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| Number and percentage distribution of Title IV institutions, by control of institution, level of institution, and region: United States and other jurisdictions, academic year 2010-11 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level of institution and region | Number of institutions | Percent of institutions | ||||||
| Total | Public | Private nonprofit | Private for-profit | Total | Public | Private nonprofit | Private for-profit | |
| Total institutions | 7,178 | 2,043 | 1,869 | 3,266 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| U.S. institutions | 7,021 | 2,015 | 1,812 | 3,194 | 97.8 | 98.6 | 97.0 | 97.8 |
| Level of institution | ||||||||
| 4-year | 2,951 | 696 | 1,598 | 657 | 41.1 | 34.1 | 85.5 | 20.1 |
| U.S. | 2,885 | 679 | 1,556 | 650 | 40.2 | 33.2 | 83.3 | 19.9 |
| Other jurisdictions | 66 | 17 | 42 | 7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
| 2-year | 2,301 | 1,093 | 178 | 1,030 | 32.1 | 53.5 | 9.5 | 31.5 |
| U.S. | 2,275 | 1,083 | 174 | 1,018 | 31.7 | 53.0 | 9.3 | 31.2 |
| Other jurisdictions | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Less-than-2-year | 1,926 | 254 | 93 | 1,579 | 26.8 | 12.4 | 5.0 | 48.3 |
| U.S. | 1,861 | 253 | 82 | 1,526 | 25.9 | 12.4 | 4.4 | 46.7 |
| Other jurisdictions | 65 | 1 | 11 | 53 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| Region | ||||||||
| New England | 438 | 113 | 170 | 155 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 4.7 |
| Mid East | 1,131 | 280 | 430 | 421 | 15.8 | 13.7 | 23.0 | 12.9 |
| Great Lakes | 1,103 | 285 | 307 | 511 | 15.4 | 14.0 | 16.4 | 15.6 |
| Plains | 642 | 202 | 198 | 242 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 7.4 |
| Southeast | 1,704 | 557 | 359 | 788 | 23.7 | 27.3 | 19.2 | 24.1 |
| Southwest | 742 | 239 | 89 | 414 | 10.3 | 11.7 | 4.8 | 12.7 |
| Rocky Mountains | 268 | 80 | 28 | 160 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 4.9 |
| Far West | 988 | 254 | 231 | 503 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 15.4 |
| U.S. service academies | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Other jurisdictions | 157 | 28 | 57 | 72 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the Secretary of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. Data are not imputed. The item response rates for all cells in this table are 100 percent. The New England region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The Mid East region includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The Great Lakes region includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The Plains region includes Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The Southeast region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Southwest region includes Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The Rocky Mountains region includes Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. The Far West region includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. The other jurisdictions include American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. d Wyoming. The Far West region includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. The other jurisdictions include American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. 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 2010, Institutional Characteristics component.
