Total undergraduate enrollment in degree-granting 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions with projections, by sex, attendance status, and level and control of institution: Fall 1970

Undergraduate Education

Table 9-1. Total undergraduate enrollment in degree-granting 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions with projections, by sex, attendance status, and level and control of institution: Fall 1970–2017

[In thousands]

		Sex		Attendance status		Level of institution		Control of institution
Fall of year	Total	Male	Female	Full-time	Part-time	4-year	2-year	Public	Private

1970	7,376	4,254	3,122	5,280	2,096	5,057	2,319	5,628	1,748
1971	7,743	4,418	3,325	5,512	2,231	5,164	2,579	6,007	1,736
1972	7,941	4,429	3,512	5,488	2,453	5,185	2,756	6,223	1,718
1973	8,261	4,538	3,723	5,580	2,681	5,249	3,012	6,522	1,739
1974	8,798	4,765	4,033	5,726	3,072	5,394	3,404	7,031	1,767
1975	9,679	5,257	4,422	6,169	3,510	5,709	3,970	7,826	1,853
1976	9,429	4,902	4,527	6,030	3,399	5,546	3,883	7,617	1,812
1977	9,717	4,897	4,820	6,094	3,623	5,674	4,043	7,843	1,874
1978	9,691	4,766	4,925	5,967	3,724	5,663	4,028	7,786	1,905
1979	9,998	4,821	5,178	6,080	3,919	5,781	4,217	8,046	1,951
1980	10,475	5,000	5,475	6,362	4,113	5,948	4,526	8,441	2,033
1981	10,755	5,109	5,646	6,449	4,306	6,039	4,716	8,648	2,106
1982	10,825	5,170	5,655	6,484	4,341	6,053	4,772	8,713	2,112
1983	10,846	5,158	5,688	6,514	4,332	6,123	4,723	8,697	2,149
1984	10,618	5,007	5,611	6,348	4,270	6,087	4,531	8,493	2,125
1985	10,597	4,962	5,635	6,320	4,277	6,066	4,531	8,477	2,120
1986	10,798	5,018	5,780	6,352	4,446	6,118	4,680	8,661	2,137
1987	11,046	5,068	5,978	6,463	4,584	6,270	4,776	8,919	2,128
1988	11,317	5,138	6,179	6,642	4,674	6,441	4,875	9,103	2,213
1989	11,743	5,311	6,432	6,841	4,902	6,592	5,151	9,488	2,255
1990	11,959	5,380	6,579	6,976	4,983	6,719	5,240	9,710	2,250
1991	12,439	5,571	6,868	7,221	5,218	6,787	5,652	10,148	2,291
1992	12,537	5,582	6,954	7,243	5,293	6,814	5,722	10,216	2,320
1993	12,324	5,484	6,840	7,179	5,144	6,758	5,566	10,012	2,312
1994	12,538	5,583	6,955	7,244	5,293	7,008	5,530	10,216	2,321
1995	12,232	5,401	6,831	7,145	5,086	6,739	5,493	9,904	2,328
1996	12,327	5,421	6,906	7,299	5,028	6,764	5,563	9,935	2,392
1997	12,451	5,469	6,982	7,419	5,032	6,845	5,606	10,007	2,443
1998	12,437	5,446	6,991	7,539	4,898	6,948	5,489	9,950	2,487
1999	12,681	5,559	7,122	7,735	4,946	7,089	5,593	10,110	2,571
2000	13,155	5,778	7,377	7,923	5,232	7,207	5,948	10,539	2,616
2001	13,716	6,004	7,711	8,328	5,388	7,465	6,251	10,986	2,730
2002	14,257	6,192	8,065	8,734	5,523	7,728	6,529	11,433	2,824
2003	14,480	6,227	8,253	9,045	5,435	7,987	6,493	11,523	2,957
2004	14,781	6,340	8,441	9,284	5,496	8,235	6,546	11,651	3,130
2005	14,964	6,409	8,555	9,446	5,518	8,476	6,488	11,698	3,266
2006	15,184	6,514	8,671	9,571	5,613	8,666	6,519	11,847	3,337
Projected¹
2007	15,366	6,615	8,752	9,690	5,677	8,670	6,696	12,022	3,344
2008	15,571	6,719	8,852	9,836	5,735	8,793	6,778	12,201	3,369
2009	15,770	6,816	8,954	9,975	5,795	8,914	6,856	12,378	3,391
2010	15,939	6,895	9,044	10,090	5,849	9,024	6,915	12,507	3,432
2011	16,106	6,971	9,136	10,195	5,911	9,127	6,979	12,636	3,470
2012	16,273	7,039	9,234	10,295	5,978	9,225	7,049	12,766	3,507
2013	16,457	7,105	9,352	10,408	6,050	9,328	7,129	12,911	3,546
2014	16,628	7,161	9,467	10,510	6,118	9,419	7,208	13,046	3,582
2015	16,755	7,195	9,560	10,584	6,171	9,485	7,270	13,148	3,608
2016	16,881	7,232	9,649	10,657	6,224	9,549	7,332	13,248	3,633
2017	17,022	7,281	9,741	10,737	6,285	9,617	7,405	13,362	3,660

¹ Projections based on data through 2006 and middle alternative assumptions concerning the economy. See NCES 2008–078 for more information on projections.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. See supplemental note 3 for more information on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). See supplemental note 9 for more information about the classification of postsecondary education institutions.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Digest of Education Statistics, 2007 (NCES 2008-022), tables 180 and 196, and Hussar, W. (forthcoming). Projections of Education Statistics to 2017 (NCES 2008-078), tables 16, 18, and 19, data from U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), “Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities” surveys, 1970–1985, and 1986–2006 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:86–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2007.

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