Table 179. | Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution, attendance status, and sex of student: 1970 to 1998 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Type and control of | Institutions of higher education ||Degree-granting institutions institution, sex |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________||___________________________________ and attendance | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 || 1996 | 1997 | 1998 status of student | | | | | | | | | || | | ____________________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________||___________|___________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 || 11 | 12 | 13 ____________________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________||___________|___________|___________ Total ............|8,580,887 |11,184,859 |12,096,895 |12,247,055 |13,818,637 |14,278,790 |14,261,781 |14,300,255 |14,345,416 ||14,367,520 |14,502,334 |14,549,189 Full-time ..........|5,816,290 | 6,841,334 | 7,097,958 | 7,075,221 | 7,820,985 | 8,137,776 | 8,128,802 | 8,213,490 | 8,322,362 || 8,302,953 | 8,438,062 | 8,581,543 Men ..............|3,504,095 | 3,926,753 | 3,689,244 | 3,607,720 | 3,807,752 | 3,855,183 | 3,807,392 | 3,815,519 | 3,839,015 || 3,851,208 | 3,890,442 | 3,941,098 Women ............|2,312,195 | 2,914,581 | 3,408,714 | 3,467,501 | 4,013,233 | 4,282,593 | 4,321,410 | 4,397,971 | 4,483,347 || 4,451,745 | 4,547,620 | 4,640,445 Part-time ..........|2,764,597 | 4,343,525 | 4,998,937 | 5,171,834 | 5,997,652 | 6,141,014 | 6,132,979 | 6,086,765 | 6,023,054 || 6,064,567 | 6,064,272 | 5,967,646 Men ..............|1,539,547 | 2,222,244 | 2,185,130 | 2,210,730 | 2,476,157 | 2,516,715 | 2,535,147 | 2,528,473 | 2,490,945 || 2,501,617 | 2,505,586 | 2,445,460 Women ............|1,225,050 | 2,121,281 | 2,813,807 | 2,961,104 | 3,521,495 | 3,624,299 | 3,597,832 | 3,558,292 | 3,532,109 || 3,562,950 | 3,558,686 | 3,522,186 |__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________||___________|___________|___________ 4-year, total ......|6,261,502 | 7,214,740 | 7,570,608 | 7,715,978 | 8,578,554 | 8,749,080 | 8,769,252 | 8,802,835 | 8,874,676 || 8,804,193 | 8,896,765 | 9,032,745 Full-time ........|4,587,379 | 5,080,256 | 5,344,163 | 5,384,614 | 5,937,023 | 6,106,062 | 6,151,755 | 6,226,868 | 6,326,650 || 6,230,648 | 6,342,891 | 6,486,817 Men ............|2,732,796 | 2,891,192 | 2,809,528 | 2,781,412 | 2,926,360 | 2,943,593 | 2,929,177 | 2,933,912 | 2,950,083 || 2,934,736 | 2,959,048 | 3,000,903 Women ..........|1,854,583 | 2,189,064 | 2,534,635 | 2,603,202 | 3,010,663 | 3,162,469 | 3,222,578 | 3,292,956 | 3,376,567 || 3,295,912 | 3,383,843 | 3,485,914 Part-time ........|1,674,123 | 2,134,484 | 2,226,445 | 2,331,364 | 2,641,531 | 2,643,018 | 2,617,497 | 2,575,967 | 2,548,026 || 2,573,545 | 2,553,874 | 2,545,928 Men ............| 936,189 | 1,092,461 | 1,017,813 | 1,034,804 | 1,124,780 | 1,105,102 | 1,084,753 | 1,061,989 | 1,044,133 || 1,059,175 | 1,047,269 | 1,040,730 Women ..........| 737,934 | 1,042,023 | 1,208,632 | 1,296,560 | 1,516,751 | 1,537,916 | 1,532,744 | 1,513,978 | 1,503,893 || 1,514,370 | 1,506,605 | 1,505,198 | | | | | | | | | || | | Public 4-year ....|4,232,722 | 4,998,142 | 5,128,612 | 5,209,540 | 5,848,242 | 5,825,213 | 5,814,545 | 5,806,904 | 5,834,525 || 5,806,036 | 5,835,433 | 5,903,837 Full-time ......|3,086,491 | 3,469,821 | 3,592,193 | 3,623,341 | 4,033,654 | 4,065,067 | 4,084,711 | 4,106,094 | 4,164,180 || 4,106,453 | 4,164,759 | 4,226,201 Men ..........|1,813,584 | 1,947,823 | 1,873,397 | 1,863,689 | 1,982,369 | 1,965,524 | 1,951,140 | 1,943,086 | 1,950,899 || 1,943,259 | 1,951,171 | 1,961,739 Women ........|1,272,907 | 1,521,998 | 1,718,796 | 1,759,652 | 2,051,285 | 2,099,543 | 2,133,571 | 2,163,008 | 2,213,281 || 2,163,194 | 2,213,588 | 2,264,462 Part-time ......|1,146,231 | 1,528,321 | 1,536,419 | 1,586,199 | 1,814,588 | 1,760,146 | 1,729,834 | 1,700,810 | 1,670,345 || 1,699,583 | 1,670,674 | 1,677,636 Men ..........| 609,422 | 760,469 | 685,051 | 693,115 | 764,248 | 737,891 | 720,402 | 703,691 | 686,876 || 703,078 | 686,997 | 686,903 Women ........| 536,809 | 767,852 | 851,368 | 893,084 | 1,050,340 | 1,022,255 | 1,009,432 | 997,119 | 983,469 || 996,505 | 983,677 | 990,733 | | | | | | | | | || | | Private 4-year ...|2,028,780 | 2,216,598 | 2,441,996 | 2,506,438 | 2,730,312 | 2,923,867 | 2,954,707 | 2,995,931 | 3,040,151 || 2,998,157 | 3,061,332 | 3,128,908 Full-time ......|1,500,888 | 1,610,435 | 1,751,970 | 1,761,273 | 1,903,369 | 2,040,995 | 2,067,044 | 2,120,774 | 2,162,470 || 2,124,195 | 2,178,132 | 2,260,616 Men ..........| 919,212 | 943,369 | 936,131 | 917,723 | 943,991 | 978,069 | 978,037 | 990,826 | 999,184 || 991,477 | 1,007,877 | 1,039,164 Women ........| 581,676 | 667,066 | 815,839 | 843,550 | 959,378 | 1,062,926 | 1,089,007 | 1,129,948 | 1,163,286 || 1,132,718 | 1,170,255 | 1,221,452 Part-time ......| 527,892 | 606,163 | 690,026 | 745,165 | 826,943 | 882,872 | 887,663 | 875,157 | 877,681 || 873,962 | 883,200 | 868,292 Men ..........| 326,767 | 331,992 | 332,762 | 341,689 | 360,532 | 367,211 | 364,351 | 358,298 | 357,257 || 356,097 | 360,272 | 353,827 Women ........| 201,125 | 274,171 | 357,264 | 403,476 | 466,411 | 515,661 | 523,312 | 516,859 | 520,424 || 517,865 | 522,928 | 514,465 | | | | | | | | | || | | Not-for-profit | | | | | | | | | || | | 4-year .......| --- | --- | 2,413,693 | 2,463,000 | 2,671,069 | 2,824,500 | 2,853,890 | 2,871,693 | 2,897,816 || 2,867,181 | 2,905,820 | 2,941,316 Full-time ....| --- | --- | 1,733,014 | 1,727,707 | 1,859,124 | 1,962,751 | 1,989,457 | 2,024,856 | 2,051,308 || 2,021,570 | 2,056,019 | 2,112,766 Men ........| --- | --- | 921,253 | 894,080 | 915,100 | 931,600 | 931,956 | 937,078 | 937,353 || 934,474 | 939,532 | 957,793 Women ......| --- | --- | 811,761 | 833,627 | 944,024 | 1,031,151 | 1,057,501 | 1,087,778 | 1,113,955 || 1,087,096 | 1,116,487 | 1,154,973 Part-time ....| --- | --- | 680,679 | 735,293 | 811,945 | 861,749 | 864,433 | 846,837 | 846,508 || 845,611 | 849,801 | 828,550 Men ........| --- | --- | 327,986 | 336,168 | 352,106 | 355,538 | 351,874 | 342,826 | 341,575 || 341,460 | 343,344 | 333,837 Women ......| --- | --- | 352,693 | 399,125 | 459,839 | 506,211 | 512,559 | 504,011 | 504,933 || 504,151 | 506,457 | 494,713 | | | | | | | | | || | | 2-year, total ......|2,319,385 | 3,970,119 | 4,526,287 | 4,531,077 | 5,240,083 | 5,529,710 | 5,492,529 | 5,497,420 | 5,470,740 || 5,563,327 | 5,605,569 | 5,516,444 Full-time ........|1,228,911 | 1,761,078 | 1,753,795 | 1,690,607 | 1,883,962 | 2,031,714 | 1,977,047 | 1,986,622 | 1,995,712 || 2,072,305 | 2,095,171 | 2,094,726 Men ............| 771,299 | 1,035,561 | 879,716 | 826,308 | 881,392 | 911,590 | 878,215 | 881,607 | 888,932 || 916,472 | 931,394 | 940,195 Women ..........| 457,612 | 725,517 | 874,079 | 864,299 | 1,002,570 | 1,120,124 | 1,098,832 | 1,105,015 | 1,106,780 || 1,155,833 | 1,163,777 | 1,154,531 Part-time ........|1,090,474 | 2,209,041 | 2,772,492 | 2,840,470 | 3,356,121 | 3,497,996 | 3,515,482 | 3,510,798 | 3,475,028 || 3,491,022 | 3,510,398 | 3,421,718 Men ............| 603,358 | 1,129,783 | 1,167,317 | 1,175,926 | 1,351,377 | 1,411,613 | 1,450,394 | 1,466,484 | 1,446,812 || 1,442,442 | 1,458,317 | 1,404,730 Women ..........| 487,116 | 1,079,258 | 1,605,175 | 1,664,544 | 2,004,744 | 2,086,383 | 2,065,088 | 2,044,314 | 2,028,216 || 2,048,580 | 2,052,081 | 2,016,988 | | | | | | | | | || | | Public 2-year ....|2,195,412 | 3,836,366 | 4,328,782 | 4,269,733 | 4,996,475 | 5,308,467 | 5,277,829 | 5,283,267 | 5,311,630 || 5,314,463 | 5,360,686 | 5,272,347 Full-time ......|1,129,165 | 1,662,621 | 1,595,493 | 1,496,905 | 1,716,843 | 1,885,753 | 1,840,590 | 1,858,080 | 1,871,120 || 1,872,014 | 1,891,027 | 1,889,959 Men ..........| 720,440 | 988,701 | 811,871 | 742,673 | 810,664 | 847,702 | 818,605 | 824,832 | 831,754 || 832,839 | 842,082 | 844,918 Women ........| 408,725 | 673,920 | 783,622 | 754,232 | 906,179 | 1,038,051 | 1,021,985 | 1,033,248 | 1,039,366 || 1,039,175 | 1,048,945 | 1,045,041 Part-time ......|1,066,247 | 2,173,745 | 2,733,289 | 2,772,828 | 3,279,632 | 3,422,714 | 3,437,239 | 3,425,187 | 3,440,510 || 3,442,449 | 3,469,659 | 3,382,388 Men ..........| 589,439 | 1,107,680 | 1,152,268 | 1,138,011 | 1,317,730 | 1,378,951 | 1,417,488 | 1,415,928 | 1,430,701 || 1,423,277 | 1,443,937 | 1,390,659 Women ........| 476,808 | 1,066,065 | 1,581,021 | 1,634,817 | 1,961,902 | 2,043,763 | 2,019,751 | 2,009,259 | 2,009,809 || 2,019,172 | 2,025,722 | 1,991,729 | | | | | | | | | || | | Private 2-year ...| 123,973 | 133,753 | 197,505 | 261,344 | 243,608 | 221,243 | 214,700 | 214,153 | 159,110 || 248,864 | 244,883 | 244,097 Full-time ......| 99,746 | 98,457 | 158,302 | 193,702 | 167,119 | 145,961 | 136,457 | 128,542 | 124,592 || 200,291 | 204,144 | 204,767 Men ..........| 50,859 | 46,860 | 67,845 | 83,635 | 70,728 | 63,888 | 59,610 | 56,775 | 57,178 || 83,633 | 89,312 | 95,277 Women ........| 48,887 | 51,597 | 90,457 | 110,067 | 96,391 | 82,073 | 76,847 | 71,767 | 67,414 || 116,658 | 114,832 | 109,490 Part-time ......| 24,227 | 35,296 | 39,203 | 67,642 | 76,489 | 75,282 | 78,243 | 85,611 | 34,518 || 48,573 | 40,739 | 39,330 Men ..........| 13,919 | 22,103 | 15,049 | 37,915 | 33,647 | 32,662 | 32,906 | 50,556 | 16,111 || 19,165 | 14,380 | 14,071 Women ........| 10,308 | 13,193 | 24,154 | 29,727 | 42,842 | 42,620 | 45,337 | 35,055 | 18,407 || 29,408 | 26,359 | 25,259 | | | | | | | | | || | | Not-for-profit | | | | | | | | | || | | 2-year .......| --- | --- | 114,094 | 108,791 | 89,158 | 85,607 | 75,154 | 68,864 | 63,898 || 75,375 | 71,794 | 66,066 Full-time ....| --- | --- | 83,009 | 76,547 | 62,003 | 59,021 | 54,033 | 50,202 | 48,893 || 56,434 | 55,153 | 51,063 Men ........| --- | --- | 34,968 | 30,878 | 25,946 | 25,048 | 23,265 | 21,386 | 21,615 || 24,064 | 24,367 | 23,455 Women ......| --- | --- | 48,041 | 45,669 | 36,057 | 33,973 | 30,768 | 28,816 | 27,278 || 32,370 | 30,786 | 27,608 Part-time ....| --- | --- | 31,085 | 32,244 | 27,155 | 26,586 | 21,121 | 18,662 | 15,005 || 18,941 | 16,641 | 15,003 Men ........| --- | --- | 11,445 | 10,786 | 7,970 | 7,530 | 6,080 | 5,227 | 4,683 || 5,337 | 5,175 | 4,573 Women ......| --- | --- | 19,640 | 21,458 | 19,185 | 19,056 | 15,041 | 13,435 | 10,322 || 13,604 | 11,466 | 10,430 ____________________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________||___________|___________|___________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Large increase in private 2-year institutions in 1980 is due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology. Trend tabulations of institutions of higher education data are based on institutions that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. The Department of Education no longer distinguishes between those institutions and other institutions that participated in Title IV programs. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award degrees. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared July 2000.)
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