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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, 2017–18
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 449,158 100.0 78,306 100.0 4,767 100.0 13,504 100.0 246,436 100.0 1,490 100.0 25,965 100.0 13,612 100.0 3,012 100.0 62,066 100.0
   Under 18 years old 14,469 3.2 1,718 2.2 10 0.2 0 0 11,689 4.7 0 0 24 0.1 903 6.6 4 0.1 121 0.2
   18 to 24 years old 183,376 40.8 35,514 45.4 1,614 33.9 1,939 14.4 102,540 41.6 504 33.8 11,570 44.6 6,175 45.4 1,075 35.7 22,445 36.2
   25 to 39 years old 168,344 37.5 28,351 36.2 1,844 38.7 7,616 56.4 85,705 34.8 632 42.4 10,572 40.7 4,297 31.6 1,392 46.2 27,935 45.0
   40 years old and above 74,890 16.7 12,175 15.5 1,149 24.1 3,572 26.5 40,192 16.3 353 23.7 3,561 13.7 2,083 15.3 541 18.0 11,264 18.1
   Age unknown 8,079 1.8 548 0.7 150 3.1 377 2.8 6,310 2.6 1 0.1 238 0.9 154 1.1 0 0 301 0.5
At-least-1- but less- than-4-years 419,879 100.0 31,118 100.0 6,353 100.0 16,191 100.0 202,836 100.0 6,549 100.0 57,377 100.0 15,287 100.0 3,431 100.0 80,737 100.0
   Under 18 years old 3,771 0.9 147 0.5 19 0.3 3 # 3,073 1.5 3 # 27 # 375 2.5 16 0.5 108 0.1
   18 to 24 years old 203,488 48.5 15,291 49.1 2,753 43.3 5,765 35.6 101,455 50.0 2,927 44.7 26,691 46.5 7,304 47.8 1,392 40.6 39,910 49.4
   25 to 39 years old 159,069 37.9 11,654 37.5 2,384 37.5 7,870 48.6 71,523 35.3 2,723 41.6 23,603 41.1 5,711 37.4 1,460 42.6 32,141 39.8
   40 years old and above 50,366 12.0 3,860 12.4 930 14.6 2,548 15.7 24,847 12.2 885 13.5 6,928 12.1 1,787 11.7 562 16.4 8,019 9.9
   Age unknown 3,185 0.8 166 0.5 267 4.2 5 # 1,938 1.0 11 0.2 128 0.2 110 0.7 1 # 559 0.7
Postbaccalaureate or post-master's 66,783 100.0 37,372 100.0 25,292 100.0 4,119 100.0 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 7,616 11.4 4,887 13.1 2,687 10.6 42 1.0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
   25 to 39 years old 39,029 58.4 22,219 59.5 14,936 59.1 1,874 45.5 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
   40 years old and above 19,553 29.3 10,137 27.1 7,224 28.6 2,192 53.2 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
   Age unknown 585 0.9 129 0.3 445 1.8 11 0.3 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
    Degrees
Associate’s 942,708 100.0 201,652 100.0 43,001 100.0 43,432 100.0 616,567 100.0 12,453 100.0 25,508 100.0 0 Ø 0 Ø 95 100.0
   Under 18 years old 8,647 0.9 3,946 2.0 57 0.1 34 0.1 4,607 0.7 3 # 0 0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 0
   18 to 24 years old 488,186 51.8 118,174 58.6 16,508 38.4 10,198 23.5 330,780 53.6 3,904 31.3 8,598 33.7 0 Ø 0 Ø 24 25.3
   25 to 39 years old 338,230 35.9 61,262 30.4 18,520 43.1 24,082 55.4 215,506 35.0 5,944 47.7 12,863 50.4 0 Ø 0 Ø 53 55.8
   40 years old and above 102,094 10.8 16,674 8.3 7,392 17.2 8,957 20.6 62,527 10.1 2,602 20.9 3,924 15.4 0 Ø 0 Ø 18 18.9
   Age unknown 5,551 0.6 1,596 0.8 524 1.2 161 0.4 3,147 0.5 0 0 123 0.5 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 0
Bachelor’s 1,954,036 100.0 1,289,560 100.0 566,029 100.0 98,413 100.0 0 Ø 16 100.0 16 100.0 0 Ø 0 Ø 2 100.0
   Under 18 years old 66 # 41 # 24 # 1 # 0 Ø 0 0 0 0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 0
   18 to 24 years old 1,346,852 68.9 928,875 72.0 404,261 71.4 13,702 13.9 0 Ø 1 6.3 13 81.3 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 0
   25 to 39 years old 470,643 24.1 301,583 23.4 114,895 20.3 54,152 55.0 0 Ø 9 56.3 3 18.8 0 Ø 0 Ø 1 50.0
   40 years old and above 131,591 6.7 55,413 4.3 45,817 8.1 30,354 30.8 0 Ø 6 37.5 0 0 0 Ø 0 Ø 1 50.0
   Age unknown 4,884 0.2 3,648 0.3 1,032 0.2 204 0.2 0 Ø 0 0 0 0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 0
Master’s 815,075 100.0 381,791 100.0 369,360 100.0 63,916 100.0 0 Ø 8 100.0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
   Under 18 years old 3 # 1 # 2 # 0 0 0 Ø 0 0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
   18 to 24 years old 144,858 17.8 80,150 21.0 62,957 17.0 1,751 2.7 0 Ø 0 0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
   25 to 39 years old 519,679 63.8 247,299 64.8 236,371 64.0 36,005 56.3 0 Ø 4 50.0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
   40 years old and above 146,936 18.0 53,350 14.0 67,540 18.3 26,042 40.7 0 Ø 4 50.0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
   Age unknown 3,599 0.4 991 0.3 2,490 0.7 118 0.2 0 Ø 0 0 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
Doctor’s 183,501 100.0 92,581 100.0 83,592 100.0 7,328 100.0 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 9,761 5.3 3,964 4.3 5,701 6.8 96 1.3 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
   25 to 39 years old 147,155 80.2 77,746 84.0 66,437 79.5 2,972 40.6 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
   40 years old and above 25,643 14.0 10,495 11.3 10,932 13.1 4,216 57.5 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø 0 Ø
   Age unknown 942 0.5 376 0.4 522 0.6 44 0.6 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, 2017, to June 30, 2018. Because of changes to institutional characteristics between the reference year (2017–18) and collection year (2018–19), 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 collection year’s archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2018.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2018, Completions component (final data).