National Center for Education Statistics

Number and percentage distribution of Title IV institutions, by control of institution, level of institution, and region: United States and other jurisdictions, academic year 2007-08
	Number of institutions				Percent of institutions
Level of institution and region	Total	Public	Private not-for-profit	Private for-profit	Total	Public	Private not-for-profit	Private for-profit
Total institutions	6,706	2,029	1,869	2,808	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total U.S. institutions	6,551	2,004	1,815	2,732	97.7	98.8	97.1	97.3
Level of institution
4-year	2,754	672	1,584	498	41.1	33.1	84.8	17.7
U.S.	2,691	654	1,547	490	40.1	32.2	82.8	17.5
Other jurisdictions	63	18	37	8	0.9	0.9	2.0	0.3
2-year	2,191	1,139	185	867	32.7	56.1	9.9	30.9
U.S.	2,170	1,132	181	857	32.4	55.8	9.7	30.5
Other jurisdictions	21	7	4	10	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.4
Less-than-2-year	1,761	218	100	1,443	26.3	10.7	5.4	51.4
U.S.	1,690	218	87	1,385	25.2	10.7	4.7	49.3
Other jurisdictions	71	0	13	58	1.1	0.0	0.7	2.1
Region
New England	405	95	171	139	6.0	4.7	9.1	5.0
Mid East	1,104	276	428	400	16.5	13.6	22.9	14.2
Great Lakes	1,001	280	315	406	14.9	13.8	16.9	14.5
Plains	606	196	200	210	9.0	9.7	10.7	7.5
Southeast	1,588	580	358	650	23.7	28.6	19.2	23.1
Southwest	679	242	90	347	10.1	11.9	4.8	12.4
Rocky Mountains	239	81	29	129	3.6	4.0	1.6	4.6
Far West	924	249	224	451	13.8	12.3	12.0	16.1
U.S. service academies	5	5	0	0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
Other jurisdictions	155	25	54	76	2.3	1.2	2.9	2.7

NOTE: Data are not imputed. The item response rates for all cells in this table are 100.0 percent. The other jurisdictions include American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Marianas, Palau, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2007, Institutional Characteristics component.

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