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Number and percentage distribution of students earning awards at Title IV institutions, by level and control of institution, level of award, and age of student: United States, 2011-12
  4-year 2-year Less-than-2-year
          Private     Private     Private
  All institutions     Nonprofit For-profit     Nonprofit For-profit     Nonprofit For-profit
Level of award and age of student Number Percent Public

Number 		Public

Percent 		Number Percent Number Percent Public

Number 		Public

Percent 		Number Percent Number Percent Public

Number 		Public

Percent 		Number Percent Number Percent
Certificates
Less-than-1-year 416,484 100.0 27,631 100.0 3,814 100.0 8,340 100.0 220,678 100.0 5,262 100.0 50,552 100.0 13,871 100.0 4,421 100.0 81,915 100.0
  Under 18 years 5,805 1.4 655 2.4 19 0.5 6 0.1 4,183 1.9 6 0.1 99 0.2 490 3.5 26 0.6 321 0.4
  18 to 24 years 147,935 35.5 11,399 41.3 1,227 32.2 2,618 31.4 77,418 35.1 2,110 40.1 20,064 39.7 5,307 38.3 1,342 30.4 26,450 32.3
  25 to 39 years 158,744 38.1 9,035 32.7 1,436 37.7 3,481 41.7 82,674 37.5 2,017 38.3 20,000 39.6 4,961 35.8 1,858 42.0 33,282 40.6
  40 years and above 87,128 20.9 5,091 18.4 1,006 26.4 1,668 20.0 50,104 22.7 934 17.7 9,848 19.5 2,841 20.5 1,046 23.7 14,590 17.8
  Age unknown 16,872 4.1 1,451 5.3 126 3.3 567 6.8 6,299 2.9 195 3.7 541 1.1 272 2.0 149 3.4 7,272 8.9
At-least-1- but less- than-4-years 513,605 100.0 14,261 100.0 5,639 100.0 20,538 100.0 175,258 100.0 8,246 100.0 129,571 100.0 19,391 100.0 4,822 100.0 135,879 100.0
  Under 18 years 4,480 0.9 39 0.3 86 1.5 11 0.1 1,331 0.8 6 0.1 1,264 1.0 703 3.6 29 0.6 1,011 0.7
  18 to 24 years 217,643 42.4 5,117 35.9 2,151 38.1 6,749 32.9 69,554 39.7 3,361 40.8 58,886 45.4 7,892 40.7 1,819 37.7 62,114 45.7
  25 to 39 years 201,096 39.2 5,718 40.1 1,931 34.2 9,752 47.5 68,126 38.9 3,573 43.3 50,114 38.7 7,137 36.8 1,939 40.2 52,806 38.9
  40 years and above 79,271 15.4 2,861 20.1 932 16.5 3,881 18.9 32,735 18.7 1,079 13.1 16,836 13.0 3,151 16.2 1,012 21.0 16,784 12.4
  Age unknown 11,115 2.2 526 3.7 539 9.6 145 0.7 3,512 2.0 227 2.8 2,471 1.9 508 2.6 23 0.5 3,164 2.3
Post-baccalaureate or post-masters 52,557 100.0 23,911 100.0 25,192 100.0 3,453 100.0 1 100.0 † † † † † † † † † †
  Under 18 years 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 † † † † † † † † † †
  18 to 24 years 5,440 10.4 3,228 13.5 2,154 8.6 58 1.7 0 0.0 † † † † † † † † † †
  25 to 39 years 30,113 57.3 13,726 57.4 14,726 58.5 1,660 48.1 1 100.0 † † † † † † † † † †
  40 years and above 16,110 30.7 6,857 28.7 7,519 29.8 1,734 50.2 0 0.0 † † † † † † † † † †
  Age unknown 894 1.7 100 0.4 793 3.1 1 # 0 0.0 † † † † † † † † † †
  
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Associate’s 987,083 100.0 130,787 100.0 46,179 100.0 138,417 100.0 592,670 100.0 7,562 100.0 71,433 100.0 † † † † 35 100.0
  Under 18 years 4,284 0.4 1,219 0.9 202 0.4 44 # 2,633 0.4 2 # 184 0.3 † † † † 0 0.0
  18 to 24 years 409,943 41.5 65,350 50.0 16,612 36.0 30,740 22.2 268,831 45.4 3,115 41.2 25,289 35.4 † † † † 6 17.1
  25 to 39 years 391,167 39.6 43,985 33.6 18,778 40.7 73,591 53.2 219,466 37.0 2,703 35.7 32,624 45.7 † † † † 20 57.1
  40 years and above 155,418 15.7 15,142 11.6 8,965 19.4 33,249 24.0 84,736 14.3 941 12.4 12,377 17.3 † † † † 8 22.9
  Age unknown 26,271 2.7 5,091 3.9 1,622 3.5 793 0.6 17,004 2.9 801 10.6 959 1.3 † † † † 1 2.9
Bachelor’s 1,768,775 100.0 1,113,208 100.0 521,399 100.0 134,160 100.0 † † 8 100.0 † † † † † † † †
  Under 18 years 78 # 38 # 32 # 8 # † † 0 0.0 † † † † † † † †
  18 to 24 years 1,156,879 65.4 775,843 69.7 361,176 69.3 19,859 14.8 † † 1 12.5 † † † † † † † †
  25 to 39 years 457,021 25.8 278,985 25.1 104,937 20.1 73,092 54.5 † † 7 87.5 † † † † † † † †
  40 years and above 137,634 7.8 53,909 4.8 42,876 8.2 40,849 30.4 † † 0 0.0 † † † † † † † †
  Age unknown 17,163 1.0 4,433 0.4 12,378 2.4 352 0.3 † † 0 0.0 † † † † † † † †
Master’s 752,005 100.0 347,482 100.0 323,294 100.0 81,225 100.0 † † † † 4 100.0 † † † † † †
  Under 18 years 25 # 10 # 13 # 2 # † † † † 0 0.0 † † † † † †
  18 to 24 years 104,997 14.0 60,500 17.4 42,634 13.2 1,863 2.3 † † † † 0 0.0 † † † † † †
  25 to 39 years 487,665 64.8 231,004 66.5 210,155 65.0 46,502 57.3 † † † † 4 100.0 † † † † † †
  40 years and above 148,172 19.7 54,321 15.6 61,295 19.0 32,556 40.1 † † † † 0 0.0 † † † † † †
  Age unknown 11,146 1.5 1,647 0.5 9,197 2.8 302 0.4 † † † † 0 0.0 † † † † † †
Doctor’s 169,953 100.0 84,586 100.0 79,379 100.0 5,988 100.0 † † † † † † † † † † † †
  Under 18 years 1 # 0 0.0 1 # 0 0.0 † † † † † † † † † † † †
  18 to 24 years 10,028 5.9 3,961 4.7 5,967 7.5 100 1.7 † † † † † † † † † † † †
  25 to 39 years 137,348 80.8 70,160 82.9 64,186 80.9 3,002 50.1 † † † † † † † † † † † †
  40 years and above 21,211 12.5 9,878 11.7 8,495 10.7 2,838 47.4 † † † † † † † † † † † †
  Age unknown 1,365 0.8 587 0.7 730 0.9 48 0.8 † † † † † † † † † † † †

† Not applicable.

# Rounds to zero.

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. Although they are not Title IV eligible, four of the U.S. service academies are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public. Awards displayed in this table were conferred during the 12-month period July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2012, Completions component (final data).