| Table 5. - | Educational institutions, by level and control of institution: 1980-81 to 1996-97 |
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Level and control | 1980-81 | 1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89|1989-90|1990-91 |1991-92|1992-93|1993-94 |1994-95|1995-96 |1996-97
of institution | | | | | | | | | | | |
________________________|___________|___________|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________|_______|________|_______
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All institutions ...| 117,707 | 121,433 |122,111 | --- | --- |119,242 | --- | --- |121,855 | --- |124,773 | ---
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Elementary and | | | | | | | | | | | |
secondary schools .....| 106,746 | 109,071 |110,055 | --- | --- |109,228 | --- | --- |111,486 | --- |114,811 | ---
Elementary ...........| 72,659 | 74,104 | 74,511 | --- | --- | 74,716 | --- | --- | 75,591 | --- | 77,909 | ---
Secondary ............| 24,856 | 23,844 | 24,057 | --- | --- | 23,602 | --- | --- | 23,256 | --- | 23,530 | ---
Combined .............| 5,202 | 6,932 | 8,202 | --- | --- | 8,847 | --- | --- | 10,678 | --- | 11,205 | ---
Other\1\ .............| 4,029 | 4,191 | 3,285 | --- | --- | 2,063 | --- | --- | 1,962 | --- | 2,167 | ---
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Public schools .......| 85,982 | 83,455 | 83,248 |83,165 |83,425 | 84,538 |84,578 |84,497 | 85,393 |86,221 | 87,125 |88,223
Elementary .........| 59,326 | 58,801 | 57,575 |57,941 |58,419 | 59,015 |59,258 |59,676 | 60,052 |60,808 | 61,165 |61,805
Secondary ..........| 22,619 | 21,406 | 21,662 |21,403 |21,181 | 21,135 |20,767 |20,671 | 20,705 |20,904 | 20,997 |21,307
Combined ...........| 1,743 | 1,983 | 2,179 | 2,235 | 2,280 | 2,325 | 2,481 | 2,549 | 2,674 | 2,764 | 2,796 | 2,980
Other\1\ ...........| 2,294 | 1,265 | 1,832 | 1,586 | 1,545 | 2,063 | 2,072 | 1,601 | 1,962 | 1,745 | 2,167 | 2,131
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Private schools ......| 20,764 |\2\ 25,616 | 26,807 | --- | --- | 24,690 |25,998 | --- | 26,093 | --- | 27,686 | ---
Elementary .........| 13,333 |\2\ 15,303 | 16,936 | --- | --- | 15,701 |15,716 | --- | 15,539 | --- | 16,744 | ---
Secondary ..........| 2,237 |\2\ 2,438 | 2,395 | --- | --- | 2,467 | 2,475 | --- | 2,551 | --- | 2,533 | ---
Combined ...........| 3,459 |\2\ 4,949 | 6,023 | --- | --- | 6,522 | 7,807 | --- | 8,004 | --- | 8,409 | ---
Other\1\ ...........| 1,735 |\2\ 2,926 | 1,453 | --- | --- | (\3\) | (\3\) | --- | (\3\) | --- | (\3\) | ---
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Postsecondary insti- | | | | | | | | | | | |
tutions ..............|\4\ 10,961 | 12,362 | 12,056 |11,389 |10,606 | 10,014 | 9,983 |10,601 | 10,369 |10,246 | 9,962 | 9,837
Public .............|\4\ 2,393 | 2,363 | 2,250 | 2,169 | 2,120 | 2,096 | 2,129 | 2,146 | 2,152 | 2,179 | 2,189 | 2,169
Private nonprofit ..|\4\ 2,359 | 3,432 | 3,254 | 3,092 | 2,942 | 2,808 | 2,810 | 2,926 | 2,890 | 2,916 | 2,877 | 2,855
Proprietary ........|\4\ 6,209 | 6,567 | 6,552 | 6,128 | 5,544 | 5,110 | 5,044 | 5,529 | 5,327 | 5,151 | 4,896 | 4,813
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Noncollegiate insti- | | | | | | | | | | | |
tutions\5\ .........|\4\ 7,730 | 8,956 | 8,469 | 7,824 | 7,071 | 6,455 | 6,382 | 6,963 | 6,737 | 6,558 | 6,256 | 5,828
Public .............|\4\ 896 | 830 | 659 | 587 | 557 | 529 | 531 | 522 | 527 | 538 | 534 | 467
Private nonprofit ..|\4\ 790 | 1,797 | 1,581 | 1,434 | 1,286 | 1,159 | 1,148 | 1,254 | 1,203 | 1,214 | 1,171 | 1,162
Proprietary ........|\4\ 6,044 | 6,329 | 6,229 | 5,803 | 5,228 | 4,767 | 4,703 | 5,187 | 5,007 | 4,806 | 4,551 | 4,199
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Institutions of higher| | | | | | | | | | | |
education\5\ ........| 3,231 | 3,406 | 3,587 | 3,565 | 3,535 | 3,559 | 3,601 | 3,638 | 3,632 | 3,688 | 3,706 | 4,009
2-year colleges ....| 1,274 | 1,336 | 1,452 | 1,436 | 1,408 | 1,418 | 1,444 | 1,469 | 1,442 | 1,473 | 1,462 | 1,742
Public ...........| 945 | 960 | 992 | 984 | 968 | 972 | 999 | 1,024 | 1,021 | 1,036 | 1,047 | 1,088
Private nonprofit | 182 | 173 | 186 | 180 | 177 | 167 | 176 | 179 | 181 | 192 | 187 | 184
Proprietary ......| 147 | 203 | 274 | 272 | 263 | 279 | 269 | 266 | 240 | 245 | 228 | 470
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4-year colleges ....| 1,957 | 2,070 | 2,135 | 2,129 | 2,127 | 2,141 | 2,157 | 2,169 | 2,190 | 2,215 | 2,244 | 2,267
Public ...........| 552 | 573 | 599 | 598 | 595 | 595 | 599 | 600 | 604 | 605 | 608 | 614
Private nonprofit | 1,387 | 1,462 | 1,487 | 1,478 | 1,479 | 1,482 | 1,486 | 1,493 | 1,506 | 1,510 | 1,519 | 1,509
Proprietary ......| 18 | 35 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 100 | 117 | 144
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\1\Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span. Because of changes in survey
definitions, figures for "other" schools are not comparable from year to year.
\2\Data are for 1985-86. Data were collected from a sample survey that differed significantly from earlier surveys. The sample survey was designed to correct an undercount of about 10 percent that was known to have occurred in earlier surveys. \3\Included in other categories. \4\Because of changes in survey procedures, figures are not directly comparable with data for later years. \5\Includes those colleges designated as institutions of higher education by the Higher Education General Information Survey system, even if they have a less than 2-year program. Includes branch campuses. Beginning in 1980, total includes some schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology. In 1996-97, data for institutions of higher education are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions include those institutions which award degrees at the associate level or higher and were eligible to participate in Title IV federal finanical aid programs. Institutions not meeting these criteria were classified as noncollegiate institutions. ---Data not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data and Private School surveys; Higher Education General Information Survey, "Institutional Characteristics of Colleges and Universities;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Institutional Characteristics" surveys. (This table was prepared October 1998.) |
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