Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by type and control of institution, attendance status, and sex of student: 1970 to 1993

Table 173.
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Type and control of |          |           |              |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |
  institution, sex  |   1970   |   1975    |      1980    |   1985    |      1987    |   1988    |   1989    |   1990    |   1991    |  1992\1\  |  1993\2\
   and attendance   |          |           |              |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |
 status of student  |          |           |              |           |              |           |           |           |           |           |
____________________|__________|___________|______________|___________|______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
         1          |    2     |     3     |        4     |     5     |        6     |     7     |     8     |     9     |    10     |    11     |    12
____________________|__________|___________|______________|___________|______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
    Total ..........|8,580,887 |11,184,859 |   12,096,895 |12,247,055 |   12,766,642 |13,055,337 |13,538,560 |13,818,637 |14,358,953 |14,486,315 |14,305,658
  Full-time ........|5,816,290 | 6,841,334 |    7,097,958 | 7,075,221 |    7,231,085 | 7,436,768 | 7,660,950 | 7,820,985 | 8,115,329 | 8,161,118 | 8,127,740
    Men ............|3,504,095 | 3,926,753 |    3,689,244 | 3,607,720 |    3,610,888 | 3,661,779 | 3,740,243 | 3,807,752 | 3,929,375 | 3,926,441 | 3,890,603
    Women ..........|2,312,195 | 2,914,581 |    3,408,714 | 3,467,501 |    3,620,197 | 3,774,989 | 3,920,707 | 4,013,233 | 4,185,954 | 4,234,677 | 4,237,137
  Part-time ........|2,764,597 | 4,343,525 |    4,998,937 | 5,171,834 |    5,535,557 | 5,618,569 | 5,877,610 | 5,997,652 | 6,243,624 | 6,325,197 | 6,177,918
    Men ............|1,539,547 | 2,222,244 |    2,185,130 | 2,210,730 |    2,321,168 | 2,340,117 | 2,449,772 | 2,476,157 | 2,572,469 | 2,597,075 | 2,537,113
    Women ..........|1,225,050 | 2,121,281 |    2,813,807 | 2,961,104 |    3,214,389 | 3,278,452 | 3,427,838 | 3,521,495 | 3,671,155 | 3,728,122 | 3,640,805
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  4-year, total ....|6,261,502 | 7,214,740 |    7,570,608 | 7,715,978 |    7,990,420 | 8,180,182 | 8,387,671 | 8,578,554 | 8,707,053 | 8,763,925 | 8,739,791
    Full-time ......|4,587,379 | 5,080,256 |    5,344,163 | 5,384,614 |    5,522,416 | 5,693,176 | 5,805,249 | 5,937,023 | 6,040,799 | 6,081,112 | 6,084,421
      Men ..........|2,732,796 | 2,891,192 |    2,809,528 | 2,781,412 |    2,790,721 | 2,843,186 | 2,870,555 | 2,926,360 | 2,967,978 | 2,974,625 | 2,962,387
      Women ........|1,854,583 | 2,189,064 |    2,534,635 | 2,603,202 |    2,731,695 | 2,849,990 | 2,934,694 | 3,010,663 | 3,072,821 | 3,106,487 | 3,122,034
    Part-time ......|1,674,123 | 2,134,484 |    2,226,445 | 2,331,364 |    2,468,004 | 2,487,006 | 2,582,422 | 2,641,531 | 2,666,254 | 2,682,813 | 2,655,370
      Men ..........|  936,189 | 1,092,461 |    1,017,813 | 1,034,804 |    1,068,512 | 1,069,021 | 1,102,660 | 1,124,780 | 1,131,956 | 1,135,615 | 1,119,870
      Women ........|  737,934 | 1,042,023 |    1,208,632 | 1,296,560 |    1,399,492 | 1,417,985 | 1,479,762 | 1,516,751 | 1,534,298 | 1,547,198 | 1,535,500
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    Public 4-year ..|4,232,722 | 4,998,142 |    5,128,612 | 5,209,540 |    5,432,200 | 5,545,901 | 5,694,303 | 5,848,242 | 5,904,748 | 5,900,012 | 5,851,760
      Full-time ....|3,086,491 | 3,469,821 |    3,592,193 | 3,623,341 |    3,736,150 | 3,842,375 | 3,934,437 | 4,033,654 | 4,088,970 | 4,095,310 | 4,074,055
        Men ........|1,813,584 | 1,947,823 |    1,873,397 | 1,863,689 |    1,882,064 | 1,910,326 | 1,937,888 | 1,982,369 | 2,005,941 | 2,005,043 | 1,989,410
        Women ......|1,272,907 | 1,521,998 |    1,718,796 | 1,759,652 |    1,854,086 | 1,932,049 | 1,996,549 | 2,051,285 | 2,083,029 | 2,090,267 | 2,084,645
      Part-time ....|1,146,231 | 1,528,321 |    1,536,419 | 1,586,199 |    1,696,050 | 1,703,526 | 1,759,866 | 1,814,588 | 1,815,778 | 1,804,702 | 1,777,705
        Men ........|  609,422 |   760,469 |      685,051 |   693,115 |      722,562 |   721,832 |   743,137 |   764,248 |   764,969 |   760,186 |   750,409
        Women ......|  536,809 |   767,852 |      851,368 |   893,084 |      973,488 |   981,694 | 1,016,729 | 1,050,340 | 1,050,809 | 1,044,516 | 1,027,296
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    Private 4-year .|2,028,780 | 2,216,598 |    2,441,996 | 2,506,438 |    2,558,220 | 2,634,281 | 2,693,368 | 2,730,312 | 2,802,305 | 2,863,913 | 2,888,031
      Full-time ....|1,500,888 | 1,610,435 |    1,751,970 | 1,761,273 |    1,786,266 | 1,850,801 | 1,870,812 | 1,903,369 | 1,951,829 | 1,985,802 | 2,010,366
        Men ........|  919,212 |   943,369 |      936,131 |   917,723 |      908,657 |   932,860 |   932,667 |   943,991 |   962,037 |   969,582 |   972,977
        Women ......|  581,676 |   667,066 |      815,839 |   843,550 |      877,609 |   917,941 |   938,145 |   959,378 |   989,792 | 1,016,220 | 1,037,389
      Part-time ....|  527,892 |   606,163 |      690,026 |   745,165 |      771,954 |   783,480 |   822,556 |   826,943 |   850,476 |   878,111 |   877,665
        Men ........|  326,767 |   331,992 |      332,762 |   341,689 |      345,950 |   347,189 |   359,523 |   360,532 |   366,987 |   375,429 |   369,461
        Women ......|  201,125 |   274,171 |      357,264 |   403,476 |      426,004 |   436,291 |   463,033 |   466,411 |   483,489 |   502,682 |   508,204
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  2-year, total ....|2,319,385 | 3,970,119 |    4,526,287 | 4,531,077 |    4,776,222 | 4,875,155 | 5,150,889 | 5,240,083 | 5,651,900 | 5,722,390 | 5,565,867
    Full-time ......|1,228,911 | 1,761,078 |    1,753,795 | 1,690,607 |    1,708,669 | 1,743,592 | 1,855,701 | 1,883,962 | 2,074,530 | 2,080,006 | 2,043,319
      Men ..........|  771,299 | 1,035,561 |      879,716 |   826,308 |      820,167 |   818,593 |   869,688 |   881,392 |   961,397 |   951,816 |   928,216
      Women ........|  457,612 |   725,517 |      874,079 |   864,299 |      888,502 |   924,999 |   986,013 | 1,002,570 | 1,113,133 | 1,128,190 | 1,115,103
    Part-time ......|1,090,474 | 2,209,041 |    2,772,492 | 2,840,470 |    3,067,553 | 3,131,563 | 3,295,188 | 3,356,121 | 3,577,370 | 3,642,384 | 3,522,548
      Men ..........|  603,358 | 1,129,783 |    1,167,317 | 1,175,926 |    1,252,656 | 1,271,096 | 1,347,112 | 1,351,377 | 1,440,513 | 1,461,460 | 1,417,243
      Women ........|  487,116 | 1,079,258 |    1,605,175 | 1,664,544 |    1,814,897 | 1,860,467 | 1,948,076 | 2,004,744 | 2,136,857 | 2,180,924 | 2,105,305
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    Public 2-year ..|2,195,412 | 3,836,366 |    4,328,782 | 4,269,733 |    4,541,054 | 4,615,487 | 4,883,660 | 4,996,475 | 5,404,815 | 5,484,555 | 5,337,328
      Full-time ....|1,129,165 | 1,662,621 |    1,595,493 | 1,496,905 |    1,530,912 | 1,567,973 | 1,674,249 | 1,716,843 | 1,885,607 | 1,915,565 | 1,888,507
        Men ........|  720,440 |   988,701 |      811,871 |   742,673 |      744,110 |   745,912 |   793,251 |   810,664 |   881,576 |   878,076 |   858,600
        Women ......|  408,725 |   673,920 |      783,622 |   754,232 |      786,802 |   822,061 |   880,998 |   906,179 | 1,004,031 | 1,037,489 | 1,029,907
      Part-time ....|1,066,247 | 2,173,745 |    2,733,289 | 2,772,828 |    3,010,142 | 3,047,514 | 3,209,411 | 3,279,632 | 3,519,208 | 3,568,990 | 3,448,821
        Men ........|  589,439 | 1,107,680 |    1,152,268 | 1,138,011 |    1,224,730 | 1,230,888 | 1,302,074 | 1,317,730 | 1,413,870 | 1,431,091 | 1,386,092
        Women ......|  476,808 | 1,066,065 |    1,581,021 | 1,634,817 |    1,785,412 | 1,816,626 | 1,907,337 | 1,961,902 | 2,105,338 | 2,137,899 | 2,062,729
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    Private 2-year .|  123,973 |   133,753 |\3\   197,505 |   261,344 |\4\   235,168 |   259,668 |   267,229 |   243,608 |   247,085 |   237,835 |   228,539
      Full-time ....|   99,746 |    98,457 |\3\   158,302 |   193,702 |\4\   177,757 |   175,619 |   181,452 |   167,119 |   188,923 |   164,441 |   154,812
        Men ........|   50,859 |    46,860 |\3\    67,845 |    83,635 |\4\    76,057 |    72,681 |    76,437 |    70,728 |    79,821 |    73,740 |    69,616
        Women ......|   48,887 |    51,597 |\3\    90,457 |   110,067 |\4\   101,700 |   102,938 |   105,015 |    96,391 |   109,102 |    90,701 |    85,196
      Part-time ....|   24,227 |    35,296 |\3\    39,203 |    67,642 |\4\    57,411 |    84,049 |    85,777 |    76,489 |    58,162 |    73,394 |    73,727
        Men ........|   13,919 |    22,103 |\3\    15,049 |    37,915 |\4\    27,926 |    40,208 |    45,038 |    33,647 |    26,643 |    30,369 |    31,151
        Women ......|   10,308 |    13,193 |\3\    24,154 |    29,727 |\4\    29,485 |    43,841 |    40,739 |    42,842 |    31,519 |    43,025 |    42,576
____________________|__________|___________|______________|___________|______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
\1\Data revised from previously published figures.
\2\Preliminary data.
\3\Large increase is due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.
\4\Because of imputation techniques, data are not consistent with figures for other years.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared February 1995.)
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