Projections of Education Statistics to 2011
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Table 14.-Total enrollment in all degree-granting institutions, by sex and attendance status, with alternative projections: Fall 1986 to fall 2011
(In thousands)
Year Total Men Women
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
1986 12,505 3,599 2,286 3,521 3,099
1987 12,767 3,611 2,321 3,620 3,214
1988 13,055 3,662 2,340 3,775 3,278
1989 13,539 3,740 2,450 3,921 3,428
1990 13,819 3,808 2,476 4,013 3,521
1991 14,359 3,929 2,572 4,186 3,671
1992 14,486 3,926 2,597 4,235 3,728
1993 14,305 3,891 2,537 4,237 3,640
1994 14,279 3,855 2,517 4,283 3,624
1995 14,262 3,807 2,535 4,321 3,598
1996 14,368 3,851 2,502 4,452 3,563
1997 14,502 3,890 2,506 4,548 3,559
1998 14,507 3,934 2,436 4,630 3,508
1999 14,791 4,026 2,465 4,761 3,540
  Middle alternative projections
2000 14,979 4,005 2,533 4,792 3,648
2001 15,300 4,091 2,554 4,945 3,711
2002 15,527 4,133 2,575 5,038 3,782
2003 15,812 4,196 2,590 5,171 3,855
2004 16,074 4,255 2,607 5,290 3,922
2005 16,296 4,301 2,620 5,394 3,980
2006 16,533 4,358 2,632 5,511 4,031
2007 16,754 4,420 2,645 5,619 4,069
2008 17,005 4,497 2,662 5,742 4,104
2009 17,249 4,572 2,680 5,860 4,136
2010 17,457 4,627 2,698 5,959 4,173
2011 17,688 4,682 2,719 6,065 4,222
  Low alternative projections
2000 14,829 3,965 2,508 4,744 3,612
2001 15,162 4,054 2,531 4,900 3,678
2002 15,387 4,096 2,552 4,993 3,748
2003 15,638 4,150 2,562 5,114 3,813
2004 15,720 4,161 2,550 5,174 3,836
2005 15,807 4,172 2,541 5,232 3,861
2006 16,037 4,227 2,553 5,346 3,910
2007 16,251 4,287 2,566 5,450 3,947
2008 16,495 4,362 2,582 5,570 3,981
2009 16,732 4,435 2,600 5,684 4,012
2010 16,933 4,488 2,617 5,780 4,048
2011 17,157 4,542 2,637 5,883 4,095
  High alternative projections
2000 15,129 4,045 2,558 4,840 3,684
2001 15,438 4,128 2,577 4,990 3,744
2002 15,667 4,170 2,598 5,083 3,816
2003 15,986 4,242 2,618 5,228 3,897
2004 16,428 4,349 2,664 5,406 4,008
2005 16,785 4,430 2,699 5,556 4,099
2006 17,029 4,489 2,711 5,676 4,152
2007 17,257 4,553 2,724 5,788 4,191
2008 17,515 4,632 2,742 5,914 4,227
2009 17,766 4,709 2,760 6,036 4,260
2010 17,981 4,766 2,779 6,138 4,298
2011 18,219 4,822 2,801 6,247 4,349
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Data for 1999 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Appendix E for more details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) surveys; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model. (This table was prepared May 2001.)

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