Enrollment in U.S. 2-year postsecondary institutions, by institution type 2031 | Statista

In 2021, there were approximately 4.5 million students enrolled in public 2-year postsecondary institutions across the United States. This figure is forecasted to increase to 5.05 million enrolled students by 2031.

Undergraduate enrollment in 2-year postsecondary degree-granting institutions in the United States from 1970 to 2031, by institution type (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Public	Private nonprofit	Private for-profit
1970	2,194.98	113.3	10.67
1975	3,831.97	113	20.76
1980	4,327.59	114.09	83.41
1985	4,269.73	108.79	152.55
1990	4,996.48	89.16	154.45
1995	5,277.4	75.15	139.55
2000	5,697.06	58.84	192.2
2005	6,184	43.52	260.3
2006	6,219.88	39.16	254.27
2007	6,335.83	33.49	259.62
2008	6,639.93	35.36	295.66
2009	7,101.57	34.77	386.24
2010	7,218.06	32.68	432.85
2011	7,068.16	39.85	403.14
2012	6,792.07	37.7	338.08
2013	6,626.41	32.19	312.04
2014	6,397.55	30.38	286.75
2015	6,224.3	50.01	225.15
2016	5,842.91	50.56	198.95
2017	5,717.46	48.4	186.92
2018	5,556.09	45.17	151.71
2019	5,400.87	33.49	156.36
2020	4,702.91	32.05	178.72
2021	4,477.77	27.57	177.25
2022*	4,720.9	-	-
2023*	4,733.41	-	-
2024*	4,813.36	-	-
2025*	4,886.73	-	-
2026*	4,937.47	-	-
2027*	4,968.27	-	-
2028*	4,988.12	-	-
2029*	5,004.76	-	-
2030*	5,020.34	-	-
2031*	5,045.56	-	-

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December 2022

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1975 to 2021

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Note: figures have been rounded.
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