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Table 186. | Enrollment, staff, and degrees conferred in postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs, by type and control of institution, sex of student, type of staff, and type of degree: Fall 2005, fall 2006, and 2006–07 |
Selected characteristic | All Title IV participating institutions1 | Degree-granting institutions2 | Non-degree-granting institutions3 | ||||||||
Total | Public | Private | Total | Public | Private | ||||||
Total | Not-for-profit | For-profit | Total | Not-for-profit | For-profit | ||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Enrollment, fall 2006 | |||||||||||
Total | 18,205,474 | 17,758,870 | 13,180,133 | 4,578,737 | 3,512,866 | 1,065,871 | 446,604 | 101,531 | 345,073 | 30,589 | 314,484 |
4-year institutions | 11,240,834 | 11,240,330 | 6,955,013 | 4,285,317 | 3,473,710 | 811,607 | 504 | 35 | 469 | 469 | 0 |
Males | 4,870,221 | 4,870,076 | 3,078,769 | 1,791,307 | 1,476,005 | 315,302 | 145 | 13 | 132 | 132 | 0 |
Females | 6,370,613 | 6,370,254 | 3,876,244 | 2,494,010 | 1,997,705 | 496,305 | 359 | 22 | 337 | 337 | 0 |
2-year institutions | 6,650,734 | 6,518,540 | 6,225,120 | 293,420 | 39,156 | 254,264 | 132,194 | 51,065 | 81,129 | 16,351 | 64,778 |
Males | 2,766,327 | 2,704,739 | 2,600,635 | 104,104 | 13,876 | 90,228 | 61,588 | 26,598 | 34,990 | 4,188 | 30,802 |
Females | 3,884,407 | 3,813,801 | 3,624,485 | 189,316 | 25,280 | 164,036 | 70,606 | 24,467 | 46,139 | 12,163 | 33,976 |
Less-than-2-year institutions | 313,906 | † | † | † | † | † | 313,906 | 50,431 | 263,475 | 13,769 | 249,706 |
Males | 79,253 | † | † | † | † | † | 79,253 | 18,691 | 60,562 | 4,905 | 55,657 |
Females | 234,653 | † | † | † | † | † | 234,653 | 31,740 | 202,913 | 8,864 | 194,049 |
Staff, fall 2005 | |||||||||||
Total | 3,428,811 | 3,379,087 | 2,267,687 | 1,111,400 | 971,425 | 139,975 | 49,724 | 23,594 | 26,130 | 3,618 | 22,512 |
Professional staff | 2,496,068 | 2,459,885 | 1,640,704 | 819,181 | 700,202 | 118,979 | 36,183 | 15,841 | 20,342 | 2,590 | 17,752 |
Administrative | 201,571 | 196,324 | 101,011 | 95,313 | 85,125 | 10,188 | 5,247 | 1,292 | 3,955 | 388 | 3,567 |
Faculty | 1,314,506 | 1,290,426 | 841,188 | 449,238 | 361,523 | 87,715 | 24,080 | 11,114 | 12,966 | 1,768 | 11,198 |
Faculty assistants | 317,146 | 317,141 | 257,952 | 59,189 | 59,061 | 128 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Other professionals | 662,845 | 655,994 | 440,553 | 215,441 | 194,493 | 20,948 | 6,851 | 3,433 | 3,418 | 434 | 2,984 |
Nonprofessional staff | 932,743 | 919,202 | 626,983 | 292,219 | 271,223 | 20,996 | 13,541 | 7,753 | 5,788 | 1,028 | 4,760 |
Student/staff ratio | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 8.1 | 13.8 |
Degrees conferred, 2006–07 | |||||||||||
Less-than-1-year awards and 1- to 4-year awards |
729,037 | 437,946 | 331,216 | 106,730 | 19,550 | 87,180 | 291,091 | 58,424 | 232,667 | 14,645 | 218,022 |
4-year institutions | 52,796 | 52,669 | 21,090 | 31,579 | 16,204 | 15,375 | 127 | 0 | 127 | 127 | 0 |
Males | 18,565 | 18,534 | 9,459 | 9,075 | 5,894 | 3,181 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
Females | 34,231 | 34,135 | 11,631 | 22,504 | 10,310 | 12,194 | 96 | 0 | 96 | 96 | 0 |
2-year institutions | 451,438 | 385,277 | 310,126 | 75,151 | 3,346 | 71,805 | 66,161 | 26,776 | 39,385 | 4,914 | 34,471 |
Males | 193,664 | 165,342 | 142,048 | 23,294 | 1,604 | 21,690 | 28,322 | 12,856 | 15,466 | 1,339 | 14,127 |
Females | 257,774 | 219,935 | 168,078 | 51,857 | 1,742 | 50,115 | 37,839 | 13,920 | 23,919 | 3,575 | 20,344 |
Less-than-2-year institutions | 224,803 | † | † | † | † | † | 224,803 | 31,648 | 193,155 | 9,604 | 183,551 |
Males | 57,360 | † | † | † | † | † | 57,360 | 12,615 | 44,745 | 3,662 | 41,083 |
Females | 167,443 | † | † | † | † | † | 167,443 | 19,033 | 148,410 | 5,942 | 142,468 |
Associate's degrees | 728,118 | 728,114 | 566,535 | 161,579 | 43,829 | 117,750 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4-year institutions | 164,251 | 164,251 | 68,370 | 95,881 | 37,503 | 58,378 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Males | 63,860 | 63,860 | 26,575 | 37,285 | 13,753 | 23,532 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Females | 100,391 | 100,391 | 41,795 | 58,596 | 23,750 | 34,846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2-year institutions | 563,864 | 563,863 | 498,165 | 65,698 | 6,326 | 59,372 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Males | 211,327 | 211,327 | 184,451 | 26,876 | 1,869 | 25,007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Females | 352,537 | 352,536 | 313,714 | 38,822 | 4,457 | 34,365 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Less-than-2-year institutions | 3 | † | † | † | † | † | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Males | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Females | 3 | † | † | † | † | † | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bachelor's degrees | 1,524,092 | 1,524,092 | 975,513 | 548,579 | 477,805 | 70,774 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Males | 649,570 | 649,570 | 420,594 | 228,976 | 195,996 | 32,980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Females | 874,522 | 874,522 | 554,919 | 319,603 | 281,809 | 37,794 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Master's degrees | 604,607 | 604,607 | 291,971 | 312,636 | 261,700 | 50,936 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Males | 238,189 | 238,189 | 114,983 | 123,206 | 105,315 | 17,891 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Females | 366,418 | 366,418 | 176,988 | 189,430 | 156,385 | 33,045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-professional degrees | 90,064 | 90,064 | 36,855 | 53,209 | 52,746 | 463 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Males | 45,057 | 45,057 | 17,471 | 27,586 | 27,344 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Females | 45,007 | 45,007 | 19,384 | 25,623 | 25,402 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doctor's degrees | 60,616 | 60,616 | 36,230 | 24,386 | 22,483 | 1,903 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Males | 30,251 | 30,251 | 18,985 | 11,266 | 10,616 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Females | 30,365 | 30,365 | 17,245 | 13,120 | 11,867 | 1,253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†Not applicable. 1 Includes degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions. 2 Data are for degree-granting institutions, which grant associate†s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 3 Data are for institutions that did not offer accredited 4-year or 2-year degree programs, but were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes some schools with nonaccredited degree programs. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, fall 2005, fall 2006, and 2006–07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2005–06, Spring 2007, and Fall 2007. (This table was prepared July 2008.) |