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A Back to School Special Report on the Baby Boom Echo - August 1997

Total Enrollment in Public and Private 2-year and 4-year Colleges, by Sex, Attendance Status and Control of Institution: Fall 1982 to Fall 2007

Year Total
Enrollment
Sex Attendance status Control
Males Females Full-time Part-time Public Private
1982? 12,426 6,031 6,394 7,221 5,205 9,696 2,730
1983? 12,465 6,024 6,441 7,261 5,204 9,683 2,782
1984? 12,242 5,864 6,378 7,098 5,144 9,477 2,765
1985? 12,247 5,818 6,429 7,075 5,172 9,479 2,768
1986? 12,504 5,885 6,619 7,120 5,384 9,714 2,790
1987? 12,767 5,932 6,835 7,231 5,536 9,973 2,793
1988? 13,055 6,002 7,053 7,437 5,619 10,161 2,894
1989? 13,539 6,190 7,349 7,661 5,878 10,578 2,961
1990? 13,819 6,284 7,535 7,821 5,998 10,845 2,974
1991? 14,359 6,502 7,857 8,115 6,244 11,310 3,049
1992? 14,487 6,524 7,963 8,162 6,325 11,385 3,103
1993? 14,305 6,427 7,877 8,128 6,177 11,189 3,116
1994? 14,279 6,372 7,907 8,138 6,141 11,134 3,145
1995? 14,262 6,343 7,919 8,129 6,133 11,092 3,169
  Projected
1996? 13,917 6,154 7,763 7,798 6,119 10,894 3,023
1997? 14,085 6,205 7,880 7,911 6,174 11,028 3,057
1998? 14,310 6,283 8,027 8,083 6,227 11,205 3,105
1999? 14,532 6,365 8,167 8,249 6,282 11,378 3,154
2000? 14,800 6,459 8,341 8,469 6,331 11,583 3,217
2001? 15,051 6,549 8,502 8,681 6,370 11,774 3,277
2002? 15,206 6,605 8,601 8,811 6,394 11,889 3,316
2003? 15,372 6,668 8,704 8,954 6,418 12,015 3,357
2004? 15,543 6,732 8,811 9,095 6,448 12,145 3,398
2005? 15,705 6,789 8,916 9,225 6,480 12,268 3,437
2006? 15,896 6,857 9,040 9,382 6,515 12,414 3,483
2007? 16,111 6,939 9,172 9,555 6,556 12,578 3,533


SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2007; and Digest of Education Statistics, 1997 (forthcoming).


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