National Center for Education Statistics

Table 1. Number of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates enrolled and number and percentage of those awarded financial aid at Title IV institutions, by sector of institution: United States, academic years 2020–21 and 2021–22
Sector of institution		Academic year 2020–21				Academic year 2021–22
		Number enrolled	Number awarded financial aid	Percent awarded financial aid		Number enrolled	Number awarded financial aid	Percent awarded financial aid
All students		2,436,374	2,077,473	85.3		2,469,118	2,144,383	86.8
Public 4-year		1,147,820	978,814	85.3		1,183,218	1,030,885	87.1
Public 2-year		475,999	383,002	80.5		451,828	385,668	85.4
Public less-than-2-year		17,902	12,632	70.6		17,577	12,495	71.1
Private nonprofit 4-year		477,268	432,960	90.7		505,000	453,198	89.7
Private nonprofit 2-year		17,531	15,904	90.7		18,005	15,187	84.3
Private nonprofit less-than-2-year		5,664	4,575	80.8		4,763	4,003	84.0
Private for-profit 4-year		51,081	43,577	85.3		48,384	42,287	87.4
Private for-profit 2-year		113,143	98,138	86.7		109,916	92,386	84.1
Private for-profit less-than-2-year		129,966	107,871	83.0		130,427	108,274	83.0

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 U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy are not Title IV eligible but are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public; they are not included in this table. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is Title IV eligible and is included in this table. Percentages in the columns of this table use the corresponding count in the respective academic year "Number enrolled" column as the denominator. 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=2022.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Winter 2021–22 and Winter 2022–23, Student Financial Aid component (final data).