Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Fall 1980 to fall 2005

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Table 2.

Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Fall 1980 to fall 2005
[In thousands]

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                          |       |       |          |       |       |          |         |          |       |          |       |Projected|Projected|Projected
   Level of instruction   | Fall  | Fall  |    Fall  | Fall  | Fall  |    Fall  |  Fall   |    Fall  | Fall  |    Fall  | Fall  |  fall   |  fall   |  fall
   and type of control    | 1980  | 1985  |    1990  | 1991  | 1993  |    1994  |  1995   |    1996  | 1997  |    1998  | 1999  | 2000\1\ |  2001   |  2005
__________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
            1             |   2   |  3    |      4   |   5   |   6   |    7     |    8    |      9   |  10   |     11   |  12   |   13    |   14    |   15
__________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
     All levels ..........|58,305 |57,226 |   60,269 |61,681 |63,118 |   63,888 |  64,764 |   65,743 |66,470 |   66,983 |67,667 |  68,083 |  68,457 |  69,787
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
Public ...................|50,335 |48,901 |   52,061 |53,356 |54,654 |   55,245 |  55,933 |   56,732 |57,323 |   57,676 |58,167 |  58,695 |  58,988 |  60,063
Private ..................| 7,971 | 8,325 |    8,208 | 8,324 | 8,464 |    8,643 |   8,831 |    9,011 | 9,147 |    9,306 | 9,500 |   9,388 |   9,469 |   9,723
                          |=======|=======|==========|=======|=======|==========|=========|==========|=======|==========|=======|=========|=========|=========
Elementary and secondary  |       |       |          |       |       |          |         |          |       |          |       |         |         |
 education\2\ ............|46,208 |44,979 |   46,451 |47,322 |48,813 |   49,609 |  50,502 |   51,375 |51,968 |   52,476 |52,875 |  53,104 |  53,157 |  53,491
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
  Public .................|40,877 |39,422 |   41,217 |42,047 |43,465 |   44,111 |  44,840 |   45,611 |46,127 |   46,539 |46,857 |  47,160 |  47,213 |  47,536
  Private ................| 5,331 | 5,557 |    5,234 | 5,275 | 5,348 |\3\ 5,498 |   5,662 |\3\ 5,764 | 5,841 |\3\ 5,937 | 6,018 |   5,944 |   5,944 |   5,954
                          |=======|=======|==========|=======|=======|==========|=========|==========|=======|==========|=======|=========|=========|=========
  Grades K-8\4\ ..........|31,639 |31,229 |   33,962 |34,619 |35,719 |   36,233 |  36,806 |   37,315 |37,696 |   38,048 |38,253 |  38,300 |  38,255 |  37,694
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
    Public ...............|27,647 |27,034 |   29,878 |30,506 |31,504 |   31,898 |  32,341 |   32,764 |33,073 |   33,346 |33,488 |  33,622 |  33,587 |  33,091
    Private ..............| 3,992 | 4,195 |\3\ 4,084 | 4,113 | 4,215 |\3\ 4,335 |   4,465 |\3\ 4,551 | 4,623 |\3\ 4,702 | 4,765 |   4,678 |   4,668 |   4,603
                          |=======|=======|==========|=======|=======|==========|=========|==========|=======|==========|=======|=========|=========|=========
  Grades 9-12 ............|14,570 |13,750 |   12,488 |12,703 |13,093 |   13,376 |  13,697 |   14,060 |14,272 |   14,428 |14,623 |  14,803 |  14,902 |  15,797
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
    Public ...............|13,231 |12,388 |   11,338 |11,541 |11,961 |   12,213 |  12,500 |   12,847 |13,054 |   13,193 |13,369 |  13,537 |  13,626 |  14,445
    Private ..............| 1,339 | 1,362 |\3\ 1,150 | 1,162 | 1,132 |\3\ 1,163 |   1,197 |\3\ 1,213 | 1,218 |\3\ 1,235 | 1,254 |   1,266 |   1,276 |   1,351
                          |=======|=======|==========|=======|=======|==========|=========|==========|=======|==========|=======|=========|=========|=========
Degree-granting           |       |       |          |       |                  |         |          |       |          |       |         |         |
  institutions\5\ ........|12,097 |12,247 |   13,819 |14,359 |14,305 |   14,279 |  14,262 |   14,368 |14,502 |   14,507 |14,791 |  14,979 |  15,300 |  16,296
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
  Public .................| 9,457 | 9,479 |   10,845 |11,310 |11,189 |   11,134 |  11,092 |   11,120 |11,196 |   11,138 |11,309 |  11,535 |  11,775 |  12,527
    Undergraduate\6\ .....| 8,442 | 8,477 |    9,710 |10,148 |10,012 |    9,945 |   9,904 |    9,935 |10,007 |    9,950 |10,110 |  10,334 |  10,554 |  11,231
    First-professional ...|   114 |   112 |      112 |   111 |   114 |      114 |     115 |      117 |   118 |      121 |   123 |     119 |     120 |     127
    Graduate\7\ ..........|   901 |   890 |    1,023 | 1,050 | 1,064 |    1,075 |   1,074 |    1,069 | 1,070 |    1,067 | 1,077 |   1,082 |   1,100 |   1,170
  Private ................| 2,640 | 2,768 |    2,974 | 3,049 | 3,116 |    3,145 |   3,169 |    3,247 | 3,306 |    3,369 | 3,482 |   3,444 |   3,525 |   3,769
    Undergraduate\6\ .....| 2,033 | 2,120 |    2,250 | 2,291 | 2,312 |    2,317 |   2,328 |    2,392 | 2,443 |    2,487 | 2,571 |   2,561 |   2,628 |   2,818
    First-professional ...|   163 |   162 |      162 |   169 |   179 |      181 |     183 |      182 |   180 |      182 |   180 |     179 |     181 |     191
    Graduate\7\ ..........|   443 |   486 |      563 |   589 |   625 |      647 |     659 |      674 |   683 |      701 |   730 |     705 |     716 |     760
__________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_________|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________

\1\Public elementary and secondary education are state estimates.
\2\Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes home-schooled children. Based on the National Household Education Survey, the home-schooled children numbered approximately 850,000 in the spring of 1999. Excludes preprimary pupils in schools that do not offer first grade or above.
\3\Estimated.
\4\Includes kindergarten and some nursery school pupils.
\5\Enrollment for 1996 through 1999, and the projections are for degree-granting institutions. All other years, are for institutions of higher education.
\6\Includes unclassified students below the baccalaureate level.
\7\Includes unclassified postbaccalaureate students.

NOTE: Degree-granting enrollment projections are based on the middle alternative projections published by the National Center for Education Statistics. Data for degree-granting institutions for 1999 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data and "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, and Projections of Education Statistics to 2011. (This table was prepared July 2001.)

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