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Mobile Digest of Education Statistics, 2017

Degree-Granting Institutions

Undergraduate Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment increased 37 percent between 2000 and 2010, before decreasing 7 percent between 2010 and 2016. Full-time undergraduate enrollment rose by 45 percent and part-time rose by 27 percent between 2000 and 2010. From 2010 to 2016, full-time enrollment decreased 9 percent. Part-time enrollment decreased 3 percent between 2010 and 2016. The number of females rose by a higher percentage between 2000 and 2010 (39 percent) than the number of males (36 percent). Between 2010 and 2016, male enrollment decreased 5 percent and female enrollment decreased by 8 percent.

Table 13. Fall undergraduate enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex and attendance status: Selected years, 1990 through 2016

[In thousands]
Year Total Males Females Full-time Part-time
199011,9595,3806,5796,9764,983
199512,2325,4016,8317,1455,086
200013,1555,7787,3777,9235,232
200514,9646,4098,5559,4465,518
201018,0827,83610,24611,4576,625
201118,0777,82310,25411,3656,712
201217,7367,71510,02111,0976,639
201317,4767,6609,81610,9396,537
201417,2947,5869,70810,7846,510
201517,0477,5029,54411,6036,444
201616,8697,4149,45510,4316,439

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