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Table 237. Enrollment and degrees conferred in degree-granting women's colleges, by selected characteristics and institution: Fall 2007 and 2007-08
Institution1 State Type and con-trol2 Enrollment, fall 2007 Degrees awarded
to females, 2007-08
Total Females Percent female Males, full-time Females, full-time Males, part-time Females, part-time Asso-ciate's Bache-lor's Mas-ter's Doc-tor's
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Total 98,168 92,104 93.8 2,414 64,505 3,650 27,599 623 14,134 5,967 220
Judson College AL 3 311 300 96.5 3 238 8 62 48
Mills College CA 3 1,446 1,349 93.3 85 1,221 12 128 194 153 6
Mount Saint Mary's College CA 3 2,366 2,141 90.5 108 1,546 117 595 130 357 72 10
Scripps College CA 3 920 908 98.7 8 902 4 6 185
Saint Joseph College CT 3 1,773 1,662 93.7 17 854 94 808 184 191
                         
Trinity Washington University DC 3 1,630 1,486 91.2 45 770 99 716 3 136 208
Agnes Scott College GA 3 892 889 99.7 3 859 0 30 191 7
Brenau University GA 3 2,577 2,274 88.2 125 1,407 178 867 5 367 218
Spelman College GA 3 2,343 2,343 100.0 0 2,236 0 107 483
Wesleyan College GA 3 691 675 97.7 8 404 8 271 76 29
                         
Lexington College IL 3 57 57 100.0 0 49 0 8 2 7
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College IN 3 1,677 1,595 95.1 4 480 78 1,115 7 174 32
Saint Mary's College IN 3 1,604 1,602 99.9 0 1,570 2 32 330
Midway College KY 3 1,422 1,237 87.0 102 923 83 314 67 227
College of Notre Dame of Maryland MD 3 3,402 2,934 86.2 25 638 443 2,296 412 347 5
                         
Bay Path College MA 3 1,603 1,557 97.1 23 1,128 23 429 49 264 57
Mount Holyoke College MA 3 2,204 2,204 100.0 0 2,154 0 50 548 3
Pine Manor College MA 3 472 466 98.7 6 451 0 15 1 47 0
Simmons College MA 3 4,733 4,379 92.5 64 2,376 290 2,003 482 909 58
Smith College MA 3 3,065 3,015 98.4 46 2,954 4 61 708 149 6
                         
Wellesley College MA 3 2,380 2,309 97.0 1 2,237 70 72 604
College of Saint Benedict MN 3 2,086 2,086 100.0 0 2,051 0 35 441
College of St. Catherine MN 3 5,238 4,960 94.7 121 3,085 157 1,875 166 518 308 21
Cottey College MO 4 323 323 100.0 0 321 0 2 101
Stephens College MO 3 1,050 1,001 95.3 33 800 16 201 1 136 19
                         
College of Saint Mary NE 3 973 969 99.6 4 720 0 249 78 109 68 3
College of Saint Elizabeth NJ 3 2,044 1,854 90.7 53 860 137 994 236 180
Georgian Court University NJ 3 3,045 2,686 88.2 103 1,543 256 1,143 374 149
Barnard College NY 3 2,346 2,346 100.0 0 2,292 0 54 572
College of New Rochelle NY 3 6,226 5,667 91.0 366 4,185 193 1,482 878 362
                         
Marymount College of Fordham U.3 NY 3 243 194 79.8 33 142 16 52
Bennett College for Women NC 3 678 678 100.0 0 655 0 23 108
Meredith College NC 3 2,202 2,173 98.7 0 1,780 29 393 349 32
Peace College NC 3 692 691 99.9 0 642 1 49 125
Salem College NC 3 992 955 96.3 12 628 25 327 155 44
                         
Bryn Mawr College PA 3 1,790 1,687 94.2 68 1,510 35 177 311 113 14
Carlow College PA 3 2,178 2,024 92.9 78 1,248 76 776 322 187 0
Cedar Crest College PA 3 1,888 1,790 94.8 16 972 82 818 317 23
Chatham University PA 3 1,860 1,635 87.9 95 1,078 130 557 134 220 46
Moore College of Art and Design PA 3 558 558 100.0 0 497 0 61 86
                         
Wilson College PA 3 724 648 89.5 7 358 69 290 9 87
Columbia College SC 3 1,510 1,463 96.9 16 1,159 31 304 216 199
Converse College SC 3 1,881 1,633 86.8 32 752 216 881 171 178
Texas Woman's University TX 1 12,168 11,095 91.2 593 6,362 480 4,733 1,355 1,265 51
Hollins University VA 3 1,049 1,002 95.5 11 829 36 173 181 85
                         
Mary Baldwin College VA 3 1,685 1,563 92.8 48 1,085 74 478 234 58
Sweet Briar College VA 3 815 789 96.8 17 741 9 48 130 9
Alverno College WI 3 2,654 2,606 98.2 19 1,824 29 782 4 346 49
Mount Mary College WI 3 1,702 1,646 96.7 16 989 40 657 219 44
†Not applicable.
1 Data are for colleges and universities identified by the Women's College Coalition as women's colleges in 2009. Excludes women's colleges whose IPEDS data are reported together with a coed institution or coordinate men's college. The following institutions were excluded for this reason: The Women's College of the University of Denver; Newcomb College Institute of Tulane University; Douglass Residential College of Rutgers University; and Russell Sage College of the Sage Colleges.
2 1 = public, 4-year; 3 = private not-for-profit, 4-year; and 4 = private not-for-profit, 2-year.
3 Institution closed in 2007.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2007 and 2007-08 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2008 and Fall 2008. (This table was prepared August 2009.)

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