Skip Navigation
Digest of Education Statistics
2004 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest


Table 169. 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 2001, fall 2002, and 2002-03

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                              |       All |       2-year and 4-year degree-granting institutions\2\  |         Non-degree-granting institutions\3\
Level of institution,         |  Title IV |__________________________________________________________|________________________________________________
type of degree, and           |participat-|           |           |            Private               |          |         |          Private
sex of student                |ing insti- |     Total |    Public |__________________________________|    Total |  Public |___________________________
                              |tutions\1\ |           |           |     Total |  Not-for- |     For- |          |         |   Total |Not-for- |  For-
                              |           |           |           |           |    profit |   profit |          |         |         |  profit |profit
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_______
1                             |         2 |         3 |         4 |         5 |         6 |        7 |        8 |       9 |      10 |      11 |    12
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_______
Enrollment, fall 2002         |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
     Total ...................| 17,035,027| 16,611,711| 12,751,993|  3,859,718|  3,265,476|   594,242|   423,316|  131,078|  292,238|   33,618|258,620
                              |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_______
4-year institutions ..........| 10,083,252| 10,082,332|  6,481,613|  3,600,719|  3,218,389|   382,330|       920|       27|      893|      619|    274
  Males ......................|  4,448,793|  4,448,650|  2,872,800|  1,575,850|  1,383,204|   192,646|       143|       11|      132|       84|     48
  Females ....................|  5,634,459|  5,633,682|  3,608,813|  2,024,869|  1,835,185|   189,684|       777|       16|      761|      535|    226
                              |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
2-year institutions ..........|  6,640,516|  6,529,379|  6,270,380|    258,999|     47,087|   211,912|   111,137|   56,144|   54,993|   16,924| 38,069
  Males ......................|  2,803,976|  2,753,466|  2,639,220|    114,246|     20,224|    94,022|    50,510|   30,863|   19,647|    4,493| 15,154
  Females ....................|  3,836,540|  3,775,913|  3,631,160|    144,753|     26,863|   117,890|    60,627|   25,281|   35,346|   12,431| 22,915
                              |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
Less than 2-year .............|    311,259|         † |         † |         † |         † |        † |   311,259|   74,907|  236,352|   16,075|220,277
  Males ......................|     92,167|         † |         † |         † |         † |        † |    92,167|   31,709|   60,458|    5,175| 55,283
  Females ....................|    219,092|         † |         † |         † |         † |        † |   219,092|   43,198|  175,894|   10,900|164,994
                              |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|========
Staff, fall 2001              |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
     Total ...................|  3,134,008|  3,083,353|  2,136,970|    946,383|    880,586|    65,797|    50,655|   24,820|   25,835|    8,770| 17,065
                              |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_______
Professional staff ...........|  2,170,237|  2,132,150|  1,477,953|    654,197|    598,857|    55,340|    38,087|   18,266|   19,821|    5,569| 14,252
  Administrative .............|    156,088|    152,038|     82,811|     69,227|     63,749|     5,478|     4,050|    1,110|    2,940|      678|  2,262
  Faculty ....................|  1,138,734|  1,113,183|    771,124|    342,059|    306,487|    35,572|    25,551|   15,311|   10,240|    1,559|  8,681
  Faculty assistants .........|    261,261|    261,136|    219,475|     41,661|     39,954|     1,707|       125|        9|      116|        7|    109
  Other professionals ........|    614,154|    605,793|    404,543|    201,250|    188,667|    12,583|     8,361|    1,836|    6,525|    3,325|  3,200
Nonprofessional staff ........|    963,771|    951,203|    659,017|    292,186|    281,729|    10,457|    12,568|    6,554|    6,014|    3,201|  2,813
Student/staff ratio ..........|        4.8|        4.7|        5.2|        3.5|        3.4|       5.0|       7.9|      7.0|      8.6|      3.9|   11.1
                              |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|========
Degrees conferred, 2002-03    |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
                              |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
Less than 1-year awards       |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
   and 1- to 4-year awards ...|    646,891|    354,613|    285,139|     69,474|     12,501|    56,973|   292,278|   71,081|  221,197|   24,465|196,732
  4-year institutions ........|     27,670|     27,535|     11,849|     15,686|      9,017|     6,669|       135|        0|      135|      135|      0
    Males ....................|     12,146|     12,106|      5,448|      6,658|      3,526|     3,132|        40|        0|       40|       40|      0
    Females ..................|     15,524|     15,429|      6,401|      9,028|      5,491|     3,537|        95|        0|       95|       95|      0
                              |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
  2-year institutions ........|    390,737|    327,078|    273,290|     53,788|      3,484|    50,304|    63,659|   27,565|   36,094|   11,825| 24,269
    Males ....................|    174,252|    147,527|    126,956|     20,571|      2,127|    18,444|    26,725|   13,260|   13,465|    3,647|  9,818
    Females ..................|    216,485|    179,551|    146,334|     33,217|      1,357|    31,860|    36,934|   14,305|   22,629|    8,178| 14,451
                              |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
  Less than 2-year ...........|    228,484|         † |         † |         † |         † |        † |   228,484|   43,516|  184,968|   12,505|172,463
    Males ....................|     68,073|         † |         † |         † |         † |        † |    68,073|   18,366|   49,707|    4,742| 44,965
    Females ..................|    160,411|         † |         † |         † |         † |        † |   160,411|   25,150|  135,261|    7,763|127,498
                              |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
Associate's degrees ..........|    632,950|    632,912|    497,132|    135,780|     46,260|    89,520|        38|        2|       36|        0|     36
  4-year institutions ........|    114,585|    114,585|     46,151|     68,434|     34,059|    34,375|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
    Males ....................|     50,713|     50,713|     18,243|     32,470|     12,871|    19,599|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
    Females ..................|     63,872|     63,872|     27,908|     35,964|     21,188|    14,776|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
                              |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
  2-year institutions ........|    518,327|    518,327|    450,981|     67,346|     12,201|    55,145|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
    Males ....................|    202,347|    202,347|    169,011|     33,336|      5,857|    27,479|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
    Females ..................|    315,980|    315,980|    281,970|     34,010|      6,344|    27,666|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
                              |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
  Less than 2-year ...........|         38|         † |         † |         † |         † |        † |        38|        2|       36|        0|     36
    Males ....................|         16|         † |         † |         † |         † |        † |        16|        1|       15|        0|     15
    Females ..................|         22|         † |         † |         † |         † |        † |        22|        1|       21|        0|     21
                              |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
Bachelor's degrees ...........|  1,348,503|  1,348,503|    875,420|    473,083|    441,928|    31,155|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
  Males ......................|    573,079|    573,079|    373,958|    199,121|    182,572|    16,549|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
  Females ....................|    775,424|    775,424|    501,462|    273,962|    259,356|    14,606|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
                              |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
Master's degrees .............|    512,645|    512,645|    265,695|    246,950|    231,963|    14,987|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
  Males ......................|    211,381|    211,381|    107,938|    103,443|     96,763|     6,680|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
  Females ....................|    301,264|    301,264|    157,757|    143,507|    135,200|     8,307|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
                              |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
First-professional degrees ...|     80,810|     80,810|     33,549|     47,261|     47,029|       232|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
  Males ......................|     41,834|     41,834|     16,828|     25,006|     24,888|       118|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
  Females ....................|     38,976|     38,976|     16,721|     22,255|     22,141|       114|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
                              |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |
Doctor's degrees .............|     46,024|     46,024|     28,069|     17,955|     17,113|       842|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
  Males ......................|     24,341|     24,341|     15,281|      9,060|      8,786|       274|         0|        0|        0|        0|      0
  Females ....................|     21,683|     21,683|     12,788|      8,895|      8,327|       568|         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 2003, Winter 2001-02, and Fall 2003. (This table was prepared December 2004.)