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Digest of Education Statistics: 2004
Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005


Table 217. Enrollment and degrees conferred in women's colleges, by selected characteristics and institution: Fall 2002 and 2002-03

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                                    |State|  Type |                    Enrollment, fall 2002           |Number of degrees awarded
                                    |     |   and |                                                    |   to females, 2002-03
Institution\1\                      |     |  con- |____________________________________________________|_________________________
                                    |     |trol\2\|      |Females| Per- |Males,|Females,|Males,|Females|Asso- |Bache-|Mas- |Doc-
                                    |     |       |Total |       | cent |full- |  full- |part- | part- |ciate'|lor's |ter's|tor's
                                    |     |       |      |       |female| time |   time | time |  time |      |      |     |
____________________________________|_____|_______|______|_______|______|______|________|______|_______|______|______|_____|_____
1                                   |   2 |     3 |    4 |     5 |    6 |    7 |      8 |    9 |    10 |   11 |   12 |  13 |  14
____________________________________|_____|_______|______|_______|______|______|________|______|_______|______|______|_____|_____
   Total ...........................|   † |     † |96,991| 90,402|  93.2| 2,097|  59,083| 4,492| 31,319|   842|14,175|6,245|  103
                                    |_____|_______|______|_______|______|______|________|______|_______|______|______|_____|_____
Judson College .....................|  AL |     3 |   363|    347|  95.6|     2|     298|    14|     49|     0|    50|     |    †
Mills College ......................|  CA |     3 | 1,206|  1,107|  91.8|    93|    1006|     6|    101|     0|   203|  107|    1
Mount Saint Mary's College .........|  CA |     3 | 1,210|  1,149|  95.0|     9|     902|    52|    247|   111|   294|   30|    †
Scripps College ....................|  CA |     3 |   842|    837|  99.4|     5|     829|     0|      8|     0|   198|     |    †
Saint Joseph College ...............|  CT |     3 | 1,778|  1,693|  95.2|    12|     900|    73|    793|     0|   181|  156|    †
                                    |     |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |       |      |      |     |
Trinity College ....................|  DC |     3 | 1,645|  1,515|  92.1|    23|     683|   107|    832|     0|   131|  151|    †
Agnes Scott College ................|  GA |     3 |   886|    883|  99.7|     1|     848|     2|     35|     0|   187|    9|    †
Brenau University ..................|  GA |     3 | 2,113|  1,756|  83.1|   150|    1039|   207|    717|     0|   336|  229|    †
Spelman College ....................|  GA |     3 | 2,121|  2,121| 100.0|     0|    2053|     0|     68|     0|   434|     |    †
Wesleyan College ...................|  GA |     3 |   738|    722|  97.8|    14|     589|     2|    133|     0|    94|   25|    †
                                    |     |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |       |      |      |     |
Lexington College ..................|  IL |      4|    52|     52| 100.0|     0|      52|     0|      0|     8|     †|     |    †
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College ....|  IN |     3 | 1,612|  1,589|  98.6|     0|     432|    23|   1157|    12|   145|   12|    †
Saint Mary's College ...............|  IN |     3 | 1,492|  1,491|  99.9|     1|    1462|     0|     29|     0|   356|     |    †
Midway College .....................|  KY |     3 | 1,042|    900|  86.4|    86|     572|    56|    328|    52|   114|     |    †
College of Notre Dame of Maryland ..|  MD |     3 | 3,148|  2,828|  89.8|    17|     746|   303|   2082|     0|   321|  236|    †
                                    |     |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |       |      |      |     |
Bay Path College ...................|  MA |     3 | 1,107|  1,091|  98.6|    13|     840|     3|    251|    77|   186|   31|    †
Lesley University ..................|  MA |     3 | 6,864|  5,992|  87.3|    73|     946|   799|   5046|     0|   314| 2266|    9
Mount Holyoke College ..............|  MA |     3 | 2,194|  2,187|  99.7|     2|    2123|     5|     64|     0|   570|    2|    †
Pine Manor College .................|  MA |     3 |   455|    455| 100.0|     0|     447|     0|      8|     7|    54|     |    †
Regis College ......................|  MA |     3 | 1,045|  1,020|  97.6|     4|     630|    21|    390|    49|   196|   57|    †
                                    |     |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |       |      |      |     |
Simmons College ....................|  MA |     3 | 4,017|  3,683|  91.7|    86|    2040|   248|   1643|     0|   320|  636|   41
Smith College ......................|  MA |     3 | 3,108|  3,031|  97.5|    70|    2960|     7|     71|     0|   722|  143|    2
Wellesley College ..................|  MA |     3 | 2,300|  2,294|  99.7|     0|    2220|     6|     74|     0|   643|     |    †
College of Saint Benedict ..........|  MN |     3 | 2,072|  2,072| 100.0|     0|    2010|     0|     62|     0|   459|     |    †
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul .|  MN |     3 | 4,704|  4,515|  96.0|    93|    2935|    96|   1580|   190|   504|  291|    †
                                    |     |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |       |      |      |     |
Blue Mountain College ..............|  MS |     3 |   389|    322|  82.8|    53|     249|    14|     73|     0|    57|     |    †
Mississippi University for Women ...|  MS |     1 | 2,105|  1,804|  85.7|   176|    1353|   125|    451|    39|   323|   59|    †
Cottey College .....................|  MO |     4 |   305|    305| 100.0|     0|     296|     0|      9|   118|     †|     |    †
Stephens College ...................|  MO |     3 |   652|    610|  93.6|    18|     445|    24|    165|    10|   117|   12|    †
College of Saint Mary ..............|  NE |     3 |   852|    847|  99.4|     0|     580|     5|    267|    59|   117|     |    †
                                    |     |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |       |      |      |     |
College of Saint Elizabeth .........|  NJ |     3 | 1,737|  1,610|  92.7|    11|     688|   116|    922|     0|   171|   72|    †
Georgian Court College .............|  NJ |     3 | 2,871|  2,538|  88.4|    89|    1286|   244|   1252|     0|   311|  163|    †
Barnard College ....................|  NY |     3 | 2,297|  2,297| 100.0|     0|    2244|     0|     53|     0|   597|     |    †
College of New Rochelle ............|  NY |     3 | 7,153|  6,249|  87.4|   564|    4125|   340|   2124|     0|   855|  423|    †
Marymount College of Fordham U. ....|  NY |     3 | 1,061|  1,024|  96.5|    16|     896|    21|    128|     1|   194|     |    †
                                    |     |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |       |      |      |     |
Wells College ......................|  NY |     3 |   437|    437| 100.0|     0|     421|     0|     16|     0|   104|     |    †
Bennett College ....................|  NC |     3 |   486|    486| 100.0|     0|     481|     0|      5|     0|    87|     |    †
Meredith College ...................|  NC |     3 | 2,328|  2,300|  98.8|     0|    1712|    28|    588|     0|   491|   40|    †
Peace College ......................|  NC |     3 |   649|    649| 100.0|     0|     625|     0|     24|    56|   116|     |    †
Salem College ......................|  NC |     3 | 1,027|    984|  95.8|    10|     667|    33|    317|     0|   131|   14|    †
                                    |     |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |       |      |      |     |
Ursuline College ...................|  OH |     3 | 1,319|  1,186|  89.9|    53|     612|    80|    574|     1|   196|   97|    †
Bryn Mawr College ..................|  PA |     3 | 1,744|  1,647|  94.4|    52|    1446|    45|    201|     0|   304|   82|   10
Carlow College .....................|  PA |     3 | 2,070|  1,946|  94.0|    47|    1022|    77|    924|     0|   369|   83|    †
Cedar Crest College ................|  PA |     3 | 1,644|  1,575|  95.8|     9|     791|    60|    784|     0|   260|     |    †
Chatham College ....................|  PA |     3 | 1,058|    980|  92.6|    32|     665|    46|    315|     0|   118|  136|    7
                                    |     |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |       |      |      |     |
Immaculata University ..............|  PA |     3 | 3,564|  2,942|  82.5|    49|     661|   573|   2281|    30|   427|   85|   33
Moore College of Art and Design ....|  PA |     3 |   643|    631|  98.1|     0|     487|    12|    144|     0|   104|     |    †
Rosemont College ...................|  PA |     3 | 1,066|    921|  86.4|     9|     418|   136|    503|     0|   162|   92|    †
Wilson College .....................|  PA |     3 |   739|    632|  85.5|    23|     348|    84|    284|    13|    76|     |    †
Columbia College ...................|  SC |     3 | 1,474|  1,410|  95.7|    30|    1166|    34|    244|     0|   204|  161|    †
                                    |     |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |       |      |      |     |
Converse College ...................|  SC |     3 | 1,577|  1,429|  90.6|    27|     744|   121|    685|     0|   158|  149|    †
Hollins University .................|  VA |     3 | 1,153|  1,075|  93.2|    21|     866|    57|    209|     0|   192|   82|    †
Mary Baldwin College ...............|  VA |     3 | 1,625|  1,525|  93.8|    35|    1134|    65|    391|     0|   257|   20|    †
Randolph-Macon Woman's College .....|  VA |     3 |   769|    766|  99.6|     0|     736|     3|     30|     0|   159|     |    †
Sweet Briar College ................|  VA |     3 |   683|    662|  96.9|    13|     634|     8|     28|     0|   141|     |    †
                                    |     |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |       |      |      |     |
Alverno College ....................|  WI |     3 | 1,999|  1,955|  97.8|     1|    1070|    43|    885|     9|   238|   56|    †
Mount Mary College .................|  WI |     3 | 1,401|  1,328|  94.8|     5|     653|    68|    675|     0|   127|   38|    †
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†Not applicable.
\1\Data are for colleges and universities identified by the Women's College Coalition as women's colleges in 2004. Excludes women's colleges whose IPEDS data are reported together with a coed institution or coordinate men's college. The following institutions were excluded for this reason: The Women's College at the University of Denver; Hartford College for Women; Newcomb College; Douglass College; William Smith College; Stern College of Yeshiva University; Russell Sage College; and Westhampton College.
\2\1=public, 4-year; 3=private not-for-profit, 4-year; and 4=private, not-for-profit, 2-year.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2002 and 2002-03 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2003 and Spring 2003. (This table was prepared December 2004.)