Full-time-equivalent fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution: 1969 to 2001

Table 203.

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                   |         All institutions     |       Public institutions   |       Private institutions
       Year        |______________________________|_____________________________|______________________________
                   |  Total   | 4-year  | 2-year  |  Total  | 4-year  | 2-year  |  Total  | 4-year  |   2-year
___________________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
         1         |    2     |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7    |    8    |    9    |     10
___________________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
 Institutions of   |          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      higher       |          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
   education\1\    |          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1969 ..............| 6,334,139|4,899,526|1,434,612|4,577,985|3,259,676|1,318,309|1,756,153|1,639,850|   116,303
1970 ..............| 6,737,817|5,145,410|1,592,404|4,953,149|3,468,572|1,484,577|1,784,665|1,676,838|   107,827
1971 ..............| 7,148,575|5,357,708|1,790,867|5,344,356|3,660,624|1,683,732|1,804,219|1,697,084|   107,135
1972 ..............| 7,253,712|5,406,792|1,846,921|5,452,851|3,706,238|1,746,613|1,800,862|1,700,554|   100,308
1973 ..............| 7,453,467|5,439,226|2,014,241|5,629,568|3,721,035|1,908,533|1,823,899|1,718,191|   105,708
1974 ..............| 7,805,454|5,606,248|2,199,206|5,944,799|3,847,542|2,097,257|1,860,655|1,758,706|   101,949
                   |          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1975 ..............| 8,479,688|5,900,403|2,579,285|6,522,310|4,056,500|2,465,810|1,957,378|1,843,903|   113,475
1976 ..............| 8,312,502|5,848,001|2,464,501|6,349,903|3,998,450|2,351,453|1,962,599|1,849,551|   113,048
1977 ..............| 8,415,339|5,935,076|2,480,263|6,396,476|4,039,071|2,357,405|2,018,863|1,896,005|   122,858
1978 ..............| 8,348,482|5,932,357|2,416,125|6,279,199|3,996,126|2,283,073|2,069,283|1,936,231|   133,052
1979 ..............| 8,487,317|6,016,072|2,471,245|6,392,617|4,059,304|2,333,313|2,094,700|1,956,768|   137,932
                   |          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1980 ..............| 8,819,013|6,161,372|2,657,641|6,642,294|4,158,267|2,484,027|2,176,719|2,003,105|\2\173,614
1981 ..............| 9,014,521|6,249,847|2,764,674|6,781,300|4,208,506|2,572,794|2,233,221|2,041,341|\2\191,880
1982 ..............| 9,091,648|6,248,923|2,842,725|6,850,589|4,220,648|2,629,941|2,241,059|2,028,275|   212,784
1983 ..............| 9,166,398|6,325,222|2,841,176|6,881,479|4,265,807|2,615,672|2,284,919|2,059,415|   225,504
1984 ..............| 8,951,695|6,292,711|2,658,984|6,684,664|4,237,895|2,446,769|2,267,031|2,054,816|   212,215
                   |          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1985 ..............| 8,943,433|6,294,339|2,649,094|6,667,781|4,239,622|2,428,159|2,275,652|2,054,717|   220,935
1986 ..............| 9,064,165|6,360,325|2,703,842|6,778,045|4,295,494|2,482,551|2,286,122|2,064,831|\3\221,291
1987 ..............| 9,229,736|6,486,504|2,743,230|6,937,690|4,395,728|2,541,961|2,292,045|2,090,776|   201,269
1988...............| 9,464,271|6,664,146|2,800,125|7,096,905|4,505,774|2,591,131|2,367,366|2,158,372|   208,994
1989 ..............| 9,780,881|6,813,602|2,967,279|7,371,590|4,619,828|2,751,762|2,409,291|2,193,774|   215,517
                   |          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1990 ..............| 9,983,436|6,968,008|3,015,428|7,557,982|4,740,049|2,817,933|2,425,454|2,227,959|   197,495
1991 ..............|10,360,606|7,081,454|3,279,152|7,862,845|4,795,704|3,067,141|2,497,761|2,285,750|   212,011
1992 ..............|10,436,776|7,129,379|3,307,397|7,911,701|4,797,884|3,113,817|2,525,075|2,331,495|   193,580
1993 ..............|10,351,415|7,120,921|3,230,494|7,812,394|4,765,983|3,046,411|2,539,021|2,354,938|   184,083
1994 ..............|10,348,072|7,137,341|3,210,731|7,784,396|4,749,524|3,034,872|2,563,676|2,387,817|   175,859
                   |          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1995 ..............|10,334,956|7,172,844|3,162,112|7,751,815|4,757,223|2,994,592|2,583,141|2,415,621|   167,520
1996 ..............|10,402,260|7,231,680|3,170,580|7,775,298|4,767,248|3,008,050|2,626,962|2,464,432|   162,530
1997 ..............|10,484,726|7,320,206|3,164,520|7,839,374|4,813,152|3,026,222|2,645,352|2,507,054|   138,298
                   |          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Degree-granting  |          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 institutions\4\   |          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1996 ..............|10,481,886|7,234,541|3,247,345|7,794,895|4,767,117|3,027,778|2,686,991|2,467,424|   219,567
1997 ..............|10,615,028|7,338,794|3,276,234|7,869,764|4,813,849|3,055,915|2,745,264|2,524,945|   220,319
1998 ..............|10,698,775|7,467,828|3,230,947|7,880,135|4,868,857|3,011,278|2,818,640|2,598,971|   219,669
1999\5\ ...........|10,943,609|7,638,976|3,304,633|8,020,074|4,944,554|3,075,520|2,923,535|2,694,422|   229,113
2000...............|11,267,025|7,795,139|3,471,886|8,266,932|5,025,588|3,241,344|3,000,093|2,769,551|   230,542
2001...............|11,765,945|8,087,980|3,677,965|8,639,154|5,194,035|3,445,119|3,126,791|2,893,945|   232,846
___________________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________

\1\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.
\2\Large increases are due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology in 1980 and 1981.
\3\Because of imputation techniques, data are not consistent with figures for other years.
\4\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\5\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities," surveys, 1969 through 1985; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, 1986 through 1999, and Spring 2001 and Spring 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared September 2003.)

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