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Table 214. Size of enrollment of degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution: Fall 2000

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                               |                                    Enrollment size
      Control and type of      |________________________________________________________________________________________________________
          institution          |           | Under | 200 to |   500   |  1,000   | 2,500 to | 5,000 to |10,000 to |20,000 to |30,000 or
                               |   Total   |  200  |  499   | to 999  | to 2,499 |  4,999   |  9,999   |  19,999  |  29,999  |   more
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                               |                                 Number of institutions
                               |________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total .......................|     4,056 |   539 |    586 |     531 |      899 |      618 |      456 |      292 |      100 |       35
Doctor's extensive\1\ .........|       152 |     0 |      0 |       0 |        2 |        4 |       12 |       59 |       47 |       28
Doctor's intensive\2\ .........|       110 |     1 |      1 |       2 |        5 |       16 |       36 |       39 |        8 |        2
Master's\3\  ..................|       631 |     3 |      4 |      32 |      162 |      177 |      173 |       71 |        8 |        1
Baccalaureate\4\  .............|       625 |    20 |     42 |     156 |      302 |       88 |       13 |        3 |        1 |        0
Specialized institutions\5\ ...|       786 |   270 |    211 |     145 |      113 |       40 |        6 |        1 |        0 |        0
Associate of arts .............|     1,752 |   245 |    328 |     196 |      315 |      293 |      216 |      119 |       36 |        4
                               |           |       |        |         |          |          |          |          |          |
Public ........................|     1,676 |    23 |     62 |     110 |      343 |      395 |      364 |      253 |       93 |       33
  Doctor's extensive\1\ .......|       103 |     0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |        1 |        1 |       34 |       41 |       26
  Doctor's intensive\2\ .......|        63 |     0 |      0 |       0 |        2 |        3 |       17 |       32 |        7 |        2
  Master's\3\  ................|       275 |     0 |      0 |       1 |       19 |       63 |      119 |       64 |        8 |        1
  Baccalaureate\4\  ...........|        98 |     0 |      0 |       8 |       41 |       33 |       12 |        3 |        1 |        0
  Specialized institutions\5\ .|        76 |     9 |     14 |      17 |       23 |       12 |        0 |        1 |        0 |        0
    Art, music, or design .....|         3 |     0 |      0 |       2 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Engineering or technology .|         8 |     0 |      1 |       0 |        4 |        3 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Medical or other health ...|        31 |     2 |      5 |       4 |       14 |        6 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Other specialized .........|        34 |     7 |      8 |      11 |        4 |        3 |        0 |        1 |        0 |        0
  Associate of arts ...........|     1,061 |    14 |     48 |      84 |      258 |      283 |      215 |      119 |       36 |        4
                               |           |       |        |         |          |          |          |          |          |
Private .......................|     2,380 |   516 |    524 |     421 |      556 |      223 |       92 |       39 |        7 |        2
  Doctor's extensive\1\ .......|        49 |     0 |      0 |       0 |        2 |        3 |       11 |       25 |        6 |        2
  Doctor's intensive\2\ .......|        47 |     1 |      1 |       2 |        3 |       13 |       19 |        7 |        1 |        0
  Master's\3\  ................|       356 |     3 |      4 |      31 |      143 |      114 |       54 |        7 |        0 |        0
  Baccalaureate\4\  ...........|       527 |    20 |     42 |     148 |      261 |       55 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0
  Specialized institutions\5\ .|       710 |   261 |    197 |     128 |       90 |       28 |        6 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Art, music, or design .....|        79 |    13 |     22 |      23 |       14 |        4 |        3 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Business and management ...|        74 |    11 |     18 |      10 |       22 |       10 |        3 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Engineering or technology .|        55 |     6 |     16 |      19 |        6 |        8 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Medical or other health ...|       127 |    42 |     37 |      29 |       18 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Theological ...............|       289 |   163 |     81 |      27 |       14 |        4 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Other specialized .........|        86 |    26 |     23 |      20 |       16 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
  Associate of arts ...........|       691 |   231 |    280 |     112 |       57 |       10 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0
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                               |                                 Enrollment of institutions
                               |________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total .......................|15,312,289 |58,042 |193,811 | 384,719 |1,482,739 |2,159,807 |3,203,710 |4,077,961 |2,432,691 |1,318,809
Doctor's extensive\1\ .........| 3,189,432 |     0 |      0 |       0 |    3,937 |   17,495 |   92,597 |  866,685 |1,150,371 |1,058,347
Doctor's intensive\2\ .........| 1,129,089 |   151 |    246 |   1,726 |    7,988 |   56,131 |  257,708 |  556,286 |  183,531 |   65,322
Master's\3\  ..................| 3,359,925 |   378 |  1,526 |  23,969 |  285,652 |  628,181 |1,210,138 |  976,483 |  202,680 |   30,918
Baccalaureate\4\  .............| 1,031,071 | 2,385 | 15,805 | 116,670 |  475,720 |  282,375 |   77,641 |   39,529 |   20,946 |        0
Specialized institutions\5\ ...|   555,717 |27,091 | 69,507 | 104,803 |  174,164 |  132,869 |   36,671 |   10,612 |        0 |        0
Associate of arts .............| 6,047,055 |28,037 |106,727 | 137,551 |  535,278 |1,042,756 |1,528,955 |1,628,366 |  875,163 |  164,222
                               |           |       |        |         |          |          |          |          |          |
Public ........................|11,752,786 | 2,660 | 20,721 |  85,554 |  594,156 |1,415,345 |2,572,151 |3,549,019 |2,264,075 |1,249,105
  Doctor's extensive\1\ .......| 2,540,692 |     0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |    3,567 |    8,083 |  538,096 |1,002,303 |  988,643
  Doctor's intensive\2\ .......|   828,635 |     0 |      0 |       0 |    3,298 |   12,668 |  126,883 |  457,481 |  162,983 |   65,322
  Master's\3\  ................| 2,220,852 |     0 |      0 |     624 |   32,728 |  231,481 |  847,486 |  874,935 |  202,680 |   30,918
  Baccalaureate\4\  ...........|   317,514 |     0 |      0 |   6,613 |   66,715 |  114,018 |   69,693 |   39,529 |   20,946 |        0
  Specialized institutions\5\ .|   110,779 |   503 |  4,961 |  13,018 |   40,470 |   41,215 |        0 |   10,612 |        0 |        0
    Art, music, or design .....|     3,899 |     0 |      0 |   1,571 |    2,328 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Engineering or technology .|    17,326 |     0 |    327 |       0 |    6,900 |   10,099 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Medical or other health ...|    48,735 |    45 |  1,833 |   3,011 |   25,320 |   18,526 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Other specialized .........|    40,819 |   458 |  2,801 |   8,436 |    5,922 |   12,590 |        0 |   10,612 |        0 |        0
  Associate of arts ...........| 5,734,314 | 2,157 | 15,760 |  65,299 |  450,945 |1,012,396 |1,520,006 |1,628,366 |  875,163 |  164,222
                               |           |       |        |         |          |          |          |          |          |
Private .......................| 3,559,503 |55,382 |173,090 | 299,165 |  888,583 |  744,462 |  631,559 |  528,942 |  168,616 |   69,704
  Doctor's extensive\1\ .......|   648,740 |     0 |      0 |       0 |    3,937 |   13,928 |   84,514 |  328,589 |  148,068 |   69,704
  Doctor's intensive\2\ .......|   300,454 |   151 |    246 |   1,726 |    4,690 |   43,463 |  130,825 |   98,805 |   20,548 |        0
  Master's\3\  ................| 1,139,073 |   378 |  1,526 |  23,345 |  252,924 |  396,700 |  362,652 |  101,548 |        0 |        0
  Baccalaureate\4\  ...........|   713,557 | 2,385 | 15,805 | 110,057 |  409,005 |  168,357 |    7,948 |        0 |        0 |        0
  Specialized institutions\5\ .|   444,938 |26,588 | 64,546 |  91,785 |  133,694 |   91,654 |   36,671 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Art, music, or design .....|    77,652 | 1,530 |  7,166 |  16,632 |   21,203 |   14,007 |   17,114 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Business and management ...|    99,381 | 1,170 |  6,081 |   7,140 |   31,427 |   34,006 |   19,557 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Engineering or technology .|    55,289 |   557 |  5,868 |  13,556 |    9,115 |   26,193 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Medical or other health ...|    67,642 | 3,955 | 12,409 |  20,841 |   27,276 |    3,161 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Theological ...............|    96,013 |16,944 | 25,395 |  18,896 |   23,224 |   11,554 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
    Other specialized .........|    48,961 | 2,432 |  7,627 |  14,720 |   21,449 |    2,733 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0
  Associate of arts ...........|   312,741 |25,880 | 90,967 |  72,252 |   84,333 |   30,360 |    8,949 |        0 |        0 |        0
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\1\Doctoral, extensive institutions are committed to graduate education through the doctorate, and award 50 or more doctoral degrees per year across at least 15 disciplines.
\2\Doctoral, intensive institutions are committed to education through the doctorate and award at least 10 doctoral degrees per year across 3 or more disciplines or at least 20 doctoral degrees overall.
\3\Master's institutions offer a full range of baccalaureate programs and are committed to education through the master's degree. They award at least 40 master's degrees per year, across 3 or more disciplines.
\4\Baccalaureate institutions primarily emphasize undergraduate education.
\5\Specialized 4-year institutions award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology and engineering. Also, includes some institutions which have 4-year programs, but have not reported sufficient data to identify program category.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment, 2000" survey. (This table was prepared November 2002.)


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