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 U.S. jurisdictions, academic year 2015–16
Level of institution and region	Number of institutions				Percent of institutions
			Private				Private
	Total	Public	Nonprofit	For-profit	Total	Public	Nonprofit	For-profit
All institutions	7,177	1,992	1,913	3,272	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total U.S. institutions	7,021	1,965	1,859	3,197	97.8	98.6	97.2	97.7
Level of institution
4-year	3,089	728	1,647	714	43.0	36.5	86.1	21.8
U.S.	3,012	710	1,602	700	42.0	35.6	83.7	21.4
Other U.S. jurisdictions	77	18	45	14	1.1	0.9	2.4	0.4
2-year	2,085	1,016	178	891	29.1	51	9.3	27.2
U.S.	2,059	1,007	171	881	28.7	50.6	8.9	26.9
Other U.S. jurisdictions	26	9	7	10	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.3
Less-than-2-year	2,003	248	88	1,667	27.9	12.4	4.6	50.9
U.S.	1,950	248	86	1,616	27.2	12.4	4.5	49.4
Other U.S. jurisdictions	53	0	2	51	0.7	0	0.1	1.6
Region
New England	405	110	161	134	5.6	5.5	8.4	4.1
Mid East	1,129	278	417	434	15.7	14.0	21.8	13.3
Great Lakes	1,062	266	293	503	14.8	13.4	15.3	15.4
Plains	619	187	190	242	8.6	9.4	9.9	7.4
Southeast	1,758	541	398	819	24.5	27.2	20.8	25.0
Southwest	774	245	113	416	10.8	12.3	5.9	12.7
Rocky Mountains	283	80	44	159	3.9	4.0	2.3	4.9
Far West	986	253	243	490	13.7	12.7	12.7	15.0
U.S. service academies	5	5	0	0	0.1	0.3	0	0
Other U.S. jurisdictions	156	27	54	75	2.2	1.4	2.8	2.3

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).

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