Full-time-equivalent fall enrollment in institutions of higher education and degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution: 1969 to 1996

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          |         All institutions          |       Public institutions         |       Private institutions
   Year   |___________________________________|___________________________________|___________________________________
          |   Total   |  4-year   |  2-year   |   Total   |  4-year   |  2-year   |   Total   |  4-year   |   2-year
__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
    1     |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |     7     |     8     |     9     |     10
__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
          |                        Institutions of higher education
          |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1969 .....| 6,334,139 | 4,899,526 | 1,434,612 | 4,577,985 | 3,259,676 | 1,318,309 | 1,756,153 | 1,639,850 |   116,303
1970 .....| 6,737,817 | 5,145,410 | 1,592,404 | 4,953,149 | 3,468,572 | 1,484,577 | 1,784,665 | 1,676,838 |   107,827
1971 .....| 7,148,575 | 5,357,708 | 1,790,867 | 5,344,356 | 3,660,624 | 1,683,732 | 1,804,219 | 1,697,084 |   107,135
1972 .....| 7,253,712 | 5,406,792 | 1,846,921 | 5,452,851 | 3,706,238 | 1,746,613 | 1,800,862 | 1,700,554 |   100,308
1973 .....| 7,453,467 | 5,439,226 | 2,014,241 | 5,629,568 | 3,721,035 | 1,908,533 | 1,823,899 | 1,718,191 |   105,708
1974 .....| 7,805,454 | 5,606,248 | 2,199,206 | 5,944,799 | 3,847,542 | 2,097,257 | 1,860,655 | 1,758,706 |   101,949
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1975 .....| 8,479,688 | 5,900,403 | 2,579,285 | 6,522,310 | 4,056,500 | 2,465,810 | 1,957,378 | 1,843,903 |   113,475
1976 .....| 8,312,502 | 5,848,001 | 2,464,501 | 6,349,903 | 3,998,450 | 2,351,453 | 1,962,599 | 1,849,551 |   113,048
1977 .....| 8,415,339 | 5,935,076 | 2,480,263 | 6,396,476 | 4,039,071 | 2,357,405 | 2,018,863 | 1,896,005 |   122,858
1978 .....| 8,348,482 | 5,932,357 | 2,416,125 | 6,279,199 | 3,996,126 | 2,283,073 | 2,069,283 | 1,936,231 |   133,052
1979 .....| 8,487,317 | 6,016,072 | 2,471,245 | 6,392,617 | 4,059,304 | 2,333,313 | 2,094,700 | 1,956,768 |   137,932
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1980 .....| 8,819,013 | 6,161,372 | 2,657,641 | 6,642,294 | 4,158,267 | 2,484,027 | 2,176,719 | 2,003,105 |\1\173,614
1981 .....| 9,014,521 | 6,249,847 | 2,764,674 | 6,781,300 | 4,208,506 | 2,572,794 | 2,233,221 | 2,041,341 |\1\191,880
1982 .....| 9,091,648 | 6,248,923 | 2,842,725 | 6,850,589 | 4,220,648 | 2,629,941 | 2,241,059 | 2,028,275 |   212,784
1983 .....| 9,166,398 | 6,325,222 | 2,841,176 | 6,881,479 | 4,265,807 | 2,615,672 | 2,284,919 | 2,059,415 |   225,504
1984 .....| 8,951,695 | 6,292,711 | 2,658,984 | 6,684,664 | 4,237,895 | 2,446,769 | 2,267,031 | 2,054,816 |   212,215
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1985 .....| 8,943,433 | 6,294,339 | 2,649,094 | 6,667,781 | 4,239,622 | 2,428,159 | 2,275,652 | 2,054,717 |   220,935
1986 .... | 9,064,165 | 6,360,325 | 2,703,842 | 6,778,045 | 4,295,494 | 2,482,551 | 2,286,122 | 2,064,831 |\2\221,291
1987 .... | 9,229,736 | 6,486,504 | 2,743,230 | 6,937,690 | 4,395,728 | 2,541,961 | 2,292,045 | 2,090,776 |   201,269
1988......| 9,464,271 | 6,664,146 | 2,800,125 | 7,096,905 | 4,505,774 | 2,591,131 | 2,367,366 | 2,158,372 |   208,994
1989 .....| 9,780,881 | 6,813,602 | 2,967,279 | 7,371,590 | 4,619,828 | 2,751,762 | 2,409,291 | 2,193,774 |   215,517
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1990 .....| 9,983,436 | 6,968,008 | 3,015,428 | 7,557,982 | 4,740,049 | 2,817,933 | 2,425,454 | 2,227,959 |   197,495
1991 .....|10,360,606 | 7,081,454 | 3,279,152 | 7,862,845 | 4,795,704 | 3,067,141 | 2,497,761 | 2,285,750 |   212,011
1992 .....|10,436,776 | 7,129,379 | 3,307,397 | 7,911,701 | 4,797,884 | 3,113,817 | 2,525,075 | 2,331,495 |   193,580
1993 .....|10,351,415 | 7,120,921 | 3,230,494 | 7,812,394 | 4,765,983 | 3,046,411 | 2,539,021 | 2,354,938 |   184,083
1994 .....|10,348,072 | 7,137,341 | 3,210,731 | 7,784,396 | 4,749,524 | 3,034,872 | 2,563,676 | 2,387,817 |   175,859
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1995 .....|10,334,956 | 7,172,844 | 3,162,112 | 7,751,815 | 4,757,223 | 2,994,592 | 2,583,141 | 2,415,621 |   167,520
1996\3\...|10,402,260 | 7,231,680 | 3,170,580 | 7,775,298 | 4,767,248 | 3,008,050 | 2,626,962 | 2,464,432 |   162,530
          |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========
          |                              Degree-granting institutions\4\
          |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1996\3\...|10,481,886 | 7,234,541 | 3,247,345 | 7,794,895 | 4,767,117 | 3,027,778 | 2,686,991 | 2,467,424 |   219,567
__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________

\1\Large increases are due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology in 1980 and 1981.
\2\Because of imputation techniques, data are not consistent with figures for other years.
\3\Preliminary data.
\4\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.

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 classification 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 June 1998.)

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