Table 317.50.

Degree-granting postsecondary institutions that have closed, by control and level of institution: 1969-70 through 2020-21

Year	All institutions			Public			Private
							Total			Nonprofit			For-profit
	Total	4-year	2-year	Total	4-year	2-year	Total	4-year	2-year	Total	4-year	2-year	Total	4-year	2-year
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1969-70	24	10	14	5	1	4	19	9	10	---	---	---	---	---	---
1970-71	35	10	25	11	0	11	24	10	14	---	---	---	---	---	---
1971-72	14	5	9	3	0	3	11	5	6	---	---	---	---	---	---
1972-73	21	12	9	4	0	4	17	12	5	---	---	---	---	---	---
1973-74	20	12	8	1	0	1	19	12	7	---	---	---	---	---	---
1974-75	18	13	5	4	0	4	14	13	1	---	---	---	---	---	---
1975-76	9	7	2	2	1	1	7	6	1	---	---	---	---	---	---
1976-77	9	6	3	0	0	0	9	6	3	---	---	---	---	---	---
1977-78	12	9	3	0	0	0	12	9	3	---	---	---	---	---	---
1978-79	9	4	5	0	0	0	9	4	5	---	---	---	---	---	---
1979-80	6	5	1	0	0	0	6	5	1	---	---	---	---	---	---
1980-81	4	3	1	0	0	0	4	3	1	---	---	---	---	---	---
1981-82	7	6	1	0	0	0	7	6	1	---	---	---	---	---	---
1982-83	7	4	3	0	0	0	7	4	3	---	---	---	---	---	---
1983-84	5	5	0	1	1	0	4	4	0	---	---	---	---	---	---
1984-85	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	---	---	---	---	---	---
1985-86	12	8	4	1	1	0	11	7	4	---	---	---	---	---	---
1986-87 and 1987-88	26	19	7	1	0	1	25	19	6	---	---	---	---	---	---
1988-89	14	6	8	0	0	0	14	6	8	---	---	---	---	---	---
1989-90	19	8	11	0	0	0	19	8	11	---	---	---	---	---	---
1990-91	18	6	12	0	0	0	18	6	12	7	5	2	11	1	10
1991-92	26	8	18	1	0	1	25	8	17	8	7	1	17	1	16
1992-93	23	6	17	0	0	0	23	6	17	6	5	1	17	1	16
1993-94	38	11	27	1	0	1	37	11	26	13	10	3	24	1	23
1994-95	15	8	7	2	0	2	13	8	5	8	7	1	5	1	4
1995-96	21	8	13	1	1	0	20	7	13	9	7	2	11	0	11
1996-97	36	13	23	2	0	2	34	13	21	14	10	4	20	3	17
1997-98	5	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	5	1	0	1	4	0	4
1998-99	7	1	6	1	0	1	6	1	5	2	0	2	4	1	3
1999-2000	16	3	13	3	0	3	13	3	10	8	3	5	5	0	5
2000-01	14	9	5	0	0	0	14	9	5	8	8	0	6	1	5
2001-02	14	2	12	0	0	0	14	2	12	1	1	0	13	1	12
2002-03	13	7	6	0	0	0	13	7	6	6	6	0	7	1	6
2003-04	12	5	7	0	0	0	12	5	7	8	5	3	4	0	4
2004-05	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	2
2005-06	11	6	5	1	1	0	10	5	5	5	4	1	5	1	4
2006-07	13	4	9	0	0	0	13	4	9	6	4	2	7	0	7
2007-08	26	10	16	0	0	0	26	10	16	9	6	3	17	4	13
2008-09	16	6	10	0	0	0	16	6	10	6	5	1	10	1	9
2009-10	17	11	6	0	0	0	17	11	6	9	9	0	8	2	6
2010-11	20	9	11	0	0	0	20	9	11	7	6	1	13	3	10
2011-12	10	5	5	4	0	4	6	5	1	2	2	0	4	3	1
2012-13	21	3	18	1	1	0	20	2	18	4	2	2	16	0	16
2013-14	20	8	12	1	1	0	19	7	12	4	3	1	15	4	11
2014-15	54	7	47	0	0	0	54	7	47	5	3	2	49	4	45
2015-16	66	24	42	0	0	0	66	24	42	8	5	3	58	19	39
2016-17	112	65	47	0	0	0	112	65	47	20	12	8	92	53	39
2017-18	86	39	47	1	0	1	85	39	46	17	12	5	68	27	41
2018-19	236	111	125	0	0	0	236	111	125	30	15	15	206	96	110
2019-20	53	36	17	1	1	0	52	35	17	17	16	1	35	19	16
2020-21	32	21	11	1	0	1	31	21	10	14	11	3	17	10	7

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NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. This table indicates the year by which the institution no longer operated (generally it closed at the end of or during the prior year). Data through 1995-96 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Directory, Higher Education, 1969-70 through 1974-75; Education Directory, Colleges and Universities, 1975-76 through 1985-86; 1982-83 Supplement to the Education Directory, Colleges and Universities; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:86-99); IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2020, Institutional Characteristics component; and Office of Federal Student Aid, Postsecondary Education Participants System (PEPS), "PEPS Data Files," retrieved February 1, 2022, from https://www2.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/PEPS/dataextracts.html. (This table was prepared April 2022.)