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| Table 303.20. | Total fall enrollment in all postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs and annual percentage change in enrollment, by degree-granting status and control of institution: 1995 through 2012 |
| Year | All Title IV institutions1 | Degree-granting institutions2 | Non-degree-granting institutions3 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Public | Private | Total | Public | Private | Total | Public | Private | |||||
| Nonprofit | For-profit | Total | Nonprofit | For-profit | Nonprofit | For-profit | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Enrollment | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | 14,836,338 | 11,312,491 | 2,977,794 | 546,053 | 14,261,781 | 11,092,374 | 3,169,407 | 2,929,044 | 240,363 | 574,557 | 220,117 | 48,750 | 305,690 |
| 1996 | 14,809,897 | 11,312,775 | 2,976,850 | 520,272 | 14,367,520 | 11,120,499 | 3,247,021 | 2,942,556 | 304,465 | 442,377 | 192,276 | 34,294 | 215,807 |
| 1997 | 14,900,416 | 11,370,755 | 3,012,106 | 517,555 | 14,502,334 | 11,196,119 | 3,306,215 | 2,977,614 | 328,601 | 398,082 | 174,636 | 34,492 | 188,954 |
| 1998 | 14,923,839 | 11,330,811 | 3,040,251 | 552,777 | 14,506,967 | 11,137,769 | 3,369,198 | 3,004,925 | 364,273 | 416,872 | 193,042 | 35,326 | 188,504 |
| 1999 | 15,262,888 | 11,556,731 | 3,088,233 | 617,924 | 14,849,691 | 11,375,739 | 3,473,952 | 3,055,029 | 418,923 | 413,197 | 180,992 | 33,204 | 199,001 |
| 2000 | 15,701,409 | 11,891,450 | 3,137,108 | 672,851 | 15,312,289 | 11,752,786 | 3,559,503 | 3,109,419 | 450,084 | 389,120 | 138,664 | 27,689 | 222,767 |
| 2001 | 16,334,134 | 12,370,079 | 3,198,354 | 765,701 | 15,927,987 | 12,233,156 | 3,694,831 | 3,167,330 | 527,501 | 406,147 | 136,923 | 31,024 | 238,200 |
| 2002 | 17,035,027 | 12,883,071 | 3,299,094 | 852,862 | 16,611,711 | 12,751,993 | 3,859,718 | 3,265,476 | 594,242 | 423,316 | 131,078 | 33,618 | 258,620 |
| 2003 | 17,330,775 | 12,965,502 | 3,372,647 | 992,626 | 16,911,481 | 12,858,698 | 4,052,783 | 3,341,048 | 711,735 | 419,294 | 106,804 | 31,599 | 280,891 |
| 2004 | 17,710,798 | 13,081,358 | 3,440,559 | 1,188,881 | 17,272,044 | 12,980,112 | 4,291,932 | 3,411,685 | 880,247 | 438,754 | 101,246 | 28,874 | 308,634 |
| 2005 | 17,921,804 | 13,115,177 | 3,484,013 | 1,322,614 | 17,487,475 | 13,021,834 | 4,465,641 | 3,454,692 | 1,010,949 | 434,329 | 93,343 | 29,321 | 311,665 |
| 2006 | 18,205,474 | 13,281,664 | 3,543,455 | 1,380,355 | 17,758,870 | 13,180,133 | 4,578,737 | 3,512,866 | 1,065,871 | 446,604 | 101,531 | 30,589 | 314,484 |
| 2007 | 18,671,084 | 13,595,849 | 3,595,207 | 1,480,028 | 18,248,128 | 13,490,780 | 4,757,348 | 3,571,150 | 1,186,198 | 422,956 | 105,069 | 24,057 | 293,830 |
| 2008 | 19,574,395 | 14,092,109 | 3,684,723 | 1,797,563 | 19,102,814 | 13,972,153 | 5,130,661 | 3,661,519 | 1,469,142 | 471,581 | 119,956 | 23,204 | 328,421 |
| 2009 | 20,966,826 | 14,936,382 | 3,791,418 | 2,239,026 | 20,427,711 | 14,810,642 | 5,617,069 | 3,765,083 | 1,851,986 | 539,115 | 125,740 | 26,335 | 387,040 |
| 2010 | 21,588,124 | 15,280,273 | 3,881,906 | 2,425,945 | 21,016,126 | 15,142,809 | 5,873,317 | 3,854,920 | 2,018,397 | 571,998 | 137,464 | 26,986 | 407,548 |
| 2011 | 21,557,259 | 15,244,288 | 3,954,529 | 2,358,442 | 20,994,113 | 15,110,196 | 5,883,917 | 3,927,186 | 1,956,731 | 563,146 | 134,092 | 27,343 | 401,711 |
| 2012 | 21,147,055 | 14,996,482 | 3,975,542 | 2,175,031 | 20,642,819 | 14,880,343 | 5,762,476 | 3,953,578 | 1,808,898 | 504,236 | 116,139 | 21,964 | 366,133 |
| Annual percentage change | |||||||||||||
| 1995 to 1996 | -0.2 | # | # | -4.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 26.7 | -23.0 | -12.6 | -29.7 | -29.4 |
| 1996 to 1997 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | -0.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 7.9 | -10.0 | -9.2 | 0.6 | -12.4 |
| 1997 to 1998 | 0.2 | -0.4 | 0.9 | 6.8 | # | -0.5 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 10.9 | 4.7 | 10.5 | 2.4 | -0.2 |
| 1998 to 1999 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 11.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 15.0 | -0.9 | -6.2 | -6.0 | 5.6 |
| 1999 to 2000 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 8.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 7.4 | -5.8 | -23.4 | -16.6 | 11.9 |
| 2000 to 2001 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 13.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 17.2 | 4.4 | -1.3 | 12.0 | 6.9 |
| 2001 to 2002 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 11.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 12.7 | 4.2 | -4.3 | 8.4 | 8.6 |
| 2002 to 2003 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 16.4 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 19.8 | -1.0 | -18.5 | -6.0 | 8.6 |
| 2003 to 2004 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 19.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 23.7 | 4.6 | -5.2 | -8.6 | 9.9 |
| 2004 to 2005 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 14.8 | -1.0 | -7.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| 2005 to 2006 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 8.8 | 4.3 | 0.9 |
| 2006 to 2007 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 11.3 | -5.3 | 3.5 | -21.4 | -6.6 |
| 2007 to 2008 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 21.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 23.9 | 11.5 | 14.2 | -3.5 | 11.8 |
| 2008 to 2009 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 24.6 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 26.1 | 14.3 | 4.8 | 13.5 | 17.8 |
| 2009 to 2010 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 8.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 9.3 | 2.5 | 5.3 |
| 2010 to 2011 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 1.9 | -2.8 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 | -3.1 | -1.5 | -2.5 | 1.3 | -1.4 |
| 2011 to 2012 | -1.9 | -1.6 | 0.5 | -7.8 | -1.7 | -1.5 | -2.1 | 0.7 | -7.6 | -10.5 | -13.4 | -19.7 | -8.9 |
| #Rounds to zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1 Includes degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions. | |||||||||||||
| 2 Data for 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. | |||||||||||||
| 3 Data are for institutions that did not offer accredited 4-year or 2-year programs, but were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes some institutions transitioning to higher level offerings, though still classified at a lower level. | |||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:95-99); and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2013, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared October 2013.) |