Table 303.90.

Fall enrollment and number of degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and religious affiliation of institution: Selected years, 1980 through 2016

Control and religious affiliation of institution	Total enrollment						Enrollment, fall 2016					Number of institutions1
	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2010	Fall 2014	Fall 2015	Total	Full-time		Part-time
								Males	Females	Males	Females	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2010	Fall 2016
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	21,019,438	20,209,092	19,988,204	19,841,014	5,473,169	6,653,156	3,162,530	4,552,159	3,226	3,501	4,056	4,589	4,358
Public institutions	9,457,394	10,844,717	11,752,786	15,142,171	14,654,660	14,572,843	14,582,972	3,877,818	4,449,732	2,635,602	3,619,820	1,493	1,548	1,676	1,652	1,623
Federal	50,989	50,669	16,917	21,610	19,791	19,700	19,806	12,714	5,578	536	978	12	17	12	14	14
State	(2 )	7,181,380	9,548,090	12,364,881	12,075,376	12,045,013	12,086,651	3,418,846	3,951,267	1,979,812	2,736,726	(2 )	978	1,355	1,331	1,311
Local	(2 )	3,508,941	2,078,090	2,542,044	2,355,812	2,309,275	2,276,275	394,963	432,411	619,741	829,160	(2 )	523	277	261	257
Other public	9,406,405	103,727	109,689	213,636	203,681	198,855	200,240	51,295	60,476	35,513	52,956	1,481	30	32	46	41
Private institutions	2,639,501	2,973,920	3,559,503	5,877,267	5,554,432	5,415,361	5,258,042	1,595,351	2,203,424	526,928	932,339	1,733	1,953	2,380	2,937	2,735
Independent nonprofit	1,521,614	1,474,818	1,577,242	1,994,900	2,108,562	2,171,490	2,189,746	736,801	920,551	205,641	326,753	795	709	729	736	800
For-profit	111,714	213,693	450,084	2,022,785	1,557,183	1,349,470	1,180,245	264,993	474,605	140,005	300,642	164	322	724	1,310	1,054
Religiously affiliated3	1,006,173	1,285,409	1,532,177	1,859,582	1,888,687	1,894,401	1,888,051	593,557	808,268	181,282	304,944	774	922	927	891	881
Advent Christian Church	143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	1,091	88	34	1,536	1,683	1,579	1,547	770	733	28	16	3	1	1	3	3
African Methodist Episcopal	4,541	3,220	5,980	2,674	2,777	4,359	5,379	1,428	1,498	1,033	1,420	6	5	6	5	6
American Baptist	6,131	10,800	15,410	15,120	13,917	13,397	12,803	4,013	5,157	1,217	2,416	11	15	17	18	17
American Evangelical Lutheran Church	—	—	743	1,340	1,320	1,373	1,295	606	619	25	45	—	—	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	15,806	15,915	16,599	17,780	5,671	7,420	2,140	2,549	10	11	14	16	14
Baptist	38,231	99,510	107,610	174,538	106,907	108,717	111,557	35,309	47,859	11,438	16,951	33	69	68	69	64
Brethren Church	3,925	958	2,088	8,506	8,138	8,227	9,135	2,962	3,419	1,455	1,299	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	6,455	6,361	5,916	6,094	1,780	2,446	734	1,134	3	4	4	4	4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	14,913	30,397	35,984	52,839	47,113	46,157	47,970	13,477	20,624	5,952	7,917	12	18	16	18	17
Christian Churches and Churches of      Christ	1,342	2,263	7,277	10,074	10,349	10,183	10,065	3,696	3,736	1,268	1,365	7	8	18	18	17
Christian Methodist Episcopal	2,486	2,174	1,502	4,817	3,857	4,102	4,207	2,142	1,905	86	74	4	4	1	3	3
Christian Reformed Church	5,408	4,488	5,999	5,625	5,743	5,748	5,710	2,537	2,683	244	246	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	16,731	17,946	17,745	17,768	5,339	8,270	1,876	2,283	9	9	7	7	9
Church of New Jerusalem	170	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Church of the Brethren	8,482	4,463	4,187	6,154	6,243	6,379	6,484	2,695	3,181	230	378	6	5	4	5	6
Church of the Nazarene	11,716	10,779	16,661	21,144	21,563	21,726	22,572	6,391	9,877	2,198	4,106	10	9	12	10	10
Churches of Christ	9,343	14,611	30,140	35,538	35,125	35,701	36,299	11,701	15,625	3,398	5,575	9	19	19	17	18
Cumberland Presbyterian	594	746	1,112	4,652	6,508	6,585	6,142	1,913	2,646	608	975	2	2	2	2	2
Episcopal Church, Reformed	67	—	—	—	1,221	1,282	1,242	58	336	114	734	1	—	—	—	2
Evangelical Christian	—	—	—	—	81,459	80,494	77,395	16,115	22,054	15,586	23,640	—	—	—	—	3
Evangelical Congregational Church	80	88	148	153	123	124	120	24	17	54	25	1	1	1	1	1
Evangelical Covenant Church of America	1,401	1,035	2,387	3,233	3,253	3,225	3,122	794	1,306	322	700	1	1	1	1	2
Evangelical Free Church of America	833	2,355	4,022	2,926	2,495	2,490	2,391	728	482	733	448	1	2	3	2	2
Evangelical Lutheran Church	743	49,210	49,085	56,162	50,822	50,249	49,861	19,707	25,092	1,859	3,203	3	33	34	33	28
Free Methodist	5,543	5,902	7,323	12,270	12,184	11,978	11,324	3,072	6,046	702	1,504	5	3	4	5	5
Free Will Baptist Church	1,132	1,177	2,378	528	583	693	713	272	220	123	98	4	3	4	3	3
Friends United Meeting	1,109	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Friends	5,157	5,844	10,898	13,876	12,203	11,651	11,636	4,317	5,103	896	1,320	5	6	8	7	7
General Baptist	—	—	—	—	2,086	1,450	1,469	296	324	350	499	—	—	—	—	1
General Conference Mennonite Church	820	1,243	1,059	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	1	—	—
Greek Orthodox	204	148	132	220	183	193	195	134	50	8	3	1	1	1	1	1
Interdenominational	1,254	11,103	9,788	33,778	39,716	41,813	41,113	12,850	17,318	5,143	5,802	4	17	14	31	34
Jewish	5,738	12,217	14,182	12,755	14,894	14,758	13,846	10,051	2,540	362	893	24	63	62	36	34
Latter-Day Saints	39,172	42,274	44,680	53,514	71,901	82,143	84,046	25,093	25,305	14,414	19,234	4	4	4	4	4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	11,727	13,827	18,866	28,255	36,350	38,050	36,542	8,603	14,884	4,389	8,666	15	14	13	12	12
Lutheran Church in America	23,877	5,796	4,322	8,240	8,702	8,613	8,708	3,432	4,347	347	582	20	5	2	3	3
Mennonite Brethren Church	1,344	1,864	2,390	4,136	4,224	4,071	4,291	1,038	2,018	350	885	3	3	3	3	2
Mennonite Church	4,008	2,859	3,553	4,263	4,223	4,193	4,131	1,347	1,884	274	626	6	5	5	6	6
Missionary Church Inc	487	699	1,647	2,152	1,792	1,719	1,639	448	736	141	314	1	1	1	1	1
Moravian Church	2,434	2,511	2,939	3,095	3,088	3,348	3,513	808	1,814	169	722	2	2	2	2	2
Multiple Protestant denominations	5,526	211	4,690	5,350	5,013	4,881	4,758	1,142	1,546	1,202	868	8	1	7	6	6
North American Baptist	155	—	124	120	195	201	207	33	23	94	57	1	—	1	1	1
Original Free Will Baptist	—	—	—	3,855	3,456	3,371	3,430	590	905	534	1,401	—	—	—	1	1
Pentecostal Holiness Church	767	566	976	1,272	1,629	1,630	1,684	764	682	114	124	3	3	2	3	2
Presbyterian	—	—	—	—	2,982	2,988	2,965	964	1,453	166	382	—	—	—	—	2
Presbyterian U.S.A	47,144	77,700	78,950	85,719	84,306	84,218	82,220	29,767	38,905	4,209	9,339	57	70	64	58	55
Presbyterian Church in America	—	1,877	4,499	2,071	1,714	1,637	1,611	664	620	187	140	—	1	5	2	2
Protestant Episcopal	5,396	4,559	5,479	5,006	3,585	3,523	3,687	1,710	1,676	153	148	12	9	12	11	9
Protestant, other	4,072	38,136	30,116	13,450	17,572	18,380	19,306	5,534	7,285	2,852	3,635	11	44	34	23	26
Reformed Church in America	2,713	5,525	6,002	6,555	6,521	6,291	6,205	2,340	3,151	251	463	4	4	5	5	5
Reformed Presbyterian Church	2,014	1,556	2,355	2,982	2,546	2,561	2,585	1,045	1,071	282	187	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	751,091	734,410	729,936	720,769	218,722	322,828	59,828	119,391	229	239	239	237	233
Russian Orthodox	47	38	106	60	88	77	75	65	6	4	0	1	1	1	1	1
Seventh-Day Adventists	19,168	15,771	19,223	25,430	24,918	24,277	23,914	7,713	10,944	1,906	3,351	11	11	13	14	13
Southern Baptist	85,281	49,493	54,275	49,936	55,323	54,955	55,324	16,137	20,284	7,982	10,921	54	29	32	22	23
Undenominational	—	6,758	23,573	27,748	32,811	33,487	34,998	8,239	12,451	5,828	8,480	—	14	16	16	19
Unitarian Universalist	87	82	132	166	174	183	181	29	71	25	56	2	2	2	2	2
United Brethren Church	545	601	938	1,260	1,209	1,252	1,295	461	674	76	84	1	1	1	1	1
United Church of Christ	14,169	20,175	23,709	20,537	16,604	16,248	15,641	5,063	6,142	1,536	2,900	16	18	18	17	14
United Methodist	127,099	148,851	171,109	206,744	203,488	200,314	200,702	73,262	94,421	12,039	20,980	91	96	100	96	94
Wesleyan Church	3,583	5,311	11,128	20,670	19,868	19,726	19,240	5,364	10,491	1,158	2,227	5	4	4	6	7
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	808	931	1,660	1,677	2,036	2,088	2,051	747	894	197	213	1	3	2	2	2
Other religiously affiliated	462	5,743	2,534	4,778	5,272	5,147	5,099	1,585	2,171	393	950	1	9	4	11	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 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 2017, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared August 2018.)