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Table 2.Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Fall 1980 to fall 2005 [In thousands]

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                          |       |       |       |           |           |           |           |             |Projected|Projected|Projected|Projected|Projected|Projected  
   Level of instruction   | Fall  | Fall  | Fall  |     Fall  |     Fall  |     Fall  |     Fall  |      Fall   |  fall   |  fall   |  fall   |  fall   |  fall   |  fall
   and type of control    | 1980  | 1985  | 1990  |     1991  |     1992  |     1993  |     1994  |      1995   |  1996   |  1997   |  1998   |  1999   |  2000   |  2005
__________________________|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
            1             |   2   |  3    |   4   |       5   |       6   |       7   |     8     |        9    |   10    |   11    |   12    |   13    |   14    |   15
__________________________|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
     All levels ..........|58,305 |57,226 |60,267 |    61,605 |    62,686 |    63,241 |    63,986 |      64,791 |  65,400 |  66,301 |  67,036 |  67,665 |  68,265 |  70,054
                          |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
Public ...................|50,335 |48,901 |52,061 |    53,356 |    54,208 |    54,654 |    55,245 |      55,933 |  56,594 |  57,381 |  58,011 |  58,548 |  59,050 |  60,544
Private ..................| 7,971 | 8,325 | 8,206 |     8,248 |     8,478 |     8,587 |     8,741 |       8,857 |   8,807 |   8,920 |   9,025 |   9,117 |   9,215 |   9,510
                          |=======|=======|=======|===========|===========|===========|===========|=============|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========
Elementary and secondary  |       |       |       |           |           |           |           |             |         |         |         |         |         |
 education\2\ ............|46,208 |44,979 |46,448 |    47,246 |    48,198 |    48,936 |    49,707 |      50,528 |  51,484 |  52,217 |  52,725 |  53,132 |  53,465 |  54,349
                          |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
  Public .................|40,877 |39,422 |41,217 |    42,047 |    42,823 |    43,465 |    44,111 |      44,840 |  45,700 |  46,353 |  46,806 |  47,170 |  47,467 |  48,276
  Private ................| 5,331 | 5,557 | 5,232 |     5,199 |     5,375 |     5,471 |\3\  5,596 |\3\    5,688 |   5,784 |   5,863 |   5,920 |   5,963 |   5,998 |   6,073
                          |=======|=======|=======|===========|===========|===========|===========|=============|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========
  Grades K-8\4\ ..........|31,639 |31,229 |33,973 |    34,580 |    35,300 |    35,784 |    36,258 |      36,768 |  37,316 |  37,759 |  38,096 |  38,309 |  38,490 |  38,264
                          |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
    Public ...............|27,647 |27,034 |29,878 |    30,506 |    31,088 |    31,504 |    31,898 |      32,341 |  32,826 |  33,216 |  33,512 |  33,699 |  33,858 |  33,660
    Private ..............| 3,992 | 4,195 | 4,095 |\3\  4,074 |\3\  4,212 |\3\  4,280 |\3\  4,360 |\3\    4,427 |   4,490 |   4,544 |   4,584 |   4,610 |   4,631 |   4,604
                          |=======|=======|=======|===========|===========|===========|===========|=============|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========
  Grades 9-12 ............|14,570 |13,750 |12,475 |    12,666 |    12,898 |    13,152 |    13,449 |      13,760 |  14,167 |  14,457 |  14,629 |  14,823 |  14,976 |  16,085
                          |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
    Public ...............|13,231 |12,388 |11,338 |    11,541 |    11,735 |    11,961 |    12,213 |      12,500 |  12,874 |  13,138 |  13,294 |  13,470 |  13,609 |  14,617
    Private ..............| 1,339 | 1,362 | 1,137 |\3\  1,125 |\3\  1,163 |\3\  1,191 |\3\  1,236 |\3\    1,260 |   1,293 |   1,320 |   1,335 |   1,353 |   1,367 |   1,468
                          |=======|=======|=======|===========|===========|===========|===========|=============|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========
Higher education\5\ ......|12,097 |12,247 |13,819 |    14,359 |    14,487 |    14,305 |    14,279 |      14,262 |  13,917 |  14,085 |  14,310 |  14,532 |  14,800 |  15,705
                          |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
  Public .................| 9,457 | 9,479 |10,845 |    11,310 |    11,385 |    11,189 |    11,134 |      11,092 |  10,894 |  11,028 |  11,205 |  11,378 |  11,583 |  12,268
    Undergraduate\6\ .....| 8,442 | 8,477 | 9,710 |    10,148 |    10,216 |    10,012 |     9,945 |       9,904 |   9,737 |   9,866 |  10,042 |  10,210 |  10,406 |  11,039
    First-professional ...|   114 |   112 |   112 |       111 |       111 |       114 |       114 |         115 |     107 |     106 |     106 |     106 |     107 |     117
    Graduate\7\ ..........|   901 |   890 | 1,023 |     1,050 |     1,058 |     1,064 |     1,075 |       1,074 |   1,050 |   1,056 |   1,058 |   1,062 |   1,070 |   1,112
  Private ................| 2,640 | 2,768 | 2,974 |     3,049 |     3,103 |     3,116 |     3,145 |       3,169 |   3,023 |   3,057 |   3,105 |   3,154 |   3,217 |   3,437
    Undergraduate\6\ .....| 2,033 | 2,120 | 2,250 |     2,291 |     2,321 |     2,312 |     2,317 |       2,328 |   2,243 |   2,275 |   2,323 |   2,368 |   2,425 |   2,608
    First-professional ...|   163 |   162 |   162 |       169 |       170 |       179 |       181 |         183 |     167 |     166 |     165 |     165 |     167 |     180
    Graduate\7\ ..........|   443 |   486 |   563 |       589 |       611 |       625 |       647 |         659 |     613 |     616 |     617 |     620 |     625 |     650
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\1\Higher education data are preliminary.

\2\Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes subcollegiate departments of institutions of higher education, residential schools for exceptional children, and federal schools. Excludes preprimary pupils in schools that do not offer first grade or above.

\3\Estimated.

\4\Includes kindergarten and some nursery school pupils.

\5\Includes full-time and part-time students enrolled in degree-credit and nondegree-credit programs in universities and 2-year and 4-year colleges.

\6\Includes unclassified students below the baccalaureate level.

\7\Includes unclassified postbaccalaureate students.

NOTE.--Higher education enrollment projections are based on the middle alternative projections published by the National Center for Education Statistics. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data and "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, and Projections of Education Statistics to 2007. (This table was prepared August 1997.)



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