Full-time-equivalent fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution: 1967 through 2031

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Table 307.10.Full-time-equivalent fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution: 1967 through 2031
Year	All institutions			Public institutions			Private institutions
	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	Total	Total	Nonprofit	For-profit	Total		Nonprofit	For-profit
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		13	14
1967	5,499,360	4,448,302	1,051,058	3,777,701	2,850,432	927,269	1,721,659	1,597,870	---	---	123,789		---	---
1968	5,977,768	4,729,522	1,248,246	4,248,639	3,128,057	1,120,582	1,729,129	1,601,465	---	---	127,664		---	---
1969	6,333,357	4,899,034	1,434,323	4,577,353	3,259,323	1,318,030	1,756,004	1,639,711	---	---	116,293		---	---

1970	6,737,819	5,145,422	1,592,397	4,953,144	3,468,569	1,484,575	1,784,675	1,676,853	---	---	107,822		---	---
1971	7,148,558	5,357,647	1,790,911	5,344,402	3,660,626	1,683,776	1,804,156	1,697,021	---	---	107,135		---	---
1972	7,253,757	5,406,833	1,846,924	5,452,854	3,706,238	1,746,616	1,800,903	1,700,595	---	---	100,308		---	---
1973	7,453,463	5,439,230	2,014,233	5,629,563	3,721,037	1,908,526	1,823,900	1,718,193	---	---	105,707		---	---
1974	7,805,452	5,606,247	2,199,205	5,944,799	3,847,543	2,097,256	1,860,653	1,758,704	---	---	101,949		---	---

1975	8,479,698	5,900,408	2,579,290	6,522,319	4,056,502	2,465,817	1,957,379	1,843,906	---	---	113,473		---	---
1976	8,312,502	5,848,001	2,464,501	6,349,903	3,998,450	2,351,453	1,962,599	1,849,551	---	---	113,048		---	---
1977	8,415,339	5,935,076	2,480,263	6,396,476	4,039,071	2,357,405	2,018,863	1,896,005	---	---	122,858		---	---
1978	8,348,482	5,932,357	2,416,125	6,279,199	3,996,126	2,283,073	2,069,283	1,936,231	---	---	133,052		---	---
1979	8,487,317	6,016,072	2,471,245	6,392,617	4,059,304	2,333,313	2,094,700	1,956,768	---	---	137,932		---	---

1980	8,819,013	6,161,372	2,657,641	6,642,294	4,158,267	2,484,027	2,176,719	2,003,105	---	---	173,614	¹	---	---
1981	9,014,521	6,249,847	2,764,674	6,781,300	4,208,506	2,572,794	2,233,221	2,041,341	---	---	191,880	¹	---	---
1982	9,091,648	6,248,923	2,842,725	6,850,589	4,220,648	2,629,941	2,241,059	2,028,275	---	---	212,784	¹	---	---
1983	9,166,398	6,325,222	2,841,176	6,881,479	4,265,807	2,615,672	2,284,919	2,059,415	---	---	225,504		---	---
1984	8,951,695	6,292,711	2,658,984	6,684,664	4,237,895	2,446,769	2,267,031	2,054,816	---	---	212,215		---	---

1985	8,943,433	6,294,339	2,649,094	6,667,781	4,239,622	2,428,159	2,275,652	2,054,717	---	---	220,935		---	---
1986	9,064,165	6,360,325	2,703,842	6,778,045	4,295,494	2,482,551	2,286,122	2,064,831	---	---	221,291	²	---	---
1987	9,229,736	6,486,504	2,743,230	6,937,690	4,395,728	2,541,961	2,292,045	2,090,776	---	---	201,269	²	---	---
1988	9,464,271	6,664,146	2,800,125	7,096,905	4,505,774	2,591,131	2,367,366	2,158,372	---	---	208,994		---	---
1989	9,780,881	6,813,602	2,967,279	7,371,590	4,619,828	2,751,762	2,409,291	2,193,774	---	---	215,517		---	---

1990	9,983,436	6,968,008	3,015,428	7,557,982	4,740,049	2,817,933	2,425,454	2,227,959	2,177,668	50,291	197,495		72,785	124,710
1991	10,360,606	7,081,454	3,279,152	7,862,845	4,795,704	3,067,141	2,497,761	2,285,750	2,223,463	62,287	212,011		72,545	139,466
1992	10,436,776	7,129,379	3,307,397	7,911,701	4,797,884	3,113,817	2,525,075	2,331,495	2,267,373	64,122	193,580		66,647	126,933
1993	10,351,415	7,120,921	3,230,494	7,812,394	4,765,983	3,046,411	2,539,021	2,354,938	2,282,643	72,295	184,083		70,469	113,614
1994	10,348,072	7,137,341	3,210,731	7,784,396	4,749,524	3,034,872	2,563,676	2,387,817	2,301,063	86,754	175,859		69,578	106,281

1995	10,334,956	7,172,844	3,162,112	7,751,815	4,757,223	2,994,592	2,583,141	2,415,621	2,328,730	86,891	167,520		62,416	105,104
1996	10,481,886	7,234,541	3,247,345	7,794,895	4,767,117	3,027,778	2,686,991	2,467,424	2,353,561	113,863	219,567		63,954	155,613
1997	10,615,028	7,338,794	3,276,234	7,869,764	4,813,849	3,055,915	2,745,264	2,524,945	2,389,627	135,318	220,319		61,761	158,558
1998	10,698,775	7,467,828	3,230,947	7,880,135	4,868,857	3,011,278	2,818,640	2,598,971	2,436,188	162,783	219,669		56,834	162,835
1999	10,974,519	7,634,247	3,340,272	8,059,240	4,949,851	3,109,389	2,915,279	2,684,396	2,488,140	196,256	230,883		53,956	176,927

2000	11,267,025	7,795,139	3,471,886	8,266,932	5,025,588	3,241,344	3,000,093	2,769,551	2,549,676	219,875	230,542		51,503	179,039
2001	11,765,945	8,087,980	3,677,965	8,639,154	5,194,035	3,445,119	3,126,791	2,893,945	2,612,833	281,112	232,846		41,037	191,809
2002	12,331,319	8,439,064	3,892,255	9,061,411	5,406,283	3,655,128	3,269,908	3,032,781	2,699,702	333,079	237,127		40,110	197,017
2003	12,687,597	8,744,188	3,943,409	9,240,724	5,557,680	3,683,044	3,446,873	3,186,508	2,776,850	409,658	260,365		36,815	223,550
2004	13,000,994	9,018,024	3,982,970	9,348,081	5,640,650	3,707,431	3,652,913	3,377,374	2,837,251	540,123	275,539		34,202	241,337

2005	13,200,790	9,261,634	3,939,156	9,390,216	5,728,327	3,661,889	3,810,574	3,533,307	2,878,354	654,953	277,267		34,729	242,538
2006	13,401,696	9,456,480	3,945,216	9,502,028	5,824,962	3,677,066	3,899,668	3,631,518	2,936,261	695,257	268,150		31,203	236,947
2007	13,786,735	9,768,388	4,018,347	9,744,001	5,992,611	3,751,390	4,042,734	3,775,777	2,993,901	781,876	266,957		26,140	240,817
2008	14,377,990	10,153,074	4,224,916	10,061,076	6,138,686	3,922,390	4,316,914	4,014,388	3,058,910	955,478	302,526		28,072	274,454
2009	15,379,473	10,695,816	4,683,657	10,746,637	6,452,414	4,294,223	4,632,836	4,243,402	3,153,294	1,090,108	389,434		27,964	361,470

2010	15,947,474	11,129,239	4,818,235	11,018,756	6,635,799	4,382,957	4,928,718	4,493,440	3,235,149	1,258,291	435,278		26,920	408,358
2011	15,892,792	11,261,845	4,630,947	10,954,754	6,734,116	4,220,638	4,938,038	4,527,729	3,285,711	1,242,018	410,309		34,267	376,042
2012	15,593,434	11,229,774	4,363,660	10,781,798	6,764,184	4,017,614	4,811,636	4,465,590	3,309,242	1,156,348	346,046		32,684	313,362
2013	15,410,058	11,183,239	4,226,819	10,697,939	6,790,930	3,907,009	4,712,119	4,392,309	3,337,799	1,054,510	319,810		27,313	292,497
2014	15,263,179	11,238,618	4,024,561	10,624,163	6,891,984	3,732,179	4,639,016	4,346,634	3,363,101	983,533	292,382		25,808	266,574

2015	15,078,504	11,226,353	3,852,151	10,569,574	6,970,121	3,599,453	4,508,930	4,256,232	3,399,283	856,949	252,698		41,579	211,119
2016	14,937,939	11,356,540	3,581,399	10,572,028	7,221,134	3,350,894	4,365,911	4,135,406	3,410,337	725,069	230,505		43,900	186,605
2017	14,883,617	11,404,002	3,479,615	10,568,658	7,309,343	3,259,315	4,314,959	4,094,659	3,435,813	658,846	220,300		43,992	176,308
2018	14,786,090	11,451,124	3,334,966	10,524,813	7,376,540	3,148,273	4,261,277	4,074,584	3,473,556	601,028	186,693		40,892	145,801
2019	14,762,177	11,526,240	3,235,937	10,487,368	7,432,735	3,054,633	4,274,809	4,093,505	3,486,978	606,527	181,304		29,970	151,334

2020	14,339,926	11,481,905	2,858,021	10,068,123	7,412,483	2,655,640	4,271,803	4,069,422	3,443,053	626,369	202,381		28,520	173,861
2021	14,027,552	11,363,452	2,664,100	9,767,043	7,298,384	2,468,659	4,260,509	4,065,068	3,465,308	599,760	195,441		24,560	170,881
2022	13,973,424	11,335,912	2,637,512	9,732,775	7,289,771	2,443,004	4,240,649	4,046,141	3,461,783	584,358	194,508		23,392	171,116
2023³	14,245,000	11,389,000	2,856,000	10,035,000	7,377,000	2,658,000	4,210,000	4,012,000	---	---	198,000		---	---
2024³	14,474,000	11,572,000	2,902,000	10,196,000	7,495,000	2,701,000	4,278,000	4,077,000	---	---	201,000		---	---

2025³	14,726,000	11,776,000	2,950,000	10,372,000	7,626,000	2,746,000	4,355,000	4,150,000	---	---	205,000		---	---
2026³	14,918,000	11,934,000	2,984,000	10,505,000	7,728,000	2,777,000	4,413,000	4,206,000	---	---	207,000		---	---
2027³	15,035,000	12,035,000	2,999,000	10,583,000	7,792,000	2,791,000	4,452,000	4,244,000	---	---	208,000		---	---
2028³	15,102,000	12,097,000	3,005,000	10,625,000	7,828,000	2,797,000	4,477,000	4,269,000	---	---	208,000		---	---
2029³	15,119,000	12,111,000	3,008,000	10,632,000	7,832,000	2,800,000	4,487,000	4,279,000	---	---	207,000		---	---

2030³	15,115,000	12,105,000	3,010,000	10,625,000	7,822,000	2,803,000	4,490,000	4,283,000	---	---	207,000		---	---
2031³	15,143,000	12,123,000	3,020,000	10,643,000	7,830,000	2,813,000	4,500,000	4,293,000	---	---	207,000		---	---
---Not available.
¹Large increases are due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.
²Because of imputation techniques, data are not consistent with figures for other years.
³Projected.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Full-time-equivalent (FTE) enrollment is the number of full-time students enrolled plus the full-time equivalent of the part-time students. For more information, see "Calculation of FTE students (using fall student headcounts)" in the IPEDS Glossary (https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/public/glossary). Data through 1995 are for institutions of higher education and U.S. service academies, while later data are for degree-granting institutions and U.S. service academies. 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. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1967 through 1985; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:86-99); Fall Enrollment component, Spring 2001 through Spring 2022 (final data) and Spring 2023 (provisional data); and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, through 2031. (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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