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The percentage of all undergraduates enrolled in the for-profit sector increased from 2% in 1990 to 5% in 2000 and 8% in 2007. The percentage of full-time undergraduates enrolled in the for-profit sector increased from 2% in 1990 to 6% in 2000 and 10% in 2007. The shares of students enrolled in all other sectors declined over this 17-year period. |
Note: Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
Source: NCES, unpublished data provided by IPEDS staff.
Download Excel for this figure. Download Excel for all figures and tables. This figure was prepared in October 2009. - In 2007, 40% of all undergraduates, but only 24% of full-time undergraduates, were enrolled in public two-year colleges.
- Between 1990 and 2007, the percentage of all undergraduates enrolled in public colleges
and universities declined from 81% to 76%. The percentage of full-time undergraduates enrolled in public colleges and universities declined from 76% to 69%.More
- The percentage of all undergraduates who are enrolled full-time increased from 58% in 1990 to 61% in 2000 and 64% in 2007.
- In fall 2007, 83% of all undergraduates in private not-for-profit four-year colleges and universities, 81% in private
for-profit institutions, and 78% in public four-year schools were enrolled full time. Only 39% of public two-year college students were enrolled full time. (Data not shown in graphs.)More
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- The percentage of students enrolled part-time increased throughout the 1970s and 1980s but has been declining gradually since the early 1990s. (NCES, Digest of Education Statistics 2008, Table 188)
