Table 20. 12-month unduplicated headcount enrollment at Title IV institutions, by control of institution, student level, level of institution, and distance education status of student: United States, 2020–21 | ||||||||||||
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Level of institution and distance education status of student | Total | Public | Private | |||||||||
Nonprofit | For-profit | |||||||||||
Undergraduate | Graduate | Undergraduate | Graduate | Undergraduate | Graduate | Undergraduate | Graduate | |||||
All students | 21,362,185 | 3,986,944 | 16,336,348 | 1,903,855 | 3,308,591 | 1,722,102 | 1,717,246 | 360,987 | ||||
Enrolled exclusively in distance education courses |
9,275,623 | 2,095,928 | 7,307,567 | 914,604 | 1,135,218 | 859,375 | 832,838 | 321,949 | ||||
Enrolled in at least one, but not all, distance education courses |
7,450,675 | 1,045,136 | 5,913,945 | 573,789 | 1,290,538 | 447,918 | 246,192 | 23,429 | ||||
Not enrolled in any distance education courses |
4,635,887 | 845,880 | 3,114,836 | 415,462 | 882,835 | 414,809 | 638,216 | 15,609 | ||||
4-year | 13,437,879 | 3,986,939 | 9,205,479 | 1,903,855 | 3,228,198 | 1,722,097 | 1,004,202 | 360,987 | ||||
Enrolled exclusively in distance education courses |
5,786,307 | 2,095,928 | 3,900,773 | 914,604 | 1,100,702 | 859,375 | 784,832 | 321,949 | ||||
Enrolled in at least one, but not all, distance education courses |
5,385,659 | 1,045,136 | 3,969,888 | 573,789 | 1,278,794 | 447,918 | 136,977 | 23,429 | ||||
Not enrolled in any distance education courses |
2,265,913 | 845,875 | 1,334,818 | 415,462 | 848,702 | 414,804 | 82,393 | 15,609 | ||||
2-year | 7,464,663 | 5 | 7,044,802 | 0 | 68,033 | 5 | 351,828 | 0 | ||||
Enrolled exclusively in distance education courses |
3,481,593 | 0 | 3,406,193 | 0 | 33,723 | 0 | 41,677 | 0 | ||||
Enrolled in at least one, but not all, distance education courses |
2,034,828 | 0 | 1,942,249 | 0 | 11,069 | 0 | 81,510 | 0 | ||||
Not enrolled in any distance education courses |
1,948,242 | 5 | 1,696,360 | 0 | 23,241 | 5 | 228,641 | 0 | ||||
Less-than-2-year | 459,643 | 0 | 86,067 | 0 | 12,360 | 0 | 361,216 | 0 | ||||
Enrolled exclusively in distance education courses |
7,723 | 0 | 601 | 0 | 793 | 0 | 6,329 | 0 | ||||
Enrolled in at least one, but not all, distance education courses |
30,188 | 0 | 1,808 | 0 | 675 | 0 | 27,705 | 0 | ||||
Not enrolled in any distance education courses |
421,732 | 0 | 83,658 | 0 | 10,892 | 0 | 327,182 | 0 |
NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy are not Title IV eligible but are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public; they are included in this table. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is Title IV eligible and is also included in this table. The unduplicated headcount displayed in this table is the count of students enrolled over the 12-month period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. Exclusively distance refers to institutions that only deliver their courses via distance education, with no other option for completion. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the collection year's archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2021.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2021, 12-Month Enrollment component (final data).