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| Table 243. - | Institutions of higher education that have closed their doors, by control and type of institution: 1960-61 to 1996-97 |
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| All institutions | Public | Private
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 | --- | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6
1961-62 .....................| 2 | 1 | 1 | --- | --- | --- | 2 | 1 | 1
1962-63 .....................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1963-64 .....................| 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5
1964-65 .....................| 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | --- | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3
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1965-66 .....................| 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | --- | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2
1966-67 .....................| 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | --- | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4
1967-68 .....................| 14 | 6 | 8 | --- | --- | --- | 14 | 6 | 8
1968-69 .....................| 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | --- | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9
1969-70 .....................| 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | --- | 3 | 15 | 8 | 7
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1970-71 .....................| 32 | 9 | 23 | 9 | --- | 9 | 23 | 9 | 14
1971-72 .....................| 12 | 3 | 9 | 3 | --- | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6
1972-73 .....................| 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | --- | 2 | 17 | 12 | 5
1973-74 .....................| 18 | 11 | 7 | --- | --- | --- | 18 | 11 | 7
1974-75 .....................| 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | --- | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1
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1975-76 .....................| 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1
1976-77 .....................| 8 | 5 | 3 | --- | --- | --- | 8 | 5 | 3
1977-78 .....................| 12 | 9 | 3 | --- | --- | --- | 12 | 9 | 3
1978-79 .....................| 9 | 4 | 5 | --- | --- | --- | 9 | 4 | 5
1979-80 .....................| 6 | 5 | 1 | --- | --- | --- | 6 | 5 | 1
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1980-81 .....................| 4 | 3 | 1 | --- | --- | --- | 4 | 3 | 1
1981-82 .....................| 7 | 6 | 1 | --- | --- | --- | 7 | 6 | 1
1982-83 .....................| 7 | 4 | 3 | --- | --- | --- | 7 | 4 | 3
1983-84 .....................| 4 | 4 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 4 | 4 | ---
1984-85 .....................| 4 | 4 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 4 | 4 | ---
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1985-86 .....................| 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3
1986-87 and 1987-88 .........| 25 | 19 | 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 24 | 19 | 5
1988-89 .....................| 14 | 6 | 8 | --- | --- | --- | 14 | 6 | 8
1989-90 .....................| 12 | 6 | 6 | --- | --- | --- | 12 | 6 | 6
1990-91 .....................| 10 | 4 | 6 | --- | --- | --- | 10 | 4 | 6
1991-92 .....................| 10 | 7 | 3 | --- | --- | --- | 10 | 7 | 3
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Including branch campuses: | | | | | | | | |
| 448 | 212 | 236 | 39 | 5 | 34 | 409 | 207 | 202
|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
1969-70 .....................| 24 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 10
1970-71 .....................| 35 | 10 | 25 | 11 | --- | 11 | 24 | 10 | 14
1971-72 .....................| 14 | 5 | 9 | 3 | --- | 3 | 11 | 5 | 6
1972-73 .....................| 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | --- | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5
1973-74 .....................| 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 19 | 12 | 7
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1974-75 .....................| 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | --- | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1
1975-76 .....................| 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1
1976-77 .....................| 9 | 6 | 3 | --- | --- | --- | 9 | 6 | 3
1977-78 .....................| 12 | 9 | 3 | --- | --- | --- | 12 | 9 | 3
1978-79 .....................| 9 | 4 | 5 | --- | --- | --- | 9 | 4 | 5
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1979-80 .....................| 6 | 5 | 1 | --- | --- | --- | 6 | 5 | 1
1980-81 .....................| 4 | 3 | 1 | --- | --- | --- | 4 | 3 | 1
1981-82 .....................| 7 | 6 | 1 | --- | --- | --- | 7 | 6 | 1
1982-83 .....................| 7 | 4 | 3 | --- | --- | --- | 7 | 4 | 3
1983-84 .....................| 5 | 5 | --- | 1 | 1 | --- | 4 | 4 | ---
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1984-85 .....................| 4 | 4 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 4 | 4 | ---
1985-86 .....................| 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | --- | 11 | 7 | 4
1986-87 and 1987-88 .........| 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 25 | 19 | 6
1988-89 .....................| 14 | 6 | 8 | --- | --- | --- | 14 | 6 | 8
1989-90 .....................| 19 | 8 | 11 | --- | --- | --- | 19 | 8 | 11
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1990-91 .....................| 18 | 6 | 12 | --- | --- | --- | 18 | 6 | 12
1991-92 .....................| 26 | 8 | 18 | 1 | --- | 1 | 25 | 8 | 17
1992-93 .....................| 24 | 6 | 18 | --- | --- | --- | 24 | 6 | 18
1993-94 .....................| 38 | 10 | 28 | 1 | --- | 1 | 37 | 10 | 27
1994-95 .....................| 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | --- | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5
1995-96 .....................| 21 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | --- | 20 | 7 | 13
1996-97 .....................| 31 | 10 | 21 | 1 | --- | 1 | 30 | 10 | 20
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---Data not applicable or not available. NOTE.--This table indicates the year in which the institution closed. Some data revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Directory, Higher Education, 1960-61 to 1974-75; Education Directory, Colleges and Universities, 1975-76 to 1983-84; 1982-83 Supplement to the Education Directory, Colleges and Universities; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Institutional Characteristics" surveys, unpublished data. (This table was prepared June 1998.) |
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