| Table 15. Actual and alternative projected numbers for enrollment in public 4-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex and attendance status: Fall 1991 through fall 2016 [In thousands] |
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| Year | Total | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | ||||
| Actual | |||||||
| 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 | ||
| 2000 | 6,055 | 2,009 | 683 | 2,363 | 1,001 | ||
| 2001 | 6,236 | 2,082 | 687 | 2,450 | 1,017 | ||
| 2002 | 6,482 | 2,167 | 706 | 2,557 | 1,052 | ||
| 2003 | 6,649 | 2,225 | 713 | 2,639 | 1,073 | ||
| 2004 | 6,737 | 2,260 | 717 | 2,684 | 1,076 | ||
| 2005 | 6,838 | 2,295 | 724 | 2,726 | 1,091 | ||
| Middle alternative projections | |||||||
| 2006 | 6,930 | 2,316 | 710 | 2,823 | 1,082 | ||
| 2007 | 7,054 | 2,355 | 715 | 2,899 | 1,085 | ||
| 2008 | 7,186 | 2,397 | 720 | 2,978 | 1,090 | ||
| 2009 | 7,318 | 2,439 | 725 | 3,058 | 1,095 | ||
| 2010 | 7,444 | 2,477 | 731 | 3,136 | 1,100 | ||
| 2011 | 7,566 | 2,508 | 738 | 3,213 | 1,106 | ||
| 2012 | 7,685 | 2,531 | 746 | 3,293 | 1,115 | ||
| 2013 | 7,809 | 2,548 | 755 | 3,379 | 1,126 | ||
| 2014 | 7,930 | 2,562 | 763 | 3,468 | 1,137 | ||
| 2015 | 8,036 | 2,569 | 770 | 3,552 | 1,145 | ||
| 2016 | 8,142 | 2,578 | 776 | 3,635 | 1,153 | ||
| Low alternative projections | |||||||
| 2006 | 6,908 | 2,312 | 709 | 2,806 | 1,080 | ||
| 2007 | 7,006 | 2,346 | 713 | 2,865 | 1,082 | ||
| 2008 | 7,118 | 2,383 | 717 | 2,931 | 1,086 | ||
| 2009 | 7,232 | 2,421 | 722 | 2,999 | 1,090 | ||
| 2010 | 7,334 | 2,454 | 727 | 3,060 | 1,094 | ||
| 2011 | 7,432 | 2,481 | 733 | 3,120 | 1,099 | ||
| 2012 | 7,536 | 2,500 | 741 | 3,187 | 1,108 | ||
| 2013 | 7,646 | 2,514 | 749 | 3,264 | 1,119 | ||
| 2014 | 7,759 | 2,526 | 757 | 3,347 | 1,129 | ||
| 2015 | 7,857 | 2,532 | 763 | 3,425 | 1,137 | ||
| 2016 | 7,953 | 2,539 | 769 | 3,500 | 1,145 | ||
| High alternative projections | |||||||
| 2006 | 6,943 | 2,318 | 710 | 2,832 | 1,083 | ||
| 2007 | 7,100 | 2,364 | 717 | 2,931 | 1,088 | ||
| 2008 | 7,254 | 2,411 | 723 | 3,025 | 1,094 | ||
| 2009 | 7,406 | 2,458 | 729 | 3,119 | 1,100 | ||
| 2010 | 7,553 | 2,500 | 735 | 3,213 | 1,105 | ||
| 2011 | 7,695 | 2,536 | 743 | 3,304 | 1,112 | ||
| 2012 | 7,834 | 2,562 | 752 | 3,397 | 1,122 | ||
| 2013 | 7,971 | 2,582 | 761 | 3,494 | 1,134 | ||
| 2014 | 8,094 | 2,595 | 769 | 3,585 | 1,144 | ||
| 2015 | 8,203 | 2,602 | 776 | 3,673 | 1,152 | ||
| 2016 | 8,321 | 2,613 | 782 | 3,765 | 1,161 | ||
| 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:91–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2006; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model, 1980–2005. (This table was prepared November 2006.) |
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