Table 187.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, sex of student, and type and control of institution: Selected years, 1970 through 2005

Attendance status and sex of student, type and control of institution	1970	1975	19801	1985	1990	1995	2000	2001	2002	20032	2004	2005
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	15,312,289	15,927,987	16,611,711	16,911,481	17,272,044	17,487,475
Full-time	5,816,290	6,841,334	7,097,958	7,075,221	7,820,985	8,128,802	9,009,600	9,447,502	9,946,359	10,326,133	10,610,177	10,797,011
Males	3,504,095	3,926,753	3,689,244	3,607,720	3,807,752	3,807,392	4,111,093	4,299,890	4,501,098	4,637,872	4,739,355	4,803,388
Females	2,312,195	2,914,581	3,408,714	3,467,501	4,013,233	4,321,410	4,898,507	5,147,612	5,445,261	5,688,261	5,870,822	5,993,623
Part-time	2,764,597	4,343,525	4,998,937	5,171,834	5,997,652	6,132,979	6,302,689	6,480,485	6,665,352	6,585,348	6,661,867	6,690,464
Males	1,539,547	2,222,244	2,185,130	2,210,730	2,476,157	2,535,147	2,610,676	2,660,925	2,701,018	2,622,392	2,647,907	2,652,537
Females	1,225,050	2,121,281	2,813,807	2,961,104	3,521,495	3,597,832	3,692,013	3,819,560	3,964,334	3,962,956	4,013,960	4,037,927
4-year	6,261,502	7,214,740	7,570,608	7,715,978	8,578,554	8,769,252	9,363,858	9,677,408	10,082,332	10,417,247	10,726,181	10,999,420
Full-time	4,587,379	5,080,256	5,344,163	5,384,614	5,937,023	6,151,755	6,792,551	7,073,011	7,390,323	7,675,740	7,926,639	8,150,209
Males	2,732,796	2,891,192	2,809,528	2,781,412	2,926,360	2,929,177	3,115,252	3,233,608	3,365,427	3,475,294	3,572,783	3,649,622
Females	1,854,583	2,189,064	2,534,635	2,603,202	3,010,663	3,222,578	3,677,299	3,839,403	4,024,896	4,200,446	4,353,856	4,500,587
Part-time	1,674,123	2,134,484	2,226,445	2,331,364	2,641,531	2,617,497	2,571,307	2,604,397	2,692,009	2,741,507	2,799,542	2,849,211
Males	936,189	1,092,461	1,017,813	1,034,804	1,124,780	1,084,753	1,047,917	1,052,007	1,083,223	1,094,929	1,116,883	1,125,935
Females	737,934	1,042,023	1,208,632	1,296,560	1,516,751	1,532,744	1,523,390	1,552,390	1,608,786	1,646,578	1,682,659	1,723,276
Public 4-year	4,232,722	4,998,142	5,128,612	5,209,540	5,848,242	5,814,545	6,055,398	6,236,455	6,481,613	6,649,441	6,736,536	6,837,605
Full-time	3,086,491	3,469,821	3,592,193	3,623,341	4,033,654	4,084,711	4,371,218	4,532,209	4,724,056	4,864,164	4,943,811	5,021,745
Males	1,813,584	1,947,823	1,873,397	1,863,689	1,982,369	1,951,140	2,008,618	2,082,146	2,166,759	2,224,876	2,259,946	2,295,456
Females	1,272,907	1,521,998	1,718,796	1,759,652	2,051,285	2,133,571	2,362,600	2,450,063	2,557,297	2,639,288	2,683,865	2,726,289
Part-time	1,146,231	1,528,321	1,536,419	1,586,199	1,814,588	1,729,834	1,684,180	1,704,246	1,757,557	1,785,277	1,792,725	1,815,860
Males	609,422	760,469	685,051	693,115	764,248	720,402	683,100	687,436	706,041	712,865	716,569	724,375
Females	536,809	767,852	851,368	893,084	1,050,340	1,009,432	1,001,080	1,016,810	1,051,516	1,072,412	1,076,156	1,091,485
Private 4-year	2,028,780	2,216,598	2,441,996	2,506,438	2,730,312	2,954,707	3,308,460	3,440,953	3,600,719	3,767,806	3,989,645	4,161,815
Full-time	1,500,888	1,610,435	1,751,970	1,761,273	1,903,369	2,067,044	2,421,333	2,540,802	2,666,267	2,811,576	2,982,828	3,128,464
Males	919,212	943,369	936,131	917,723	943,991	978,037	1,106,634	1,151,462	1,198,668	1,250,418	1,312,837	1,354,166
Females	581,676	667,066	815,839	843,550	959,378	1,089,007	1,314,699	1,389,340	1,467,599	1,561,158	1,669,991	1,774,298
Part-time	527,892	606,163	690,026	745,165	826,943	887,663	887,127	900,151	934,452	956,230	1,006,817	1,033,351
Males	326,767	331,992	332,762	341,689	360,532	364,351	364,817	364,571	377,182	382,064	400,314	401,560
Females	201,125	274,171	357,264	403,476	466,411	523,312	522,310	535,580	557,270	574,166	606,503	631,791
Not-for-profit 4-year	—	—	2,413,693	2,463,000	2,671,069	2,853,890	3,050,575	3,119,781	3,218,389	3,297,180	3,369,435	3,411,170
Full-time	—	—	1,733,014	1,727,707	1,859,124	1,989,457	2,226,028	2,285,510	2,364,851	2,441,119	2,494,090	2,534,793
Males	—	—	921,253	894,080	915,100	931,956	996,113	1,015,634	1,045,439	1,073,652	1,092,100	1,109,075
Females	—	—	811,761	833,627	944,024	1,057,501	1,229,915	1,269,876	1,319,412	1,367,467	1,401,990	1,425,718
Part-time	—	—	680,679	735,293	811,945	864,433	824,547	834,271	853,538	856,061	875,345	876,377
Males	—	—	327,986	336,168	352,106	351,874	332,814	331,645	337,765	335,954	341,391	339,572
Females	—	—	352,693	399,125	459,839	512,559	491,733	502,626	515,773	520,107	533,954	536,805
2-year	2,319,385	3,970,119	4,526,287	4,531,077	5,240,083	5,492,529	5,948,431	6,250,579	6,529,379	6,494,234	6,545,863	6,488,055
Full-time	1,228,911	1,761,078	1,753,795	1,690,607	1,883,962	1,977,047	2,217,049	2,374,491	2,556,036	2,650,393	2,683,538	2,646,802
Males	771,299	1,035,561	879,716	826,308	881,392	878,215	995,841	1,066,282	1,135,671	1,162,578	1,166,572	1,153,766
Females	457,612	725,517	874,079	864,299	1,002,570	1,098,832	1,221,208	1,308,209	1,420,365	1,487,815	1,516,966	1,493,036
Part-time	1,090,474	2,209,041	2,772,492	2,840,470	3,356,121	3,515,482	3,731,382	3,876,088	3,973,343	3,843,841	3,862,325	3,841,253
Males	603,358	1,129,783	1,167,317	1,175,926	1,351,377	1,450,394	1,562,759	1,608,918	1,617,795	1,527,463	1,531,024	1,526,602
Females	487,116	1,079,258	1,605,175	1,664,544	2,004,744	2,065,088	2,168,623	2,267,170	2,355,548	2,316,378	2,331,301	2,314,651
Public 2-year	2,195,412	3,836,366	4,328,782	4,269,733	4,996,475	5,277,829	5,697,388	5,996,701	6,270,380	6,209,257	6,243,576	6,184,229
Full-time	1,129,165	1,662,621	1,595,493	1,496,905	1,716,843	1,840,590	2,000,008	2,155,496	2,333,312	2,406,233	2,425,621	2,387,016
Males	720,440	988,701	811,871	742,673	810,664	818,605	891,282	961,588	1,034,547	1,060,015	1,065,127	1,055,029
Females	408,725	673,920	783,622	754,232	906,179	1,021,985	1,108,726	1,193,908	1,298,765	1,346,218	1,360,494	1,331,987
Part-time	1,066,247	2,173,745	2,733,289	2,772,828	3,279,632	3,437,239	3,697,380	3,841,205	3,937,068	3,803,024	3,817,955	3,797,213
Males	589,439	1,107,680	1,152,268	1,138,011	1,317,730	1,417,488	1,549,407	1,596,441	1,604,673	1,514,539	1,517,834	1,514,363
Females	476,808	1,066,065	1,581,021	1,634,817	1,961,902	2,019,751	2,147,973	2,244,764	2,332,395	2,288,485	2,300,121	2,282,850
Private 2-year	123,973	133,753	197,505	261,344	243,608	214,700	251,043	253,878	258,999	284,977	302,287	303,826
Full-time	99,746	98,457	158,302	193,702	167,119	136,457	217,041	218,995	222,724	244,160	257,917	259,786
Males	50,859	46,860	67,845	83,635	70,728	59,610	104,559	104,694	101,124	102,563	101,445	98,737
Females	48,887	51,597	90,457	110,067	96,391	76,847	112,482	114,301	121,600	141,597	156,472	161,049
Part-time	24,227	35,296	39,203	67,642	76,489	78,243	34,002	34,883	36,275	40,817	44,370	44,040
Males	13,919	22,103	15,049	37,915	33,647	32,906	13,352	12,477	13,122	12,924	13,190	12,239
Females	10,308	13,193	24,154	29,727	42,842	45,337	20,650	22,406	23,153	27,893	31,180	31,801
Not-for-profit 2-year	—	—	114,094	108,791	89,158	75,154	58,844	47,549	47,087	43,868	42,250	43,522
Full-time	—	—	83,009	76,547	62,003	54,033	46,670	36,750	35,511	32,172	28,903	28,939
Males	—	—	34,968	30,878	25,946	23,265	21,950	17,965	16,677	14,371	12,347	12,086
Females	—	—	48,041	45,669	36,057	30,768	24,720	18,785	18,834	17,801	16,556	16,853
Part-time	—	—	31,085	32,244	27,155	21,121	12,174	10,799	11,576	11,696	13,347	14,583
Males	—	—	11,445	10,786	7,970	6,080	4,499	3,540	3,547	3,238	3,385	3,566
Females	—	—	19,640	21,458	19,185	15,041	7,675	7,259	8,029	8,458	9,962	11,017

— Not available. 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 revised from previously published figures. NOTE: 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.) 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 1990 through 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Edu­cation Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2006. (This table was prepared August 2007.)