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Table 181. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution, and attendance status, sex, and level of student: 1997 to 1999

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                                |           |                  Fall 1998                          |                  Fall 1999
      Level of student and      |  Total,   |_____________________________________________________|_____________________________________________________
       enrollment status        |   fall    |           |  Public  | Private  |  Public  |Private |           |  Public  | Private  |  Public  |Private
                                |   1997    |   Total   |  4-year  |  4-year  |  2-year  | 2-year |   Total   |  4-year  |  4-year  |  2-year  | 2-year
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               1                |     2     |     3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |   7    |     8     |    9     |    10    |    11    |   12
________________________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________
   All students ................|14,502,334 |14,506,967 |5,891,806 |3,125,847 |5,245,963 |243,351 |14,791,224 |5,969,950 |3,228,575 |5,339,449 |253,250
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Undergraduate, full-time and    |           |           |          |          |          |        |           |          |          |          |
  part-time ....................|12,450,587 |12,436,937 |4,704,249 |2,243,374 |5,245,963 |243,351 |12,681,231 |4,770,724 |2,317,972 |5,339,285 |253,250
  Degree seeking ...............|10,608,340 |10,619,460 |4,489,317 |2,141,626 |3,762,055 |226,462 |10,967,780 |4,552,383 |2,210,804 |3,968,983 |235,610
    Men ........................| 4,669,187 | 4,661,497 |2,043,825 |  935,499 |1,579,617 |102,556 | 4,823,390 |2,064,332 |  969,536 |1,679,919 |109,603
    Women ......................| 5,939,153 | 5,957,963 |2,445,492 |1,206,127 |2,182,438 |123,906 | 6,144,390 |2,488,051 |1,241,268 |2,289,064 |126,007
    First-time freshmen ........| 2,219,255 | 2,212,593 |  792,772 |  460,948 |  858,417 |100,456 | 2,351,932 |  818,957 |  473,562 |  952,319 |107,094
      Men ......................| 1,026,058 | 1,022,656 |  361,434 |  210,660 |  402,383 | 48,179 | 1,091,802 |  374,310 |  217,617 |  446,751 | 53,124
      Women ....................| 1,193,197 | 1,189,937 |  431,338 |  250,288 |  456,034 | 52,277 | 1,260,130 |  444,647 |  255,945 |  505,568 | 53,970
    Other first-year ...........| 2,248,654 | 2,218,206 |  486,687 |  214,065 |1,468,954 | 48,500 | 2,421,214 |  489,867 |  232,181 |1,649,920 | 49,246
      Men ......................|   973,117 |   958,981 |  228,798 |   94,818 |  615,010 | 20,355 | 1,050,187 |  229,776 |  103,479 |  696,454 | 20,478
      Women ....................| 1,275,537 | 1,259,225 |  257,889 |  119,247 |  853,944 | 28,145 | 1,371,027 |  260,091 |  128,702 |  953,466 | 28,768
    Second year ................| 2,867,544 | 2,888,929 |  902,288 |  474,451 |1,434,684 | 77,506 | 2,854,278 |  918,526 |  491,216 |1,365,266 | 79,270
      Men ......................| 1,206,394 | 1,215,213 |  410,711 |  208,256 |  562,224 | 34,022 | 1,204,473 |  416,274 |  216,031 |  536,167 | 36,001
      Women ....................| 1,661,150 | 1,673,716 |  491,577 |  266,195 |  872,460 | 43,484 | 1,649,805 |  502,252 |  275,185 |  829,099 | 43,269
    Third year .................| 1,415,095 | 1,437,996 |  995,784 |  442,212 |        0 |      0 | 1,460,326 |1,001,567 |  457,958 |      801 |      0
      Men ......................|   627,693 |   634,453 |  445,561 |  188,892 |        0 |      0 |   643,706 |  446,230 |  197,178 |      298 |      0
      Women ....................|   787,402 |   803,543 |  550,223 |  253,320 |        0 |      0 |   816,620 |  555,337 |  260,780 |      503 |      0
    Fourth year and beyond .....| 1,736,704 | 1,758,440 |1,270,051 |  488,389 |        0 |      0 | 1,782,764 |1,284,146 |  497,998 |      620 |      0
      Men ......................|   785,916 |   787,827 |  579,436 |  208,391 |        0 |      0 |   793,179 |  580,607 |  212,342 |      230 |      0
      Women ....................|   950,788 |   970,613 |  690,615 |  279,998 |        0 |      0 |   989,585 |  703,539 |  285,656 |      390 |      0
    Unclassified by level ......|   121,088 |   103,296 |   41,735 |   61,561 |        0 |      0 |    97,266 |   39,320 |   57,889 |       57 |      0
      Men ......................|    50,009 |    42,367 |   17,885 |   24,482 |        0 |      0 |    40,043 |   17,135 |   22,889 |       19 |      0
      Women ....................|    71,079 |    60,929 |   23,850 |   37,079 |        0 |      0 |    57,223 |   22,185 |   35,000 |       38 |      0
  Others in credit courses .....| 1,842,247 | 1,817,477 |  214,932 |  101,748 |1,483,908 | 16,889 | 1,713,451 |  218,341 |  107,168 |1,370,302 | 17,640
    Men ........................|   799,345 |   784,636 |   92,815 |   40,660 |  644,678 |  6,483 |   736,067 |   95,231 |   43,068 |  591,574 |  6,194
    Women ......................| 1,042,902 | 1,032,841 |  122,117 |   61,088 |  839,230 | 10,406 |   977,384 |  123,110 |   64,100 |  778,728 | 11,446
                                |           |           |          |          |          |        |           |          |          |          |
  Full-time ....................| 7,418,598 | 7,538,711 |3,665,256 |1,787,549 |1,881,826 |204,080 | 7,735,075 |3,728,774 |1,861,842 |1,931,249 |213,210
    Degree seeking .............| 7,104,341 | 7,219,616 |3,632,346 |1,772,334 |1,622,280 |192,656 | 7,415,415 |3,693,914 |1,843,046 |1,677,196 |201,259
      First-time freshmen ......| 1,733,512 | 1,775,412 |  746,461 |  436,343 |  500,634 | 91,974 | 1,845,407 |  772,260 |  446,035 |  529,655 | 97,457
      Other first-year .........| 1,135,024 | 1,130,520 |  370,316 |  147,022 |  575,952 | 37,230 | 1,197,491 |  375,118 |  163,858 |  619,407 | 39,108
      Second year ..............| 1,762,010 | 1,792,907 |  768,433 |  415,328 |  545,694 | 63,452 | 1,807,686 |  784,269 |  430,905 |  527,818 | 64,694
      Third year ...............| 1,156,482 | 1,181,817 |  808,983 |  372,834 |        0 |      0 | 1,204,771 |  815,587 |  388,965 |      219 |      0
      Fourth year and beyond ...| 1,288,809 | 1,309,918 |  929,482 |  380,436 |        0 |      0 | 1,332,644 |  939,012 |  393,535 |       97 |      0
      Unclassified by level ....|    28,504 |    29,042 |    8,671 |   20,371 |        0 |      0 |    27,416 |    7,668 |   19,748 |        0 |      0
    Others in credit courses ...|   314,257 |   319,095 |   32,910 |   15,215 |  259,546 | 11,424 |   319,660 |   34,860 |   18,796 |  254,053 | 11,951
                                |           |           |          |          |          |        |           |          |          |          |
  Part-time ....................| 5,031,989 | 4,898,226 |1,038,993 |  455,825 |3,364,137 | 39,271 | 4,946,156 |1,041,950 |  456,130 |3,408,036 | 40,040
    Degree seeking .............| 3,503,999 | 3,399,844 |  856,971 |  369,292 |2,139,775 | 33,806 | 3,552,365 |  858,469 |  367,758 |2,291,787 | 34,351
      First-time freshmen ......|   485,743 |   437,181 |   46,311 |   24,605 |  357,783 |  8,482 |   506,525 |   46,697 |   27,527 |  422,664 |  9,637
      Other first-year .........| 1,113,630 | 1,087,686 |  116,371 |   67,043 |  893,002 | 11,270 | 1,223,723 |  114,749 |   68,323 |1,030,513 | 10,138
      Second year ..............| 1,105,534 | 1,096,022 |  133,855 |   59,123 |  888,990 | 14,054 | 1,046,592 |  134,257 |   60,311 |  837,448 | 14,576
      Third year ...............|   258,613 |   256,179 |  186,801 |   69,378 |        0 |      0 |   255,555 |  185,980 |   68,993 |      582 |      0
      Fourth year and beyond ...|   447,895 |   448,522 |  340,569 |  107,953 |        0 |      0 |   450,120 |  345,134 |  104,463 |      523 |      0
      Unclassified by level ....|    92,584 |    74,254 |   33,064 |   41,190 |        0 |      0 |    69,850 |   31,652 |   38,141 |       57 |      0
    Others in credit courses....| 1,527,990 | 1,498,382 |  182,022 |   86,533 |1,224,362 |  5,465 | 1,393,791 |  183,481 |   88,372 |1,116,249 |  5,689
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Postbaccalaureate ..............| 2,051,747 | 2,070,030 |1,187,557 |  882,473 |      --- |    --- | 2,109,993 |1,199,226 |  910,603 |      164 |    ---
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  First-professional ...........|   298,258 |   302,473 |  120,698 |  181,775 |      --- |    --- |   303,190 |  122,885 |  180,305 |      --- |    ---
    Full-time ..................|   267,218 |   271,049 |  115,210 |  155,839 |      --- |    --- |   270,581 |  116,793 |  153,788 |      --- |    ---
      First-time ...............|    78,337 |    78,640 |   30,932 |   47,708 |      --- |    --- |    79,089 |   32,394 |   46,695 |      --- |    ---
      Other ....................|   188,881 |   192,409 |   84,278 |  108,131 |      --- |    --- |   191,492 |   84,399 |  107,093 |      --- |    ---
    Part-time ..................|    31,040 |    31,424 |    5,488 |   25,936 |      --- |    --- |    32,609 |    6,092 |   26,517 |      --- |    ---
      First-time ...............|     9,577 |     8,923 |    1,032 |    7,891 |      --- |    --- |     9,822 |    1,019 |    8,803 |      --- |    ---
      Other ....................|    21,463 |    22,501 |    4,456 |   18,045 |      --- |    --- |    22,787 |    5,073 |   17,714 |      --- |    ---
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  Graduate students ............| 1,753,489 | 1,767,557 |1,066,859 |  700,698 |      --- |    --- | 1,806,803 |1,076,341 |  730,298 |      164 |    ---
    Full-time ..................|   752,246 |   753,578 |  438,524 |  315,054 |      --- |    --- |   780,838 |  447,296 |  333,540 |        2 |    ---
      Degree seeking ...........|   704,719 |   706,605 |  401,819 |  304,786 |      --- |    --- |   733,963 |  409,388 |  324,573 |        2 |    ---
        First-time .............|   229,058 |   228,947 |  123,339 |  105,608 |      --- |    --- |   243,171 |  128,914 |  114,257 |        0 |    ---
        Other degree seeking ...|   475,661 |   477,658 |  278,480 |  199,178 |      --- |    --- |   490,792 |  280,474 |  210,316 |        2 |    ---
      Others in credit courses .|    47,527 |    46,973 |   36,705 |   10,268 |      --- |    --- |    46,875 |   37,908 |    8,967 |        0 |    ---
    Part-time ..................| 1,001,243 | 1,013,979 |  628,335 |  385,644 |      --- |    --- | 1,025,965 |  629,045 |  396,758 |      162 |    ---
      Degree seeking ...........|   773,236 |   784,120 |  452,607 |  331,513 |      --- |    --- |   791,075 |  454,770 |  336,199 |      106 |    ---
        First-time .............|   151,146 |   154,972 |   79,916 |   75,056 |      --- |    --- |   162,094 |   82,644 |   79,443 |        7 |    ---
        Other degree seeking ...|   622,090 |   629,148 |  372,691 |  256,457 |      --- |    --- |   628,981 |  372,126 |  256,756 |       99 |    ---
      Others in credit courses .|   228,007 |   229,859 |  175,728 |   54,131 |      --- |    --- |   234,890 |  174,275 |   60,559 |       56 |    ---
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NOTE: Fall 1998 data revised from previously published figures. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award degrees. Data for 1999 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared April 2001.)


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