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Table 5. Educational institutions, by level and control of institution: 1980-81 to 1998-99 
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     Level and control      | 1980-81   |1987-88 |1988-89|1989-90|1990-91 |1991-92|1992-93|1993-94 |1994-95|1995-96 |1996-97|1997-98 |1998-99
       of institution       |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |        |       |        |
____________________________|___________|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________|_______|________|_______|________|_________
             1              |      2    |   3    |   4   |   5   |   6    |   7   |   8   |   9    |  10   |   11   |  12   |   13   |   14
____________________________|___________|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________|_______|________|_______|________|_________
    All institutions .......|   117,707 |122,111 |   --- |   --- |119,242 |   --- |   --- |121,855 |   --- |124,773 |   --- |126,542 |     ---
                            |___________|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________|_______|________|_______|________|_________
Elementary and              |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |        |       |        |
 secondary schools .........|   106,746 |110,055 |   --- |   --- |109,228 |   --- |   --- |111,486 |   --- |114,811 |   --- |116,910 |     ---
  Elementary ...............|    72,659 | 74,511 |   --- |   --- | 74,716 |   --- |   --- | 75,591 |   --- | 77,909 |   --- | 79,362 |     ---
  Secondary ................|    24,856 | 24,057 |   --- |   --- | 23,602 |   --- |   --- | 23,256 |   --- | 23,530 |   --- | 24,169 |     ---
  Combined .................|     5,202 |  8,202 |   --- |   --- |  8,847 |   --- |   --- | 10,678 |   --- | 11,205 |   --- | 11,412 |     ---
  Other\1\ .................|     4,029 |  3,285 |   --- |   --- |  2,063 |   --- |   --- |  1,962 |   --- |  2,167 |   --- |  1,967 |     ---
                            |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |        |       |        |
  Public schools ...........|    85,982 | 83,248 |83,165 |83,425 | 84,538 |84,578 |84,497 | 85,393 |86,221 | 87,125 |88,223 | 89,508 |  91,062
    Elementary .............|    59,326 | 57,575 |57,941 |58,419 | 59,015 |59,258 |59,676 | 60,052 |60,808 | 61,165 |61,805 | 62,739 |  63,574
    Secondary ..............|    22,619 | 21,662 |21,403 |21,181 | 21,135 |20,767 |20,671 | 20,705 |20,904 | 20,997 |21,307 | 21,682 |  22,103
    Combined ...............|     1,743 |  2,179 | 2,235 | 2,280 |  2,325 | 2,481 | 2,549 |  2,674 | 2,764 |  2,796 | 2,980 |  3,120 |   3,770
    Other\1\ ...............|     2,294 |  1,832 | 1,586 | 1,545 |  2,063 | 2,072 | 1,601 |  1,962 | 1,745 |  2,167 | 2,131 |  1,967 |   1,615
                            |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |        |       |        |
  Private schools ..........|    20,764 | 26,807 |   --- |   --- | 24,690 |25,998 |   --- | 26,093 |   --- | 27,686 |   --- | 27,402 |     ---
    Elementary .............|    13,333 | 16,936 |   --- |   --- | 15,701 |15,716 |   --- | 15,539 |   --- | 16,744 |   --- | 16,623 |     ---
    Secondary ..............|     2,237 |  2,395 |   --- |   --- |  2,467 | 2,475 |   --- |  2,551 |   --- |  2,533 |   --- |  2,487 |     ---
    Combined ...............|     3,459 |  6,023 |   --- |   --- |  6,522 | 7,807 |   --- |  8,004 |   --- |  8,409 |   --- |  8,292 |     ---
    Other\1\ ...............|     1,735 |  1,453 |   --- |   --- |  (\2\) | (\2\) |   --- |  (\2\) |   --- |  (\2\) |   --- |  (\2\) |     ---
                            |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |        |       |        |
Postsecondary insti-        |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |        |       |        |
  tutions ..................|\3\ 10,961 | 12,056 |11,389 |10,606 | 10,014 | 9,983 |10,601 | 10,369 |10,246 |  9,962 | 9,837 |  9,632 |   9,507
    Public .................|\3\  2,393 |  2,250 | 2,169 | 2,120 |  2,096 | 2,129 | 2,146 |  2,152 | 2,179 |  2,189 | 2,169 |  2,252 |   2,252
    Private ................|\3\  8,568 |  9,806 | 9,220 | 8,486 |  7,918 | 7,854 | 8,455 |  8,217 | 8,067 |  7,773 | 7,668 |  7,380 |   7,255
      Not-for-profit .......|\3\  2,359 |  3,254 | 3,092 | 2,942 |  2,808 | 2,810 | 2,926 |  2,890 | 2,916 |  2,877 | 2,855 |  2,808 |   2,787
      For-profit ...........|\3\  6,209 |  6,552 | 6,128 | 5,544 |  5,110 | 5,044 | 5,529 |  5,327 | 5,151 |  4,896 | 4,813 |  4,572 |   4,468
                            |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |        |       |        |
  Noncollegiate insti-      |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |        |       |        |
    tutions\4\ .............|\3\  7,730 |  8,469 | 7,824 | 7,071 |  6,455 | 6,382 | 6,963 |  6,737 | 6,558 |  6,256 | 5,828 |  5,568 |   5,437
    Public .................|\3\    896 |    659 |   587 |   557 |    529 |   531 |   522 |    527 |   538 |    534 |   467 |    545 |     564
    Private ................|\3\  6,834 |  7,810 | 7,237 | 6,514 |  5,926 | 5,851 | 6,441 |  6,210 | 6,020 |  5,722 | 5,361 |  5,023 |   4,873
      Not-for-profit .......|\3\    790 |  1,581 | 1,434 | 1,286 |  1,159 | 1,148 | 1,254 |  1,203 | 1,214 |  1,171 | 1,162 |  1,101 |   1,082
      For-profit ...........|\3\  6,044 |  6,229 | 5,803 | 5,228 |  4,767 | 4,703 | 5,187 |  5,007 | 4,806 |  4,551 | 4,199 |  3,922 |   3,791
                            |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |        |       |        |
  Degree-granting           |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |        |       |        |
   institutions\5\ .........|     3,231 |  3,587 | 3,565 | 3,535 |  3,559 | 3,601 | 3,638 |  3,632 | 3,688 |  3,706 | 4,009 |  4,064 |   4,070
    2-year colleges ........|     1,274 |  1,452 | 1,436 | 1,408 |  1,418 | 1,444 | 1,469 |  1,442 | 1,473 |  1,462 | 1,742 |  1,755 |   1,727
      Public ...............|       945 |    992 |   984 |   968 |    972 |   999 | 1,024 |  1,021 | 1,036 |  1,047 | 1,088 |  1,092 |   1,075
      Private ..............|       329 |    460 |   452 |   440 |    446 |   445 |   445 |    421 |   437 |    415 |   654 |    663 |     652
        Not-for-profit .....|       182 |    186 |   180 |   177 |    167 |   176 |   179 |    181 |   192 |    187 |   184 |    179 |     169
        For-profit .........|       147 |    274 |   272 |   263 |    279 |   269 |   266 |    240 |   245 |    228 |   470 |    484 |     483
                            |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |        |       |        |
    4-year colleges ........|     1,957 |  2,135 | 2,129 | 2,127 |  2,141 | 2,157 | 2,169 |  2,190 | 2,215 |  2,244 | 2,267 |  2,309 |   2,343
      Public ...............|       552 |    599 |   598 |   595 |    595 |   599 |   600 |    604 |   605 |    608 |   614 |    615 |     613
      Private ..............|     1,405 |  1,536 | 1,531 | 1,532 |  1,546 | 1,558 | 1,569 |  1,586 | 1,610 |  1,636 | 1,653 |  1,694 |   1,730
        Not-for-profit .....|     1,387 |  1,487 | 1,478 | 1,479 |  1,482 | 1,486 | 1,493 |  1,506 | 1,510 |  1,519 | 1,509 |  1,528 |   1,536
        For-profit .........|        18 |     49 |    53 |    53 |     64 |    72 |    76 |     80 |   100 |    117 |   144 |    166 |     194
____________________________|___________|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________|_______|________|_______|________|_________

---Not Available.
\1\Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span. Because of changes in survey definitions, figures for "other" schools are not comparable from year to year.
\2\Included in other categories.
\3\Because of changes in survey procedures, figures are not directly comparable with data for later years.
\4\Institutions not meeting criteria under (\5\) were classified as noncollegiate institutions.
\5\Includes those colleges designated as institutions of higher education by the Higher Education General Information Survey system, even if all their programs are less than 2 years. Includes branch campuses. Beginning in 1980, total includes some schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology. Beginning in 1996-97, data for institutions of higher education are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions include those institutions which award degrees at the associate level or higher and were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data; Private School surveys; Higher Education General Information Survey, "Institutional Characteristics of Colleges and Universities;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Institutional Characteristics" surveys. (This table was prepared August 2000.)


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