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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 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
---Not available.
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.)

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