National Center for Education Statistics

Table 15. Actual and alternative projected numbers for enrollment in public 4-year degree-granting
Table 15. postsecondary institutions, by sex and attendance status: Fall 1991 through fall 2016
[In thousands]
Men Women
Total
Year Full-time Part-time Full-time

Actual
1991 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5,905 2,006 765 2,083
1992 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5,900 2,005 760 2,090
1993 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5,852 1,989 750 2,085
1994 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5,825 1,966 738 2,100
1995 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5,815 1,951 720 2,134
1996 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5,806 1,943 703 2,163
1997 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5,835 1,951 687 2,214
1998 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5,892 1,959 685 2,260
1999 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5,970 1,984 686 2,309
2000 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6,055 2,009 683 2,363
2001 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6,236 2,082 687 2,450
2002 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6,482 2,167 706 2,557
2003 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6,649 2,225 713 2,639
2004 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6,737 2,260 717 2,684
2005 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6,838 2,295 724 2,726
Middle alternative projections
2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6,930 2,316 710 2,823
2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,054 2,355 715 2,899
2008 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,186 2,397 720 2,978
2009 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,318 2,439 725 3,058
2010 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,444 2,477 731 3,136
2011 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,566 2,508 738 3,213
2012 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,685 2,531 746 3,293
2013 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,809 2,548 755 3,379
2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,930 2,562 763 3,468
2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8,036 2,569 770 3,552
2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8,142 2,578 776 3,635
Low alternative projections
2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6,908 2,312 709 2,806
2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,006 2,346 713 2,865
2008 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,118 2,383 717 2,931
2009 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,232 2,421 722 2,999
2010 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,334 2,454 727 3,060
2011 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,432 2,481 733 3,120
2012 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,536 2,500 741 3,187
2013 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,646 2,514 749 3,264
2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,759 2,526 757 3,347
2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,857 2,532 763 3,425
2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,953 2,539 769 3,500
High alternative projections
2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6,943 2,318 710 2,832
2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,100 2,364 717 2,931
2008 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,254 2,411 723 3,025
2009 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,406 2,458 729 3,119
2010 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,553 2,500 735 3,213
2011 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,695 2,536 743 3,304
2012 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,834 2,562 752 3,397
2013 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,971 2,582 761 3,494
2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8,094 2,595 769 3,585
2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8,203 2,602 776 3,673
2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8,321 2,613 782 3,765
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.)
ar degree-granting
rough fall 2016

Women
Part-time

1,051
1,045
1,027
1,022
1,009
997
984
988
991
1,001
1,017
1,052
1,073
1,076
1,091

1,082
1,085
1,090
1,095
1,100
1,106
1,115
1,126
1,137
1,145
1,153

1,080
1,082
1,086
1,090
1,094
1,099
1,108
1,119
1,129
1,137
1,145

1,083
1,088
1,094
1,100
1,105
1,112
1,122
1,134
1,144
1,152
1,161
igures. Data for 1999 were
011. ) Mean absolute percentage

tion Data System, “Fall Enrollment