National Center for Education Statistics

Table 18. Actual and alternative projected numbers for enrollment in private 2-year degree-granting
Table 18. postsecondary institutions, by sex and attendance status: Fall 1991 through fall 2016
[In thousands]
Men Women
Year Total Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time

Actual
1991 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
247 80 27 109 32
1992 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
238 74 30 91 43
1993 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
229 70 31 85 43
1994 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
221 64 33 82 43
1995 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
215 60 33 77 45
1996 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
249 84 19 117 29
1997 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
245 89 14 115 26
1998 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
243 95 14 109 25
1999 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
253 101 15 112 25
2000 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
251 105 13 112 21
2001 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
254 105 12 114 22
2002 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
259 101 13 122 23
2003 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
285 103 13 142 28
2004 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
302 101 13 156 31
2005 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
304 99 12 161 32
Middle alternative projections
2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
305 105 13 157 30
2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
311 107 13 162 30
2008 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
318 109 13 166 30
2009 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
325 111 13 171 30
2010 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
330 112 13 174 31
2011 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
335 113 13 178 31
2012 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
340 113 13 182 31
2013 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
346 114 14 187 31
2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
352 114 14 193 31
2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
357 115 14 198 31
2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
363 115 14 203 31
Low alternative projections
2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
304 105 13 156 30
2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
309 106 13 160 30
2008 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
315 108 13 164 30
2009 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
320 110 13 167 30
2010 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
324 111 13 170 30
2011 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
328 111 13 173 31
2012 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
333 112 13 176 31
2013 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
338 112 13 181 31
2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
343 113 14 186 31
2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
348 113 14 191 31
2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
353 113 14 195 31
High alternative projections
2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
306 105 13 158 30
2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
314 107 13 164 30
2008 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
322 109 13 169 30
2009 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
329 111 13 174 31
2010 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
336 113 13 179 31
2011 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
342 114 13 183 31
2012 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
348 115 14 188 31
2013 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
354 115 14 194 31
2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
360 116 14 200 31
2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
366 116 14 205 31
2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
372 117 14 211 31
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.)