National Center for Education Statistics

Number and percentage distribution of students enrolled at Title IV institutions, by control of institution, student level, level of institution, distance education status of student, and distance education status of institution: United States, fall 2015
Student level, level of institution, distance education status of student, and distance education status of institution	All institutions		Public		Private
	All institutions		Public		Nonprofit		For-profit
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All students	20,400,164	100.0	14,682,321	100.0	4,088,450	100.0	1,629,393	100.0
Enrolled exclusively in distance education courses	2,877,188	14.1	1,456,476	9.9	668,721	16.4	751,991	46.2
Exclusively distance education institutions	416,210	2.0	25,456	0.2	120,392	2.9	270,362	16.6
Not exclusively distance education institutions	2,460,978	12.1	1,431,020	9.7	548,329	13.4	481,629	29.6
Enrolled in some, but not all, distance education courses	3,095,280	15.2	2,631,964	17.9	343,802	8.4	119,514	7.3
Not enrolled in any distance education courses	14,427,696	70.7	10,593,881	72.2	3,075,927	75.2	757,888	46.5
Undergraduate	17,458,363	85.6	13,260,301	90.3	2,844,411	69.6	1,353,651	83.1
4-year	10,547,299	51.7	6,926,519	47.2	2,772,200	67.8	848,580	52.1
Enrolled exclusively in distance education courses	1,373,328	6.7	471,450	3.2	386,627	9.5	515,251	31.6
Exclusively distance education institutions	267,541	1.3	17,813	0.1	97,967	2.4	151,761	9.3
Not exclusively distance education institutions	1,105,787	5.4	453,637	3.1	288,660	7.1	363,490	22.3
Enrolled in some, but not all, distance education courses	1,695,818	8.3	1,376,896	9.4	231,745	5.7	87,177	5.4
Not enrolled in any distance education courses	7,478,153	36.7	5,078,173	34.6	2,153,828	52.7	246,152	15.1
2-year	6,619,766	32.4	6,283,390	42.8	56,422	1.4	279,954	17.2
Enrolled exclusively in distance education courses	731,207	3.6	719,524	4.9	1,203	#	10,480	0.6
Exclusively distance education institutions	536	#	0	0	0	0	536	#
Not exclusively distance education institutions	730,671	3.6	719,524	4.9	1,203	#	9,944	0.6
Enrolled in some, but not all, distance education courses	1,152,548	5.6	1,119,767	7.6	15,241	0.4	17,540	1.1
Not enrolled in any distance education courses	4,736,011	23.2	4,444,099	30.3	39,978	1	251,934	15.5
Less-than-2-year	291,298	1.4	50,392	0.3	15,789	0.4	225,117	13.8
Enrolled exclusively in distance education courses	750	#	96	#	0	0	654	#
Exclusively distance education institutions	42	#	0	0	0	0	42	#
Not exclusively distance education institutions	708	#	96	#	0	0	612	#
Enrolled in some, but not all, distance education courses	2,630	#	194	#	48	#	2,388	0.1
Not enrolled in any distance education courses	287,918	1.4	50,102	0.3	15,741	0.4	222,075	13.6
Graduate	2,941,801	14.4	1,422,020	9.7	1,244,039	30.4	275,742	16.9
Enrolled exclusively in distance education courses	771,903	3.8	265,406	1.8	280,891	6.9	225,606	13.8
Exclusively distance education institutions	148,091	0.7	7,643	0.1	22,425	0.5	118,023	7.2
Not exclusively distance education institutions	623,812	3.1	257,763	1.8	258,466	6.3	107,583	6.6
Enrolled in some, but not all, distance education courses	244,284	1.2	135,107	0.9	96,768	2.4	12,409	0.8
Not enrolled in any distance education courses	1,925,614	9.4	1,021,507	7	866,380	21.2	37,727	2.3

# Rounds to zero.

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. The four U.S. service academies that

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2016, Fall Enrollment component (final data).

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