Table 303.30.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution, attendance status, and sex of student: Selected years, 1970 through 2029

Level and control of institution, attendance status, and sex of student	Actual														Projected
	1970	1975	19801	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Total	8,580,887	11,184,859	12,096,895	12,247,055	13,818,637	14,261,781	15,312,289	17,487,475	21,019,438	20,209,092	19,988,204	19,846,904	19,778,151	19,645,918	19,720,000	19,744,000	19,778,000	19,813,000	19,862,000	19,926,000	19,993,000	20,070,000	20,099,000	20,110,000	20,115,000
Full-time	5,816,290	6,841,334	7,097,958	7,075,221	7,820,985	8,128,802	9,009,600	10,797,011	13,087,182	12,454,464	12,287,512	12,125,314	12,076,141	11,991,721	12,025,000	12,022,000	12,021,000	12,027,000	12,045,000	12,078,000	12,120,000	12,165,000	12,169,000	12,159,000	12,144,000
Males	3,504,095	3,926,753	3,689,244	3,607,720	3,807,752	3,807,392	4,111,093	4,803,388	5,838,383	5,619,778	5,558,447	5,472,798	5,423,955	5,338,934	5,350,000	5,345,000	5,343,000	5,343,000	5,347,000	5,361,000	5,381,000	5,400,000	5,403,000	5,400,000	5,395,000
Females	2,312,195	2,914,581	3,408,714	3,467,501	4,013,233	4,321,410	4,898,507	5,993,623	7,248,799	6,834,686	6,729,065	6,652,516	6,652,186	6,652,787	6,676,000	6,677,000	6,678,000	6,685,000	6,698,000	6,716,000	6,740,000	6,765,000	6,767,000	6,759,000	6,748,000
Part-time	2,764,597	4,343,525	4,998,937	5,171,834	5,997,652	6,132,979	6,302,689	6,690,464	7,932,256	7,754,628	7,700,692	7,721,590	7,702,010	7,654,197	7,695,000	7,722,000	7,757,000	7,786,000	7,817,000	7,848,000	7,873,000	7,905,000	7,930,000	7,951,000	7,971,000
Males	1,539,547	2,222,244	2,185,130	2,210,730	2,476,157	2,535,147	2,610,676	2,652,537	3,207,376	3,177,752	3,165,372	3,165,624	3,147,359	3,103,728	3,121,000	3,131,000	3,143,000	3,155,000	3,169,000	3,182,000	3,193,000	3,207,000	3,219,000	3,226,000	3,235,000
Females	1,225,050	2,121,281	2,813,807	2,961,104	3,521,495	3,597,832	3,692,013	4,037,927	4,724,880	4,576,876	4,535,320	4,555,966	4,554,651	4,550,469	4,574,000	4,591,000	4,614,000	4,631,000	4,648,000	4,666,000	4,680,000	4,698,000	4,711,000	4,724,000	4,736,000
4-year	6,261,502	7,214,740	7,570,608	7,715,978	8,578,554	8,769,252	9,363,858	10,999,420	13,335,841	13,494,414	13,488,743	13,754,486	13,825,380	13,900,710	13,950,000	13,961,000	13,979,000	13,999,000	14,030,000	14,074,000	14,122,000	14,175,000	14,192,000	14,194,000	14,192,000
Full-time	4,587,379	5,080,256	5,344,163	5,384,614	5,937,023	6,151,755	6,792,551	8,150,209	9,721,803	9,793,357	9,776,828	9,815,967	9,848,817	9,880,953	9,909,000	9,906,000	9,905,000	9,910,000	9,925,000	9,952,000	9,987,000	10,024,000	10,027,000	10,019,000	10,006,000
Males	2,732,796	2,891,192	2,809,528	2,781,412	2,926,360	2,929,177	3,115,252	3,649,622	4,355,153	4,419,130	4,414,743	4,414,959	4,410,360	4,385,208	4,394,000	4,390,000	4,389,000	4,388,000	4,392,000	4,404,000	4,420,000	4,436,000	4,438,000	4,436,000	4,431,000
Females	1,854,583	2,189,064	2,534,635	2,603,202	3,010,663	3,222,578	3,677,299	4,500,587	5,366,650	5,374,227	5,362,085	5,401,008	5,438,457	5,495,745	5,515,000	5,516,000	5,517,000	5,522,000	5,533,000	5,548,000	5,567,000	5,588,000	5,590,000	5,583,000	5,575,000
Part-time	1,674,123	2,134,484	2,226,445	2,331,364	2,641,531	2,617,497	2,571,307	2,849,211	3,614,038	3,701,057	3,711,915	3,938,519	3,976,563	4,019,757	4,041,000	4,055,000	4,074,000	4,089,000	4,105,000	4,122,000	4,134,000	4,152,000	4,165,000	4,175,000	4,186,000
Males	936,189	1,092,461	1,017,813	1,034,804	1,124,780	1,084,753	1,047,917	1,125,935	1,424,721	1,484,380	1,491,001	1,586,069	1,594,427	1,605,785	1,615,000	1,620,000	1,626,000	1,632,000	1,639,000	1,646,000	1,652,000	1,659,000	1,665,000	1,669,000	1,674,000
Females	737,934	1,042,023	1,208,632	1,296,560	1,516,751	1,532,744	1,523,390	1,723,276	2,189,317	2,216,677	2,220,914	2,352,450	2,382,136	2,413,972	2,427,000	2,436,000	2,447,000	2,457,000	2,466,000	2,475,000	2,483,000	2,492,000	2,499,000	2,506,000	2,513,000
Public 4-year	4,232,722	4,998,142	5,128,612	5,209,540	5,848,242	5,814,545	6,055,398	6,837,605	7,924,108	8,257,108	8,348,539	8,742,931	8,854,279	8,982,560	9,014,000	9,022,000	9,033,000	9,046,000	9,066,000	9,095,000	9,126,000	9,161,000	9,171,000	9,173,000	9,172,000
Full-time	3,086,491	3,469,821	3,592,193	3,623,341	4,033,654	4,084,711	4,371,218	5,021,745	5,811,214	6,011,908	6,081,177	6,236,018	6,309,569	6,336,978	6,355,000	6,353,000	6,352,000	6,355,000	6,365,000	6,382,000	6,405,000	6,428,000	6,430,000	6,425,000	6,417,000
Males	1,813,584	1,947,823	1,873,397	1,863,689	1,982,369	1,951,140	2,008,618	2,295,456	2,707,307	2,806,792	2,833,998	2,894,232	2,911,441	2,895,088	2,901,000	2,898,000	2,897,000	2,897,000	2,899,000	2,907,000	2,918,000	2,928,000	2,930,000	2,928,000	2,926,000
Females	1,272,907	1,521,998	1,718,796	1,759,652	2,051,285	2,133,571	2,362,600	2,726,289	3,103,907	3,205,116	3,247,179	3,341,786	3,398,128	3,441,890	3,454,000	3,454,000	3,455,000	3,458,000	3,465,000	3,475,000	3,487,000	3,500,000	3,501,000	3,497,000	3,491,000
Part-time	1,146,231	1,528,321	1,536,419	1,586,199	1,814,588	1,729,834	1,684,180	1,815,860	2,112,894	2,245,200	2,267,362	2,506,913	2,544,710	2,645,582	2,660,000	2,669,000	2,681,000	2,691,000	2,702,000	2,713,000	2,721,000	2,732,000	2,741,000	2,748,000	2,755,000
Males	609,422	760,469	685,051	693,115	764,248	720,402	683,100	724,375	860,968	941,104	955,658	1,065,112	1,077,611	1,110,660	1,117,000	1,120,000	1,125,000	1,129,000	1,134,000	1,139,000	1,143,000	1,148,000	1,152,000	1,155,000	1,158,000
Females	536,809	767,852	851,368	893,084	1,050,340	1,009,432	1,001,080	1,091,485	1,251,926	1,304,096	1,311,704	1,441,801	1,467,099	1,534,922	1,543,000	1,549,000	1,556,000	1,562,000	1,568,000	1,574,000	1,579,000	1,585,000	1,589,000	1,594,000	1,598,000
Private 4-year	2,028,780	2,216,598	2,441,996	2,506,438	2,730,312	2,954,707	3,308,460	4,161,815	5,411,733	5,237,306	5,140,204	5,011,555	4,971,101	4,918,150	4,935,000	4,940,000	4,946,000	4,953,000	4,964,000	4,979,000	4,996,000	5,015,000	5,021,000	5,021,000	5,020,000
Full-time	1,500,888	1,610,435	1,751,970	1,761,273	1,903,369	2,067,044	2,421,333	3,128,464	3,910,589	3,781,449	3,695,651	3,579,949	3,539,248	3,543,975	3,554,000	3,553,000	3,553,000	3,555,000	3,560,000	3,570,000	3,582,000	3,596,000	3,597,000	3,594,000	3,589,000
Males	919,212	943,369	936,131	917,723	943,991	978,037	1,106,634	1,354,166	1,647,846	1,612,338	1,580,745	1,520,727	1,498,919	1,490,120	1,493,000	1,492,000	1,491,000	1,491,000	1,492,000	1,496,000	1,502,000	1,507,000	1,508,000	1,507,000	1,506,000
Females	581,676	667,066	815,839	843,550	959,378	1,089,007	1,314,699	1,774,298	2,262,743	2,169,111	2,114,906	2,059,222	2,040,329	2,053,855	2,061,000	2,061,000	2,062,000	2,064,000	2,068,000	2,073,000	2,081,000	2,088,000	2,089,000	2,087,000	2,083,000
Part-time	527,892	606,163	690,026	745,165	826,943	887,663	887,127	1,033,351	1,501,144	1,455,857	1,444,553	1,431,606	1,431,853	1,374,175	1,381,000	1,386,000	1,393,000	1,398,000	1,403,000	1,409,000	1,413,000	1,419,000	1,424,000	1,427,000	1,431,000
Males	326,767	331,992	332,762	341,689	360,532	364,351	364,817	401,560	563,753	543,276	535,343	520,957	516,816	495,125	498,000	499,000	501,000	503,000	505,000	508,000	509,000	512,000	513,000	515,000	516,000
Females	201,125	274,171	357,264	403,476	466,411	523,312	522,310	631,791	937,391	912,581	909,210	910,649	915,037	879,050	884,000	887,000	891,000	895,000	898,000	901,000	904,000	908,000	910,000	913,000	915,000
Nonprofit 4-year	2,021,121	2,198,451	2,413,693	2,463,000	2,671,069	2,853,890	3,050,575	3,411,170	3,821,799	3,966,873	4,015,882	4,028,401	4,060,094	4,089,090	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Full-time	1,494,625	1,596,074	1,733,014	1,727,707	1,859,124	1,989,457	2,226,028	2,534,793	2,864,640	2,981,188	3,009,240	3,019,342	3,040,980	3,088,150	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Males	914,020	930,842	921,253	894,080	915,100	931,956	996,113	1,109,075	1,259,638	1,313,286	1,320,947	1,318,323	1,318,131	1,328,444	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Females	580,605	665,232	811,761	833,627	944,024	1,057,501	1,229,915	1,425,718	1,605,002	1,667,902	1,688,293	1,701,019	1,722,849	1,759,706	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Part-time	526,496	602,377	680,679	735,293	811,945	864,433	824,547	876,377	957,159	985,685	1,006,642	1,009,059	1,019,114	1,000,940	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Males	325,693	329,662	327,986	336,168	352,106	351,874	332,814	339,572	366,735	379,513	385,942	385,008	389,975	382,813	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Females	200,803	272,715	352,693	399,125	459,839	512,559	491,733	536,805	590,424	606,172	620,700	624,051	629,139	618,127	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
For-profit 4-year	7,659	18,147	28,303	43,438	59,243	100,817	257,885	750,645	1,589,934	1,270,433	1,124,322	983,154	911,007	829,060	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
2-year	2,319,385	3,970,119	4,526,287	4,531,077	5,240,083	5,492,529	5,948,431	6,488,055	7,683,597	6,714,678	6,499,461	6,092,418	5,952,771	5,745,208	5,770,000	5,783,000	5,799,000	5,814,000	5,832,000	5,853,000	5,872,000	5,895,000	5,907,000	5,915,000	5,922,000
Full-time	1,228,911	1,761,078	1,753,795	1,690,607	1,883,962	1,977,047	2,217,049	2,646,802	3,365,379	2,661,107	2,510,684	2,309,347	2,227,324	2,110,768	2,117,000	2,116,000	2,116,000	2,117,000	2,120,000	2,126,000	2,133,000	2,141,000	2,142,000	2,140,000	2,137,000
Males	771,299	1,035,561	879,716	826,308	881,392	878,215	995,841	1,153,766	1,483,230	1,200,648	1,143,704	1,057,839	1,013,595	953,726	956,000	955,000	955,000	954,000	955,000	958,000	961,000	965,000	965,000	965,000	964,000
Females	457,612	725,517	874,079	864,299	1,002,570	1,098,832	1,221,208	1,493,036	1,882,149	1,460,459	1,366,980	1,251,508	1,213,729	1,157,042	1,161,000	1,161,000	1,161,000	1,163,000	1,165,000	1,168,000	1,172,000	1,176,000	1,177,000	1,175,000	1,174,000
Part-time	1,090,474	2,209,041	2,772,492	2,840,470	3,356,121	3,515,482	3,731,382	3,841,253	4,318,218	4,053,571	3,988,777	3,783,071	3,725,447	3,634,440	3,654,000	3,667,000	3,683,000	3,697,000	3,712,000	3,727,000	3,738,000	3,754,000	3,765,000	3,775,000	3,785,000
Males	603,358	1,129,783	1,167,317	1,175,926	1,351,377	1,450,394	1,562,759	1,526,602	1,782,655	1,693,372	1,674,371	1,579,555	1,552,932	1,497,943	1,506,000	1,511,000	1,517,000	1,523,000	1,529,000	1,536,000	1,541,000	1,548,000	1,553,000	1,557,000	1,561,000
Females	487,116	1,079,258	1,605,175	1,664,544	2,004,744	2,065,088	2,168,623	2,314,651	2,535,563	2,360,199	2,314,406	2,203,516	2,172,515	2,136,497	2,148,000	2,156,000	2,166,000	2,174,000	2,183,000	2,191,000	2,197,000	2,206,000	2,212,000	2,218,000	2,224,000
Public 2-year	2,195,412	3,836,366	4,328,782	4,269,733	4,996,475	5,277,829	5,697,388	6,184,229	7,218,063	6,397,552	6,224,304	5,842,909	5,717,460	5,546,704	5,571,000	5,584,000	5,600,000	5,614,000	5,632,000	5,652,000	5,670,000	5,693,000	5,705,000	5,714,000	5,721,000
Full-time	1,129,165	1,662,621	1,595,493	1,496,905	1,716,843	1,840,590	2,000,008	2,387,016	2,950,024	2,385,023	2,272,769	2,091,361	2,016,905	1,931,842	1,937,000	1,937,000	1,937,000	1,937,000	1,940,000	1,946,000	1,952,000	1,960,000	1,960,000	1,959,000	1,956,000
Males	720,440	988,701	811,871	742,673	810,664	818,605	891,282	1,055,029	1,340,820	1,107,410	1,062,633	983,567	945,990	892,853	895,000	894,000	894,000	893,000	894,000	897,000	900,000	903,000	904,000	903,000	902,000
Females	408,725	673,920	783,622	754,232	906,179	1,021,985	1,108,726	1,331,987	1,609,204	1,277,613	1,210,136	1,107,794	1,070,915	1,038,989	1,043,000	1,043,000	1,043,000	1,044,000	1,046,000	1,049,000	1,053,000	1,056,000	1,057,000	1,056,000	1,054,000
Part-time	1,066,247	2,173,745	2,733,289	2,772,828	3,279,632	3,437,239	3,697,380	3,797,213	4,268,039	4,012,529	3,951,535	3,751,548	3,700,555	3,614,862	3,634,000	3,647,000	3,663,000	3,677,000	3,692,000	3,707,000	3,718,000	3,734,000	3,745,000	3,755,000	3,765,000
Males	589,439	1,107,680	1,152,268	1,138,011	1,317,730	1,417,488	1,549,407	1,514,363	1,769,737	1,683,249	1,665,373	1,571,824	1,546,504	1,492,870	1,501,000	1,506,000	1,512,000	1,518,000	1,524,000	1,531,000	1,536,000	1,543,000	1,548,000	1,552,000	1,556,000
Females	476,808	1,066,065	1,581,021	1,634,817	1,961,902	2,019,751	2,147,973	2,282,850	2,498,302	2,329,280	2,286,162	2,179,724	2,154,051	2,121,992	2,133,000	2,141,000	2,151,000	2,159,000	2,168,000	2,176,000	2,182,000	2,191,000	2,197,000	2,203,000	2,209,000
Private 2-year	123,973	133,753	197,505	261,344	243,608	214,700	251,043	303,826	465,534	317,126	275,157	249,509	235,311	198,504	199,000	199,000	199,000	199,000	200,000	200,000	201,000	202,000	202,000	202,000	202,000
Full-time	99,746	98,457	158,302	193,702	167,119	136,457	217,041	259,786	415,355	276,084	237,915	217,986	210,419	178,926	179,000	179,000	179,000	180,000	180,000	180,000	181,000	182,000	182,000	182,000	181,000
Males	50,859	46,860	67,845	83,635	70,728	59,610	104,559	98,737	142,410	93,238	81,071	74,272	67,605	60,873	61,000	61,000	61,000	61,000	61,000	61,000	61,000	62,000	62,000	62,000	62,000
Females	48,887	51,597	90,457	110,067	96,391	76,847	112,482	161,049	272,945	182,846	156,844	143,714	142,814	118,053	118,000	118,000	119,000	119,000	119,000	119,000	120,000	120,000	120,000	120,000	120,000
Part-time	24,227	35,296	39,203	67,642	76,489	78,243	34,002	44,040	50,179	41,042	37,242	31,523	24,892	19,578	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000
Males	13,919	22,103	15,049	37,915	33,647	32,906	13,352	12,239	12,918	10,123	8,998	7,731	6,428	5,073	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000
Females	10,308	13,193	24,154	29,727	42,842	45,337	20,650	31,801	37,261	30,919	28,244	23,792	18,464	14,505	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000
Nonprofit 2-year	113,299	112,997	114,094	108,791	89,158	75,154	58,844	43,522	32,683	30,376	50,009	50,555	48,395	45,154	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Full-time	91,514	82,158	83,009	76,547	62,003	54,033	46,670	28,939	23,127	22,789	36,027	39,513	41,091	37,980	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Males	46,030	40,548	34,968	30,878	25,946	23,265	21,950	12,086	9,944	9,074	11,972	11,950	10,794	9,397	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Females	45,484	41,610	48,041	45,669	36,057	30,768	24,720	16,853	13,183	13,715	24,055	27,563	30,297	28,583	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Part-time	21,785	30,839	31,085	32,244	27,155	21,121	12,174	14,583	9,556	7,587	13,982	11,042	7,304	7,174	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Males	12,097	18,929	11,445	10,786	7,970	6,080	4,499	3,566	2,585	2,198	2,707	2,547	1,925	1,863	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Females	9,688	11,910	19,640	21,458	19,185	15,041	7,675	11,017	6,971	5,389	11,275	8,495	5,379	5,311	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
For-profit 2-year	10,674	20,756	83,411	152,553	154,450	139,546	192,199	260,304	432,851	286,750	225,148	198,954	186,916	153,350	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

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1 Large increase in private 2-year institutions in 1980 is due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

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. 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 Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1970 through 1985; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2019, Fall Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, 2000 through 2029. (This table was prepared December 2019.)