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Table 173. -  Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education and degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution: 1965 to 1996 
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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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     1     |     2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |     7     |    8     |    9     |    10    |    11    |    12    |    13    |   14   |    15    |      16
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           |                                                           Institutions of higher education
           |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 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
           |           |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |
 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
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 1995 .... |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
 1996 \4\..|14,300,255 |8,802,835 |2,984,965 |5,817,870 |5,497,420 |11,090,171 |5,806,904 |2,226,529 |3,580,375 |5,283,267 |3,210,084 |2,995,931 |758,436 |2,237,495 |   214,153
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           |                                              Degree-granting institutions\5\
           |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 1996 \4\..|14,367,520 |8,804,193 |2,984,965 |5,819,228 |5,563,327 |11,120,499 |5,806,036 |2,226,529 |3,579,507 |5,314,463 |3,247,021 |2,998,157 |758,436 |2,239,721 |   248,864
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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.
\5\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting higher education institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
---Data not available.

NOTE.--Trend tabulations of institutions of higher education data are based on institutions that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. The Department of Education no longer distinguishes between those institutions and other institutions that are eligible to participate in Title IV programs. The new degree-granting clasification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award degrees.

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 April 1998.)


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