Historical summary of faculty, students, degrees, and finances in degree-granting institutions: 1869-70 to 1997-98

Table 172.

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             Item             | 1869-70  |   1879-80 |    1889-90 |    1899-1900|    1909-10 |     1919-20  |     1929-30  |    1939-40   |      1949-50  |     1959-60   |    1969-70     |    1979-80     |    1989-90     |   1996-97      |   1997-98
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              1               |     2    |      3    |       4    |        5    |      6     |        7     |        8     |      9       |        10     |        11     |       12       |       13       |        14      |        15      |        16
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Total institutions\1\ ........|      563 |       811 |        998 |         977 |        951 |        1,041 |        1,409 |        1,708 |         1,851 |         2,004 |          2,525 |          3,152 |          3,535 |          4,009 |          4,064
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Total faculty\2\ .............|\3\ 5,553 |\3\ 11,522 |\3\  15,809 |      23,868 |     36,480 |       48,615 |       82,386 |      146,929 |       246,722 |       380,554 |\4\     450,000 |\4\     675,000 |\5\     824,220 |            --- |        989,813
  Men ........................|\3\ 4,887 |\3\  7,328 |\3\  12,704 |      19,151 |     29,132 |       35,807 |       60,017 |      106,328 |       186,189 |       296,773 |\4\     346,000 |\4\     479,000 |\5\     577,298 |            --- |        587,420
  Women ......................|\3\   666 |\3\  4,194 |\3\   3,105 |       4,717 |      7,348 |       12,808 |       22,369 |       40,601 |        60,533 |        83,781 |\4\     104,000 |\4\     196,000 |\5\     246,922 |            --- |        402,393
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Total fall enrollment\6\ .....|\3\52,286 |\3\115,817 |\3\ 156,756 |     237,592 |\3\ 355,213 |      597,880 |    1,100,737 |    1,494,203 |     2,659,021 |     3,639,847 |      8,004,660 |     11,569,899 |     13,538,560 |     14,367,520 |     14,502,334
  Men ........................|\3\41,160 |\3\ 77,972 |\3\ 100,453 |     152,254 |\3\ 214,648 |      314,938 |      619,935 |      893,250 |     1,853,068 |     2,332,617 |      4,746,201 |      5,682,877 |      6,190,015 |      6,352,825 |      6,396,028
  Women ......................|\3\11,126 |\3\ 37,845 |\3\  56,303 |      85,338 |\3\ 140,565 |      282,942 |      480,802 |      600,953 |       805,953 |     1,307,230 |      3,258,459 |      5,887,022 |      7,348,545 |      8,014,695 |      8,106,306
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   Earned degrees conferred   |          |           |            |             |            |              |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |                |
                              |          |           |            |             |            |              |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |                |
Associate, total .............|      --- |       --- |        --- |         --- |        --- |          --- |          --- |          --- |           --- |           --- |        206,023 |        400,910 |        455,102 |        571,226 |        558,555
  Men ........................|      --- |       --- |        --- |         --- |        --- |          --- |          --- |          --- |           --- |           --- |        117,432 |        183,737 |        191,195 |        223,948 |        217,613
  Women ......................|      --- |       --- |        --- |         --- |        --- |          --- |          --- |          --- |           --- |           --- |         88,591 |        217,173 |        263,907 |        347,278 |        340,942
                              |          |           |            |             |            |              |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |                |
Bachelor's, total\7\ .........|    9,371 |    12,896 |     15,539 |      27,410 |     37,199 |       48,622 |      122,484 |      186,500 |       432,058 |       392,440 |        792,316 |        929,417 |      1,051,344 |      1,172,879 |      1,184,406
  Men ........................|    7,993 |    10,411 |     12,857 |      22,173 |     28,762 |       31,980 |       73,615 |      109,546 |       328,841 |       254,063 |        451,097 |        473,611 |        491,696 |        520,515 |        519,956
  Women ......................|    1,378 |     2,485 |      2,682 |       5,237 |      8,437 |       16,642 |       48,869 |       76,954 |       103,217 |       138,377 |        341,219 |        455,806 |        559,648 |        652,364 |        664,450
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Master's, total\8\ ...........|        0 |       879 |      1,015 |       1,583 |      2,113 |        4,279 |       14,969 |       26,731 |        58,183 |        74,435 |        208,291 |        298,081 |        324,301 |        419,401 |        430,164
  Men ........................|        0 |       868 |        821 |       1,280 |      1,555 |        2,985 |        8,925 |       16,508 |        41,220 |        50,898 |        125,624 |        150,749 |        153,653 |        180,947 |        184,375
  Women ......................|        0 |        11 |        194 |         303 |        558 |        1,294 |        6,044 |       10,223 |        16,963 |        23,537 |         82,667 |        147,332 |        170,648 |        238,454 |        245,789
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First-professional, total\7\ .|    (\7\) |     (\7\) |      (\7\) |       (\7\) |      (\7\) |        (\7\) |        (\7\) |        (\7\) |         (\7\) |         (\7\) |         34,918 |         70,131 |         70,988 |         78,730 |         78,598
  Men ........................|    (\7\) |     (\7\) |      (\7\) |       (\7\) |      (\7\) |        (\7\) |        (\7\) |        (\7\) |         (\7\) |         (\7\) |         33,077 |         52,716 |         43,961 |         45,564 |         44,911
  Women ......................|    (\7\) |     (\7\) |      (\7\) |       (\7\) |      (\7\) |        (\7\) |        (\7\) |        (\7\) |         (\7\) |         (\7\) |          1,841 |         17,415 |         27,027 |         33,166 |         33,687
                              |          |           |            |             |            |              |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |                |
Doctor's, total ..............|        1 |        54 |        149 |         382 |        443 |          615 |        2,299 |        3,290 |         6,420 |         9,829 |         29,866 |         32,615 |         38,371 |         45,876 |         46,010
  Men ........................|        1 |        51 |        147 |         359 |        399 |          522 |        1,946 |        2,861 |         5,804 |         8,801 |         25,890 |         22,943 |         24,401 |         27,146 |         26,664
  Women ......................|        0 |         3 |          2 |          23 |         44 |           93 |          353 |          429 |           616 |         1,028 |          3,976 |          9,672 |         13,970 |         18,730 |         19,346
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    Finances, in thousands    |          |           |            |             |            |              |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |                |
                              |          |           |            |             |            |              |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |                |
Current-fund revenue .........|      --- |       --- |        --- |         --- |    $76,883 |     $199,922 |     $554,511 |     $715,211 |    $2,374,645 |    $5,785,537 |    $21,515,242 |    $58,519,982 |   $139,635,477 |                |            ---
  Educational and general     |          |           |            |             |            |              |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |                |
    income ...................|      --- |       --- |    $21,464 |     $35,084 |     67,917 |      172,929 |      483,065 |      571,288 |     1,833,845 |     4,688,352 |     16,486,177 |            --- |            --- |            --- |            ---
Current-fund expenditures ....|      --- |       --- |        --- |         --- |        --- |          --- |      507,142 |      674,688 |     2,245,661 |     5,601,376 |     21,043,113 |     56,913,588 |    134,655,571 |            --- |            ---
  Educational and general     |          |           |            |             |            |              |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |                |
    expenditures .............|      --- |       --- |        --- |         --- |        --- |          --- |      377,903 |      521,990 |     1,706,444 |     4,685,258 |     16,845,212 |     44,542,843 |    105,585,076 |            --- |            ---
Value of physical property ...|      --- |       --- |     95,426 |     253,599 |    457,594 |      747,333 |    2,065,049 |\9\ 2,753,780 |     4,799,964 |    13,548,548 |     42,093,580 |     83,733,387 |    164,635,000 |            --- |            ---
Market value of endowment     |          |           |            |             |            |              |              |              |               |               |                |                |                |                |
  funds ......................|      --- |       --- |\10\ 78,788 |\10\ 194,998 |\10\323,661 |\10\  569,071 |\10\1,372,068 |\10\1,686,283 |\10\ 2,601,223 |\10\ 5,322,080 |     11,206,632 |     20,743,045 |     67,978,726 |            --- |            ---
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\1\Prior to 1979-80, excludes branch campuses.
\2\Total number of different individuals (not reduced to full-time equivalent). Beginning in 1959-60, data are for the first term of the academic year. Beginning in 1969-70, data include only instructional faculty with the rank of instructor or above.
\3\Estimated.
\4\Estimated number of senior instructional staff. Excludes graduate assistants.
\5\Because of revised survey procedures, data may not be directly comparable with figures prior to 1989-90.
\6\Data for 1869-70 to 1949-50 are for resident degree-credit students who enrolled at any time during the academic year.
\7\From 1869-70 to 1959-60, first-professional degrees included under bachelor's degrees.
\8\Figures for years prior to 1969-70 are not precisely comparable with later data.
\9\Includes unexpended plant funds.
\10\Book value. Includes other nonexpendable funds. NOTE: Data for 1869-70 to 1989-90 are for institutions of higher education. Institutions of higher education were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate or higher degrees. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States; Education Directory, Colleges and Universities; Faculty and Other Professional Staff in Institutions of Higher Education; Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities; Earned Degrees Conferred; Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education; and Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education," "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred," and "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment," "Completions," "Staff," and "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared July 2000.)

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