National Center for Education Statistics

Title IV degree-granting institutions offering special learning opportunities, by level and control of institution: United States, academic year 2001-02
		4 years and above			At least 2 but less than 4 years
			Private			Private
Special learning opportunities	Total	Public	Not- for-profit	For-profit	Public	Not- for-profit	For-profit
	Number of institutions
All institutions	4,197	628	1,541	318	1,085	135	490
Accelerated programs	1,066	230	467	58	258	16	37
Cooperative (work-study) program	1,546	338	376	75	659	29	69
Distance learning opportunities	2,152	489	526	166	898	19	54
Dual enrollment	1,691	353	460	9	819	27	23
ROTC (any)	919	375	446	6	86	6	0
Army	812	336	396	4	70	6	0
Navy	154	69	77	0	8	0	0
Air Force	506	210	247	2	44	3	0
Study abroad	1,440	398	808	15	208	8	3
Weekend college	716	109	230	66	278	9	24
Teacher certification	1,232	415	750	2	64	1	0
None of the above	696	17	230	69	21	54	305
Did not respond	134	9	49	11	31	10	24
	Percent of institutions
All institutions	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Accelerated programs	25.4	36.6	30.3	18.2	23.8	11.9	7.6
Cooperative (work-study) program	36.8	53.8	24.4	23.6	60.7	21.5	14.1
Distance learning opportunities	51.3	77.9	34.1	52.2	82.8	14.1	11.0
Dual enrollment	40.3	56.2	29.9	2.8	75.5	20.0	4.7
ROTC (any)	21.9	59.7	28.9	1.9	7.9	4.4	0.0
Army	19.3	53.5	25.7	1.3	6.5	4.4	0.0
Navy	3.7	11	5.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0
Air Force	12.1	33.4	16.0	0.6	4.1	2.2	0.0
Study abroad	34.3	63.4	52.4	4.7	19.2	5.9	0.6
Weekend college	17.1	17.4	14.9	20.8	25.6	6.7	4.9
Teacher certification	29.4	66.1	48.7	0.6	5.9	0.7	0.0
None of the above	16.6	2.7	14.9	21.7	1.9	40	62.2
Did not respond	3.2	1.4	3.2	3.5	2.9	7.4	4.9

NOTE: Detail within columns does not sum to totals because institutions may offer more than one special learning opportunity to students.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2001.