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 2030

Level and control of institution, attendance status, and sex of student	Actual																Projected
	1970	1975	1980		1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
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	19,988,204	19,846,904	19,778,151	19,651,412	19,630,178	18,991,798	20,327,000	20,031,000	19,851,000	19,862,000	19,934,000	20,054,000	20,169,000	20,282,000	20,393,000	20,482,000
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	12,287,512	12,125,314	12,076,141	11,989,569	11,954,413	11,591,353	12,387,000	12,177,000	12,041,000	12,041,000	12,099,000	12,182,000	12,241,000	12,301,000	12,361,000	12,402,000
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	5,558,447	5,472,798	5,423,955	5,337,410	5,275,612	4,980,417	5,472,000	5,360,000	5,286,000	5,280,000	5,303,000	5,339,000	5,367,000	5,396,000	5,425,000	5,447,000
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	6,729,065	6,652,516	6,652,186	6,652,159	6,678,801	6,610,936	6,914,000	6,817,000	6,755,000	6,761,000	6,796,000	6,843,000	6,874,000	6,906,000	6,936,000	6,955,000
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	7,700,692	7,721,590	7,702,010	7,661,843	7,675,765	7,400,445	7,941,000	7,854,000	7,810,000	7,821,000	7,835,000	7,872,000	7,928,000	7,980,000	8,032,000	8,080,000
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	3,165,372	3,165,624	3,147,359	3,107,204	3,088,277	2,889,128	3,212,000	3,164,000	3,137,000	3,137,000	3,141,000	3,157,000	3,183,000	3,207,000	3,230,000	3,253,000
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	4,535,320	4,555,966	4,554,651	4,554,639	4,587,488	4,511,317	4,729,000	4,690,000	4,674,000	4,684,000	4,694,000	4,715,000	4,745,000	4,773,000	4,801,000	4,827,000
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	13,488,743	13,754,486	13,825,380	13,898,450	14,039,467	14,078,015	14,562,000	14,328,000	14,180,000	14,181,000	14,236,000	14,328,000	14,414,000	14,500,000	14,579,000	14,641,000
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	9,776,828	9,815,967	9,848,817	9,878,281	9,909,940	9,781,782	10,268,000	10,088,000	9,970,000	9,970,000	10,017,000	10,086,000	10,140,000	10,194,000	10,241,000	10,274,000
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	4,414,743	4,414,959	4,410,360	4,383,668	4,356,062	4,214,144	4,526,000	4,429,000	4,364,000	4,358,000	4,377,000	4,407,000	4,433,000	4,459,000	4,483,000	4,500,000
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	5,362,085	5,401,008	5,438,457	5,494,613	5,553,878	5,567,638	5,743,000	5,659,000	5,606,000	5,612,000	5,641,000	5,679,000	5,707,000	5,735,000	5,759,000	5,774,000
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	3,711,915	3,938,519	3,976,563	4,020,169	4,129,527	4,296,233	4,293,000	4,241,000	4,210,000	4,211,000	4,219,000	4,242,000	4,274,000	4,306,000	4,338,000	4,367,000
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	1,491,001	1,586,069	1,594,427	1,605,980	1,633,541	1,678,104	1,710,000	1,681,000	1,662,000	1,659,000	1,661,000	1,670,000	1,685,000	1,699,000	1,713,000	1,726,000
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	2,220,914	2,352,450	2,382,136	2,414,189	2,495,986	2,618,129	2,583,000	2,560,000	2,548,000	2,552,000	2,558,000	2,571,000	2,589,000	2,607,000	2,624,000	2,640,000
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	8,348,539	8,742,931	8,854,279	8,983,172	9,102,782	9,164,582	9,418,000	9,273,000	9,183,000	9,187,000	9,223,000	9,281,000	9,334,000	9,385,000	9,433,000	9,469,000
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	6,081,177	6,236,018	6,309,569	6,336,079	6,350,443	6,277,558	6,557,000	6,447,000	6,378,000	6,380,000	6,411,000	6,454,000	6,485,000	6,517,000	6,543,000	6,561,000
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	2,833,998	2,894,232	2,911,441	2,894,658	2,873,678	2,773,709	2,975,000	2,914,000	2,875,000	2,873,000	2,886,000	2,905,000	2,921,000	2,936,000	2,951,000	2,961,000
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	3,247,179	3,341,786	3,398,128	3,441,421	3,476,765	3,503,849	3,583,000	3,533,000	3,503,000	3,507,000	3,526,000	3,549,000	3,565,000	3,580,000	3,593,000	3,600,000
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	2,267,362	2,506,913	2,544,710	2,647,093	2,752,339	2,887,024	2,860,000	2,825,000	2,806,000	2,807,000	2,812,000	2,826,000	2,848,000	2,869,000	2,890,000	2,908,000
Males	609,422	760,469	685,051		693,115	764,248	720,402	683,100	724,375	860,968	955,658	1,065,112	1,077,611	1,111,110	1,145,259	1,180,755	1,198,000	1,178,000	1,165,000	1,163,000	1,165,000	1,171,000	1,181,000	1,191,000	1,201,000	1,210,000
Females	536,809	767,852	851,368		893,084	1,050,340	1,009,432	1,001,080	1,091,485	1,251,926	1,311,704	1,441,801	1,467,099	1,535,983	1,607,080	1,706,269	1,662,000	1,648,000	1,641,000	1,644,000	1,647,000	1,655,000	1,667,000	1,678,000	1,689,000	1,699,000
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	5,140,204	5,011,555	4,971,101	4,915,278	4,936,685	4,913,433	5,144,000	5,056,000	4,997,000	4,994,000	5,013,000	5,047,000	5,080,000	5,114,000	5,146,000	5,172,000
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	3,695,651	3,579,949	3,539,248	3,542,202	3,559,497	3,504,224	3,711,000	3,640,000	3,593,000	3,590,000	3,606,000	3,632,000	3,654,000	3,677,000	3,698,000	3,714,000
Males	919,212	943,369	936,131		917,723	943,991	978,037	1,106,634	1,354,166	1,647,846	1,580,745	1,520,727	1,498,919	1,489,010	1,482,384	1,440,435	1,551,000	1,515,000	1,489,000	1,485,000	1,491,000	1,502,000	1,512,000	1,522,000	1,532,000	1,540,000
Females	581,676	667,066	815,839		843,550	959,378	1,089,007	1,314,699	1,774,298	2,262,743	2,114,906	2,059,222	2,040,329	2,053,192	2,077,113	2,063,789	2,160,000	2,126,000	2,104,000	2,104,000	2,115,000	2,130,000	2,142,000	2,155,000	2,166,000	2,174,000
Part-time	527,892	606,163	690,026		745,165	826,943	887,663	887,127	1,033,351	1,501,144	1,444,553	1,431,606	1,431,853	1,373,076	1,377,188	1,409,209	1,433,000	1,416,000	1,404,000	1,404,000	1,407,000	1,415,000	1,426,000	1,437,000	1,448,000	1,458,000
Males	326,767	331,992	332,762		341,689	360,532	364,351	364,817	401,560	563,753	535,343	520,957	516,816	494,870	488,282	497,349	513,000	503,000	497,000	496,000	496,000	499,000	504,000	508,000	513,000	517,000
Females	201,125	274,171	357,264		403,476	466,411	523,312	522,310	631,791	937,391	909,210	910,649	915,037	878,206	888,906	911,860	921,000	912,000	908,000	909,000	911,000	916,000	923,000	929,000	936,000	942,000
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	4,015,882	4,028,401	4,060,094	4,086,674	4,101,882	4,068,767	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
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	3,009,240	3,019,342	3,040,980	3,085,932	3,098,351	3,045,254	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Males	914,020	930,842	921,253		894,080	915,100	931,956	996,113	1,109,075	1,259,638	1,320,947	1,318,323	1,318,131	1,327,144	1,323,234	1,286,867	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Females	580,605	665,232	811,761		833,627	944,024	1,057,501	1,229,915	1,425,718	1,605,002	1,688,293	1,701,019	1,722,849	1,758,788	1,775,117	1,758,387	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Part-time	526,496	602,377	680,679		735,293	811,945	864,433	824,547	876,377	957,159	1,006,642	1,009,059	1,019,114	1,000,742	1,003,531	1,023,513	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Males	325,693	329,662	327,986		336,168	352,106	351,874	332,814	339,572	366,735	385,942	385,008	389,975	382,807	380,238	387,952	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Females	200,803	272,715	352,693		399,125	459,839	512,559	491,733	536,805	590,424	620,700	624,051	629,139	617,935	623,293	635,561	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
For-profit 4-year	7,659	18,147	28,303		43,438	59,243	100,817	257,885	750,645	1,589,934	1,124,322	983,154	911,007	828,604	834,803	844,666	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
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	6,499,461	6,092,418	5,952,771	5,752,962	5,590,711	4,913,783	5,766,000	5,702,000	5,671,000	5,681,000	5,698,000	5,726,000	5,755,000	5,782,000	5,814,000	5,841,000
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	2,510,684	2,309,347	2,227,324	2,111,288	2,044,473	1,809,571	2,118,000	2,089,000	2,070,000	2,071,000	2,082,000	2,096,000	2,102,000	2,108,000	2,120,000	2,128,000
Males	771,299	1,035,561	879,716		826,308	881,392	878,215	995,841	1,153,766	1,483,230	1,143,704	1,057,839	1,013,595	953,742	919,550	766,273	947,000	931,000	921,000	921,000	926,000	932,000	934,000	937,000	943,000	946,000
Females	457,612	725,517	874,079		864,299	1,002,570	1,098,832	1,221,208	1,493,036	1,882,149	1,366,980	1,251,508	1,213,729	1,157,546	1,124,923	1,043,298	1,171,000	1,158,000	1,149,000	1,150,000	1,156,000	1,164,000	1,167,000	1,171,000	1,177,000	1,181,000
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	3,988,777	3,783,071	3,725,447	3,641,674	3,546,238	3,104,212	3,647,000	3,613,000	3,600,000	3,610,000	3,615,000	3,630,000	3,654,000	3,674,000	3,694,000	3,714,000
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	1,674,371	1,579,555	1,552,932	1,501,224	1,454,736	1,211,024	1,502,000	1,483,000	1,475,000	1,478,000	1,480,000	1,487,000	1,498,000	1,508,000	1,517,000	1,526,000
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	2,314,406	2,203,516	2,172,515	2,140,450	2,091,502	1,893,188	2,146,000	2,130,000	2,126,000	2,132,000	2,136,000	2,143,000	2,156,000	2,167,000	2,177,000	2,187,000
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	6,224,304	5,842,909	5,717,460	5,556,085	5,400,865	4,702,657	5,557,000	5,497,000	5,467,000	5,477,000	5,493,000	5,520,000	5,549,000	5,575,000	5,605,000	5,632,000
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	2,272,769	2,091,361	2,016,905	1,931,294	1,868,792	1,612,636	1,927,000	1,901,000	1,884,000	1,885,000	1,895,000	1,907,000	1,912,000	1,918,000	1,929,000	1,936,000
Males	720,440	988,701	811,871		742,673	810,664	818,605	891,282	1,055,029	1,340,820	1,062,633	983,567	945,990	892,608	856,617	696,290	882,000	868,000	858,000	858,000	863,000	868,000	870,000	873,000	878,000	881,000
Females	408,725	673,920	783,622		754,232	906,179	1,021,985	1,108,726	1,331,987	1,609,204	1,210,136	1,107,794	1,070,915	1,038,686	1,012,175	916,346	1,046,000	1,033,000	1,026,000	1,026,000	1,032,000	1,039,000	1,042,000	1,045,000	1,051,000	1,055,000
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	3,951,535	3,751,548	3,700,555	3,624,791	3,532,073	3,090,021	3,630,000	3,596,000	3,583,000	3,593,000	3,598,000	3,613,000	3,637,000	3,657,000	3,676,000	3,696,000
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	1,665,373	1,571,824	1,546,504	1,496,660	1,450,430	1,206,765	1,496,000	1,478,000	1,469,000	1,472,000	1,475,000	1,481,000	1,493,000	1,502,000	1,512,000	1,521,000
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	2,286,162	2,179,724	2,154,051	2,128,131	2,081,643	1,883,256	2,134,000	2,118,000	2,114,000	2,120,000	2,124,000	2,131,000	2,144,000	2,155,000	2,165,000	2,175,000
Private 2-year	123,973	133,753	197,505		261,344	243,608	214,700	251,043	303,826	465,534	275,157	249,509	235,311	196,877	189,846	211,126	208,000	205,000	204,000	204,000	205,000	206,000	207,000	207,000	209,000	209,000
Full-time	99,746	98,457	158,302		193,702	167,119	136,457	217,041	259,786	415,355	237,915	217,986	210,419	179,994	175,681	196,935	191,000	188,000	187,000	187,000	188,000	189,000	189,000	190,000	191,000	192,000
Males	50,859	46,860	67,845		83,635	70,728	59,610	104,559	98,737	142,410	81,071	74,272	67,605	61,134	62,933	69,983	65,000	64,000	63,000	63,000	64,000	64,000	64,000	64,000	65,000	65,000
Females	48,887	51,597	90,457		110,067	96,391	76,847	112,482	161,049	272,945	156,844	143,714	142,814	118,860	112,748	126,952	126,000	124,000	123,000	123,000	124,000	125,000	125,000	126,000	126,000	127,000
Part-time	24,227	35,296	39,203		67,642	76,489	78,243	34,002	44,040	50,179	37,242	31,523	24,892	16,883	14,165	14,191	17,000	17,000	17,000	17,000	17,000	17,000	17,000	17,000	18,000	18,000
Males	13,919	22,103	15,049		37,915	33,647	32,906	13,352	12,239	12,918	8,998	7,731	6,428	4,564	4,306	4,259	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	6,000
Females	10,308	13,193	24,154		29,727	42,842	45,337	20,650	31,801	37,261	28,244	23,792	18,464	12,319	9,859	9,932	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000
Nonprofit 2-year	113,299	112,997	114,094		108,791	89,158	75,154	58,844	43,522	32,683	50,009	50,555	48,395	45,172	33,490	32,252	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Full-time	91,514	82,158	83,009		76,547	62,003	54,033	46,670	28,939	23,127	36,027	39,513	41,091	38,082	27,652	26,458	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Males	46,030	40,548	34,968		30,878	25,946	23,265	21,950	12,086	9,944	11,972	11,950	10,794	9,440	8,918	8,225	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Females	45,484	41,610	48,041		45,669	36,057	30,768	24,720	16,853	13,183	24,055	27,563	30,297	28,642	18,734	18,233	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Part-time	21,785	30,839	31,085		32,244	27,155	21,121	12,174	14,583	9,556	13,982	11,042	7,304	7,090	5,838	5,794	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Males	12,097	18,929	11,445		10,786	7,970	6,080	4,499	3,566	2,585	2,707	2,547	1,925	1,835	1,642	1,588	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Females	9,688	11,910	19,640		21,458	19,185	15,041	7,675	11,017	6,971	11,275	8,495	5,379	5,255	4,196	4,206	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
For-profit 2-year	10,674	20,756	83,411	1	152,553	154,450	139,546	192,199	260,304	432,851	225,148	198,954	186,916	151,705	156,356	178,874	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

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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 in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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. Projections in this table were calculated after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and take into account the expected impacts of the pandemic. 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 2021, Fall Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, through 2030. (This table was prepared November 2021.)