Table A-10-1. Actual and projected total undergraduate enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex, attendance status, and control of institution: Selected years, fall 1970

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Table A-10-1. Actual and projected total undergraduate enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex, attendance status, and control of institution: Selected years, fall 1970–2018

[In thousands]
Fall of year	Total	Sex		Attendance status		Control of institution
Fall of year	Total	Male	Female	Full-time	Part-time	Public	Private
1970	7,369	4,250	3,119	5,280	2,089	5,620	1,748
1975	9,679	5,257	4,422	6,168	3,511	7,826	1,853
1980	10,475	5,000	5,475	6,362	4,113	8,442	2,033
1985	10,597	4,962	5,635	6,320	4,277	8,477	2,120

1990	11,959	5,380	6,579	6,976	4,983	9,710	2,250
1991	12,439	5,571	6,868	7,221	5,218	10,148	2,291
1992	12,538	5,583	6,955	7,244	5,293	10,216	2,321
1993	12,324	5,484	6,840	7,179	5,144	10,012	2,312
1994	12,263	5,422	6,840	7,169	5,094	9,945	2,317

1995	12,232	5,401	6,831	7,145	5,086	9,904	2,328
1996	12,327	5,421	6,906	7,299	5,028	9,935	2,392
1997	12,451	5,469	6,982	7,419	5,032	10,007	2,443
1998	12,437	5,446	6,991	7,539	4,898	9,950	2,487
1999	12,681	5,559	7,122	7,735	4,946	10,110	2,571

2000	13,155	5,778	7,377	7,923	5,232	10,539	2,616
2001	13,716	6,004	7,711	8,328	5,388	10,986	2,730
2002	14,257	6,192	8,065	8,734	5,523	11,433	2,824
2003	14,480	6,227	8,253	9,045	5,435	11,523	2,957
2004	14,781	6,340	8,441	9,284	5,496	11,651	3,130

2005	14,964	6,409	8,555	9,446	5,518	11,698	3,266
2006	15,184	6,514	8,671	9,571	5,613	11,847	3,337
2007	15,604	6,728	8,876	9,841	5,763	12,138	3,466

Projected
2008	16,005	6,931	9,074	10,058	5,947	12,525	3,480
2009	16,304	7,054	9,250	10,353	5,951	12,738	3,566
2010	16,384	7,091	9,293	10,411	5,973	12,797	3,587
2011	16,510	7,118	9,392	10,493	6,017	12,892	3,617
2012	16,633	7,134	9,499	10,564	6,069	12,988	3,644

2013	16,811	7,156	9,655	10,692	6,119	13,124	3,687
2014	16,975	7,181	9,794	10,807	6,169	13,249	3,726
2015	17,096	7,183	9,913	10,897	6,200	13,341	3,755
2016	17,209	7,186	10,024	10,984	6,225	13,426	3,783
2017	17,355	7,205	10,150	11,097	6,258	13,537	3,818
2018	17,495	7,235	10,260	11,200	6,295	13,645	3,850
NOTE: The most recent year of data is 2007, and 2018 is the last year for which projected data are available. For more information on projections, see NCES 2009-062. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published estimates. For more information on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), see supplemental note 3. For more information about the classification of postsecondary education institutions, see supplemental note 8.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Digest of Education Statistics, 2008 (NCES 2009-020), tables 180 and 187. U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), “Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities” surveys, 1970–1985, and 1986–2007 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDSEF: 86–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2008.

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