Fall enrollment in historically black colleges and universities, by type and control of institution: 1976 to 1996

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            |  Total   |Type of institution  |    Public institutions         |   Private institutions
    Year    |enrollment|_____________________|________________________________|_________________________________
            |          |  4-year  |  2-year  |  Total   |  4-year  |  2-year  |  Total   |  4-year  |  2-year
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________
     1      |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |    10
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________
1976 .......|  222,613 |  206,676 |   15,937 |  156,836 |  143,528 |   13,308 |   65,777 |   63,148 |     2,629
1977 .......|  226,062 |  209,898 |   16,164 |  158,823 |  145,450 |   13,373 |   67,239 |   64,448 |     2,791
1978 .......|  227,797 |  211,651 |   16,146 |  163,237 |  150,168 |   13,069 |   64,560 |   61,483 |     3,077
1979 .......|  230,124 |  214,147 |   15,977 |  166,315 |  153,139 |   13,176 |   63,809 |   61,008 |     2,801
1980 .......|  233,557 |  218,009 |   15,548 |  168,217 |  155,085 |   13,132 |   65,340 |   62,924 |     2,416
            |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1981 .......|  232,460 |  217,152 |   15,308 |  166,991 |  154,269 |   12,722 |   65,469 |   62,883 |     2,586
1982 .......|  228,371 |  212,017 |   16,354 |  165,871 |  151,472 |   14,399 |   62,500 |   60,545 |     1,955
1983 .......|  234,446 |  217,909 |   16,537 |  170,051 |  155,665 |   14,386 |   64,395 |   62,244 |     2,151
1984 .......|  227,519 |  212,844 |   14,675 |  164,116 |  151,289 |   12,827 |   63,403 |   61,555 |     1,848
1985 .......|  225,801 |  210,648 |   15,153 |  163,677 |  150,002 |   13,675 |   62,124 |   60,646 |     1,478
            |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1986 .......|  223,275 |  207,231 |   16,044 |  162,048 |  147,631 |   14,417 |   61,227 |   59,600 |     1,627
1987 .......|  227,994 |  211,654 |   16,340 |  165,486 |  150,560 |   14,926 |   62,508 |   61,094 |     1,414
1988 .......|  239,755 |  223,250 |   16,505 |  173,672 |  158,606 |   15,066 |   66,083 |   64,644 |     1,439
1989 .......|  249,096 |  232,890 |   16,206 |  181,151 |  166,481 |   14,670 |   67,945 |   66,409 |     1,536
1990 .......|  257,152 |  240,497 |   16,655 |  187,046 |  171,969 |   15,077 |   70,106 |   68,528 |     1,578
            |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1991 .......|  269,335 |  252,093 |   17,242 |  197,847 |  182,204 |   15,643 |   71,488 |   69,889 |     1,599
1992 .......|  279,541 |  261,089 |   18,452 |  204,966 |  188,143 |   16,823 |   74,575 |   72,946 |     1,629
1993 .......|  282,856 |  262,430 |   20,426 |  208,197 |  189,032 |   19,165 |   74,659 |   73,398 |     1,261
1994 .......|  280,071 |  259,997 |   20,074 |  206,520 |  187,735 |   18,785 |   73,551 |   72,262 |     1,289
1995 .......|  278,725 |  259,409 |   19,316 |  204,726 |  186,278 |   18,448 |   73,999 |   73,131 |       868
1996 .......|  273,931 |  254,446 |   19,485 |  200,569 |  182,063 |   18,506 |   73,362 |   72,383 |       979
____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________

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 May 1998.)

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