Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) XX: Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education, 1985

The Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) was
designed to provide comprehensive information on various aspects of
postsecondary education in the United States and its territories
(American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the
Marshall Islands) and Department of Defense schools outside the United
States. The HEGIS Fall Enrollment Component for 1985 sought enrollment
data from 3,388 institutions of higher education in 50 states,
Washington, DC, and outlying territories and gave counts of total
enrollments by class level, number of full-time and part-time male and
female students enrolled at various levels (graduate, undergraduate,
etc.), sex, race, calendar system, type of accreditation, attendance
status (full-time versus part-time), and enrollments of first-time
students. All of these data are acquired in terms of head counts and
full-time equivalents, by state. These data are required by agencies
of the legislative and executive branches of state and federal
governments, as well as by accrediting agencies, professional
organizations, and a number of individual institutions interested in
conducting comparative studies.