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 2007
Level and control of institution, race/ethnicity, and gender			Degree-granting			Non-degree-granting
	All institutions		Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total students	18,671,084		18,248,128	11,269,892	6,978,236	422,956	336,529	86,427
Level and control of institution
4-year	11,630,585		11,630,198	8,577,299	3,052,899	387	386	1
Public	7,166,697		7,166,661	5,244,841	1,921,820	36	36	0
Private not-for-profit	3,538,015		3,537,664	2,643,207	894,457	351	350	1
Private for-profit	925,873		925,873	689,251	236,622	†	†	†
2-year	6,740,618	1	6,617,930	2,692,593	3,925,337	122,688	96,902	25,786
Public	6,374,554		6,324,119	2,442,140	3,881,979	50,435	30,877	19,558
Private not-for-profit	44,843		33,486	21,295	12,191	11,357	9,952	1,405
Private for-profit	321,221		260,325	229,158	31,167	60,896	56,073	4,823
Less-than-2-year	299,881		†	†	†	299,881	239,241	60,640
Public	54,598		†	†	†	54,598	28,861	25,737
Private not-for-profit	12,349		†	†	†	12,349	10,743	1,606
Private for-profit	232,934		†	†	†	232,934	199,637	33,297
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	11,021,445		10,825,122	6,877,783	3,947,339	196,323	148,369	47,954
Black, non-Hispanic	2,289,573		2,198,777	1,310,379	888,398	90,796	75,553	15,243
Hispanic	1,995,330		1,912,224	997,132	915,092	83,106	69,801	13,305
Asian/Pacific Islander	1,123,495		1,107,645	705,063	402,582	15,850	12,735	3,115
American Indian/Alaska Native	180,192		174,608	104,611	69,997	5,584	3,369	2,215
Race/ethnicity unknown	1,434,666		1,405,711	781,513	624,198	28,955	24,594	4,361
Nonresident alien	626,383		624,041	493,411	130,630	2,342	2,108	234
Gender
Men	7,952,330		7,815,914	5,029,444	2,786,470	136,416	106,086	30,330
Women	10,718,754		10,432,214	6,240,448	4,191,766	286,540	230,443	56,097

† Not applicable.

¹ Includes 309 students enrolled in graduate-level courses at eight 2-year institutions.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2008, Enrollment component.

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