Table 303.20.

Total fall enrollment in all postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV aid programs and annual percentage change in enrollment, by degree-granting status and control of institution: 1995 through 2018

Year	All Title IV institutions1				Degree-granting institutions2					Non-degree-granting institutions3
	Total	Public	Private		Total	Public	Private			Total	Public	Private
			Nonprofit	For- profit			Total	Nonprofit	For- profit			Non- profit	For- profit
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Enrollment
1995	14,836,338	11,312,491	2,977,794	546,053	14,261,781	11,092,374	3,169,407	2,929,044	240,363	574,557	220,117	48,750	305,690
1996	14,809,897	11,312,775	2,976,850	520,272	14,367,520	11,120,499	3,247,021	2,942,556	304,465	442,377	192,276	34,294	215,807
1997	14,900,416	11,370,755	3,012,106	517,555	14,502,334	11,196,119	3,306,215	2,977,614	328,601	398,082	174,636	34,492	188,954
1998	14,923,839	11,330,811	3,040,251	552,777	14,506,967	11,137,769	3,369,198	3,004,925	364,273	416,872	193,042	35,326	188,504
1999	15,262,888	11,556,731	3,088,233	617,924	14,849,691	11,375,739	3,473,952	3,055,029	418,923	413,197	180,992	33,204	199,001
2000	15,701,409	11,891,450	3,137,108	672,851	15,312,289	11,752,786	3,559,503	3,109,419	450,084	389,120	138,664	27,689	222,767
2001	16,334,134	12,370,079	3,198,354	765,701	15,927,987	12,233,156	3,694,831	3,167,330	527,501	406,147	136,923	31,024	238,200
2002	17,035,027	12,883,071	3,299,094	852,862	16,611,711	12,751,993	3,859,718	3,265,476	594,242	423,316	131,078	33,618	258,620
2003	17,330,775	12,965,502	3,372,647	992,626	16,911,481	12,858,698	4,052,783	3,341,048	711,735	419,294	106,804	31,599	280,891
2004	17,710,798	13,081,358	3,440,559	1,188,881	17,272,044	12,980,112	4,291,932	3,411,685	880,247	438,754	101,246	28,874	308,634
2005	17,921,804	13,115,177	3,484,013	1,322,614	17,487,475	13,021,834	4,465,641	3,454,692	1,010,949	434,329	93,343	29,321	311,665
2006	18,198,370	13,276,881	3,543,064	1,378,425	17,754,230	13,175,350	4,578,880	3,512,929	1,065,951	444,140	101,531	30,135	312,474
2007	18,677,469	13,603,772	3,595,466	1,478,231	18,258,138	13,500,894	4,757,244	3,571,395	1,185,849	419,331	102,878	24,071	292,382
2008	19,553,784	14,090,863	3,684,190	1,778,731	19,081,686	13,970,862	5,110,824	3,660,827	1,449,997	472,098	120,001	23,363	328,734
2009	20,853,423	14,936,402	3,793,751	2,123,270	20,313,594	14,810,768	5,502,826	3,767,672	1,735,154	539,829	125,634	26,079	388,116
2010	21,591,742	15,279,455	3,881,630	2,430,657	21,019,438	15,142,171	5,877,267	3,854,482	2,022,785	572,304	137,284	27,148	407,872
2011	21,573,798	15,251,185	3,954,173	2,368,440	21,010,590	15,116,303	5,894,287	3,926,819	1,967,468	563,208	134,882	27,354	400,972
2012	21,148,181	15,000,302	3,973,422	2,174,457	20,644,478	14,884,667	5,759,811	3,951,388	1,808,423	503,703	115,635	22,034	366,034
2013	20,848,050	14,856,309	3,990,858	2,000,883	20,376,677	14,746,848	5,629,829	3,971,390	1,658,439	471,373	109,461	19,468	342,444
2014	20,664,180	14,764,741	4,016,240	1,883,199	20,209,092	14,654,660	5,554,432	3,997,249	1,557,183	455,088	110,081	18,991	326,016
2015	20,400,164	14,682,321	4,088,450	1,629,393	19,988,204	14,572,843	5,415,361	4,065,891	1,349,470	411,960	109,478	22,559	279,923
2016	20,230,012	14,695,538	4,097,022	1,437,452	19,846,904	14,585,840	5,261,064	4,078,956	1,182,108	383,108	109,698	18,066	255,344
2017	20,151,151	14,681,145	4,125,316	1,344,690	19,778,151	14,571,739	5,206,412	4,108,489	1,097,923	373,000	109,406	16,827	246,767
2018	20,008,434	14,639,681	4,147,604	1,221,149	19,645,918	14,529,264	5,116,654	4,134,244	982,410	362,516	110,417	13,360	238,739
	Annual percentage change
1995 to 1996	-0.2	#	#	-4.7	0.7	0.3	2.4	0.5	26.7	-23.0	-12.6	-29.7	-29.4
1996 to 1997	0.6	0.5	1.2	-0.5	0.9	0.7	1.8	1.2	7.9	-10.0	-9.2	0.6	-12.4
1997 to 1998	0.2	-0.4	0.9	6.8	#	-0.5	1.9	0.9	10.9	4.7	10.5	2.4	-0.2
1998 to 1999	2.3	2.0	1.6	11.8	2.4	2.1	3.1	1.7	15.0	-0.9	-6.2	-6.0	5.6
1999 to 2000	2.9	2.9	1.6	8.9	3.1	3.3	2.5	1.8	7.4	-5.8	-23.4	-16.6	11.9
2000 to 2001	4.0	4.0	2.0	13.8	4.0	4.1	3.8	1.9	17.2	4.4	-1.3	12.0	6.9
2001 to 2002	4.3	4.1	3.1	11.4	4.3	4.2	4.5	3.1	12.7	4.2	-4.3	8.4	8.6
2002 to 2003	1.7	0.6	2.2	16.4	1.8	0.8	5.0	2.3	19.8	-1.0	-18.5	-6.0	8.6
2003 to 2004	2.2	0.9	2.0	19.8	2.1	0.9	5.9	2.1	23.7	4.6	-5.2	-8.6	9.9
2004 to 2005	1.2	0.3	1.3	11.2	1.2	0.3	4.0	1.3	14.8	-1.0	-7.8	1.5	1.0
2005 to 2006	1.5	1.2	1.7	4.2	1.5	1.2	2.5	1.7	5.4	2.3	8.8	2.8	0.3
2006 to 2007	2.6	2.5	1.5	7.2	2.8	2.5	3.9	1.7	11.2	-5.6	1.3	-20.1	-6.4
2007 to 2008	4.7	3.6	2.5	20.3	4.5	3.5	7.4	2.5	22.3	12.6	16.6	-2.9	12.4
2008 to 2009	6.6	6.0	3.0	19.4	6.5	6.0	7.7	2.9	19.7	14.3	4.7	11.6	18.1
2009 to 2010	3.5	2.3	2.3	14.5	3.5	2.2	6.8	2.3	16.6	6.0	9.3	4.1	5.1
2010 to 2011	-0.1	-0.2	1.9	-2.6	#	-0.2	0.3	1.9	-2.7	-1.6	-1.7	0.8	-1.7
2011 to 2012	-2.0	-1.6	0.5	-8.2	-1.7	-1.5	-2.3	0.6	-8.1	-10.6	-14.3	-19.4	-8.7
2012 to 2013	-1.4	-1.0	0.4	-8.0	-1.3	-0.9	-2.3	0.5	-8.3	-6.4	-5.3	-11.6	-6.4
2013 to 2014	-0.9	-0.6	0.6	-5.9	-0.8	-0.6	-1.3	0.7	-6.1	-3.5	0.6	-2.5	-4.8
2014 to 2015	-1.3	-0.6	1.8	-13.5	-1.1	-0.6	-2.5	1.7	-13.3	-9.5	-0.5	18.8	-14.1
2015 to 2016	-0.8	0.1	0.2	-11.8	-0.7	0.1	-2.8	0.3	-12.4	-7.0	0.2	-19.9	-8.8
2016 to 2017	-0.4	-0.1	0.7	-6.5	-0.3	-0.1	-1.0	0.7	-7.1	-2.6	-0.3	-6.9	-3.4
2017 to 2018	-0.7	-0.3	0.5	-9.2	-0.7	-0.3	-1.7	0.6	-10.5	-2.8	0.9	-20.6	-3.3

#Rounds to zero.

1 Includes degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions.

2 Data for 1995 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees.

3 Data are for institutions that did not offer accredited 4-year or 2-year programs, but were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes some institutions transitioning to higher level program offerings, though still classified at a lower level.

NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:95-99); and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2019, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2019.)