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HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLLMENTS 82 HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLLMENTS: BY INSTITUTION TYPE Total higher-education enrollments rose from 3 million in 1958 to 12.5 million in 1988, with most of the increase occurring by the mid-1970s, primarily in comprehensive and 2-year institutions. Enrollments increased less steeply at doctoral institutions, from 1.3 in 1958 to 3.5 million in 1988, yet have been generally level since the mid-1970s. Figure 2-78: Enrollment in Academic Institutions by Institution Type and Governance Figure 2-79: Distribution of Enrollment in Academic Institutions by Type and Governance NOTE: Data series within the figures are not overlapped; top line represents total. DEFINITION OF TERMS: Higher-education enrollments include all full-time students plus a full-time equivalent of part-time students as reported by the institutions. Private Doctoral institutions are higher education institutions that have granted an average of 10 or more Ph.D. degrees per year in the natural sciences or engineering over the past two decades, and are under the control ofâor affiliated withânon-profit, independent organizations with or without religious affiliation; they include 69 institutions. Public Doctoral institutions are higher education institutions that have granted an average of 10 or more Ph.D. degrees per year in the natural sciences or engineering over the past two decades, and are under the control ofâ or affiliated withâfederal, state, local, state and local, or state-related agencies; they include 116 institutions. Comprehensive institutions are those that grant at least half of their degrees for courses of study that normally require 4 or more years to complete; they include 854 private and 370 public institutions. Two-Year institutions are those that primarily award 2-year associate or technician degrees; they include 486 private and 902 public institutions. SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Policy Research and Analysis. Database: CASPAR. Some of the data within this database are estimates, incorporated where there are discontinuities within data series or gaps in data collection. Primary data source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS): Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education.
