Table 10. Actual and alternative projected numbers for total enrollment in all degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex, attendance status, and control of institution: Fall 1991 through fall 2016

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Table 10. Actual and alternative projected numbers for total enrollment in all degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex, attendance status, and control of institution: Fall 1991 through fall 2016 [In thousands]

		Sex		Attendance status		Control
Year	Total	Men	Women	Full-time	Part-time	Public	Private
Actual
1991	14,359	6,502	7,857	8,115	6,244	11,310	3,049
1992	14,486	6,524	7,963	8,161	6,325	11,385	3,102
1993	14,305	6,427	7,877	8,128	6,177	11,189	3,116
1994	14,279	6,372	7,907	8,138	6,141	11,134	3,145
1995	14,262	6,343	7,919	8,129	6,133	11,092	3,169
1996	14,368	6,353	8,015	8,303	6,065	11,121	3,247
1997	14,502	6,396	8,106	8,438	6,064	11,196	3,306
1998	14,507	6,369	8,138	8,563	5,944	11,138	3,369
1999	14,791	6,491	8,301	8,786	6,005	11,309	3,482
2000	15,312	6,722	8,591	9,010	6,303	11,753	3,560
2001	15,928	6,961	8,967	9,448	6,480	12,233	3,695
2002	16,612	7,202	9,410	9,946	6,665	12,752	3,860
2003	16,900	7,256	9,645	10,312	6,589	12,857	4,043
2004	17,272	7,387	9,885	10,610	6,662	12,980	4,292
2005	17,487	7,456	10,032	10,797	6,690	13,022	4,466

Middle alternative projections
2006	17,672	7,470	10,202	10,982	6,689	13,252	4,420
2007	17,958	7,574	10,385	11,233	6,725	13,457	4,501
2008	18,264	7,685	10,579	11,497	6,768	13,677	4,587
2009	18,567	7,793	10,774	11,757	6,810	13,895	4,672
2010	18,839	7,884	10,955	11,995	6,844	14,085	4,754
2011	19,105	7,967	11,139	12,222	6,883	14,269	4,836
2012	19,374	8,035	11,339	12,442	6,932	14,453	4,921
2013	19,662	8,096	11,566	12,672	6,989	14,651	5,010
2014	19,944	8,149	11,796	12,903	7,041	14,846	5,098
2015	20,192	8,183	12,009	13,113	7,079	15,015	5,177
2016	20,442	8,222	12,220	13,325	7,117	15,186	5,256

Low alternative projections
2006	17,621	7,460	10,161	10,940	6,681	13,216	4,405
2007	17,849	7,548	10,301	11,140	6,709	13,380	4,469
2008	18,110	7,646	10,464	11,364	6,746	13,569	4,541
2009	18,371	7,743	10,628	11,587	6,784	13,757	4,614
2010	18,589	7,821	10,768	11,778	6,812	13,910	4,679
2011	18,803	7,891	10,912	11,957	6,846	14,057	4,745
2012	19,036	7,951	11,085	12,145	6,891	14,217	4,819
2013	19,292	8,004	11,288	12,347	6,945	14,393	4,899
2014	19,558	8,053	11,505	12,562	6,996	14,576	4,982
2015	19,786	8,083	11,703	12,754	7,032	14,732	5,055
2016	20,012	8,117	11,895	12,943	7,069	14,886	5,126

High alternative projections
2006	17,704	7,477	10,226	11,008	6,696	13,275	4,429
2007	18,065	7,600	10,465	11,324	6,741	13,532	4,533
2008	18,420	7,724	10,696	11,631	6,789	13,787	4,633
2009	18,767	7,844	10,924	11,931	6,837	14,036	4,732
2010	19,087	7,947	11,140	12,212	6,875	14,259	4,828
2011	19,399	8,040	11,358	12,479	6,919	14,475	4,924
2012	19,711	8,120	11,591	12,739	6,972	14,689	5,022
2013	20,029	8,187	11,842	12,997	7,032	14,908	5,121
2014	20,317	8,239	12,078	13,234	7,084	15,106	5,211
2015	20,573	8,275	12,299	13,452	7,121	15,280	5,293
2016	20,850	8,319	12,531	13,688	7,162	15,470	5,380

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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