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Digest of Education Statistics: 2007
Digest of Education Statistics: 2007

NCES 2008-022
March 2008


Table 2. Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, fall 1980 through fall 2007

[In thousands]
Level of instruction and type of control Fall 1980 Fall 1985 Fall 1990 Fall 1995 Fall 1997 Fall 1998 Fall 1999 Fall 2000 Fall 2001 Fall 2002 Fall 2003 Fall 20041  Fall 20051  Projected fall 2006 Projected fall 2007
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
All levels 58,305 57,226 60,683 65,020 66,574 67,033   67,667 68,685   69,920 71,015   71,551 72,200 72,712 73,197 73,720
Public 50,335 48,901 52,061 55,933 57,323 57,676   58,167 58,956   59,905 60,935   61,399 61,775 62,135 62,622 63,067
Private 7,971 8,325 8,622 9,087 9,251 9,357   9,500 9,729   10,014 10,080   10,152 10,425 10,577 10,575 10,653
Elementary and secondary schools2  46,208 44,979 46,864 50,759 52,071 52,526   52,875 53,373   53,992 54,403   54,639 54,928 55,224 55,524 55,762
Public 40,877 39,422 41,217 44,840 46,127 46,539   46,857 47,204   47,672 48,183   48,540 48,795 49,113 49,370 49,610
Private 5,331 5,557 5,648 5,918 5,944 5,988 3  6,018 6,169 3  6,320 6,220 3  6,099 6,133 6,111 6,155 6,152
                                     
Prekindergarten to grade 8 31,639 31,229 34,392 37,096 37,832 38,121   38,277 38,594   38,961 39,031   38,990 38,951 38,941 39,166 39,376
Public 27,647 27,034 29,878 32,341 33,073 33,346   33,488 33,688   33,938 34,116   34,202 34,178 34,205 34,387 34,592
Private 3,992 4,195 4,514 4,756 4,759 4,776 3  4,789 4,906 3  5,023 4,915 3  4,788 4,773 4,736 4,779 4,784
                                     
Grades 9 to 12 14,570 13,750 12,472 13,662 14,239 14,405   14,598 14,779   15,031 15,373   15,649 15,977 16,285 16,358 16,386
Public 13,231 12,388 11,338 12,500 13,054 13,193   13,369 13,515   13,734 14,067   14,338 14,617 14,909 14,983 15,018
Private 1,339 1,362 1,134 1,163 1,185 1,212 3  1,229 1,264 3  1,296 1,306 3  1,311 1,360 1,376 1,375 1,368
Postsecondary degree-granting institutions 12,097 12,247 13,819 14,262 14,502 14,507   14,791 15,312   15,928 16,612   16,911 17,272 17,487 17,672 17,959
Public 9,457 9,479 10,845 11,092 11,196 11,138   11,309 11,753   12,233 12,752   12,859 12,980 13,022 13,252 13,457
Undergraduate 8,442 8,477 9,710 9,904 10,007 9,950   10,110 10,539   10,986 11,433   11,523 11,651 11,698 11,923 12,109
First-professional 114 112 112 115 118 121   123 124   128 132   134 136 138 140 143
Graduate 901 890 1,023 1,074 1,070 1,067   1,077 1,089   1,119 1,187   1,201 1,194 1,186 1,189 1,204
Private 2,640 2,768 2,974 3,169 3,306 3,369   3,482 3,560   3,695 3,860   4,053 4,292 4,466 4,420 4,501
Undergraduate 2,033 2,120 2,250 2,328 2,443 2,487   2,571 2,616   2,730 2,824   2,957 3,130 3,266 3,213 3,276
First-professional 163 162 162 183 180 182   180 183   181 187   195 199 199 201 205
Graduate 443 486 563 659 683 701   730 761   784 849   901 963 1,001 1,006 1,020
1 Private elementary and secondary education data are projected.
2 Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes homeschooled children who were not also enrolled in public and private schools. Based on the National Household Education Survey, the homeschooled children numbered approximately 1.1 million in 2003. Private elementary enrollment includes preprimary students in schools offering kindergarten or higher grades.
3 Estimated.
NOTE: Degree-granting enrollment projections are based on the middle alternative projections published by the National Center for Education Statistics. Data through 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. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Private school enrollment data for fall 1999 are based on improved methodology for apportioning the grade-unclassified students.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems, 1980; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 1985–86 through 2005–06; Youth Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (Youth-NHES:1999); Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1995–96 through 2003–04; Projections of Education Statistics to 2016; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys, 1980 and 1985; and 1990 through 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2006. (This table was prepared August 2007.)