National Center for Education Statistics

Number and percentage distribution of students enrolled at Title IV institutions, by degree-granting status, enrollment status, level of institution, control of institution, and other selected characteristics: United States, fall 2015
Level of institution, control of institution, student level, gender, and race/ethnicity		All institutions			Degree-granting							Non-degree-granting
		All students	Percent		All students	Percent	Full-time	Percent	Part-time	Percent		All students	Percent	Full-time	Percent	Part-time	Percent
All students		20,400,164	100.0		19,988,204	100.0	12,287,512	100.0	7,700,692	100.0		411,960	100.0	313,576	100.0	98,384	100.0
Level of institution
4-year		13,489,100	66.1		13,488,743	67.5	9,776,828	79.6	3,711,915	48.2		357	0.1	314	0.1	43	#
2-year		6,619,766	32.4		6,499,461	32.5	2,510,684	20.4	3,988,777	51.8		120,305	29.2	90,371	28.8	29,934	30.4
Less-than-2-year1		291,298	1.4		†	†	†	†	†	†		291,298	70.7	222,891	71.1	68,407	69.5
Control of institution
Public		14,682,321	72.0		14,572,843	72.9	8,353,946	68.0	6,218,897	80.8		109,478	26.6	58,239	18.6	51,239	52.1
Private nonprofit		4,088,450	20.0		4,065,891	20.3	3,045,267	24.8	1,020,624	13.3		22,559	5.5	20,852	6.6	1,707	1.7
Private for-profit		1,629,393	8.0		1,349,470	6.8	888,299	7.2	461,171	6		279,923	67.9	234,485	74.8	45,438	46.2
Student level
Undergraduate		17,458,363	85.6		17,046,673	85.3	10,603,030	86.3	6,443,643	83.7		411,690	99.9	313,349	99.9	98,341	100.0
Graduate		2,941,801	14.4		2,941,531	14.7	1,684,482	13.7	1,257,049	16.3		270	0.1	227	0.1	43	#
Gender
Men		8,871,706	43.5		8,723,819	43.6	5,558,447	45.2	3,165,372	41.1		147,887	35.9	107,559	34.3	40,328	41.0
Women		11,528,458	56.5		11,264,385	56.4	6,729,065	54.8	4,535,320	58.9		264,073	64.1	206,017	65.7	58,056	59.0
Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native		145,398	0.7		139,741	0.7	79,869	0.7	59,872	0.8		5,657	1.4	2,840	0.9	2,817	2.9
Asian		1,184,946	5.8		1,172,191	5.9	779,559	6.3	392,632	5.1		12,755	3.1	9,662	3.1	3,093	3.1
Black or African American		2,609,881	12.8		2,524,175	12.6	1,450,843	11.8	1,073,332	13.9		85,706	20.8	69,592	22.2	16,114	16.4
Hispanic or Latino		3,244,229	15.9		3,151,481	15.8	1,711,869	13.9	1,439,612	18.7		92,748	22.5	73,399	23.4	19,349	19.7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander		53,793	0.3		52,182	0.3	29,908	0.2	22,274	0.3		1,611	0.4	1,284	0.4	327	0.3
White		10,515,845	51.5		10,332,456	51.7	6,484,031	52.8	3,848,425	50.0		183,389	44.5	133,784	42.7	49,605	50.4
Two or more races		633,884	3.1		623,435	3.1	418,095	3.4	205,340	2.7		10,449	2.5	7,616	2.4	2,833	2.9
Race/ethnicity unknown		1,028,300	5.0		1,011,806	5.1	520,680	4.2	491,126	6.4		16,494	4	12,559	4.0	3,935	4
Nonresident alien		983,888	4.8		980,737	4.9	812,658	6.6	168,079	2.2		3,151	0.8	2,840	0.9	311	0.3

† Not applicable.

# Rounds to zero.

¹ All less-than-2-year institutions were classified into the non-degree-granting status category.

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, Spring 2016, Fall Enrollment component (final data).