The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) collects institution-level data from postsecondary institutions in the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia) and other U.S. jurisdictions (see appendix A for a list of other U.S. jurisdictions). This "First Look" presents findings from the provisional data of the…

Enrollment figures by level, enrollment status, and type and control of institution are presented, comparing public institutions with private institutions, and full-time students with part-time students. (MLW)

Fall 1985 enrollment data are tabulated by institution type (doctoral, comprehensive, general baccalaureate, specialized, two-year, and new) and sector, sex, full- and part-time students, level of study (undergraduates, first-time freshmen, graduate students, and first professional students), and state. (MSE)

Tables showing college and university enrollments from 1970, 1975, and 1980, and projected enrollments for 1985-93, are presented. Enrollments are shown for public and private institutions, four-year and two-year institutions, undergraduate and graduate, male and female, and full-time and part-time students. (MLW)

Fall college enrollments are tabulated by sector (public and private), institution type (doctoral, comprehensive, general baccalaureate, and two-year), level of study (freshman, undergraduate, graduate, and first professional), state, sex, and part-time and full-time student status. (MSE)

Federal government enrollment projections are charted for men, women, public four- and two-year institutions, private four- and two-year institutions, full-time and part-time students, undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional students, and full-time equivalency for each year from 1988 through 1997. (MSE)

Preliminary results of the 1986-87 Council of Graduate Schools/Graduate Record Examinations (CGS/GRE) Enrollment Survey are presented. Respondents totaled 512 of the 552 U.S.institutions surveyed, for a 93% response rate. Highlights of the survey results include: (1) CGS and affiliated institutions enrolled 85% of the total graduate enrollment…

Data on fall 1980 enrollments in New Jersey colleges and universities are presented, along with comparisons between 1979 and 1980 fall enrollments and an analysis of enrollment trends over the past 10 years. Total fall 1980 headcount enrollment, both graduate and undergraduate, increased by 2.5 percent statewide over fall 1979. This growth…

Data on the status of women students in Connecticut institutions of higher education are examined. Trends include the following: as of fall 1980, there were 84,838 women enrolled in Connecticut collegiate institutions, representing 53 percent of total enrollment; women were in the majority at the undergraduate and graduate levels and comprised 34…

This report compiles 1977-78 enrollment information for 1,006 two-year postsecondary institutions, including accredited junior and community colleges, multipurpose, technical, and/or vocational schools and institutes, university branch campuses, and proprietary schools. During 1977-78, total enrollment for reporting institutions was 3,336,413, a…

A total of 554 liberal arts colleges are analyzed in terms of stability or growth, full-time equivalence (FTE), part-time, female, undergraduate and graduate enrollment patterns. The institutions were divided into two groups: (1) 123 leading baccalaureate granting institutions classified by the Carnegie Council as Liberal Arts I (LA I) and (2) the…

Data on 1984 college and university enrollments and trends since 1981 are presented, based on the Higher Education General Information Survey. Information is provided on higher education enrollments by control and level of institution, student sex, and full-time and part-time attendance status. Trends in enrollment during 1981-1984 for the 50…

Data on summer and fall 1981 enrollments in Pennsylvania colleges and universities are presented, including a brief narrative section on trends. Detailed statistical tables cover the following: enrollments by enrollment status and by sex, fall 1972-1981; total enrollments by type of institution, fall 1972-1981; enrollments by level of study, fall…

Trends in undergraduate, graduate, and professional enrollment in public and private colleges since 1976 are charted, and the changes in salient student characteristics are discussed, including the increase in the proportion of part-time and female students. The role of institutional efforts to cultivate new constituencies is emphasized. (MSE)

This report compiles 1976-77 enrollment information for 1,023 two-year postsecondary institutions, including accredited or approved degree-granting junior and community colleges, multipurpose, technical and/or vocational schools and institutes, and university branch campuses. Following the dramatic 16.1% enrollment increase of 1975-76, total…