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 2031

Level and control of institution, attendance status, and sex of student	Actual															Projected
	1970	1975	1980		1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031
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
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	19,778,151	19,651,412	19,637,499	19,027,410	18,659,851	18,961,281	18,939,569	19,247,639	19,567,692	19,807,879	19,967,426	20,075,227	20,132,523	20,166,893	20,233,776
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	12,076,141	11,989,569	11,966,494	11,609,478	11,330,271	11,548,482	11,511,111	11,694,129	11,906,525	12,069,702	12,161,314	12,203,963	12,196,781	12,170,851	12,176,627
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	5,423,955	5,337,410	5,276,895	4,986,771	4,888,601	4,937,169	4,915,034	5,002,956	5,105,972	5,185,039	5,232,444	5,258,778	5,262,933	5,256,794	5,262,302
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	6,652,186	6,652,159	6,689,599	6,622,707	6,441,670	6,611,313	6,596,077	6,691,173	6,800,553	6,884,663	6,928,870	6,945,185	6,933,848	6,914,057	6,914,325
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	7,702,010	7,661,843	7,671,005	7,417,932	7,329,580	7,412,799	7,428,458	7,553,510	7,661,167	7,738,177	7,806,112	7,871,264	7,935,742	7,996,042	8,057,149
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	3,147,359	3,107,204	3,085,995	2,898,262	2,880,875	2,877,207	2,878,386	2,935,439	2,987,110	3,024,795	3,058,443	3,089,908	3,119,637	3,148,277	3,177,007
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	4,554,651	4,554,639	4,585,010	4,519,670	4,448,705	4,535,592	4,550,072	4,618,071	4,674,057	4,713,382	4,747,669	4,781,356	4,816,105	4,847,765	4,880,142
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	13,825,380	13,898,450	14,038,455	14,095,730	13,977,255	14,033,174	13,999,306	14,224,317	14,467,323	14,654,103	14,782,026	14,870,101	14,911,108	14,930,248	14,971,499
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	9,848,817	9,878,281	9,911,369	9,800,818	9,687,036	9,742,372	9,709,161	9,865,149	10,044,407	10,183,403	10,268,114	10,312,744	10,309,595	10,287,867	10,290,760
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	4,410,360	4,383,668	4,356,539	4,220,681	4,172,769	4,175,090	4,155,212	4,230,506	4,317,656	4,385,006	4,428,741	4,455,517	4,461,146	4,456,976	4,461,552
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	5,438,457	5,494,613	5,554,830	5,580,137	5,514,267	5,567,282	5,553,949	5,634,643	5,726,751	5,798,397	5,839,373	5,857,227	5,848,449	5,830,891	5,829,208
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	3,976,563	4,020,169	4,127,086	4,294,912	4,290,219	4,290,802	4,290,145	4,359,168	4,422,916	4,470,700	4,513,912	4,557,357	4,601,513	4,642,381	4,680,739
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	1,594,427	1,605,980	1,632,668	1,677,125	1,674,241	1,662,897	1,658,038	1,689,335	1,719,549	1,742,226	1,762,985	1,783,564	1,803,845	1,823,166	1,841,288
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	2,382,136	2,414,189	2,494,418	2,617,787	2,615,978	2,627,905	2,632,107	2,669,833	2,703,367	2,728,474	2,750,927	2,773,793	2,797,668	2,819,215	2,839,451
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	8,854,279	8,983,172	9,102,958	9,163,542	9,065,752	9,142,878	9,127,656	9,274,510	9,431,720	9,552,645	9,634,372	9,688,177	9,709,289	9,715,982	9,739,375
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	6,309,569	6,336,079	6,351,051	6,277,824	6,153,662	6,257,998	6,241,579	6,341,019	6,455,376	6,544,532	6,597,356	6,622,341	6,614,541	6,594,392	6,592,454
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	2,911,441	2,894,658	2,873,997	2,773,630	2,718,326	2,752,023	2,741,845	2,791,067	2,847,958	2,892,242	2,920,414	2,936,523	2,937,794	2,932,390	2,933,614
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	3,398,128	3,441,421	3,477,054	3,504,194	3,435,336	3,505,975	3,499,734	3,549,952	3,607,418	3,652,290	3,676,942	3,685,818	3,676,747	3,662,002	3,658,840
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	2,544,710	2,647,093	2,751,907	2,885,718	2,912,090	2,884,880	2,886,077	2,933,491	2,976,344	3,008,113	3,037,016	3,065,836	3,094,748	3,121,590	3,146,921
Males	609,422	760,469	685,051		693,115	764,248	720,402	683,100	724,375	860,968	1,077,611	1,111,110	1,145,022	1,180,278	1,188,588	1,171,434	1,169,040	1,191,467	1,212,700	1,228,555	1,243,144	1,257,468	1,271,397	1,284,695	1,297,184
Females	536,809	767,852	851,368		893,084	1,050,340	1,009,432	1,001,080	1,091,485	1,251,926	1,467,099	1,535,983	1,606,885	1,705,440	1,723,502	1,713,446	1,717,037	1,742,024	1,763,644	1,779,558	1,793,872	1,808,368	1,823,351	1,836,895	1,849,737
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	4,971,101	4,915,278	4,935,497	4,932,188	4,911,503	4,890,296	4,871,650	4,949,807	5,035,603	5,101,458	5,147,654	5,181,924	5,201,819	5,214,266	5,232,124
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	3,539,248	3,542,202	3,560,318	3,522,994	3,533,374	3,484,374	3,467,582	3,524,130	3,589,031	3,638,871	3,670,758	3,690,403	3,695,054	3,693,475	3,698,306
Males	919,212	943,369	936,131		917,723	943,991	978,037	1,106,634	1,354,166	1,647,846	1,498,919	1,489,010	1,482,542	1,447,051	1,454,443	1,423,067	1,413,367	1,439,439	1,469,698	1,492,764	1,508,327	1,518,994	1,523,352	1,524,586	1,527,938
Females	581,676	667,066	815,839		843,550	959,378	1,089,007	1,314,699	1,774,298	2,262,743	2,040,329	2,053,192	2,077,776	2,075,943	2,078,931	2,061,307	2,054,215	2,084,691	2,119,333	2,146,107	2,162,431	2,171,409	2,171,702	2,168,889	2,170,368
Part-time	527,892	606,163	690,026		745,165	826,943	887,663	887,127	1,033,351	1,501,144	1,431,853	1,373,076	1,375,179	1,409,194	1,378,129	1,405,922	1,404,068	1,425,677	1,446,572	1,462,587	1,476,896	1,491,521	1,506,765	1,520,791	1,533,818
Males	326,767	331,992	332,762		341,689	360,532	364,351	364,817	401,560	563,753	516,816	494,870	487,646	496,847	485,653	491,463	488,998	497,868	506,849	513,671	519,841	526,096	532,448	538,471	544,104
Females	201,125	274,171	357,264		403,476	466,411	523,312	522,310	631,791	937,391	915,037	878,206	887,533	912,347	892,476	914,459	915,070	927,809	939,723	948,916	957,055	965,425	974,317	982,320	989,714
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	4,060,094	4,086,674	4,100,619	4,069,000	4,085,530	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
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	3,040,980	3,085,932	3,099,183	3,047,441	3,074,094	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Males	914,020	930,842	921,253		894,080	915,100	931,956	996,113	1,109,075	1,259,638	1,318,131	1,327,144	1,323,354	1,287,670	1,300,967	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Females	580,605	665,232	811,761		833,627	944,024	1,057,501	1,229,915	1,425,718	1,605,002	1,722,849	1,758,788	1,775,829	1,759,771	1,773,127	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Part-time	526,496	602,377	680,679		735,293	811,945	864,433	824,547	876,377	957,159	1,019,114	1,000,742	1,001,436	1,021,559	1,011,436	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Males	325,693	329,662	327,986		336,168	352,106	351,874	332,814	339,572	366,735	389,975	382,807	379,619	387,078	381,921	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Females	200,803	272,715	352,693		399,125	459,839	512,559	491,733	536,805	590,424	629,139	617,935	621,817	634,481	629,515	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
For-profit 4-year	7,659	18,147	28,303		43,438	59,243	100,817	257,885	750,645	1,589,934	911,007	828,604	834,878	863,188	825,973	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
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	5,952,771	5,752,962	5,599,044	4,931,680	4,682,596	4,928,107	4,940,263	5,023,322	5,100,369	5,153,776	5,185,400	5,205,126	5,221,415	5,236,645	5,262,277
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	2,227,324	2,111,288	2,055,125	1,808,660	1,643,235	1,806,110	1,801,950	1,828,980	1,862,118	1,886,299	1,893,200	1,891,219	1,887,186	1,882,984	1,885,867
Males	771,299	1,035,561	879,716		826,308	881,392	878,215	995,841	1,153,766	1,483,230	1,013,595	953,742	920,356	766,090	715,832	762,079	759,822	772,450	788,316	800,033	803,703	803,261	801,787	799,818	800,750
Females	457,612	725,517	874,079		864,299	1,002,570	1,098,832	1,221,208	1,493,036	1,882,149	1,213,729	1,157,546	1,134,769	1,042,570	927,403	1,044,031	1,042,128	1,056,530	1,073,802	1,086,266	1,089,497	1,087,958	1,085,399	1,083,166	1,085,117
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	3,725,447	3,641,674	3,543,919	3,123,020	3,039,361	3,121,997	3,138,313	3,194,342	3,238,251	3,267,477	3,292,200	3,313,907	3,334,229	3,353,661	3,376,410
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	1,552,932	1,501,224	1,453,327	1,221,137	1,206,634	1,214,310	1,220,348	1,246,104	1,267,561	1,282,569	1,295,458	1,306,344	1,315,792	1,325,111	1,335,719
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	2,172,515	2,140,450	2,090,592	1,901,883	1,832,727	1,907,687	1,917,965	1,948,238	1,970,690	1,984,908	1,996,742	2,007,563	2,018,437	2,028,550	2,040,691
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	5,717,460	5,556,085	5,398,099	4,720,914	4,477,772	4,720,897	4,733,406	4,813,364	4,886,731	4,937,469	4,968,270	4,988,118	5,004,756	5,020,341	5,045,558
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	2,016,905	1,931,294	1,869,244	1,611,799	1,451,908	1,613,216	1,609,485	1,633,663	1,663,314	1,684,953	1,691,140	1,689,378	1,685,784	1,682,024	1,684,593
Males	720,440	988,701	811,871		742,673	810,664	818,605	891,282	1,055,029	1,340,820	945,990	892,608	856,819	696,183	647,427	692,811	690,759	702,240	716,663	727,315	730,654	730,250	728,910	727,119	727,968
Females	408,725	673,920	783,622		754,232	906,179	1,021,985	1,108,726	1,331,987	1,609,204	1,070,915	1,038,686	1,012,425	915,616	804,481	920,405	918,726	931,423	946,651	957,638	960,486	959,128	956,874	954,905	956,625
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	3,700,555	3,624,791	3,528,855	3,109,115	3,025,864	3,107,681	3,123,921	3,179,701	3,223,417	3,252,516	3,277,130	3,298,740	3,318,972	3,338,317	3,360,965
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	1,546,504	1,496,660	1,448,982	1,216,885	1,202,420	1,209,978	1,215,996	1,241,660	1,263,041	1,277,996	1,290,838	1,301,686	1,311,100	1,320,385	1,330,955
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	2,154,051	2,128,131	2,079,873	1,892,230	1,823,444	1,897,703	1,907,925	1,938,041	1,960,376	1,974,520	1,986,292	1,997,054	2,007,872	2,017,932	2,030,010
Private 2-year	123,973	133,753	197,505		261,344	243,608	214,700	251,043	303,826	465,534	235,311	196,877	200,945	210,766	204,824	207,210	206,857	209,958	213,638	216,307	217,130	217,008	216,659	216,304	216,719
Full-time	99,746	98,457	158,302		193,702	167,119	136,457	217,041	259,786	415,355	210,419	179,994	185,881	196,861	191,327	192,894	192,465	195,317	198,804	201,346	202,060	201,841	201,402	200,960	201,274
Males	50,859	46,860	67,845		83,635	70,728	59,610	104,559	98,737	142,410	67,605	61,134	63,537	69,907	68,405	69,268	69,063	70,210	71,653	72,718	73,049	73,011	72,877	72,699	72,782
Females	48,887	51,597	90,457		110,067	96,391	76,847	112,482	161,049	272,945	142,814	118,860	122,344	126,954	122,922	123,626	123,402	125,107	127,151	128,628	129,011	128,830	128,525	128,261	128,492
Part-time	24,227	35,296	39,203		67,642	76,489	78,243	34,002	44,040	50,179	24,892	16,883	15,064	13,905	13,497	14,316	14,392	14,641	14,834	14,961	15,070	15,167	15,257	15,344	15,445
Males	13,919	22,103	15,049		37,915	33,647	32,906	13,352	12,239	12,918	6,428	4,564	4,345	4,252	4,214	4,332	4,352	4,444	4,520	4,573	4,620	4,658	4,692	4,726	4,764
Females	10,308	13,193	24,154		29,727	42,842	45,337	20,650	31,801	37,261	18,464	12,319	10,719	9,653	9,283	9,984	10,040	10,197	10,314	10,388	10,450	10,509	10,565	10,618	10,681
Nonprofit 2-year	113,299	112,997	114,094		108,791	89,158	75,154	58,844	43,522	32,683	48,395	45,172	44,644	32,048	27,574	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Full-time	91,514	82,158	83,009		76,547	62,003	54,033	46,670	28,939	23,127	41,091	38,082	37,905	26,197	22,582	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Males	46,030	40,548	34,968		30,878	25,946	23,265	21,950	12,086	9,944	10,794	9,440	9,397	8,198	7,269	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Females	45,484	41,610	48,041		45,669	36,057	30,768	24,720	16,853	13,183	30,297	28,642	28,508	17,999	15,313	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Part-time	21,785	30,839	31,085		32,244	27,155	21,121	12,174	14,583	9,556	7,304	7,090	6,739	5,851	4,992	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Males	12,097	18,929	11,445		10,786	7,970	6,080	4,499	3,566	2,585	1,925	1,835	1,683	1,604	1,150	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Females	9,688	11,910	19,640		21,458	19,185	15,041	7,675	11,017	6,971	5,379	5,255	5,056	4,247	3,842	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
For-profit 2-year	10,674	20,756	83,411	1	152,553	154,450	139,546	192,199	260,304	432,851	186,916	151,705	156,301	178,718	177,250	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

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1Large 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 2000 through Spring 2022, Fall Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, through 2031. (This table was prepared December 2022.)