Total undergraduate enrollment in degree-granting 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions with projections, by sex, attendance status, and level of institution: Fall 1970

Undergraduate Education

Table 8-1. Total undergraduate enrollment in degree-granting 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions with projections, by sex, attendance status, and level of institution: Fall 1970–2016

[In thousands]

		Sex		Attendance status		Level of institution
Fall of year	Total	Male	Female	Full-time	Part-time	4-year	2-year

1970	7,376	4,254	3,122	5,280	2,096	5,057	2,319
1971	7,743	4,418	3,325	5,512	2,231	5,164	2,579
1972	7,941	4,429	3,512	5,488	2,453	5,185	2,756
1973	8,261	4,538	3,723	5,580	2,681	5,249	3,012
1974	8,798	4,765	4,033	5,726	3,072	5,394	3,404
1975	9,679	5,257	4,422	6,169	3,510	5,709	3,970
1976	9,429	4,902	4,527	6,030	3,399	5,546	3,883
1977	9,717	4,897	4,820	6,094	3,623	5,674	4,043
1978	9,691	4,766	4,925	5,967	3,724	5,663	4,028
1979	9,998	4,821	5,178	6,080	3,919	5,781	4,217
1980	10,475	5,000	5,475	6,362	4,113	5,948	4,526
1981	10,755	5,109	5,646	6,449	4,306	6,039	4,716
1982	10,825	5,170	5,655	6,484	4,341	6,053	4,772
1983	10,846	5,158	5,688	6,514	4,332	6,123	4,723
1984	10,618	5,007	5,611	6,348	4,270	6,087	4,531
1985	10,597	4,962	5,635	6,320	4,277	6,066	4,531
1986	10,798	5,018	5,780	6,352	4,446	6,118	4,680
1987	11,046	5,068	5,978	6,463	4,584	6,270	4,776
1988	11,317	5,138	6,179	6,642	4,674	6,441	4,875
1989	11,743	5,311	6,432	6,841	4,902	6,592	5,151
1990	11,959	5,380	6,579	6,976	4,983	6,719	5,240
1991	12,439	5,571	6,868	7,221	5,218	6,787	5,652
1992	12,537	5,582	6,954	7,243	5,293	6,814	5,722
1993	12,538	5,583	6,955	7,244	5,293	6,972	5,566
1994	12,263	5,422	6,840	7,169	5,094	6,733	5,530
1995	12,232	5,401	6,831	7,145	5,086	6,739	5,493
1996	12,327	5,421	6,906	7,299	5,028	6,764	5,563
1997	12,451	5,469	6,982	7,419	5,032	6,845	5,606
1998	12,437	5,446	6,991	7,539	4,898	6,948	5,489
1999	12,681	5,559	7,122	7,735	4,946	7,089	5,593
2000	13,155	5,778	7,377	7,923	5,232	7,207	5,948
2001	13,716	6,004	7,711	8,328	5,388	7,465	6,251
2002	14,257	6,192	8,065	8,734	5,523	7,728	6,529
2003	14,474	6,224	8,250	9,035	5,439	7,981	6,493
2004	14,781	6,340	8,441	9,284	5,496	8,235	6,546
2005	14,964	6,409	8,555	9,446	5,518	8,476	6,488
Projected¹
2006	15,136	6,430	8,706	9,610	5,526	8,509	6,627
2007	15,386	6,522	8,864	9,828	5,558	8,671	6,714
2008	15,659	6,622	9,036	10,062	5,596	8,849	6,810
2009	15,929	6,720	9,209	10,294	5,636	9,028	6,902
2010	16,162	6,799	9,364	10,497	5,665	9,191	6,972
2011	16,376	6,863	9,513	10,681	5,695	9,337	7,039
2012	16,576	6,911	9,665	10,847	5,729	9,468	7,108
2013	16,788	6,950	9,837	11,019	5,769	9,600	7,188
2014	16,995	6,984	10,012	11,192	5,803	9,727	7,269
2015	17,172	7,002	10,171	11,347	5,825	9,836	7,337
2016	17,354	7,024	10,330	11,506	5,848	9,947	7,407

¹Projections based on data through 2005 and middle alternative assumptions concerning the economy. See NCES 2007-038 for more information on projections.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. See supplemental note 3 for more information on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). See supplemental note 9 for more information about classification of postsecondary education institutions.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Digest of Education Statistics, 2006 (NCES 2007-017), tables 176 and 185, and Hussar, W. (forthcoming). Projections of Education Statistics to 2016 (NCES 2007-038), tables 16, 18, and 19; data from U.S. Department of Education, NCES, 1970–1985 Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), “Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities” surveys; and 1986–2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:86–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2006.

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