Digest 2013 Table 303.90.

Fall enrollment and number of degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and religious affiliation of institution: Selected years, 1980 through 2012

Control and religious affiliation of institution	Total enrollment						Enrollment, fall 2012					Number of institutions1
	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Total	Full-time		Part-time
								Males	Females	Males	Females	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2010	Fall 2012
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	20,427,711	21,016,126	20,994,113	20,642,819	5,709,792	7,027,221	3,209,295	4,696,511	3,226	3,501	4,056	4,589	4,726
Public institutions	9,457,394	10,844,717	11,752,786	14,810,642	15,142,809	15,110,196	14,880,343	3,954,114	4,571,704	2,627,185	3,727,340	1,493	1,548	1,676	1,652	1,623
Federal	50,989	50,669	16,917	21,722	21,622	21,304	20,691	13,745	5,228	554	1,164	12	17	12	14	14
State	(2)	7,181,380	9,548,090	12,104,170	12,366,422	12,346,172	12,195,526	3,441,305	3,995,532	1,959,329	2,799,360	(2)	978	1,355	1,331	1,315
Local	(2)	3,508,941	2,078,090	2,478,076	2,541,036	2,526,884	2,453,053	444,170	506,234	631,280	871,369	(2)	523	277	261	256
Other public	9,406,405	103,727	109,689	206,674	213,729	215,836	211,073	54,894	64,710	36,022	55,447	1,481	30	32	46	38
Private institutions	2,639,501	2,973,920	3,559,503	5,617,069	5,873,317	5,883,917	5,762,476	1,755,678	2,455,517	582,110	969,171	1,733	1,953	2,380	2,937	3,103
Independent nonprofit	1,521,614	1,474,818	1,577,242	1,953,136	1,995,440	2,054,854	2,064,076	703,075	849,765	202,650	308,586	795	709	729	736	765
For-profit	111,714	213,693	450,084	1,851,986	2,018,397	1,956,731	1,808,898	455,139	797,798	201,905	354,056	164	322	724	1,310	1,451
Religiously affiliated3	1,006,173	1,285,409	1,532,177	1,811,947	1,859,480	1,872,332	1,889,502	597,464	807,954	177,555	306,529	774	922	927	891	887
Advent Christian Church	143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	1,091	88	34	1,485	1,536	1,537	1,459	784	609	36	30	3	1	1	3	3
African Methodist Episcopal	4,541	3,220	5,980	2,677	2,674	2,355	2,491	1,117	1,222	68	84	6	5	6	5	6
American Baptist	6,131	10,800	15,410	14,716	15,120	15,027	14,229	4,207	5,475	1,520	3,027	11	15	17	18	18
American Evangelical Lutheran Church	—	—	743	1,387	1,340	1,415	1,315	593	660	28	34	—	—	1	1	1
American Lutheran and Lutheran Church    in America	3,092	—	1,460	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	1	—	—
American Lutheran	21,608	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	—	—	—	—
Assemblies of God Church	7,814	8,307	14,272	15,137	15,806	15,451	15,320	5,275	6,453	1,653	1,939	10	11	14	16	15
Baptist	38,231	99,510	107,610	165,848	174,481	172,946	112,351	36,221	47,394	11,685	17,051	33	69	68	69	70
Brethren Church	3,925	958	2,088	8,191	8,449	7,766	7,979	2,189	2,939	1,486	1,365	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	6,331	6,465	6,536	6,688	2,156	2,952	616	964	3	4	4	4	4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	14,913	30,397	35,984	50,064	52,839	54,401	54,915	15,585	23,297	6,328	9,705	12	18	16	18	18
Christian Churches and Churches of    Christ	1,342	2,263	7,277	9,263	10,128	10,483	10,700	4,277	4,499	1,034	890	7	8	18	18	18
Christian Methodist Episcopal	2,486	2,174	1,502	4,901	4,817	4,514	4,048	2,014	1,901	53	80	4	4	1	3	3
Christian Reformed Church	5,408	4,488	5,999	5,665	5,625	5,647	5,697	2,623	2,722	197	155	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	15,117	16,731	17,093	17,821	5,114	7,863	2,021	2,823	9	9	7	7	8
Church of New Jerusalem	170	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Church of the Brethren	8,482	4,463	4,187	5,861	6,154	6,028	6,261	2,431	3,148	283	399	6	5	4	5	6
Church of the Nazarene	11,716	10,779	16,661	21,389	21,144	20,866	21,401	6,159	9,976	1,944	3,322	10	9	12	10	10
Churches of Christ	9,343	14,611	30,140	34,996	35,538	36,450	35,871	11,567	14,866	3,511	5,927	9	19	19	17	17
Cumberland Presbyterian	594	746	1,112	3,247	4,652	5,744	6,500	2,332	2,915	503	750	2	2	2	2	2
Episcopal Church, Reformed	67	—	—	—	—	—	1,204	56	406	92	650	1	—	—	—	1
Evangelical Christian	—	—	—	—	—	—	74,372	14,974	19,470	15,801	24,127	—	—	—	—	1
Evangelical Congregational Church	80	88	148	159	153	125	123	21	15	57	30	1	1	1	1	1
Evangelical Covenant Church of America	1,401	1,035	2,387	3,186	3,233	3,220	3,141	742	1,182	399	818	1	1	1	1	1
Evangelical Free Church of America	833	2,355	4,022	3,106	2,926	3,215	2,651	782	538	802	529	1	2	3	2	2
Evangelical Lutheran Church	743	49,210	49,085	56,088	56,162	55,889	52,122	20,597	26,321	2,057	3,147	3	33	34	33	31
Free Methodist	5,543	5,902	7,323	12,090	12,270	12,412	12,254	3,323	6,044	839	2,048	5	3	4	5	5
Free Will Baptist Church	1,132	1,177	2,378	574	528	534	568	226	181	92	69	4	3	4	3	3
Friends United Meeting	1,109	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Friends	5,157	5,844	10,898	13,786	13,876	13,570	12,921	4,523	5,699	1,101	1,598	5	6	8	7	7
General Conference Mennonite Church	820	1,243	1,059	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	1	—	—
Greek Orthodox	204	148	132	203	220	222	209	151	55	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Interdenominational	1,254	11,103	9,788	23,060	30,162	34,475	39,376	13,088	15,898	4,887	5,503	4	17	14	30	32
Jewish	5,738	12,217	14,182	8,468	12,755	14,716	15,120	9,551	3,510	614	1,445	24	63	62	36	35
Latter-Day Saints	39,172	42,274	44,680	53,249	53,514	57,150	63,027	24,587	25,230	5,991	7,219	4	4	4	4	4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	11,727	13,827	18,866	26,384	28,255	29,288	30,332	7,366	11,476	3,588	7,902	15	14	13	12	12
Lutheran Church in America	23,877	5,796	4,322	8,264	8,240	8,111	8,193	3,244	4,160	264	525	20	5	2	3	3
Mennonite Brethren Church	1,344	1,864	2,390	3,426	4,136	4,302	4,121	1,150	1,848	368	755	3	3	3	3	2
Mennonite Church	4,008	2,859	3,553	4,325	4,263	4,366	4,236	1,472	1,943	277	544	6	5	5	6	6
Missionary Church Inc.	487	699	1,647	2,165	2,152	2,074	1,963	509	929	163	362	1	1	1	1	1
Moravian Church	2,434	2,511	2,939	3,042	3,095	3,132	3,075	630	1,679	151	615	2	2	2	2	2
Multiple Protestant denominations	5,526	211	4,690	5,341	5,350	5,400	5,274	1,282	1,474	1,581	937	8	1	7	6	6
North American Baptist	155	—	124	125	120	141	148	30	29	55	34	1	—	1	1	1
Original Free Will Baptist	—	—	—	3,569	3,855	3,825	3,714	590	939	638	1,547	—	—	—	1	1
Pentecostal Holiness Church	767	566	976	1,124	1,272	1,504	1,524	598	600	130	196	3	3	2	3	3
Presbyterian U.S.A.	47,144	77,700	78,950	84,691	85,692	86,441	86,699	31,683	42,539	3,979	8,498	57	70	64	58	59
Presbyterian Church in America	—	1,877	4,499	2,174	2,071	1,792	1,803	722	668	271	142	—	1	5	2	2
Protestant Episcopal	5,396	4,559	5,479	5,036	5,006	4,604	4,202	1,879	2,029	143	151	12	9	12	11	9
Protestant, other	4,072	38,136	30,116	16,207	13,361	14,628	16,167	5,149	5,770	2,445	2,803	11	44	34	22	24
Reformed Church in America	2,713	5,525	6,002	6,514	6,555	6,501	6,502	2,610	3,448	196	248	4	4	5	5	5
Reformed Presbyterian Church	2,014	1,556	2,355	2,949	2,982	2,866	2,700	1,136	1,175	231	158	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	735,713	751,089	749,877	746,942	219,870	323,224	67,493	136,355	229	239	239	237	234
Russian Orthodox	47	38	106	79	60	53	55	42	4	8	1	1	1	1	1	1
Seventh-Day Adventists	19,168	15,771	19,223	24,818	25,430	25,751	26,343	8,360	11,358	2,258	4,367	11	11	13	14	13
Southern Baptist	85,281	49,493	54,275	46,689	49,882	51,832	52,610	14,586	20,099	7,025	10,900	54	29	32	22	22
Undenominational	—	6,758	23,573	27,071	27,745	29,650	29,966	8,556	11,631	4,476	5,303	—	14	16	16	18
Unitarian Universalist	87	82	132	171	166	190	227	31	57	55	84	2	2	2	2	2
United Brethren Church	545	601	938	1,270	1,260	1,260	1,204	441	628	55	80	1	1	1	1	1
United Church of Christ	14,169	20,175	23,709	27,507	20,528	17,724	17,473	5,434	7,012	1,711	3,316	16	18	18	17	15
United Methodist	127,099	148,851	171,109	202,913	206,744	206,268	204,506	74,113	95,123	12,899	22,371	91	96	100	96	94
Wesleyan Church	3,583	5,311	11,128	20,492	20,670	20,577	20,160	6,252	11,425	920	1,563	5	4	4	6	6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	808	931	1,660	1,603	1,677	1,799	1,889	799	870	108	112	1	3	2	2	2
Other religiously affiliated	462	5,743	2,534	8,041	8,526	8,589	5,340	1,665	2,377	367	931	1	9	4	13	11

—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 for 1980 and 1990 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90) and "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:90); and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2013, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared March 2014.)