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TABLE 407. NUMBER OF DIPLOMA NURSING PROGRAMS, STUDENTS AND GRADUATES, ACADEMIC YEARS: 1975-76 TO 1999-2000

ACADEMIC YEAR
PROGRAMS 1/
ENROLLMENTS 1/
ADMISSIONS 2/
GRADUATES 2/
1975-76 428 60,213 23,622 19,861
1976-77 390 56,091 22,243 18,014
1977-78 367 52,858 20,611 17,131
1978-79 344 48,059 18,499 15,820
1979-80 333 43,651 16,905 14,495
1980-81 311 41,048 17,494 12,903
1981-82 303 41,009 18,928 11,682
1982-83 288 42,348 19,368 11,704
1983-84 281 42,007 17,848 12,200
1984-85 273 37,256 14,875 11,892
1985-86 256 30,179 9,846 10,524
1986-87 238 22,641 8,337 8,272
1987-88 209 18,927 8,389 5,938
1988-89 171 18,860 10,010 4,826
1989-90 157 20,418 10,088 5,199
1990-91 152 21,969 10,220 6,172
1991-92 145 22,905 10,691 6,528
1992-93 135 23,252 10,165 6,937
1993-94 129 22,235 9,601 7,119
1994-95 124 19,796 7,717 7,049
1995-96 119 16,479 6,227 5,703
1996-97 109 12,789
NA
4,680
1997-98 3/
NA
10,509
NA
3,443
1998-99 3/ 93 8,508
NA
2,399
1999-2000 3/ 78 7,096
NA
NA

1/ As of October 15 of each year.
2/ Time period for the academic year is August 1 through July 31.
3/ Data for 1997-98 to 1999-2000 are unofficial and unpublished from the National League for Nursing.

SOURCE: National League for Nursing. Nursing Datasource, Vol 1, 1992 and 1997 editions.