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Table 168.Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by control and type of institution: 1963 to 1993 

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          |                    All institutions                   |                 Public institutions                   |                 Private institutions
   Year   |_______________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________|_____________________________________________________
          |           |          4-year                |          |           |           4-year               |          |          |           4-year             |
          |   Total   |________________________________|          |   Total   |________________________________|          |  Total   |______________________________|
          |           |  Total   |University|  Other   |  2-year  |           |  Total   |University|  Other   |  2-year  |          |  Total   |Univer- |  Other   |   2-year
          |           |          |          |  4-year  |          |           |          |          |  4-year  |          |          |          |  sity  |  4-year  |
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    1     |     2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |     7     |    8     |    9     |    10    |    11    |    12    |    13    |   14   |    15    |      16
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1963 \1\ .| 4,779,609 |3,929,248 |      --- |      --- |  850,361 | 3,081,279 |2,341,468 |      --- |      --- |  739,811 |1,698,330 |1,587,780 |    --- |      --- |   110,550
1964 \1\ .| 5,280,020 |4,291,094 |      --- |      --- |  988,926 | 3,467,708 |2,592,929 |      --- |      --- |  874,779 |1,812,312 |1,698,165 |    --- |      --- |   114,147
1965 \1\ .| 5,920,864 |4,747,912 |      --- |      --- |1,172,952 | 3,969,596 |2,928,332 |      --- |      --- |1,041,264 |1,951,268 |1,819,580 |    --- |      --- |   131,688
1966 \1\ .| 6,389,872 |5,063,902 |      --- |      --- |1,325,970 | 4,348,917 |3,159,748 |      --- |      --- |1,189,169 |2,040,955 |1,904,154 |    --- |      --- |   136,801
1967 \1\ .| 6,911,748 |5,398,986 |      --- |      --- |1,512,762 | 4,816,028 |3,443,975 |      --- |      --- |1,372,053 |2,095,720 |1,955,011 |    --- |      --- |   140,709
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1968 \1\ .| 7,513,091 |5,720,795 |      --- |      --- |1,792,296 | 5,430,652 |3,784,178 |      --- |      --- |1,646,474 |2,082,439 |1,936,617 |    --- |      --- |   145,822
1969 .....| 8,004,660 |5,937,127 |      --- |      --- |2,067,533 | 5,896,868 |3,962,522 |      --- |      --- |1,934,346 |2,107,792 |1,974,605 |    --- |      --- |   133,187
1970 .....| 8,580,887 |6,261,502 |      --- |      --- |2,319,385 | 6,428,134 |4,232,722 |      --- |      --- |2,195,412 |2,152,753 |2,028,780 |    --- |      --- |   123,973
1971 .....| 8,948,644 |6,369,355 |      --- |      --- |2,579,289 | 6,804,309 |4,346,990 |      --- |      --- |2,457,319 |2,144,335 |2,022,365 |    --- |      --- |   121,970
1972 .....| 9,214,820 |6,458,634 |      --- |      --- |2,756,186 | 7,070,635 |4,429,696 |      --- |      --- |2,640,939 |2,144,185 |2,028,938 |    --- |      --- |   115,247
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1973 .....| 9,602,123 |6,590,023 |      --- |      --- |3,012,100 | 7,419,516 |4,529,895 |      --- |      --- |2,889,621 |2,182,607 |2,060,128 |    --- |      --- |   122,479
1974 .....|10,223,729 |6,819,735 |      --- |      --- |3,403,994 | 7,988,500 |4,703,018 |      --- |      --- |3,285,482 |2,235,229 |2,116,717 |    --- |      --- |   118,512
1975 .....|11,184,859 |7,214,740 |2,838,266 |4,376,474 |3,970,119 | 8,834,508 |4,998,142 |2,124,221 |2,873,921 |3,836,366 |2,350,351 |2,216,598 |714,045 |1,502,553 |   133,753
1976 .....|11,012,137 |7,128,816 |2,780,289 |4,348,527 |3,883,321 | 8,653,477 |4,901,691 |2,079,929 |2,821,762 |3,751,786 |2,358,660 |2,227,125 |700,360 |1,526,765 |   131,535
1977 .....|11,285,787 |7,242,845 |2,793,418 |4,449,427 |4,042,942 | 8,846,993 |4,945,224 |2,070,032 |2,875,192 |3,901,769 |2,438,794 |2,297,621 |723,386 |1,574,235 |   141,173
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1978 .....|11,260,092 |7,231,625 |2,780,729 |4,451,222 |4,028,467 | 8,785,893 |4,912,203 |2,062,295 |2,849,908 |3,873,690 |2,474,199 |2,319,422 |718,434 |1,601,314 |   154,777
1979 .....|11,569,899 |7,353,233 |2,839,582 |4,513,651 |4,216,666 | 9,036,822 |4,980,012 |2,099,525 |2,880,487 |4,056,810 |2,533,077 |2,373,221 |740,057 |1,633,164 |   159,856
1980 .....|12,096,895 |7,570,608 |2,902,014 |4,668,594 |4,526,287 | 9,457,394 |5,128,612 |2,154,283 |2,974,329 |4,328,782 |2,639,501 |2,441,996 |747,731 |1,694,265 |\2\197,505
1981 .....|12,371,672 |7,655,461 |2,901,344 |4,754,117 |4,716,211 | 9,647,032 |5,166,324 |2,152,474 |3,013,850 |4,480,708 |2,724,640 |2,489,137 |748,870 |1,740,267 |\2\235,503
1982 .....|12,425,780 |7,654,074 |2,883,735 |4,770,339 |4,771,706 | 9,696,087 |5,176,434 |2,152,547 |3,023,887 |4,519,653 |2,729,693 |2,477,640 |731,188 |1,746,452 |   252,053
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1983 .....|12,464,661 |7,741,195 |2,888,813 |4,852,382 |4,723,466 | 9,682,734 |5,223,404 |2,154,790 |3,068,614 |4,459,330 |2,781,927 |2,517,791 |734,023 |1,783,768 |   264,136
1984 .....|12,241,940 |7,711,167 |2,870,329 |4,840,838 |4,530,773 | 9,477,370 |5,198,273 |2,138,621 |3,059,652 |4,279,097 |2,764,570 |2,512,894 |731,708 |1,781,186 |   251,676
1985 .....|12,247,055 |7,715,978 |2,870,692 |4,845,286 |4,531,077 | 9,479,273 |5,209,540 |2,141,112 |3,068,428 |4,269,733 |2,767,782 |2,506,438 |729,580 |1,776,858 |   261,344
1986 .....|12,503,511 |7,823,963 |2,897,207 |4,926,756 |4,679,548 | 9,713,893 |5,300,202 |2,160,646 |3,139,556 |4,413,691 |2,789,618 |2,523,761 |736,561 |1,787,200 |\3\265,857
1987 .....|12,766,642 |7,990,420 |2,929,327 |5,061,093 |4,776,222 | 9,973,254 |5,432,200 |2,188,008 |3,244,192 |4,541,054 |2,793,388 |2,558,220 |741,319 |1,816,901 |\3\235,168
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1988 .....|13,055,337 |8,180,182 |2,978,593 |5,201,589 |4,875,155 |10,161,388 |5,545,901 |2,229,868 |3,316,033 |4,615,487 |2,893,949 |2,634,281 |748,725 |1,885,556 |   259,668
1989 .....|13,538,560 |8,387,671 |3,019,115 |5,368,556 |5,150,889 |10,577,963 |5,694,303 |2,266,056 |3,428,247 |4,883,660 |2,960,597 |2,693,368 |753,059 |1,940,309 |   267,229
1990 .....|13,818,637 |8,578,554 |3,044,670 |5,533,884 |5,240,083 |10,844,717 |5,848,242 |2,290,464 |3,557,778 |4,996,475 |2,973,920 |2,730,312 |754,206 |1,976,106 |   243,608
1991 .....|14,358,953 |8,707,053 |3,065,429 |5,641,624 |5,651,900 |11,309,563 |5,904,748 |2,301,222 |3,603,526 |5,404,815 |3,049,390 |2,802,305 |764,207 |2,038,098 |   247,085
1992 \4\..|14,486,315 |8,763,925 |3,050,345 |5,713,580 |5,722,390 |11,384,567 |5,900,012 |2,283,834 |3,616,178 |5,484,555 |3,101,748 |2,863,913 |766,511 |2,097,402 |   237,835
1993 \5\..|14,305,658 |8,739,791 |3,022,728 |5,717,063 |5,565,867 |11,189,088 |5,851,760 |2,259,692 |3,592,068 |5,337,328 |3,116,570 |2,888,031 |763,036 |2,124,995 |   228,539
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\1\Data for 2-year branch campuses of 4-year institutions are included with the 4-year institutions.
\2\Large increases are due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.
\3\Because of imputation techniques, data are not consistent with figures for other years.
\4\Revised from previously published data.
\5\Preliminary data.
---Data not available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared March 1995.)


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