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Table 178. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, sex of student, and type and control of institution: Selected years, 1970 to 2002 

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Attendance status   |                Institutions of higher education                |                   Degree-granting institutions
and sex of student, |________________________________________________________________|_________________________________________________________________
type and control    |    1970 |     1975 |  1980\1\ |     1985 |     1990 |     1995 |     1997 |     1998 |  1999\2\ |     2000 |      2001|      2002
of institution      |         |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
____________________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1                   |       2 |        3 |        4 |        5 |        6 |        7 |         8|        9 |       10 |       11 |       12 |       13
____________________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
     Total .........|8,580,887|11,184,859|12,096,895|12,247,055|13,818,637|14,261,781|14,502,334|14,506,967|14,791,224|15,312,289|15,927,987|16,611,711
                    |_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Full-time ..........|5,816,290| 6,841,334| 7,097,958| 7,075,221| 7,820,985| 8,128,802| 8,438,062| 8,563,338| 8,786,494| 9,009,600| 9,447,502| 9,946,359
  Males ............|3,504,095| 3,926,753| 3,689,244| 3,607,720| 3,807,752| 3,807,392| 3,890,442| 3,933,653| 4,025,721| 4,111,093| 4,299,890| 4,501,098
  Females ..........|2,312,195| 2,914,581| 3,408,714| 3,467,501| 4,013,233| 4,321,410| 4,547,620| 4,629,685| 4,760,773| 4,898,507| 5,147,612| 5,445,261
Part-time ..........|2,764,597| 4,343,525| 4,998,937| 5,171,834| 5,997,652| 6,132,979| 6,064,272| 5,943,629| 6,004,730| 6,302,689| 6,480,485| 6,665,352
  Males ............|1,539,547| 2,222,244| 2,185,130| 2,210,730| 2,476,157| 2,535,147| 2,505,586| 2,435,612| 2,464,925| 2,610,676| 2,660,925| 2,701,018
  Females ..........|1,225,050| 2,121,281| 2,813,807| 2,961,104| 3,521,495| 3,597,832| 3,558,686| 3,508,017| 3,539,805| 3,692,013| 3,819,560| 3,964,334
                    |=========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========
     4-year, total .|6,261,502| 7,214,740| 7,570,608| 7,715,978| 8,578,554| 8,769,252| 8,896,765| 9,017,653| 9,198,525| 9,363,858| 9,677,408|10,082,332
                    |_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Full-time ..........|4,587,379| 5,080,256| 5,344,163| 5,384,614| 5,937,023| 6,151,755| 6,342,891| 6,477,432| 6,642,033| 6,792,551| 7,073,011| 7,390,323
  Males ............|2,732,796| 2,891,192| 2,809,528| 2,781,412| 2,926,360| 2,929,177| 2,959,048| 2,997,232| 3,056,957| 3,115,252| 3,233,608| 3,365,427
  Females ..........|1,854,583| 2,189,064| 2,534,635| 2,603,202| 3,010,663| 3,222,578| 3,383,843| 3,480,200| 3,585,076| 3,677,299| 3,839,403| 4,024,896
Part-time ..........|1,674,123| 2,134,484| 2,226,445| 2,331,364| 2,641,531| 2,617,497| 2,553,874| 2,540,221| 2,556,492| 2,571,307| 2,604,397| 2,692,009
  Males ............|  936,189| 1,092,461| 1,017,813| 1,034,804| 1,124,780| 1,084,753| 1,047,269| 1,038,699| 1,046,340| 1,047,917| 1,052,007| 1,083,223
  Females ..........|  737,934| 1,042,023| 1,208,632| 1,296,560| 1,516,751| 1,532,744| 1,506,605| 1,501,522| 1,510,152| 1,523,390| 1,552,390| 1,608,786
                    |=========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========
Public 4-year ......|4,232,722| 4,998,142| 5,128,612| 5,209,540| 5,848,242| 5,814,545| 5,835,433| 5,891,806| 5,969,950| 6,055,398| 6,236,455| 6,481,613
  Full-time ........|3,086,491| 3,469,821| 3,592,193| 3,623,341| 4,033,654| 4,084,711| 4,164,759| 4,218,990| 4,292,863| 4,371,218| 4,532,209| 4,724,056
    Males ..........|1,813,584| 1,947,823| 1,873,397| 1,863,689| 1,982,369| 1,951,140| 1,951,171| 1,959,198| 1,983,766| 2,008,618| 2,082,146| 2,166,759
    Females ........|1,272,907| 1,521,998| 1,718,796| 1,759,652| 2,051,285| 2,133,571| 2,213,588| 2,259,792| 2,309,097| 2,362,600| 2,450,063| 2,557,297
  Part-time ........|1,146,231| 1,528,321| 1,536,419| 1,586,199| 1,814,588| 1,729,834| 1,670,674| 1,672,816| 1,677,087| 1,684,180| 1,704,246| 1,757,557
    Males ..........|  609,422|   760,469|   685,051|   693,115|   764,248|   720,402|   686,997|   685,205|   685,863|   683,100|   687,436|   706,041
    Females ........|  536,809|   767,852|   851,368|   893,084| 1,050,340| 1,009,432|   983,677|   987,611|   991,224| 1,001,080| 1,016,810| 1,051,516
                    |         |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Private 4-year .....|2,028,780| 2,216,598| 2,441,996| 2,506,438| 2,730,312| 2,954,707| 3,061,332| 3,125,847| 3,228,575| 3,308,460| 3,440,953| 3,600,719
  Full-time ........|1,500,888| 1,610,435| 1,751,970| 1,761,273| 1,903,369| 2,067,044| 2,178,132| 2,258,442| 2,349,170| 2,421,333| 2,540,802| 2,666,267
    Males ..........|  919,212|   943,369|   936,131|   917,723|   943,991|   978,037| 1,007,877| 1,038,034| 1,073,191| 1,106,634| 1,151,462| 1,198,668
    Females ........|  581,676|   667,066|   815,839|   843,550|   959,378| 1,089,007| 1,170,255| 1,220,408| 1,275,979| 1,314,699| 1,389,340| 1,467,599
  Part-time ........|  527,892|   606,163|   690,026|   745,165|   826,943|   887,663|   883,200|   867,405|   879,405|   887,127|   900,151|   934,452
    Males ..........|  326,767|   331,992|   332,762|   341,689|   360,532|   364,351|   360,272|   353,494|   360,477|   364,817|   364,571|   377,182
    Females ........|  201,125|   274,171|   357,264|   403,476|   466,411|   523,312|   522,928|   513,911|   518,928|   522,310|   535,580|   557,270
                    |         |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Not-for-profit    |         |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
      4-year .......|     --- |      --- | 2,413,693| 2,463,000| 2,671,069| 2,853,890| 2,905,820| 2,939,055| 2,989,285| 3,050,575| 3,119,781| 3,218,389
    Full-time ......|     --- |      --- | 1,733,014| 1,727,707| 1,859,124| 1,989,457| 2,056,019| 2,111,274| 2,160,126| 2,226,028| 2,285,510| 2,364,851
      Males ........|     --- |      --- |   921,253|   894,080|   915,100|   931,956|   939,532|   957,212|   972,280|   996,113| 1,015,634| 1,045,439
      Females ......|     --- |      --- |   811,761|   833,627|   944,024| 1,057,501| 1,116,487| 1,154,062| 1,187,846| 1,229,915| 1,269,876| 1,319,412
    Part-time ......|     --- |      --- |   680,679|   735,293|   811,945|   864,433|   849,801|   827,781|   829,159|   824,547|   834,271|   853,538
      Males ........|     --- |      --- |   327,986|   336,168|   352,106|   351,874|   343,344|   333,576|   335,443|   332,814|   331,645|   337,765
      Females ......|     --- |      --- |   352,693|   399,125|   459,839|   512,559|   506,457|   494,205|   493,716|   491,733|   502,626|   515,773
                    |=========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========
     2-year, total .|2,319,385| 3,970,119| 4,526,287| 4,531,077| 5,240,083| 5,492,529| 5,605,569| 5,489,314| 5,592,699| 5,948,431| 6,250,579| 6,529,379
                    |_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Full-time ..........|1,228,911| 1,761,078| 1,753,795| 1,690,607| 1,883,962| 1,977,047| 2,095,171| 2,085,906| 2,144,461| 2,217,049| 2,374,491| 2,556,036
  Males ............|  771,299| 1,035,561|   879,716|   826,308|   881,392|   878,215|   931,394|   936,421|   968,764|   995,841| 1,066,282| 1,135,671
  Females ..........|  457,612|   725,517|   874,079|   864,299| 1,002,570| 1,098,832| 1,163,777| 1,149,485| 1,175,697| 1,221,208| 1,308,209| 1,420,365
Part-time ..........|1,090,474| 2,209,041| 2,772,492| 2,840,470| 3,356,121| 3,515,482| 3,510,398| 3,403,408| 3,448,238| 3,731,382| 3,876,088| 3,973,343
  Males ............|  603,358| 1,129,783| 1,167,317| 1,175,926| 1,351,377| 1,450,394| 1,458,317| 1,396,913| 1,418,585| 1,562,759| 1,608,918| 1,617,795
  Females ..........|  487,116| 1,079,258| 1,605,175| 1,664,544| 2,004,744| 2,065,088| 2,052,081| 2,006,495| 2,029,653| 2,168,623| 2,267,170| 2,355,548
                    |=========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========
Public 2-year ......|2,195,412| 3,836,366| 4,328,782| 4,269,733| 4,996,475| 5,277,829| 5,360,686| 5,245,963| 5,339,449| 5,697,388| 5,996,701| 6,270,380
  Full-time ........|1,129,165| 1,662,621| 1,595,493| 1,496,905| 1,716,843| 1,840,590| 1,891,027| 1,881,826| 1,931,251| 2,000,008| 2,155,496| 2,333,312
    Males ..........|  720,440|   988,701|   811,871|   742,673|   810,664|   818,605|   842,082|   841,435|   867,867|   891,282|   961,588| 1,034,547
    Females ........|  408,725|   673,920|   783,622|   754,232|   906,179| 1,021,985| 1,048,945| 1,040,391| 1,063,384| 1,108,726| 1,193,908| 1,298,765
  Part-time ........|1,066,247| 2,173,745| 2,733,289| 2,772,828| 3,279,632| 3,437,239| 3,469,659| 3,364,137| 3,408,198| 3,697,380| 3,841,205| 3,937,068
    Males ..........|  589,439| 1,107,680| 1,152,268| 1,138,011| 1,317,730| 1,417,488| 1,443,937| 1,382,860| 1,403,685| 1,549,407| 1,596,441| 1,604,673
    Females ........|  476,808| 1,066,065| 1,581,021| 1,634,817| 1,961,902| 2,019,751| 2,025,722| 1,981,277| 2,004,513| 2,147,973| 2,244,764| 2,332,395
                    |         |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Private 2-year .....|  123,973|   133,753|   197,505|   261,344|   243,608|   214,700|   244,883|   243,351|   253,250|   251,043|   253,878|   258,999
  Full-time ........|   99,746|    98,457|   158,302|   193,702|   167,119|   136,457|   204,144|   204,080|   213,210|   217,041|   218,995|   222,724
    Males ..........|   50,859|    46,860|    67,845|    83,635|    70,728|    59,610|    89,312|    94,986|   100,897|   104,559|   104,694|   101,124
    Females ........|   48,887|    51,597|    90,457|   110,067|    96,391|    76,847|   114,832|   109,094|   112,313|   112,482|   114,301|   121,600
  Part-time ........|   24,227|    35,296|    39,203|    67,642|    76,489|    78,243|    40,739|    39,271|    40,040|    34,002|    34,883|    36,275
    Males ..........|   13,919|    22,103|    15,049|    37,915|    33,647|    32,906|    14,380|    14,053|    14,900|    13,352|    12,477|    13,122
    Females ........|   10,308|    13,193|    24,154|    29,727|    42,842|    45,337|    26,359|    25,218|    25,140|    20,650|    22,406|    23,153
                    |         |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Not-for-profit    |         |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
      2-year .......|     --- |      --- |   114,094|   108,791|    89,158|    75,154|    71,794|    65,870|    62,341|    58,844|    47,549|    47,087
    Full-time ......|     --- |      --- |    83,009|    76,547|    62,003|    54,033|    55,153|    50,884|    47,275|    46,670|    36,750|    35,511
      Males ........|     --- |      --- |    34,968|    30,878|    25,946|    23,265|    24,367|    23,384|    21,536|    21,950|    17,965|    16,677
      Females ......|     --- |      --- |    48,041|    45,669|    36,057|    30,768|    30,786|    27,500|    25,739|    24,720|    18,785|    18,834
    Part-time ......|     --- |      --- |    31,085|    32,244|    27,155|    21,121|    16,641|    14,986|    15,066|    12,174|    10,799|    11,576
      Males ........|     --- |      --- |    11,445|    10,786|     7,970|     6,080|     5,175|     4,568|     4,818|     4,499|     3,540|     3,547
      Females ......|     --- |      --- |    19,640|    21,458|    19,185|    15,041|    11,466|    10,418|    10,248|     7,675|     7,259|     8,029
____________________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________

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\1\Large increase in private 2-year institutions in 1980 is due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.
\2\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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1970 through 1985; and 1990 through 2002 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2003. (This table was prepared September 2004.)


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