Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education and degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution, attendance status, and sex of student: 1970 to 1997

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 Type and control of |                                              Institutions of higher education                                           ||   Degree-granting
  institution, sex   |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________||   institutions\1\
   and attendance    |   1970   |   1975    |      1980    |   1985    |   1990    |   1993    |   1994    |   1995    |   1996    |  1997\2\  ||_______________________
  status of student  |          |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |           |           ||   1996    |  1997\2\
_____________________|__________|___________|______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________||___________|___________
          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 |13,818,637 |14,304,803 |14,278,790 |14,261,781 |14,300,255 |14,345,416 ||14,367,520 |14,502,334
Full-time ...........|5,816,290 | 6,841,334 |    7,097,958 | 7,075,221 | 7,820,985 | 8,127,618 | 8,137,776 | 8,128,802 | 8,213,490 | 8,322,362 || 8,302,953 | 8,438,062
  Men ...............|3,504,095 | 3,926,753 |    3,689,244 | 3,607,720 | 3,807,752 | 3,890,571 | 3,855,183 | 3,807,392 | 3,815,519 | 3,839,015 || 3,851,208 | 3,890,442
  Women .............|2,312,195 | 2,914,581 |    3,408,714 | 3,467,501 | 4,013,233 | 4,237,047 | 4,282,593 | 4,321,410 | 4,397,971 | 4,483,347 || 4,451,745 | 4,547,620
Part-time ...........|2,764,597 | 4,343,525 |    4,998,937 | 5,171,834 | 5,997,652 | 6,177,185 | 6,141,014 | 6,132,979 | 6,086,765 | 6,023,054 || 6,064,567 | 6,064,272
  Men ...............|1,539,547 | 2,222,244 |    2,185,130 | 2,210,730 | 2,476,157 | 2,536,879 | 2,516,715 | 2,535,147 | 2,528,473 | 2,490,945 || 2,501,617 | 2,505,586
  Women .............|1,225,050 | 2,121,281 |    2,813,807 | 2,961,104 | 3,521,495 | 3,640,306 | 3,624,299 | 3,597,832 | 3,558,292 | 3,532,109 || 3,562,950 | 3,558,686
                     |__________|___________|______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________||___________|___________
4-year, total .......|6,261,502 | 7,214,740 |    7,570,608 | 7,715,978 | 8,578,554 | 8,738,936 | 8,749,080 | 8,769,252 | 8,802,835 | 8,874,676 || 8,804,193 | 8,896,765
  Full-time .........|4,587,379 | 5,080,256 |    5,344,163 | 5,384,614 | 5,937,023 | 6,084,299 | 6,106,062 | 6,151,755 | 6,226,868 | 6,326,650 || 6,230,648 | 6,342,891
    Men .............|2,732,796 | 2,891,192 |    2,809,528 | 2,781,412 | 2,926,360 | 2,962,355 | 2,943,593 | 2,929,177 | 2,933,912 | 2,950,083 || 2,934,736 | 2,959,048
    Women ...........|1,854,583 | 2,189,064 |    2,534,635 | 2,603,202 | 3,010,663 | 3,121,944 | 3,162,469 | 3,222,578 | 3,292,956 | 3,376,567 || 3,295,912 | 3,383,843
  Part-time .........|1,674,123 | 2,134,484 |    2,226,445 | 2,331,364 | 2,641,531 | 2,654,637 | 2,643,018 | 2,617,497 | 2,575,967 | 2,548,026 || 2,573,545 | 2,553,874
    Men .............|  936,189 | 1,092,461 |    1,017,813 | 1,034,804 | 1,124,780 | 1,119,636 | 1,105,102 | 1,084,753 | 1,061,989 | 1,044,133 || 1,059,175 | 1,047,269
    Women ...........|  737,934 | 1,042,023 |    1,208,632 | 1,296,560 | 1,516,751 | 1,535,001 | 1,537,916 | 1,532,744 | 1,513,978 | 1,503,893 || 1,514,370 | 1,506,605
                     |          |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |           |           ||           |
  Public 4-year .....|4,232,722 | 4,998,142 |    5,128,612 | 5,209,540 | 5,848,242 | 5,851,760 | 5,825,213 | 5,814,545 | 5,806,904 | 5,834,525 || 5,806,036 | 5,835,433
    Full-time .......|3,086,491 | 3,469,821 |    3,592,193 | 3,623,341 | 4,033,654 | 4,074,055 | 4,065,067 | 4,084,711 | 4,106,094 | 4,164,180 || 4,106,453 | 4,164,759
      Men ...........|1,813,584 | 1,947,823 |    1,873,397 | 1,863,689 | 1,982,369 | 1,989,410 | 1,965,524 | 1,951,140 | 1,943,086 | 1,950,899 || 1,943,259 | 1,951,171
      Women .........|1,272,907 | 1,521,998 |    1,718,796 | 1,759,652 | 2,051,285 | 2,084,645 | 2,099,543 | 2,133,571 | 2,163,008 | 2,213,281 || 2,163,194 | 2,213,588
    Part-time .......|1,146,231 | 1,528,321 |    1,536,419 | 1,586,199 | 1,814,588 | 1,777,705 | 1,760,146 | 1,729,834 | 1,700,810 | 1,670,345 || 1,699,583 | 1,670,674
      Men ...........|  609,422 |   760,469 |      685,051 |   693,115 |   764,248 |   750,409 |   737,891 |   720,402 |   703,691 |   686,876 ||   703,078 |   686,997
      Women .........|  536,809 |   767,852 |      851,368 |   893,084 | 1,050,340 | 1,027,296 | 1,022,255 | 1,009,432 |   997,119 |   983,469 ||   996,505 |   983,677
                     |          |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |           |           ||           |
  Private 4-year ....|2,028,780 | 2,216,598 |    2,441,996 | 2,506,438 | 2,730,312 | 2,887,176 | 2,923,867 | 2,954,707 | 2,995,931 | 3,040,151 || 2,998,157 | 3,061,332
    Full-time .......|1,500,888 | 1,610,435 |    1,751,970 | 1,761,273 | 1,903,369 | 2,010,244 | 2,040,995 | 2,067,044 | 2,120,774 | 2,162,470 || 2,124,195 | 2,178,132
      Men ...........|  919,212 |   943,369 |      936,131 |   917,723 |   943,991 |   972,945 |   978,069 |   978,037 |   990,826 |   999,184 ||   991,477 | 1,007,877
      Women .........|  581,676 |   667,066 |      815,839 |   843,550 |   959,378 | 1,037,299 | 1,062,926 | 1,089,007 | 1,129,948 | 1,163,286 || 1,132,718 | 1,170,255
    Part-time .......|  527,892 |   606,163 |      690,026 |   745,165 |   826,943 |   876,932 |   882,872 |   887,663 |   875,157 |   877,681 ||   873,962 |   883,200
      Men ...........|  326,767 |   331,992 |      332,762 |   341,689 |   360,532 |   369,227 |   367,211 |   364,351 |   358,298 |   357,257 ||   356,097 |   360,272
      Women .........|  201,125 |   274,171 |      357,264 |   403,476 |   466,411 |   507,705 |   515,661 |   523,312 |   516,859 |   520,424 ||   517,865 |   522,928
                     |          |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |           |           ||           |
    Nonprofit 4-year |      --- |       --- |    2,413,693 | 2,463,000 | 2,671,069 | 2,802,540 | 2,824,500 | 2,853,890 | 2,871,693 | 2,897,816 || 2,867,181 | 2,905,820
      Full-time .....|      --- |       --- |    1,733,014 | 1,727,707 | 1,859,124 | 1,946,349 | 1,962,751 | 1,989,457 | 2,024,856 | 2,051,308 || 2,021,570 | 2,056,019
        Men .........|      --- |       --- |      921,253 |   894,080 |   915,100 |   934,792 |   931,600 |   931,956 |   937,078 |   937,353 ||   934,474 |   939,532
        Women .......|      --- |       --- |      811,761 |   833,627 |   944,024 | 1,011,557 | 1,031,151 | 1,057,501 | 1,087,778 | 1,113,955 || 1,087,096 | 1,116,487
      Part-time .....|      --- |       --- |      680,679 |   735,293 |   811,945 |   856,191 |   861,749 |   864,433 |   846,837 |   846,508 ||   845,611 |   849,801
        Men .........|      --- |       --- |      327,986 |   336,168 |   352,106 |   357,705 |   355,538 |   351,874 |   342,826 |   341,575 ||   341,460 |   343,344
        Women .......|      --- |       --- |      352,693 |   399,125 |   459,839 |   498,486 |   506,211 |   512,559 |   504,011 |   504,933 ||   504,151 |   506,457
                     |          |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |           |           ||           |
2-year, total .......|2,319,385 | 3,970,119 |    4,526,287 | 4,531,077 | 5,240,083 | 5,565,867 | 5,529,710 | 5,492,529 | 5,497,420 | 5,470,740 || 5,563,327 | 5,605,569
  Full-time .........|1,228,911 | 1,761,078 |    1,753,795 | 1,690,607 | 1,883,962 | 2,043,319 | 2,031,714 | 1,977,047 | 1,986,622 | 1,995,712 || 2,072,305 | 2,095,171
    Men .............|  771,299 | 1,035,561 |      879,716 |   826,308 |   881,392 |   928,216 |   911,590 |   878,215 |   881,607 |   888,932 ||   916,472 |   931,394
    Women ...........|  457,612 |   725,517 |      874,079 |   864,299 | 1,002,570 | 1,115,103 | 1,120,124 | 1,098,832 | 1,105,015 | 1,106,780 || 1,155,833 | 1,163,777
  Part-time .........|1,090,474 | 2,209,041 |    2,772,492 | 2,840,470 | 3,356,121 | 3,522,548 | 3,497,996 | 3,515,482 | 3,510,798 | 3,475,028 || 3,491,022 | 3,510,398
    Men .............|  603,358 | 1,129,783 |    1,167,317 | 1,175,926 | 1,351,377 | 1,417,243 | 1,411,613 | 1,450,394 | 1,466,484 | 1,446,812 || 1,442,442 | 1,458,317
    Women ...........|  487,116 | 1,079,258 |    1,605,175 | 1,664,544 | 2,004,744 | 2,105,305 | 2,086,383 | 2,065,088 | 2,044,314 | 2,028,216 || 2,048,580 | 2,052,081
                     |          |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |           |           ||           |
  Public 2-year .....|2,195,412 | 3,836,366 |    4,328,782 | 4,269,733 | 4,996,475 | 5,337,328 | 5,308,467 | 5,277,829 | 5,283,267 | 5,311,630 || 5,314,463 | 5,360,686
    Full-time .......|1,129,165 | 1,662,621 |    1,595,493 | 1,496,905 | 1,716,843 | 1,888,507 | 1,885,753 | 1,840,590 | 1,858,080 | 1,871,120 || 1,872,014 | 1,891,027
      Men ...........|  720,440 |   988,701 |      811,871 |   742,673 |   810,664 |   858,600 |   847,702 |   818,605 |   824,832 |   831,754 ||   832,839 |   842,082
      Women .........|  408,725 |   673,920 |      783,622 |   754,232 |   906,179 | 1,029,907 | 1,038,051 | 1,021,985 | 1,033,248 | 1,039,366 || 1,039,175 | 1,048,945
    Part-time .......|1,066,247 | 2,173,745 |    2,733,289 | 2,772,828 | 3,279,632 | 3,448,821 | 3,422,714 | 3,437,239 | 3,425,187 | 3,440,510 || 3,442,449 | 3,469,659
      Men ...........|  589,439 | 1,107,680 |    1,152,268 | 1,138,011 | 1,317,730 | 1,386,092 | 1,378,951 | 1,417,488 | 1,415,928 | 1,430,701 || 1,423,277 | 1,443,937
      Women .........|  476,808 | 1,066,065 |    1,581,021 | 1,634,817 | 1,961,902 | 2,062,729 | 2,043,763 | 2,019,751 | 2,009,259 | 2,009,809 || 2,019,172 | 2,025,722
                     |          |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |           |           ||           |
  Private 2-year ....|  123,973 |   133,753 |\3\   197,505 |   261,344 |   243,608 |   228,539 |   221,243 |   214,700 |   214,153 |   159,110 ||   248,864 |   244,883
    Full-time .......|   99,746 |    98,457 |\3\   158,302 |   193,702 |   167,119 |   154,812 |   145,961 |   136,457 |   128,542 |   124,592 ||   200,291 |   204,144
      Men ...........|   50,859 |    46,860 |\3\    67,845 |    83,635 |    70,728 |    69,616 |    63,888 |    59,610 |    56,775 |    57,178 ||    83,633 |    89,312
      Women .........|   48,887 |    51,597 |\3\    90,457 |   110,067 |    96,391 |    85,196 |    82,073 |    76,847 |    71,767 |    67,414 ||   116,658 |   114,832
    Part-time .......|   24,227 |    35,296 |\3\    39,203 |    67,642 |    76,489 |    73,727 |    75,282 |    78,243 |    85,611 |    34,518 ||    48,573 |    40,739
      Men ...........|   13,919 |    22,103 |\3\    15,049 |    37,915 |    33,647 |    31,151 |    32,662 |    32,906 |    50,556 |    16,111 ||    19,165 |    14,380
      Women .........|   10,308 |    13,193 |\3\    24,154 |    29,727 |    42,842 |    42,576 |    42,620 |    45,337 |    35,055 |    18,407 ||    29,408 |    26,359
                     |          |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |           |           ||           |
    Nonprofit 2-year |      --- |       --- |      114,094 |   108,791 |    89,158 |    86,357 |    85,607 |    75,154 |    68,864 |    63,898 ||    75,375 |    71,794
      Full-time .....|      --- |       --- |       83,009 |    76,547 |    62,003 |    60,005 |    59,021 |    54,033 |    50,202 |    48,893 ||    56,434 |    55,153
        Men .........|      --- |       --- |       34,968 |    30,878 |    25,946 |    26,185 |    25,048 |    23,265 |    21,386 |    21,615 ||    24,064 |    24,367
        Women .......|      --- |       --- |       48,041 |    45,669 |    36,057 |    33,820 |    33,973 |    30,768 |    28,816 |    27,278 ||    32,370 |    30,786
      Part-time .....|      --- |       --- |       31,085 |    32,244 |    27,155 |    26,352 |    26,586 |    21,121 |    18,662 |    15,005 ||    18,941 |    16,641
        Men .........|      --- |       --- |       11,445 |    10,786 |     7,970 |     7,649 |     7,530 |     6,080 |     5,227 |     4,683 ||     5,337 |     5,175
        Women .......|      --- |       --- |       19,640 |    21,458 |    19,185 |    18,703 |    19,056 |    15,041 |    13,435 |    10,322 ||    13,604 |    11,466
_____________________|__________|___________|______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________||___________|___________

\1\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\2\Preliminary data.
\3\Large increase is due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.
---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 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 Systems (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared July 1999.)

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