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Table 195. Enrollment, staff, and degrees conferred in postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs, by type and control of institution, sex of student, type of staff, and type of degree: Fall 2008, fall 2009, and 2008-09
Selected characteristic All Title IV participating insti-tutions1 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 2008                      
Total 19,574,395 19,102,814 13,972,153 5,130,661 3,661,519 1,469,142 471,581 119,956 351,625 23,204 328,421
4-year institutions 12,131,855 12,131,436 7,331,809 4,799,627 3,626,168 1,173,459 419 40 379 379 0
Males 5,253,105 5,253,011 3,276,762 1,976,249 1,542,869 433,380 94 13 81 81 0
Females 6,878,750 6,878,425 4,055,047 2,823,378 2,083,299 740,079 325 27 298 298 0
                       
2-year institutions 7,100,631 6,971,378 6,640,344 331,034 35,351 295,683 129,253 52,841 76,412 11,004 65,408
Males 2,992,111 2,935,884 2,823,753 112,131 12,111 100,020 56,227 27,878 28,349 2,684 25,665
Females 4,108,520 4,035,494 3,816,591 218,903 23,240 195,663 73,026 24,963 48,063 8,320 39,743
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 341,909 341,909 67,075 274,834 11,821 263,013
Males 94,279 94,279 27,977 66,302 4,134 62,168
Females 247,630 247,630 39,098 208,532 7,687 200,845
                       
Staff, fall 2009                      
Total 3,794,500 3,723,419 2,442,076 1,281,343 1,073,417 207,926 71,081 21,599 49,482 5,087 44,395
Professional staff 2,838,017 2,782,149 1,804,718 977,431 797,291 180,140 55,868 16,203 39,665 3,772 35,893
Administrative 239,957 230,579 112,182 118,397 99,043 19,354 9,378 1,257 8,121 634 7,487
Faculty 1,476,775 1,439,144 913,679 525,465 408,561 116,904 37,631 13,266 24,365 2,442 21,923
Graduate assistants 342,393 342,393 275,872 66,521 66,252 269 0 0 0 0 0
Other professionals 778,892 770,033 502,985 267,048 223,435 43,613 8,859 1,680 7,179 696 6,483
Nonprofessional staff 956,483 941,270 637,358 303,912 276,126 27,786 15,213 5,396 9,817 1,315 8,502
Student/staff ratio4 5.2 5.1 5.7 4.0 3.4 7.1 6.6 5.6 7.1 4.6 7.4
                       
Degrees conferred, 2008-09                      
Less-than-2-year awards                      
and 2- to 4-year awards 805,755 501,656 360,593 141,063 13,915 127,148 304,099 68,134 235,965 18,110 217,855
4-year institutions 58,372 58,298 27,488 30,810 9,917 20,893 74 0 74 74 0
Males 22,745 22,728 13,561 9,167 4,111 5,056 17 0 17 17 0
Females 35,627 35,570 13,927 21,643 5,806 15,837 57 0 57 57 0
                       
2-year institutions 518,686 443,358 333,105 110,253 3,998 106,255 75,328 32,532 42,796 4,972 37,824
Males 218,367 186,210 155,111 31,099 1,889 29,210 32,157 14,937 17,220 1,301 15,919
Females 300,319 257,148 177,994 79,154 2,109 77,045 43,171 17,595 25,576 3,671 21,905
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 228,697 228,697 35,602 193,095 13,064 180,031
Males 61,503 61,503 14,495 47,008 5,186 41,822
Females 167,194 167,194 21,107 146,087 7,878 138,209
                       
Associate's degrees 787,466 787,325 596,098 191,227 46,929 144,298 141 9 132 0 132
4-year institutions 213,888 213,888 87,284 126,604 40,566 86,038 0 0 0 0 0
Males 81,082 81,082 33,803 47,279 15,255 32,024 0 0 0 0 0
Females 132,806 132,806 53,481 79,325 25,311 54,014 0 0 0 0 0
                       
2-year institutions 573,556 573,437 508,814 64,623 6,363 58,260 119 9 110 0 110
Males 217,165 217,059 191,401 25,658 1,911 23,747 106 4 102 0 102
Females 356,391 356,378 317,413 38,965 4,452 34,513 13 5 8 0 8
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 22 22 0 22 0 22
Males 5 5 0 5 0 5
Females 17 17 0 17 0 17
                       
Bachelor's degrees 1,601,368 1,601,368 1,020,435 580,933 496,260 84,673 0 0 0 0 0
Males 685,382 685,382 444,431 240,951 204,320 36,631 0 0 0 0 0
Females 915,986 915,986 576,004 339,982 291,940 48,042 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Master's degrees 656,784 656,784 308,206 348,578 285,098 63,480 0 0 0 0 0
Males 259,998 259,998 122,893 137,105 114,538 22,567 0 0 0 0 0
Females 396,786 396,786 185,313 211,473 170,560 40,913 0 0 0 0 0
                       
First-professional degrees 92,004 92,004 37,357 54,647 53,572 1,075 0 0 0 0 0
Males 46,900 46,900 18,046 28,854 28,259 595 0 0 0 0 0
Females 45,104 45,104 19,311 25,793 25,313 480 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Doctor's degrees 67,716 67,716 39,911 27,805 25,169 2,636 0 0 0 0 0
Males 32,279 32,279 20,007 12,272 11,391 881 0 0 0 0 0
Females 35,437 35,437 19,904 15,533 13,778 1,755 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.
4 Ratios based on fall 2008 enrollment.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2008, 2009, and 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2009-10, Spring 2009, and Fall 2009. (This table was prepared August 2010.)

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