National Center for Education Statistics

Table 14. Actual and alternative projected numbers for enrollment in all degree-granting
Table 14. postsecondary institutions, by sex and attendance status: Fall 1991 through fall 2016
[In thousands]
Men Women
Total
Year Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time

Actual
1991 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,359 3,929 2,572 4,186 3,671
1992 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,486 3,926 2,597 4,235 3,728
1993 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,305 3,891 2,537 4,237 3,640
1994 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,279 3,855 2,517 4,283 3,624
1995 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,262 3,807 2,535 4,321 3,598
1996 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,368 3,851 2,502 4,452 3,563
1997 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,502 3,890 2,506 4,548 3,559
1998 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,507 3,934 2,436 4,630 3,508
1999 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,791 4,026 2,465 4,761 3,540
2000 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15,312 4,111 2,611 4,899 3,692
2001 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15,928 4,300 2,661 5,148 3,820
2002 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
16,612 4,501 2,701 5,445 3,964
2003 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
16,900 4,632 2,624 5,680 3,965
2004 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
17,272 4,739 2,648 5,871 4,014
2005 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
17,487 4,803 2,653 5,994 4,038
Middle alternative projections
2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
17,672 4,836 2,634 6,146 4,056
2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
17,958 4,919 2,654 6,314 4,070
2008 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
18,264 5,009 2,676 6,487 4,092
2009 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
18,567 5,096 2,697 6,660 4,114
2010 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
18,839 5,170 2,715 6,826 4,129
2011 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
19,105 5,231 2,736 6,991 4,148
2012 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
19,374 5,276 2,759 7,166 4,173
2013 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
19,662 5,311 2,785 7,362 4,204
2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
19,944 5,340 2,809 7,563 4,233
2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
20,192 5,357 2,827 7,756 4,252
2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
20,442 5,377 2,845 7,948 4,272
Low alternative projections
2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
17,621 4,829 2,631 6,111 4,050
2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
17,849 4,900 2,648 6,239 4,061
2008 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
18,110 4,980 2,666 6,384 4,080
2009 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
18,371 5,058 2,685 6,529 4,099
2010 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
18,589 5,121 2,700 6,656 4,112
2011 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
18,803 5,173 2,718 6,784 4,128
2012 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
19,036 5,211 2,740 6,934 4,151
2013 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
19,292 5,240 2,764 7,106 4,181
2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
19,558 5,266 2,786 7,295 4,210
2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
19,786 5,280 2,803 7,474 4,229
2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
20,012 5,296 2,821 7,647 4,248
High alternative projections
2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
17,704 4,841 2,636 6,166 4,060
2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
18,065 4,939 2,661 6,385 4,079
2008 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
18,420 5,039 2,685 6,592 4,104
2009 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
18,767 5,135 2,709 6,795 4,128
2010 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
19,087 5,217 2,729 6,995 4,146
2011 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
19,399 5,288 2,753 7,192 4,167
2012 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
19,711 5,341 2,779 7,398 4,193
2013 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
20,029 5,381 2,806 7,616 4,226
2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
20,317 5,410 2,830 7,824 4,254
2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
20,573 5,427 2,848 8,025 4,273
2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
20,850 5,451 2,868 8,237 4,294
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Data for 1999 were
imputed using alternative procedures. (For more details, see appendix E of Projections of Education Statistics to 2011. ) Mean absolute percentage
errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2, appendix A.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, “Fall
Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:91–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2006; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model, 1980–2005.
(This table was prepared November 2006.)