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College Institutions (by Type) and Professional Staff, 1869-70 to 1991-92

Year	Number of institutions	Number of 4 year colleges	Number of 4 year public colleges	Number of 4 year private colleges	Number of 2 year colleges	Number of 2 year public colleges	Number of 2 year private colleges	Number of medical schools	Number of dental schools	Total professional staff	Male professional staff	Female professional staff	Total instructional staff	Notes
1869-70	583							75	10	5,553	4,887	666
1879-80	811							100	14	11,522	7,328	4,194
1889-90	998							133	31	15,809	12,704	3,105
1899-00	977							160	57	23,868	19,151	4,717
1909-10	951							131	54	36,480	29,132	7,348
1915-16								95	49
1917-18	980	834			46	14	32	90	46
1919-20	1,041	989			52	10	42	85	46	48,615	35,807	12,808
1921-22	1,162	1,082			80	17	63	81	45				56,486
1923-24	1,295	1,163			132	39	93	70	43				63,999
1925-26	1,377	1,224			153	47	106	79	44				70,674
1927-29	1,410	1,162			248	114	134	80	40				76,080
1929-30	1,409	1,132			277	129	148	76	38				82,386
1931-32	1,478	1,136			342	159	183	76	38	100,789	71,680	29,109	88,172
1933-34	1,418	1,096			322	152	170	77	39	108,873	78,369	30,504	86,914
1935-36	1,628	1,213			415	187	228	77	39	121,036	86,567	34,469	92,580
1937-38	1,690	1,237			453	209	244	77	39	135,989	97,362	38,627	102,895
1939-40	1,708	1,252			456	217	239	77	39	146,929	106,328	40,601	110,885
1941-42	1,769	1,308			461	231	230	77	39	151,066	109,309	41,757	114,693
1943-44	1,650	1,237			413	210	203	77	39	150,980	106,254	44,726	105,841
1945-46	1,768	1,304			464	242	222	77	39	165,324	116,134	49,190	125,811
1947-48	1,788	1,316			472	242	230	77	40	223,660	164,616	59,044	174,204
1949-50	1,851	1,327	344	983	524	297	227	72	40	246,722	186,189	60,533	190,353
1950-51	1,852	1,312	341	91	540	295	245	72	40
1951-52	1,832	1,326	350	976	506	291	215	72	41	244,488	187,136	57,352	183,758
1952-53	1,882	1,355	349	1006	527	290	237	72	41
1953-54	1,863	1,345	369	976	518	293	225	73	42	265,911	204,871	61,040	207,365
1954-55	1,849	1,333	353	980	516	295	221	72	42
1955-56	1,850	1,347	360	987	503	290	213	73	42	298,910	230,342	68,568	228,188
1956-57	1,878	1,355	359	996	523	297	226	75	43
1957-58	1,930	1,390	366	1024	540	300	240	75	43	344,525	267,482	77,043	258,184
1958-59	1,947	1,394	366	1028	553	307	246	76	43
1959-60	2,004	1,422	367	1055	582	328	254	79	45	380,554	296,773	83,781	281,506
1960-61	2,021	1,431	368	1063	590	332	258	79	46
1961-62	2,033	1,443	374	1069	590	344	246	81	46	424,862	332,006	92,856	310,772
1962-63	2,093	1,468	376	1092	625	364	261	81	46
1963-64	2,132	1,499	386	1113	633	374	259	82	46	494,514	385,405	109,109	355,542
1964-65	2,175	1,521	393	1128	654	406	248	81	45
1965-66	2,230	1,551	401	1150	679	420	259	84	47
1966-67	2,329	1,577	403	1174	752	477	275	83	47	646,264			445,484
1967-68	2,374	1,588	414	1174	786	520	266	85	48	709,811			484,387
1968-69	2,483	1,619	417	1202	864	594	270	84	48
1969-70	2,525	1,639	426	1213	886	634	252	86	48				551,000
1970-71	2,556	1,665	435	1230	891	654	237	89	48				574,592
1971-72	2,606	1,675	440	1235	931	697	234	92	48
1972-73	2,665	1,701	449	1252	964	733	231	97	51	881,665	639,251	242,414	652,517
1973-74	2,720	1,717	440	1277	1,003	760	243	99	52
1974-75	3,004	1,866	537	1329	1,138	896	242	104	52					Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1975-76	3,026	1,898	545	1353	1,128	897	231	107	56					Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1976-77	3,046	1,913	550	1363	1,133	905	228	109	57	1,073,119	729,169	343,950	793,296	Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1977-78	3,095	1,938	552	1386	1,157	921	236	109	57					Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1978-79	3,134	1,941	550	1391	1,193	924	269	109	58					Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1979-80	3,152	1,957	549	1408	1,195	926	269	112	58					Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1980-81	3,231	1,957	552	1405	1,274	945	329	116	58					Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1981-82	3,253	1,979	558	1421	1,274	940	334	119	59					Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1982-83	3,280	1,984	560	1424	1,296	933	363	118	59					Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1983-84	3,284	2,013	565	1448	1,271	916	355	119	60					Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1984-85	3,331	2,025	566	1459	1,306	935	371	120	59					Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1985-86	3,340	2,029	566	1463	1,311	932	379	120	59					Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1986-87	3,406	2,070	573	1497	1,336	960	376	122	58					Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1987-88	3,587	2,135	599	1536	1,452	992	460	122	57	1,437,975	850,451	587,524	954,534	Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1988-89	3,565	2,129	598	1531	1,436	984	452	124	58					Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1989-90	3,535	2,127	595	1532	1,408	968	440	124	57	1,531,071	880,766	650,305	987,518	Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1990-91	3,559	2,141	595	1546	1,418	972	446							Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
1991-92	3,601	2,157	599	1558	1,444	999	445							Number of institutions includes branch campuses.
Year	Number of institutions	Number of 4 year colleges	Number of 4 year public colleges	Number of 4 year private colleges	Number of 2 year colleges	Number of 2 year public colleges	Number of 2 year private colleges	Number of medical schools	Number of dental schools	Total professional staff	Male professional staff	Female professional staff	Total instructional staff	Notes

Source: 120 Years of American Education: A Statistical Portrait, National Center for Education Statistics, Thomas D. Snyder, editor, p. 80.

College Institutions (by Type) and Professional Staff, 1869-70 to 1991-92

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