Table 205.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by level and control of institution, attendance status, and sex of student: Selected years, 1970 through 2010

Level and control of institution, attendance status, and sex of student	1970	1975	19801	1985	1990	1995	2000	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Total	8,580,887	11,184,859	12,096,895	12,247,055	13,818,637	14,261,781	15,312,289	17,272,044	17,487,475	17,758,870	18,248,128	19,102,814	20,427,711	21,016,126
Full-time	5,816,290	6,841,334	7,097,958	7,075,221	7,820,985	8,128,802	9,009,600	10,610,177	10,797,011	10,957,305	11,269,892	11,747,743	12,722,782	13,082,267
Males	3,504,095	3,926,753	3,689,244	3,607,720	3,807,752	3,807,392	4,111,093	4,739,355	4,803,388	4,879,315	5,029,444	5,234,357	5,670,644	5,837,057
Females	2,312,195	2,914,581	3,408,714	3,467,501	4,013,233	4,321,410	4,898,507	5,870,822	5,993,623	6,077,990	6,240,448	6,513,386	7,052,138	7,245,210
Part-time	2,764,597	4,343,525	4,998,937	5,171,834	5,997,652	6,132,979	6,302,689	6,661,867	6,690,464	6,801,565	6,978,236	7,355,071	7,704,929	7,933,859
Males	1,539,547	2,222,244	2,185,130	2,210,730	2,476,157	2,535,147	2,610,676	2,647,907	2,652,537	2,695,500	2,786,470	2,954,538	3,098,860	3,207,754
Females	1,225,050	2,121,281	2,813,807	2,961,104	3,521,495	3,597,832	3,692,013	4,013,960	4,037,927	4,106,065	4,191,766	4,400,533	4,606,069	4,726,105
4-year	6,261,502	7,214,740	7,570,608	7,715,978	8,578,554	8,769,252	9,363,858	10,726,181	10,999,420	11,240,330	11,630,198	12,131,436	12,906,305	13,335,251
Full-time	4,587,379	5,080,256	5,344,163	5,384,614	5,937,023	6,151,755	6,792,551	7,926,639	8,150,209	8,313,999	8,577,299	8,915,546	9,474,059	9,717,074
Males	2,732,796	2,891,192	2,809,528	2,781,412	2,926,360	2,929,177	3,115,252	3,572,783	3,649,622	3,719,478	3,839,336	3,984,494	4,222,234	4,353,627
Females	1,854,583	2,189,064	2,534,635	2,603,202	3,010,663	3,222,578	3,677,299	4,353,856	4,500,587	4,594,521	4,737,963	4,931,052	5,251,825	5,363,447
Part-time	1,674,123	2,134,484	2,226,445	2,331,364	2,641,531	2,617,497	2,571,307	2,799,542	2,849,211	2,926,331	3,052,899	3,215,890	3,432,246	3,618,177
Males	936,189	1,092,461	1,017,813	1,034,804	1,124,780	1,084,753	1,047,917	1,116,883	1,125,935	1,150,598	1,206,007	1,268,517	1,350,710	1,426,058
Females	737,934	1,042,023	1,208,632	1,296,560	1,516,751	1,532,744	1,523,390	1,682,659	1,723,276	1,775,733	1,846,892	1,947,373	2,081,536	2,192,119
Public 4-year	4,232,722	4,998,142	5,128,612	5,209,540	5,848,242	5,814,545	6,055,398	6,736,536	6,837,605	6,955,013	7,166,661	7,331,809	7,709,197	7,924,771
Full-time	3,086,491	3,469,821	3,592,193	3,623,341	4,033,654	4,084,711	4,371,218	4,943,811	5,021,745	5,103,764	5,244,841	5,378,123	5,649,713	5,811,370
Males	1,813,584	1,947,823	1,873,397	1,863,689	1,982,369	1,951,140	2,008,618	2,259,946	2,295,456	2,338,923	2,417,717	2,488,168	2,626,170	2,707,453
Females	1,272,907	1,521,998	1,718,796	1,759,652	2,051,285	2,133,571	2,362,600	2,683,865	2,726,289	2,764,841	2,827,124	2,889,955	3,023,543	3,103,917
Part-time	1,146,231	1,528,321	1,536,419	1,586,199	1,814,588	1,729,834	1,684,180	1,792,725	1,815,860	1,851,249	1,921,820	1,953,686	2,059,484	2,113,401
Males	609,422	760,469	685,051	693,115	764,248	720,402	683,100	716,569	724,375	739,846	772,563	788,594	833,156	861,091
Females	536,809	767,852	851,368	893,084	1,050,340	1,009,432	1,001,080	1,076,156	1,091,485	1,111,403	1,149,257	1,165,092	1,226,328	1,252,310
Private 4-year	2,028,780	2,216,598	2,441,996	2,506,438	2,730,312	2,954,707	3,308,460	3,989,645	4,161,815	4,285,317	4,463,537	4,799,627	5,197,108	5,410,480
Full-time	1,500,888	1,610,435	1,751,970	1,761,273	1,903,369	2,067,044	2,421,333	2,982,828	3,128,464	3,210,235	3,332,458	3,537,423	3,824,346	3,905,704
Males	919,212	943,369	936,131	917,723	943,991	978,037	1,106,634	1,312,837	1,354,166	1,380,555	1,421,619	1,496,326	1,596,064	1,646,174
Females	581,676	667,066	815,839	843,550	959,378	1,089,007	1,314,699	1,669,991	1,774,298	1,829,680	1,910,839	2,041,097	2,228,282	2,259,530
Part-time	527,892	606,163	690,026	745,165	826,943	887,663	887,127	1,006,817	1,033,351	1,075,082	1,131,079	1,262,204	1,372,762	1,504,776
Males	326,767	331,992	332,762	341,689	360,532	364,351	364,817	400,314	401,560	410,752	433,444	479,923	517,554	564,967
Females	201,125	274,171	357,264	403,476	466,411	523,312	522,310	606,503	631,791	664,330	697,635	782,281	855,208	939,809
Not-for-profit
4-year	2,021,121	2,198,451	2,413,693	2,463,000	2,671,069	2,853,890	3,050,575	3,369,435	3,411,170	3,473,710	3,537,664	3,626,168	3,730,316	3,822,260
Full-time	1,494,625	1,596,074	1,733,014	1,727,707	1,859,124	1,989,457	2,226,028	2,494,090	2,534,793	2,589,590	2,643,207	2,698,819	2,783,162	2,865,417
Males	914,020	930,842	921,253	894,080	915,100	931,956	996,113	1,092,100	1,109,075	1,135,163	1,159,775	1,184,895	1,221,375	1,259,919
Females	580,605	665,232	811,761	833,627	944,024	1,057,501	1,229,915	1,401,990	1,425,718	1,454,427	1,483,432	1,513,924	1,561,787	1,605,498
Part-time	526,496	602,377	680,679	735,293	811,945	864,433	824,547	875,345	876,377	884,120	894,457	927,349	947,154	956,843
Males	325,693	329,662	327,986	336,168	352,106	351,874	332,814	341,391	339,572	340,842	344,325	357,974	364,432	366,645
Females	200,803	272,715	352,693	399,125	459,839	512,559	491,733	533,954	536,805	543,278	550,132	569,375	582,722	590,198
For-profit 4-year	7,659	18,147	28,303	43,438	59,243	100,817	257,885	620,210	750,645	811,607	925,873	1,173,459	1,466,792	1,588,220
2-year	2,319,385	3,970,119	4,526,287	4,531,077	5,240,083	5,492,529	5,948,431	6,545,863	6,488,055	6,518,540	6,617,930	6,971,378	7,521,406	7,680,875
Full-time	1,228,911	1,761,078	1,753,795	1,690,607	1,883,962	1,977,047	2,217,049	2,683,538	2,646,802	2,643,306	2,692,593	2,832,197	3,248,723	3,365,193
Males	771,299	1,035,561	879,716	826,308	881,392	878,215	995,841	1,166,572	1,153,766	1,159,837	1,190,108	1,249,863	1,448,410	1,483,430
Females	457,612	725,517	874,079	864,299	1,002,570	1,098,832	1,221,208	1,516,966	1,493,036	1,483,469	1,502,485	1,582,334	1,800,313	1,881,763
Part-time	1,090,474	2,209,041	2,772,492	2,840,470	3,356,121	3,515,482	3,731,382	3,862,325	3,841,253	3,875,234	3,925,337	4,139,181	4,272,683	4,315,682
Males	603,358	1,129,783	1,167,317	1,175,926	1,351,377	1,450,394	1,562,759	1,531,024	1,526,602	1,544,902	1,580,463	1,686,021	1,748,150	1,781,696
Females	487,116	1,079,258	1,605,175	1,664,544	2,004,744	2,065,088	2,168,623	2,331,301	2,314,651	2,330,332	2,344,874	2,453,160	2,524,533	2,533,986
Public 2-year	2,195,412	3,836,366	4,328,782	4,269,733	4,996,475	5,277,829	5,697,388	6,243,576	6,184,229	6,225,120	6,324,119	6,640,344	7,101,445	7,218,038
Full-time	1,129,165	1,662,621	1,595,493	1,496,905	1,716,843	1,840,590	2,000,008	2,425,621	2,387,016	2,391,799	2,442,140	2,548,488	2,880,631	2,952,480
Males	720,440	988,701	811,871	742,673	810,664	818,605	891,282	1,065,127	1,055,029	1,067,223	1,098,772	1,152,037	1,317,630	1,342,140
Females	408,725	673,920	783,622	754,232	906,179	1,021,985	1,108,726	1,360,494	1,331,987	1,324,576	1,343,368	1,396,451	1,563,001	1,610,340
Part-time	1,066,247	2,173,745	2,733,289	2,772,828	3,279,632	3,437,239	3,697,380	3,817,955	3,797,213	3,833,321	3,881,979	4,091,856	4,220,814	4,265,558
Males	589,439	1,107,680	1,152,268	1,138,011	1,317,730	1,417,488	1,549,407	1,517,834	1,514,363	1,533,412	1,568,247	1,671,716	1,732,613	1,768,853
Females	476,808	1,066,065	1,581,021	1,634,817	1,961,902	2,019,751	2,147,973	2,300,121	2,282,850	2,299,909	2,313,732	2,420,140	2,488,201	2,496,705
Private 2-year	123,973	133,753	197,505	261,344	243,608	214,700	251,043	302,287	303,826	293,420	293,811	331,034	419,961	462,837
Full-time	99,746	98,457	158,302	193,702	167,119	136,457	217,041	257,917	259,786	251,507	250,453	283,709	368,092	412,713
Males	50,859	46,860	67,845	83,635	70,728	59,610	104,559	101,445	98,737	92,614	91,336	97,826	130,780	141,290
Females	48,887	51,597	90,457	110,067	96,391	76,847	112,482	156,472	161,049	158,893	159,117	185,883	237,312	271,423
Part-time	24,227	35,296	39,203	67,642	76,489	78,243	34,002	44,370	44,040	41,913	43,358	47,325	51,869	50,124
Males	13,919	22,103	15,049	37,915	33,647	32,906	13,352	13,190	12,239	11,490	12,216	14,305	15,537	12,843
Females	10,308	13,193	24,154	29,727	42,842	45,337	20,650	31,180	31,801	30,423	31,142	33,020	36,332	37,281
Not-for-profit
2-year	113,299	112,997	114,094	108,791	89,158	75,154	58,844	42,250	43,522	39,156	33,486	35,351	34,767	32,660
Full-time	91,514	82,158	83,009	76,547	62,003	54,033	46,670	28,903	28,939	25,969	21,295	23,270	23,483	23,101
Males	46,030	40,548	34,968	30,878	25,946	23,265	21,950	12,347	12,086	10,832	8,691	9,244	9,578	9,918
Females	45,484	41,610	48,041	45,669	36,057	30,768	24,720	16,556	16,853	15,137	12,604	14,026	13,905	13,183
Part-time	21,785	30,839	31,085	32,244	27,155	21,121	12,174	13,347	14,583	13,187	12,191	12,081	11,284	9,559
Males	12,097	18,929	11,445	10,786	7,970	6,080	4,499	3,385	3,566	3,044	3,003	2,867	2,721	2,586
Females	9,688	11,910	19,640	21,458	19,185	15,041	7,675	9,962	11,017	10,143	9,188	9,214	8,563	6,973
For-profit 2-year	10,674	20,756	83,411	152,553	154,450	139,546	192,199	260,037	260,304	254,264	260,325	295,683	385,194	430,177

1 Large increase in private 2-year institutions in 1980 is due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

NOTE: Data through 1995 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Appendix A: 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 Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1970 through 1985; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99); and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2011, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared September 2011.)