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Table 173.Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by control and type of institution: 1965 to 1995

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          |                    All institutions                   |                 Public institutions                   |                 Private institutions
   Year   |_______________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________|_____________________________________________________
          |           |          4-year                |          |           |           4-year               |          |          |           4-year             |
          |   Total   |________________________________|          |   Total   |________________________________|          |  Total   |______________________________|
          |           |  Total   |University|  Other   |  2-year  |           |  Total   |University|  Other   |  2-year  |          |  Total   |Univer- |  Other   |   2-year
          |           |          |          |  4-year  |          |           |          |          |  4-year  |          |          |          |  sity  |  4-year  |
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1965 \1\ .| 5,920,864 |4,747,912 |       ---|       ---|1,172,952 | 3,969,596 |2,928,332 |       ---|       ---|1,041,264 |1,951,268 |1,819,580 |     ---|       ---|   131,688
1966 \1\ .| 6,389,872 |5,063,902 |       ---|       ---|1,325,970 | 4,348,917 |3,159,748 |       ---|       ---|1,189,169 |2,040,955 |1,904,154 |     ---|       ---|   136,801
1967 \1\ .| 6,911,748 |5,398,986 |       ---|       ---|1,512,762 | 4,816,028 |3,443,975 |       ---|       ---|1,372,053 |2,095,720 |1,955,011 |     ---|       ---|   140,709
1968 \1\ .| 7,513,091 |5,720,795 |       ---|       ---|1,792,296 | 5,430,652 |3,784,178 |       ---|       ---|1,646,474 |2,082,439 |1,936,617 |     ---|       ---|   145,822
1969 .....| 8,004,660 |5,937,127 |       ---|       ---|2,067,533 | 5,896,868 |3,962,522 |       ---|       ---|1,934,346 |2,107,792 |1,974,605 |     ---|       ---|   133,187
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1970 .....| 8,580,887 |6,261,502 |       ---|       ---|2,319,385 | 6,428,134 |4,232,722 |       ---|       ---|2,195,412 |2,152,753 |2,028,780 |     ---|       ---|   123,973
1971 .....| 8,948,644 |6,369,355 |       ---|       ---|2,579,289 | 6,804,309 |4,346,990 |       ---|       ---|2,457,319 |2,144,335 |2,022,365 |     ---|       ---|   121,970
1972 .....| 9,214,820 |6,458,634 |       ---|       ---|2,756,186 | 7,070,635 |4,429,696 |       ---|       ---|2,640,939 |2,144,185 |2,028,938 |     ---|       ---|   115,247
1973 .....| 9,602,123 |6,590,023 |       ---|       ---|3,012,100 | 7,419,516 |4,529,895 |       ---|       ---|2,889,621 |2,182,607 |2,060,128 |     ---|       ---|   122,479
1974 .....|10,223,729 |6,819,735 |       ---|       ---|3,403,994 | 7,988,500 |4,703,018 |       ---|       ---|3,285,482 |2,235,229 |2,116,717 |     ---|       ---|   118,512
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1975 .....|11,184,859 |7,214,740 |2,838,266 |4,376,474 |3,970,119 | 8,834,508 |4,998,142 |2,124,221 |2,873,921 |3,836,366 |2,350,351 |2,216,598 |714,045 |1,502,553 |   133,753
1976 .....|11,012,137 |7,128,816 |2,780,289 |4,348,527 |3,883,321 | 8,653,477 |4,901,691 |2,079,929 |2,821,762 |3,751,786 |2,358,660 |2,227,125 |700,360 |1,526,765 |   131,535
1977 .....|11,285,787 |7,242,845 |2,793,418 |4,449,427 |4,042,942 | 8,846,993 |4,945,224 |2,070,032 |2,875,192 |3,901,769 |2,438,794 |2,297,621 |723,386 |1,574,235 |   141,173
1978 .....|11,260,092 |7,231,625 |2,780,729 |4,451,222 |4,028,467 | 8,785,893 |4,912,203 |2,062,295 |2,849,908 |3,873,690 |2,474,199 |2,319,422 |718,434 |1,601,314 |   154,777
1979 .....|11,569,899 |7,353,233 |2,839,582 |4,513,651 |4,216,666 | 9,036,822 |4,980,012 |2,099,525 |2,880,487 |4,056,810 |2,533,077 |2,373,221 |740,057 |1,633,164 |   159,856
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1980 .....|12,096,895 |7,570,608 |2,902,014 |4,668,594 |4,526,287 | 9,457,394 |5,128,612 |2,154,283 |2,974,329 |4,328,782 |2,639,501 |2,441,996 |747,731 |1,694,265 |\2\197,505
1981 .....|12,371,672 |7,655,461 |2,901,344 |4,754,117 |4,716,211 | 9,647,032 |5,166,324 |2,152,474 |3,013,850 |4,480,708 |2,724,640 |2,489,137 |748,870 |1,740,267 |\2\235,503
1982 .....|12,425,780 |7,654,074 |2,883,735 |4,770,339 |4,771,706 | 9,696,087 |5,176,434 |2,152,547 |3,023,887 |4,519,653 |2,729,693 |2,477,640 |731,188 |1,746,452 |   252,053
1983 .....|12,464,661 |7,741,195 |2,888,813 |4,852,382 |4,723,466 | 9,682,734 |5,223,404 |2,154,790 |3,068,614 |4,459,330 |2,781,927 |2,517,791 |734,023 |1,783,768 |   264,136
1984 .....|12,241,940 |7,711,167 |2,870,329 |4,840,838 |4,530,773 | 9,477,370 |5,198,273 |2,138,621 |3,059,652 |4,279,097 |2,764,570 |2,512,894 |731,708 |1,781,186 |   251,676
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1985 .....|12,247,055 |7,715,978 |2,870,692 |4,845,286 |4,531,077 | 9,479,273 |5,209,540 |2,141,112 |3,068,428 |4,269,733 |2,767,782 |2,506,438 |729,580 |1,776,858 |   261,344
1986 .....|12,503,511 |7,823,963 |2,897,207 |4,926,756 |4,679,548 | 9,713,893 |5,300,202 |2,160,646 |3,139,556 |4,413,691 |2,789,618 |2,523,761 |736,561 |1,787,200 |\3\265,857
1987 .....|12,766,642 |7,990,420 |2,929,327 |5,061,093 |4,776,222 | 9,973,254 |5,432,200 |2,188,008 |3,244,192 |4,541,054 |2,793,388 |2,558,220 |741,319 |1,816,901 |\3\235,168
1988 .....|13,055,337 |8,180,182 |2,978,593 |5,201,589 |4,875,155 |10,161,388 |5,545,901 |2,229,868 |3,316,033 |4,615,487 |2,893,949 |2,634,281 |748,725 |1,885,556 |   259,668
1989 .....|13,538,560 |8,387,671 |3,019,115 |5,368,556 |5,150,889 |10,577,963 |5,694,303 |2,266,056 |3,428,247 |4,883,660 |2,960,597 |2,693,368 |753,059 |1,940,309 |   267,229
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1990 .....|13,818,637 |8,578,554 |3,044,670 |5,533,884 |5,240,083 |10,844,717 |5,848,242 |2,290,464 |3,557,778 |4,996,475 |2,973,920 |2,730,312 |754,206 |1,976,106 |   243,608
1991 .....|14,358,953 |8,707,053 |3,065,429 |5,641,624 |5,651,900 |11,309,563 |5,904,748 |2,301,222 |3,603,526 |5,404,815 |3,049,390 |2,802,305 |764,207 |2,038,098 |   247,085
1992 .....|14,487,359 |8,764,969 |3,050,345 |5,714,624 |5,722,390 |11,384,567 |5,900,012 |2,283,834 |3,616,178 |5,484,555 |3,102,792 |2,864,957 |766,511 |2,098,446 |   237,835
1993 .... |14,304,803 |8,738,936 |3,022,728 |5,716,208 |5,565,867 |11,189,088 |5,851,760 |2,259,692 |3,592,068 |5,337,328 |3,115,715 |2,887,176 |763,036 |2,124,140 |   228,539
1994 .... |14,278,790 |8,749,080 |3,009,072 |5,740,008 |5,529,710 |11,133,680 |5,825,213 |2,244,636 |3,580,577 |5,308,467 |3,145,110 |2,923,867 |764,436 |2,159,431 |   221,243
1995 \4\..|14,261,781 |8,769,252 |2,999,641 |5,769,611 |5,492,529 |11,092,374 |5,814,545 |2,235,939 |3,578,606 |5,277,829 |3,169,407 |2,954,707 |763,702 |2,191,005 |   214,700
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\1\Data for 2-year branch campuses of 4-year institutions are included with the 4-year institutions.

\2\Large increases are due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

\3\Because of imputation techniques, data are not consistent with figures for other years.

\4\Preliminary data.

---Data not available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared January 1997.)



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