The data displays the number of full-time and part-time post-baccalaureate students enrolled in degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the U.S. from 1976 to 2015. Projected enrollment numbers are then also shown up to 2027. In 2015, there were approx. 1.68 million full-time students enrolled in post-baccalaureate courses in U.S. universities, as compared to 1.27 million part-time students.
2027 | 1688 | 1363 |
2026 | 1683 | 1356 |
2025 | 1678 | 1347 |
2024 | 1676 | 1340 |
2023 | 1676 | 1332 |
2022 | 1671 | 1322 |
2021 | 1664 | 1312 |
2020 | 1659 | 1301 |
2019 | 1654 | 1291 |
2018 | 1648 | 1278 |
2017 | 1641 | 1266 |
2016 | 1696 | 1276 |
2015 | 1684 | 1257 |
2014 | 1670 | 1244 |
2013 | 1659 | 1242 |
2012 | 1639 | 1271 |
2011 | 1642 | 1289 |
2010 | 1630 | 1307 |
2009 | 1579 | 1283 |
2008 | 1493 | 1244 |
2007 | 1429 | 1215 |
2006 | 1386 | 1188 |
2005 | 1351 | 1173 |
2004 | 1326 | 1166 |
2003 | 1281 | 1150 |
2002 | 1212 | 1143 |
2001 | 1120 | 1093 |
2000 | 1087 | 1070 |
1999 | 1050 | 1061 |
1998 | 1025 | 1045 |
1997 | 1019 | 1032 |
1996 | 1004 | 1036 |
1995 | 984 | 1047 |
1994 | 969 | 1047 |
1993 | 948 | 1033 |
1992 | 918 | 1032 |
1991 | 894 | 1026 |
1990 | 845 | 1015 |
1989 | 820 | 976 |
1988 | 794 | 944 |
1987 | 769 | 952 |
1986 | 767 | 938 |
1985 | 756 | 895 |
1984 | 751 | 873 |
1983 | 747 | 872 |
1982 | 737 | 864 |
1981 | 732 | 885 |
1980 | 736 | 886 |
1979 | 715 | 857 |
1978 | 705 | 871 |
1977 | 699 | 870 |
1976 | 684 | 894 |