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Table 168. Enrollment, staff, and degrees conferred in postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs, by level and control of institution, sex, and type of degree: Fall 2003 and 2003-04
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                            |            |2-year and 4-year degree-granting institutions\2\|     Non-degree-granting institutions\3\
                            |            |_________________________________________________|________________________________________
                            |All Title IV|          |          |          Private          |       |       |        Private
Level of institution, type  | participat-|          |          |___________________________|       |       |________________________
of degree, sex of student,  |  ing insti-|          |          |         | Not-for-|   For-|       |       |       |Not-for-|  For-
and type of staff           |  tutions\1\|     Total|    Public|    Total|   profit| profit|  Total| Public|  Total|  profit|profit
____________________________|____________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|_______
1                           |           2|         3|         4|        5|        6|      7|      8|      9|     10|      11|     12
____________________________|____________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|_______
Enrollment, fall 2003       |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
     Total .................|  17,329,462|16,900,471|12,857,059|4,043,412|3,340,718|702,694|428,991|107,495|321,496|  40,673|280,823
                            |____________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|_______
4-year institutions ........|  10,407,986|10,407,553| 6,649,441|3,758,112|3,296,882|461,230|    433|     38|    395|     395|      0
  Males ....................|   4,566,256| 4,566,145| 2,937,741|1,628,404|1,409,606|218,798|    111|     16|     95|      95|      0
  Females ..................|   5,841,730| 5,841,408| 3,711,700|2,129,708|1,887,276|242,432|    322|     22|    300|     300|      0
                            |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
2-year institutions ........|   6,605,409| 6,492,918| 6,207,618|  285,300|   43,836|241,464|112,491| 46,125| 66,366|  23,279| 43,087
  Males ....................|   2,738,195| 2,689,406| 2,573,827|  115,579|   17,607| 97,972| 48,789| 25,121| 23,668|   6,518| 17,150
  Females ..................|   3,867,214| 3,803,512| 3,633,791|  169,721|   26,229|143,492| 63,702| 21,004| 42,698|  16,761| 25,937
                            |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
Less than 2-year ...........|     316,067|        † |        † |       † |       † |     † |316,067| 61,332|254,735|  16,999|237,736
  Males ....................|      85,097|        † |        † |       † |       † |     † | 85,097| 25,541| 59,556|   5,354| 54,202
  Females ..................|     230,970|        † |        † |       † |       † |     † |230,970| 35,791|195,179|  11,645|183,534
                            |============|==========|==========|=========|=========|=======|=======|=======|=======|========|========
Staff, fall 2003            |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
     Total .................|   3,243,351| 3,194,169| 2,167,902|1,026,267|  936,689| 89,578| 49,182| 25,276| 23,906|   4,091| 19,815
                            |____________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|_______
Professional staff .........|   2,309,922| 2,272,583| 1,540,676|  731,907|  655,450| 76,457| 37,339| 17,743| 19,596|   3,042| 16,554
  Administrative ...........|     191,561|   186,505|    96,344|   90,161|   82,456|  7,705|  5,056|  1,360|  3,696|     539|  3,157
  Faculty ..................|   1,199,658| 1,174,831|   792,515|  382,316|  330,587| 51,729| 24,827| 12,749| 12,078|   2,021| 10,057
  Faculty assistants .......|     293,080|   293,047|   241,286|   51,761|   51,649|    112|     33|      0|     33|       0|     33
  Other professionals ......|     625,623|   618,200|   410,531|  207,669|  190,758| 16,911|  7,423|  3,634|  3,789|     482|  3,307
Nonprofessional staff ......|     933,429|   921,586|   627,226|  294,360|  281,239| 13,121| 11,843|  7,533|  4,310|   1,049|  3,261
Student/staff ratio ........|         5.3|       5.3|       5.9|      3.9|      3.6|    7.8|    8.7|    4.3|   13.4|     9.9|   14.2
                            |============|==========|==========|=========|=========|=======|=======|=======|=======|========|========
Degrees conferred, 2003-04  |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
                            |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
Less than 1-year awards     |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
   and 1- to 4-year awards .|     687,787|   379,865|   297,154|   82,711|   13,642| 69,069|307,922| 66,899|241,023|  21,674|219,349
  4-year institutions ......|      30,645|    30,403|    11,865|   18,538|    9,741|  8,797|    242|      0|    242|     158|     84
    Males ..................|      12,414|    12,338|     5,545|    6,793|    3,659|  3,134|     76|      0|     76|      49|     27
    Females ................|      18,231|    18,065|     6,320|   11,745|    6,082|  5,663|    166|      0|    166|     109|     57
                            |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
  2-year institutions ......|     414,437|   349,462|   285,289|   64,173|    3,901| 60,272| 64,975| 24,752| 40,223|  10,413| 29,810
    Males ..................|     177,458|   150,785|   129,214|   21,571|    2,215| 19,356| 26,673| 11,478| 15,195|   3,129| 12,066
    Females ................|     236,979|   198,677|   156,075|   42,602|    1,686| 40,916| 38,302| 13,274| 25,028|   7,284| 17,744
                            |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
  Less than 2-year .........|     242,705|        † |        † |       † |       † |     † |242,705| 42,147|200,558|  11,103|189,455
    Males ..................|      67,266|        † |        † |       † |       † |     † | 67,266| 17,640| 49,626|   4,220| 45,406
    Females ................|     175,439|        † |        † |       † |       † |     † |175,439| 24,507|150,932|   6,883|144,049
                            |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
Associate's degrees ........|     665,508|   665,301|   524,875|  140,426|   45,759| 94,667|    207|    172|     35|      10|     25
  4-year institutions ......|     123,324|   123,324|    49,266|   74,058|   34,453| 39,605|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
    Males ..................|      54,238|    54,238|    19,498|   34,740|   12,773| 21,967|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
    Females ................|      69,086|    69,086|    29,768|   39,318|   21,680| 17,638|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
                            |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
  2-year institutions ......|     542,177|   541,977|   475,609|   66,368|   11,306| 55,062|    200|    172|     28|      10|     18
    Males ..................|     205,860|   205,795|   176,004|   29,791|    4,919| 24,872|     65|     51|     14|       2|     12
    Females ................|     336,317|   336,182|   299,605|   36,577|    6,387| 30,190|    135|    121|     14|       8|      6
                            |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
  Less than 2-year .........|           7|        † |        † |       † |       † |     † |      7|      0|      7|       0|      7
    Males ..................|           5|        † |        † |       † |       † |     † |      5|      0|      5|       0|      5
    Females ................|           2|        † |        † |       † |       † |     † |      2|      0|      2|       0|      2
                            |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
Bachelor's degrees .........|   1,399,542| 1,399,542|   905,718|  493,824|  451,518| 42,306|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
  Males ....................|     595,425|   595,425|   387,034|  208,391|  186,145| 22,246|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
  Females ..................|     804,117|   804,117|   518,684|  285,433|  265,373| 20,060|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
                            |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
Master's degrees ...........|     558,940|   558,940|   285,138|  273,802|  245,562| 28,240|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
  Males ....................|     229,545|   229,545|   115,962|  113,583|  101,898| 11,685|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
  Females ..................|     329,395|   329,395|   169,176|  160,219|  143,664| 16,555|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
                            |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
First-professional degrees .|      83,041|    83,041|    34,499|   48,542|   48,278|    264|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
  Males ....................|      42,169|    42,169|    16,881|   25,288|   25,136|    152|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
  Females ..................|      40,872|    40,872|    17,618|   23,254|   23,142|    112|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
                            |            |          |          |         |         |       |       |       |       |        |
Doctor's degrees ...........|      48,378|    48,378|    29,706|   18,672|   17,501|  1,171|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
  Males ....................|      25,323|    25,323|    15,944|    9,379|    8,949|    430|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
  Females ..................|      23,055|    23,055|    13,762|    9,293|    8,552|    741|      0|      0|      0|       0|      0
____________________________|____________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|_______
†Not applicable.
\1\Includes non-degree-granting institutions and some schools with non-accredited degree programs.
\2\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\3\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), Spring 2004, Winter 2003-04, and Fall 2004. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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