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Digest of Education Statistics: 2006
Digest of Education Statistics: 2006

NCES 2007-017
July 2007


Table 218. Number of institutions and enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by size, type, and control of institution: Fall 2005
Type and control of institution Enrollment size
Total Under 200 200 to 499 500 to 999 1,000 to 2,499 2,500 to 4,999 5,000 to 9,999 10,000 to 19,999 20,000 to 29,999 30,000 or more
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Number of institutions                    
Total 4,253 483 616 605 916 657 484 311 126 55
Doctoral, extensive1  150 0 0 0 2 1 12 48 52 35
Doctoral, intensive2  107 0 1 1 4 15 31 38 15 2
Master's3  635 1 6 24 140 187 171 84 16 6
Baccalaureate4  629 18 42 138 307 99 18 5 2 0
Specialized institutions5  1,058 280 287 209 183 71 17 7 2 2
2-year 1,674 184 280 233 280 284 235 129 39 10
                     
Public 1,675 14 52 91 328 382 384 263 113 48
Doctoral, extensive1  102 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 47 31
Doctoral, intensive2  63 0 0 0 2 2 14 32 11 2
Master's3  273 0 0 2 19 49 114 73 13 3
Baccalaureate4  104 0 1 13 40 30 14 4 2 0
Specialized institutions5  97 3 10 10 37 25 7 2 1 2
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 15 5 1 0 0 0
Other specialized 57 1 4 7 18 16 6 2 1 2
2-year 1,036 11 41 66 230 275 235 129 39 10
                     
Private 2,578 469 564 514 588 275 100 48 13 7
Doctoral, extensive1  48 0 0 0 2 0 12 25 5 4
Doctoral, intensive2  44 0 1 1 2 13 17 6 4 0
Master's3  362 1 6 22 121 138 57 11 3 3
Baccalaureate4  525 18 41 125 267 69 4 1 0 0
Specialized institutions5  961 277 277 199 146 46 10 5 1 0
Art, music, or design 88 14 25 12 26 9 2 0 0 0
Business and management 123 26 35 27 21 9 4 1 0 0
Engineering or technology 66 9 8 28 13 5 1 2 0 0
Medical or other health 134 39 43 26 22 4 0 0 0 0
Theological 295 156 89 35 12 3 0 0 0 0
Other specialized 255 33 77 71 52 16 3 2 1 0
2-year 638 173 239 167 50 9 0 0 0 0
Enrollment of institutions
 Total
17,487,475 54,855 210,061 435,812 1,521,898 2,347,306 3,397,028 4,292,326 3,057,138 2,171,051
Doctoral, extensive1  3,425,926 0 0 0 4,212 4,554 83,966 699,528 1,284,277 1,349,389
Doctoral, intensive2  1,273,432 0 302 898 8,388 56,415 233,165 533,251 364,355 76,658
Master's3  3,996,517 61 2,183 18,994 261,932 670,811 1,207,060 1,132,207 399,587 303,682
Baccalaureate4  1,153,615 2,219 15,374 106,772 497,210 323,834 106,898 56,118 45,190 0
Specialized institutions5  1,149,930 30,696 97,866 148,239 279,598 242,338 119,063 98,986 44,424 88,720
2-year 6,488,055 21,879 94,336 160,909 470,558 1,049,354 1,646,876 1,772,236 919,305 352,602
                     
Public 13,021,834 1,969 18,643 70,296 580,302 1,411,669 2,713,601 3,641,208 2,751,811 1,832,335
Doctoral, extensive1  2,735,547 0 0 0 0 4,554 0 352,598 1,166,870 1,211,525
Doctoral, intensive2  915,694 0 0 0 4,045 7,309 102,788 452,533 272,361 76,658
Master's3  2,471,344 0 0 1,608 38,094 186,125 829,997 988,987 323,703 102,830
Baccalaureate4  356,342 0 490 10,957 66,778 104,126 84,475 44,326 45,190 0
Specialized institutions5  358,678 239 3,864 7,895 65,159 88,426 49,465 30,528 24,382 88,720
Art, music, or design 2,956 0 0 829 2,127 0 0 0 0 0
Engineering or technology 22,200 0 382 0 5,482 16,336 0 0 0 0
Medical or other health 52,219 126 2,042 1,482 27,408 15,587 5,574 0 0 0
Other specialized 281,303 113 1,440 5,584 30,142 56,503 43,891 30,528 24,382 88,720
2-year 6,184,229 1,730 14,289 49,836 406,226 1,021,129 1,646,876 1,772,236 919,305 352,602
                     
Private 4,465,641 52,886 191,418 365,516 941,596 935,637 683,427 651,118 305,327 338,716
Doctoral, extensive1  690,379 0 0 0 4,212 0 83,966 346,930 117,407 137,864
Doctoral, intensive2  357,738 0 302 898 4,343 49,106 130,377 80,718 91,994 0
Master's3  1,525,173 61 2,183 17,386 223,838 484,686 377,063 143,220 75,884 200,852
Baccalaureate4  797,273 2,219 14,884 95,815 430,432 219,708 22,423 11,792 0 0
Specialized institutions5  791,252 30,457 94,002 140,344 214,439 153,912 69,598 68,458 20,042 0
Art, music, or design 103,180 1,801 8,772 8,520 39,046 29,163 15,878 0 0 0
Business and management 137,560 3,314 12,457 18,163 31,605 31,148 28,050 12,823 0 0
Engineering or technology 95,649 681 2,871 19,358 18,440 18,884 6,734 28,681 0 0
Medical or other health 81,687 4,272 14,396 18,989 32,738 11,292 0 0 0 0
Theological 94,407 16,422 26,674 24,748 16,242 10,321 0 0 0 0
Other specialized 278,769 3,967 28,832 50,566 76,368 53,104 18,936 26,954 20,042 0
2-year 303,826 20,149 80,047 111,073 64,332 28,225 0 0 0 0
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 that 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, 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2006. (This table was prepared August 2006.)