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| Table 5. | Educational institutions, by level and control of institution: 1978-79 to 1994-95 |
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Level and control | 1980-81 |1982-83|1984-85| 1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89|1989-90|1990-91 |1991-92|1992-93|1993-94 |1994-95
of institution | | | | | | | | | | | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
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All institutions ...| 117,707 | --- | --- | 121,433 |122,111 | --- | --- |119,242 | --- | --- |121,855 | ---
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Elementary and | | | | | | | | | | | |
secondary schools .....| 106,746 | --- | --- | 109,071 |110,055 | --- | --- |109,228 | --- | --- |111,486 | ---
Elementary ...........| 72,659 | --- | --- | 74,104 | 76,247 | --- | --- | 74,716 | --- | --- | 75,591 | ---
Secondary ............| 24,856 | --- | --- | 23,844 | 23,153 | --- | --- | 22,873 | --- | --- | 22,610 | ---
Combined .............| 5,202 | --- | --- | 6,932 | 8,202 | --- | --- | 8,847 | --- | --- | 10,678 | ---
Other\1\ .............| 4,029 | --- | --- | 4,191 | 2,453 | --- | --- | 2,792 | --- | --- | 2,608 | ---
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Public schools .......| 85,982 |84,740 |84,007 | 83,455 | 83,248 |83,165 |83,425 | 84,538 |84,578 |84,501 | 85,393 | 86,221
Elementary .........| 59,326 |58,051 |57,231 | 58,801 | 59,311 |59,296 |59,757 | 59,015 |59,258 |59,680 | 60,052 | 60,808
Secondary ..........| 22,619 |22,383 |22,320 | 21,406 | 20,758 |20,550 |20,359 | 20,406 |20,120 |19,995 | 20,059 | 20,282
Combined ...........| 1,743 | 1,605 | 1,596 | 1,983 | 2,179 | 2,235 | 2,280 | 2,325 | 2,481 | 2,549 | 2,674 | 2,764
Other\1\ ...........| 2,294 | 2,701 | 2,860 | 1,265 | 1,000 | 1,084 | 1,029 | 2,792 | 2,719 | 2,277 | 2,608 | 2,367
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Private schools ......| 20,764 | --- | --- |\2\ 25,616 | 26,807 | --- | --- | 24,690 |25,998 | --- | 26,093 | ---
Elementary .........| 13,333 | --- | --- |\2\ 15,303 | 16,936 | --- | --- | 15,701 |15,716 | --- | 15,539 | ---
Secondary ..........| 2,237 | --- | --- |\2\ 2,438 | 2,395 | --- | --- | 2,467 | 2,475 | --- | 2,551 | ---
Combined ...........| 3,459 | --- | --- |\2\ 4,949 | 6,023 | --- | --- | 6,522 | 7,807 | --- | 8,004 | ---
Other\1\ ...........| 1,735 | --- | --- |\2\ 2,926 | 1,453 | --- | --- | (\3\) | (\3\) | --- | (\3\) | ---
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Postsecondary insti- | | | | | | | | | | | |
tutions ..............|\4\ 10,961 | --- | --- | 12,362 | 12,056 |11,389 |10,606 | 10,014 | 9,983 |10,601 | 10,369 | 10,246
Public .............|\4\ 2,393 | --- | --- | 2,363 | 2,250 | 2,169 | 2,120 | 2,096 | 2,129 | 2,146 | 2,152 | 2,179
Private nonprofit ..|\4\ 2,359 | --- | --- | 3,432 | 3,254 | 3,092 | 2,942 | 2,808 | 2,810 | 2,926 | 2,890 | 2,916
Proprietary ........|\4\ 6,209 | --- | --- | 6,567 | 6,552 | 6,128 | 5,544 | 5,110 | 5,044 | 5,529 | 5,327 | 5,151
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Noncollegiate insti- | | | | | | | | | | | |
tutions ............|\4\ 7,730 | --- | --- | 8,956 | 8,469 | 7,824 | 7,071 | 6,455 | 6,382 | 6,963 | 6,737 | 6,558
Public .............|\4\ 896 | --- | --- | 830 | 659 | 587 | 557 | 529 | 531 | 522 | 527 | 538
Private nonprofit ..|\4\ 790 | --- | --- | 1,797 | 1,581 | 1,434 | 1,286 | 1,159 | 1,148 | 1,254 | 1,203 | 1,214
Proprietary ........|\4\ 6,044 | --- | --- | 6,329 | 6,229 | 5,803 | 5,228 | 4,767 | 4,703 | 5,187 | 5,007 | 4,806
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Institutions of higher| | | | | | | | | | | |
education\5\ ........| 3,231 | 3,280 | 3,331 | 3,406 | 3,587 | 3,565 | 3,535 | 3,559 | 3,601 | 3,638 | 3,632 | 3,688
2-year colleges ....| 1,274 | 1,296 | 1,306 | 1,336 | 1,452 | 1,436 | 1,408 | 1,418 | 1,444 | 1,469 | 1,442 | 1,473
Public ...........| 945 | 933 | 935 | 960 | 992 | 984 | 968 | 972 | 999 | 1,024 | 1,021 | 1,036
Private nonprofit | 182 | 363 | 186 | 173 | 186 | 180 | 177 | 167 | 176 | 179 | 181 | 192
Proprietary ......| 147 | (\6\) | 185 | 203 | 274 | 272 | 263 | 279 | 269 | 266 | 240 | 245
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4-year colleges ....| 1,957 | 1,984 | 2,025 | 2,070 | 2,135 | 2,129 | 2,127 | 2,141 | 2,157 | 2,169 | 2,190 | 2,215
Public ...........| 552 | 560 | 566 | 573 | 599 | 598 | 595 | 595 | 599 | 600 | 604 | 605
Private nonprofit | 1,387 | 1,424 | 1,430 | 1,462 | 1,487 | 1,478 | 1,479 | 1,482 | 1,486 | 1,493 | 1,506 | 1,510
Proprietary ......| 18 | (\6\) | 29 | 35 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 100
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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\Data are for 1985-86. Data were collected from a sample survey that differed significantly from earlier surveys. The sample survey was designed to correct an undercount of about 10 percent that was known to have occurred in earlier surveys. \3\Included in other categories. \4\Because of changes in survey procedures, figures are not directly comparable with data for later years. \5\Includes those colleges designated as institutions of higher education by the Higher Education General Information Survey system, even if they have a less than 2-year program. Includes branch campuses. Beginning in 1980, total includes some schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology. \6\Included under "private nonprofit." ---Data not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data and Private School surveys; Higher Education General Information Survey, "Institutional Characteristics of Colleges and Universities;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Institutional Characteristics" surveys. (This table was prepared October 1996.)
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