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Table 181. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, sex of student and type and control of institution: Selected years, 1970 to 2001

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 Attendance status, |                       Institutions of higher education         ||                    Degree-granting institutions
   sex, and type    |________________________________________________________________||_________________________________________________________________
   and control of   |  1970   |   1975   | 1980\1\  |   1985   |   1990   |   1995   ||   1996   |   1997   |   1998   | 1999\2\  |   2000   |   2001
    institution     |         |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |          |
____________________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________||__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
         1          |    2    |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     ||    8     |    9     |    10    |    11    |    12    |    13
____________________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________||__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
  Total ............|8,580,887|11,184,859|12,096,895|12,247,055|13,818,637|14,261,781||14,367,520|14,502,334|14,506,967|14,791,224|15,312,289|15,927,987
Full-time ..........|5,816,290| 6,841,334| 7,097,958| 7,075,221| 7,820,985| 8,128,802|| 8,302,953| 8,438,062| 8,563,338| 8,786,494| 9,009,600| 9,447,502
  Men ..............|3,504,095| 3,926,753| 3,689,244| 3,607,720| 3,807,752| 3,807,392|| 3,851,208| 3,890,442| 3,933,653| 4,025,721| 4,111,093| 4,299,890
  Women ............|2,312,195| 2,914,581| 3,408,714| 3,467,501| 4,013,233| 4,321,410|| 4,451,745| 4,547,620| 4,629,685| 4,760,773| 4,898,507| 5,147,612
Part-time ..........|2,764,597| 4,343,525| 4,998,937| 5,171,834| 5,997,652| 6,132,979|| 6,064,567| 6,064,272| 5,943,629| 6,004,730| 6,302,689| 6,480,485
  Men ..............|1,539,547| 2,222,244| 2,185,130| 2,210,730| 2,476,157| 2,535,147|| 2,501,617| 2,505,586| 2,435,612| 2,464,925| 2,610,676| 2,660,925
  Women ............|1,225,050| 2,121,281| 2,813,807| 2,961,104| 3,521,495| 3,597,832|| 3,562,950| 3,558,686| 3,508,017| 3,539,805| 3,692,013| 3,819,560
                    |_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________||__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
4-year, total ......|6,261,502| 7,214,740| 7,570,608| 7,715,978| 8,578,554| 8,769,252|| 8,804,193| 8,896,765| 9,017,653| 9,198,525| 9,363,858| 9,677,408
  Full-time ........|4,587,379| 5,080,256| 5,344,163| 5,384,614| 5,937,023| 6,151,755|| 6,230,648| 6,342,891| 6,477,432| 6,642,033| 6,792,551| 7,073,011
    Men ............|2,732,796| 2,891,192| 2,809,528| 2,781,412| 2,926,360| 2,929,177|| 2,934,736| 2,959,048| 2,997,232| 3,056,957| 3,115,252| 3,233,608
    Women ..........|1,854,583| 2,189,064| 2,534,635| 2,603,202| 3,010,663| 3,222,578|| 3,295,912| 3,383,843| 3,480,200| 3,585,076| 3,677,299| 3,839,403
  Part-time ........|1,674,123| 2,134,484| 2,226,445| 2,331,364| 2,641,531| 2,617,497|| 2,573,545| 2,553,874| 2,540,221| 2,556,492| 2,571,307| 2,604,397
    Men ............|  936,189| 1,092,461| 1,017,813| 1,034,804| 1,124,780| 1,084,753|| 1,059,175| 1,047,269| 1,038,699| 1,046,340| 1,047,917| 1,052,007
    Women ..........|  737,934| 1,042,023| 1,208,632| 1,296,560| 1,516,751| 1,532,744|| 1,514,370| 1,506,605| 1,501,522| 1,510,152| 1,523,390| 1,552,390
                    |         |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |          |
  Public 4-year ....|4,232,722| 4,998,142| 5,128,612| 5,209,540| 5,848,242| 5,814,545|| 5,806,036| 5,835,433| 5,891,806| 5,969,950| 6,055,398| 6,236,455
    Full-time ......|3,086,491| 3,469,821| 3,592,193| 3,623,341| 4,033,654| 4,084,711|| 4,106,453| 4,164,759| 4,218,990| 4,292,863| 4,371,218| 4,532,209
      Men ..........|1,813,584| 1,947,823| 1,873,397| 1,863,689| 1,982,369| 1,951,140|| 1,943,259| 1,951,171| 1,959,198| 1,983,766| 2,008,618| 2,082,146
      Women ........|1,272,907| 1,521,998| 1,718,796| 1,759,652| 2,051,285| 2,133,571|| 2,163,194| 2,213,588| 2,259,792| 2,309,097| 2,362,600| 2,450,063
    Part-time ......|1,146,231| 1,528,321| 1,536,419| 1,586,199| 1,814,588| 1,729,834|| 1,699,583| 1,670,674| 1,672,816| 1,677,087| 1,684,180| 1,704,246
      Men ..........|  609,422|   760,469|   685,051|   693,115|   764,248|   720,402||   703,078|   686,997|   685,205|   685,863|   683,100|   687,436
      Women ........|  536,809|   767,852|   851,368|   893,084| 1,050,340| 1,009,432||   996,505|   983,677|   987,611|   991,224| 1,001,080| 1,016,810
                    |         |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |          |
  Private 4-year ...|2,028,780| 2,216,598| 2,441,996| 2,506,438| 2,730,312| 2,954,707|| 2,998,157| 3,061,332| 3,125,847| 3,228,575| 3,308,460| 3,440,953
    Full-time ......|1,500,888| 1,610,435| 1,751,970| 1,761,273| 1,903,369| 2,067,044|| 2,124,195| 2,178,132| 2,258,442| 2,349,170| 2,421,333| 2,540,802
      Men ..........|  919,212|   943,369|   936,131|   917,723|   943,991|   978,037||   991,477| 1,007,877| 1,038,034| 1,073,191| 1,106,634| 1,151,462
      Women ........|  581,676|   667,066|   815,839|   843,550|   959,378| 1,089,007|| 1,132,718| 1,170,255| 1,220,408| 1,275,979| 1,314,699| 1,389,340
    Part-time ......|  527,892|   606,163|   690,026|   745,165|   826,943|   887,663||   873,962|   883,200|   867,405|   879,405|   887,127|   900,151
      Men ..........|  326,767|   331,992|   332,762|   341,689|   360,532|   364,351||   356,097|   360,272|   353,494|   360,477|   364,817|   364,571
      Women ........|  201,125|   274,171|   357,264|   403,476|   466,411|   523,312||   517,865|   522,928|   513,911|   518,928|   522,310|   535,580
                    |         |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |          |
    Not-for-profit  |         |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |          |
      4-year .......|     --- |      --- | 2,413,693| 2,463,000| 2,671,069| 2,853,890|| 2,867,181| 2,905,820| 2,939,055| 2,989,285| 3,050,575| 3,119,781
      Full-time ....|     --- |      --- | 1,733,014| 1,727,707| 1,859,124| 1,989,457|| 2,021,570| 2,056,019| 2,111,274| 2,160,126| 2,226,028| 2,285,510
        Men ........|     --- |      --- |   921,253|   894,080|   915,100|   931,956||   934,474|   939,532|   957,212|   972,280|   996,113| 1,015,634
        Women ......|     --- |      --- |   811,761|   833,627|   944,024| 1,057,501|| 1,087,096| 1,116,487| 1,154,062| 1,187,846| 1,229,915| 1,269,876
      Part-time ....|     --- |      --- |   680,679|   735,293|   811,945|   864,433||   845,611|   849,801|   827,781|   829,159|   824,547|   834,271
        Men ........|     --- |      --- |   327,986|   336,168|   352,106|   351,874||   341,460|   343,344|   333,576|   335,443|   332,814|   331,645
        Women ......|     --- |      --- |   352,693|   399,125|   459,839|   512,559||   504,151|   506,457|   494,205|   493,716|   491,733|   502,626
                    |         |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |          |
2-year, total ......|2,319,385| 3,970,119| 4,526,287| 4,531,077| 5,240,083| 5,492,529|| 5,563,327| 5,605,569| 5,489,314| 5,592,699| 5,948,431| 6,250,579
  Full-time ........|1,228,911| 1,761,078| 1,753,795| 1,690,607| 1,883,962| 1,977,047|| 2,072,305| 2,095,171| 2,085,906| 2,144,461| 2,217,049| 2,374,491
    Men ............|  771,299| 1,035,561|   879,716|   826,308|   881,392|   878,215||   916,472|   931,394|   936,421|   968,764|   995,841| 1,066,282
    Women ..........|  457,612|   725,517|   874,079|   864,299| 1,002,570| 1,098,832|| 1,155,833| 1,163,777| 1,149,485| 1,175,697| 1,221,208| 1,308,209
  Part-time ........|1,090,474| 2,209,041| 2,772,492| 2,840,470| 3,356,121| 3,515,482|| 3,491,022| 3,510,398| 3,403,408| 3,448,238| 3,731,382| 3,876,088
    Men ............|  603,358| 1,129,783| 1,167,317| 1,175,926| 1,351,377| 1,450,394|| 1,442,442| 1,458,317| 1,396,913| 1,418,585| 1,562,759| 1,608,918
    Women ..........|  487,116| 1,079,258| 1,605,175| 1,664,544| 2,004,744| 2,065,088|| 2,048,580| 2,052,081| 2,006,495| 2,029,653| 2,168,623| 2,267,170
                    |         |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |          |
  Public 2-year ....|2,195,412| 3,836,366| 4,328,782| 4,269,733| 4,996,475| 5,277,829|| 5,314,463| 5,360,686| 5,245,963| 5,339,449| 5,697,388| 5,996,701
    Full-time ......|1,129,165| 1,662,621| 1,595,493| 1,496,905| 1,716,843| 1,840,590|| 1,872,014| 1,891,027| 1,881,826| 1,931,251| 2,000,008| 2,155,496
      Men ..........|  720,440|   988,701|   811,871|   742,673|   810,664|   818,605||   832,839|   842,082|   841,435|   867,867|   891,282|   961,588
      Women ........|  408,725|   673,920|   783,622|   754,232|   906,179| 1,021,985|| 1,039,175| 1,048,945| 1,040,391| 1,063,384| 1,108,726| 1,193,908
    Part-time ......|1,066,247| 2,173,745| 2,733,289| 2,772,828| 3,279,632| 3,437,239|| 3,442,449| 3,469,659| 3,364,137| 3,408,198| 3,697,380| 3,841,205
      Men ..........|  589,439| 1,107,680| 1,152,268| 1,138,011| 1,317,730| 1,417,488|| 1,423,277| 1,443,937| 1,382,860| 1,403,685| 1,549,407| 1,596,441
      Women ........|  476,808| 1,066,065| 1,581,021| 1,634,817| 1,961,902| 2,019,751|| 2,019,172| 2,025,722| 1,981,277| 2,004,513| 2,147,973| 2,244,764
                    |         |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |          |
  Private 2-year ...|  123,973|   133,753|   197,505|   261,344|   243,608|   214,700||   248,864|   244,883|   243,351|   253,250|   251,043|   253,878
    Full-time ......|   99,746|    98,457|   158,302|   193,702|   167,119|   136,457||   200,291|   204,144|   204,080|   213,210|   217,041|   218,995
      Men ..........|   50,859|    46,860|    67,845|    83,635|    70,728|    59,610||    83,633|    89,312|    94,986|   100,897|   104,559|   104,694
      Women ........|   48,887|    51,597|    90,457|   110,067|    96,391|    76,847||   116,658|   114,832|   109,094|   112,313|   112,482|   114,301
    Part-time ......|   24,227|    35,296|    39,203|    67,642|    76,489|    78,243||    48,573|    40,739|    39,271|    40,040|    34,002|    34,883
      Men ..........|   13,919|    22,103|    15,049|    37,915|    33,647|    32,906||    19,165|    14,380|    14,053|    14,900|    13,352|    12,477
      Women ........|   10,308|    13,193|    24,154|    29,727|    42,842|    45,337||    29,408|    26,359|    25,218|    25,140|    20,650|    22,406
                    |         |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |          |
    Not-for-profit  |         |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |          |
      2-year .......|     --- |      --- |   114,094|   108,791|    89,158|    75,154||    75,375|    71,794|    65,870|    62,341|    58,844|    47,549
      Full-time ....|     --- |      --- |    83,009|    76,547|    62,003|    54,033||    56,434|    55,153|    50,884|    47,275|    46,670|    36,750
        Men ........|     --- |      --- |    34,968|    30,878|    25,946|    23,265||    24,064|    24,367|    23,384|    21,536|    21,950|    17,965
        Women ......|     --- |      --- |    48,041|    45,669|    36,057|    30,768||    32,370|    30,786|    27,500|    25,739|    24,720|    18,785
      Part-time ....|     --- |      --- |    31,085|    32,244|    27,155|    21,121||    18,941|    16,641|    14,986|    15,066|    12,174|    10,799
        Men ........|     --- |      --- |    11,445|    10,786|     7,970|     6,080||     5,337|     5,175|     4,568|     4,818|     4,499|     3,540
        Women ......|     --- |      --- |    19,640|    21,458|    19,185|    15,041||    13,604|    11,466|    10,418|    10,248|     7,675|     7,259
____________________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________||__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________

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\1\Large increase in private 2-year institutions in 1980 is due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.
\2\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

NOTE: Trend tabulations of institutions of higher education data are based on institutions that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. The Department of Education no longer distinguishes between those institutions and other institutions that participated in Title IV programs. 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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1970 through 1985; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, 1990 through 1999, and Spring 2001 and Spring 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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