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Table 245. Degree-granting institutions that have closed their doors, by control and type of institution: 1960-61 through 2004-05
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                              |  All institutions  |        Public      |        Private
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Year                          | Total|4-year|2-year| Total|4-year|2-year| Total|4-year|2-year
______________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______
1                             |     2|     3|     4|     5|     6|     7|     8|     9|    10
______________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______
Excluding branch campuses     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
   Total, 1960-61 to 1991-92 .|   343|   179|   164|    38|     1|    37|   305|   178|   127
                              |______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______
1960-61 ......................|     8|     1|     7|     1|     0|     1|     7|     1|     6
1961-62 ......................|     2|     1|     1|     0|     0|     0|     2|     1|     1
1962-63 ......................|     0|     0|     0|     0|     0|     0|     0|     0|     0
1963-64 ......................|     7|     1|     6|     1|     0|     1|     6|     1|     5
1964-65 ......................|     8|     1|     7|     4|     0|     4|     4|     1|     3
                              |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
1965-66 ......................|     8|     2|     6|     4|     0|     4|     4|     2|     2
1966-67 ......................|     9|     2|     7|     3|     0|     3|     6|     2|     4
1967-68 ......................|    14|     6|     8|     0|     0|     0|    14|     6|     8
1968-69 ......................|    21|    11|    10|     1|     0|     1|    20|    11|     9
1969-70 ......................|    18|     8|    10|     3|     0|     3|    15|     8|     7
                              |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
1970-71 ......................|    32|     9|    23|     9|     0|     9|    23|     9|    14
1971-72 ......................|    12|     3|     9|     3|     0|     3|     9|     3|     6
1972-73 ......................|    19|    12|     7|     2|     0|     2|    17|    12|     5
1973-74 ......................|    18|    11|     7|     0|     0|     0|    18|    11|     7
1974-75 ......................|    17|    13|     4|     3|     0|     3|    14|    13|     1
                              |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
1975-76 ......................|     8|     6|     2|     2|     1|     1|     6|     5|     1
1976-77 ......................|     8|     5|     3|     0|     0|     0|     8|     5|     3
1977-78 ......................|    12|     9|     3|     0|     0|     0|    12|     9|     3
1978-79 ......................|     9|     4|     5|     0|     0|     0|     9|     4|     5
1979-80 ......................|     6|     5|     1|     0|     0|     0|     6|     5|     1
                              |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
1980-81 ......................|     4|     3|     1|     0|     0|     0|     4|     3|     1
1981-82 ......................|     7|     6|     1|     0|     0|     0|     7|     6|     1
1982-83 ......................|     7|     4|     3|     0|     0|     0|     7|     4|     3
1983-84 ......................|     4|     4|     0|     0|     0|     0|     4|     4|     0
1984-85 ......................|     4|     4|     0|     0|     0|     0|     4|     4|     0
                              |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
1985-86 ......................|    10|     6|     4|     1|     0|     1|     9|     6|     3
1986-87 and 1987-88 ..........|    25|    19|     6|     1|     0|     1|    24|    19|     5
1988-89 ......................|    14|     6|     8|     0|     0|     0|    14|     6|     8
1989-90 ......................|    12|     6|     6|     0|     0|     0|    12|     6|     6
1990-91 ......................|    10|     4|     6|     0|     0|     0|    10|     4|     6
1991-92 ......................|    10|     7|     3|     0|     0|     0|    10|     7|     3
                              |======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======
Including branch campuses     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
   Total, 1969-70 to 2004-05 .|   539|   244|   295|    44|     5|    39|   495|   239|   256
                              |______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______
1969-70 ......................|    24|    10|    14|     5|     1|     4|    19|     9|    10
1970-71 ......................|    35|    10|    25|    11|     0|    11|    24|    10|    14
1971-72 ......................|    14|     5|     9|     3|     0|     3|    11|     5|     6
1972-73 ......................|    21|    12|     9|     4|     0|     4|    17|    12|     5
1973-74 ......................|    20|    12|     8|     1|     0|     1|    19|    12|     7
                              |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
1974-75 ......................|    18|    13|     5|     4|     0|     4|    14|    13|     1
1975-76 ......................|     9|     7|     2|     2|     1|     1|     7|     6|     1
1976-77 ......................|     9|     6|     3|     0|     0|     0|     9|     6|     3
1977-78 ......................|    12|     9|     3|     0|     0|     0|    12|     9|     3
1978-79 ......................|     9|     4|     5|     0|     0|     0|     9|     4|     5
                              |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
1979-80 ......................|     6|     5|     1|     0|     0|     0|     6|     5|     1
1980-81 ......................|     4|     3|     1|     0|     0|     0|     4|     3|     1
1981-82 ......................|     7|     6|     1|     0|     0|     0|     7|     6|     1
1982-83 ......................|     7|     4|     3|     0|     0|     0|     7|     4|     3
1983-84 ......................|     5|     5|     0|     1|     1|     0|     4|     4|     0
                              |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
1984-85 ......................|     4|     4|     0|     0|     0|     0|     4|     4|     0
1985-86 ......................|    12|     8|     4|     1|     1|     0|    11|     7|     4
1986-87 and 1987-88 ..........|    26|    19|     7|     1|     0|     1|    25|    19|     6
1988-89 ......................|    14|     6|     8|     0|     0|     0|    14|     6|     8
1989-90 ......................|    19|     8|    11|     0|     0|     0|    19|     8|    11
                              |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
1990-91 ......................|    18|     6|    12|     0|     0|     0|    18|     6|    12
1991-92 ......................|    26|     8|    18|     1|     0|     1|    25|     8|    17
1992-93 ......................|    24|     6|    18|     0|     0|     0|    24|     6|    18
1993-94 ......................|    38|    10|    28|     1|     0|     1|    37|    10|    27
1994-95 ......................|    15|     8|     7|     2|     0|     2|    13|     8|     5
                              |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
1995-96 ......................|    21|     8|    13|     1|     1|     0|    20|     7|    13
1996-97 ......................|    36|    13|    23|     2|     0|     2|    34|    13|    21
1997-98 ......................|     5|     0|     5|     0|     0|     0|     5|     0|     5
1998-99 ......................|     7|     1|     6|     1|     0|     1|     6|     1|     5
1999-2000 ....................|    16|     3|    13|     3|     0|     3|    13|     3|    10
                              |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
2000-01 ......................|    14|     9|     5|     0|     0|     0|    14|     9|     5
2001-02 ......................|    15|     2|    13|     0|     0|     0|    15|     2|    13
2002-03 ......................|    13|     7|     6|     0|     0|     0|    13|     7|     6
2003-04 ......................|    13|     6|     7|     0|     0|     0|    13|     6|     7
2004-05 ......................|     3|     1|     2|     0|     0|     0|     3|     1|     2
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NOTE: This table indicates the year in which the institution closed. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Data for 1960-61 to 1995-96 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Directory, Higher Education, 1960-61 through 1974-75; Education Directory, Colleges and Universities, 1975-76 through 1983-84; 1982-83 Supplement to the Education Directory, Colleges and Universities, 1983; and 1986-87 through 2004-05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:86-99), and Spring 2000 through Spring 2005. (This table was prepared September 2005.)


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