Section 2. Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions: Total Enrollment

Figure C. Actual and middle alternative projected numbers for total enrollment in degree-granting institutions: Selected years, 1992–2017

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SOURCE: U.S. Dept. of Education, NCES, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey," various years; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model. (See reference table 10.)

Total enrollment in degree-granting institutions increased 23 percent from 1992 to 2006, a period of 14 years (figure C; reference figure 10 and table 10).

Between 2006 and 2017, a period of 11 years, total enrollment is projected to increase

• 13 percent, to 20.1 million, in the middle alternative projections;
• 9 percent, to 19.4 million, in the low alternative projections; and
• 16 percent, to 20.6 million, in the high alternative projections.