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Table 187. | 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 2007 and 2007-08 |
Selected characteristic | All Title IV participating insti-tutions1 | Degree-granting institutions2 | Non-degree-granting institutions3 | ||||||||
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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 2007 Total |
18,671,084 | 18,248,128 | 13,490,780 | 4,757,348 | 3,571,150 | 1,186,198 | 422,956 | 105,069 | 317,887 | 24,057 | 293,830 |
4-year institutions | 11,630,585 | 11,630,198 | 7,166,661 | 4,463,537 | 3,537,664 | 925,873 | 387 | 36 | 351 | 351 | 0 |
Males | 5,045,432 | 5,045,343 | 3,190,280 | 1,855,063 | 1,504,100 | 350,963 | 89 | 14 | 75 | 75 | 0 |
Females | 6,585,153 | 6,584,855 | 3,976,381 | 2,608,474 | 2,033,564 | 574,910 | 298 | 22 | 276 | 276 | 0 |
2-year institutions | 6,740,618 | 6,617,930 | 6,324,119 | 293,811 | 33,486 | 260,325 | 122,688 | 50,435 | 72,253 | 11,357 | 60,896 |
Males | 2,827,352 | 2,770,571 | 2,667,019 | 103,552 | 11,694 | 91,858 | 56,781 | 26,616 | 30,165 | 2,944 | 27,221 |
Females | 3,913,266 | 3,847,359 | 3,657,100 | 190,259 | 21,792 | 168,467 | 65,907 | 23,819 | 42,088 | 8,413 | 33,675 |
Less-than-2-year institutions | 299,881 | † | † | † | † | † | 299,881 | 54,598 | 245,283 | 12,349 | 232,934 |
Males | 79,546 | † | † | † | † | † | 79,546 | 21,946 | 57,600 | 3,894 | 53,706 |
Females | 220,335 | † | † | † | † | † | 220,335 | 32,652 | 187,683 | 8,455 | 179,228 |
Staff, fall 2007 Total |
3,630,956 | 3,561,428 | 2,362,483 | 1,198,945 | 1,023,397 | 175,548 | 69,528 | 21,517 | 48,011 | 10,160 | 37,851 |
Professional staff | 2,683,214 | 2,629,401 | 1,728,266 | 901,135 | 748,928 | 152,207 | 53,813 | 16,261 | 37,552 | 6,275 | 31,277 |
Administrative | 225,778 | 217,518 | 108,727 | 108,791 | 94,878 | 13,913 | 8,260 | 1,209 | 7,051 | 874 | 6,177 |
Faculty | 1,407,467 | 1,371,390 | 877,146 | 494,244 | 385,875 | 108,369 | 36,077 | 13,413 | 22,664 | 2,636 | 20,028 |
Faculty assistants | 328,979 | 328,979 | 266,429 | 62,550 | 62,440 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other professionals | 720,990 | 711,514 | 475,964 | 235,550 | 205,735 | 29,815 | 9,476 | 1,639 | 7,837 | 2,765 | 5,072 |
Nonprofessional staff | 947,742 | 932,027 | 634,217 | 297,810 | 274,469 | 23,341 | 15,715 | 5,256 | 10,459 | 3,885 | 6,574 |
Student/staff ratio | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 7.8 |
Degrees conferred, 2007-08 | |||||||||||
Less-than-2-year awards and 2- to 4-year awards |
749,883 | 450,715 | 336,312 | 114,403 | 20,602 | 93,801 | 299,168 | 62,769 | 236,399 | 13,482 | 222,917 |
4-year institutions | 56,359 | 56,282 | 24,222 | 32,060 | 16,156 | 15,904 | 77 | 0 | 77 | 77 | 0 |
Males | 21,183 | 21,170 | 11,289 | 9,881 | 6,163 | 3,718 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Females | 35,176 | 35,112 | 12,933 | 22,179 | 9,993 | 12,186 | 64 | 0 | 64 | 64 | 0 |
2-year institutions | 471,948 | 394,433 | 312,090 | 82,343 | 4,446 | 77,897 | 77,515 | 33,301 | 44,214 | 4,660 | 39,554 |
Males | 203,535 | 170,665 | 146,244 | 24,421 | 2,007 | 22,414 | 32,870 | 15,354 | 17,516 | 1,174 | 16,342 |
Females | 268,413 | 223,768 | 165,846 | 57,922 | 2,439 | 55,483 | 44,645 | 17,947 | 26,698 | 3,486 | 23,212 |
Less-than-2-year institutions | 221,576 | † | † | † | † | † | 221,576 | 29,468 | 192,108 | 8,745 | 183,363 |
Males | 58,548 | † | † | † | † | † | 58,548 | 11,420 | 47,128 | 3,502 | 43,626 |
Females | 163,028 | † | † | † | † | † | 163,028 | 18,048 | 144,980 | 5,243 | 139,737 |
Associate's degrees | 750,283 | 750,164 | 578,520 | 171,644 | 44,788 | 126,856 | 119 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 119 |
4-year institutions | 178,215 | 178,215 | 71,514 | 106,701 | 38,251 | 68,450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Males | 68,633 | 68,633 | 27,763 | 40,870 | 14,374 | 26,496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Females | 109,582 | 109,582 | 43,751 | 65,831 | 23,877 | 41,954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2-year institutions | 571,949 | 571,949 | 507,006 | 64,943 | 6,537 | 58,406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Males | 213,888 | 213,888 | 187,300 | 26,588 | 1,936 | 24,652 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Females | 358,061 | 358,061 | 319,706 | 38,355 | 4,601 | 33,754 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Less-than-2-year institutions | 119 | † | † | † | † | † | 119 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 119 |
Males | 21 | † | † | † | † | † | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
Females | 98 | † | † | † | † | † | 98 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 98 |
Bachelor's degrees | 1,563,075 | 1,563,069 | 996,435 | 566,634 | 490,685 | 75,949 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Males | 667,930 | 667,928 | 431,998 | 235,930 | 201,352 | 34,578 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Females | 895,145 | 895,141 | 564,437 | 330,704 | 289,333 | 41,371 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Master's degrees | 625,023 | 625,023 | 299,923 | 325,100 | 270,246 | 54,854 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Males | 246,491 | 246,491 | 118,626 | 127,865 | 108,179 | 19,686 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Females | 378,532 | 378,532 | 181,297 | 197,235 | 162,067 | 35,168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-professional degrees | 91,309 | 91,309 | 37,278 | 54,031 | 53,225 | 806 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Males | 45,916 | 45,916 | 17,912 | 28,004 | 27,604 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Females | 45,393 | 45,393 | 19,366 | 26,027 | 25,621 | 406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doctor's degrees | 63,712 | 63,712 | 38,315 | 25,397 | 23,037 | 2,360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Males | 31,215 | 31,215 | 19,634 | 11,581 | 10,774 | 807 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Females | 32,497 | 32,497 | 18,681 | 13,816 | 12,263 | 1,553 | 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, 2007 and 2007-08 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2007-08, Spring 2008, and Fall 2008. (This table was prepared July 2009.) |