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Table 5. Number of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1980-81 through 2003-04
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Level and control            |          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
of institution               |   1980-81|1990-91|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98|1998-99|1999-2000|2000-01|2001-02|2002-03|2003-04
_____________________________|__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______
1                            |         2|      3|      4|      5|      6|      7|      8|      9|       10|     11|     12|     13|     14
_____________________________|__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______
     All institutions .......|      --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |123,504|   --- |  125,642|   --- |129,843|   --- |   ---
                             |__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______
   Elementary and            |          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
      secondary schools .....|   106,746|109,228|111,486|   --- |114,811|   --- |116,910|   --- |  119,235|   --- |123,385|   --- |   ---
                             |__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______
Elementary ..................|    72,659| 74,716| 75,591|   --- | 77,909|   --- | 79,362|   --- |   80,661|   --- | 82,655|   --- |   ---
Secondary ...................|    24,856| 23,602| 23,256|   --- | 23,530|   --- | 24,169|   --- |   24,903|   --- | 24,884|   --- |   ---
Combined ....................|     5,202|  8,847| 10,678|   --- | 11,205|   --- | 11,412|   --- |   12,197|   --- | 14,430|   --- |   ---
Other\1\ ....................|     4,029|  2,063|  1,962|   --- |  2,167|   --- |  1,967|   --- |    1,474|   --- |  1,416|   --- |   ---
                             |          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Public schools ..............|    85,982| 84,538| 85,393| 86,221| 87,125| 88,223| 89,508| 90,874|   92,012| 93,273| 94,112| 95,615| 95,726
  Elementary ................|    59,326| 59,015| 60,052| 60,808| 61,165| 61,805| 62,739| 63,462|   64,131| 64,601| 65,228| 65,718| 65,758
  Secondary .................|    22,619| 21,135| 20,705| 20,904| 20,997| 21,307| 21,682| 22,076|   22,365| 21,994| 22,180| 22,599| 22,782
  Combined ..................|     1,743|  2,325|  2,674|  2,764|  2,796|  2,980|  3,120|  3,721|    4,042|  5,096|  5,288|  5,552|  5,437
  Other\1\ ..................|     2,294|  2,063|  1,962|  1,745|  2,167|  2,131|  1,967|  1,615|    1,474|  1,582|  1,416|  1,746|  1,749
                             |          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Private schools .............|    20,764| 24,690| 26,093|   --- | 27,686|   --- | 27,402|   --- |   27,223|   --- | 29,273|   --- |   ---
  Elementary ................|    13,333| 15,701| 15,539|   --- | 16,744|   --- | 16,623|   --- |   16,530|   --- | 17,427|   --- |   ---
  Secondary .................|     2,237|  2,467|  2,551|   --- |  2,533|   --- |  2,487|   --- |    2,538|   --- |  2,704|   --- |   ---
  Combined ..................|     3,459|  6,522|  8,004|   --- |  8,409|   --- |  8,292|   --- |    8,155|   --- |  9,142|   --- |   ---
  Other\1\ ..................|     1,735| (\2\) | (\2\) |   --- | (\2\) |   --- | (\2\) |   --- |   (\2\) |   --- | (\2\) |   --- |   ---
                             |          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
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   Postsecondary Title IV    |          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
      institutions ..........|      --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |  6,669|  6,594|  6,431|    6,407|  6,479|  6,458|  6,354|  6,412
                             |__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______
Public ......................|      --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |  2,069|  2,163|  2,090|    2,078|  2,084|  2,099|  2,051|  2,047
Private .....................|      --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |  4,600|  4,431|  4,341|    4,329|  4,395|  4,359|  4,303|  4,365
  Not-for-profit ............|      --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |  2,027|  2,007|  1,986|    1,936|  1,950|  1,941|  1,921|  1,913
  For-profit ................|      --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |  2,573|  2,424|  2,355|    2,393|  2,445|  2,418|  2,382|  2,452
                             |          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Title IV non-degree-         |          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
   granting institutions ....|      --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |  2,660|  2,530|  2,383|    2,323|  2,297|  2,261|  2,186|  2,176
  Public ....................|      --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |    367|    456|    409|      396|    386|    386|    339|    327
  Private ...................|      --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |  2,293|  2,074|  1,974|    1,927|  1,911|  1,875|  1,847|  1,849
    Not-for-profit ..........|      --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |    334|    300|    291|      255|    255|    265|    256|    249
    For-profit ..............|      --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |  1,959|  1,774|  1,683|    1,672|  1,656|  1,610|  1,591|  1,600
                             |          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Title IV degree-granting     |          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
   institutions\3\ ..........|     3,231|  3,559|  3,632|  3,688|  3,706|  4,009|  4,064|  4,048|    4,084|  4,182|  4,197|  4,168|  4,236
  2-year colleges ...........|     1,274|  1,418|  1,442|  1,473|  1,462|  1,742|  1,755|  1,713|    1,721|  1,732|  1,710|  1,702|  1,706
    Public ..................|       945|    972|  1,021|  1,036|  1,047|  1,088|  1,092|  1,069|    1,068|  1,076|  1,085|  1,081|  1,086
    Private .................|       329|    446|    421|    437|    415|    654|    663|    644|      653|    656|    625|    621|    620
      Not-for-profit ........|       182|    167|    181|    192|    187|    184|    179|    164|      150|    144|    135|    127|    118
      For-profit ............|       147|    279|    240|    245|    228|    470|    484|    480|      503|    512|    490|    494|    502
                             |          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
  4-year colleges ...........|     1,957|  2,141|  2,190|  2,215|  2,244|  2,267|  2,309|  2,335|    2,363|  2,450|  2,487|  2,466|  2,530
    Public ..................|       552|    595|    604|    605|    608|    614|    615|    612|      614|    622|    628|    631|    634
    Private .................|     1,405|  1,546|  1,586|  1,610|  1,636|  1,653|  1,694|  1,723|    1,749|  1,828|  1,859|  1,835|  1,896
      Not-for-profit ........|     1,387|  1,482|  1,506|  1,510|  1,519|  1,509|  1,528|  1,531|    1,531|  1,551|  1,541|  1,538|  1,546
      For-profit ............|        18|     64|     80|    100|    117|    144|    166|    192|      218|    277|    318|    297|    350
_____________________________|__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______
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\1\Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span. Because of changes in survey definitions, figures for "other" schools are not comparable from year to year.
\2\Included in other private school categories.
\3\Includes those colleges designated as institutions of higher education by the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) system, even if all their programs are less than 2 years. Includes branch campuses. Beginning in 1996-97, data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions include those institutions that award degrees at the associate's level or higher and were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/ Secondary School Universe Survey," 1989-90 through 2003-04; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1980-81 through 2001-02; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Institutional Characteristics of Colleges and Universities" survey, 1980-81; and 1990-91 through 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:90-99), and Fall 2001 though Fall 2003. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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