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Elementary & Secondary Education Characteristics

Data From IPEDS: 2009-10 and 2010-11	California	U.S. (average)

Number of institutions - Total Title IV degree-granting	454	90
Number of institutions - Public	148	32
Number of institutions - Private, not-for-profit	146	31
Number of institutions - Private, for-profit	160	25
Number of institutions - Four-year	249	56
Number of institutions - Two-year	205	33
Total fall enrollment - Male	1,231,192	171,951
Total fall enrollment - Female	1,504,387	228,592
Total fall enrollment - American Indian or Alaska Native	19,261	3,725
Total fall enrollment - Asian, Native Hawaiian, of Pacific Islander	427,405	23,351
Total fall enrollment - Black or African American	185,000	51,584
Total fall enrollment - Hispanic or Latino	708,858	44,808
Total fall enrollment - White	913,129	226,071
Total fall enrollment - Two or more races	21,034	1,691
Total fall enrollment - Race/ethnicity unknown	372,321	36,005
Total fall enrollment - Nonresident alien	88,571	13,304
Total fall enrollment - Undergraduate	2,464,524	344,418
Total fall enrollment - Graduate	271,055	56,125
Degrees / certificates awarded - Total	440,163	78,228
Degrees / certificates awarded - American Indian or Alaska Native	3,108	647
Degrees / certificates awarded - Asian, Native Hawaiian, of Pacific Islander	71,591	4,446
Degrees / certificates awarded - Black or African American	24,639	8,701
Degrees / certificates awarded - Hispanic or Latino	96,295	7,264
Degrees / certificates awarded - White	164,216	47,570
Degrees / certificates awarded - Two or more races	2,283	326
Degrees / certificates awarded - Race/ethnicity unknown	56,392	5,919
Degrees / certificates awarded - Nonresident alien	21,639	3,350
Degrees / certificates awarded - Associate's	102,018	16,655
Degrees / certificates awarded - Bachelor's	164,234	32,353
Degrees / certificates awarded - Master's	65,050	13,588
Degrees / certificates awarded - Doctor's	16,382

NOTE: The counts of degrees awarded are for first major only, and, where not otherwise specified, for all award levels.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Institutional counts are from the Fall 2010, Institutional Characteristics component; Degrees awarded are from the Fall 2010, Completions component (Awards/degrees conferred between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010); and Fall enrollment data are from the Spring 2010, Enrollment component (Fall 2009).

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