ......|        80 |        88 |        65 |        95 |       138 |        158 |       148 |       11 |        3 |       94 |       40 |    1 |    1 |    1 |    1 |    1
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    Evangelical Covenant Church of America .|     1,401 |     1,035 |     1,745 |     1,815 |     2,154 |      2,198 |     2,387 |      537 |      776 |      344 |      730 |    1 |    1 |    1 |    1 |    1
    Evangelical Free Church of America .....|       833 |     2,355 |     3,778 |     3,937 |     3,985 |      4,301 |     4,022 |    1,522 |    1,347 |      746 |      407 |    1 |    2 |    3 |    3 |    3
    Evangelical Lutheran Church ............|       743 |    49,210 |    39,089 |    38,666 |    39,657 |     39,687 |    49,085 |   18,094 |   24,488 |    2,415 |    4,088 |    3 |   33 |   26 |   27 |   34
    Free Methodist .........................|     5,543 |     5,902 |     8,696 |     8,713 |     9,123 |      9,281 |     7,323 |    2,146 |    3,781 |      505 |      891 |    5 |    3 |    5 |    5 |    4
    Free Will Baptist Church ...............|     1,132 |     1,177 |     1,467 |     1,681 |     2,022 |      2,254 |     2,378 |      861 |      926 |      293 |      298 |    4 |    3 |    3 |    3 |    4
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    Friends United Meeting .................|     1,109 |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |        --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |    1 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  ---
    Friends ................................|     5,157 |     5,844 |     6,600 |     9,711 |    10,165 |     11,216 |    10,898 |    3,849 |    4,621 |    1,045 |    1,383 |    5 |    6 |    6 |    7 |    8
    General Conference Mennonite Church ....|       820 |     1,243 |     1,046 |     1,095 |     1,000 |      1,015 |     1,059 |      392 |      520 |       89 |       58 |    2 |    2 |    1 |    1 |    1
    Greek Orthodox .........................|       204 |       148 |       168 |       179 |       146 |        146 |       132 |       91 |       17 |       18 |        6 |    1 |    1 |    1 |    1 |    1
    Interdenominational ....................|     1,254 |    11,103 |     5,571 |     5,510 |     4,275 |      5,314 |     9,788 |    3,784 |    4,241 |    1,030 |      733 |    4 |   17 |    5 |    8 |   14
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    Jewish .................................|     5,738 |    12,217 |    11,481 |    12,273 |    13,362 |     14,122 |    14,182 |   11,754 |      874 |      841 |      713 |   24 |   63 |   63 |   63 |   62
    Latter-Day Saints ......................|    39,172 |    42,274 |    40,086 |    42,371 |    43,916 |     44,425 |    44,680 |   18,519 |   21,101 |    2,587 |    2,473 |    4 |    4 |    4 |    4 |    4
    Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod ........|    11,727 |    13,827 |    11,315 |    12,145 |    13,162 |     13,203 |    18,866 |    6,328 |    8,483 |    1,435 |    2,620 |   15 |   14 |    9 |    9 |   13
    Lutheran Church in America .............|    23,877 |     5,796 |     4,321 |     4,291 |     4,374 |      4,493 |     4,322 |    1,662 |    2,293 |      121 |      246 |   20 |    5 |    3 |    3 |    2
    Mennonite Brethren Church ..............|     1,344 |     1,864 |     2,269 |     2,225 |     2,379 |      2,359 |     2,390 |      524 |      787 |      389 |      690 |    3 |    3 |    3 |    3 |    3
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    Mennonite Church .......................|     4,008 |     2,859 |     3,502 |     3,427 |     3,481 |      3,501 |     3,553 |    1,290 |    1,683 |      208 |      372 |    6 |    5 |    5 |    5 |    5
    Missionary Church Inc. .................|       487 |       699 |     1,352 |     1,467 |     1,627 |      1,640 |     1,647 |      445 |      736 |      145 |      321 |    1 |    1 |    1 |    1 |    1
    Moravian Church ........................|     2,434 |     2,511 |     2,804 |     2,861 |     2,847 |      2,880 |     2,939 |      578 |    1,468 |      218 |      675 |    2 |    2 |    2 |    2 |    2
    Multiple Protestant Denominations ......|     5,526 |       211 |       164 |     7,580 |     7,897 |      8,025 |     4,690 |    1,100 |    1,317 |    1,276 |      997 |    8 |    1 |    9 |    9 |    7
    North American Baptist .................|       155 |       --- |       186 |       179 |       128 |        132 |       124 |       42 |       28 |       28 |       26 |    1 |  --- |    1 |    1 |    1
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    Pentecostal Holiness Church ............|       767 |       566 |     1,002 |     1,237 |     1,728 |      1,681 |       976 |      422 |      449 |       59 |       46 |    3 |    3 |    4 |    4 |    2
    Presbyterian U.S.A. and United          |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |          |          |          |          |      |      |      |      |
      Presbyterian..........................|    47,144 |    77,700 |    70,357 |    71,034 |    72,677 |     74,008 |    78,950 |   29,614 |   39,158 |    3,510 |    6,668 |   57 |   70 |   60 |   60 |   64
    Presbyterian Church in America .........|       --- |     1,877 |     3,809 |     2,183 |     2,200 |      2,299 |     4,499 |    1,887 |    1,943 |      425 |      244 |  --- |    1 |    2 |    2 |    5
    Protestant Episcopal ...................|     5,396 |     4,559 |     4,603 |     4,593 |     5,530 |      5,562 |     5,479 |    2,188 |    2,666 |      310 |      315 |   12 |    9 |   12 |   12 |   12
    Protestant, other ......................|     4,072 |    38,136 |    60,386 |    54,427 |    55,058 |     55,579 |    30,116 |    9,316 |   13,331 |    3,096 |    4,373 |   11 |   44 |   60 |   59 |   34
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    Reformed Church in America .............|     2,713 |     5,525 |     5,582 |     5,327 |     5,482 |      5,631 |     6,002 |    2,222 |    3,252 |      248 |      280 |    4 |    4 |    4 |    4 |    5
    Reformed Episcopal Church ..............|        67 |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |        --- |       --- |     ---- |      --- |      --- |      --- |    1 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  ---
    Reformed Presbyterian Church ...........|     2,014 |     1,556 |     1,771 |     1,819 |     2,065 |      2,209 |     2,355 |      873 |    1,054 |      188 |      240 |    4 |    2 |    2 |    2 |    2
    Reorganized Latter-Day Saints Church ...|     4,274 |     4,793 |    11,063 |    11,746 |    12,758 |     11,814 |     3,390 |      615 |      801 |      246 |    1,728 |    2 |    1 |    2 |    2 |    2
    Roman Catholic .........................|   422,842 |   530,585 |   594,464 |   594,537 |   618,014 |    630,365 |   636,336 |  169,544 |  249,046 |   74,795 |  142,951 |  229 |  239 |  242 |  240 |  239
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    Russian Orthodox .......................|        47 |        38 |        32 |        36 |       --- |        --- |       106 |       69 |       11 |       26 |        0 |    1 |    1 |  --- |  --- |    1
    Seventh-Day Adventists .................|    19,168 |    15,771 |    17,519 |    17,744 |    18,530 |     18,779 |    19,223 |    6,788 |    8,683 |    1,490 |    2,262 |   11 |   11 |   12 |   12 |   13
    Southern Baptist .......................|    85,281 |    49,493 |    46,042 |    47,704 |    51,026 |     51,113 |    54,275 |   16,321 |   17,697 |    9,769 |   10,488 |   54 |   29 |   30 |   29 |   32
    Nondenominational.......................|       --- |     6,758 |    18,729 |    15,166 |    16,597 |     20,101 |    23,573 |    6,783 |    8,887 |    4,114 |    3,789 |  --- |   14 |   13 |   15 |   16
    Unitarian Universalist .................|        87 |        82 |       126 |       131 |       157 |        135 |       132 |       28 |       70 |        6 |       28 |    2 |    2 |    2 |    2 |    2
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    United Brethren Church .................|       545 |       601 |       721 |       740 |       897 |        904 |       938 |      331 |      490 |       78 |       39 |    1 |    1 |    1 |    1 |    1
    United Church of Christ ................|    14,169 |    20,175 |    24,013 |    22,612 |    23,313 |     24,136 |    23,709 |    6,956 |   10,307 |    2,047 |    4,399 |   16 |   18 |   20 |   19 |   18
    United Methodist .......................|   127,099 |   148,851 |   148,091 |   148,926 |   151,591 |    152,960 |   171,109 |   60,205 |   78,768 |   12,353 |   19,783 |   91 |   96 |   91 |   90 |  100
    Wesleyan Church ........................|     3,583 |     5,311 |     7,734 |     8,336 |     9,033 |      9,806 |    11,128 |    3,942 |    6,030 |      370 |      786 |    5 |    4 |    3 |    3 |    4
    Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod ...|       808 |       931 |     1,165 |     1,218 |     1,365 |      1,463 |     1,660 |      745 |      867 |       19 |       29 |    1 |    3 |    2 |    2 |    2
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    Other religiously affiliated............|       462 |     5,743 |    11,551 |     6,741 |     6,746 |      1,123 |     2,534 |      853 |    1,317 |      162 |      202 |    1 |    9 |   10 |    5 |    4
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\1\Religious affiliation as reported by institution.
\2\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.
\3\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\4\Because data are derived from the "Fall Enrollment" survey, counts of institutions may differ from counts in other tables.
\5\Included under "Other public."

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. The Department of Education no longer distinguishes between those institutions and other institutions that participated in Title IV programs. 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 degrees. Data for 1999 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

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


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