National Center for Education Statistics
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| Title IV 4-year and 2-year institutions offering special learning opportunities, by level and control of institution: United States, academic year 2006-07 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-year | 2-year | ||||||
| Private | Private | ||||||
| Special learning opportunities | Total | Public | Not-for-profit | For-profit | Public | Not-for-profit | For-profit |
| Number of institutions | |||||||
| All institutions | 4,848 | 644 | 1,548 | 453 | 1,148 | 211 | 844 |
| Distance learning opportunities | 2,792 | 567 | 690 | 332 | 1,057 | 32 | 114 |
| ROTC (any) | 961 | 391 | 468 | 10 | 88 | 4 | 0 |
| Army | 861 | 360 | 420 | 7 | 70 | 4 | 0 |
| Navy | 157 | 71 | 79 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Air Force | 560 | 227 | 280 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 0 |
| Study abroad | 1,784 | 500 | 932 | 58 | 281 | 6 | 7 |
| Weekend college | 1,630 | 204 | 448 | 234 | 506 | 42 | 196 |
| Teacher certification | 1,553 | 499 | 863 | 7 | 156 | 1 | 27 |
| None of the above | 1,073 | 20 | 229 | 62 | 68 | 147 | 547 |
| Did not respond | 24 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Percent of institutions | |||||||
| All institutions | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Distance learning opportunities | 57.6 | 88.0 | 44.6 | 73.3 | 92.1 | 15.2 | 13.5 |
| ROTC (any) | 19.8 | 60.7 | 30.2 | 2.2 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| Army | 17.8 | 55.9 | 27.1 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| Navy | 3.2 | 11.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Air Force | 11.6 | 35.2 | 18.1 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Study abroad | 36.8 | 77.6 | 60.2 | 12.8 | 24.5 | 2.8 | 0.8 |
| Weekend college | 33.6 | 31.7 | 28.9 | 51.7 | 44.1 | 19.9 | 23.2 |
| Teacher certification | 32.0 | 77.5 | 55.7 | 1.5 | 13.6 | 0.5 | 3.2 |
| None of the above | 22.1 | 3.1 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 5.9 | 69.7 | 64.8 |
| Did not respond | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
NOTE: Detail within columns does not sum to totals because institutions may offer more than one special learning opportunity to students.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2006, Institutional Characteristics component.