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Number and percentage of Title IV institutions, by control of institution, degree-granting status, and levels of offering: United States, academic year 2017–18
Degree-granting status and levels of offering Number of institutions Percent of institutions
Private Private
All institutions Public Nonprofit For-profit All institutions Public Nonprofit For-profit
       
  All institutions 6,502 1,955 1,826 2,721 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
 Less-than-1-year 3,332 1,315 371 1,646 51.2 67.3 20.3 60.5
 At-least-1- but less-than-2-years 4,047 1,454 401 2,192 62.2 74.4 22.0 80.6
 Associate’s degree 2,885 1,248 762 875 44.4 63.8 41.7 32.2
 At-least-2- but less-than-4-years 810 340 138 332 12.5 17.4 7.6 12.2
 Bachelor’s degree 2,529 730 1,353 446 38.9 37.3 74.1 16.4
 Postbaccalaureate certificate 1,010 380 546 84 15.5 19.4 29.9 3.1
 Master’s degree 2,008 556 1,205 247 30.9 28.4 66.0 9.1
 Post-master’s certificate 723 298 383 42 11.1 15.2 21.0 1.5
 Doctor’s degree—research/ scholarship 745 300 394 51 11.5 15.3 21.6 1.9
 Doctor’s degree—professional practice 753 269 415 69 11.6 13.8 22.7 2.5
 Doctor’s degree—research/ scholarship and professional practice1 432 214 193 25 6.6 10.9 10.6 0.9
 Doctor’s degree—other 149 42 102 5 2.3 2.1 5.6 0.2
Degree-granting 4,313 1,626 1,689 998 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
 Less-than-1-year 1,845 1,109 318 418 42.8 68.2 18.8 41.9
 At-least-1- but less-than-2-years 2,167 1,133 324 710 50.2 69.7 19.2 71.1
 Associate’s degree 2,885 1,248 762 875 66.9 76.8 45.1 87.7
 At-least-2- but less-than-4-years 389 247 82 60 9.0 15.2 4.9 6.0
 Bachelor’s degree 2,529 730 1,353 446 58.6 44.9 80.1 44.7
 Postbaccalaureate certificate 1,002 379 539 84 23.2 23.3 31.9 8.4
 Master’s degree 2,008 556 1,205 247 46.6 34.2 71.3 24.7
 Post-master’s certificate 722 298 382 42 16.7 18.3 22.6 4.2
 Doctor’s degree—research/ scholarship 745 300 394 51 17.3 18.5 23.3 5.1
 Doctor’s degree—professional practice 753 269 415 69 17.5 16.5 24.6 6.9
 Doctor’s degree—research/ scholarship and professional practice1 432 214 193 25 10.0 13.2 11.4 2.5
 Doctor’s degree—other 149 42 102 5 3.5 2.6 6.0 0.5
Non-degree-granting 2,189 329 137 1,723 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
 Less-than-1-year 1,487 206 53 1,228 67.9 62.6 38.7 71.3
 At-least-1- but less-than-2-years 1,880 321 77 1,482 85.9 97.6 56.2 86.0
 At-least-2- but less-than-4-years 421 93 56 272 19.2 28.3 40.9 15.8
 Postbaccalaureate certificate 8 1 7 0 0.4 0.3 5.1 0
 Post-master’s certificate 1 0 1 0 # 0 0.7 0

# Rounds to zero.

1This category does not appear on the survey screens. It is calculated for display in this table and includes all institutions that offer both doctor’s degrees—research/scholarship and doctor’s degrees—professional practice.

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. United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 and are included in this table. Percentages in the columns of this table use the corresponding count in the appropriate total row of each section as the denominator. Data are not imputed. The item response rates for all cells in this table are 100 percent. Detail may not sum to totals because institutions can offer programs at more than one level. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/public/glossary. The glossary is primarily focused on terms used in the current IPEDS collection and may not reflect the definitions in effect when the data in this table were collected.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2017, Institutional Characteristics component (final data).