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Digest of Education Statistics
1999 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Issue of the Digest

Table 313  Percent of colleges and universities using various selection criteria for admission, by type and control of institution: 1990-91 to 1998-99

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                       | All institutions|Public institutions|            All private institutions
                       |_________________|___________________|_____________________________________________________
   Type and control    |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |  Nonprofit      | Proprietary
    of institution     |Total| 4-  | 2-  |Total | 4-  |  2-  |Total| 4-  | 2-  |_________________|_________________
                       |     |year |year |      |year | year |     |year |year |     | 4-  | 2-  |     | 4-  | 2-
                       |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |Total|year |year |Total|year |year
_______________________|_____|_____|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
           1           |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5   |  6  |  7   |  8  |  9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16
_______________________|_____|_____|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
  High school diploma  |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
1990-91 ...............|91.6 |94.2 |88.3 | 88.9 |96.0 | 84.9 |94.1 |93.4 |96.0 |93.7 |93.4 |95.6 |95.7 |92.9 |96.3
1995-96 ...............|91.4 |93.9 |88.1 | 88.2 |95.8 | 84.1 |94.3 |93.1 |98.3 |93.4 |92.7 |97.8 |98.5 |98.0 |98.7
1996-97\1\ ............|92.3 |94.5 |89.8 | 88.2 |96.1 | 84.0 |95.6 |93.9 |99.4 |94.2 |93.5 |98.9 |99.2 |97.6 |99.6
1997-98\1\ ............|92.3 |94.6 |89.7 | 88.2 |96.5 | 83.8 |95.6 |93.9 |99.4 |94.2 |93.6 |98.9 |98.9 |96.5 |99.6
1998-99\1\ ............|92.4 |94.9 |89.4 | 88.2 |97.0 | 83.6 |95.6 |94.1 |99.1 |94.3 |93.7 |98.8 |98.6 |97.0 |99.2
                       |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
   High school class   |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
    class standing     |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
1990-91 ...............|43.4 |66.1 |13.5 | 31.7 |69.5 | 10.3 |53.7 |64.7 |20.7 |63.6 |67.2 |35.8 |11.7 |10.7 |11.9
1995-96 ...............|42.8 |65.0 |12.8 | 30.6 |71.4 |  8.4 |53.7 |62.4 |24.0 |63.0 |66.6 |37.5 |11.8 | 8.8 |13.2
1996-97\1\ ............|39.0 |64.2 |10.5 | 29.0 |70.1 |  7.5 |47.1 |61.9 |15.5 |62.5 |66.9 |31.7 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.2
1997-98\1\ ............|38.5 |63.3 |10.0 | 28.8 |69.9 |  7.4 |46.2 |60.6 |14.5 |62.1 |66.3 |31.6 | 8.5 | 9.8 | 8.1
1998-99\1\ ............|38.1 |62.5 | 9.1 | 28.2 |68.9 |  6.6 |45.7 |60.0 |13.4 |62.4 |66.5 |29.9 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 7.7
                       |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Admissions test scores |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
1990-91 ...............|68.8 |86.5 |45.6 | 59.2 |93.1 | 40.0 |77.3 |83.7 |58.3 |82.6 |85.4 |61.0 |54.9 |46.4 |56.7
1995-96 ...............|68.3 |84.3 |46.7 | 58.7 |93.1 | 40.0 |76.8 |80.7 |63.6 |80.4 |82.6 |64.7 |60.9 |56.9 |62.7
1996-97\1\ ............|67.2 |84.6 |47.6 | 57.3 |92.4 | 38.9 |75.2 |81.4 |62.1 |81.1 |83.6 |63.4 |60.8 |58.1 |61.5
1997-98\1\ ............|66.9 |83.7 |47.4 | 57.2 |92.4 | 38.7 |74.5 |80.3 |61.8 |80.7 |82.8 |65.5 |59.9 |58.0 |60.4
1998-99\1\ ............|67.9 |84.1 |48.6 | 58.4 |92.2 | 40.4 |75.2 |81.0 |62.1 |81.7 |83.7 |65.9 |60.6 |59.9 |60.8
                       |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
  TOEFL or equivalent  |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
1990-91 ...............|73.5 |85.0 |58.4 | 76.1 |88.2 | 69.3 |71.1 |83.7 |33.6 |81.4 |84.5 |57.2 |27.6 |66.1 |19.6
1995-96 ...............|76.5 |87.1 |62.3 | 77.5 |91.5 | 69.8 |75.7 |85.2 |43.2 |81.9 |85.6 |55.4 |47.9 |80.4 |33.3
1996-97\1\ ............|72.3 |87.1 |55.5 | 76.7 |91.2 | 69.1 |68.8 |85.5 |32.9 |82.9 |86.9 |55.2 |34.0 |71.0 |24.1
1997-98\1\ ............|71.8 |86.5 |54.8 | 76.5 |91.9 | 68.4 |68.0 |84.4 |32.3 |82.4 |86.1 |55.4 |34.0 |68.5 |23.8
1998-99\1\ ............|73.1 |87.0 |56.7 | 78.8 |91.7 | 72.0 |68.6 |85.1 |31.4 |83.4 |87.0 |54.9 |35.5 |70.7 |23.3
                       |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
       Residence       |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
1990-91 ...............|10.2 | 8.4 |12.6 | 20.3 |24.9 | 17.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.7
1995-96 ...............|10.4 | 8.2 |13.4 | 20.8 |25.4 | 18.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9
1996-97\1\ ............| 9.4 | 8.2 |10.7 | 19.6 |25.0 | 16.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6
1997-98\1\ ............| 9.3 | 8.2 |10.7 | 19.7 |25.4 | 16.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.4
1998-99\1\ ............| 8.9 | 7.8 |10.2 | 19.1 |24.9 | 16.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4
                       |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
  Ability to benefit   |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
1990-91 ...............|51.5 |48.0 |56.0 | 47.1 |32.5 | 55.4 |55.3 |54.6 |57.3 |56.1 |55.9 |57.2 |51.8 |25.0 |57.4
1995-96 ...............|51.1 |48.8 |54.2 | 52.0 |34.3 | 61.6 |50.3 |54.7 |35.7 |55.9 |57.3 |45.7 |25.5 |20.6 |27.6
1996-97\1\ ............|49.1 |48.3 |50.0 | 52.1 |34.3 | 61.3 |46.8 |54.0 |31.2 |55.8 |57.8 |42.1 |24.5 |15.3 |26.9
1997-98\1\ ............|48.8 |47.9 |49.8 | 52.1 |34.3 | 61.4 |46.2 |53.3 |30.7 |55.5 |57.4 |41.8 |24.2 |16.1 |26.7
1998-99\1\ ............|48.7 |48.2 |49.2 | 52.6 |34.6 | 62.1 |45.6 |53.5 |27.8 |56.2 |58.0 |42.1 |21.8 |18.6 |22.9
                       |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
          Age          |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
1990-91 ...............|15.8 | 6.6 |27.9 | 26.0 |10.5 | 34.7 | 6.8 | 5.0 |12.4 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 9.4 |14.7 |17.9 |14.1
1995-96 ...............|16.2 | 6.1 |29.7 | 27.3 | 9.4 | 37.1 | 6.3 | 4.8 |11.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 8.7 |15.2 |19.6 |13.2
1996-97\1\ ............|16.9 | 6.2 |28.9 | 27.7 | 8.8 | 37.6 | 8.1 | 5.1 |14.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 8.2 |18.2 |23.4 |16.9
1997-98\1\ ............|17.1 | 6.4 |29.4 | 28.1 | 8.8 | 38.2 | 8.4 | 5.4 |14.9 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 7.9 |18.9 |23.8 |17.5
1998-99\1\ ............|17.0 | 6.1 |29.9 | 28.2 | 6.9 | 39.5 | 8.3 | 5.8 |14.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 7.9 |18.5 |25.1 |16.3
                       |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
    Open admission     |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
1990-91 ...............| 5.8 | 1.0 |12.0 | 10.8 | 1.8 | 15.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.2
1995-96 ...............|18.2 | 4.4 |36.9 | 33.4 | 6.2 | 48.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 |12.5 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 4.8
1996-97\1\ ............|19.1 | 4.7 |35.4 | 37.2 | 6.5 | 53.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 |10.4 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 3.6
1997-98\1\ ............|19.0 | 4.7 |35.4 | 37.5 | 6.5 | 53.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 9.6 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 3.8
1998-99\1\ ............|20.8 | 5.1 |39.4 | 41.5 | 6.7 | 60.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.2
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\1\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Institutional Characteristics" surveys. (This table was prepared September 1999.)


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