Table 303.90.

Table 303.90. Fall enrollment and number of degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and religious affiliation of institution: Selected years, 1980 through 2018

Control and religious affiliation of institution	Total enrollment						Enrollment, fall 2018					Number of institutions1
	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2010	Fall 2016	Fall 2017	Total	Full-time		Part-time
								Males	Females	Males	Females	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2010	Fall 2018
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	19,846,904	19,778,151	19,645,918	5,338,934	6,652,787	3,103,728	4,550,469	3,226	3,501	4,056	4,589	4,034
Public institutions	9,457,394	10,844,717	11,752,786	15,142,171	14,585,840	14,571,739	14,529,264	3,787,941	4,480,879	2,603,530	3,656,914	1,493	1,548	1,676	1,652	1,634
Federal	50,989	50,669	16,917	21,610	19,804	20,265	20,379	12,657	5,978	592	1,152	12	17	12	14	14
State	(2 )	7,181,380	9,548,090	12,364,881	12,089,310	12,103,707	12,104,962	3,361,325	4,002,394	1,964,287	2,776,956	(2 )	978	1,355	1,331	1,320
Local	(2 )	3,508,941	2,078,090	2,542,044	2,276,473	2,246,845	2,206,015	364,309	412,242	604,092	825,372	(2 )	523	277	261	258
Other public	9,406,405	103,727	109,689	213,636	200,253	200,922	197,908	49,650	60,265	34,559	53,434	1,481	30	32	46	42
Private institutions	2,639,501	2,973,920	3,559,503	5,877,267	5,261,064	5,206,412	5,116,654	1,550,993	2,171,908	500,198	893,555	1,733	1,953	2,380	2,937	2,400
Independent nonprofit	1,521,614	1,474,818	1,577,242	1,994,900	2,190,233	2,222,677	2,246,622	743,384	968,932	205,119	329,187	795	709	729	736	785
For-profit	111,714	213,693	450,084	2,022,785	1,182,108	1,097,923	982,410	213,152	383,619	115,522	270,117	164	322	724	1,310	736
Religiously affiliated3	1,006,173	1,285,409	1,532,177	1,859,582	1,888,723	1,885,812	1,887,622	594,457	819,357	179,557	294,251	774	922	927	891	879
Advent Christian Church	143	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	1	---	---	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	1,091	88	34	1,536	1,547	1,462	1,484	740	685	33	26	3	1	1	3	3
African Methodist Episcopal	4,541	3,220	5,980	2,674	5,379	5,887	5,633	1,594	1,586	1,180	1,273	6	5	6	5	6
American Baptist	6,131	10,800	15,410	15,120	12,801	12,500	12,622	3,784	5,099	1,274	2,465	11	15	17	18	18
American Evangelical Lutheran Church	---	---	743	1,340	1,295	1,394	1,443	684	678	33	48	---	---	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	17,780	19,240	20,792	6,032	8,198	2,878	3,684	10	11	14	16	13
Baptist	38,231	99,510	107,610	174,538	111,744	111,124	113,415	34,111	47,269	14,590	17,445	33	69	68	69	63
Brethren Church	3,925	958	2,088	8,506	9,135	8,627	8,656	2,694	3,320	1,455	1,187	3	3	3	3	2
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	6,094	6,122	6,351	1,791	2,313	969	1,278	3	4	4	4	4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	14,913	30,397	35,984	52,839	47,970	46,260	49,521	14,599	21,603	5,615	7,704	12	18	16	18	19
Christian Churches and Churches of     Christ	1,342	2,263	7,277	10,074	10,061	9,970	10,050	3,641	3,432	1,433	1,544	7	8	18	18	17
Christian Methodist Episcopal	2,486	2,174	1,502	4,817	4,207	4,053	3,824	1,890	1,789	57	88	4	4	1	3	3
Christian Reformed Church	5,408	4,488	5,999	5,625	5,710	5,714	5,630	2,465	2,560	325	280	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	17,768	16,962	16,422	4,653	7,543	1,932	2,294	9	9	7	7	9
Church of New Jerusalem	170	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	1	---	---	---	---
Church of the Brethren	8,482	4,463	4,187	6,154	6,484	6,401	6,255	2,594	3,076	226	359	6	5	4	5	6
Church of the Nazarene	11,716	10,779	16,661	21,144	22,572	23,267	23,353	6,528	10,358	2,136	4,331	10	9	12	10	10
Churches of Christ	9,343	14,611	30,140	35,538	36,299	36,131	35,453	11,200	15,690	3,126	5,437	9	19	19	17	18
Cumberland Presbyterian	594	746	1,112	4,652	6,142	6,007	5,615	1,694	2,010	738	1,173	2	2	2	2	2
Episcopal Church, Reformed	67	---	---	---	1,242	1,286	1,179	66	318	113	682	1	---	---	---	2
Evangelical Christian	---	---	---	---	77,375	76,654	83,835	18,652	27,140	15,932	22,111	---	---	---	---	4
Evangelical Congregational Church	80	88	148	153	120	111	151	28	11	82	30	1	1	1	1	1
Evangelical Covenant Church of America	1,401	1,035	2,387	3,233	3,122	3,011	2,981	755	1,211	362	653	1	1	1	1	2
Evangelical Free Church of America	833	2,355	4,022	2,926	2,391	2,409	1,998	629	368	630	371	1	2	3	2	2
Evangelical Lutheran Church	743	49,210	49,085	56,162	49,863	49,960	52,138	20,241	26,905	1,785	3,207	3	33	34	33	27
Free Methodist	5,543	5,902	7,323	12,270	11,324	10,965	10,721	2,880	5,913	545	1,383	5	3	4	5	5
Free Will Baptist Church	1,132	1,177	2,378	528	713	704	733	286	255	103	89	4	3	4	3	3
Friends United Meeting	1,109	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	1	---	---	---	---
Friends	5,157	5,844	10,898	13,876	11,636	11,368	11,070	4,140	4,886	821	1,223	5	6	8	7	7
General Baptist	---	---	---	---	1,469	1,303	1,419	332	353	338	396	---	---	---	---	1
General Conference Mennonite Church	820	1,243	1,059	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	2	2	1	---	---
Greek Orthodox	204	148	132	220	195	170	341	202	110	19	10	1	1	1	1	2
Interdenominational	1,254	11,103	9,788	33,778	41,113	41,175	40,777	12,111	17,164	5,587	5,915	4	17	14	31	33
Jewish	5,738	12,217	14,182	12,755	13,846	14,066	14,221	10,290	2,561	416	954	24	63	62	36	34
Latter-Day Saints	39,172	42,274	44,680	53,514	84,046	91,403	82,012	25,584	27,048	12,322	17,058	4	4	4	4	4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	11,727	13,827	18,866	28,255	36,542	36,243	35,715	7,970	14,710	4,403	8,632	15	14	13	12	11
Lutheran Church in America	23,877	5,796	4,322	8,240	8,708	8,181	6,004	2,218	3,175	182	429	20	5	2	3	2
Mennonite Brethren Church	1,344	1,864	2,390	4,136	4,291	4,875	5,005	1,124	2,400	446	1,035	3	3	3	3	2
Mennonite Church	4,008	2,859	3,553	4,263	4,131	3,886	3,704	1,271	1,639	209	585	6	5	5	6	6
Missionary Church Inc	487	699	1,647	2,152	1,639	1,513	1,513	435	667	109	302	1	1	1	1	1
Moravian Church	2,434	2,511	2,939	3,095	3,513	3,430	3,356	808	1,754	147	647	2	2	2	2	2
Multiple Protestant denominations	5,526	211	4,690	5,350	4,758	4,766	4,663	967	1,555	1,213	928	8	1	7	6	6
Non-Denominational	---	---	---	---	---	---	1,364	547	800	7	10	---	---	---	---	2
North American Baptist	155	---	124	120	207	229	306	48	20	167	71	1	---	1	1	1
Original Free Will Baptist	---	---	---	3,855	3,430	3,451	3,208	591	819	541	1,257	---	---	---	1	1
Pentecostal Holiness Church	767	566	976	1,272	1,684	1,623	1,518	712	598	91	117	3	3	2	3	2
Presbyterian	---	---	---	---	2,965	3,079	3,295	1,076	1,622	176	421	---	---	---	---	4
Presbyterian USA	47,144	77,700	78,950	85,719	82,215	80,862	80,706	29,177	38,490	4,029	9,010	57	70	64	58	56
Presbyterian Church in America	---	1,877	4,499	2,071	1,611	1,585	1,567	665	588	163	151	---	1	5	2	2
Protestant Episcopal	5,396	4,559	5,479	5,006	3,687	3,719	3,535	1,577	1,645	152	161	12	9	12	11	8
Protestant, other	4,072	38,136	30,116	13,450	19,342	19,238	18,950	5,467	7,378	2,651	3,454	11	44	34	23	25
Reformed Church in America	2,713	5,525	6,002	6,555	6,205	6,125	5,992	2,222	3,006	269	495	4	4	5	5	5
Reformed Presbyterian Church	2,014	1,556	2,355	2,982	2,585	2,393	2,325	1,019	825	257	224	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	720,808	711,801	707,105	217,382	323,277	56,043	110,403	229	239	239	237	227
Russian Orthodox	47	38	106	60	75	89	90	68	6	15	1	1	1	1	1	1
Seventh-Day Adventists	19,168	15,771	19,223	25,430	23,914	23,602	23,315	7,320	10,979	1,831	3,185	11	11	13	14	13
Southern Baptist	85,281	49,493	54,275	49,936	55,308	60,043	65,762	21,888	22,887	8,800	12,187	54	29	32	22	22
Undenominational	---	6,758	23,573	27,748	35,365	36,006	35,983	8,006	12,426	6,009	9,542	---	14	16	16	20
Unitarian Universalist	87	82	132	166	181	178	164	24	76	17	47	2	2	2	2	2
United Brethren Church	545	601	938	1,260	1,295	1,321	1,302	426	698	75	103	1	1	1	1	1
United Church of Christ	14,169	20,175	23,709	20,537	15,641	15,324	15,336	5,042	6,529	1,229	2,536	16	18	18	17	14
United Methodist	127,099	148,851	171,109	206,744	200,792	200,217	199,759	72,248	95,922	11,556	20,033	91	96	100	96	94
Wesleyan Church	3,583	5,311	11,128	20,670	19,240	18,608	18,339	4,765	10,225	1,040	2,309	5	4	4	6	8
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	808	931	1,660	1,677	2,051	2,095	2,220	823	887	215	295	1	3	2	2	2
Other religiously affiliated	462	5,743	2,534	4,778	5,097	5,624	5,426	1,681	2,302	460	983	1	9	4	11	12

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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 2019, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared February 2020.)