Description: Tags: Table 23
Description: Tags: Table 23
Table 23. Actual and alternative projected numbers for full-time-equivalent enrollment in all degree-
Table 23. granting postsecondary institutions, by control and type of institution: Fall 1991 through fall
Table 23. 2016
[In thousands]
Public Private
Year Total 4-year 2-year 4-year 2-year
Actual
1991 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10,363 4,796 3,067 2,288 212
1992 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10,438 4,798 3,114 2,333 194
1993 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10,353 4,766 3,046 2,357 184
1994 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10,349 4,750 3,035 2,389 176
1995 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10,337 4,757 2,994 2,418 168
1996 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10,482 4,767 3,028 2,467 219
1997 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10,615 4,814 3,056 2,525 220
1998 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10,699 4,869 3,011 2,599 220
1999 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10,944 4,945 3,075 2,694 229
2000 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,267 5,026 3,241 2,770 231
2001 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,766 5,194 3,445 2,894 233
2002 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,331 5,406 3,655 3,033 237
2003 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,674 5,558 3,679 3,177 261
2004 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,001 5,641 3,707 3,377 276
2005 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,201 5,728 3,662 3,533 277
Middle alternative projections
2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,383 5,835 3,772 3,497 279
2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,647 5,954 3,838 3,570 285
2008 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,925 6,080 3,909 3,645 292
2009 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,201 6,206 3,976 3,720 299
2010 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,452 6,326 4,028 3,794 304
2011 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,693 6,439 4,078 3,866 308
2012 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,930 6,548 4,129 3,940 313
2013 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15,182 6,660 4,187 4,016 319
2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15,432 6,769 4,247 4,091 325
2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15,655 6,866 4,300 4,159 330
2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15,881 6,963 4,356 4,226 336
Low alternative projections
2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,338 5,815 3,761 3,484 278
2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,548 5,909 3,814 3,542 283
2008 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,785 6,016 3,875 3,605 289
2009 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,021 6,125 3,933 3,669 294
2010 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,222 6,222 3,973 3,728 298
2011 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,414 6,313 4,012 3,787 302
2012 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,619 6,407 4,055 3,850 306
2013 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,840 6,505 4,106 3,918 311
2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15,074 6,607 4,162 3,988 316
2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15,279 6,696 4,211 4,051 321
2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15,482 6,784 4,261 4,111 326
High alternative projections
2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,411 5,847 3,779 3,505 280
2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,744 5,998 3,861 3,597 288
2008 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,068 6,144 3,943 3,685 296
2009 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,384 6,289 4,020 3,773 303
2010 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,680 6,429 4,083 3,859 309
2011 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,963 6,562 4,143 3,944 315
2012 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15,242 6,689 4,204 4,029 321
2013 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15,522 6,813 4,268 4,114 327
2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15,777 6,924 4,329 4,190 333
2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
16,010 7,025 4,385 4,261 339
2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
16,260 7,134 4,446 4,336 345
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.)