Enrollment, staff, and degrees conferred in postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs, by level and control of institution: Fall 1997, fall 1999, and 1999-2000

Table 170.
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                         |           |    2-year and 4-year degree-granting institutions\2\ |   Non-degree-granting institutions\3\
  Level of institution,  |    All    |______________________________________________________|___________________________________________
   type of degree, and   | Title IV  |           |           |            Private           |        |        |            Private
     sex of student      |participat-|   Total   |  Public   |______________________________| Total  | Public |_________________________
                         |  ing\1\   |           |           |  Total   | Not-for- |  For-  |        |        | Total  |Not-for|  For-
                         |           |           |           |          |  profit  | profit |        |        |        |profit | profit
_________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_______|________
            1            |     2     |     3     |     4     |    5     |    6     |   7    |   8    |   9    |   10   |  11   |   12
_________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_______|________
                         |                                    Enrollment, fall 1999
                         |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total ...................|15,205,180 |14,791,224 |11,309,399 |3,481,825 |3,051,626 |430,199 |413,956 |182,413 |231,543 |33,172 |198,371
  4-year institutions ...| 9,199,813 | 9,198,525 | 5,969,950 |3,228,575 |2,989,285 |239,290 |  1,288 |    149 |  1,139 |   781 |    358
    Men .................| 4,103,543 | 4,103,297 | 2,669,629 |1,433,668 |1,307,723 |125,945 |    246 |     57 |    189 |   125 |     64
    Women ...............| 5,096,270 | 5,095,228 | 3,300,321 |1,794,907 |1,681,562 |113,345 |  1,042 |     92 |    950 |   656 |    294
                         |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
  2-year institutions ...| 5,761,835 | 5,592,699 | 5,339,449 |  253,250 |   62,341 |190,909 |169,136 |106,222 | 62,914 |24,535 | 38,379
    Men .................| 2,463,596 | 2,387,349 | 2,271,552 |  115,797 |   26,354 | 89,443 | 76,247 | 53,134 | 23,113 | 8,380 | 14,733
    Women ...............| 3,298,239 | 3,205,350 | 3,067,897 |  137,453 |   35,987 |101,466 | 92,889 | 53,088 | 39,801 |16,155 | 23,646
                         |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
  Less than 2-year ......|   243,532 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |243,532 | 76,042 |167,490 | 7,856 |159,634
    Men .................|    81,690 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |    --- | 81,690 | 34,895 | 46,795 | 2,704 | 44,091
    Women ...............|   161,842 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |161,842 | 41,147 |120,695 | 5,152 |115,543
                         |===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|========|========|========|========|=======|========
                         |                                        Staff, fall 1997
                         |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total ...................| 2,808,710 | 2,752,504 | 1,930,747 |  821,757 |  777,229 | 44,528 | 56,206 | 24,946 | 31,260 | 5,367 | 25,893
  Professional staff ....| 1,881,691 | 1,835,916 | 1,291,339 |  544,577 |  508,095 | 36,482 | 45,775 | 19,626 | 26,149 | 4,249 | 21,900
    Administrative ......|   159,215 |   151,363 |    84,806 |   66,557 |   62,319 |  4,238 |  7,852 |  1,421 |  6,431 |   763 |  5,668
    Faculty .............| 1,020,786 |   989,813 |   694,560 |  295,253 |  271,257 | 23,996 | 30,973 | 15,842 | 15,131 | 2,605 | 12,526
    Faculty assistants ..|   224,821 |   222,724 |   186,042 |   36,682 |   35,034 |  1,648 |  2,097 |    866 |  1,231 |   174 |  1,057
    Other professionals .|   476,869 |   472,016 |   325,931 |  146,085 |  139,485 |  6,600 |  4,853 |  1,497 |  3,356 |   707 |  2,649
  Nonprofessional staff .|   927,019 |   916,588 |   639,408 |  277,180 |  269,134 |  8,046 | 10,431 |  5,320 |  5,111 | 1,118 |  3,993
Student/staff ratio .....|       5.3 |       5.3 |       5.8 |      4.0 |      3.8 |    7.4 |    7.1 |    7.0 |    7.1 |   6.4 |    7.3
                         |===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|========|========|========|========|=======|========
                         |                                    Degrees conferred, 1999-2000
                         |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Less than 1-year awards  |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
 and 1- to 4-year awards |   558,265 |   260,401 |   191,488 |   68,913 |   13,800 | 55,113 |297,864 |103,560 |194,304 |14,780 |179,524
  4-year institutions ...|    23,408 |    23,265 |    10,084 |   13,181 |    8,297 |  4,884 |    143 |      0 |    143 |    59 |     84
    Men .................|    11,176 |    11,166 |     4,657 |    6,509 |    3,615 |  2,894 |     10 |      0 |     10 |     5 |      5
    Women ...............|    12,232 |    12,099 |     5,427 |    6,672 |    4,682 |  1,990 |    133 |      0 |    133 |    54 |     79
                         |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
  2-year institutions ...|   304,090 |   237,136 |   181,404 |   55,732 |    5,503 | 50,229 | 66,954 | 37,321 | 29,633 | 8,610 | 21,023
    Men .................|   135,764 |   107,070 |    81,028 |   26,042 |    2,823 | 23,219 | 28,694 | 18,740 |  9,954 | 2,771 |  7,183
    Women ...............|   168,326 |   130,066 |   100,376 |   29,690 |    2,680 | 27,010 | 38,260 | 18,581 | 19,679 | 5,839 | 13,840
                         |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
  Less than 2-year ......|   230,767 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |230,767 | 66,239 |164,528 | 6,111 |158,417
    Men .................|    79,206 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |    --- | 79,206 | 28,041 | 51,165 | 1,969 | 49,196
    Women ...............|   151,561 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |151,561 | 38,198 |113,363 | 4,142 |109,221
                         |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
Associate ...............|   565,057 |   564,933 |   448,446 |  116,487 |   46,337 | 70,150 |    124 |      0 |    124 |    16 |    108
  4-year ................|    89,679 |    89,679 |    36,813 |   52,866 |   30,764 | 22,102 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Men .................|    40,045 |    40,045 |    15,040 |   25,005 |   11,717 | 13,288 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Women ...............|    49,634 |    49,634 |    21,773 |   27,861 |   19,047 |  8,814 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
                         |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
  2-year ................|   475,324 |   475,254 |   411,633 |   63,621 |   15,573 | 48,048 |     70 |      0 |     70 |     7 |     63
    Men .................|   184,682 |   184,676 |   154,006 |   30,670 |    6,923 | 23,747 |      6 |      0 |      6 |     0 |      6
    Women ...............|   290,642 |   290,578 |   257,627 |   32,951 |    8,650 | 24,301 |     64 |      0 |     64 |     7 |     57
                         |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
  Less than 2-year ......|        54 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |     54 |      0 |     54 |     9 |     45
    Men .................|        39 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |     39 |      0 |     39 |     2 |     37
    Women ...............|        15 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |     15 |      0 |     15 |     7 |      8
                         |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
Bachelor's ..............| 1,237,885 | 1,237,875 |   810,855 |  427,020 |  406,958 | 20,062 |     10 |      0 |     10 |    10 |      0
    Men .................|   530,368 |   530,367 |   350,574 |  179,793 |  168,837 | 10,956 |      1 |      0 |      1 |     1 |      0
    Women ...............|   707,517 |   707,508 |   460,281 |  247,227 |  238,121 |  9,106 |      9 |      0 |      9 |     9 |      0
                         |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
Master's ................|   457,056 |   457,056 |   243,157 |  213,899 |  203,591 | 10,308 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Men .................|   191,792 |   191,792 |    99,253 |   92,539 |   87,386 |  5,153 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Women ...............|   265,264 |   265,264 |   143,904 |  121,360 |  116,205 |  5,155 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
                         |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
Doctor's ................|    44,808 |    44,808 |    28,408 |   16,400 |   15,800 |    600 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Men .................|    25,028 |    25,028 |    16,107 |    8,921 |    8,688 |    233 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Women ...............|    19,780 |    19,780 |    12,301 |    7,479 |    7,112 |    367 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
                         |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
First-professional ......|    80,057 |    80,057 |    32,247 |   47,810 |   47,301 |    509 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Men .................|    44,239 |    44,239 |    16,923 |   27,316 |   27,026 |    290 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Women ...............|    35,818 |    35,818 |    15,324 |   20,494 |   20,275 |    219 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
_________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_______|________
---Not applicable.
\1\Includes non-degree-granting institutions with non-accredited degree programs.
\2\Preliminary data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\3\Preliminary data are for institutions that did not offer accredited 4-year or 2-year degree programs, but were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes some schools with non-accredited degree programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment," "Staff," and "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared November 2001.)
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