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Digest of Education Statistics: 2008
Digest of Education Statistics: 2008

NCES 2009-020
March 2009


Table 206. Total graduate fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, sex of student, and control of institution: 1969 through 2007
Year Total Full-time Part-time Males Females Males Females Males Females
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Public Private Public Private
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1969 955,438 363,752 591,686 589,747 365,691 252,262 337,485 111,490 254,201 392,885 196,862 273,071 92,620
1970 1,038,832 378,842 659,990 635,291 403,541 263,454 371,837 115,388 288,153 427,801 207,490 304,621 98,920
1971 1,011,722 388,012 623,710 615,073 396,649 268,781 346,292 119,231 277,418 415,337 199,736 296,174 100,475
1972 1,065,762 393,260 672,502 626,721 439,041 267,543 359,178 125,717 313,324 427,227 199,494 330,239 108,802
1973 1,123,462 409,272 714,190 647,156 476,306 272,488 374,668 136,784 339,522 441,463 205,693 357,692 118,614
1974 1,189,549 427,598 761,951 662,768 526,781 275,780 386,988 151,818 374,963 454,302 208,466 398,112 128,669
                           
1975 1,263,137 453,052 810,085 699,892 563,245 290,308 409,584 162,744 400,501 480,801 219,091 424,878 138,367
1976 1,333,254 463,701 869,553 714,741 618,513 287,319 427,422 176,382 442,131 478,039 236,702 453,735 164,778
1977 1,317,727 472,584 845,143 700,368 617,359 288,873 411,495 183,711 433,648 457,559 242,809 443,364 173,995
1978 1,318,789 472,291 846,498 687,710 631,079 283,959 403,751 188,332 442,747 441,402 246,308 452,619 178,460
1979 1,308,518 475,675 832,843 669,391 639,127 279,803 389,588 195,872 443,255 426,827 242,564 457,016 182,111
                           
1980 1,344,073 484,855 859,218 674,853 669,220 280,939 393,914 203,916 465,304 426,565 248,288 474,437 194,783
1981 1,342,555 483,854 858,701 673,849 668,706 276,950 396,899 206,904 461,802 419,263 254,586 467,667 201,039
1982 1,322,293 484,705 837,588 669,690 652,603 279,578 390,112 205,127 447,476 416,849 252,841 452,709 199,894
1983 1,340,137 497,380 842,757 677,329 662,808 286,469 390,860 210,911 451,897 418,418 258,911 453,776 209,032
1984 1,345,271 501,027 844,244 671,812 673,459 286,293 385,519 214,734 458,725 411,241 260,571 458,730 214,729
                           
1985 1,376,181 509,010 867,171 676,578 699,603 288,906 387,672 220,104 479,499 413,567 263,011 476,773 222,830
1986 1,435,135 521,830 913,305 693,159 741,976 294,160 398,999 227,670 514,306 432,781 260,378 508,371 233,605
1987 1,452,075 526,729 925,346 693,470 758,605 293,544 399,926 233,185 525,420 429,028 264,442 515,601 243,004
1988 1,471,680 553,112 918,568 697,340 774,340 304,292 393,048 248,820 525,520 429,265 268,075 520,038 254,302
1989 1,521,578 572,442 949,136 710,252 811,326 309,085 401,167 263,357 547,969 436,980 273,272 540,603 270,723
                           
1990 1,586,165 599,101 987,064 737,352 848,813 321,412 415,940 277,689 571,124 456,065 281,287 567,311 281,502
1991 1,639,135 641,905 997,230 760,966 878,169 341,493 419,473 300,412 577,757 470,601 290,365 579,523 298,646
1992 1,668,737 665,538 1,003,199 772,433 896,304 351,141 421,292 314,397 581,907 473,960 298,473 583,621 312,683
1993 1,688,413 688,372 1,000,041 770,980 917,433 354,701 416,279 333,671 583,762 473,272 297,708 590,375 327,058
1994 1,721,469 705,759 1,015,710 775,829 945,640 358,574 417,255 347,185 598,455 471,915 303,914 602,640 343,000
                           
1995 1,732,470 717,120 1,015,350 767,512 964,958 355,726 411,786 361,394 603,564 464,011 303,501 609,665 355,293
1996 1,742,260 736,905 1,005,355 759,411 982,849 357,993 401,418 378,912 603,937 455,960 303,451 612,591 370,258
1997 1,753,489 752,246 1,001,243 757,869 995,620 359,520 398,349 392,726 602,894 452,156 305,713 618,235 377,385
1998 1,767,557 753,578 1,013,979 754,286 1,013,271 355,131 399,155 398,447 614,824 443,963 310,323 622,896 390,375
1999 1,806,803 780,838 1,025,965 766,055 1,040,748 363,239 402,816 417,599 623,149 446,363 319,692 630,142 410,606
                           
2000 1,850,271 813,103 1,037,168 779,616 1,070,655 377,450 402,166 435,653 635,002 447,172 332,444 642,178 428,477
2001 1,903,730 843,070 1,060,660 795,718 1,108,012 387,724 407,994 455,346 652,666 460,031 335,687 659,448 448,564
2002 2,035,652 926,191 1,109,461 846,845 1,188,807 421,448 425,397 504,743 684,064 487,064 359,781 699,780 489,027
2003 2,101,875 984,719 1,117,156 866,531 1,235,344 440,403 426,128 544,316 691,028 491,406 375,125 709,828 525,516
2004 2,156,885 1,024,298 1,132,587 878,776 1,278,109 447,867 430,909 576,431 701,678 485,600 393,176 708,176 569,933
                           
2005 2,186,487 1,047,113 1,139,374 877,223 1,309,264 450,666 426,557 596,447 712,817 477,619 399,604 708,278 600,986
2006 2,231,122 1,077,068 1,154,054 887,251 1,343,871 459,498 427,753 617,570 726,301 478,826 408,425 714,145 629,726
2007 2,293,593 1,112,365 1,181,228 910,326 1,383,267 473,248 437,078 639,117 744,150 488,328 421,998 722,223 661,044
NOTE: Data include unclassified graduate students. Data through 1995 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid pro-grams. The degree-granting classification is very 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. (See Guide to Sources for details.)
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1969 through 1985; and 1986 through 2007 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:86–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2008. (This table was prepared October 2008.)