National Center for Education Statistics

Number of students enrolled at Title IV institutions, by degree-granting status, attendance status and other selected characteristics: United States, fall 2010
Level and control of institution, race/ethnicity, and gender	All institutions	Degree-granting			Non-degree-granting
	All institutions	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total students	21,588,124	21,016,126	13,082,267	7,933,859	571,998	455,378	116,620
Level and control of institution
4-year	13,335,777	13,335,251	9,717,074	3,618,177	526	524	2
Public	7,924,813	7,924,771	5,811,370	2,113,401	42	42	0
Private nonprofit	3,822,683	3,822,260	2,865,417	956,843	423	422	1
Private for-profit	1,588,281	1,588,220	1,040,287	547,933	61	60	1
2-year	7,847,996	7,680,875	3,365,193	4,315,682	167,121	132,064	35,057
Public	7,284,613	7,218,038	2,952,480	4,265,558	66,575	39,491	27,084
Private nonprofit	44,060	32,660	23,101	9,559	11,400	9,623	1,777
Private for-profit	519,323	430,177	389,612	40,565	89,146	82,950	6,196
Less-than-2-year	404,351	†	†	†	404,351	322,790	81,561
Public	70,847	†	†	†	70,847	39,926	30,921
Private nonprofit	15,163	†	†	†	15,163	11,105	4,058
Private for-profit	318,341	†	†	†	318,341	271,759	46,582
Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	189,017	182,380	110,763	71,617	6,637	3,921	2,716
Asian	1,138,531	1,120,208	726,981	393,227	18,323	14,339	3,984
Black or African American	2,902,749	2,775,170	1,664,334	1,110,836	127,579	109,363	18,216
Hispanic or Latino	2,643,952	2,518,672	1,381,995	1,136,677	125,280	99,530	25,750
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	60,772	58,566	34,410	24,156	2,206	1,659	547
White	11,943,403	11,698,301	7,494,466	4,203,835	245,102	189,263	55,839
Two or more races	312,127	303,214	203,942	99,272	8,913	6,877	2,036
Race/ethnicity unknown	1,689,804	1,654,832	900,893	753,939	34,972	28,194	6,778
Nonresident alien	707,769	704,783	564,483	140,300	2,986	2,232	754
Gender
Men	9,240,120	9,044,811	5,837,057	3,207,754	195,309	153,677	41,632
Women	12,348,004	11,971,315	7,245,210	4,726,105	376,689	301,701	74,988

† Not applicable.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the Secretary of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. Students who self-identify with more than one race are included in the Two or more races category. Students of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are included in the Hispanic or Latino category regardless of race. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) online glossary located at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2011, Enrollment component.

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