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| Table E. Mean absolute percentage errors (MAPEs) of projected enrollment in postsecondary degree-granting institutions, by lead time, sex, and level of institution: 2012 |
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| Statistic | Lead time (years) | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Total enrollment | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 11.7 | 13.1 |
| Men | 1.7 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.3 |
| Women | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 11.7 | 12.9 |
| 4-year institutions | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 10.6 | 13.1 | 14.8 |
| 2-year institutions | 2.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 10.1 |
| NOTE: MAPEs for degree-granting institution enrollments were calculated using the last 14 editions of Projections of Education Statistics. Calculations were made using unrounded numbers. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | ||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics, various issues. (This table was prepared February 2012.) |
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