National Center for Education Statistics

Table 02. Number and percentage of Title IV institutions, by control of institution, degree-granting status, and levels of offering: United States, academic year 2020–21
Degree-granting status and levels of offering		Number of institutions					Percent of institutions
		All institutions	Public	Private			All institutions	Public	Private
				Nonprofit	For-profit				Nonprofit	For-profit
All institutions		5,916	1,892	1,754	2,270		100	100	100	100
Less-than-12-weeks1		883	564	66	253		14.9	29.8	3.8	11.1
At-least-12-weeks but    less-than-1-year2		2,953	1,283	341	1,329		49.9	67.8	19.4	58.5
At-least-1- but less-than-2-years3		3,628	1,406	365	1,857		61.3	74.3	20.8	81.8
Associate’s degree		2,518	1,217	705	596		42.6	64.3	40.2	26.3
At-least-2- but less-than-4-years4		700	341	126	233		11.8	18	7.2	10.3
Bachelor’s degree		2,354	736	1,326	292		39.8	38.9	75.6	12.9
Postbaccalaureate certificate		1,073	407	600	66		18.1	21.5	34.2	2.9
Master’s degree		1,932	548	1,194	190		32.7	29	68.1	8.4
Post-master’s certificate		749	311	413	25		12.7	16.4	23.5	1.1
Doctor’s degree—research/    scholarship		765	307	429	29		12.9	16.2	24.5	1.3
Doctor’s degree—professional    practice		790	294	451	45		13.4	15.5	25.7	2
Doctor’s degree—research/    scholarship and professional    practice5		470	228	231	11		7.9	12.1	13.2	0.5
Doctor’s degree—other		136	36	95	5		2.3	1.9	5.4	0.2
Degree-granting		3,931	1,587	1,640	704		100	100	100	100
Less-than-12-weeks1		586	466	60	60		14.9	29.4	3.7	8.5
At-least-12-weeks but    less-than-1-year2		1,636	1,109	302	225		41.6	69.9	18.4	32
At-least-1- but less-than-2-years3		1,894	1,107	307	480		48.2	69.8	18.7	68.2
Associate’s degree		2,518	1,217	705	596		64.1	76.7	43	84.7
At-least-2- but less-than-4-years4		390	262	73	55		9.9	16.5	4.5	7.8
Bachelor’s degree		2,354	736	1,326	292		59.9	46.4	80.9	41.5
Postbaccalaureate certificate		1,069	407	596	66		27.2	25.6	36.3	9.4
Master’s degree		1,932	548	1,194	190		49.1	34.5	72.8	27
Post-master’s certificate		748	311	412	25		19	19.6	25.1	3.6
Doctor’s degree—research/    scholarship		765	307	429	29		19.5	19.3	26.2	4.1
Doctor’s degree—professional    practice		790	294	451	45		20.1	18.5	27.5	6.4
Doctor’s degree—research/    scholarship and professional    practice5		470	228	231	11		12	14.4	14.1	1.6
Doctor’s degree—other		136	36	95	5		3.5	2.3	5.8	0.7
Non-degree-granting		1,985	305	114	1,566		100	100	100	100
Less-than-12-weeks1		297	98	6	193		15	32.1	5.3	12.3
At-least-12-weeks but    less-than-1-year2		1,317	174	39	1,104		66.3	57	34.2	70.5
At-least-1- but less-than-2-years3		1,734	299	58	1,377		87.4	98	50.9	87.9
At-least-2- but less-than-4-years4		310	79	53	178		15.6	25.9	46.5	11.4
Postbaccalaureate certificate		4	0	4	0		0.2	0	3.5	0
Post-master’s certificate		1	0	1	0		0.1	0	0.9	0

¹Less-than-12-weeks refers to postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of less than 300 clock hours, less than 9 semester or trimester credit hours, or less than 13 quarter credit hours.

²At-least-12-weeks but less-than-1-year refers to postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of 300-899 clock hours, 9-29 semester or trimester credit hours, or 13-44 quarter credit hours.

³At-least-1- but less-than-2-years refers to postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of at least 900 but less than 1,800 clock hours, 30 but less than 60 semester or trimester credit hours, or 45 but less than 90 quarter credit hours.

⁴At-least-2- but less-than-4-years refer to postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of 1,800 or more clock hours, 60 or more semester or trimester credit hours, or 90 or more quarter credit hours.

⁵This 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 collection year’s archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2020.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2020, Institutional Characteristics component (final data).