Table 205.

Fall enrollment and number of degree-granting institutions, by control and affiliation of institution: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

Control and affiliation	Total enrollment						Enrollment, fall 2009					Number of institutions1
	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Total	Full-time		Part-time
								Males	Females	Males	Females	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2008	Fall 2009
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
All institutions	12,096,895	13,818,637	15,312,289	17,758,870	18,248,128	19,102,814	20,427,711	5,670,644	7,052,138	3,098,860	4,606,069	3,226	3,501	4,056	4,400	4,474
Public institutions	9,457,394	10,844,717	11,752,786	13,180,133	13,490,780	13,972,153	14,810,642	3,943,800	4,586,544	2,565,769	3,714,529	1,493	1,548	1,676	1,675	1,671
Federal	50,989	50,669	16,917	17,344	20,515	20,441	21,722	14,447	5,206	676	1,393	12	17	12	14	14
State	(2)	7,181,380	9,548,090	10,849,760	11,096,629	11,452,186	12,104,170	3,403,264	3,975,133	1,926,619	2,799,154	(2)	978	1,355	1,350	1,350
Local	(2)	3,508,941	2,078,090	2,127,983	2,185,618	2,302,730	2,478,076	471,982	542,308	603,936	859,850	(2)	523	277	265	261
Other public	9,406,405	103,727	109,689	185,046	188,018	196,796	206,674	54,107	63,897	34,538	54,132	1,481	30	32	46	46
Private institutions	2,639,501	2,973,920	3,559,503	4,578,737	4,757,348	5,130,661	5,617,069	1,726,844	2,465,594	533,091	891,540	1,733	1,953	2,380	2,725	2,803
Independent not-for-profit	1,521,614	1,474,818	1,577,242	1,814,579	1,839,639	1,888,905	1,953,136	654,928	788,501	203,775	305,932	795	709	729	731	734
For-profit	111,714	213,693	450,084	1,065,871	1,186,198	1,469,142	1,851,986	495,891	889,902	165,938	300,255	164	322	724	1,099	1,181
Religiously affiliated3	1,006,173	1,285,409	1,532,177	1,698,287	1,731,511	1,772,614	1,811,947	576,025	787,191	163,378	285,353	774	922	927	895	888
Advent Christian Church	143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	1,091	88	34	1,300	1,317	1,366	1,485	761	635	31	58	3	1	1	3	3
African Methodist Episcopal	4,541	3,220	5,980	3,116	2,983	2,880	2,677	1,190	1,304	86	97	6	5	6	5	5
American Baptist	6,131	10,800	15,410	14,381	14,821	14,441	14,716	3,851	5,657	1,656	3,552	11	15	17	17	17
American Evangelical Lutheran Church	—	—	743	1,429	1,375	1,432	1,387	627	678	38	44	—	—	1	1	1
American Lutheran and Lutheran Church     in America	3,092	—	1,460	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	1	—	—
American Lutheran	21,608	—	—	—	—	—	22	5	17	0	0	13	—	—	—	1
Assemblies of God Church	7,814	8,307	14,272	14,560	14,859	15,080	15,137	5,349	6,639	1,464	1,685	10	11	14	15	15
Baptist	38,231	99,510	107,610	130,113	142,145	153,525	165,848	51,109	66,750	20,291	27,698	33	69	68	74	72
Brethren Church	3,925	958	2,088	8,035	8,141	7,954	8,191	2,436	2,923	1,169	1,663	3	3	3	3	3
Brethren in Christ Church	1,301	2,239	2,797	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—
Christian and Missionary Alliance     Church	1,705	2,519	5,278	6,391	6,565	6,316	6,331	1,965	2,679	702	985	3	4	4	4	4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	14,913	30,397	35,984	45,537	46,747	47,693	50,064	13,375	21,561	5,624	9,504	12	18	16	18	18
Christian Churches and Churches of     Christ	1,342	2,263	7,277	9,405	9,236	9,005	9,263	3,785	3,638	1,008	832	7	8	18	18	18
Christian Methodist Episcopal	2,486	2,174	1,502	3,863	3,750	4,503	4,901	2,315	2,408	65	113	4	4	1	3	3
Christian Reformed Church	5,408	4,488	5,999	5,748	5,830	5,808	5,665	2,583	2,800	134	148	3	2	3	3	3
Church of Christ (Scientist)	2,773	2,557	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	8	—	—	—
Church of God of Prophecy	—	249	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Church of God	6,082	5,627	12,540	14,753	15,278	15,977	15,117	4,884	7,124	1,476	1,633	9	9	7	7	7
Church of New Jerusalem	170	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Church of the Brethren	8,482	4,463	4,187	5,494	5,549	5,620	5,861	2,239	3,008	236	378	6	5	4	5	5
Church of the Nazarene	11,716	10,779	16,661	20,868	21,048	20,863	21,389	6,683	9,862	1,814	3,030	10	9	12	10	10
Churches of Christ	9,343	14,611	30,140	33,028	33,755	34,368	34,996	11,835	14,349	3,395	5,417	9	19	19	19	17
Cumberland Presbyterian	594	746	1,112	2,381	2,433	2,688	3,247	1,077	1,569	235	366	2	2	2	2	2
Evangelical Congregational Church	80	88	148	177	168	158	159	31	20	66	42	1	1	1	1	1
Evangelical Covenant Church of America	1,401	1,035	2,387	3,023	3,200	3,244	3,186	777	1,108	382	919	1	1	1	1	1
Evangelical Free Church of America	833	2,355	4,022	3,028	3,121	3,021	3,106	851	712	930	613	1	2	3	2	2
Evangelical Lutheran Church	743	49,210	49,085	54,970	55,028	55,251	56,088	22,041	28,256	2,253	3,538	3	33	34	35	35
Free Methodist	5,543	5,902	7,323	9,345	9,699	11,774	12,090	3,170	6,026	764	2,130	5	3	4	5	5
Free Will Baptist Church	1,132	1,177	2,378	3,842	3,890	3,989	4,143	1,149	2,130	360	504	4	3	4	4	4
Friends United Meeting	1,109	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Friends	5,157	5,844	10,898	13,568	13,479	13,285	13,786	4,663	6,099	1,167	1,857	5	6	8	7	7
General Conference Mennonite Church	820	1,243	1,059	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	1	—	—
Greek Orthodox	204	148	132	196	186	190	203	151	50	2	0	1	1	1	1	1
Interdenominational	1,254	11,103	9,788	23,066	23,776	23,161	23,038	7,984	9,912	2,622	2,520	4	17	14	29	26
Jewish	5,738	12,217	14,182	8,412	8,329	8,861	8,468	6,912	925	184	447	24	63	62	34	32
Latter-Day Saints	39,172	42,274	44,680	52,091	51,711	52,321	53,249	22,609	23,424	3,446	3,770	4	4	4	4	4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	11,727	13,827	18,866	21,107	22,852	24,280	26,384	7,109	10,251	2,416	6,608	15	14	13	12	13
Lutheran Church in America	23,877	5,796	4,322	8,238	8,244	8,245	8,264	3,286	4,139	269	570	20	5	2	3	3
Mennonite Brethren Church	1,344	1,864	2,390	3,124	3,116	3,192	3,426	880	1,508	312	726	3	3	3	3	3
Mennonite Church	4,008	2,859	3,553	4,150	4,001	4,126	4,325	1,528	2,024	248	525	6	5	5	6	6
Missionary Church Inc.	487	699	1,647	2,081	2,097	2,075	2,165	568	964	196	437	1	1	1	1	1
Moravian Church	2,434	2,511	2,939	3,059	2,981	2,979	3,042	681	1,537	152	672	2	2	2	2	2
Multiple Protestant denominations	5,526	211	4,690	5,156	5,052	5,014	5,341	1,370	1,553	1,520	898	8	1	7	7	7
North American Baptist	155	—	124	100	121	117	125	40	32	33	20	1	—	1	1	1
Pentecostal Holiness Church	767	566	976	1,097	1,007	1,057	1,124	501	484	60	79	3	3	2	3	3
Presbyterian U.S.A. and United     Presbyterian	47,144	77,700	78,950	81,921	82,161	82,508	84,691	30,682	42,967	3,453	7,589	57	70	64	58	58
Presbyterian Church in America	—	1,877	4,499	2,893	2,137	2,166	2,174	827	836	327	184	—	1	5	2	2
Protestant Episcopal	5,396	4,559	5,479	5,015	5,012	4,921	5,036	2,295	2,411	151	179	12	9	12	11	11
Protestant, other	4,072	38,136	30,116	11,026	11,636	15,803	16,207	5,884	6,652	1,821	1,850	11	44	34	22	23
Reformed Church in America	2,713	5,525	6,002	6,460	6,582	6,472	6,514	2,560	3,510	219	225	4	4	5	5	5
Reformed Episcopal Church	67	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Reformed Presbyterian Church	2,014	1,556	2,355	2,946	2,868	2,901	2,949	1,140	1,235	331	243	4	2	2	3	3
Reorganized Latter-Day Saints Church	4,274	4,793	3,390	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	2	—
Roman Catholic	422,842	530,585	636,336	706,245	715,781	727,894	735,713	210,214	312,828	70,645	142,026	229	239	239	238	237
Russian Orthodox	47	38	106	106	80	88	79	60	7	8	4	1	1	1	1	1
Seventh-Day Adventists	19,168	15,771	19,223	23,232	23,402	23,880	24,818	7,797	10,387	2,302	4,332	11	11	13	14	14
Southern Baptist	85,281	49,493	54,275	40,747	43,041	45,026	46,689	12,975	18,363	5,980	9,371	54	29	32	22	22
Nondenominational	—	6,758	23,573	27,164	26,753	27,872	27,071	7,809	10,475	4,458	4,329	—	14	16	16	17
Unitarian Universalist	87	82	132	218	133	138	171	41	67	21	42	2	2	2	2	2
United Brethren Church	545	601	938	1,071	1,148	1,230	1,270	461	581	116	112	1	1	1	1	1
United Church of Christ	14,169	20,175	23,709	26,993	25,958	26,878	27,507	8,751	11,737	2,083	4,936	16	18	18	19	19
United Methodist	127,099	148,851	171,109	192,958	197,230	198,669	202,913	72,550	93,880	13,257	23,226	91	96	100	95	94
Wesleyan Church	3,583	5,311	11,128	19,288	19,886	20,568	20,492	6,602	11,757	777	1,356	5	4	4	6	6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	808	931	1,660	1,561	1,518	1,595	1,603	665	761	107	70	1	3	2	2	2
Other religiously affiliated	462	5,743	2,534	8,211	8,295	8,146	8,041	2,342	3,982	516	1,201	1	9	4	10	10

—Not available.

1 Counts of institutions in this table may be lower than reported in other tables, because counts in this table include only institutions reporting separate enrollment data.

2 Included under "Other public."

3 Religious affiliation as reported by institution.

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.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" and "Institutional Characteristics" surveys, 1980; and 1990 through 2009 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90), "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:90), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2010. (This table was prepared October 2010.)