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Table 170. Enrollment and staff in, and degrees conferred by, institutions of higher education and noncollegiatepostsecondary institutions: 1994-95 and fall 1993 and 1995

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                          |           |          Institutions of higher education               |    Noncollegiate postsecondary institutions
 Level of institutional,  |    All    |_________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________
   type of degree, and    |   post-   |           |           |            Private              |            |        |            Private
      sex of student      | secondary |   Total   |  Public   |_________________________________|   Total    | Public |______________________________
                          |           |           |           |  Total   |Nonprofit |Proprietary|            |        | Total  |Nonprofit|Proprietary
__________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|___________|____________|________|________|_________|___________
            1             |     2     |     3     |     4     |    5     |    6     |     7     |     8      |   9    |   10   |   11    |    12
__________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|___________|____________|________|________|_________|___________
                          |                                    Enrollment, fall 1995
                          |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Total\1\ .................|15,112,043 |14,261,781 |11,092,374 |3,169,407 |2,929,044 |   240,363 |    850,262 |279,291 |570,971 | 181,015 |   389,956
  4-year institutions ....| 8,879,390 | 8,769,252 | 5,814,545 |2,954,707 |2,853,890 |   100,817 |    110,138 |    423 |109,715 |  90,830 |    18,885
    Men ..................| 4,076,416 | 4,013,930 | 2,671,542 |1,342,388 |1,283,830 |    58,558 |     62,486 |    194 | 62,292 |  52,190 |    10,102
    Women ................| 4,755,790 | 4,755,322 | 3,143,003 |1,612,319 |1,570,060 |    42,259 |        468 |    229 |    239 |  38,640 |     8,783
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  2-year institutions\1\ .| 5,747,991 | 5,457,563 | 5,277,255 |  180,308 |   74,920 |   105,388 |    290,428 |139,404 |151,024 |  43,208 |   107,816
    Men ..................| 2,437,905 | 2,313,624 | 2,235,862 |   77,762 |   29,184 |    48,578 |    124,281 | 69,319 | 54,962 |  14,791 |    40,171
    Women ................| 3,310,086 | 3,143,939 | 3,041,393 |  102,546 |   45,736 |    56,810 |    166,147 | 70,085 | 96,062 |  28,417 |    67,645
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  Less than 2-year .......|   484,662 |    34,966 |       574 |   34,392 |      234 |    34,158 |    449,696 |139,464 |310,232 |  46,977 |   263,255
    Men ..................|   172,874 |    14,985 |       231 |   14,754 |      161 |    14,593 |    157,889 | 63,406 | 94,483 |  20,500 |    73,983
    Women ................|   311,788 |    19,981 |       343 |   19,638 |       73 |    19,565 |    291,807 | 76,058 |215,749 |  26,477 |   189,272
                          |===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|===========|============|========|========|=========|===========
                          |                                        Staff, fall 1993
                          |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total ....................| 2,727,504 | 2,602,612 | 1,812,513 |  790,099 |  766,723 |    23,376 |    124,892 | 31,554 | 93,338 |  34,348 |    58,990
  Professional staff .....| 1,777,843 | 1,687,287 | 1,193,284 |  494,003 |  476,257 |    17,746 |     90,556 | 23,076 | 67,480 |  22,408 |    45,072
    Administrative .......|   160,638 |   143,675 |    81,209 |   62,466 |   59,867 |     2,599 |     16,963 |  1,652 | 15,311 |   4,041 |    11,270
    Faculty ..............|   973,289 |   915,474 |   650,434 |  265,040 |  254,130 |    10,910 |     57,815 | 18,142 | 39,673 |  12,485 |    27,188
    Faculty assistants ...|   203,049 |   202,819 |   173,678 |   29,141 |   28,065 |     1,076 |        230 |     22 |    208 |     189 |        19
    Other professionals ..|   440,867 |   425,319 |   287,963 |  137,356 |  134,195 |     3,161 |     15,548 |  3,260 | 12,288 |   5,693 |     6,595
  Nonprofessional staff ..|   949,661 |   915,325 |   619,229 |  296,096 |  290,466 |     5,630 |     34,336 |  8,478 | 25,858 |  11,940 |    13,918
Student/staff ratio ..... |       5.6 |       5.5 |       6.2 |      3.9 |      3.7 |       9.9 |        7.4 |    9.0 |    6.9 |     4.5 |       8.3
                          |===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|===========|============|========|========|=========|===========
                          |                                    Degrees conferred, 1994-95
                          |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Less than 1-year awards   |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
 and 1- to 4-year awards .|   725,177 |   237,232 |   177,339 |   59,893 |   12,280 |    47,613 |    487,945 |146,140 |341,805 |  43,832 |   297,973
  4-year institutions ....|    25,638 |    20,039 |    10,690 |    9,349 |    7,706 |     1,643 |      5,599 |     ---|  5,599 |   5,420 |       179
    Men ..................|    13,050 |     9,397 |     5,463 |    3,934 |    3,116 |       818 |      3,653 |     ---|  3,653 |   3,607 |        46
    Women ................|    12,588 |    10,642 |     5,227 |    5,415 |    4,590 |       825 |      1,946 |     ---|  1,946 |   1,813 |       133
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  2-year institutions ....|   319,651 |   185,388 |   165,955 |   19,433 |    4,218 |    15,215 |    134,263 | 68,197 | 66,066 |  14,946 |    51,120
    Men ..................|   141,551 |    80,903 |    72,264 |    8,639 |    1,516 |     7,123 |     60,648 | 34,244 | 26,404 |   4,707 |    21,697
    Women ................|   178,100 |   104,485 |    93,691 |   10,794 |    2,702 |     8,092 |     73,615 | 33,953 | 39,662 |  10,239 |    29,423
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  Less than 2-year .......|   379,888 |    31,805 |       694 |   31,111 |      356 |    30,755 |    348,083 | 77,943 |270,140 |  23,466 |   246,674
    Men ..................|   137,864 |    14,982 |       255 |   14,727 |      253 |    14,474 |    122,882 | 35,287 | 87,595 |  10,213 |    77,382
    Women ................|   242,024 |    16,823 |       439 |   16,384 |      103 |    16,281 |    225,201 | 42,656 |182,545 |  13,253 |   169,292
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Associate\1\ .............|   559,086 |   539,691 |   451,539 |   88,152 |   48,643 |    39,509 |     19,395 |  2,159 | 17,236 |   2,457 |    14,779
  4-year .................|    80,080 |    78,745 |    37,845 |   40,900 |   31,029 |     9,871 |      1,335 |     ---|  1,335 |     624 |       711
    Men ..................|    34,871 |    34,144 |    15,557 |   18,587 |   11,889 |     6,698 |        727 |     ---|    727 |     317 |       410
    Women ................|    45,209 |    44,601 |    22,288 |   22,313 |   19,140 |     3,173 |        608 |     ---|    608 |     307 |       301
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  2-year .................|   478,996 |   460,946 |   413,694 |   47,252 |   17,614 |    29,638 |     18,050 |  2,150 | 15,900 |   1,833 |    14,067
    Men ..................|   191,458 |   184,208 |   163,291 |   20,917 |    6,886 |    14,031 |      7,250 |  1,051 |  6,199 |     750 |     5,449
    Women ................|   287,538 |   276,738 |   250,403 |   26,335 |   10,728 |    15,607 |     10,800 |  1,099 |  9,701 |   1,083 |     8,618
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  Less than 2-year .......|        10 |        ---|        ---|       ---|       ---|        ---|         10 |      9 |      1 |      ---|         1
    Men ..................|        10 |        ---|        ---|       ---|       ---|        ---|         10 |      9 |      1 |      ---|         1
    Women ................|        ---|        ---|        ---|       ---|       ---|        ---|         ---|     ---|     ---|      ---|        ---
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Bachelor's\1\ ............| 1,168,475 | 1,160,134 |   776,670 |  383,464 |  373,454 |    10,010 |      8,341 |      7 |  8,334 |   6,757 |     1,577
    Men ..................|   530,352 |   526,131 |   354,675 |  171,456 |  165,598 |     5,858 |      4,221 |      3 |  4,218 |   3,259 |       959
    Women ................|   638,123 |   634,003 |   421,995 |  212,008 |  207,856 |     4,152 |      4,120 |      4 |  4,116 |   3,498 |       618
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Master's\1\ ............. |   400,771 |   397,629 |   224,152 |  173,477 |  170,505 |     2,972 |      3,142 |      6 |  3,136 |   2,155 |       981
    Men ..................|   180,453 |   178,598 |    97,094 |   81,504 |   79,780 |     1,724 |      1,855 |      1 |  1,854 |   1,279 |       575
    Women ................|   220,318 |   219,031 |   127,058 |   91,973 |   90,725 |     1,248 |      1,287 |      5 |  1,282 |     876 |       406
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Doctor's\1\ ..............|    45,292 |    44,446 |    28,917 |   15,529 |   15,265 |       264 |        846 |      6 |    840 |     537 |       303
    Men ..................|    27,483 |    26,916 |    17,623 |    9,293 |    9,169 |       124 |        567 |      1 |    566 |     373 |       193
    Women ................|    17,809 |    17,530 |    11,294 |    6,236 |    6,096 |       140 |        279 |      5 |    274 |     164 |       110
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
First-professional\1\ ....|    77,480 |    75,800 |    29,871 |   45,929 |   45,390 |       539 |      1,680 |     86 |  1,594 |   1,372 |       222
    Men ..................|    45,962 |    44,853 |    16,898 |   27,955 |   27,635 |       320 |      1,109 |     43 |  1,066 |     910 |       156
    Women ................|    31,518 |    30,947 |    12,973 |   17,974 |   17,755 |       219 |        571 |     43 |    528 |     462 |        66
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\1\Includes noncollegiate institutions that offer non-accredited degree programs.

---Not applicable.

NOTE.--Enrollment data are preliminary.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment," "Staff," and "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared May 1997.)



1997 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest