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Table 171. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, sex of student, and control of institution: Selected years, 1947 to 2002 

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                   |          |   Attendance status  |   Sex of student  |            Control of institution
                   |          |______________________|___________________|_________________________________________
Year               |    Total |         |            |         |         |   Public |             Private
                   |enrollment|Full-time|   Part-time|    Male |  Female |          |______________________________
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |Not-for- |     For-
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |   Total |  profit |   profit
___________________|__________|_________|____________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________|__________
1                  |        2 |       3 |          4 |       5 |       6 |        7 |       8 |       9 |       10
___________________|__________|_________|____________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________|__________
Institutions of    |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
   higher education|          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
1947\1\ ...........| 2,338,226|     --- |        --- |1,659,249|  678,977| 1,152,377|1,185,849|     --- |      ---
1948\1\ ...........| 2,403,396|     --- |        --- |1,709,367|  694,029| 1,185,588|1,217,808|     --- |      ---
1949\1\ ...........| 2,444,900|     --- |        --- |1,721,572|  723,328| 1,207,151|1,237,749|     --- |      ---
1950\1\ ...........| 2,281,298|     --- |        --- |1,560,392|  720,906| 1,139,699|1,141,599|     --- |      ---
1951\1\ ...........| 2,101,962|     --- |        --- |1,390,740|  711,222| 1,037,938|1,064,024|     --- |      ---
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
1952\1\ ...........| 2,134,242|     --- |        --- |1,380,357|  753,885| 1,101,240|1,033,002|     --- |      ---
1953\1\ ...........| 2,231,054|     --- |        --- |1,422,598|  808,456| 1,185,876|1,045,178|     --- |      ---
1954\1\ ...........| 2,446,693|     --- |        --- |1,563,382|  883,311| 1,353,531|1,093,162|     --- |      ---
1955\1\ ...........| 2,653,034|     --- |        --- |1,733,184|  919,850| 1,476,282|1,176,752|     --- |      ---
1956\1\ ...........| 2,918,212|     --- |        --- |1,911,458|1,006,754| 1,656,402|1,261,810|     --- |      ---
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
1957 ..............| 3,323,783|     --- |        --- |2,170,765|1,153,018| 1,972,673|1,351,110|     --- |      ---
1959 ..............| 3,639,847|2,421,016|\2\1,218,831|2,332,617|1,307,230| 2,180,982|1,458,865|     --- |      ---
1961 ..............| 4,145,065|2,785,133|\2\1,359,932|2,585,821|1,559,244| 2,561,447|1,583,618|     --- |      ---
1963 ..............| 4,779,609|3,183,833|\2\1,595,776|2,961,540|1,818,069| 3,081,279|1,698,330|     --- |      ---
1964 ..............| 5,280,020|3,573,238|\2\1,706,782|3,248,713|2,031,307| 3,467,708|1,812,312|     --- |      ---
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
1965 ..............| 5,920,864|4,095,728|\2\1,825,136|3,630,020|2,290,844| 3,969,596|1,951,268|     --- |      ---
1966 ..............| 6,389,872|4,438,606|\2\1,951,266|3,856,216|2,533,656| 4,348,917|2,040,955|     --- |      ---
1967 ..............| 6,911,748|4,793,128|\2\2,118,620|4,132,800|2,778,948| 4,816,028|2,095,720|     --- |      ---
1968 ..............| 7,513,091|5,210,155|   2,302,936|4,477,649|3,035,442| 5,430,652|2,082,439|     --- |      ---
1969 ..............| 8,004,660|5,498,883|   2,505,777|4,746,201|3,258,459| 5,896,868|2,107,792|     --- |      ---
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
1970 ..............| 8,580,887|5,816,290|   2,764,597|5,043,642|3,537,245| 6,428,134|2,152,753|     --- |      ---
1971 ..............| 8,948,644|6,077,232|   2,871,412|5,207,004|3,741,640| 6,804,309|2,144,335|     --- |      ---
1972 ..............| 9,214,820|6,072,350|   3,142,470|5,238,718|3,976,102| 7,070,635|2,144,185|     --- |      ---
1973 ..............| 9,602,123|6,189,493|   3,412,630|5,371,052|4,231,071| 7,419,516|2,182,607|     --- |      ---
1974 ..............|10,223,729|6,370,273|   3,853,456|5,622,429|4,601,300| 7,988,500|2,235,229|     --- |      ---
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
1975 ..............|11,184,859|6,841,334|   4,343,525|6,148,997|5,035,862| 8,834,508|2,350,351|     --- |      ---
1976 ..............|11,012,137|6,717,058|   4,295,079|5,810,828|5,201,309| 8,653,477|2,358,660|2,314,298|    44,362
1977 ..............|11,285,787|6,792,925|   4,492,862|5,789,016|5,496,771| 8,846,993|2,438,794|2,386,652|    52,142
1978 ..............|11,260,092|6,667,657|   4,592,435|5,640,998|5,619,094| 8,785,893|2,474,199|2,408,331|    65,868
1979 ..............|11,569,899|6,794,039|   4,775,860|5,682,877|5,887,022| 9,036,822|2,533,077|2,461,773|    71,304
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
1980 ..............|12,096,895|7,097,958|   4,998,937|5,874,374|6,222,521| 9,457,394|2,639,501|2,527,787|\3\111,714
1981 ..............|12,371,672|7,181,250|   5,190,422|5,975,056|6,396,616| 9,647,032|2,724,640|2,572,405|\3\152,235
1982 ..............|12,425,780|7,220,618|   5,205,162|6,031,384|6,394,396| 9,696,087|2,729,693|2,552,739|\3\176,954
1983 ..............|12,464,661|7,261,050|   5,203,611|6,023,725|6,440,936| 9,682,734|2,781,927|2,589,187|   192,740
1984 ..............|12,241,940|7,098,388|   5,143,552|5,863,574|6,378,366| 9,477,370|2,764,570|2,574,419|   190,151
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
1985 ..............|12,247,055|7,075,221|   5,171,834|5,818,450|6,428,605| 9,479,273|2,767,782|2,571,791|   195,991
1986 ..............|12,503,511|7,119,550|   5,383,961|5,884,515|6,618,996| 9,713,893|2,789,618|2,572,479|\4\217,139
1987 ..............|12,766,642|7,231,085|   5,535,557|5,932,056|6,834,586| 9,973,254|2,793,388|2,602,350|\4\191,038
1988 ..............|13,055,337|7,436,768|   5,618,569|6,001,896|7,053,441|10,161,388|2,893,949|2,673,567|   220,382
1989 ..............|13,538,560|7,660,950|   5,877,610|6,190,015|7,348,545|10,577,963|2,960,597|2,731,174|   229,423
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
1990 ..............|13,818,637|7,820,985|   5,997,652|6,283,909|7,534,728|10,844,717|2,973,920|2,760,227|   213,693
1991 ..............|14,358,953|8,115,329|   6,243,624|6,501,844|7,857,109|11,309,563|3,049,390|2,819,041|   230,349
1992 ..............|14,487,359|8,162,118|   6,325,241|6,523,989|7,963,370|11,384,567|3,102,792|2,872,523|   230,269
1993 ..............|14,304,803|8,127,618|   6,177,185|6,427,450|7,877,353|11,189,088|3,115,715|2,888,897|   226,818
1994 ..............|14,278,790|8,137,776|   6,141,014|6,371,898|7,906,892|11,133,680|3,145,110|2,910,107|   235,003
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
1995 ..............|14,261,781|8,128,802|   6,132,979|6,342,539|7,919,242|11,092,374|3,169,407|2,929,044|   240,363
1996 ..............|14,300,255|8,213,490|   6,086,765|6,343,992|7,956,263|11,090,171|3,210,084|2,940,557|   269,527
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
Degree-granting    |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
   institutions    |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
1996 ..............|14,367,520|8,302,953|   6,064,567|6,352,825|8,014,695|11,120,499|3,247,021|2,942,556|   304,465
1997 ..............|14,502,334|8,438,062|   6,064,272|6,396,028|8,106,306|11,196,119|3,306,215|2,977,614|   328,601
1998 ..............|14,506,967|8,563,338|   5,943,629|6,369,265|8,137,702|11,137,769|3,369,198|3,004,925|   364,273
1999\5\ ...........|14,791,224|8,786,494|   6,004,730|6,490,646|8,300,578|11,309,399|3,481,825|3,051,626|   430,199
2000 ..............|15,312,289|9,009,600|   6,302,689|6,721,769|8,590,520|11,752,786|3,559,503|3,109,419|   450,084
                   |          |         |            |         |         |          |         |         |
2001 ..............|15,927,987|9,447,502|   6,480,485|6,960,815|8,967,172|12,233,156|3,694,831|3,167,330|   527,501
2002 ..............|16,611,711|9,946,359|   6,665,352|7,202,116|9,409,595|12,751,993|3,859,718|3,265,476|   594,242
___________________|__________|_________|____________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________|__________

---Not available.
\1\Degree-credit enrollment only.
\2\Includes part-time resident students and all extension students.
\3\Large increases are due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.
\4\Because of imputation techniques, data are not consistent with figures for other years.
\5\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

NOTE: 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's or higher degrees. These degree-granting institutions participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States; Opening Fall Enrollment in Higher Education, various years; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities," surveys, 1966 through 1985; and 1986 through 2002 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:86-99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2003. (This table was prepared September 2004.)


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