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| Table 171. - | Historical summary of faculty, students, degrees, and finances in institutions of higher education: 1869-70 to 1995-96 |
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Item | 1869-70 | 1879-80 | 1889-90 | 1899-1900| 1909-10 | 1919-20 | 1929-30 | 1939-40 | 1949-50 | 1959-60 | 1969-70 | 1979-80 | 1989-90 |1994-95 | 1995-96
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Total institutions\1\ ........| 563 | 811 | 998 | 977 | 951 | 1,041 | 1,409 | 1,708 | 1,851 | 2,004 | 2,525 | 3,152 | 3,535 | 3,688 | 3,706
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Total faculty\2\ .............|\3\ 5,553 |\3\ 11,522 |\3\ 15,809 | 23,868 | 36,480 | 48,615 | 82,386 | 146,929 | 246,722 | 380,554 |\4\ 450,000 |\4\ 675,000 |\5\ 824,220 |\3,5\923,000 |\5\ 931,706
Men ........................|\3\ 4,887 |\3\ 7,328 |\3\ 12,704 | 19,151 | 29,132 | 35,807 | 60,017 | 106,328 | 186,189 | 296,773 |\4\ 346,000 |\4\ 479,000 |\5\ 577,298 | --- | 562,893
Women ......................|\3\ 666 |\3\ 4,194 |\3\ 3,105 | 4,717 | 7,348 | 12,808 | 22,369 | 40,601 | 60,533 | 83,781 |\4\ 104,000 |\4\ 196,000 |\5\ 246,922 | --- | 368,813
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Total fall enrollment\6\ .....|\3\52,286 |\3\115,817 |\3\ 156,756 | 237,592 |\3\ 355,213 | 597,880 | 1,100,737 | 1,494,203 | 2,659,021 | 3,639,847 | 8,004,660 | 11,569,899 | 13,538,560 | 14,278,790 | 14,261,781
Men ........................|\3\41,160 |\3\ 77,972 |\3\ 100,453 | 152,254 |\3\ 214,648 | 314,938 | 619,935 | 893,250 | 1,853,068 | 2,332,617 | 4,746,201 | 5,682,877 | 6,190,015 | 6,371,898 | 6,342,539
Women ......................|\3\11,126 |\3\ 37,845 |\3\ 56,303 | 85,338 |\3\ 140,565 | 282,942 | 480,802 | 600,953 | 805,953 | 1,307,230 | 3,258,459 | 5,887,022 | 7,348,545 | 7,906,892 | 7,919,242
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Earned degrees conferred | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Associate, total .............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 206,023 | 400,910 | 455,102 | 539,691 |\7\ 555,216
Men ........................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 117,432 | 183,737 | 191,195 | 218,352 |\7\ 219,514
Women ......................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 88,591 | 217,173 | 263,907 | 321,339 |\7\ 335,702
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Bachelor's,\8\ total .........| 9,371 | 12,896 | 15,539 | 27,410 | 37,199 | 48,622 | 122,484 | 186,500 | 432,058 | 392,440 | 792,316 | 929,417 | 1,051,344 | 1,160,134 |\7\ 1,164,792
Men ........................| 7,993 | 10,411 | 12,857 | 22,173 | 28,762 | 31,980 | 73,615 | 109,546 | 328,841 | 254,063 | 451,097 | 473,611 | 491,696 | 526,131 |\7\ 522,454
Women ......................| 1,378 | 2,485 | 2,682 | 5,237 | 8,437 | 16,642 | 48,869 | 76,954 | 103,217 | 138,377 | 341,219 | 455,806 | 559,648 | 634,003 |\7\ 642,338
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Master's,\9\ total ...........| 0 | 879 | 1,015 | 1,583 | 2,113 | 4,279 | 14,969 | 26,731 | 58,183 | 74,435 | 208,291 | 298,081 | 324,301 | 397,629 |\7\ 406,301
Men ........................| 0 | 868 | 821 | 1,280 | 1,555 | 2,985 | 8,925 | 16,508 | 41,220 | 50,898 | 125,624 | 150,749 | 153,653 | 178,598 |\7\ 179,081
Women ......................| 0 | 11 | 194 | 303 | 558 | 1,294 | 6,044 | 10,223 | 16,963 | 23,537 | 82,667 | 147,332 | 170,648 | 219,031 |\7\ 227,220
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First-professional,\8\ total .| (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | 34,918 | 70,131 | 70,988 | 75,800 |\7\ 76,734
Men ........................| (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | 33,077 | 52,716 | 43,961 | 44,853 |\7\ 44,748
Women ......................| (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | (\8\) | 1,841 | 17,415 | 27,027 | 30,947 |\7\ 31,986
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Doctor's, total ..............| 1 | 54 | 149 | 382 | 443 | 615 | 2,299 | 3,290 | 6,420 | 9,829 | 29,866 | 32,615 | 38,371 | 44,446 |\7\ 44,652
Men ........................| 1 | 51 | 147 | 359 | 399 | 522 | 1,946 | 2,861 | 5,804 | 8,801 | 25,890 | 22,943 | 24,401 | 26,916 |\7\ 26,841
Women ......................| 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 44 | 93 | 353 | 429 | 616 | 1,028 | 3,976 | 9,672 | 13,970 | 17,530 |\7\ 17,811
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Finances, in thousands | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Current-fund revenue .........| --- | --- | --- | --- | $76,883 | $199,922 | $554,511 | $715,211 | $2,374,645 | $5,785,537 | $21,515,242 | $58,519,982 | $139,635,477 |$189,120,570 |\7\$197,973,236
Educational and general | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
income ...................| --- | --- | $21,464 | $35,084 | 67,917 | 172,929 | 483,065 | 571,288 | 1,833,845 | 4,688,352 | 16,486,177 | --- | --- | --- | ---
Current-fund expenditures ....| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 507,142 | 674,688 | 2,245,661 | 5,601,376 | 21,043,113 | 56,913,588 | 134,655,571 | 182,968,610 |\7\ 190,476,163
Educational and general | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
expenditures .............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 377,903 | 521,990 | 1,706,444 | 4,685,258 | 16,845,212 | 44,542,843 | 105,585,076 | 144,158,002 |\7\ 151,445,605
Value of physical property ...| --- | --- | 95,426 | 253,599 | 457,594 | 747,333 | 2,065,049 |\10\2,753,780 | 4,799,964 | 13,548,548 | 42,093,580 | 83,733,387 | 164,635,000 | 212,201,113 |\7\ 220,400,104
Market value of endowment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
funds ......................| --- | --- |\11\ 78,788 |\11\ 194,998 |\11\323,661 |\11\ 569,071 |\11\1,372,068 |\11\1,686,283 |\11\ 2,601,223 |\11\ 5,322,080 | 11,206,632 | 20,743,045 | 67,978,726 | 109,706,704 |\7\ 128,837,030
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\1\Prior to 1979-80, excludes branch campuses.
\2\Total number of different individuals (not reduced to full-time equivalent). Beginning in 1959-60, data are for the first term of the academic year. Beginning in 1969-70, data include only instructional faculty with the rank of instructor or above. \3\Estimated. \4\Estimated number of senior instructional staff. Excludes graduate assistants. \5\Because of revised survey procedures, data may not be directly comparable with figures prior to 1989-90. \6\Data for 1869-70 to 1949-50 are for resident degree-credit students who enrolled at any time during the academic year. \7\Preliminary data for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. \8\From 1869-70 to 1959-60, first-professional degrees included under bachelor's degrees. \9\Figures for years prior to 1969-70 are not precisely comparable with later data. \10\Includes unexpended plant funds. \11\Book value. Includes other nonexpendable funds. ---Data not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States; Education Directory, Colleges and Universities; Faculty and Other Professional Staff in Institutions of Higher Education; Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities; Earned Degrees Conferred; Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education; and Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education," "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred," and "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment," "Completions," and "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared November 1998.) |
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