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Table 169. Historical summary of faculty, students, degrees, and finances in degree-granting institutions: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2003-04
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Selected characteristic       |  1869-70|   1879-80|    1889-90|  1899-1900|    1909-10|     1919-20|      1929-30|      1939-40|      1949-50 |      1959-60 |       1969-70|       1979-80|        1989-90|    1999-2000|      2003-04
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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|        4,236
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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|\5\ 1,027,830|\5\ 1,174,831
  Males ......................|\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|\5\   602,469|\5\   664,775
  Females ....................|\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|\5\   425,361|\5\   510,056
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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|   16,900,471
  Males ......................|\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|    7,255,551
  Females ....................|\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|    9,644,920
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Earned degrees conferred      |         |          |           |           |           |            |             |             |              |              |              |              |               |             |
                              |         |          |           |           |           |            |             |             |              |              |              |              |               |             |
Associate's, total ...........|     --- |       ---|       --- |       --- |       --- |        --- |          ---|         --- |          --- |          --- |       206,023|       400,910|        455,102|      564,933|      665,301
  Males ......................|     --- |       ---|       --- |       --- |       --- |        --- |          ---|         --- |          --- |          --- |       117,432|       183,737|        191,195|      224,721|      260,033
  Females ....................|     --- |       ---|       --- |       --- |       --- |        --- |          ---|         --- |          --- |          --- |        88,591|       217,173|        263,907|      340,212|      405,268
                              |         |          |           |           |           |            |             |             |              |              |              |              |               |             |
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|    1,399,542
  Males ......................|    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|      595,425
  Females ....................|    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|      804,117
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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|      558,940
  Males ......................|        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|      229,545
  Females ....................|        0|        11|        194|        303|        558|       1,294|        6,044|       10,223|        16,963|        23,537|        82,667|       147,332|        170,648|      265,264|      329,395
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First-professional, total\7\ .|     --- |       ---|       --- |       --- |       --- |        --- |          ---|         --- |          --- |          --- |        34,918|        70,131|         70,988|       80,057|       83,041
  Males ......................|     --- |       ---|       --- |       --- |       --- |        --- |          ---|         --- |          --- |          --- |        33,077|        52,716|         43,961|       44,239|       42,169
  Females ....................|     --- |       ---|       --- |       --- |       --- |        --- |          ---|         --- |          --- |          --- |         1,841|        17,415|         27,027|       35,818|       40,872
                              |         |          |           |           |           |            |             |             |              |              |              |              |               |             |
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|       48,378
  Males ......................|        1|        51|        147|        359|        399|         522|        1,946|        2,861|         5,804|         8,801|        25,890|        22,943|         24,401|       25,028|       25,323
  Females ....................|        0|         3|          2|         23|         44|          93|          353|          429|           616|         1,028|         3,976|         9,672|         13,970|       19,780|       23,055
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                              |                                                                                                      In thousands of dollars
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Finances                      |         |          |           |           |           |            |             |             |              |              |              |              |               |             |
                              |         |          |           |           |           |            |             |             |              |              |              |              |               |             |
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.
\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. Estimated number of senior instructional staff. Excludes graduate assistants.
\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 through 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's or higher degrees. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. (See Guide to Sources for details.)
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States; Education Directory, Colleges and Universities; Faculty and Other Professional Staff in Institutions of Higher Education; Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities; Earned Degrees Conferred; Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education," "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred," and "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; and 1989 through 2003 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:89-99), "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:89-99), "Finance Survey" (IPEDS-F:FY90-00), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:90-00), "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:89-99), Winter 2003-04, Spring 2004, and Fall 2004. (This table was prepared July 2005.)

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