National Center for Education Statistics
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| Number and percentage of Title IV 4-year and 2-year institutions, by level and control of institution and special learning opportunity offered: United States, academic year 2015–16 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special learning opportunity offered | Total | 4-year | 2-year | ||||||
| Public | Private | Public | Private | ||||||
| Nonprofit | For-profit | Nonprofit | For-profit | ||||||
| Number of institutions | |||||||||
| All institutions | 5,071 | 710 | 1,602 | 700 | 1,007 | 171 | 881 | ||
| Distance learning opportunities | 3,425 | 683 | 1,112 | 447 | 913 | 57 | 213 | ||
| Undergraduate | 3,198 | 669 | 915 | 431 | 913 | 57 | 213 | ||
| Graduate | 1,666 | 541 | 899 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ROTC (any) | 1,049 | 439 | 513 | 7 | 86 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Army | 965 | 414 | 467 | 5 | 76 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Navy | 162 | 78 | 76 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Air Force | 600 | 246 | 311 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Study abroad | 1,974 | 578 | 990 | 92 | 300 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Weekend college | 2,593 | 294 | 704 | 440 | 634 | 62 | 459 | ||
| Teacher certification | 1,606 | 557 | 875 | 28 | 146 | 0 | 0 | ||
| None of the above | 1,371 | 48 | 304 | 231 | 269 | 103 | 416 | ||
| Percent of institutions | |||||||||
| All institutions | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
| Distance learning opportunities | 67.5 | 96.2 | 69.4 | 63.9 | 90.7 | 33.3 | 24.2 | ||
| Undergraduate | 63.1 | 94.2 | 57.1 | 61.6 | 90.7 | 33.3 | 24.2 | ||
| Graduate | 32.9 | 76.2 | 56.1 | 32.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ROTC (any) | 20.7 | 61.8 | 32.0 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 2.3 | 0 | ||
| Army | 19.0 | 58.3 | 29.2 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 0 | ||
| Navy | 3.2 | 11.0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Air Force | 11.8 | 34.6 | 19.4 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0 | ||
| Study abroad | 38.9 | 81.4 | 61.8 | 13.1 | 29.8 | 2.9 | 1.0 | ||
| Weekend college | 51.1 | 41.4 | 43.9 | 62.9 | 63.0 | 36.3 | 52.1 | ||
| Teacher certification | 31.7 | 78.5 | 54.6 | 4.0 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| None of the above | 27.0 | 6.8 | 19.0 | 33 | 26.7 | 60.2 | 47.2 | ||
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, Fall 2015, Institutional Characteristics component (final data).