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Digest of Education Statistics: 2014
Digest of Education Statistics: 2014

NCES 2016-006
April 2016


Figure 12. Enrollment, degrees conferred, and expenditures in degree-granting postsecondary institutions: 1960-61 through 2013-14

Figure 12. Enrollment, degrees conferred, and expenditures in degree-granting postsecondary institutions: 1960-61 through 2013-14
 
NOTE: Expenditure data for school year 2013 (2013-14) are estimated. Degree data for school year 2013 are projected. Doctor's degrees include Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees that were formerly classified as first-professional degrees.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Opening Fall Enrollment in Higher Education, 1960 through 1965; Financial Statistics of Higher Education, 1959-60 through 1964-65; Earned Degrees Conferred, 1959-60 through 1964-65; Degrees Conferred Projection Model, 1980-81 through 2024-25; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education," "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred," and "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys, 1965-66 through 1985-86; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:86-99), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99), and "Finance Survey" (IPEDS-F:FY87-99); IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2013, Completions component; and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2014, Enrollment and Finance components.