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Table 169.Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by attendance status, sex of student, and control of institution: 1947 to 1994

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          |           |   Attendance status     |     Sex of student    |            Control of institution
   Year   |           |-------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------
          |   Total   |           |             |           |           |  Public   |             Private
          |enrollment | Full-time |   Part-time |    Men    |   Women   |           |------------------------------------
          |           |           |             |           |           |           |   Total   | Nonprofit |Proprietary
----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------
    1     |     2     |     3     |      4      |     5     |     6     |     7     |     8     |     9     |      10
----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------
1947 \1\ .| 2,338,226 |       --- |         --- | 1,659,249 |   678,977 | 1,152,377 | 1,185,849 |       --- |        ---
1948 \1\ .| 2,403,396 |       --- |         --- | 1,709,367 |   694,029 | 1,185,588 | 1,217,808 |       --- |        ---
1949 \1\ .| 2,444,900 |       --- |         --- | 1,721,572 |   723,328 | 1,207,151 | 1,237,749 |       --- |        ---
1950 \1\ .| 2,281,298 |       --- |         --- | 1,560,392 |   720,906 | 1,139,699 | 1,141,599 |       --- |        ---
1951 \1\ .| 2,101,962 |       --- |         --- | 1,390,740 |   711,222 | 1,037,938 | 1,064,024 |       --- |        ---
          |           |           |             |           |           |           |           |           |
1952 \1\ .| 2,134,242 |       --- |         --- | 1,380,357 |   753,885 | 1,101,240 | 1,033,002 |       --- |        ---
1953 \1\ .| 2,231,054 |       --- |         --- | 1,422,598 |   808,456 | 1,185,876 | 1,045,178 |       --- |        ---
1954 \1\ .| 2,446,693 |       --- |         --- | 1,563,382 |   883,311 | 1,353,531 | 1,093,162 |       --- |        ---
1955 \1\ .| 2,653,034 |       --- |         --- | 1,733,184 |   919,850 | 1,476,282 | 1,176,752 |       --- |        ---
1956 \1\ .| 2,918,212 |       --- |         --- | 1,911,458 | 1,006,754 | 1,656,402 | 1,261,810 |       --- |        ---
          |           |           |             |           |           |           |           |           |
1957 .....| 3,323,783 |       --- |         --- | 2,170,765 | 1,153,018 | 1,972,673 | 1,351,110 |       --- |        ---
1959 .....| 3,639,847 | 2,421,016 |\2\1,218,831 | 2,332,617 | 1,307,230 | 2,180,982 | 1,458,865 |       --- |        ---
1961 .....| 4,145,065 | 2,785,133 |\2\1,359,932 | 2,585,821 | 1,559,244 | 2,561,447 | 1,583,618 |       --- |        ---
1963 .....| 4,779,609 | 3,183,833 |\2\1,595,776 | 2,961,540 | 1,818,069 | 3,081,279 | 1,698,330 |       --- |        ---
1964 .....| 5,280,020 | 3,573,238 |\2\1,706,782 | 3,248,713 | 2,031,307 | 3,467,708 | 1,812,312 |       --- |        ---
          |           |           |             |           |           |           |           |           |
1965 .....| 5,920,864 | 4,095,728 |\2\1,825,136 | 3,630,020 | 2,290,844 | 3,969,596 | 1,951,268 |       --- |        ---
1966 .....| 6,389,872 | 4,438,606 |\2\1,951,266 | 3,856,216 | 2,533,656 | 4,348,917 | 2,040,955 |       --- |        ---
1967 .....| 6,911,748 | 4,793,128 |\2\2,118,620 | 4,132,800 | 2,778,948 | 4,816,028 | 2,095,720 |       --- |        ---
1968 .....| 7,513,091 | 5,210,155 |   2,302,936 | 4,477,649 | 3,035,442 | 5,430,652 | 2,082,439 |       --- |        ---
1969 .....| 8,004,660 | 5,498,883 |   2,505,777 | 4,746,201 | 3,258,459 | 5,896,868 | 2,107,792 |       --- |        ---
          |           |           |             |           |           |           |           |           |
1970 .....| 8,580,887 | 5,816,290 |   2,764,597 | 5,043,642 | 3,537,245 | 6,428,134 | 2,152,753 |       --- |        ---
1971 .....| 8,948,644 | 6,077,232 |   2,871,412 | 5,207,004 | 3,741,640 | 6,804,309 | 2,144,335 |       --- |        ---
1972 .....| 9,214,820 | 6,072,389 |   3,142,471 | 5,238,757 | 3,976,103 | 7,070,635 | 2,144,185 |       --- |        ---
1973 .....| 9,602,123 | 6,189,493 |   3,412,630 | 5,371,052 | 4,231,071 | 7,419,516 | 2,182,607 |       --- |        ---
1974 .....|10,223,729 | 6,370,273 |   3,853,456 | 5,622,429 | 4,601,300 | 7,988,500 | 2,235,229 |       --- |        ---
          |           |           |             |           |           |           |           |           |
1975 .....|11,184,859 | 6,841,334 |   4,343,525 | 6,148,997 | 5,035,862 | 8,834,508 | 2,350,351 |       --- |        ---
1976 .....|11,012,137 | 6,717,058 |   4,295,079 | 5,810,828 | 5,201,309 | 8,653,477 | 2,358,660 | 2,314,298 |     44,362
1977 .....|11,285,787 | 6,792,925 |   4,492,862 | 5,789,016 | 5,496,771 | 8,846,993 | 2,438,794 | 2,386,652 |     52,142
1978 .....|11,260,092 | 6,667,657 |   4,592,435 | 5,640,998 | 5,619,094 | 8,785,893 | 2,474,199 | 2,408,331 |     65,868
1979 .....|11,569,899 | 6,794,039 |   4,775,860 | 5,682,877 | 5,887,022 | 9,036,822 | 2,533,077 | 2,461,773 |     71,304
          |           |           |             |           |           |           |           |           |
1980 .....|12,096,895 | 7,097,958 |   4,998,937 | 5,874,374 | 6,222,521 | 9,457,394 | 2,639,501 | 2,527,787 |\3\ 111,714
1981 .....|12,371,672 | 7,181,250 |   5,190,422 | 5,975,056 | 6,396,616 | 9,647,032 | 2,724,640 | 2,572,405 |\3\ 152,235
1982 .....|12,425,780 | 7,220,618 |   5,205,162 | 6,031,384 | 6,394,396 | 9,696,087 | 2,729,693 | 2,552,739 |\3\ 176,954
1983 .....|12,464,661 | 7,261,050 |   5,203,611 | 6,023,725 | 6,440,936 | 9,682,734 | 2,781,927 | 2,589,187 |    192,740
1984 .....|12,241,940 | 7,098,388 |   5,143,552 | 5,863,574 | 6,378,366 | 9,477,370 | 2,764,570 | 2,574,419 |    190,151
          |           |           |             |           |           |           |           |           |
1985 .....|12,247,055 | 7,075,221 |   5,171,834 | 5,818,450 | 6,428,605 | 9,479,273 | 2,767,782 | 2,571,791 |    195,991
1986 .....|12,503,511 | 7,119,550 |   5,383,961 | 5,884,515 | 6,618,996 | 9,713,893 | 2,789,618 | 2,572,479 |\4\ 217,139
1987 .....|12,766,642 | 7,231,085 |   5,535,557 | 5,932,056 | 6,834,586 | 9,973,254 | 2,793,388 | 2,602,350 |\4\ 191,038
1988 .....|13,055,337 | 7,436,768 |   5,618,569 | 6,001,896 | 7,053,441 |10,161,388 | 2,893,949 | 2,673,567 |    220,382
1989 .....|13,538,560 | 7,660,950 |   5,877,610 | 6,190,015 | 7,348,545 |10,577,963 | 2,960,597 | 2,731,174 |    229,423
          |           |           |             |           |           |           |           |           |
1990 .....|13,818,637 | 7,820,985 |   5,997,652 | 6,283,909 | 7,534,728 |10,844,717 | 2,973,920 | 2,760,227 |    213,693
1991 .....|14,358,953 | 8,115,329 |   6,243,624 | 6,501,844 | 7,857,109 |11,309,563 | 3,049,390 | 2,819,041 |    230,349
1992 .....|14,486,315 | 8,162,118 |   6,325,241 | 6,523,989 | 7,963,370 |11,384,567 | 3,101,748 | 2,871,479 |    230,269
1993 \5\..|14,304,803 | 8,127,618 |   6,177,185 | 6,427,450 | 7,877,353 |11,189,088 | 3,115,715 | 2,888,897 |    226,818
1994 \6\..|14,278,790 | 8,137,776 |   6,141,014 | 6,371,898 | 7,906,892 |11,133,680 | 3,145,110 | 2,910,107 |    235,003
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\1\Degree-credit enrollment only.

\2\Includes part-time resident students and all extension students.

\3\Large increases are 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.

\5\Revised from previously published data.

\6\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 January 1996.)


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