Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution: 1963 through 2006

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Table SA-4

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution: 1963 through 2006

		2-year			4-year
Year	All	Total	Public	Private	Total	Public	Private

1963¹	4,779,609	850,361	739,811	110,550	3,929,248	2,341,468	1,587,780
1964¹	5,280,020	988,926	874,779	114,147	4,291,094	2,592,929	1,698,165
1965¹	5,920,864	1,172,952	1,041,264	131,688	4,747,912	2,928,332	1,819,580
1966¹	6,389,872	1,325,970	1,189,169	136,801	5,063,902	3,159,748	1,904,154
1967¹	6,911,748	1,512,762	1,372,053	140,709	5,398,986	3,443,975	1,955,011
1968¹	7,513,091	1,792,296	1,646,474	145,822	5,720,795	3,784,178	1,936,617
1969	8,004,660	2,067,533	1,934,346	133,187	5,937,127	3,962,522	1,974,605
1970	8,580,887	2,319,385	2,195,412	123,973	6,261,502	4,232,722	2,028,780
1971	8,948,644	2,579,289	2,457,319	121,970	6,369,355	4,346,990	2,022,365
1972	9,214,820	2,756,186	2,640,939	115,247	6,458,634	4,429,696	2,028,938
1973	9,602,123	3,012,100	2,889,621	122,479	6,590,023	4,529,895	2,060,128
1974	10,223,729	3,403,994	3,285,482	118,512	6,819,735	4,703,018	2,116,717
1975	11,184,859	3,970,119	3,836,366	133,753	7,214,740	4,998,142	2,216,598
1976	11,012,137	3,883,321	3,751,786	131,535	7,128,816	4,901,691	2,227,125
1977	11,285,787	4,042,942	3,901,769	141,173	7,242,845	4,945,224	2,297,621
1978	11,260,092	4,028,467	3,873,690	154,777	7,231,625	4,912,203	2,319,422
1979	11,569,899	4,216,666	4,056,810	159,856	7,353,233	4,980,012	2,373,221
1980	12,096,895	4,526,287	4,328,782	197,505²	7,570,608	5,128,612	2,441,996
1981	12,371,672	4,716,211	4,480,708	235,503²	7,655,461	5,166,324	2,489,137
1982	12,425,780	4,771,706	4,519,653	252,053	7,654,074	5,176,434	2,477,640
1983	12,464,661	4,723,466	4,459,330	264,136	7,741,195	5,223,404	2,517,791
1984	12,241,940	4,530,773	4,279,097	251,676	7,711,167	5,198,273	2,512,894
1985	12,247,055	4,531,077	4,269,733	261,344	7,715,978	5,209,540	2,506,438
1986	12,503,511	4,679,548	4,413,691	265,857³	7,823,963	5,300,202	2,523,761
1987	12,766,642	4,776,222	4,541,054	235,168³	7,990,420	5,432,200	2,558,220
1988	13,055,337	4,875,155	4,615,487	259,668	8,180,182	5,545,901	2,634,281
1989	13,538,560	5,150,889	4,883,660	267,229	8,387,671	5,694,303	2,693,368
1990	13,818,637	5,240,083	4,996,475	243,608	8,578,554	5,848,242	2,730,312
1991	14,358,953	5,651,900	5,404,815	247,085	8,707,053	5,904,748	2,802,305
1992	14,487,359	5,722,390	5,484,555	237,835	8,764,969	5,900,012	2,864,957
1993	14,304,803	5,565,867	5,337,328	228,539	8,738,936	5,851,760	2,887,176
1994	14,278,790	5,529,710	5,308,467	221,243	8,749,080	5,825,213	2,923,867
1995	14,261,781	5,492,529	5,277,829	214,700	8,769,252	5,814,545	2,954,707
1996	14,367,520	5,563,327	5,314,463	248,864	8,804,193	5,806,036	2,998,157
1997	14,502,334	5,605,569	5,360,686	244,883	8,896,765	5,835,433	3,061,332
1998	14,506,967	5,489,314	5,245,963	243,351	9,017,653	5,891,806	3,125,847
1999⁴	14,791,224	5,592,699	5,339,449	253,250	9,198,525	5,969,950	3,228,575
2000	15,312,289	5,948,431	5,697,388	251,043	9,363,858	6,055,398	3,308,460
2001	15,927,987	6,250,579	5,996,701	253,878	9,677,408	6,236,455	3,440,953
2002	16,611,711	6,529,379	6,270,380	258,999	10,082,332	6,481,613	3,600,719
2003	16,911,481	6,494,234	6,209,257	284,977	10,417,247	6,649,441	3,767,806
2004	17,272,044	6,545,863	6,243,576	302,287	10,726,181	6,736,536	3,989,645
2005	17,487,475	6,488,055	6,184,229	303,826	10,999,420	6,837,605	4,161,815
2006	17,758,870	6,518,540	6,225,120	293,420	11,240,330	6,955,013	4,285,317
Percent change from
1963 to 2006	272	667	741	165	186	197	170
2000 to 2006	16	10	9	17	20	15	30

¹ Data for 2-year branch campuses of 4-year institutions are included with the 4-year institutions.
² Large increases are due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.
³ Because of imputation techniques, data are not consistent with figures for other years.
⁴ Data were imputed using alternative procedures.
NOTE: Data through 1995 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Institutions of higher education were institutions, accredited by an agency or association recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education, that had courses leading to an associate’s degree or higher or that had courses accepted for credit toward those degrees. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s degrees or higher and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Data for private institutions combine both not-for-profit and for-profit institutions; data for these two categories were not collected separately until 1976. Enrollment data for all years do not include students who were only enrolled in noncredit courses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Opening Fall Enrollment in Higher Education, 1963 through 1966; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), “Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education” surveys, 1966 through 1985; and 1986 through 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:86–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2007.

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