National Center for Education Statistics
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| Number and percentage distribution of Title IV 4-year and 2-year institutions offering special learning opportunities, by level and control of institution: United States, academic year 2009-10 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5,023 | 673 | 1,553 | 564 | 1,094 | 176 | 963 | |
| Distance learning opportunities | 3,074 | 603 | 787 | 438 | 1,022 | 41 | 183 | |
| ROTC (any) | 1,050 | 416 | 516 | 18 | 96 | 4 | 0 | |
| Army | 959 | 390 | 470 | 13 | 82 | 4 | 0 | |
| Navy | 164 | 75 | 78 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Air Force | 598 | 241 | 299 | 6 | 51 | 1 | 0 | |
| Study abroad | 1,888 | 534 | 960 | 91 | 290 | 5 | 8 | |
| Weekend college | 2,207 | 248 | 577 | 348 | 612 | 41 | 381 | |
| Teacher certification | 1,632 | 523 | 882 | 22 | 181 | 1 | 23 | |
| None of the above | 915 | 13 | 207 | 52 | 52 | 110 | 481 | |
| Did not respond | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Percent of institutions | ||||||||
| All institutions | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| Distance learning opportunities | 61.2 | 89.6 | 50.7 | 77.7 | 93.4 | 23.3 | 19.0 | |
| ROTC (any) | 20.9 | 61.8 | 33.2 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 2.3 | 0.0 | |
| Army | 19.1 | 57.9 | 30.3 | 2.3 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 0.0 | |
| Navy | 3.3 | 11.1 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Air Force | 11.9 | 35.8 | 19.3 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
| Study abroad | 37.6 | 79.3 | 61.8 | 16.1 | 26.5 | 2.8 | 0.8 | |
| Weekend college | 43.9 | 36.8 | 37.2 | 61.7 | 55.9 | 23.3 | 39.6 | |
| Teacher certification | 32.5 | 77.7 | 56.8 | 3.9 | 16.5 | 0.6 | 2.4 | |
| None of the above | 18.2 | 1.9 | 13.3 | 9.2 | 4.8 | 62.5 | 49.9 | |
| Did not respond | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
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 2009, Institutional Characteristics component.