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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, 2016–17
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 431,307 100.0 60,127 100.0 4,675 100.0 13,149 100.0 243,842 100.0 5,148 100.0 28,204 100.0 12,759 100.0 3,396 100.0 60,007 100.0
 Under 18 years old 12,809 3.0 1,388 2.3 4 0.1 3 # 10,355 4.2 1 # 28 0.1 946 7.4 9 0.3 75 0.1
 18 to 24 years old 173,237 40.2 28,123 46.8 1,666 35.6 2,036 15.5 99,877 41.0 1,242 24.1 12,340 43.8 5,348 41.9 1,135 33.4 21,470 35.8
 25 to 39 years old 167,101 38.7 21,305 35.4 1,807 38.7 7,476 56.9 89,313 36.6 2,537 49.3 11,567 41.0 4,469 35.0 1,527 45.0 27,100 45.2
 40 years old and above 76,764 17.8 9,015 15.0 1,130 24.2 3,631 27.6 43,716 17.9 1,366 26.5 4,232 15.0 1,936 15.2 720 21.2 11,018 18.4
 Age unknown 1,396 0.3 296 0.5 68 1.5 3 # 581 0.2 2 # 37 0.1 60 0.5 5 0.1 344 0.6
At-least-1- but less- than-4-years 435,773 100.0 25,407 100.0 6,680 100.0 17,158 100.0 197,047 100.0 8,392 100.0 74,309 100.0 15,004 100.0 6,319 100.0 85,457 100.0
 Under 18 years 3,026 0.7 123 0.5 3 # 18 0.1 1,919 1.0 2 # 219 0.3 607 4.0 24 0.4 111 0.1
 18 to 24 years 207,130 47.5 11,974 47.1 2,911 43.6 6,122 35.7 95,321 48.4 4,169 49.7 34,484 46.4 6,953 46.3 2,729 43.2 42,467 49.7
 25 to 39 years 169,537 38.9 9,674 38.1 2,724 40.8 8,281 48.3 73,016 37.1 3,389 40.4 30,599 41.2 5,549 37.0 2,599 41.1 33,706 39.4
 40 years and above 54,281 12.5 3,492 13.7 1,020 15.3 2,642 15.4 25,934 13.2 811 9.7 8,799 11.8 1,738 11.6 923 14.6 8,922 10.4
 Age unknown 1,799 0.4 144 0.6 22 0.3 95 0.6 857 0.4 21 0.3 208 0.3 157 1.0 44 0.7 251 0.3
Postbaccalaureate or post-master's 60,507 100.0 31,816 100.0 24,741 100.0 3,950 100.0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 Under 18 years old 2 # 1 # 1 # 0 0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 18 to 24 years old 7,203 11.9 4,486 14.1 2,676 10.8 41 1.0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 25 to 39 years old 35,197 58.2 18,607 58.5 14,753 59.6 1,837 46.5 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 40 years old and above 17,734 29.3 8,658 27.2 7,006 28.3 2,070 52.4 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 Age unknown 371 0.6 64 0.2 305 1.2 2 0.1 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
    Degrees
Associate’s 946,644 100.0 185,420 100.0 44,070 100.0 54,406 100.0 618,557 100.0 11,638 100.0 32,496 100.0 0 Ø 0 Ø 57 100.0
 Under 18 years old 5,745 0.6 2,956 1.6 48 0.1 40 0.1 2,696 0.4 2 # 3 # 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 0
 18 to 24 years old 475,813 50.3 108,032 58.3 17,110 38.8 12,954 23.8 323,108 52.2 4,026 34.6 10,581 32.6 0 Ø 0 Ø 2 3.5
 25 to 39 years old 350,739 37.1 56,802 30.6 19,080 43.3 30,016 55.2 222,928 36.0 5,155 44.3 16,732 51.5 0 Ø 0 Ø 26 45.6
 40 years old and above 110,334 11.7 16,322 8.8 7,758 17.6 11,123 20.4 67,624 10.9 2,384 20.5 5,094 15.7 0 Ø 0 Ø 29 50.9
 Age unknown 4,013 0.4 1,308 0.7 74 0.2 273 0.5 2,201 0.4 71 0.6 86 0.3 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 0
Bachelor’s 1,931,662 100.0 1,255,566 100.0 562,303 100.0 113,764 100.0 0 Ø 5 100.0 24 100.0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 Under 18 years old 53 # 41 # 12 # 0 0 0 Ø 0 0 0 0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 18 to 24 years old 1,312,424 67.9 898,463 71.6 397,466 70.7 16,483 14.5 0 Ø 3 60.0 9 37.5 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 25 to 39 years old 478,160 24.8 300,940 24.0 114,508 20.4 62,700 55.1 0 Ø 1 20.0 11 45.8 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 40 years old and above 137,343 7.1 55,544 4.4 47,322 8.4 34,472 30.3 0 Ø 1 20.0 4 16.7 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 Age unknown 3,682 0.2 578 # 2,995 0.5 109 0.1 0 Ø 0 0 0 0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
Master’s 799,823 100.0 372,060 100.0 358,033 100.0 69,730 100.0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 Under 18 years old 4 # 2 # 2 # 0 0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 18 to 24 years old 139,915 17.5 79,655 21.4 58,422 16.3 1,838 2.6 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 25 to 39 years old 511,164 63.9 241,485 64.9 230,261 64.3 39,418 56.5 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 40 years old and above 145,048 18.1 50,384 13.5 66,292 18.5 28,372 40.7 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 Age unknown 3,692 0.5 534 0.1 3,056 0.9 102 0.1 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
Doctor’s 180,983 100.0 91,438 100.0 81,270 100.0 8,275 100.0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 Under 18 years old 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 18 to 24 years old 9,424 5.2 4,006 4.4 5,323 6.5 95 1.1 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 25 to 39 years old 145,602 80.5 77,096 84.3 65,056 80.0 3,450 41.7 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 40 years old and above 25,139 13.9 10,311 11.3 10,122 12.5 4,706 56.9 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
 Age unknown 818 0.5 25 # 769 0.9 24 0.3 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø

# Rounds to zero.

Ø No institutions met the criteria to be included in this cell.

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. Awards displayed in this table were conferred during the 12-month period July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017. Because of changes to institutional characteristics between the reference year (2016–17) and collection year (2017–18), institutions may report awards that are no longer consistent with their current levels of offering (e.g., two-year institutions in the collection year may report awarding bachelor’s degrees in the reference year or less-than-2-year institutions in the collection year may report awarding associate’s degrees in the reference year). 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/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, Completions component (final data).