Total first-professional fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by attendance status, sex of student, and control of institution: 1969 to 1994

Table 185.

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          |        |        |       |        |        |        Men        |       Women       |      Men       |     Women
   Year   | Total  | Full-  | Part- |  Men   | Women  |-------------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------
          |        | time   | time  |        |        |Full-time|Part-time|Full-time|Part-time|Public |Private |Public |Private
----------|--------|--------|-------|--------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------|--------|-------|-------
    1     |   2    |   3    |   4   |   5    |   6    |    7    |    8    |    9    |   10    |  11   |   12   |  13   |  14
----------|--------|--------|-------|--------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------|--------|-------|-------
1969 .....|164,737 |143,081 |21,656 |148,926 | 15,811 | 131,368 |  17,558 |  11,713 |   4,098 |64,241 | 84,685 | 8,354 | 7,457
1970 .....|173,411 |157,384 |16,027 |158,649 | 14,762 | 144,270 |  14,379 |  13,114 |   1,648 |68,956 | 89,693 | 6,501 | 8,261
1971 .....|192,668 |176,224 |16,444 |174,058 | 18,610 | 159,386 |  14,672 |  16,838 |   1,772 |98,233 | 75,825 | 9,430 | 9,180
1972 .....|206,659 |190,039 |16,620 |183,443 | 23,216 | 168,990 |  14,453 |  21,049 |   2,167 |79,723 |103,720 |10,842 |12,374
1973 .....|218,990 |201,663 |17,327 |186,297 | 32,693 | 171,731 |  14,566 |  29,932 |   2,761 |81,811 |104,486 |16,138 |16,555
          |        |        |       |        |        |         |         |         |         |       |        |       |
1974 .....|235,452 |216,329 |19,123 |194,079 | 41,373 | 178,926 |  15,153 |  37,403 |   3,970 |84,271 |109,808 |20,085 |21,288
1975 .....|242,267 |219,886 |22,381 |192,100 | 50,167 | 177,117 |  14,983 |  42,769 |   7,398 |79,240 |112,860 |23,557 |26,610
1976 .....|244,292 |220,124 |24,168 |189,810 | 54,482 | 171,967 |  17,843 |  48,157 |   6,325 |77,873 |111,937 |23,468 |31,014
1977 .....|251,357 |226,318 |25,039 |191,451 | 59,906 | 173,165 |  18,286 |  53,153 |   6,753 |78,189 |113,262 |24,901 |35,005
1978 .....|256,904 |232,540 |24,364 |192,221 | 64,683 | 174,906 |  17,315 |  57,634 |   7,049 |77,748 |114,473 |26,839 |37,844
          |        |        |       |        |        |         |         |         |         |       |        |       |
1979 .....|263,404 |238,949 |24,455 |193,363 | 70,041 | 176,394 |  16,969 |  62,555 |   7,486 |77,122 |116,241 |29,026 |41,015
1980 .....|277,767 |251,359 |26,408 |199,344 | 78,423 | 181,448 |  17,896 |  69,911 |   8,512 |81,022 |118,322 |33,415 |45,008
1981 .....|274,595 |248,328 |26,267 |192,936 | 81,659 | 175,414 |  17,522 |  72,914 |   8,745 |77,562 |115,374 |34,177 |47,482
1982 .....|278,425 |252,108 |26,317 |191,200 | 87,225 | 173,941 |  17,259 |  78,167 |   9,058 |76,273 |114,927 |37,183 |50,042
1983 .....|278,529 |249,636 |28,893 |188,096 | 90,433 | 169,071 |  19,025 |  80,565 |   9,868 |74,938 |113,158 |38,484 |51,949
          |        |        |       |        |        |         |         |         |         |       |        |       |
1984 .....|278,598 |249,708 |28,890 |184,949 | 93,649 | 166,286 |  18,663 |  83,422 |  10,227 |73,722 |111,227 |40,186 |53,463
1985 .....|274,200 |246,619 |27,581 |179,792 | 94,408 | 162,368 |  17,424 |  84,251 |  10,157 |71,373 |108,419 |40,435 |53,973
1986 .....|270,401 |245,647 |24,754 |173,851 | 96,550 | 158,557 |  15,294 |  87,090 |   9,460 |70,326 |103,525 |41,699 |54,851
1987 .....|268,332 |241,807 |26,525 |170,129 | 98,203 | 153,668 |  16,461 |  88,139 |  10,064 |68,089 |102,040 |41,947 |56,256
1988 .....|267,109 |241,228 |25,881 |166,912 |100,197 | 151,045 |  15,867 |  90,183 |  10,014 |66,196 |100,716 |42,743 |57,454
          |        |        |       |        |        |         |         |         |         |       |        |       |
1989 .....|274,451 |247,812 |26,639 |168,773 |105,678 | 152,511 |  16,262 |  95,301 |  10,377 |67,548 |101,225 |45,090 |60,588
1990 .....|273,366 |245,854 |27,512 |166,798 |106,568 | 149,805 |  16,993 |  96,049 |  10,519 |66,071 |100,727 |45,674 |60,894
1991 .....|280,531 |252,012 |28,519 |169,875 |110,656 | 152,356 |  17,519 |  99,656 |  11,000 |64,821 |105,054 |46,661 |63,995
1992 .....|280,922 |252,138 |28,784 |168,620 |112,302 | 151,025 |  17,595 | 101,113 |  11,189 |63,511 |105,109 |47,178 |65,124
1993 .....|292,431 |259,764 |32,667 |172,788 |119,643 | 153,873 |  18,915 | 105,891 |  13,752 |63,973 |108,815 |49,681 |69,962
1994 \1\ .|294,713 |263,311 |31,402 |173,956 |120,757 | 155,018 |  18,938 | 108,293 |  12,464 |63,844 |110,112 |50,153 |70,604
----------|--------|--------|-------|--------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------|--------|-------|-------

\1\Preliminary data.

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" survey. (This table was prepared December 1995.)

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