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Table 174.Fall enrollment and number of institutions of higher education, by affiliation\1\ of institution: 1980 to 1993

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                                              |                                                  Enrollment                                 |  Number of
                                              |_____________________________________________________________________________________________|institutions\2\
                                              |           |            |            |                       Fall 1993\3\                    |_______________
                 Affiliation                  |   Total   |   Total    |   Total    |_______________________________________________________|       |
                                              |   fall    |    fall    |    fall    |           |      Full-time      |      Part-time      | Fall  | Fall
                                              |   1980    |    1990    |    1992    |   Total   |_____________________|_____________________| 1980  | 1993
                                              |           |            |            |           |   Men    |  Women   |   Men    |  Women   |       |
______________________________________________|___________|____________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_______|_______
                      1                       |     2     |     3      |     4      |     5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |  10   |  11
______________________________________________|___________|____________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_______|_______
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
  All institutions............................|12,096,895 | 13,818,637 | 14,486,315 |14,305,658 |3,890,603 |4,237,137 |2,537,113 |3,640,805 | 3,226 | 3,550
                                              |___________|____________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_______|_______
Public institutions...........................| 9,457,394 | 10,844,717 | 11,384,567 |11,189,088 |2,848,010 |3,114,552 |2,136,501 |3,090,025 | 1,493 | 1,594
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
Private institutions..........................| 2,639,501 |  2,973,920 |  3,101,748 | 3,116,570 |1,042,593 |1,122,585 |  400,612 |  550,780 | 1,733 | 1,956
  Independent nonprofit ......................| 1,521,614 |  1,471,446 |  1,506,699 | 1,497,743 |  517,738 |  517,273 |  203,528 |  259,204 |   795 |   709
  Proprietary ................................|   111,714 |    213,693 |    230,269 |   226,818 |   81,584 |   77,118 |   35,024 |   33,092 |   164 |   313
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
  Religiously affiliated......................| 1,006,173 |  1,288,781 |  1,364,780 | 1,392,009 |  443,271 |  528,194 |  162,060 |  258,484 |   774 |   934
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    Advent Christian Church ..................|       143 |        --- |        --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |     1 |   ---
    African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church ..|     1,091 |         88 |        --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |     3 |   ---
    African Methodist Episcopal ..............|     4,541 |      3,220 |      3,149 |     3,643 |    1,415 |    1,851 |      146 |      231 |     6 |     6
    American Baptist .........................|     6,131 |     10,800 |     10,859 |    11,767 |    2,765 |    3,546 |    1,828 |    3,628 |    11 |    12
    American Evangelical Lutheran Church .....|       --- |        --- |        783 |       819 |      415 |      264 |       59 |       81 |   --- |     1
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    American Lutheran and Lutheran Church in  |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
      America.................................|     3,092 |        --- |      1,618 |     1,324 |      357 |      538 |      203 |      226 |     3 |     1
    American Lutheran ........................|    21,608 |        --- |      9,500 |    10,138 |    3,655 |    4,361 |      497 |    1,625 |    13 |     9
    Assemblies of God Church .................|     7,814 |      8,307 |      8,181 |     9,045 |    4,013 |    3,830 |      647 |      555 |    10 |    12
    Baptist ..................................|    38,231 |     99,314 |    103,746 |   102,041 |   35,504 |   41,690 |   11,390 |   13,457 |    33 |    64
    Brethren Church ..........................|     3,925 |        958 |      1,453 |     1,463 |      577 |      590 |      182 |      114 |     3 |     3
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    Brethren in Christ Church ................|     1,301 |      2,239 |      2,251 |     2,330 |      913 |    1,363 |       20 |       34 |     1 |     1
    Christian and Missionary Alliance Church .|     1,705 |      2,519 |      2,653 |     3,139 |    1,279 |    1,463 |      164 |      233 |     3 |     4
    Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ...|    14,913 |     30,397 |     33,988 |    31,360 |    6,322 |    9,430 |    6,886 |    8,722 |    12 |    15
    Christian Churches and Churches of Christ.|     1,342 |      2,263 |      2,967 |     3,016 |    1,297 |    1,190 |      332 |      197 |     7 |    10
    Christian Methodist Episcopal ............|     2,486 |      2,174 |      1,965 |     2,240 |      866 |    1,143 |      103 |      128 |     4 |     3
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    Christian Reformed Church ................|     5,408 |      4,488 |      3,947 |     3,956 |    1,748 |    1,928 |      135 |      145 |     3 |     2
    Church of Christ (Scientist) .............|     2,773 |      2,557 |      5,353 |     4,043 |    1,713 |    1,761 |      340 |      229 |     6 |     5
    Church of God of Prophecy ................|       --- |        249 |        225 |         0 |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |   --- |   ---
    Church of God ............................|     6,082 |      5,627 |      5,954 |     6,441 |    2,572 |    2,760 |      543 |      566 |     9 |     8
    Church of New Jerusalem ..................|       170 |        --- |        --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |     1 |   ---
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    Church of the Brethren ...................|     8,482 |      4,463 |      3,000 |     2,852 |      999 |    1,450 |      172 |      231 |     6 |     3
    Church of the Nazarene ...................|    11,716 |     10,779 |     13,707 |    13,852 |    5,148 |    6,295 |    1,002 |    1,407 |    10 |    10
    Churches of Christ .......................|     9,343 |     14,331 |     20,171 |    22,157 |    7,809 |    8,105 |    2,999 |    3,244 |     9 |    16
    Cumberland Presbyterian ..................|       594 |        746 |        653 |       734 |      314 |      215 |       78 |      127 |     2 |     2
    Evangelical Congregational Church ........|        80 |         88 |         94 |        98 |       15 |        4 |       60 |       19 |     1 |     1
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    Evangelical Convent Church of America ....|     1,401 |      1,035 |      1,331 |     1,417 |      476 |      521 |      162 |      258 |     1 |     1
    Evangelical Free Church of America .......|       833 |      2,355 |      3,458 |     3,743 |    1,387 |    1,119 |      858 |      379 |     1 |     4
    Evangelical Lutheran Church ..............|       743 |     49,210 |     32,682 |    36,755 |   13,786 |   17,674 |    1,912 |    3,383 |     3 |    26
    Free Methodist ...........................|     5,543 |      5,902 |      8,321 |     8,269 |    2,786 |    3,759 |      670 |    1,054 |     5 |     5
    Free Will Baptist Church .................|     1,132 |      1,177 |      1,091 |     1,197 |      379 |      342 |      266 |      210 |     4 |     2
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    Friends United Meeting ...................|     1,109 |        --- |        --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |     1 |   ---
    Friends ..................................|     5,157 |      5,844 |      6,311 |     6,529 |    2,446 |    3,130 |      389 |      564 |     5 |     6
    General Conference Mennonite Church ......|       820 |      1,243 |      1,341 |       841 |      373 |      387 |       31 |       50 |     2 |     1
    Greek Orthodox ...........................|       204 |        148 |        173 |       171 |      131 |       35 |        3 |        2 |     1 |     1
    Interdenominational ......................|     1,254 |     11,103 |      5,363 |     5,244 |    2,547 |    2,062 |      371 |      264 |     4 |     9
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    Jewish ...................................|     5,738 |     15,628 |     16,991 |    19,942 |   13,407 |    5,276 |      798 |      461 |    24 |    71
    Latter-Day Saints ........................|    39,172 |     42,274 |     41,025 |    40,725 |   17,960 |   18,977 |    1,798 |    1,990 |     4 |     3
    Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod ..........|    11,727 |     13,827 |      9,894 |     9,925 |    3,708 |    4,394 |      660 |    1,163 |    15 |     8
    Lutheran Church in America ...............|    23,877 |      5,796 |      7,246 |     7,416 |    2,423 |    3,139 |      689 |    1,165 |    20 |     4
    Mennonite Brethren Church ................|     1,344 |      1,864 |      2,089 |     2,115 |      567 |      674 |      282 |      592 |     3 |     3
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    Mennonite Church .........................|     4,008 |      2,859 |      2,794 |     3,486 |    1,336 |    1,623 |      211 |      316 |     6 |     6
    Missionary Church Inc. ...................|       487 |        699 |        984 |     1,158 |      312 |      421 |      155 |      270 |     1 |     1
    Moravian Church ..........................|     2,434 |      2,511 |      2,589 |     2,727 |      622 |    1,174 |      361 |      570 |     2 |     2
    Multiple Protestant Denominations ........|     5,526 |        211 |        194 |       189 |       35 |       51 |       36 |       67 |     8 |     1
    North American Baptist ...................|       155 |        --- |        141 |       173 |       70 |       42 |       41 |       20 |     1 |     1
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    Pentecostal Holiness Church ..............|       767 |        566 |        904 |       916 |      341 |      337 |      101 |      137 |     3 |     3
    Presbyterian U.S. and United Presbyterian.|    47,144 |     76,625 |     70,276 |    72,123 |   27,458 |   31,608 |    5,235 |    7,822 |    57 |    64
    Presbyterian Church in America ...........|       --- |      1,877 |      3,601 |     3,643 |    1,637 |    1,637 |      214 |      155 |   --- |     3
    Protestant Episcopal .....................|     5,396 |      4,559 |      4,665 |     4,640 |    1,947 |    2,347 |      140 |      206 |    12 |    11
    Protestant, other ........................|     4,072 |     38,136 |     66,806 |    62,238 |   22,864 |   24,950 |    6,777 |    7,647 |    11 |    68
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    Reformed Church in America ...............|     2,713 |      5,525 |      5,416 |     5,345 |    2,202 |    2,785 |      157 |      201 |     4 |     4
    Reformed Episcopal Church ................|        67 |        --- |        --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |     1 |   ---
    Reformed Presbyterian Church .............|     2,014 |      1,556 |      1,651 |     1,693 |      686 |      659 |      197 |      151 |     4 |     2
    Reorganized Latter-Day Saints Church .....|     4,274 |      4,793 |      9,317 |     9,922 |    2,527 |    1,742 |    2,255 |    3,398 |     2 |     2
    Roman Catholic ...........................|   422,842 |    530,742 |    572,801 |   585,722 |  151,621 |  199,532 |   82,278 |  152,291 |   229 |   251
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    Russian Orthodox .........................|        47 |        --- |         34 |        30 |       27 |        0 |        3 |        0 |     1 |     1
    Seventh-Day Adventists ...................|    19,168 |     15,771 |     16,723 |    16,572 |    6,163 |    6,947 |    1,258 |    2,204 |    11 |    11
    Southern Baptist .........................|    85,281 |     49,493 |     40,764 |    43,148 |   14,146 |   15,151 |    6,348 |    7,503 |    54 |    30
    Undenominational..........................|       --- |      1,714 |     10,239 |    10,760 |    3,375 |    4,108 |    1,778 |    1,499 |   --- |     9
    Unitarian Universalist ...................|        87 |         82 |         87 |        93 |       28 |       53 |        4 |        8 |     2 |     2
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    United Brethren Church ...................|       545 |        601 |        608 |       565 |      239 |      242 |       55 |       29 |     1 |     1
    United Church of Christ ..................|    14,169 |     19,219 |     22,500 |    23,282 |    6,789 |    9,921 |    2,414 |    4,158 |    16 |    19
    United Methodist .........................|   127,099 |    148,851 |    139,329 |   142,031 |   48,923 |   58,752 |   13,596 |   20,760 |    91 |    88
    Wesleyan Church ..........................|     3,583 |      5,311 |      5,705 |     6,846 |    2,655 |    3,343 |      331 |      517 |     5 |     3
    Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod .....|       808 |        931 |        771 |     1,078 |      477 |      551 |       17 |       33 |     1 |     3
                                              |           |            |            |           |          |          |          |          |       |
    Other religiously affiliated..............|       462 |     13,136 |     12,348 |    12,882 |    4,719 |    4,952 |    1,423 |    1,788 |     1 |    16
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\1\Religious affiliation as reported by institutions of higher education.
\2\Because data are derived from the "Fall Enrollment" survey, counts of institutions may differ from counts on other tables.
\3\Preliminary data.
---Data not applicable or not reported.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared June 1995).


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