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Table 30.-Full-time-equivalent enrollment in all institutions of higher education, by level of student and type of institution, with alternative projections: Fall 1985 to fall 2010
(In thousands)
 Year
Total
Undergraduate
Graduate
First-
professional
4-year
2-year
4-year
4-year
1985 8,943 5,204 2,649 829 261
1986 9,064 5,244 2,703 859 259
1987 9,229 5,363 2,742 868 257
1988 9,466 5,518 2,800 892 256
1989 9,783 5,630 2,967 923 263
1990 9,985 5,746 3,015 963 261
1991 10,363 5,806 3,279 1,010 268
1992 10,438 5,826 3,307 1,036 268
1993 10,353 5,788 3,230 1,057 278
1994 10,349 5,777 3,211 1,081 281
1995 10,337 5,799 3,162 1,092 284
1996 10,402 5,840 3,170 1,108 284
1997 10,485 5,917 3,165 1,120 283
  Middle alternative projections
1998 10,670 6,036 3,273 1,087 274
1999 10,787 6,107 3,328 1,084 268
2000 10,992 6,247 3,392 1,087 266
2001 11,166 6,365 3,444 1,091 266
2002 11,266 6,429 3,471 1,098 268
2003 11,408 6,519 3,511 1,108 270
2004 11,555 6,603 3,557 1,121 274
2005 11,705 6,691 3,602 1,135 277
2006 11,915 6,820 3,663 1,151 281
2007 12,168 6,972 3,738 1,172 287
2008 12,452 7,147 3,822 1,190 293
2009 12,700 7,307 3,892 1,205 297
2010 12,894 7,433 3,940 1,219 301
  Low alternative projections
1998 10,670 6,036 3,273 1,087 274
1999 10,788 6,108 3,328 1,085 268
2000 11,029 6,271 3,400 1,091 268
2001 11,261 6,424 3,465 1,101 270
2002 11,382 6,504 3,494 1,111 273
2003 11,502 6,584 3,525 1,118 275
2004 11,610 6,648 3,558 1,127 278
2005 11,726 6,718 3,591 1,136 281
2006 11,896 6,824 3,640 1,148 284
2007 12,094 6,945 3,699 1,163 288
2008 12,317 7,084 3,766 1,175 292
2009 12,509 7,210 3,821 1,183 294
2010 12,653 7,308 3,857 1,191 297
  High alternative projections
1998 10,670 6,036 3,273 1,087 274
1999 10,787 6,107 3,328 1,084 268
2000 10,989 6,245 3,391 1,086 266
2001 11,166 6,363 3,445 1,091 266
2002 11,283 6,436 3,478 1,101 268
2003 11,463 6,547 3,531 1,115 271
2004 11,666 6,662 3,594 1,134 276
2005 11,882 6,787 3,659 1,155 281
2006 12,170 6,959 3,743 1,180 287
2007 12,498 7,154 3,840 1,209 295
2008 12,851 7,369 3,943 1,236 303
2009 13,155 7,560 4,029 1,256 309
2010 13,393 7,713 4,090 1,275 315
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) surveys; and Higher Education Enrollment Model. (This table was prepared March 2000.)

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