The first in a series of annual analytical reports prepared by the Missouri Department of Higher Education from the annual state data collection is presented. Tables, charts, and graphs provide numerical data, supplemented by brief analyses, in these areas: enrollment by sector; enrollment trends for fall 1974 through fall 1978; fall enrollment summary with national comparison, full-time and part-time headcount, graduate and undergraduate enrollment; and five-year enrollment trends in the public sectors, the independent and professional/technical sector, the University of Missouri, state four-year institutions, state two-year institutions, independent institutions, and professional and technical institutions. Each sector of higher education in the state has experienced a leveling off of enrollments, and a slight decline in full-time-equivalent enrollment. The enrollment decline was greater for the public and technical/professional sectors than for the private sector. The data-gathering survey form and instructions are appended, as are pertinent definitions. (MSE)