Table 198.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution: 1963 through 2009

Year	All institutions					Public institutions					Private institutions
		4-year			2-year		4-year			2-year		4-year			2-year
	Total	Total	Univer- sity	Other 4-year		Total	Total	Univer- sity	Other 4-year		Total	Total	Univer- sity	Other 4-year
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15		16
19631	4,779,609	3,929,248	—	—	850,361	3,081,279	2,341,468	—	—	739,811	1,698,330	1,587,780	—	—	110,550
19641	5,280,020	4,291,094	—	—	988,926	3,467,708	2,592,929	—	—	874,779	1,812,312	1,698,165	—	—	114,147
19651	5,920,864	4,747,912	—	—	1,172,952	3,969,596	2,928,332	—	—	1,041,264	1,951,268	1,819,580	—	—	131,688
19661	6,389,872	5,063,902	—	—	1,325,970	4,348,917	3,159,748	—	—	1,189,169	2,040,955	1,904,154	—	—	136,801
1967	6,911,748	5,398,986	2,186,235	3,212,751	1,512,762	4,816,028	3,443,975	1,510,333	1,933,642	1,372,053	2,095,720	1,955,011	675,902	1,279,109	140,709
1968	7,513,091	5,720,269	2,266,120	3,454,149	1,792,822	5,430,652	3,783,652	1,592,707	2,190,945	1,647,000	2,082,439	1,936,617	673,413	1,263,204	145,822
1969	8,004,660	5,937,127	2,420,429	3,516,698	2,067,533	5,896,868	3,962,522	1,738,493	2,224,029	1,934,346	2,107,792	1,974,605	681,936	1,292,669	133,187
1970	8,580,887	6,261,502	2,534,336	3,727,166	2,319,385	6,428,134	4,232,722	1,832,694	2,400,028	2,195,412	2,152,753	2,028,780	701,642	1,327,138	123,973
1971	8,948,644	6,369,355	2,594,470	3,774,885	2,579,289	6,804,309	4,346,990	1,913,626	2,433,364	2,457,319	2,144,335	2,022,365	680,844	1,341,521	121,970
1972	9,214,860	6,458,674	2,620,749	3,837,925	2,756,186	7,070,635	4,429,696	1,941,040	2,488,656	2,640,939	2,144,225	2,028,978	679,709	1,349,269	115,247
1973	9,602,123	6,590,023	2,629,796	3,960,227	3,012,100	7,419,516	4,529,895	1,950,653	2,579,242	2,889,621	2,182,607	2,060,128	679,143	1,380,985	122,479
1974	10,223,729	6,819,735	2,702,306	4,117,429	3,403,994	7,988,500	4,703,018	2,006,723	2,696,295	3,285,482	2,235,229	2,116,717	695,583	1,421,134	118,512
1975	11,184,859	7,214,740	2,838,266	4,376,474	3,970,119	8,834,508	4,998,142	2,124,221	2,873,921	3,836,366	2,350,351	2,216,598	714,045	1,502,553	133,753
1976	11,012,137	7,128,816	2,780,289	4,348,527	3,883,321	8,653,477	4,901,691	2,079,929	2,821,762	3,751,786	2,358,660	2,227,125	700,360	1,526,765	131,535
1977	11,285,787	7,242,845	2,793,418	4,449,427	4,042,942	8,846,993	4,945,224	2,070,032	2,875,192	3,901,769	2,438,794	2,297,621	723,386	1,574,235	141,173
1978	11,260,092	7,231,625	2,780,729	4,451,222	4,028,467	8,785,893	4,912,203	2,062,295	2,849,908	3,873,690	2,474,199	2,319,422	718,434	1,601,314	154,777
1979	11,569,899	7,353,233	2,839,582	4,513,651	4,216,666	9,036,822	4,980,012	2,099,525	2,880,487	4,056,810	2,533,077	2,373,221	740,057	1,633,164	159,856
1980	12,096,895	7,570,608	2,902,014	4,668,594	4,526,287	9,457,394	5,128,612	2,154,283	2,974,329	4,328,782	2,639,501	2,441,996	747,731	1,694,265	197,505	2
1981	12,371,672	7,655,461	2,901,344	4,754,117	4,716,211	9,647,032	5,166,324	2,152,474	3,013,850	4,480,708	2,724,640	2,489,137	748,870	1,740,267	235,503	2
1982	12,425,780	7,654,074	2,883,735	4,770,339	4,771,706	9,696,087	5,176,434	2,152,547	3,023,887	4,519,653	2,729,693	2,477,640	731,188	1,746,452	252,053	2
1983	12,464,661	7,741,195	2,888,813	4,852,382	4,723,466	9,682,734	5,223,404	2,154,790	3,068,614	4,459,330	2,781,927	2,517,791	734,023	1,783,768	264,136
1984	12,241,940	7,711,167	2,870,329	4,840,838	4,530,773	9,477,370	5,198,273	2,138,621	3,059,652	4,279,097	2,764,570	2,512,894	731,708	1,781,186	251,676
1985	12,247,055	7,715,978	2,870,692	4,845,286	4,531,077	9,479,273	5,209,540	2,141,112	3,068,428	4,269,733	2,767,782	2,506,438	729,580	1,776,858	261,344
1986	12,503,511	7,823,963	2,897,207	4,926,756	4,679,548	9,713,893	5,300,202	2,160,646	3,139,556	4,413,691	2,789,618	2,523,761	736,561	1,787,200	265,857	3
1987	12,766,642	7,990,420	2,929,327	5,061,093	4,776,222	9,973,254	5,432,200	2,188,008	3,244,192	4,541,054	2,793,388	2,558,220	741,319	1,816,901	235,168	3
1988	13,055,337	8,180,182	2,978,593	5,201,589	4,875,155	10,161,388	5,545,901	2,229,868	3,316,033	4,615,487	2,893,949	2,634,281	748,725	1,885,556	259,668
1989	13,538,560	8,387,671	3,019,115	5,368,556	5,150,889	10,577,963	5,694,303	2,266,056	3,428,247	4,883,660	2,960,597	2,693,368	753,059	1,940,309	267,229
1990	13,818,637	8,578,554	3,044,670	5,533,884	5,240,083	10,844,717	5,848,242	2,290,464	3,557,778	4,996,475	2,973,920	2,730,312	754,206	1,976,106	243,608
1991	14,358,953	8,707,053	3,065,429	5,641,624	5,651,900	11,309,563	5,904,748	2,301,222	3,603,526	5,404,815	3,049,390	2,802,305	764,207	2,038,098	247,085
1992	14,487,359	8,764,969	3,050,345	5,714,624	5,722,390	11,384,567	5,900,012	2,283,834	3,616,178	5,484,555	3,102,792	2,864,957	766,511	2,098,446	237,835
1993	14,304,803	8,738,936	3,022,728	5,716,208	5,565,867	11,189,088	5,851,760	2,259,692	3,592,068	5,337,328	3,115,715	2,887,176	763,036	2,124,140	228,539
1994	14,278,790	8,749,080	3,009,072	5,740,008	5,529,710	11,133,680	5,825,213	2,244,636	3,580,577	5,308,467	3,145,110	2,923,867	764,436	2,159,431	221,243
1995	14,261,781	8,769,252	2,999,641	5,769,611	5,492,529	11,092,374	5,814,545	2,235,939	3,578,606	5,277,829	3,169,407	2,954,707	763,702	2,191,005	214,700
1996	14,367,520	8,804,193	2,984,965	5,819,228	5,563,327	11,120,499	5,806,036	2,226,529	3,579,507	5,314,463	3,247,021	2,998,157	758,436	2,239,721	248,864
1997	14,502,334	8,896,765	2,995,886	5,900,879	5,605,569	11,196,119	5,835,433	2,231,273	3,604,160	5,360,686	3,306,215	3,061,332	764,613	2,296,719	244,883
1998	14,506,967	9,017,653	3,021,136	5,996,517	5,489,314	11,137,769	5,891,806	2,249,825	3,641,981	5,245,963	3,369,198	3,125,847	771,311	2,354,536	243,351
1999	14,791,224	9,198,525	3,044,369	6,154,156	5,592,699	11,309,399	5,969,950	2,266,494	3,703,456	5,339,449	3,481,825	3,228,575	777,875	2,450,700	253,250
2000	15,312,289	9,363,858	3,061,812	6,302,046	5,948,431	11,752,786	6,055,398	2,280,122	3,775,276	5,697,388	3,559,503	3,308,460	781,690	2,526,770	251,043
2001	15,927,987	9,677,408	3,126,907	6,550,501	6,250,579	12,233,156	6,236,455	2,336,922	3,899,533	5,996,701	3,694,831	3,440,953	789,985	2,650,968	253,878
2002	16,611,711	10,082,332	3,210,271	6,872,061	6,529,379	12,751,993	6,481,613	2,403,149	4,078,464	6,270,380	3,859,718	3,600,719	807,122	2,793,597	258,999
2003	16,911,481	10,417,247	3,242,639	7,174,608	6,494,234	12,858,698	6,649,441	2,419,631	4,229,810	6,209,257	4,052,783	3,767,806	823,008	2,944,798	284,977
2004	17,272,044	10,726,181	3,258,982	7,467,199	6,545,863	12,980,112	6,736,536	2,426,495	4,310,041	6,243,576	4,291,932	3,989,645	832,487	3,157,158	302,287
2005	17,487,475	10,999,420	3,271,620	7,727,800	6,488,055	13,021,834	6,837,605	2,443,682	4,393,923	6,184,229	4,465,641	4,161,815	827,938	3,333,877	303,826
2006	17,758,870	11,240,330	3,306,973	7,933,357	6,518,540	13,180,133	6,955,013	2,459,874	4,495,139	6,225,120	4,578,737	4,285,317	847,099	3,438,218	293,420
2007	18,248,128	11,630,198	3,349,214	8,280,984	6,617,930	13,490,780	7,166,661	2,490,615	4,676,046	6,324,119	4,757,348	4,463,537	858,599	3,604,938	293,811
2008	19,102,814	12,131,436	3,412,435	8,719,001	6,971,378	13,972,153	7,331,809	2,544,529	4,787,280	6,640,344	5,130,661	4,799,627	867,906	3,931,721	331,034
2009	20,427,711	12,906,305	3,493,246	9,413,059	7,521,406	14,810,642	7,709,197	2,603,381	5,105,816	7,101,445	5,617,069	5,197,108	889,865	4,307,243	419,961

—Not available.

1 Data for 2-year branch campuses of 4-year institutions are included with the 4-year institutions.

2 Large increases are due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

3 Because of imputation techniques, data are not consistent with figures for other years.

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 Appendix A: Guide to Sources for details.) Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Opening Fall Enrollment in Higher Education, 1965; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys, 1966 through 1985; and 1986 through 2009 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:86-99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2010. (This table was prepared September 2010.)