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Table 194.Full-time-equivalent fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by control and type of institution: 1969 to 1993

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          |         All institutions          |       Public institutions         |       Private institutions
   Year   |___________________________________|___________________________________|___________________________________
          |   Total   |  4-year   |  2-year   |   Total   |  4-year   |  2-year   |   Total   |  4-year   |   2-year
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    1     |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |     7     |     8     |     9     |     10
__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1969 .....| 6,334,139 | 4,899,526 | 1,434,612 | 4,577,985 | 3,259,676 | 1,318,309 | 1,756,153 | 1,639,850 |   116,303
1970 .....| 6,737,817 | 5,145,410 | 1,592,404 | 4,953,149 | 3,468,572 | 1,484,577 | 1,784,665 | 1,676,838 |   107,827
1971 .....| 7,148,575 | 5,357,708 | 1,790,867 | 5,344,356 | 3,660,624 | 1,683,732 | 1,804,219 | 1,697,084 |   107,135
1972 .....| 7,253,712 | 5,406,792 | 1,846,921 | 5,452,851 | 3,706,238 | 1,746,613 | 1,800,862 | 1,700,554 |   100,308
1973 .....| 7,453,467 | 5,439,226 | 2,014,241 | 5,629,568 | 3,721,035 | 1,908,533 | 1,823,899 | 1,718,191 |   105,708
1974 .....| 7,805,454 | 5,606,248 | 2,199,206 | 5,944,799 | 3,847,542 | 2,097,257 | 1,860,655 | 1,758,706 |   101,949
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1975 .....| 8,479,688 | 5,900,403 | 2,579,285 | 6,522,310 | 4,056,500 | 2,465,810 | 1,957,378 | 1,843,903 |   113,475
1976 .....| 8,312,502 | 5,848,001 | 2,464,501 | 6,349,903 | 3,998,450 | 2,351,453 | 1,962,599 | 1,849,551 |   113,048
1977 .....| 8,415,339 | 5,935,076 | 2,480,263 | 6,396,476 | 4,039,071 | 2,357,405 | 2,018,863 | 1,896,005 |   122,858
1978 .....| 8,348,482 | 5,932,357 | 2,416,125 | 6,279,199 | 3,996,126 | 2,283,073 | 2,069,283 | 1,936,231 |   133,052
1979 .....| 8,487,317 | 6,016,072 | 2,471,245 | 6,392,617 | 4,059,304 | 2,333,313 | 2,094,700 | 1,956,768 |   137,932
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1980 .....| 8,819,013 | 6,161,372 | 2,657,641 | 6,642,294 | 4,158,267 | 2,484,027 | 2,176,719 | 2,003,105 |\1\173,614
1981 .....| 9,014,521 | 6,249,847 | 2,764,674 | 6,781,300 | 4,208,506 | 2,572,794 | 2,233,221 | 2,041,341 |\1\191,880
1982 .....| 9,091,648 | 6,248,923 | 2,842,725 | 6,850,589 | 4,220,648 | 2,629,941 | 2,241,059 | 2,028,275 |   212,784
1983 .....| 9,166,398 | 6,325,222 | 2,841,176 | 6,881,479 | 4,265,807 | 2,615,672 | 2,284,919 | 2,059,415 |   225,504
1984 .....| 8,951,695 | 6,292,711 | 2,658,984 | 6,684,664 | 4,237,895 | 2,446,769 | 2,267,031 | 2,054,816 |   212,215
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1985 .....| 8,943,433 | 6,294,339 | 2,649,094 | 6,667,781 | 4,239,622 | 2,428,159 | 2,275,652 | 2,054,717 |   220,935
1986 .... | 9,064,165 | 6,360,325 | 2,703,842 | 6,778,045 | 4,295,494 | 2,482,551 | 2,286,122 | 2,064,831 |\2\221,291
1987 .... | 9,229,736 | 6,486,504 | 2,743,230 | 6,937,690 | 4,395,728 | 2,541,961 | 2,292,045 | 2,090,776 |   201,269
1988......| 9,464,271 | 6,664,146 | 2,800,125 | 7,096,905 | 4,505,774 | 2,591,131 | 2,367,366 | 2,158,372 |   208,994
1989 .....| 9,780,881 | 6,813,602 | 2,967,279 | 7,371,590 | 4,619,828 | 2,751,762 | 2,409,291 | 2,193,774 |   215,517
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1990 .....| 9,983,436 | 6,968,008 | 3,015,428 | 7,557,982 | 4,740,049 | 2,817,933 | 2,425,454 | 2,227,959 |   197,495
1991 .....|10,360,606 | 7,081,454 | 3,279,152 | 7,862,845 | 4,795,704 | 3,067,141 | 2,497,761 | 2,285,750 |   212,011
1992 \3\ .|10,435,759 | 7,128,362 | 3,307,397 | 7,911,701 | 4,797,884 | 3,113,817 | 2,524,058 | 2,330,478 |   193,580
1993 \4\ .|10,351,817 | 7,121,323 | 3,230,494 | 7,812,394 | 4,765,983 | 3,046,411 | 2,539,423 | 2,355,340 |   184,083
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\1\Large increases are due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology in 1980 and 1981.
\2\Because of imputation techniques, data are not consistent with figures for other years.
\3\Revised from previously published data.
\4\Preliminary data.

NOTE.--Because of a revision in data compilation procedures, figures for 1986 and later years are not directly comparable with data for earlier years.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared January 1995.)


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