Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Fall 1980 to fall 2005

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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
   Level of instruction   | Fall  | Fall  |    Fall  | Fall  |    Fall  |  Fall   |    Fall  | Fall  |    Fall  | Fall  |  Fall   |  fall   |  fall   |  fall
   and type of control    | 1980  | 1985  |    1990  | 1993  |    1994  |  1995   |    19

96  | 1997  |    1998  | 1999  |  2000   | 2001\1\ |  2002   |  2005
__________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________|_________
            1             |   2   |  3    |      4   |   5   |    6     |    7    |      8   |   9   |     10   |  11   |   12    |   13    |   14    |   15
__________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________|_________
     All levels ..........|58,305 |57,226 |   60,269 |63,118 |   63,888 |  64,764 |   65,743 |66,470 |   66,983 |67,666 |  68,479 |  68,962 |  69,174 |  70,001
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________|_________
Public ...................|50,335 |48,901 |   52,061 |54,654 |   55,245 |  55,933 |   56,732 |57,323 |   57,676 |58,167 |  58,976 |  59,440 |  59,599 |  60,300
Private ..................| 7,971 | 8,325 |    8,208 | 8,464 |    8,643 |   8,831 |    9,011 | 9,147 |    9,306 | 9,500 |   9,504 |   9,522 |   9,575 |   9,700
                          |=======|=======|==========|=======|==========|=========|==========|=======|==========|=======|=========|=========|=========|=========
Elementary and secondary  |       |       |          |       |          |         |          |       |          |       |         |         |         |
 education\2\ ............|46,208 |44,979 |   46,451 |48,813 |   49,609 |  50,502 |   51,375 |51,968 |   52,476 |52,875 |  53,167 |  53,520 |  53,566 |  53,866
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________|_________
  Public .................|40,877 |39,422 |   41,217 |43,465 |   44,111 |  44,840 |   45,611 |46,127 |   46,539 |46,857 |  47,223 |  47,576 |  47,613 |  47,912
  Private ................| 5,331 | 5,557 |    5,234 | 5,348 |\3\ 5,498 |   5,662 |\3\ 5,764 | 5,841 |\3\ 5,937 | 6,018 |   5,944 |   5,944 |   5,953 |   5,954
                          |=======|=======|==========|=======|==========|=========|==========|=======|==========|=======|=========|=========|=========|=========
  Kindergarten to         |       |       |          |                  |         |          |       |          |       |         |         |         |
     grade 8\4\ ..........|31,639 |31,229 |   33,962 |35,719 |   36,233 |  36,806 |   37,315 |37,696 |   38,048 |38,253 |  38,387 |  38,522 |  38,416 |  37,917
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________|_________
    Public ...............|27,647 |27,034 |   29,878 |31,504 |   31,898 |  32,341 |   32,764 |33,073 |   33,346 |33,488 |  33,709 |  33,854 |  33,756 |  33,315
    Private ..............| 3,992 | 4,195 |\3\ 4,084 | 4,215 |\3\ 4,335 |   4,465 |\3\ 4,551 | 4,623 |\3\ 4,702 | 4,765 |   4,678 |   4,668 |   4,660 |   4,603
                          |=======|=======|==========|=======|==========|=========|==========|=======|==========|=======|=========|=========|=========|=========
  Grades 9-12 ............|14,570 |13,750 |   12,488 |13,093 |   13,376 |  13,697 |   14,060 |14,272 |   14,428 |14,623 |  14,780 |  14,998 |  15,150 |  15,948
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________|_________
    Public ...............|13,231 |12,388 |   11,338 |11,961 |   12,213 |  12,500 |   12,847 |13,054 |   13,193 |13,369 |  13,514 |  13,722 |  13,857 |  14,597
    Private ..............| 1,339 | 1,362 |\3\ 1,150 | 1,132 |\3\ 1,163 |   1,197 |\3\ 1,213 | 1,218 |\3\ 1,235 | 1,254 |   1,266 |   1,276 |   1,292 |   1,351
                          |=======|=======|==========|=======|==========|=========|==========|=======|==========|=======|=========|=========|=========|=========
Degree-granting           |       |       |          |                  |         |          |       |          |       |         |         |         |
  institutions\5\ ........|12,097 |12,247 |   13,819 |14,305 |   14,279 |  14,262 |   14,368 |14,502 |   14,507 |14,791 |  15,312 |  15,442 |  15,608 |  16,135
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________|_________
  Public .................| 9,457 | 9,479 |   10,845 |11,189 |   11,134 |  11,092 |   11,120 |11,196 |   11,138 |11,309 |  11,753 |  11,864 |  11,986 |  12,388
    Undergraduate ........| 8,442 | 8,477 |    9,710 |10,012 |    9,945 |   9,904 |    9,935 |10,007 |    9,950 |10,110 |  10,539 |  10,629 |  10,744 |  11,112
    First-professional ...|   114 |   112 |      112 |   114 |      114 |     115 |      117 |   118 |      121 |   123 |     124 |     125 |     125 |     127
    Graduate .............|   901 |   890 |    1,023 | 1,064 |    1,075 |   1,074 |    1,069 | 1,070 |    1,067 | 1,077 |   1,089 |   1,109 |   1,117 |   1,149
  Private ................| 2,640 | 2,768 |    2,974 | 3,116 |    3,145 |   3,169 |    3,247 | 3,306 |    3,369 | 3,482 |   3,560 |   3,578 |   3,622 |   3,746
    Undergraduate ........| 2,033 | 2,120 |    2,250 | 2,312 |    2,317 |   2,328 |    2,392 | 2,443 |    2,487 | 2,571 |   2,616 |   2,648 |   2,688 |   2,789
    First-professional ...|   163 |   162 |      162 |   179 |      181 |     183 |      182 |   180 |      182 |   180 |     183 |     187 |     187 |     190
    Graduate .............|   443 |   486 |      563 |   625 |      647 |     659 |      674 |   683 |      701 |   730 |     761 |     743 |     748 |     768
__________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________|_________

\1\Public elementary and secondary education are state estimates.
\2\Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes home-schooled children. Based on the National Household Education Survey, the home-schooled children numbered approximately 850,000 in the spring of 1999. Excludes preprimary pupils in schools that do not offer first grade or above.
\3\Estimated.
\4\Includes kindergarten and some nursery school pupils.
\5\Enrollment for 1996 and later years are for degree-granting institutions. All other years, are for institutions of higher education.

NOTE: Degree-granting enrollment projections are based on the middle alternative projections published by the National Center for Education Statistics. Data for degree-granting institutions for 1999 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. 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 2012. (This table was prepared August 2002.)

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