Educational institutions, by level and control of institution: 1978-79 to 1993-94

Table 5.

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                        |       |           |       |       |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |
   Level and control    |1978-79| 1980-81   |1982-83|1984-85| 1986-87   |1987-88 |1988-89|1989-90|1990-91 |1991-92|1992-93|1993-94
     of institution     |       |           |       |       |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |
________________________|_______|___________|_______|_______|___________|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________
           1            |   2   |      3    |   4   |   5   |      6    |   7    |   8   |   9   |   10   |  11   |  12   |   13
________________________|_______|___________|_______|_______|___________|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________
    All institutions ...|   --- |   117,707 |   --- |   --- |   121,433 |122,111 |   --- |   --- |119,242 |   --- |   --- |121,855
                        |_______|___________|_______|_______|___________|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________
Elementary and          |       |           |       |       |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |
 secondary schools .....|   --- |   106,746 |   --- |   --- |   109,071 |110,055 |   --- |   --- |109,228 |   --- |   --- |111,486
  Elementary ...........|73,062 |    72,659 |   --- |   --- |    74,104 | 76,247 |   --- |   --- | 74,716 |   --- |   --- | 75,591
  Secondary ............|25,259 |    24,856 |   --- |   --- |    23,844 | 23,153 |   --- |   --- | 22,873 |   --- |   --- | 22,610
  Combined .............| 4,904 |     5,202 |   --- |   --- |     6,932 |  8,202 |   --- |   --- |  8,847 |   --- |   --- | 10,678
  Other\1\ .............|   --- |     4,029 |   --- |   --- |     4,191 |  2,453 |   --- |   --- |  2,792 |   --- |   --- |  2,608
                        |       |           |       |       |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |
  Public schools .......|   --- |    85,982 |84,740 |84,007 |    83,455 | 83,248 |83,165 |83,425 | 84,538 |84,578 |84,501 | 85,393
    Elementary .........|60,312 |    59,326 |58,051 |57,231 |    58,801 | 59,311 |59,296 |59,757 | 59,015 |59,258 |59,680 | 60,052
    Secondary ..........|22,834 |    22,619 |22,383 |22,320 |    21,406 | 20,758 |20,550 |20,359 | 20,406 |20,120 |19,995 | 20,059
    Combined ...........| 1,670 |     1,743 | 1,605 | 1,596 |     1,983 |  2,179 | 2,235 | 2,280 |  2,325 | 2,481 | 2,549 |  2,674
    Other\1\ ...........|   --- |     2,294 | 2,701 | 2,860 |     1,265 |  1,000 | 1,084 | 1,029 |  2,792 | 2,719 | 2,277 |  2,608
                        |       |           |       |       |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |
  Private schools ......|19,489 |    20,764 |   --- |   --- |\2\ 25,616 | 26,807 |   --- |   --- | 24,690 |25,998 |   --- | 26,093
    Elementary .........|12,750 |    13,333 |   --- |   --- |\2\ 15,303 | 16,936 |   --- |   --- | 15,701 |15,716 |   --- | 15,539
    Secondary ..........| 2,425 |     2,237 |   --- |   --- |\2\  2,438 |  2,395 |   --- |   --- |  2,467 | 2,475 |   --- |  2,551
    Combined ...........| 3,234 |     3,459 |   --- |   --- |\2\  4,949 |  6,023 |   --- |   --- |  6,522 | 7,807 |   --- |  8,004
    Other\1\ ...........| 1,080 |     1,735 |   --- |   --- |\2\  2,926 |  1,453 |   --- |   --- |  (\3\) | (\3\) |   --- |  (\3\)
                        |       |           |       |       |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |
Postsecondary insti-    |       |           |       |       |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |
  tutions ..............|   --- |\4\ 10,961 |   --- |   --- |    12,362 | 12,056 |11,389 |10,606 | 10,014 | 9,983 |10,601 | 10,369
    Public .............|   --- |\4\  2,393 |   --- |   --- |     2,363 |  2,250 | 2,169 | 2,120 |  2,096 | 2,129 | 2,146 |  2,152
    Private nonprofit ..|   --- |\4\  2,359 |   --- |   --- |     3,432 |  3,254 | 3,092 | 2,942 |  2,808 | 2,810 | 2,926 |  2,890
    Proprietary ........|   --- |\4\  6,209 |   --- |   --- |     6,567 |  6,552 | 6,128 | 5,544 |  5,110 | 5,044 | 5,529 |  5,327
                        |       |           |       |       |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |
  Noncollegiate insti-  |       |           |       |       |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |
    tutions ............|   --- |\4\  7,730 |   --- |   --- |     8,956 |  8,469 | 7,824 | 7,071 |  6,455 | 6,382 | 6,963 |  6,737
    Public .............|   --- |\4\    896 |   --- |   --- |       830 |    659 |   587 |   557 |    529 |   531 |   522 |    527
    Private nonprofit ..|   --- |\4\    790 |   --- |   --- |     1,797 |  1,581 | 1,434 | 1,286 |  1,159 | 1,148 | 1,254 |  1,203
    Proprietary ........|   --- |\4\  6,044 |   --- |   --- |     6,329 |  6,229 | 5,803 | 5,228 |  4,767 | 4,703 | 5,187 |  5,007
                        |       |           |       |       |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |
  Institutions of higher|       |           |       |       |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |
   education\5\ ........| 3,134 |     3,231 | 3,280 | 3,331 |     3,406 |  3,587 | 3,565 | 3,535 |  3,559 | 3,601 | 3,638 |  3,632
    2-year colleges ....| 1,193 |     1,274 | 1,296 | 1,306 |     1,336 |  1,452 | 1,436 | 1,408 |  1,418 | 1,444 | 1,469 |  1,442
      Public ...........|   924 |       945 |   933 |   935 |       960 |    992 |   984 |   968 |    972 |   999 | 1,024 |  1,021
      Private nonprofit |   188 |       182 |   363 |   186 |       173 |    186 |   180 |   177 |    167 |   176 |   179 |    181
      Proprietary ......|    81 |       147 | (\6\) |   185 |       203 |    274 |   272 |   263 |    279 |   269 |   266 |    240
                        |       |           |       |       |           |        |       |       |        |       |       |
    4-year colleges ....| 1,941 |     1,957 | 1,984 | 2,025 |     2,070 |  2,135 | 2,129 | 2,127 |  2,141 | 2,157 | 2,169 |  2,190
      Public ...........|   550 |       552 |   560 |   566 |       573 |    599 |   598 |   595 |    595 |   599 |   600 |    604
      Private nonprofit | 1,376 |     1,387 | 1,424 | 1,430 |     1,462 |  1,487 | 1,478 | 1,479 |  1,482 | 1,486 | 1,493 |  1,506
      Proprietary ......|    15 |        18 | (\6\) |    29 |        35 |     49 |    53 |    53 |     64 |    72 |    76 |     80
________________________|_______|___________|_______|_______|___________|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________

\1\ Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span. Because of changes in survey definitions, figures for "other" schools are not comparable from year to year.
\2\ Data are for 1985-86. Data were collected from a sample survey that differed significantly from earlier surveys. The sample survey was designed to correct an undercount of about 10 percent that was known to have occurred in earlier surveys.
\3\ Included in other categories.
\4\ Because of changes in survey procedures, figures are not directly comparable with data for later years.
\5\ Includes those colleges designated as institutions of higher education by the Higher Education General Information Survey system, even if they have a less than 2-year program. Includes branch campuses. Beginning in 1980, total includes some schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.
\6\ Included under "private nonprofit."
---Data not available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data and Private School surveys; Higher Education General Information Survey, "Institutional Characteristics of Colleges and Universities;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Institutional Characteristics" surveys. (This table was prepared June 1995.)

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