Table A-10-2. Actual and projected total undergraduate enrollment in degree-granting 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions, by sex, attendance status, and control of institution: Selected years, fall 1970–2018
|
|---|
| Fall of year |
Total |
|
Sex |
|
Attendance status |
|
Control of institution |
| Male |
Female |
|
Full-time |
Part-time |
|
Public |
Private |
| 2-year institutions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1970 |
2,319 |
|
1,375 |
945 |
|
1,229 |
1,090 |
|
2,195 |
124 |
| 1975 |
3,970 |
|
2,165 |
1,805 |
|
1,761 |
2,209 |
|
3,836 |
134 |
| 1980 |
4,526 |
|
2,047 |
2,479 |
|
1,754 |
2,772 |
|
4,329 |
198 |
| 1985 |
4,531 |
|
2,002 |
2,529 |
|
1,691 |
2,840 |
|
4,270 |
261 |
| 1990 |
5,240 |
|
2,233 |
3,007 |
|
1,884 |
3,356 |
|
4,996 |
244 |
| 1995 |
5,493 |
|
2,329 |
3,164 |
|
1,977 |
3,515 |
|
5,278 |
215 |
| 2000 |
5,948 |
|
2,559 |
3,390 |
|
2,217 |
3,731 |
|
5,697 |
251 |
| 2005 |
6,488 |
|
2,680 |
3,808 |
|
2,647 |
3,841 |
|
6,184 |
304 |
| 2006 |
6,519 |
|
2,705 |
3,814 |
|
2,643 |
3,875 |
|
6,225 |
293 |
| 2007 |
6,618 |
|
2,771 |
3,847 |
|
2,693 |
3,925 |
|
6,324 |
294 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Projected |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
6,900 |
|
2,896 |
4,004 |
|
2,802 |
4,098 |
|
6,591 |
309 |
| 2009 |
6,983 |
|
2,932 |
4,051 |
|
2,882 |
4,101 |
|
6,667 |
317 |
| 2010 |
7,005 |
|
2,942 |
4,063 |
|
2,890 |
4,116 |
|
6,688 |
318 |
| 2015 |
7,291 |
|
2,973 |
4,318 |
|
3,026 |
4,265 |
|
6,957 |
334 |
| 2016 |
7,335 |
|
2,973 |
4,362 |
|
3,053 |
4,282 |
|
6,998 |
337 |
| 2017 |
7,395 |
|
2,981 |
4,414 |
|
3,091 |
4,304 |
|
7,055 |
341 |
| 2018 |
7,457 |
|
2,996 |
4,461 |
|
3,127 |
4,330 |
|
7,113 |
344 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4-year institutions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1970 |
5,049 |
|
2,875 |
2,174 |
|
4,051 |
998 |
|
3,425 |
1,624 |
| 1975 |
5,709 |
|
3,092 |
2,618 |
|
4,407 |
1,302 |
|
3,990 |
1,720 |
| 1980 |
5,949 |
|
2,953 |
2,996 |
|
4,608 |
1,341 |
|
4,113 |
1,836 |
| 1985 |
6,066 |
|
2,960 |
3,106 |
|
4,629 |
1,437 |
|
4,207 |
1,858 |
| 1990 |
6,719 |
|
3,147 |
3,572 |
|
5,092 |
1,627 |
|
4,713 |
2,006 |
| 1995 |
6,739 |
|
3,073 |
3,667 |
|
5,168 |
1,571 |
|
4,626 |
2,113 |
| 2000 |
7,207 |
|
3,220 |
3,987 |
|
5,706 |
1,501 |
|
4,842 |
2,365 |
| 2005 |
8,476 |
|
3,729 |
4,747 |
|
6,800 |
1,676 |
|
5,514 |
2,962 |
| 2006 |
8,666 |
|
3,809 |
4,857 |
|
6,928 |
1,738 |
|
5,622 |
3,043 |
| 2007 |
8,986 |
|
3,957 |
5,029 |
|
7,148 |
1,837 |
|
5,813 |
3,172 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Projected |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
9,105 |
|
4,035 |
5,070 |
|
7,256 |
1,849 |
|
5,934 |
3,171 |
| 2009 |
9,320 |
|
4,122 |
5,198 |
|
7,471 |
1,850 |
|
6,072 |
3,249 |
| 2010 |
9,379 |
|
4,149 |
5,230 |
|
7,521 |
1,858 |
|
6,110 |
3,269 |
| 2015 |
9,806 |
|
4,210 |
5,596 |
|
7,871 |
1,935 |
|
6,384 |
3,422 |
| 2016 |
9,874 |
|
4,213 |
5,662 |
|
7,931 |
1,943 |
|
6,428 |
3,447 |
| 2017 |
9,960 |
|
4,224 |
5,736 |
|
8,006 |
1,954 |
|
6,482 |
3,478 |
| 2018 |
10,037 |
|
4,239 |
5,798 |
|
8,073 |
1,965 |
|
6,532 |
3,505 |
| NOTE: The most recent year of data is 2007, and 2018 is the last year for which projected data are available. 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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