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Projections of Education Statistics to 2017

NCES 2008-078
September 2008


Table 17.  Actual and alternative projected numbers for enrollment in private 4-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex and attendance status: Fall 1992 through fall 2017

[In thousands]

Year Total   Men   Women
  Full-time Part-time   Full-time Part-time
               
Actual              
1992 2,864   970 375   1,016 503
1993 2,887   973 369   1,037 508
1994 2,924   978 367   1,063 516
1995 2,955   978 364   1,089 523
1996 2,998   991 356   1,133 518
1997 3,061   1,008 360   1,170 523
1998 3,126   1,038 353   1,220 514
1999 3,229   1,073 360   1,276 519
2000 3,308   1,107 365   1,315 522
2001 3,441   1,151 365   1,389 536
2002 3,601   1,199 377   1,468 557
2003 3,768   1,250 382   1,561 574
2004 3,990   1,313 400   1,670 607
2005 4,162   1,354 402   1,774 632
2006 4,285   1,381 411   1,830 664
Middle alternative projections              
2007 4,299   1,392 412   1,831 665
2008 4,330   1,415 415   1,834 665
2009 4,356   1,437 419   1,836 664
2010 4,407   1,456 424   1,858 669
2011 4,464   1,475 430   1,882 676
2012 4,526   1,493 438   1,911 684
2013 4,595   1,509 447   1,946 693
2014 4,658   1,521 455   1,979 702
2015 4,708   1,529 462   2,007 710
2016 4,755   1,536 469   2,031 718
2017 4,801   1,546 476   2,053 727
Low alternative projections              
2007 4,300   1,393 412   1,832 663
2008 4,329   1,418 415   1,835 660
2009 4,320   1,432 417   1,813 658
2010 4,340   1,446 419   1,814 662
2011 4,366   1,458 424   1,817 667
2012 4,406   1,472 430   1,830 674
2013 4,457   1,484 438   1,853 683
2014 4,506   1,493 445   1,877 691
2015 4,545   1,499 451   1,896 698
2016 4,582   1,505 457   1,914 706
2017 4,618   1,512 463   1,929 714
High alternative projections              
2007 4,314   1,394 413   1,841 666
2008 4,358   1,420 417   1,853 667
2009 4,391   1,443 421   1,860 667
2010 4,454   1,465 427   1,889 673
2011 4,525   1,487 434   1,924 680
2012 4,604   1,508 443   1,964 689
2013 4,690   1,526 453   2,011 700
2014 4,764   1,540 462   2,052 709
2015 4,825   1,550 470   2,087 718
2016 4,884   1,560 478   2,121 726
2017 4,944   1,572 485   2,152 736
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Data for 1999 were imputed using alternative procedures. (For more details, see appendix E of Projections of Education Statistics to 2011.) Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2, appendix A.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:92–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2007; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model, 1980–2006. (This table was prepared November 2007.)