Figure 11.

Enrollment, degrees conferred, and expenditures in degree-granting institutions: Fall 1960 through fall 2009 and 1960–61 through 2009–10

NOTE: Expenditure data for school years 2008 and 2009 (2008–09 and 2009–10) are estimated. Degree data for school year 2009 are projected. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Opening Fall Enrollment in Higher Education, 1960 through 1965; Financial Statistics of Higher Education, 1959–60 through 1964–65; Earned Degrees Conferred, 1959–60 through 1964–65; Projections of Education Statistics to 2019; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), “Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education,” 1966 through 1985, “Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred,” 1965–66 through 1985–86, and “Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education,” 1965–66 through 1985–86; and 1986–87 through 2008–09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:86–99), “Completions Survey” (IPEDS-C:87–99), “Finance Survey” (IPEDS-F:FY87–99), Fall 2000 through Fall 2009, and Spring 2001 through Spring 2010.