Table 19. Actual and alternative projected numbers for undergraduate enrollment in all degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex, attendance status, and control of institution: Fall 1993 through fall 2018

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Table 19. Actual and alternative projected numbers for undergraduate enrollment in all degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex, attendance status, and control of institution: Fall 1993 through fall 2018 [In thousands]

Year	Total	Sex		Attendance status		Control
Year	Total	Men	Women	Full-time	Part-time	Public	Private

Actual
1993	12,324	5,484	6,840	7,179	5,144	10,012	2,312
1994	12,263	5,422	6,840	7,169	5,094	9,945	2,317
1995	12,232	5,401	6,831	7,145	5,086	9,904	2,328
1996	12,327	5,421	6,906	7,299	5,028	9,935	2,392
1997	12,451	5,469	6,982	7,419	5,032	10,007	2,443
1998	12,437	5,446	6,991	7,539	4,898	9,950	2,487
1999	12,681	5,559	7,122	7,735	4,946	10,110	2,571
2000	13,155	5,778	7,377	7,923	5,232	10,539	2,616
2001	13,716	6,004	7,711	8,328	5,388	10,986	2,730
2002	14,257	6,192	8,065	8,734	5,523	11,433	2,824
2003	14,480	6,227	8,253	9,045	5,435	11,523	2,957
2004	14,781	6,340	8,441	9,284	5,496	11,651	3,130
2005	14,964	6,409	8,555	9,446	5,518	11,698	3,266
2006	15,184	6,514	8,671	9,571	5,613	11,847	3,337
2007	15,604	6,728	8,876	9,841	5,763	12,138	3,466
Middle alternative projections
2008	16,005	6,931	9,074	10,058	5,947	12,525	3,480
2009	16,304	7,054	9,250	10,353	5,951	12,738	3,566
2010	16,384	7,091	9,293	10,411	5,973	12,797	3,587
2011	16,510	7,118	9,392	10,493	6,017	12,892	3,617
2012	16,633	7,134	9,499	10,564	6,069	12,988	3,644
2013	16,811	7,156	9,655	10,692	6,119	13,124	3,687
2014	16,975	7,181	9,794	10,807	6,169	13,249	3,726
2015	17,096	7,183	9,913	10,897	6,200	13,341	3,755
2016	17,209	7,186	10,024	10,984	6,225	13,426	3,783
2017	17,355	7,205	10,150	11,097	6,258	13,537	3,818
2018	17,495	7,235	10,260	11,200	6,295	13,645	3,850
Low alternative projections
2008	15,481	6,756	8,724	9,678	5,803	12,125	3,356
2009	15,798	6,891	8,907	10,003	5,795	12,350	3,448
2010	15,811	6,917	8,894	10,006	5,805	12,359	3,452
2011	15,871	6,925	8,946	10,029	5,842	12,406	3,465
2012	15,970	6,934	9,036	10,083	5,888	12,484	3,487
2013	16,125	6,954	9,171	10,191	5,934	12,602	3,523
2014	16,288	6,983	9,305	10,306	5,982	12,727	3,562
2015	16,421	6,990	9,430	10,408	6,013	12,826	3,594
2016	16,545	6,999	9,546	10,509	6,036	12,919	3,626
2017	16,707	7,027	9,680	10,643	6,064	13,041	3,666
2018	16,862	7,064	9,798	10,765	6,097	13,159	3,703
High alternative projections
2008	16,485	7,051	9,433	10,403	6,082	12,890	3,594
2009	16,759	7,159	9,600	10,654	6,105	13,089	3,670
2010	16,864	7,196	9,668	10,726	6,139	13,168	3,696
2011	17,017	7,231	9,786	10,833	6,184	13,283	3,734
2012	17,159	7,256	9,903	10,922	6,237	13,393	3,767
2013	17,351	7,281	10,070	11,059	6,292	13,539	3,812
2014	17,517	7,304	10,213	11,172	6,345	13,666	3,851
2015	17,651	7,308	10,343	11,273	6,378	13,767	3,884
2016	17,786	7,317	10,470	11,382	6,404	13,868	3,918
2017	17,955	7,342	10,613	11,520	6,435	13,995	3,960
2018	18,110	7,377	10,733	11,639	6,471	14,114	3,996

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Data for 1999 were imputed using alternative procedures. (For more details, see appendix E of Projections of Education Statistics to 2011.) Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2, appendix A.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:93–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2008; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model, 1973–2007. (This table was prepared January 2009.)

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