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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, 2015–16
Level of award and age of student All institutions 4-year 2-year Less-than-2-year
Public Private Public Private Public Private
Nonprofit For-profit Nonprofit For-profit Nonprofit For-profit
Number Per-cent Number Per-cent Number Per-cent Number Per-cent Number Per-cent Number Per-cent Number Per-cent Number Per-cent Number Per-cent Number Per-cent
Certificates
Less-than-1-year 423,520 100 57,505 100 4,354 100 9,802 100 239,310 100 7,782 100 27,507 100 12,621 100 3,147 100 61,492 100
Under 18 years old 10,003 2.4 1,699 3 13 0.3 2 # 7,368 3.1 9 0.1 50 0.2 721 5.7 3 0.1 138 0.2
18 to 24 years old 167,729 39.6 26,656 46.4 1,573 36.1 2,004 20.4 95,810 40 2,085 26.8 11,620 42.2 5,303 42 990 31.5 21,688 35.3
25 to 39 years old 164,537 38.8 19,707 34.3 1,634 37.5 5,193 53 89,868 37.6 3,712 47.7 11,175 40.6 4,687 37.1 1,423 45.2 27,138 44.1
40 years old and above 78,316 18.5 8,852 15.4 1,025 23.5 2,563 26.1 45,466 19 1,968 25.3 4,509 16.4 1,814 14.4 730 23.2 11,389 18.5
Age unknown 2,935 0.7 591 1 109 2.5 40 0.4 798 0.3 8 0.1 153 0.6 96 0.8 1 # 1,139 1.9
At-least-1- but less- than-4-years 439,280 100 23,421 100 7,041 100 15,385 100 192,486 100 9,436 100 80,719 100 15,578 100 7,101 100 88,113 100
Under 18 years 2,935 0.7 80 0.3 4 0.1 2 # 1,700 0.9 6 0.1 149 0.2 798 5.1 24 0.3 172 0.2
18 to 24 years 205,131 46.7 10,577 45.2 3,138 44.6 5,427 35.3 90,162 46.8 4,402 46.7 38,047 47.1 7,114 45.7 3,217 45.3 43,047 48.9
25 to 39 years 170,335 38.8 9,087 38.8 2,862 40.6 7,470 48.6 72,157 37.5 4,021 42.6 32,321 40 5,585 35.9 2,775 39.1 34,057 38.7
40 years and above 57,421 13.1 3,483 14.9 987 14 2,450 15.9 27,726 14.4 975 10.3 10,069 12.5 1,703 10.9 1,025 14.4 9,003 10.2
Age unknown 3,458 0.8 194 0.8 50 0.7 36 0.2 741 0.4 32 0.3 133 0.2 378 2.4 60 0.8 1,834 2.1
Postbaccalaureate or post-master's 58,021 100 29,201 100 24,591 100 4,229 100 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
Under 18 years old 6 # 3 # 3 # 0 0 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
18 to 24 years old 6,761 11.7 4,112 14.1 2,596 10.6 53 1.3 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
25 to 39 years old 33,801 58.3 17,084 58.5 14,784 60.1 1,933 45.7 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
40 years old and above 17,088 29.5 7,941 27.2 6,907 28.1 2,240 53 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
Age unknown 365 0.6 61 0.2 301 1.2 3 0.1 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
Degrees
Associate’s1 954,051 100 176,762 100 44,880 100 61,103 100 618,814 100 10,224 100 42,247 100 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 21 100
Under 18 years old 5,414 0.6 2,623 1.5 45 0.1 31 0.1 2,625 0.4 6 0.1 84 0.2 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 0
18 to 24 years old 464,147 48.7 100,127 56.6 16,395 36.5 15,026 24.6 314,229 50.8 4,075 39.9 14,285 33.8 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 10 47.6
25 to 39 years old 360,350 37.8 55,272 31.3 19,827 44.2 33,166 54.3 227,317 36.7 4,040 39.5 20,719 49 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 9 42.9
40 years old and above 120,286 12.6 16,653 9.4 8,435 18.8 12,625 20.7 73,831 11.9 1,908 18.7 6,833 16.2 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 1 4.8
Age unknown 3,854 0.4 2,087 1.2 178 0.4 255 0.4 812 0.1 195 1.9 326 0.8 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 1 4.8
Bachelor’s2 1,896,200 100 1,220,581 100 556,199 100 119,418 100 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 2 100 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
Under 18 years old 155 # 64 # 89 # 2 # 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 0 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
18 to 24 years old 1,272,636 67.1 863,003 70.7 392,584 70.6 17,049 14.3 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 0 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
25 to 39 years old 480,415 25.3 299,267 24.5 114,959 20.7 66,187 55.4 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 2 100 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
40 years old and above 139,208 7.3 56,610 4.6 46,539 8.4 36,059 30.2 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 0 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
Age unknown 3,786 0.2 1,637 0.1 2,028 0.4 121 0.1 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 0 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
Master’s 781,117 100 362,535 100 348,432 100 70,150 100 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
Under 18 years old 56 # 9 # 44 # 3 # 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
18 to 24 years old 133,894 17.1 76,428 21.1 55,679 16 1,787 2.5 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
25 to 39 years old 499,355 63.9 235,062 64.8 225,267 64.7 39,026 55.6 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
40 years old and above 144,646 18.5 49,784 13.7 65,671 18.8 29,191 41.6 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
Age unknown 3,166 0.4 1,252 0.3 1,771 0.5 143 0.2 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
Doctor’s 177,868 100 89,927 100 79,905 100 8,036 100 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
Under 18 years old 4 # 1 # 0 0 3 # 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
18 to 24 years old 9,899 5.6 4,241 4.7 5,533 6.9 125 1.6 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
25 to 39 years old 142,662 80.2 74,776 83.2 64,389 80.6 3,497 43.5 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
40 years old and above 24,431 13.7 10,375 11.5 9,659 12.1 4,397 54.7 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡
Age unknown 872 0.5 534 0.6 324 0.4 14 0.2 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 0 ‡

# Rounds to zero.

‡ Reporting standards not met. No institutions met the criteria to be included in this cell.

1Includes 21 people that who were awarded associate's degrees in 2015–16 by three institutions that were less-than-2-year institutions in the collection year (2016–17).

2Includes two people who were awarded bachelor's degrees in 2015–16 by one institution that was a 2-year institution in the collection year (2016–17).

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 are not Title IV eligible 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, 2015, to June 30, 2016. Percentages in the columns of this table use the corresponding count in the appropriate total row of each section as the denominator. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/VisGlossaryAll.aspx.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2016, Completions component (final data).