Figure 11.

Enrollment, degrees conferred, and expenditures in degree-granting institutions: 1960–61 through 2006–07

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Opening Fall Enrollment in Higher Education, 1960 through 1965; Financial Statistics of Higher Education, 1960-61 through 1964-65; Earned Degrees Conferred, 1960-61 through 1964-65; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education," 1966 through 1985, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred," 1965-66 through 1985-86, and "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education," 1965-66 through 1985-86; and 1986-87 through 2005-06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:86-99), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99), "Finance Survey" (IPEDS-F:FY87-99), Fall 2000 through Fall 2006, and Spring 2001 through Spring 2006.