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K-State Enrollment Statistics
Yearly Totals

NOTE: The years 1863-1870 show two numbers. The first is the number of students in college courses;
the second is the number enrolled in college preparatory classes, which were roughly equivalent to high school.

1863 14/93 1865 23/90 1870 34/160 1875 177 1880 267
1885 428 1886 481 1887 472 1888 445 1889 514
1890 593 1891 584 1892 587 1893 555 1894 572
1895 647 1896 734 1897 803 1898 870 1899 1,094
1900 1,321 1901 1,396 1902 1,574 1903 1,605 1904 1,462
1905 1,690 1906 1,937 1907 2,192 1908 2,308 1909 2,305
1910 2,407 1911 2,523 1912 2,928 1913 3,027 1914 3,089
1915 3,314 1916 3,339 1917 2,406 1918 2,991 1919 3,376
1920 3,395 1921 3,560 1922 3,626 1923 3,812 1924 4,031
1925 4,019 1926 4,083 1927 3,878 1928 3,879 1929 3,987
1930 4,045 1931 3,928 1932 3,359 1933 2,928 1934 3,436
1935 2,367 1936 3,684 1937 3,885 1938 3,933 1939 4,082
1940 4,108 1941 3,780 1942 3,253 1943 1,560 1944 1,522
1945 2,206 1946 6,522 1947 7,160 1948 7,435 1949 7,020
1950 5,907 1951 4,947 1952 5,030 1953 5,052 1954 5,385
1955 5,977 1956 6,526 1957 6,695 1958 6,706 1959 6,706
1960 7,265 1961 7,607 1962 8,477 1963 8,652 1964 9,634
1965 10,681 1966 11,285 1967 11,755 1968 12,570 1969 13,149
1970 13,847 1971 14,789 1972 15,158 1973 15,477 1974 16,422
1975 17,901 1976 18,220 1977 19,045 1978 18,293 1979 18,613
1980 19,547 1981 19,982 1982 19,497 1983 18,470 1984 18,092
1985 17,570 1986 17,630 1987 18,048 1988 19,301 1989 20,110
1990 20,002 1991 21,507 1992 21,222 1993 20,775 1994 20,664
1995 20,476 1996 20,324 1997 20,306 1998 20,885 1999 21,543
2000 21,929 2001 22,396 2002 22,762 2003 23,050 2004 23,151
2005 23,182 2006 23,141 2007 23,332 2008   2009  


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