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Table 170.Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by control and type of institution: 1963 to 1994

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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
           |           |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |
 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
           |           |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |
 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 .....|14,487,359 |8,764,969 |3,050,345 |5,714,624 |5,722,390 |11,384,567 |5,900,012 |2,283,834 |3,616,178 |5,484,555 |3,102,792 |2,864,957 |766,511 |2,098,446 |   237,835
 1993 \4\..|14,304,803 |8,738,936 |3,022,728 |5,716,208 |5,565,867 |11,189,088 |5,851,760 |2,259,692 |3,592,068 |5,337,328 |3,115,715 |2,887,176 |763,036 |2,124,140 |   228,539
 1994 \5\..|14,278,790 |8,749,080 |3,009,072 |5,740,008 |5,529,710 |11,133,680 |5,825,213 |2,244,636 |3,580,577 |5,308,467 |3,145,110 |2,923,867 |764,436 |2,159,431 |   221,243
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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 January 1996.)


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