Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by type and control of institution, attendance status, and sex of student: 1970 to 1995

Table 178.
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Type and control of |          |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  institution, sex  |   1970   |   1975    |      1980    |   1985    |   1988    |   1989    |   1990    |   1991    |   1992    |   1993    |   1994    |  1995\1\
   and attendance   |          |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
 status of student  |          |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
____________________|__________|___________|______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
         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 |13,055,337 |13,538,560 |13,818,637 |14,358,953 |14,487,359 |14,304,803 |14,278,790 |14,261,781
  Full-time ........|5,816,290 | 6,841,334 |    7,097,958 | 7,075,221 | 7,436,768 | 7,660,950 | 7,820,985 | 8,115,329 | 8,162,118 | 8,127,618 | 8,137,776 | 8,128,802
    Men ............|3,504,095 | 3,926,753 |    3,689,244 | 3,607,720 | 3,661,779 | 3,740,243 | 3,807,752 | 3,929,375 | 3,926,905 | 3,890,571 | 3,855,183 | 3,807,392
    Women ..........|2,312,195 | 2,914,581 |    3,408,714 | 3,467,501 | 3,774,989 | 3,920,707 | 4,013,233 | 4,185,954 | 4,235,213 | 4,237,047 | 4,282,593 | 4,321,410
  Part-time ........|2,764,597 | 4,343,525 |    4,998,937 | 5,171,834 | 5,618,569 | 5,877,610 | 5,997,652 | 6,243,624 | 6,325,241 | 6,177,185 | 6,141,014 | 6,132,979
    Men ............|1,539,547 | 2,222,244 |    2,185,130 | 2,210,730 | 2,340,117 | 2,449,772 | 2,476,157 | 2,572,469 | 2,597,084 | 2,536,879 | 2,516,715 | 2,535,147
    Women ..........|1,225,050 | 2,121,281 |    2,813,807 | 2,961,104 | 3,278,452 | 3,427,838 | 3,521,495 | 3,671,155 | 3,728,157 | 3,640,306 | 3,624,299 | 3,597,832
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  4-year, total ....|6,261,502 | 7,214,740 |    7,570,608 | 7,715,978 | 8,180,182 | 8,387,671 | 8,578,554 | 8,707,053 | 8,764,969 | 8,738,936 | 8,749,080 | 8,769,252
    Full-time ......|4,587,379 | 5,080,256 |    5,344,163 | 5,384,614 | 5,693,176 | 5,805,249 | 5,937,023 | 6,040,799 | 6,082,112 | 6,084,299 | 6,106,062 | 6,151,755
      Men ..........|2,732,796 | 2,891,192 |    2,809,528 | 2,781,412 | 2,843,186 | 2,870,555 | 2,926,360 | 2,967,978 | 2,975,089 | 2,962,355 | 2,943,593 | 2,929,177
      Women ........|1,854,583 | 2,189,064 |    2,534,635 | 2,603,202 | 2,849,990 | 2,934,694 | 3,010,663 | 3,072,821 | 3,107,023 | 3,121,944 | 3,162,469 | 3,222,578
    Part-time ......|1,674,123 | 2,134,484 |    2,226,445 | 2,331,364 | 2,487,006 | 2,582,422 | 2,641,531 | 2,666,254 | 2,682,857 | 2,654,637 | 2,643,018 | 2,617,497
      Men ..........|  936,189 | 1,092,461 |    1,017,813 | 1,034,804 | 1,069,021 | 1,102,660 | 1,124,780 | 1,131,956 | 1,135,624 | 1,119,636 | 1,105,102 | 1,084,753
      Women ........|  737,934 | 1,042,023 |    1,208,632 | 1,296,560 | 1,417,985 | 1,479,762 | 1,516,751 | 1,534,298 | 1,547,233 | 1,535,001 | 1,537,916 | 1,532,744
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    Public 4-year ..|4,232,722 | 4,998,142 |    5,128,612 | 5,209,540 | 5,545,901 | 5,694,303 | 5,848,242 | 5,904,748 | 5,900,012 | 5,851,760 | 5,825,213 | 5,814,545
      Full-time ....|3,086,491 | 3,469,821 |    3,592,193 | 3,623,341 | 3,842,375 | 3,934,437 | 4,033,654 | 4,088,970 | 4,095,310 | 4,074,055 | 4,065,067 | 4,084,711
        Men ........|1,813,584 | 1,947,823 |    1,873,397 | 1,863,689 | 1,910,326 | 1,937,888 | 1,982,369 | 2,005,941 | 2,005,043 | 1,989,410 | 1,965,524 | 1,951,140
        Women ......|1,272,907 | 1,521,998 |    1,718,796 | 1,759,652 | 1,932,049 | 1,996,549 | 2,051,285 | 2,083,029 | 2,090,267 | 2,084,645 | 2,099,543 | 2,133,571
      Part-time ....|1,146,231 | 1,528,321 |    1,536,419 | 1,586,199 | 1,703,526 | 1,759,866 | 1,814,588 | 1,815,778 | 1,804,702 | 1,777,705 | 1,760,146 | 1,729,834
        Men ........|  609,422 |   760,469 |      685,051 |   693,115 |   721,832 |   743,137 |   764,248 |   764,969 |   760,186 |   750,409 |   737,891 |   720,402
        Women ......|  536,809 |   767,852 |      851,368 |   893,084 |   981,694 | 1,016,729 | 1,050,340 | 1,050,809 | 1,044,516 | 1,027,296 | 1,022,255 | 1,009,432
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    Private 4-year .|2,028,780 | 2,216,598 |    2,441,996 | 2,506,438 | 2,634,281 | 2,693,368 | 2,730,312 | 2,802,305 | 2,864,957 | 2,887,176 | 2,923,867 | 2,954,707
      Full-time ....|1,500,888 | 1,610,435 |    1,751,970 | 1,761,273 | 1,850,801 | 1,870,812 | 1,903,369 | 1,951,829 | 1,986,802 | 2,010,244 | 2,040,995 | 2,067,044
        Men ........|  919,212 |   943,369 |      936,131 |   917,723 |   932,860 |   932,667 |   943,991 |   962,037 |   970,046 |   972,945 |   978,069 |   978,037
        Women ......|  581,676 |   667,066 |      815,839 |   843,550 |   917,941 |   938,145 |   959,378 |   989,792 | 1,016,756 | 1,037,299 | 1,062,926 | 1,089,007
      Part-time ....|  527,892 |   606,163 |      690,026 |   745,165 |   783,480 |   822,556 |   826,943 |   850,476 |   878,155 |   876,932 |   882,872 |   887,663
        Men ........|  326,767 |   331,992 |      332,762 |   341,689 |   347,189 |   359,523 |   360,532 |   366,987 |   375,438 |   369,227 |   367,211 |   364,351
        Women ......|  201,125 |   274,171 |      357,264 |   403,476 |   436,291 |   463,033 |   466,411 |   483,489 |   502,717 |   507,705 |   515,661 |   523,312
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  2-year, total ....|2,319,385 | 3,970,119 |    4,526,287 | 4,531,077 | 4,875,155 | 5,150,889 | 5,240,083 | 5,651,900 | 5,722,390 | 5,565,867 | 5,529,710 | 5,492,529
    Full-time ......|1,228,911 | 1,761,078 |    1,753,795 | 1,690,607 | 1,743,592 | 1,855,701 | 1,883,962 | 2,074,530 | 2,080,006 | 2,043,319 | 2,031,714 | 1,977,047
      Men ..........|  771,299 | 1,035,561 |      879,716 |   826,308 |   818,593 |   869,688 |   881,392 |   961,397 |   951,816 |   928,216 |   911,590 |   878,215
      Women ........|  457,612 |   725,517 |      874,079 |   864,299 |   924,999 |   986,013 | 1,002,570 | 1,113,133 | 1,128,190 | 1,115,103 | 1,120,124 | 1,098,832
    Part-time ......|1,090,474 | 2,209,041 |    2,772,492 | 2,840,470 | 3,131,563 | 3,295,188 | 3,356,121 | 3,577,370 | 3,642,384 | 3,522,548 | 3,497,996 | 3,515,482
      Men ..........|  603,358 | 1,129,783 |    1,167,317 | 1,175,926 | 1,271,096 | 1,347,112 | 1,351,377 | 1,440,513 | 1,461,460 | 1,417,243 | 1,411,613 | 1,450,394
      Women ........|  487,116 | 1,079,258 |    1,605,175 | 1,664,544 | 1,860,467 | 1,948,076 | 2,004,744 | 2,136,857 | 2,180,924 | 2,105,305 | 2,086,383 | 2,065,088
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    Public 2-year ..|2,195,412 | 3,836,366 |    4,328,782 | 4,269,733 | 4,615,487 | 4,883,660 | 4,996,475 | 5,404,815 | 5,484,555 | 5,337,328 | 5,308,467 | 5,277,829
      Full-time ....|1,129,165 | 1,662,621 |    1,595,493 | 1,496,905 | 1,567,973 | 1,674,249 | 1,716,843 | 1,885,607 | 1,915,565 | 1,888,507 | 1,885,753 | 1,840,590
        Men ........|  720,440 |   988,701 |      811,871 |   742,673 |   745,912 |   793,251 |   810,664 |   881,576 |   878,076 |   858,600 |   847,702 |   818,605
        Women ......|  408,725 |   673,920 |      783,622 |   754,232 |   822,061 |   880,998 |   906,179 | 1,004,031 | 1,037,489 | 1,029,907 | 1,038,051 | 1,021,985
      Part-time ....|1,066,247 | 2,173,745 |    2,733,289 | 2,772,828 | 3,047,514 | 3,209,411 | 3,279,632 | 3,519,208 | 3,568,990 | 3,448,821 | 3,422,714 | 3,437,239
        Men ........|  589,439 | 1,107,680 |    1,152,268 | 1,138,011 | 1,230,888 | 1,302,074 | 1,317,730 | 1,413,870 | 1,431,091 | 1,386,092 | 1,378,951 | 1,417,488
        Women ......|  476,808 | 1,066,065 |    1,581,021 | 1,634,817 | 1,816,626 | 1,907,337 | 1,961,902 | 2,105,338 | 2,137,899 | 2,062,729 | 2,043,763 | 2,019,751
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    Private 2-year .|  123,973 |   133,753 |\2\   197,505 |   261,344 |   259,668 |   267,229 |   243,608 |   247,085 |   237,835 |   228,539 |   221,243 |   214,700
      Full-time ....|   99,746 |    98,457 |\2\   158,302 |   193,702 |   175,619 |   181,452 |   167,119 |   188,923 |   164,441 |   154,812 |   145,961 |   136,457
        Men ........|   50,859 |    46,860 |\2\    67,845 |    83,635 |    72,681 |    76,437 |    70,728 |    79,821 |    73,740 |    69,616 |    63,888 |    59,610
        Women ......|   48,887 |    51,597 |\2\    90,457 |   110,067 |   102,938 |   105,015 |    96,391 |   109,102 |    90,701 |    85,196 |    82,073 |    76,847
      Part-time ....|   24,227 |    35,296 |\2\    39,203 |    67,642 |    84,049 |    85,777 |    76,489 |    58,162 |    73,394 |    73,727 |    75,282 |    78,243
        Men ........|   13,919 |    22,103 |\2\    15,049 |    37,915 |    40,208 |    45,038 |    33,647 |    26,643 |    30,369 |    31,151 |    32,662 |    32,906
        Women ......|   10,308 |    13,193 |\2\    24,154 |    29,727 |    43,841 |    40,739 |    42,842 |    31,519 |    43,025 |    42,576 |    42,620 |    45,337
____________________|__________|___________|______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
\1\Preliminary data.
\2\Large increase is due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.
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 Systems (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared December 1996.)
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