Enrollment at state universities and land-grant colleges neared the 3 million mark in fall 1973, increasing approximately 3% over fall 1972. Data from 126 of the 130 member institutions of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), representing 357 individual campuses, showed a fall enrollment of 2,911,219 compared with a fall 1972 enrollment of 2,827,645 for an increase of 2.96%. This was a greater increase than the 2.43% enrollment rise reported by these institutions in fall 1972, but the rate of growth was smaller than the 3.9% increase reported for all institutions of higher education in fall 1973. NASULGC institutions representing the nation's major public universities and land-grant colleges enrolled 30% of the 9,662,763 students attending higher education institutions in fall 1973. (Author)