Projections of Education Statistics to 2011
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Table 22.-Total full-time-equivalent enrollment in all degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution, with alternative projections: Fall 1986 to fall 2011
(In thousands)
Year Total Public Private
4-year 2-year 4-year 2-year
1986 9,064 4,296 2,482 2,066 220
1987 9,229 4,396 2,542 2,091 201
1988 9,466 4,505 2,591 2,160 209
1989 9,783 4,620 2,752 2,195 216
1990 9,985 4,740 2,818 2,230 197
1991 10,363 4,796 3,067 2,287 212
1992 10,438 4,798 3,114 2,332 194
1993 10,353 4,765 3,046 2,356 184
1994 10,349 4,749 3,035 2,390 176
1995 10,337 4,757 2,994 2,418 168
1996 10,482 4,768 3,028 2,467 219
1997 10,615 4,813 3,056 2,525 220
1998 10,699 4,870 3,011 2,599 220
1999 10,944 4,944 3,075 2,694 229
  Middle alternative projections
2000 11,018 5,002 3,144 2,647 225
2001 11,286 5,130 3,213 2,712 232
2002 11,454 5,210 3,256 2,755 235
2003 11,683 5,319 3,314 2,810 239
2004 11,891 5,414 3,372 2,861 244
2005 12,068 5,498 3,418 2,905 248
2006 12,264 5,590 3,469 2,952 252
2007 12,452 5,679 3,519 2,998 257
2008 12,671 5,779 3,579 3,050 262
2009 12,882 5,879 3,634 3,102 267
2010 13,055 5,966 3,675 3,145 270
2011 13,241 6,058 3,715 3,196 273
  Low alternative projections
2000 10,908 4,952 3,113 2,621 223
2001 11,184 5,084 3,184 2,688 230
2002 11,351 5,163 3,227 2,730 233
2003 11,554 5,260 3,278 2,779 236
2004 11,629 5,295 3,298 2,798 239
2005 11,706 5,333 3,315 2,818 241
2006 11,896 5,422 3,365 2,863 244
2007 12,078 5,509 3,413 2,908 249
2008 12,291 5,606 3,472 2,959 254
2009 12,496 5,703 3,525 3,009 259
2010 12,663 5,787 3,565 3,051 262
2011 12,844 5,876 3,604 3,100 265
  High alternative projections
2000 11,128 5,052 3,175 2,673 227
2001 11,388 5,176 3,242 2,736 234
2002 11,557 5,257 3,285 2,780 237
2003 11,812 5,378 3,350 2,841 242
2004 12,153 5,533 3,446 2,924 249
2005 12,430 5,663 3,521 2,992 255
2006 12,632 5,758 3,573 3,041 260
2007 12,826 5,849 3,625 3,088 265
2008 13,051 5,952 3,686 3,142 270
2009 13,268 6,055 3,743 3,195 275
2010 13,447 6,145 3,785 3,239 278
2011 13,638 6,240 3,826 3,292 281
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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