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Table 180.Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by type and control of institution, and attendance status and level of student: 1992 to 1995

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                                |           |           |                 1994                                |                    1995\1\
                                |  Total,   |  Total,   |_____________________________________________________|_____________________________________________________
      Level of student and      |   fall    |   fall    |           |          |          |          |        |           |          |          |          |
       enrollment status        |   1992    |   1993    |           |  Public  | Private  |  Public  |Private |           |  Public  | Private  |  Public  |Private
                                |           |           |   Total   |  4-year  |  4-year  |  2-year  | 2-year |   Total   |  4-year  |  4-year  |  2-year  | 2-year
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________________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________
               1                |     2     |     3     |     4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |   8    |     9     |    10    |    11    |    12    |   13
________________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________
   All students ................|14,487,359 |14,304,803 |14,278,790 |5,825,213 |2,923,867 |5,308,467 |221,243 |14,261,781 |5,814,545 |2,954,707 |5,277,829 |214,700
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Undergraduate, full-time and    |           |           |           |          |          |          |        |           |          |          |          |
  part-time ....................|12,537,700 |12,323,959 |12,262,608 |4,636,762 |2,096,237 |5,308,366 |221,243 |12,231,719 |4,626,228 |2,113,393 |5,277,398 |214,700
  Degree seeking ...............|10,898,144 |10,712,921 |10,728,256 |4,411,471 |1,989,928 |4,122,092 |204,765 |10,621,283 |4,412,318 |2,006,457 |4,035,413 |167,095
    First-time freshmen ........| 2,184,113 | 2,160,710 | 2,133,205 |  709,042 |  405,917 |  952,468 | 65,778 | 2,168,831 |  731,836 |  419,025 |  954,595 | 63,375
    Other first-year ...........| 2,647,813 | 2,553,478 | 2,501,937 |  500,205 |  196,349 |1,762,250 | 43,133 | 2,433,434 |  499,031 |  195,269 |1,696,556 | 42,578
    Second year ................| 2,772,163 | 2,735,854 | 2,807,591 |  875,944 |  430,270 |1,405,557 | 95,820 | 2,767,344 |  893,859 |  429,464 |1,382,879 | 61,142
    Third year .................| 1,427,952 | 1,412,478 | 1,410,544 |  992,510 |  417,298 |      702 |     34 | 1,394,845 |  972,297 |  421,858 |      690 |     ---
    Fourth year and beyond .....| 1,695,711 | 1,714,421 | 1,722,393 |1,265,038 |  456,805 |      550 |     ---| 1,714,665 |1,250,630 |  463,453 |      582 |     ---
    Unclassified by level ......|   170,392 |   135,980 |   152,586 |   68,732 |   83,289 |      565 |     ---|   142,164 |   64,665 |   77,388 |      111 |     ---
  Others in credit courses .....| 1,639,556 | 1,611,038 | 1,534,352 |  225,291 |  106,309 |1,186,274 | 16,478 | 1,610,436 |  213,910 |  106,936 |1,241,985 | 47,605
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  Full-time ....................| 7,244,442 | 7,179,482 | 7,168,706 |3,520,989 |1,616,004 |1,885,752 |145,961 | 7,145,268 |3,535,670 |1,632,552 |1,840,589 |136,457
    Degree seeking .............| 6,966,414 | 6,890,412 | 6,903,775 |3,483,650 |1,599,517 |1,680,016 |140,592 | 6,883,159 |3,501,697 |1,614,871 |1,636,391 |130,200
      First-time freshmen ......| 1,603,737 | 1,608,274 | 1,603,106 |  658,234 |  380,411 |  507,774 | 56,687 | 1,646,812 |  686,103 |  392,234 |  511,680 | 56,795
      Other first-year .........| 1,220,062 | 1,172,662 | 1,165,709 |  371,002 |  131,259 |  631,079 | 32,369 | 1,136,399 |  373,267 |  129,941 |  602,460 | 30,731
      Second year ..............| 1,700,615 | 1,676,199 | 1,695,721 |  731,518 |  371,903 |  540,797 | 51,503 | 1,688,726 |  752,561 |  371,486 |  522,005 | 42,674
      Third year ...............| 1,152,753 | 1,138,661 | 1,138,336 |  792,583 |  345,545 |      175 |     33 | 1,126,949 |  777,039 |  349,747 |      163 |     ---
      Fourth year and beyond ...| 1,258,925 | 1,266,046 | 1,267,625 |  916,392 |  351,161 |       72 |     ---| 1,259,327 |  902,766 |  356,481 |       80 |     ---
      Unclassified by level ....|    30,322 |    28,570 |    33,278 |   13,921 |   19,238 |      119 |     ---|    24,946 |    9,961 |   14,982 |        3 |     ---
    Others in credit courses ...|   278,028 |   289,070 |   264,931 |   37,339 |   16,487 |  205,736 |  5,369 |   262,109 |   33,973 |   17,681 |  204,198 |  6,257
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  Part-time ....................| 5,293,258 | 5,144,477 | 5,093,902 |1,115,773 |  480,233 |3,422,614 | 75,282 | 5,086,451 |1,090,558 |  480,841 |3,436,809 | 78,243
    Degree seeking .............| 3,931,730 | 3,822,509 | 3,824,481 |  927,821 |  390,411 |2,442,076 | 64,173 | 3,738,124 |  910,621 |  391,586 |2,399,022 | 36,895
      First-time freshmen ......|   580,376 |   552,436 |   530,099 |   50,808 |   25,506 |  444,694 |  9,091 |   522,019 |   45,733 |   26,791 |  442,915 |  6,580
      Other first-year .........| 1,427,751 | 1,380,816 | 1,336,228 |  129,203 |   65,090 |1,131,171 | 10,764 | 1,297,035 |  125,764 |   65,328 |1,094,096 | 11,847
      Second year ..............| 1,071,548 | 1,059,655 | 1,111,870 |  144,426 |   58,367 |  864,760 | 44,317 | 1,078,618 |  141,298 |   57,978 |  860,874 | 18,468
      Third year ...............|   275,199 |   273,817 |   272,208 |  199,927 |   71,753 |      527 |      1 |   267,896 |  195,258 |   72,111 |      527 |     ---
      Fourth year and beyond ...|   436,786 |   448,375 |   454,768 |  348,646 |  105,644 |      478 |     ---|   455,338 |  347,864 |  106,972 |      502 |     ---
      Unclassified by level ....|   140,070 |   107,410 |   119,308 |   54,811 |   64,051 |      446 |     ---|   117,218 |   54,704 |   62,406 |      108 |     ---
    Others in credit courses....| 1,361,528 | 1,321,968 | 1,269,421 |  187,952 |   89,822 |  980,538 | 11,109 | 1,348,327 |  179,937 |   89,255 |1,037,787 | 41,348
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Postbaccalaureate ..............| 1,949,659 | 1,980,844 | 2,016,182 |1,188,451 |  827,630 |      101 |     ---| 2,030,062 |1,188,317 |  841,314 |      431 |     ---
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  First-professional ...........|   280,922 |   292,431 |   294,713 |  113,995 |  180,716 |        2 |     ---|   297,592 |  115,072 |  182,520 |       ---|     ---
    Full-time ..................|   252,138 |   259,764 |   263,311 |  109,245 |  154,066 |       ---|     ---|   266,414 |  110,160 |  156,254 |       ---|     ---
      First-time ...............|    74,825 |    80,654 |    80,286 |   30,789 |   49,497 |       ---|     ---|    78,890 |   30,252 |   48,638 |       ---|     ---
      Other ....................|   177,313 |   179,110 |   183,025 |   78,456 |  104,569 |       ---|     ---|   187,524 |   79,908 |  107,616 |       ---|     ---
    Part-time ..................|    28,784 |    32,667 |    31,402 |    4,750 |   26,650 |        2 |     ---|    31,178 |    4,912 |   26,266 |       ---|     ---
      First-time ...............|     7,469 |    10,826 |     9,872 |    1,087 |    8,783 |        2 |     ---|    10,760 |      966 |    9,794 |       ---|     ---
      Other ....................|    21,315 |    21,841 |    21,530 |    3,663 |   17,867 |       ---|     ---|    20,418 |    3,946 |   16,472 |       ---|     ---
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  Graduate students ............| 1,668,737 | 1,688,413 | 1,721,469 |1,074,456 |  646,914 |       99 |     ---| 1,732,470 |1,073,245 |  658,794 |      431 |     ---
    Full-time ..................|   665,538 |   688,372 |   705,759 |  434,833 |  270,925 |        1 |     ---|   717,120 |  438,881 |  278,238 |        1 |     ---
      Degree seeking ...........|   623,538 |   646,956 |   665,966 |  403,881 |  262,084 |        1 |     ---|   670,222 |  401,660 |  268,561 |        1 |     ---
        First-time .............|   208,802 |   216,198 |   224,412 |  124,145 |  100,267 |       ---|     ---|   222,196 |  123,761 |   98,435 |       ---|     ---
        Other degree seeking ...|   414,736 |   430,758 |   441,554 |  279,736 |  161,817 |        1 |     ---|   448,026 |  277,899 |  170,126 |        1 |     ---
      Others in credit courses .|    42,000 |    41,416 |    39,793 |   30,952 |    8,841 |       ---|     ---|    46,898 |   37,221 |    9,677 |       ---|     ---
    Part-time ..................| 1,003,199 | 1,000,041 | 1,015,710 |  639,623 |  375,989 |       98 |     ---| 1,015,350 |  634,364 |  380,556 |      430 |     ---
      Degree seeking ...........|   770,066 |   770,271 |   774,962 |  462,541 |  312,358 |       63 |     ---|   775,811 |  457,090 |  318,598 |      123 |     ---
        First-time .............|   153,148 |   146,325 |   147,236 |   78,637 |   68,579 |       20 |     ---|   148,220 |   79,687 |   68,499 |       34 |     ---
        Other degree seeking ...|   616,918 |   623,946 |   627,726 |  383,904 |  243,779 |       43 |     ---|   627,591 |  377,403 |  250,099 |       89 |     ---
      Others in credit courses .|   233,133 |   229,770 |   240,748 |  177,082 |   63,631 |       35 |     ---|   239,539 |  177,274 |   61,958 |      307 |     ---
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\1\Preliminary data.

---Data not available or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared March 1997.)



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