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| Number and percentage distribution of Title IV institutions, by control of institution, level of institution, and region: United States and other jurisdictions, academic year 2008-09 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of institutions | Percent of institutions | |||||||
| Level of institution and region | Total | Public | Private not-for-profit | Private for-profit | Total | Public | Private not-for-profit | Private for-profit |
| Total institutions | 6,787 | 2,023 | 1,864 | 2,900 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Total U.S. institutions | 6,632 | 1,997 | 1,809 | 2,826 | 97.7 | 98.7 | 97.0 | 97.4 |
| Level of institution | ||||||||
| 4-year | 2,798 | 671 | 1,589 | 538 | 41.2 | 33.2 | 85.2 | 18.6 |
| U.S. | 2,734 | 653 | 1,551 | 530 | 40.3 | 32.3 | 83.2 | 18.3 |
| Other jurisdictions | 64 | 18 | 38 | 8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.3 |
| 2-year | 2,227 | 1,135 | 189 | 903 | 32.8 | 56.1 | 10.1 | 31.1 |
| U.S. | 2,203 | 1,127 | 183 | 893 | 32.5 | 55.7 | 9.8 | 30.8 |
| Other jurisdictions | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Less-than-2-year | 1,762 | 217 | 86 | 1,459 | 26.0 | 10.7 | 4.6 | 50.3 |
| U.S. | 1,695 | 217 | 75 | 1,403 | 25.0 | 10.7 | 4.0 | 48.4 |
| Other jurisdictions | 67 | 0 | 11 | 56 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Region | ||||||||
| New England | 406 | 94 | 170 | 142 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 9.1 | 4.9 |
| Mid East | 1,107 | 277 | 428 | 402 | 16.3 | 13.7 | 23.0 | 13.9 |
| Great Lakes | 1,021 | 279 | 311 | 431 | 15.0 | 13.8 | 16.7 | 14.9 |
| Plains | 618 | 196 | 201 | 221 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 7.6 |
| Southeast | 1,623 | 577 | 360 | 686 | 23.9 | 28.5 | 19.3 | 23.7 |
| Southwest | 686 | 238 | 90 | 358 | 10.1 | 11.8 | 4.8 | 12.3 |
| Rocky Mountains | 243 | 81 | 28 | 134 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 4.6 |
| Far West | 923 | 250 | 221 | 452 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 15.6 |
| U.S. service academies | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Other jurisdictions | 155 | 26 | 55 | 74 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
NOTE: Data are not imputed. The item response rates for all cells in this table are 100 percent. The other jurisdictions include American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Marianas, Palau, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2008, Institutional Characteristics component.
