Data summaries illustrated by charts and graphs are presented with some commentary for the years 1970-71, 1972-73, and 1973-74 for the approximately 3,000 postsecondary institutions, including branch campuses, in the U.S. enrolling about 9 million students. Statistics include enrollment (total enrollment and full-time equivalent enrollment and the relationship between the two, full-time and part-time relationship, and the ratio of enrollment by level of student); basic student charges (tuition, fees, board and room); and institutional financial data (revenues, expenditures, student tuition and fee revenue, student aid grants, and changes in assets). Data were drawn from the Higher Education General Information Surveys (HEGIS) for fiscal years 1971, 1972, and 1973, and the publically available data from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). (JT)