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Table 213. Number of institutions and enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by size and by type and control of institution: Fall 2003
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                               |                                            Enrollment size
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                               |          | Under| 200 to| 500 to| 1,000 to| 2,500 to| 5,000 to|10,000 to|20,000 to|30,000 or
Type and control of institution|     Total|   200|    499|    999|    2,499|    4,999|    9,999|   19,999|   29,999|     more
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1                              |         2|     3|      4|      5|        6|        7|        8|        9|       10|       11
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Number of institutions         |          |      |       |       |         |         |         |         |         |
     Total ....................|     4,140|   459|    600|    567|      920|      639|      473|      313|      120|       49
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Doctoral, extensive\1\ ........|       151|     0|      0|      0|        2|        3|       12|       49|       53|       32
Doctoral, intensive\2\ ........|       107|     0|      1|      1|        4|       15|       32|       39|       13|        2
Master's\3\ ...................|       634|     1|      4|     25|      153|      185|      169|       81|       12|        4
Baccalaureate\4\ ..............|       634|    10|     49|    141|      319|       95|       14|        4|        2|        0
Specialized institutions\5\ ...|       948|   269|    245|    202|      157|       56|       14|        3|        1|        1
Associate's of arts ...........|     1,666|   179|    301|    198|      285|      285|      232|      137|       39|       10
                               |          |      |       |       |         |         |         |         |         |
Public ........................|     1,699|    18|     69|     91|      331|      389|      377|      268|      111|       45
  Doctoral, extensive\1\ ......|       102|     0|      0|      0|        0|        1|        0|       25|       47|       29
  Doctoral, intensive\2\ ......|        63|     0|      0|      0|        2|        2|       14|       32|       11|        2
  Master's\3\ .................|       276|     0|      0|      2|       19|       55|      116|       70|       11|        3
  Baccalaureate\4\ ............|       103|     0|      1|     12|       40|       33|       12|        3|        2|        0
  Specialized institutions\5\ .|        85|     4|      9|     14|       31|       21|        3|        1|        1|        1
    Art, music, or design .....|         2|     0|      0|      1|        1|        0|        0|        0|        0|        0
    Engineering or technology .|         8|     0|      1|      0|        3|        4|        0|        0|        0|        0
    Medical or other health ...|        30|     2|      5|      2|       14|        7|        0|        0|        0|        0
    Other specialized .........|        45|     2|      3|     11|       13|       10|        3|        1|        1|        1
  Associate's of arts .........|     1,070|    14|     59|     63|      239|      277|      232|      137|       39|       10
                               |          |      |       |       |         |         |         |         |         |
Private .......................|     2,441|   441|    531|    476|      589|      250|       96|       45|        9|        4
  Doctoral, extensive\1\ ......|        49|     0|      0|      0|        2|        2|       12|       24|        6|        3
  Doctoral, intensive\2\ ......|        44|     0|      1|      1|        2|       13|       18|        7|        2|        0
  Master's\3\ .................|       358|     1|      4|     23|      134|      130|       53|       11|        1|        1
  Baccalaureate\4\ ............|       531|    10|     48|    129|      279|       62|        2|        1|        0|        0
  Specialized institutions\5\ .|       863|   265|    236|    188|      126|       35|       11|        2|        0|        0
    Art, music, or design .....|        84|    15|     17|     19|       24|        6|        3|        0|        0|        0
    Business and management ...|        81|    21|     17|     15|       16|        8|        4|        0|        0|        0
    Engineering or technology .|        57|     5|     12|     24|        9|        4|        2|        1|        0|        0
    Medical or other health ...|       127|    39|     35|     31|       20|        2|        0|        0|        0|        0
    Theological ...............|       287|   152|     89|     33|       10|        3|        0|        0|        0|        0
    Other specialized .........|       227|    33|     66|     66|       47|       12|        2|        1|        0|        0
  Associate's of arts .........|       596|   165|    242|    135|       46|        8|        0|        0|        0|        0
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Enrollment of institutions     |          |      |       |       |         |         |         |         |         |
     Total ....................|16,900,471|53,403|204,752|412,092|1,537,817|2,271,677|3,315,540|4,302,615|2,915,204|1,887,371
                               |__________|______|_______|_______|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
Doctoral, extensive\1\ ........| 3,390,413|     0|      0|      0|    4,185|   13,898|   91,760|  720,253|1,321,149|1,239,168
Doctoral, intensive\2\ ........| 1,239,719|     0|    283|    917|    7,169|   55,163|  240,382|  547,995|  313,472|   74,338
Masters\3\ ....................| 3,742,340|    54|  1,528| 19,524|  279,736|  670,198|1,198,386|1,107,546|  293,583|  171,785
Baccalaureate\4\ ..............| 1,131,491| 1,373| 17,734|107,327|  516,318|  315,008|   86,402|   43,265|   44,064|        0
Specialized institutions\5\ ...|   903,590|29,853| 82,736|142,009|  245,213|  187,094|   97,374|   36,962|   23,859|   58,490
Associate of arts .............| 6,492,918|22,123|102,471|142,315|  485,196|1,030,316|1,601,236|1,846,594|  919,077|  343,590
                               |          |      |       |       |         |         |         |         |         |
Public ........................|12,857,059| 2,538| 24,366| 72,094|  583,619|1,419,687|2,645,127|3,693,003|2,703,108|1,713,517
  Doctoral, extensive\1\ ......| 2,708,251|     0|      0|      0|        0|    4,108|        0|  391,454|1,176,323|1,136,366
  Doctoral, intensive\2\ ......|   906,857|     0|      0|      0|    3,839|    7,229|  106,334|  448,777|  266,340|   74,338
  Master's\3\ .................| 2,425,449|     0|      0|  1,297|   35,718|  208,689|  845,534|  960,033|  273,445|  100,733
  Baccalaureate\4\ ............|   349,579|     0|    373|  9,931|   68,603|  120,754|   72,735|   33,119|   44,064|        0
  Specialized institutions\5\ .|   259,305|   447|  3,324| 11,408|   55,340|   74,123|   19,288|   13,026|   23,859|   58,490
    Art, music, or design .....|     2,856|     0|      0|    792|    2,064|        0|        0|        0|        0|        0
    Engineering or technology .|    20,488|     0|    277|      0|    5,607|   14,604|        0|        0|        0|        0
    Medical or other health ...|    50,705|   110|  1,927|  1,513|   24,228|   22,927|        0|        0|        0|        0
    Other specialized .........|   185,256|   337|  1,120|  9,103|   23,441|   36,592|   19,288|   13,026|   23,859|   58,490
  Associate's of arts .........| 6,207,618| 2,091| 20,669| 49,458|  420,119|1,004,784|1,601,236|1,846,594|  919,077|  343,590
                               |          |      |       |       |         |         |         |         |         |
Private .......................| 4,043,412|50,865|180,386|339,998|  954,198|  851,990|  670,413|  609,612|  212,096|  173,854
  Doctoral, extensive\1\ ......|   682,162|     0|      0|      0|    4,185|    9,790|   91,760|  328,799|  144,826|  102,802
  Doctoral, intensive\2\ ......|   332,862|     0|    283|    917|    3,330|   47,934|  134,048|   99,218|   47,132|        0
  Master's\3\ .................| 1,316,891|    54|  1,528| 18,227|  244,018|  461,509|  352,852|  147,513|   20,138|   71,052
  Baccalaureate\4\ ............|   781,912| 1,373| 17,361| 97,396|  447,715|  194,254|   13,667|   10,146|        0|        0
  Specialized institutions\5\ .|   644,285|29,406| 79,412|130,601|  189,873|  112,971|   78,086|   23,936|        0|        0
    Art, music, or design .....|    98,247| 1,859|  5,694| 13,274|   37,221|   20,870|   19,329|        0|        0|        0
    Business and management ...|    95,041| 1,885|  6,359| 10,263|   24,065|   27,200|   25,269|        0|        0|        0
    Engineering or technology .|    75,528|   508|  4,469| 16,577|   14,092|   12,363|   14,719|   12,800|        0|        0
    Medical or other health ...|    71,270| 4,480| 11,471| 20,936|   29,180|    5,203|        0|        0|        0|        0
    Theological ...............|    93,212|16,776| 27,038| 24,065|   15,876|    9,457|        0|        0|        0|        0
    Other specialized .........|   210,987| 3,898| 24,381| 45,486|   69,439|   37,878|   18,769|   11,136|        0|        0
  Associate's of arts .........|   285,300|20,032| 81,802| 92,857|   65,077|   25,532|        0|        0|        0|        0
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\1\Doctoral, extensive institutions are committed to graduate education through the doctorate, and award 50 or more doctor's degrees per year across at least 15 disciplines.
\2\Doctoral, intensive institutions are committed to education through the doctorate and award at least 10 doctor's degrees per year across 3 or more disciplines or at least 20 doctor's 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 20 master's degrees per year.
\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, or 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, 2003 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2004. (This table was prepared June 2005.)


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