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Table 170. Enrollment, staff, and degrees conferred in postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs, by level and control of institution: Fall 2000, fall 1997, and 2000-01

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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 insti- |           |           |  Total   | Not-for- |  For-  |        |        | Total  |Not-for|  For-
                           |tutions\1\ |           |           |          |  profit  | profit |        |        |        |profit | profit
___________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_______|________
             1             |     2     |     3     |     4     |    5     |    6     |   7    |   8    |   9    |   10   |  11   |   12
___________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_______|________
                           |                                    Enrollment, fall 2000
                           |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total .....................|15,701,409 |15,312,289 |11,752,786 |3,559,503 |3,109,419 |450,084 |389,120 |138,664 |250,456 |27,689 |222,767
  4-year institutions .....| 9,365,805 | 9,363,858 | 6,055,398 |3,308,460 |3,050,575 |257,885 |  1,947 |    128 |  1,819 | 1,280 |    539
    Men ...................| 4,163,492 | 4,163,169 | 2,691,718 |1,471,451 |1,328,927 |142,524 |    323 |     51 |    272 |   181 |     91
    Women .................| 5,202,313 | 5,200,689 | 3,363,680 |1,837,009 |1,721,648 |115,361 |  1,624 |     77 |  1,547 | 1,099 |    448
                           |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
  2-year institutions .....| 6,061,897 | 5,948,431 | 5,697,388 |  251,043 |   58,844 |192,199 |113,466 | 61,222 | 52,244 |15,893 | 36,351
    Men ...................| 2,608,106 | 2,558,600 | 2,440,689 |  117,911 |   26,449 | 91,462 | 49,506 | 32,168 | 17,338 | 4,483 | 12,855
    Women .................| 3,453,791 | 3,389,831 | 3,256,699 |  133,132 |   32,395 |100,737 | 63,960 | 29,054 | 34,906 |11,410 | 23,496
                           |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
  Less than 2-year ........|   273,707 |           |           |          |          |        |273,707 | 77,314 |196,393 |10,516 |185,877
    Men ...................|    87,785 |           |           |          |          |        | 87,785 | 35,785 | 52,000 | 2,845 | 49,155
    Women .................|   185,922 |           |           |          |          |        |185,922 | 41,529 |144,393 | 7,671 |136,722
                           |===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|========|========|========|========|=======|========
                           |                                        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, 2000-01
                           |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Less than 1-year awards    |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
 and 1- to 4-year awards ..|   552,503 |   288,301 |   228,680 |   59,621 |   13,737 | 45,884 |264,202 | 80,944 |183,258 |15,599 |167,659             
  4-year institutions .....|    26,639 |    26,509 |    11,452 |   15,057 |    8,823 |  6,234 |    130 |      0 |    130 |    92 |     38
    Men ...................|    13,213 |    13,201 |     5,558 |    7,643 |    3,975 |  3,668 |     12 |      0 |     12 |    10 |      2
    Women .................|    13,426 |    13,308 |     5,894 |    7,414 |    4,848 |  2,566 |    118 |      0 |    118 |    82 |     36
                           |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
  2-year institutions .....|   312,128 |   261,792 |   217,228 |   44,564 |    4,914 | 39,650 | 50,336 | 22,846 | 27,490 | 7,015 | 20,475
    Men ...................|   140,643 |   120,555 |   101,606 |   18,949 |    2,672 | 16,277 | 20,088 | 11,502 |  8,586 | 1,945 |  6,641
    Women .................|   171,485 |   141,237 |   115,622 |   25,615 |    2,242 | 23,373 | 30,248 | 11,344 | 18,904 | 5,070 | 13,834
                           |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
  Less than 2-year ........|   213,736 |           |           |          |          |        |213,736 | 58,098 |155,638 | 8,492 |147,146
    Men ...................|    70,095 |           |           |          |          |        | 70,095 | 25,198 | 44,897 | 3,148 | 41,749
    Women .................|   143,641 |           |           |          |          |        |143,641 | 32,900 |110,741 | 5,344 |105,397
                           |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
Associate ................ |   579,387 |   578,865 |   456,487 |  122,378 |   45,711 | 76,667 |    522 |      0 |    522 |     6 |    516            
  4-year ..................|    94,005 |    94,005 |    36,328 |   57,677 |   34,357 | 23,320 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Men ...................|    41,895 |    41,895 |    15,107 |   26,788 |   13,282 | 13,506 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Women .................|    52,110 |    52,110 |    21,221 |   30,889 |   21,075 |  9,814 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
                           |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
  2-year ..................|   484,866 |   484,860 |   420,159 |   64,701 |   11,354 | 53,347 |      6 |      0 |      6 |     6 |      0
    Men ...................|   189,750 |   189,750 |   157,030 |   32,720 |    5,139 | 27,581 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Women .................|   295,116 |   295,110 |   263,129 |   31,981 |    6,215 | 25,766 |      6 |      0 |      6 |     6 |      0
                           |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
  Less than 2-year ........|       516 |           |           |          |          |        |    516 |      0 |    516 |     0 |    516
    Men ...................|       341 |           |           |          |          |        |    341 |      0 |    341 |     0 |    341
    Women .................|       175 |           |           |          |          |        |    175 |      0 |    175 |     0 |    175
                           |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
Bachelor's ............... | 1,244,171 | 1,244,171 |   812,438 |  431,733 |  408,701 | 23,032 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0           
    Men ...................|   531,840 |   531,840 |   349,893 |  181,947 |  169,524 | 12,423 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Women .................|   712,331 |   712,331 |   462,545 |  249,786 |  239,177 | 10,609 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
                           |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
Master's ................  |   468,476 |   468,476 |   246,054 |  222,422 |  210,789 | 11,633 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0            
    Men ...................|   194,351 |   194,351 |    99,973 |   94,378 |   88,868 |  5,510 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Women .................|   274,125 |   274,125 |   146,081 |  128,044 |  121,921 |  6,123 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
                           |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
Doctor's ................. |    44,904 |    44,904 |    28,187 |   16,717 |   15,920 |    797 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0              
    Men ...................|    24,728 |    24,728 |    15,780 |    8,948 |    8,677 |    271 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Women .................|    20,176 |    20,176 |    12,407 |    7,769 |    7,243 |    526 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
                           |           |           |           |          |          |        |        |        |        |       |
First-professional ....... |    79,707 |    79,707 |    32,633 |   47,074 |   46,828 |    246 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0             
    Men ...................|    42,862 |    42,862 |    16,965 |   25,897 |   25,755 |    142 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
    Women .................|    36,845 |    36,845 |    15,668 |   21,177 |   21,073 |    104 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0
___________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_______|________

Not applicable.
\1\Includes non-degree-granting institutions and some schools 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 December 2002.)


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