National Center for Education Statistics

Enrollment at Title IV institutions, by degree-granting status, attendance status, level and control of institution, race/ethnicity, and gender: United States, fall 2006
		Degree-granting			Non-degree-granting
Level and control of institution, race/ethnicity, and gender	All institutions	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total students	18,205,474	17,758,870	10,957,305	6,801,565	446,604	359,194	87,410
Level and control of institution
4-year	11,240,834	11,240,330	8,313,999	2,926,331	504	501	3
Public	6,955,048	6,955,013	5,103,764	1,851,249	35	35	0
Private not-for-profit	3,474,179	3,473,710	2,589,590	884,120	469	466	3
Private for-profit	811,607	811,607	620,645	190,962	†	†	†
2-year	6,650,734	6,518,540	2,643,306	3,875,234	132,194	103,167	29,027
Public	6,276,185	6,225,120	2,391,799	3,833,321	51,065	31,231	19,834
Private not-for-profit	55,507	39,156	25,969	13,187	16,351	11,932	4,419
Private for-profit	319,042	254,264	225,538	28,726	64,778	60,004	4,774
Less-than-2-year	313,906	†	†	†	313,906	255,526	58,380
Public	50,431	†	†	†	50,431	27,187	23,244
Private not-for-profit	13,769	†	†	†	13,769	12,110	1,659
Private for-profit	249,706	†	†	†	249,706	216,229	33,477
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	10,897,048	10,692,917	6,771,094	3,921,823	204,131	157,324	46,807
Black, non-Hispanic	2,207,274	2,112,215	1,255,928	856,287	95,059	80,213	14,846
Hispanic	1,897,258	1,812,202	942,343	869,859	85,056	71,306	13,750
Asian/Pacific Islander	1,081,628	1,063,325	674,633	388,692	18,303	14,912	3,391
American Indian/Alaska Native	174,936	169,676	101,359	68,317	5,260	3,274	1,986
Race/ethnicity unknown	1,346,605	1,313,252	744,281	568,971	33,353	28,587	4,766
Nonresident alien	600,725	595,283	467,667	127,616	5,442	3,578	1,864
Gender
Men	7,715,801	7,574,815	4,879,315	2,695,500	140,986	110,712	30,274
Women	10,489,673	10,184,055	6,077,990	4,106,065	305,618	248,482	57,136

† Not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2007, Enrollment component.

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