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Table 219. Enrollment and degrees conferred in women's colleges, by institution: Fall 1998 and 1997-98
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                                    |         |       |                                                      |     Number of degrees
                                    |         | Type  |               Enrollment, fall 1998                  |conferred to women, 1997-98
           Institution\1\           |  State  |  and  |______________________________________________________|___________________________
                                    |         | con-  |        |        | Per- | Men, | Women | Men, | Women |Asso- |Bache- | Mas- |Doc-
                                    |         |trol\2\| Total  | Women  | cent |full- | full- |part- | part- |ciate | lor's |ter's |tor's
                                    |         |       |        |        |women | time | time  | time | time  |      |       |      |
____________________________________|_________|_______|________|________|______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_____
                 1                  |    2    |   3   |   4    |   5    |  6   |  7   |   8   |  9   |  10   |  11  |  12   |  13  | 14
____________________________________|_________|_______|________|________|______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_____
  Total ............................|   ---   |  ---  |112,523 |103,453 | 91.9 |3,398 |65,165 |5,672 |38,288 |1,166 |15,978 |5,760 | 121
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Judson College .....................|  Ala.   |   3   |    322 |    311 | 96.6 |    2 |   273 |    9 |    38 |    0 |    38 |    0 |   0
Mills College ......................| Calif.  |   3   |  1,108 |  1,034 | 93.3 |   68 |   957 |    6 |    77 |    0 |   256 |   74 |   0
Mount Saint Mary's College .........| Calif.  |   3   |  2,024 |  1,818 | 89.8 |   79 | 1,218 |  127 |   600 |  160 |   275 |   57 |   0
Scripps College ....................| Calif.  |   3   |    798 |    794 | 99.5 |    2 |   778 |    2 |    16 |    0 |   145 |    0 |   0
Saint Joseph College ...............|  Conn.  |   3   |  1,824 |  1,707 | 93.6 |   19 |   786 |   98 |   921 |    0 |   208 |  172 |   0
                                    |         |       |        |        |      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |
Trinity College ....................|  D.C.   |   3   |  1,576 |  1,499 | 95.1 |    5 |   613 |   72 |   886 |    0 |   102 |   95 |   0
Agnes Scott College ................|   Ga.   |   3   |    819 |    817 | 99.8 |    1 |   771 |    1 |    46 |    0 |   144 |   15 |   0
Brenau University ..................|   Ga.   |   3   |  2,421 |  1,953 | 80.7 |  179 | 1,190 |  289 |   763 |    0 |   347 |  157 |   0
Spelman College ....................|   Ga.   |   3   |  1,897 |  1,897 |100.0 |    0 | 1,842 |    0 |    55 |    0 |   442 |    0 |   0
Wesleyan College ...................|   Ga.   |   3   |    583 |    581 | 99.7 |    0 |   457 |    2 |   124 |    0 |    88 |    0 |   0
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Lexington College ..................|  Ill.   |   4   |     32 |     32 |100.0 |    0 |    30 |    0 |     2 |   17 |     0 |    0 |   0
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College ....|  Ind.   |   3   |  1,272 |  1,252 | 98.4 |    0 |   365 |   20 |   887 |    6 |   128 |    5 |   0
Saint Mary's College ...............|  Ind.   |   3   |  1,355 |  1,352 | 99.8 |    1 | 1,309 |    2 |    43 |    0 |   316 |    0 |   0
Midway College .....................|   Ky.   |   3   |    934 |    848 | 90.8 |   39 |   498 |   47 |   350 |  119 |    95 |    0 |   0
College of Notre Dame of Maryland ..|   Md.   |   3   |  3,161 |  2,838 | 89.8 |   14 |   726 |  309 | 2,112 |    0 |   335 |  134 |   0
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Hood College .......................|   Md.   |   3   |  1,728 |  1,366 | 79.1 |   43 |   641 |  319 |   725 |    0 |   214 |  135 |   0
Aquinas College, Milton Campus .....|  Mass.  |   4   |    193 |    192 | 99.5 |    0 |   116 |    1 |    76 |   47 |     0 |    0 |   0
Aquinas College, Newton Campus .....|  Mass.  |   4   |     99 |     97 | 98.0 |    2 |    75 |    0 |    22 |   59 |     0 |    0 |   0
Bay Path College ...................|  Mass.  |   3   |    629 |    629 |100.0 |    0 |   424 |    0 |   205 |   89 |    68 |    0 |   0
Emmanuel College ...................|  Mass.  |   3   |  1,499 |  1,324 | 88.3 |   44 |   674 |  131 |   650 |    0 |   276 |   47 |   0
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Lesley College .....................|  Mass.  |   3   |  5,998 |  5,183 | 86.4 |  233 | 1,215 |  582 | 3,968 |    0 |   293 |1,793 |   3
Marian Court College ...............|  Mass.  |   4   |    234 |    226 | 96.6 |    5 |   157 |    3 |    69 |   55 |     0 |    0 |   0
Mount Holyoke College ..............|  Mass.  |   3   |  1,891 |  1,887 | 99.8 |    0 | 1,817 |    4 |    70 |    0 |   436 |    5 |   0
Pine Manor College .................|  Mass.  |   3   |    316 |    314 | 99.4 |    1 |   289 |    1 |    25 |   30 |    74 |    0 |   0
Regis College ......................|  Mass.  |   3   |  1,304 |  1,278 | 98.0 |    5 |   817 |   21 |   461 |    0 |   221 |   59 |   0
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Simmons College ....................|  Mass.  |   3   |  3,401 |  3,102 | 91.2 |   73 | 1,642 |  226 | 1,460 |    0 |   328 |  768 |   5
Smith College ......................|  Mass.  |   3   |  3,212 |  3,149 | 98.0 |   50 | 3,027 |   13 |   122 |    0 |   686 |  156 |   6
Wellesley College ..................|  Mass.  |   3   |  2,287 |  2,285 | 99.9 |    0 | 2,176 |    2 |   109 |    0 |   575 |    0 |   0
College of Saint Benedict ..........|  Minn.  |   3   |  1,977 |  1,974 | 99.8 |    0 | 1,928 |    3 |    46 |    0 |   482 |    0 |   0
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul .|  Minn.  |   3   |  3,152 |  3,070 | 97.4 |   17 | 2,104 |   65 |   966 |    0 |   420 |  138 |   0
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Blue Mountain College ..............|  Miss.  |   3   |    455 |    369 | 81.1 |   74 |   290 |   12 |    79 |    0 |    93 |    0 |   0
Mississippi University For Women ...|  Miss.  |   1   |  3,314 |  2,707 | 81.7 |  301 | 1,674 |  306 | 1,033 |   25 |   300 |   64 |   0
Cottey College .....................|   Mo.   |   4   |    272 |    272 |100.0 |    0 |   261 |    0 |    11 |  124 |     0 |    0 |   0
Stephens College ...................|   Mo.   |   3   |    773 |    728 | 94.2 |   21 |   460 |   24 |   268 |    6 |   145 |    0 |   0
College of Saint Mary ..............|  Nebr.  |   3   |  1,035 |    973 | 94.0 |    0 |   569 |   62 |   404 |   71 |   119 |    0 |   0
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College of Saint Elizabeth .........|  N.J.   |   3   |  1,793 |  1,649 | 92.0 |    4 |   616 |  140 | 1,033 |    0 |   203 |   34 |   0
Georgian Court College .............|  N.J.   |   3   |  2,405 |  2,103 | 87.4 |   66 | 1,067 |  236 | 1,036 |    0 |   326 |   97 |   0
Barnard College ....................|  N.Y.   |   3   |  2,270 |  2,270 |100.0 |    0 | 2,212 |    0 |    58 |    0 |   609 |    0 |   0
College of New Rochelle ............|  N.Y.   |   3   |  7,206 |  6,257 | 86.8 |  662 | 4,165 |  287 | 2,092 |    0 |   836 |  331 |   0
Marymount College ..................|  N.Y.   |   3   |    842 |    800 | 95.0 |   14 |   606 |   28 |   194 |    0 |   172 |    0 |   0
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Marymount Manhattan College ........|  N.Y.   |   3   |  2,319 |  1,871 | 80.7 |  343 | 1,071 |  105 |   800 |    0 |   212 |    0 |   0
Wells College ......................|  N.Y.   |   3   |    349 |    344 | 98.6 |    2 |   327 |    3 |    17 |    0 |    75 |    0 |   0
Bennett College ....................|  N.C.   |   3   |    603 |    603 |100.0 |    0 |   589 |    0 |    14 |    0 |    89 |    0 |   0
Meredith College ...................|  N.C.   |   3   |  2,615 |  2,598 | 99.3 |    0 | 1,813 |   17 |   785 |    0 |   434 |   47 |   0
Peace College ......................|  N.C.   |   3   |    564 |    564 |100.0 |    0 |   542 |    0 |    22 |  107 |    57 |    0 |   0
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Salem College ......................|  N.C.   |   3   |  1,029 |    999 | 97.1 |    5 |   712 |   25 |   287 |    0 |   148 |   25 |   0
Notre Dame College of Ohio .........|  Ohio   |   3   |    626 |    616 | 98.4 |    0 |   252 |   10 |   364 |    0 |    72 |    7 |   0
Ursuline College ...................|  Ohio   |   3   |  1,306 |  1,226 | 93.9 |   21 |   505 |   59 |   721 |    0 |   219 |   54 |   0
Bryn Mawr College ..................|   Pa.   |   3   |  1,796 |  1,690 | 94.1 |   51 | 1,460 |   55 |   230 |    0 |   304 |  131 |  19
Carlow College .....................|   Pa.   |   3   |  2,378 |  2,167 | 91.1 |   55 |   823 |  156 | 1,344 |    0 |   372 |   53 |   0
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Cedar Crest College ................|   Pa.   |   3   |  1,480 |  1,409 | 95.2 |    8 |   805 |   63 |   604 |    1 |   290 |    0 |   0
Chatham College ....................|   Pa.   |   3   |    958 |    875 | 91.3 |   67 |   686 |   16 |   189 |    0 |    90 |   96 |   0
Chestnut Hill College ..............|   Pa.   |   3   |  1,536 |  1,300 | 84.6 |   46 |   576 |  190 |   724 |    0 |   126 |   95 |   0
Harcum College .....................|   Pa.   |   4   |    642 |    574 | 89.4 |   39 |   412 |   29 |   162 |  187 |     0 |    0 |   0
Immaculata College .................|   Pa.   |   3   |  2,586 |  2,142 | 82.8 |   96 |   814 |  348 | 1,328 |   14 |   218 |   64 |  12
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Moore College of Art and Design ....|   Pa.   |   3   |    537 |    527 | 98.1 |    0 |   410 |   10 |   117 |    0 |    64 |    0 |   0
Rosemont College ...................|   Pa.   |   3   |  1,083 |    957 | 88.4 |    2 |   481 |  124 |   476 |    0 |   160 |   19 |   0
Seton Hill College .................|   Pa.   |   3   |  1,193 |  1,026 | 86.0 |   80 |   593 |   87 |   433 |    0 |   169 |    8 |   0
Wilson College .....................|   Pa.   |   3   |    833 |    696 | 83.6 |   10 |   340 |  127 |   356 |   47 |    47 |    0 |   0
Columbia College ...................|  S.C.   |   3   |  1,388 |  1,370 | 98.7 |   18 | 1,224 |    0 |   146 |    0 |   253 |    6 |   0
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Converse College ...................|  S.C.   |   3   |  1,554 |  1,417 | 91.2 |   34 |   837 |  103 |   580 |    0 |   188 |  105 |   0
Texas Woman's University ...........|  Tenn.  |   1   |  9,352 |  8,431 | 90.2 |  420 | 4,238 |  501 | 4,193 |    0 |  1205 |  594 |  76
Hollins University .................|   Va.   |   3   |  1,063 |  1,007 | 94.7 |   15 |   811 |   41 |   196 |    0 |   235 |   41 |   0
Mary Baldwin College ...............|   Va.   |   3   |  1,566 |  1,458 | 93.1 |   33 | 1,065 |   75 |   393 |    0 |   270 |   31 |   0
Randolph-Macon Woman's College .....|   Va.   |   3   |    685 |    682 | 99.6 |    0 |   645 |    3 |    37 |    0 |   153 |    0 |   0
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Sweet Briar College ................|   Va.   |   3   |    731 |    696 | 95.2 |   29 |   653 |    6 |    43 |    0 |   142 |    0 |   0
Alverno College ....................|  Wisc.  |   3   |  2,018 |  1,987 | 98.5 |    0 |   969 |   31 | 1,018 |    2 |   361 |   14 |   0
Mount Mary College .................|  Wisc.  |   3   |  1,322 |  1,284 | 97.1 |    0 |   677 |   38 |   607 |    0 |   230 |   34 |   0
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\1\Data are for colleges and universities identifed by the Women's College Coalition as women's colleges. Excludes women's colleges whose IPEDS data are reported together with a coed institution or coordinate men's college. The following institutions were excluded for this reason: The Women's College at the University of Denver; Hartford College for Women; Newcomb College; Douglass College; Hobart-William Smith College; Stern College for Women; Russell Sage College; Radcliffe College; and Westhampton College.
\2\1=public, 4-year; 3=private not-for-profit, 4-year; and 4=private, not-for-profit, 2-year.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment," and "Completions," surveys. (This table was prepared October 2000.)


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