Table 20. Actual and projected numbers for total enrollment in all postsecondary degree-granting institutions, by sex, attendance status, and control of institution: Fall 1996 through fall 2021

Projections of Education Statistics to 2021

NCES 2013-008
January 2013

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Table 20. Actual and projected numbers for total enrollment in all postsecondary degree-granting institutions, by sex, attendance status, and control of institution: Fall 1996 through fall 2021

[In thousands]
Year	Total		Sex			Attendance status			Control
Year	Total		Men	Women		Full-time	Part-time		Public	Private
Actual
1996	14,368		6,353	8,015		8,303	6,065		11,121	3,247
1997	14,502		6,396	8,106		8,438	6,064		11,196	3,306
1998	14,507		6,369	8,138		8,563	5,944		11,138	3,369
1999	14,850		6,515	8,335		8,803	6,047		11,376	3,474
2000	15,312		6,722	8,591		9,010	6,303		11,753	3,560
2001	15,928		6,961	8,967		9,448	6,480		12,233	3,695
2002	16,612		7,202	9,410		9,946	6,665		12,752	3,860
2003	16,911		7,260	9,651		10,326	6,585		12,859	4,053
2004	17,272		7,387	9,885		10,610	6,662		12,980	4,292
2005	17,487		7,456	10,032		10,797	6,690		13,022	4,466
2006	17,759		7,575	10,184		10,957	6,802		13,180	4,579
2007	18,248		7,816	10,432		11,270	6,978		13,491	4,757
2008	19,103		8,189	10,914		11,748	7,355		13,972	5,131
2009	20,428		8,770	11,658		12,723	7,705		14,811	5,617
2010	21,016		9,045	11,971		13,082	7,934		15,143	5,873
Projected
2011	21,294		9,203	12,091		13,184	8,111		15,347	5,947
2012	21,556		9,286	12,270		13,329	8,227		15,530	6,027
2013	21,792		9,341	12,451		13,445	8,347		15,694	6,098
2014	22,042		9,370	12,673		13,562	8,480		15,871	6,171
2015	22,252		9,388	12,864		13,652	8,600		16,020	6,233
2016	22,509		9,442	13,067		13,775	8,734		16,203	6,307
2017	22,842		9,533	13,309		13,952	8,890		16,441	6,401
2018	23,219		9,643	13,576		14,163	9,055		16,712	6,508
2019	23,569		9,753	13,816		14,376	9,193		16,965	6,604
2020	23,867		9,851	14,016		14,560	9,307		17,183	6,685
2021	24,092		9,933	14,159		14,699	9,392		17,345	6,747

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A-2, appendix A.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:96–99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2011, Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model, 1980–2010. (This table was prepared January 2012.)

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