Table
15.-Total enrollment in public 4-year 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
|
5,301
|
1,865
|
706
|
1,793
|
937
|
1987
|
5,432
|
1,882
|
723
|
1,854
|
973
|
1988
|
5,546
|
1,910
|
722
|
1,932
|
982
|
1989
|
5,694
|
1,938
|
743
|
1,997
|
1,017
|
1990
|
5,848
|
1,982
|
764
|
2,051
|
1,050
|
1991
|
5,905
|
2,006
|
765
|
2,083
|
1,051
|
1992
|
5,900
|
2,005
|
760
|
2,090
|
1,045
|
1993
|
5,852
|
1,989
|
750
|
2,085
|
1,027
|
1994
|
5,825
|
1,966
|
738
|
2,100
|
1,022
|
1995
|
5,815
|
1,951
|
720
|
2,134
|
1,009
|
1996
|
5,806
|
1,943
|
703
|
2,163
|
997
|
1997
|
5,835
|
1,951
|
687
|
2,214
|
984
|
1998
|
5,892
|
1,959
|
685
|
2,260
|
988
|
1999
|
5,970
|
1,984
|
686
|
2,309
|
991
|
|
Middle alternative projections |
2000
|
6,055
|
1,994
|
706
|
2,337
|
1,018
|
2001
|
6,202
|
2,036
|
714
|
2,411
|
1,040
|
2002
|
6,300
|
2,059
|
720
|
2,458
|
1,064
|
2003
|
6,427
|
2,091
|
725
|
2,524
|
1,087
|
2004
|
6,538
|
2,119
|
730
|
2,581
|
1,108
|
2005
|
6,634
|
2,143
|
734
|
2,632
|
1,126
|
2006
|
6,738
|
2,171
|
736
|
2,690
|
1,141
|
2007
|
6,835
|
2,201
|
739
|
2,742
|
1,152
|
2008
|
6,944
|
2,238
|
743
|
2,801
|
1,161
|
2009
|
7,052
|
2,275
|
747
|
2,859
|
1,170
|
2010
|
7,147
|
2,305
|
752
|
2,910
|
1,180
|
2011
|
7,253
|
2,334
|
759
|
2,964
|
1,196
|
|
Low alternative projections |
2000
|
5,994
|
1,974
|
699
|
2,314
|
1,008
|
2001
|
6,146
|
2,018
|
708
|
2,389
|
1,031
|
2002
|
6,243
|
2,040
|
714
|
2,436
|
1,054
|
2003
|
6,356
|
2,068
|
717
|
2,496
|
1,075
|
2004
|
6,394
|
2,072
|
714
|
2,524
|
1,084
|
2005
|
6,435
|
2,079
|
712
|
2,553
|
1,092
|
2006
|
6,536
|
2,106
|
714
|
2,609
|
1,107
|
2007
|
6,630
|
2,135
|
717
|
2,660
|
1,117
|
2008
|
6,736
|
2,171
|
721
|
2,717
|
1,126
|
2009
|
6,840
|
2,207
|
725
|
2,773
|
1,135
|
2010
|
6,933
|
2,236
|
729
|
2,823
|
1,145
|
2011
|
7,035
|
2,264
|
736
|
2,875
|
1,160
|
|
High alternative projections |
2000
|
6,116
|
2,014
|
713
|
2,360
|
1,028
|
2001
|
6,258
|
2,054
|
720
|
2,433
|
1,049
|
2002
|
6,357
|
2,078
|
726
|
2,480
|
1,074
|
2003
|
6,498
|
2,114
|
733
|
2,552
|
1,099
|
2004
|
6,682
|
2,166
|
746
|
2,638
|
1,132
|
2005
|
6,833
|
2,207
|
756
|
2,711
|
1,160
|
2006
|
6,940
|
2,236
|
758
|
2,771
|
1,175
|
2007
|
7,040
|
2,267
|
761
|
2,824
|
1,187
|
2008
|
7,152
|
2,305
|
765
|
2,885
|
1,196
|
2009
|
7,264
|
2,343
|
769
|
2,945
|
1,205
|
2010
|
7,361
|
2,374
|
775
|
2,997
|
1,215
|
2011
|
7,471
|
2,404
|
782
|
3,053
|
1,232
|
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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