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Table 177. Enrollment, staff, and degrees conferred in postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs, by level and control of institution, sex of student, and type of degree: Fall 2005 and 2005-06
Level of institution, type of degree, sex of student, and type of staff All Title IV participating institutions1  Degree-granting institutions2  Non-degree-granting institutions3 
Total Public Private Total Public Private
Total Not-for-profit For-profit Total Not-for-profit For-profit
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Enrollment, fall 2005                      
Total 17,921,804 17,487,475 13,021,834 4,465,641 3,454,692 1,010,949 434,329 93,343 340,986 29,321 311,665
4-year institutions 10,999,924 10,999,420 6,837,605 4,161,815 3,411,170 750,645 504 36 468 468 0
Males 4,775,697 4,775,557 3,019,831 1,755,726 1,448,647 307,079 140 13 127 127 0
Females 6,224,227 6,223,863 3,817,774 2,406,089 1,962,523 443,566 364 23 341 341 0
                       
2-year institutions 6,613,596 6,488,055 6,184,229 303,826 43,522 260,304 125,541 50,719 74,822 16,456 58,366
Males 2,740,996 2,680,368 2,569,392 110,976 15,652 95,324 60,628 27,081 33,547 4,154 29,393
Females 3,872,600 3,807,687 3,614,837 192,850 27,870 164,980 64,913 23,638 41,275 12,302 28,973
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 308,284 308,284 42,588 265,696 12,397 253,299
Males 76,370 76,370 15,490 60,880 4,304 56,576
Females 231,914 231,914 27,098 204,816 8,093 196,723
Staff, fall 2005                      
Total 3,428,811 3,379,087 2,267,687 1,111,400 971,425 139,975 49,724 23,594 26,130 3,618 22,512
Professional staff 2,496,068 2,459,885 1,640,704 819,181 700,202 118,979 36,183 15,841 20,342 2,590 17,752
Administrative 201,571 196,324 101,011 95,313 85,125 10,188 5,247 1,292 3,955 388 3,567
Faculty 1,314,506 1,290,426 841,188 449,238 361,523 87,715 24,080 11,114 12,966 1,768 11,198
Faculty assistants 317,146 317,141 257,952 59,189 59,061 128 5 2 3 0 3
Other professionals 662,845 655,994 440,553 215,441 194,493 20,948 6,851 3,433 3,418 434 2,984
Nonprofessional staff 932,743 919,202 626,983 292,219 271,223 20,996 13,541 7,753 5,788 1,028 4,760
Student/staff ratio 5.2 5.2 5.7 4.0 3.6 7.2 8.7 4.0 13.0 8.1 13.8
Degrees conferred, 2005-06                      
Less-than-1-year awards and 1-
  to 4-year awards
715,401 412,599 313,400 99,199 12,905 86,294 302,802 57,811 244,991 22,983 222,008
4-year institutions 40,469 40,371 15,331 25,040 9,791 15,249 98 0 98 98 0
Males 15,128 15,099 7,607 7,492 3,483 4,009 29 0 29 29 0
Females 25,341 25,272 7,724 17,548 6,308 11,240 69 0 69 69 0
                       
2-year institutions 446,159 372,228 298,069 74,159 3,114 71,045 73,931 27,449 46,482 11,355 35,127
Males 186,453 155,834 131,037 24,797 1,494 23,303 30,619 12,925 17,694 3,270 14,424
Females 259,706 216,394 167,032 49,362 1,620 47,742 43,312 14,524 28,788 8,085 20,703
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 228,773 228,773 30,362 198,411 11,530 186,881
Males 58,156 58,156 11,815 46,341 4,547 41,794
Females 170,617 170,617 18,547 152,070 6,983 145,087
                       
Associate's degrees 713,206 713,066 557,134 155,932 46,442 109,490 140 78 62 14 48
4-year institutions 148,190 148,190 58,905 89,285 37,240 52,045 0 0 0 0 0
Males 59,521 59,521 23,036 36,485 13,184 23,301 0 0 0 0 0
Females 88,669 88,669 35,869 52,800 24,056 28,744 0 0 0 0 0
                       
2-year institutions 564,964 564,876 498,229 66,647 9,202 57,445 88 58 30 14 16
Males 210,608 210,574 182,887 27,687 3,197 24,490 34 19 15 3 12
Females 354,356 354,302 315,342 38,960 6,005 32,955 54 39 15 11 4
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 52 52 20 32 0 32
Males 14 14 2 12 0 12
Females 38 38 18 20 0 20
                       
Bachelor's degrees 1,485,242 1,485,242 955,369 529,873 467,836 62,037 0 0 0 0 0
Males 630,600 630,600 409,313 221,287 191,130 30,157 0 0 0 0 0
Females 854,642 854,642 546,056 308,586 276,706 31,880 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Master's degrees 594,065 594,065 293,517 300,548 255,424 45,124 0 0 0 0 0
Males 237,896 237,896 116,721 121,175 104,300 16,875 0 0 0 0 0
Females 356,169 356,169 176,796 179,373 151,124 28,249 0 0 0 0 0
                       
First-professional degrees 87,655 87,655 36,269 51,386 50,902 484 0 0 0 0 0
Males 44,038 44,038 17,268 26,770 26,525 245 0 0 0 0 0
Females 43,617 43,617 19,001 24,616 24,377 239 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Doctor's degrees 56,067 56,067 33,767 22,300 20,830 1,470 0 0 0 0 0
Males 28,634 28,634 18,038 10,596 10,026 570 0 0 0 0 0
Females 27,433 27,433 15,729 11,704 10,804 900 0 0 0 0 0
† Not applicable.
1 Includes degree granting and non-degree-granting institutions.
2 Data are for degree-granting institutions, which grant associate's or higher degrees and participate 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 nonaccredited degree programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005–06 and fall 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2006, Winter 2005–06, and Fall 2006. (This table was prepared August 2007.)

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