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Table 234. Number of degree-granting institutions and enrollment in these institutions, by size, type, and control of institution: Fall 2006
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 4,301 499 603 645 909 651 495 317 126 56
Doctoral, extensive1  151 0 0 0 2 2 12 48 52 35
Doctoral, intensive2  107 0 1 1 4 15 29 38 17 2
Master's3  637 1 4 26 138 188 172 86 16 6
Baccalaureate4  629 19 38 139 302 104 20 5 2 0
Specialized institutions5  1,101 283 301 232 180 70 21 10 2 2
2-year 1,676 196 259 247 283 272 241 130 37 11
                     
Public 1,686 16 50 92 334 376 390 265 113 50
Doctoral, extensive1  102 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 47 31
Doctoral, intensive2  63 0 0 0 2 2 13 31 13 2
Master's3  274 0 0 1 20 51 112 73 13 4
Baccalaureate4  105 0 1 11 40 32 15 4 2 0
Specialized institutions5  99 3 10 11 35 24 9 4 1 2
Art, music, or design 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Engineering or technology 8 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0
Medical or other health 30 2 4 3 16 4 1 0 0 0
Other specialized 59 1 5 7 15 17 7 4 1 2
2-year 1,043 13 39 69 237 266 241 130 37 11
                     
Private 2,615 483 553 553 575 275 105 52 13 6
Doctoral, extensive1  49 0 0 0 2 1 12 25 5 4
Doctoral, intensive2  44 0 1 1 2 13 16 7 4 0
Master's3  363 1 4 25 118 137 60 13 3 2
Baccalaureate4  524 19 37 128 262 72 5 1 0 0
Specialized institutions5  1,002 280 291 221 145 46 12 6 1 0
Art, music, or design 91 16 25 12 27 8 3 0 0 0
Business and management 147 28 51 35 18 10 4 1 0 0
Engineering or technology 65 6 10 29 11 6 0 3 0 0
Medical or other health 134 36 43 28 23 4 0 0 0 0
Theological 297 163 85 36 10 3 0 0 0 0
Other specialized 268 31 77 81 56 15 5 2 1 0
2-year 633 183 220 178 46 6 0 0 0 0
Enrollment of institutions                    
Total 17,758,870 56,399 204,525 468,124 1,512,881 2,318,556 3,474,957 4,397,472 3,072,096 2,253,860
Doctoral, extensive1  3,462,707 0 0 0 4,125 9,758 89,519 704,346 1,295,348 1,359,611
Doctoral, intensive2  1,291,243 0 237 890 7,754 57,425 217,098 516,944 410,808 80,087
Master's3  4,066,656 80 1,363 19,921 256,691 674,762 1,211,821 1,169,873 396,967 335,178
Baccalaureate4  1,177,044 2,289 14,239 108,044 489,431 341,135 120,231 57,216 44,459 0
Specialized institutions5  1,242,680 30,878 101,964 166,751 276,749 237,850 144,443 147,576 49,726 86,743
2-year 6,518,540 23,152 86,722 172,518 478,131 997,626 1,691,845 1,801,517 874,788 392,241
                     
Public 13,180,133 2,354 18,052 71,669 588,182 1,382,016 2,762,775 3,680,280 2,756,990 1,917,815
Doctoral, extensive1  2,756,539 0 0 0 0 4,869 0 356,509 1,175,568 1,219,593
Doctoral, intensive2  927,944 0 0 0 3,902 7,327 96,704 425,706 314,218 80,087
Master's3  2,517,192 0 0 671 39,808 195,643 822,551 995,969 323,399 139,151
Baccalaureate4  366,901 0 495 9,032 65,306 110,983 91,690 44,936 44,459 0
Specialized institutions5  386,437 339 4,022 8,863 62,355 83,929 59,985 55,643 24,558 86,743
Art, music, or design 3,131 0 0 845 2,286 0 0 0 0 0
Engineering or technology 24,198 0 438 0 5,506 11,709 6,545 0 0 0
Medical or other health 53,245 147 1,662 2,061 30,316 13,382 5,677 0 0 0
Other specialized 305,863 192 1,922 5,957 24,247 58,838 47,763 55,643 24,558 86,743
2-year 6,225,120 2,015 13,535 53,103 416,811 979,265 1,691,845 1,801,517 874,788 392,241
                     
Private 4,578,737 54,045 186,473 396,455 924,699 936,540 712,182 717,192 315,106 336,045
Doctoral, extensive1  706,168 0 0 0 4,125 4,889 89,519 347,837 119,780 140,018
Doctoral, intensive2  363,299 0 237 890 3,852 50,098 120,394 91,238 96,590 0
Master's3  1,549,464 80 1,363 19,250 216,883 479,119 389,270 173,904 73,568 196,027
Baccalaureate4  810,143 2,289 13,744 99,012 424,125 230,152 28,541 12,280 0 0
Specialized institutions5  856,243 30,539 97,942 157,888 214,394 153,921 84,458 91,933 25,168 0
Art, music, or design 106,952 1,787 8,919 8,294 41,129 24,096 22,727 0 0 0
Business and management 147,440 3,046 17,499 25,318 28,063 34,312 26,585 12,617 0 0
Engineering or technology 108,670 490 3,162 20,711 15,559 20,751 0 47,997 0 0
Medical or other health 85,825 3,929 13,842 20,261 35,765 12,028 0 0 0 0
Theological 95,339 17,904 25,893 25,966 14,813 10,763 0 0 0 0
Other specialized 312,017 3,383 28,627 57,338 79,065 51,971 35,146 31,319 25,168 0
2-year 293,420 21,137 73,187 119,415 61,320 18,361 0 0 0 0
1 Doctoral, extensive institutions are committed to graduate education through the doctor-ate, 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. Includes some institutions that have 4-year programs, but have not reported sufficient data to identify program category. Also includes institutions classified as 4-year under the IPEDS system, which had been classified as 2-year in the Carnegie system because they primarily award associate's degrees.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2006 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2007. (This table was prepared June 2008.)

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