Table 311.33.

Selected statistics for degree-granting postsecondary institutions that primarily offer online programs, by control of institution and selected characteristics: 2012

Selected characteristic	All institutions	Primarily online institutions1					Other institutions1
		Total	Percent of all institutions	Public	Nonprofit	For-profit	Total	Public	Nonprofit	For-profit
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Number of institutions, fall 2012	4,726	56	1.2	4	14	38	4,670	1,619	1,638	1,413
Fall 2012 enrollment
Total enrollment	20,642,819	833,786	4.0	35,996	94,904	702,886	19,809,033	14,844,347	3,858,674	1,106,012
Full-time	12,737,013	531,813	4.2	3,944	47,465	480,404	12,205,200	8,521,874	2,910,793	772,533
Males	5,709,792	167,073	2.9	1,770	18,700	146,603	5,542,719	3,952,344	1,281,839	308,536
Females	7,027,221	364,740	5.2	2,174	28,765	333,801	6,662,481	4,569,530	1,628,954	463,997
Part-time	7,905,806	301,973	3.8	32,052	47,439	222,482	7,603,833	6,322,473	947,881	333,479
Males	3,209,295	123,762	3.9	16,565	19,284	87,913	3,085,533	2,610,620	360,921	113,992
Females	4,696,511	178,211	3.8	15,487	28,155	134,569	4,518,300	3,711,853	586,960	219,487
Undergraduate	17,732,431	627,628	3.5	29,695	78,613	519,320	17,104,803	13,444,048	2,666,462	994,293
Full-time	11,097,779	408,007	3.7	3,313	35,953	368,741	10,689,772	7,749,043	2,214,027	726,702
Part-time	6,634,652	219,621	3.3	26,382	42,660	150,579	6,415,031	5,695,005	452,435	267,591
Postbaccalaureate	2,910,388	206,158	7.1	6,301	16,291	183,566	2,704,230	1,400,299	1,192,212	111,719
Full-time	1,639,234	123,806	7.6	631	11,512	111,663	1,515,428	772,831	696,766	45,831
Part-time	1,271,154	82,352	6.5	5,670	4,779	71,903	1,188,802	627,468	495,446	65,888
White	11,981,143	457,908	3.8	25,110	64,320	368,478	11,523,235	8,609,173	2,439,896	474,166
Black	2,962,140	242,495	8.2	4,793	16,710	220,992	2,719,645	1,932,209	476,982	310,454
Hispanic	2,979,443	72,964	2.4	3,364	6,823	62,777	2,906,479	2,362,492	328,796	215,191
Asian	1,195,578	17,253	1.4	1,251	2,868	13,134	1,178,325	899,803	234,524	43,998
Pacific Islander	63,609	5,551	8.7	181	445	4,925	58,058	41,265	9,798	6,995
American Indian/Alaska Native	172,923	8,613	5.0	206	677	7,730	164,310	131,539	21,787	10,984
Two or more races	505,092	20,471	4.1	587	2,347	17,537	484,621	369,813	86,928	27,880
Nonresident alien	782,891	8,531	1.1	504	714	7,313	774,360	498,053	259,963	16,344
4-year institutions	13,478,846	833,382	6.2	35,996	94,904	702,482	12,645,464	8,056,687	3,821,068	767,709
Full-time	9,794,436	531,601	5.4	3,944	47,465	480,192	9,262,835	5,906,254	2,881,473	475,108
Part-time	3,684,410	301,781	8.2	32,052	47,439	222,290	3,382,629	2,150,433	939,595	292,601
2-year institutions	7,163,973	404	#	0	0	404	7,163,569	6,787,660	37,606	338,303
Full-time	2,942,577	212	#	0	0	212	2,942,365	2,615,620	29,320	297,425
Part-time	4,221,396	192	#	0	0	192	4,221,204	4,172,040	8,286	40,878
Earned degrees conferred, 2011–12
Associate's	1,017,538	61,792	6.1	831	2,566	58,395	955,746	755,253	51,780	148,713
Males	391,990	18,554	4.7	574	1,074	16,906	373,436	295,209	18,699	59,528
Females	625,548	43,238	6.9	257	1,492	41,489	582,310	460,044	33,081	89,185
Bachelor's	1,791,046	77,987	4.4	3,692	7,486	66,809	1,713,059	1,128,194	519,020	65,845
Males	765,317	29,220	3.8	1,750	3,357	24,113	736,097	495,163	212,412	28,522
Females	1,025,729	48,767	4.8	1,942	4,129	42,696	976,962	633,031	306,608	37,323
Master's	754,229	52,445	7.0	831	3,502	48,112	701,784	348,480	321,925	31,379
Males	302,191	17,778	5.9	419	1,260	16,099	284,413	142,237	130,497	11,679
Females	452,038	34,667	7.7	412	2,242	32,013	417,371	206,243	191,428	19,700
Doctor's2	170,062	2,590	1.5	0	47	2,543	167,472	84,727	79,436	3,309
Males	82,611	959	1.2	0	21	938	81,652	41,638	38,694	1,320
Females	87,451	1,631	1.9	0	26	1,605	85,820	43,089	40,742	1,989
First-time students' rates of graduation from      and retention at first institution attended
Among full-time bachelor's degree-      seekers starting at 4-year      institutions in 2006, percent      earning bachelor’s degree
Within 4 years after start	39.0	8.1	†	‡	19.7	7.6	39.1	32.8	52.9	24.2
Within 5 years after start	54.9	10.6	†	‡	26.0	9.9	55.0	51.9	63.2	29.6
Within 6 years after start	59.2	12.2	†	‡	32.3	11.3	59.3	57.2	65.5	33.4
Among full-time degree/certificate-      seekers starting at 2-year      institutions in 2009, percent      completing credential within      150 percent of normal time	31.0	69.1	†	‡	‡	69.1	31.0	19.8	62.3	62.8
Among degree-seekers starting in      2011, percent returning in 2012
Full-time entrants	71.8	36.7	†	‡	77.8	35.8	71.9	70.3	79.8	62.9
Part-time entrants	42.2	44.0	†	56.3	35.8	44.0	42.2	42.3	45.0	37.9

†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases for a reliable estimate).
1 Primarily online institutions have more than 90 percent of their students attending classes exclusively online. Other institutions may have some online offerings, but they are not primarily online.
2 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Includes most degrees formerly classified as first-professional, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.
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, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2013, Enrollment component; IPEDS, Fall 2012, Completions component; and IPEDS, Spring 2013, Graduation Rates component. (This table was prepared May 2014.)