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Table 221. Enrollment and degrees conferred in degree-granting women's colleges, by selected characteristics and institution: Fall 2005 and 2004–05
Institution1  State Type and control2  Enrollment, fall 2005 Degrees awarded to females, 2004–05
Total Females Percent female Males, full-time Females, full-time Males, part-time Females, part-time Associate's Bachelor's Master's Doctor's
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Total 90,402 84,977 94.0 1,909 60,074 3,516 24,903 858 13,439 4,134 109
Judson College AL 3 331 317 95.8 4 253 10 64 0 70
Mills College CA 3 1,372 1,277 93.1 88 1,186 7 91 0 183 99 2
Mount Saint Mary's College CA 3 2,480 2,263 91.3 105 1,651 112 612 118 284 53
Scripps College CA 3 908 904 99.6 1 890 3 14 0 181
Saint Joseph College CT 3 1,858 1,771 95.3 15 999 72 772 0 226 153
                           
Trinity Washington University DC 3 1,621 1,451 89.5 37 719 133 732 0 145 221
Agnes Scott College GA 3 1,016 1,004 98.8 4 885 8 119 0 184 14
Brenau University GA 3 2,168 1,882 86.8 113 1,136 173 746 0 374 207
Spelman College GA 3 2,318 2,300 99.2 18 2,205 0 95 0 498
Wesleyan College GA 3 640 613 95.8 16 416 11 197 0 131 32
                           
Lexington College IL 3 56 56 100.0 0 45 0 11 3 4
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College IN 3 1,757 1,718 97.8 1 509 38 1,209 5 138 16
Saint Mary's College IN 3 1,397 1,396 99.9 0 1,366 1 30 0 376
Midway College KY 3 1,279 1,105 86.4 87 789 87 316 61 179
College of Notre Dame of Maryland MD 3 3,358 2,932 87.3 12 647 414 2,285 0 246 252
                           
Bay Path College MA 3 1,456 1,434 98.5 14 1,185 8 249 126 197 35
Mount Holyoke College MA 3 2,127 2,122 99.8 0 2,056 5 66 0 553 2
Pine Manor College MA 3 455 454 99.8 0 447 1 7 3 89
Regis College MA 3 1,303 1,248 95.8 16 765 39 483 88 223 59
Simmons College MA 3 4,805 4,358 90.7 78 2,251 369 2,107 0 381 707 66
                           
Smith College MA 3 3,093 3,035 98.1 56 2,977 2 58 0 734 154 9
Wellesley College MA 3 2,331 2,283 97.9 1 2,215 47 68 0 576
College of Saint Benedict MN 3 2,045 2,045 100.0 0 1,993 0 52 0 504
College of St. Catherine MN 3 4,907 4,653 94.8 93 2,976 161 1,677 194 518 244
Cottey College MO 4 314 314 100.0 0 306 0 8 97
                           
Stephens College MO 3 826 795 96.2 19 602 12 193 1 102 15
College of Saint Mary NE 3 955 955 100.0 0 655 0 300 97 111
College of Saint Elizabeth NJ 3 1,858 1,685 90.7 39 781 134 904 0 252 155
Georgian Court College NJ 3 3,153 2,765 87.7 107 1,461 281 1,304 0 354 177
Barnard College NY 3 2,356 2,356 100.0 0 2,296 0 60 0 585
                           
College of New Rochelle NY 3 6,891 6,165 89.5 439 4,426 287 1,739 0 923 310
Marymount College of Fordham U. NY 3 949 921 97.0 14 830 14 91 0 238
Wells College NY 3 416 380 91.3 35 370 1 10 0 88
Bennett College for Women NC 3 572 572 100.0 0 566 0 6 0 68
Meredith College NC 3 2,168 2,137 98.6 0 1,665 31 472 0 423 38
                           
Peace College NC 3 668 668 100.0 0 647 0 21 37 92
Salem College NC 3 1,109 1,074 96.8 8 715 27 359 0 181 23
Ursuline College OH 3 1,494 1,351 90.4 57 782 86 569 0 217 86
Bryn Mawr College PA 3 1,799 1,687 93.8 78 1,493 34 194 0 320 111 14
                           
Carlow College PA 3 2,123 1,978 93.2 78 1,202 67 776 0 273 87
Cedar Crest College PA 3 1,911 1,810 94.7 15 937 86 873 0 295 11
Chatham College PA 3 1,440 1,282 89.0 56 794 102 488 0 103 149 18
Moore College of Art and Design PA 3 493 489 99.2 0 423 4 66 0 112
                           
Rosemont College PA 3 1,048 922 88.0 7 484 119 438 0 113 110
Wilson College PA 3 732 648 88.5 14 334 70 314 13 86
Columbia College SC 3 1,493 1,444 96.7 29 1,181 20 263 0 214 242
Converse College SC 3 2,170 1,935 89.2 26 792 209 1,143 0 153 157
Hollins University VA 3 1,123 1,062 94.6 16 851 45 211 0 178 64
                           
Mary Baldwin College VA 3 1,740 1,570 90.2 64 1,042 106 528 0 285 53
Randolph-Macon Woman's College VA 3 712 712 100.0 0 685 0 27 0 155
Sweet Briar College VA 3 752 716 95.2 31 681 5 35 0 126
Alverno College WI 3 2,372 2,330 98.2 2 1,529 40 801 15 226 40
Mount Mary College WI 3 1,684 1,633 97.0 16 983 35 650 0 172 58
†Not applicable.
1 Data are for colleges and universities identified by the Women's College Coalition as women's colleges in 2006. 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 of the University of Denver; Newcomb College of Tulane University; Douglass College of Rutgers University; and Russell Sage College of the Sage Colleges.
2 3 = private not-for-profit, 4-year; and 4 = private, not-for-profit, 2-year.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005 and 2004–05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2006 and Fall 2005. (This table was prepared September 2006.)

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