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Projections of Education Statistics to 2016
NCES 2008-060
December 2007


Table 18.  Actual and alternative projected numbers for enrollment in private 2-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex and attendance status: Fall 1991 through fall 2016

[In thousands]
Year  Total   Men   Women
  Full-time Part-time   Full-time Part-time
Actual 
1991  247 80 27 109 32
1992  238 74 30 91 43
1993  229 70 31 85 43
1994  221 64 33 82 43
1995  215 60 33 77 45
1996  249 84 19 117 29
1997  245 89 14 115 26
1998  243 95 14 109 25
1999  253 101 15 112 25
2000  251 105 13 112 21
2001  254 105 12 114 22
2002  259 101 13 122 23
2003  285 103 13 142 28
2004  302 101 13 156 31
2005  304 99 12 161 32
 
Middle alternative projections 
2006  305 105 13 157 30
2007  311 107 13 162 30
2008  318 109 13 166 30
2009  325 111 13 171 30
2010  330 112 13 174 31
2011  335 113 13 178 31
2012  340 113 13 182 31
2013  346 114 14 187 31
2014  352 114 14 193 31
2015  357 115 14 198 31
2016  363 115 14 203 31
 
Low alternative projections 
2006  304 105 13 156 30
2007  309 106 13 160 30
2008  315 108 13 164 30
2009  320 110 13 167 30
2010  324 111 13 170 30
2011  328 111 13 173 31
2012  333 112 13 176 31
2013  338 112 13 181 31
2014  343 113 14 186 31
2015  348 113 14 191 31
2016  353 113 14 195 31
 
High alternative projections 
2006  306 105 13 158 30
2007  314 107 13 164 30
2008  322 109 13 169 30
2009  329 111 13 174 31
2010  336 113 13 179 31
2011  342 114 13 183 31
2012  348 115 14 188 31
2013  354 115 14 194 31
2014  360 116 14 200 31
2015  366 116 14 205 31
2016  372   117 14   211 31
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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