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Fall Headcount Enrollment
1859 to Present
 
1859 1900 1940 1980
1870 1910 1950 1990
1880 1920 1960 2000
1890 1930 1970  
       
Year University
Park		 Other
Locations		 Total
University
1859 119 0 119
1860 110 0 110
1861 88 0 88
1862 110 0 110
1863 142 0 142
1864 146 0 146
1865 132 0 132
1866 114 0 114
1867 60 0 60
1868 45 0 45
1869 45 0 45
1870 59 0 59
1871 75 0 75
1872 148 0 148
1873 153 0 153
1874 142 0 142
1875 144 0 144
1876 150 0 150
1877 151 0 151
1878 162 0 162
1879 152 0 152
1880 157 0 157
1881 145 0 145
1882 87 0 87
1883 123 0 123
1884 114 0 114
1885 116 0 116
1886 134 0 134
1887 167 0 167
1888 190 0 190
1889 201 0 201
1890 209 0 209
1891 244 0 244
1892 287 0 287
1893 317 0 317
1894 307 0 307
1895 338 0 338
1896 347 0 347
1897 345 0 345
1898 326 0 326
1899 364 0 364
1900 433 0 433
1901 504 0 504
1902 602 0 602
1903 730 0 730
1904 749 0 749
1905 800 0 800
1906 898 0 898
1907 1151 0 1,151
1908 1291 0 1,291
1909 1417 0 1,417
1910 1,662 0 1,662
1911 1,861 0 1,861
1912 2,142 0 2,142
1913 2,385 0 2,385
1914 2,561 0 2,561
1915 2,531 0 2,531
1916 2,624 0 2,624
1917 2,276 0 2,276
1918 2,552 0 2,552
1919 3,271 0 3,271
1920 3,251 0 3,251
1921 3,404 0 3,404
1922 3,501 0 3,501
1923 3,621 0 3,621
1924 3,814 0 3,814
1925 3,885 0 3,885
1926 3,925 0 3,925
1927 4,030 0 4,030
1928 4,170 0 4,170
1929 4,367 51 4,418
1930 4,592 49 4,641
1931 4,797 60 4,857
1932 4,743 56 4,799
1933 4,661 80 4,741
1934 4,923 117 5,040
1935 5,269 150 5,419
1936 5,572 112 5,684
1937 5,905 440 6,345
1938 6,459 534 6,993
1939 6,540 660 7,200
1940 6,692 568 7,260
1941 6646 452 7,098
1942 6,544 403 6,947
1943 3,131 161 3,292
1944 3,071 223 3,294
1945 5,420 359 5,779
1946 7,094 3,469 10,563
1947 8,410 4,136 12,546
1948 9,792 4,624 14,416
1949 11,130 3,840 14,970
1950 11,132 2,152 13,284
1951 11,553 1,038 12,591
1952 11,539 1,276 12,815
1953 11,529 1,683 13,212
1954 12,003 2,268 14,271
1955 12,653 2,699 15,352
1956 13,147 2,898 16,045
1957 14,131 3,194 17,325
1958 14,634 3,499 18,133
1959 14,786 3,649 18,435
1960 16,211 4,605 20,816
1961 17,521 4,648 22,169
1962 17,934 4,776 22,710
1963 18,753 5,185 23,938
1964 19,510 7,178 26,688
1965 20,800 8,843 29,643
1966 22,766 12,192 34,958
1967 24,336 14,716 39,052
1968 26,235 15,138 41,373
1969 27,151 19,830 46,981
1970 26,174 21,891 48,065
1971 28,920 24,311 53,231
1972 28,940 24,979 53,919
1973 30,094 26,859 56,953
1974 31,682 26,082 57,764
1975 32,068 29,015 61,083
1976 32,306 28,286 60,592
1977 32,588 26,697 59,285
1978 32,596 26,325 58,921
1979 32,673 26,342 59,015
1980 33,813 27,795 61,608
1981 34,573 28,079 62,652
1982 34,151 29,259 63,410
1983 34,338 27,423 61,761
1984 34,304 27,008 61,312
1985 34,932 27,386 62,318
1986 35,165 29,203 64,368
1987 36,175 31,103 67,278
1988 37,175 32,001 69,176
1989* 37,623 36,562 74,185
1990 38,779 36,586 75,365
1991 38,911 36,438 75,349
1992 38,373 37,145 75,518
1993 37,588 35,785 73,373
1994 38,219 35,281 73,500
1995 39,571 37,026 76,597
1996 39,782 37,536 77,318
1997** 40,471 38,485 78,956
1998 40,969 39,703 80,672
1999 40,658 40,215 80,873
2000 40,571 40,699 81,270
2001 40,828 40,876 81,704
2002 41,445 41,593 83,038
2003 41,795 41,382 83,177
2004 41,289 40,375 81,664
2005 40,709 39,415 80,124
2006 42,914 40,807 83,721
*Includes enrollments for the PA. College of Technology from this point forward.
**Includes enrollments for The Dickinson School of Law from this point forward.
 
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