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Digest of Education Statistics: 2011
Digest of Education Statistics: 2011

NCES 2012-001
May 2012


Table 196. Enrollment, staff, and degrees/certificates conferred in postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs, by level and control of institution, sex of student, type of staff, and type of degree: Fall 2009 and 2009-10
Selected characteristic All Title IV eligible insti-tutions1 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 2009                      
Total 20,966,826 20,427,711 14,810,642 5,617,069 3,765,083 1,851,986 539,115 125,740 413,375 26,335 387,040
4-year institutions 12,906,743 12,906,305 7,709,197 5,197,108 3,730,316 1,466,792 438 43 395 350 45
Males 5,573,046 5,572,944 3,459,326 2,113,618 1,585,807 527,811 102 13 89 78 11
Females 7,333,697 7,333,361 4,249,871 3,083,490 2,144,509 938,981 336 30 306 272 34
                       
2-year institutions 7,674,744 7,521,406 7,101,445 419,961 34,767 385,194 153,338 59,220 94,118 11,812 82,306
Males 3,271,579 3,196,560 3,050,243 146,317 12,299 134,018 75,019 32,471 42,548 2,858 39,690
Females 4,403,165 4,324,846 4,051,202 273,644 22,468 251,176 78,319 26,749 51,570 8,954 42,616
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 385,339 385,339 66,477 318,862 14,173 304,689
Males 107,952 107,952 28,461 79,491 5,418 74,073
Females 277,387 277,387 38,016 239,371 8,755 230,616
                       
Staff, fall 2009                      
Total 3,794,500 3,723,419 2,442,076 1,281,343 1,073,417 207,926 71,081 21,599 49,482 5,087 44,395
Professional staff 2,838,017 2,782,149 1,804,718 977,431 797,291 180,140 55,868 16,203 39,665 3,772 35,893
Administrative 239,957 230,579 112,182 118,397 99,043 19,354 9,378 1,257 8,121 634 7,487
Faculty 1,476,775 1,439,144 913,679 525,465 408,561 116,904 37,631 13,266 24,365 2,442 21,923
Graduate assistants 342,393 342,393 275,872 66,521 66,252 269 0 0 0 0 0
Other professionals 778,892 770,033 502,985 267,048 223,435 43,613 8,859 1,680 7,179 696 6,483
Nonprofessional staff 956,483 941,270 637,358 303,912 276,126 27,786 15,213 5,396 9,817 1,315 8,502
Student/staff ratio 5.5 5.5 6.1 4.4 3.5 8.9 7.6 5.8 8.4 5.2 8.7
                       
Degrees/certificates conferred,                      
2009-10                      
Less-than-2-year awards
   and 2- to 4-year awards
935,789 588,917 399,843 189,074 14,838 174,236 346,872 72,379 274,493 20,772 253,721
4-year institutions 73,101 73,038 35,291 37,747 10,603 27,144 63 0 63 63 0
Males 28,606 28,597 17,402 11,195 4,417 6,778 9 0 9 9 0
Females 44,495 44,441 17,889 26,552 6,186 20,366 54 0 54 54 0
                       
2-year institutions 602,573 515,879 364,552 151,327 4,235 147,092 86,694 35,564 51,130 5,233 45,897
Males 252,359 214,383 173,323 41,060 2,099 38,961 37,976 16,784 21,192 1,372 19,820
Females 350,214 301,496 191,229 110,267 2,136 108,131 48,718 18,780 29,938 3,861 26,077
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 260,115 260,115 36,815 223,300 15,476 207,824
Males 74,415 74,415 14,530 59,885 6,592 53,293
Females 185,700 185,700 22,285 163,415 8,884 154,531
                       
Associate's degrees 849,572 849,452 640,113 209,339 46,673 162,666 120 9 111 0 111
4-year institutions 249,635 249,635 102,240 147,395 40,643 106,752 0 0 0 0 0
Males 94,149 94,149 40,121 54,028 15,015 39,013 0 0 0 0 0
Females 155,486 155,486 62,119 93,367 25,628 67,739 0 0 0 0 0
                       
2-year institutions 599,860 599,817 537,873 61,944 6,030 55,914 43 9 34 0 34
Males 228,807 228,767 205,568 23,199 2,019 21,180 40 6 34 0 34
Females 371,053 371,050 332,305 38,745 4,011 34,734 3 3 0 0 0
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 77 77 0 77 0 77
Males 11 11 0 11 0 11
Females 66 66 0 66 0 66
                       
Bachelor's degrees 1,650,014 1,650,014 1,049,057 600,957 503,164 97,793 0 0 0 0 0
Males 706,633 706,633 458,722 247,911 207,406 40,505 0 0 0 0 0
Females 943,381 943,381 590,335 353,046 295,758 57,288 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Master's degrees 693,025 693,025 322,243 370,782 299,911 70,871 0 0 0 0 0
Males 275,197 275,197 128,449 146,748 121,978 24,770 0 0 0 0 0
Females 417,828 417,828 193,794 224,034 177,933 46,101 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Doctor's degrees 158,558 158,558 78,779 79,779 75,166 4,613 0 0 0 0 0
Males 76,605 76,605 38,506 38,099 36,279 1,820 0 0 0 0 0
Females 81,953 81,953 40,273 41,680 38,887 2,793 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 institutions transitioning to higher level program offerings, though still classified at a lower level.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2009-10, Human Resources component; Spring 2010, Enrollment component; and Fall 2010, Completions component. (This table was prepared May 2011.)