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Number of programs offered at Title IV institutions, by level and control of institution, program level, and distance education status of institution: United States, 2016–17
Program level and distance education status of institution 4-year 2-year Less-than-2-year
Public Private Public Private Public Private
All institutions Nonprofit For-profit Nonprofit For-profit Nonprofit For-profit
  Total programs 241,135 79,904 72,850 10,507 64,989 758 5,232 2,231 252 4,412
Less-than-1-year 27,758 4,233 1,040 547 17,653 70 1,102 853 85 2,175
 Exclusively distance 149 40 8 76 0 0 25 0 0 0
 Not exclusively distance 27,609 4,193 1,032 471 17,653 70 1,077 853 85 2,175
At-least-1- but less- than-2-years 26,078 2,735 805 883 15,711 206 1,985 1,368 165 2,220
 Exclusively distance 43 1 5 32 0 0 4 0 0 1
 Not exclusively distance 26,035 2,734 800 851 15,711 206 1,981 1,368 165 2,219
Associate’s degrees 44,881 6,343 3,094 2,632 30,633 392 1,785 0 0 2
 Exclusively distance 162 10 32 105 1 0 14 0 0 0
 Not exclusively distance 44,719 6,333 3,062 2,527 30,632 392 1,771 0 0 2
At-least-2- but less- than-4-years 1,961 312 159 29 992 86 356 10 2 15
 Exclusively distance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Not exclusively distance 1,961 312 159 29 992 86 356 10 2 15
Bachelor’s degrees 77,472 31,880 41,853 3,731 0 4 4 0 0 0
 Exclusively distance 435 78 140 217 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Not exclusively distance 77,037 31,802 41,713 3,514 0 4 4 0 0 0
Postbaccalaureate certificates 7,743 4,380 2,955 408 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Exclusively distance 167 32 15 120 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Not exclusively distance 7,576 4,348 2,940 288 0 0 0 0 0 0
Master’s degrees 38,171 20,033 16,376 1,762 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Exclusively distance 419 57 99 263 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Not exclusively distance 37,752 19,976 16,277 1,499 0 0 0 0 0 0
Post-master’s certificates 3,819 1,701 1,969 149 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Exclusively distance 41 0 4 37 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Not exclusively distance 3,778 1,701 1,965 112 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doctor’s degrees— research/scholarship 11,354 7,483 3,606 265 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Exclusively distance 114 0 5 109 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Not exclusively distance 11,240 7,483 3,601 156 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doctor’s degrees— professional practice 1,692 741 860 91 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Exclusively distance 8 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Not exclusively distance 1,684 740 859 85 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doctor’s degrees—other 206 63 133 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Exclusively distance 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Not exclusively distance 205 63 133 9 0 0 0 0 0 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 four U.S. service academies that are not Title IV eligible are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public and are included in this table. Program counts displayed in this table were calculated based on completions data covering the 12-month period July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017. Exclusively distance refers to institutions that only deliver their programs via distance education, with no other option for completion. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/public/glossary. The glossary is primarily focused on terms used in the current IPEDS collection and may not reflect the definitions in effect when the data in this table were collected.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2017, Completions component (final data).

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