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Table 219. Enrollment, staff, and degrees/certificates conferred in all postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs, by level and control of institution, sex of student, type of staff, and type of degree: Fall 2010, fall 2011, and 2010-11
Level of institution, sex of student, type of staff, and type of degree All Title IV eligible insti-tutions1 Degree-granting institutions2 Non-degree-granting institutions3
Total Public Private Total Public Private
Total Nonprofit For-profit Total Nonprofit For-profit
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Enrollment, fall 2010                      
Total 21,588,124 21,016,126 15,142,809 5,873,317 3,854,920 2,018,397 571,998 137,464 434,534 26,986 407,548
4-year institutions 13,335,777 13,335,251 7,924,771 5,410,480 3,822,260 1,588,220 526 42 484 423 61
Males 5,779,795 5,779,685 3,568,544 2,211,141 1,626,564 584,577 110 15 95 79 16
Females 7,555,982 7,555,566 4,356,227 3,199,339 2,195,696 1,003,643 416 27 389 344 45
                       
2-year institutions 7,847,996 7,680,875 7,218,038 462,837 32,660 430,177 167,121 66,575 100,546 11,400 89,146
Males 3,346,603 3,265,126 3,110,993 154,133 12,504 141,629 81,477 35,616 45,861 3,130 42,731
Females 4,501,393 4,415,749 4,107,045 308,704 20,156 288,548 85,644 30,959 54,685 8,270 46,415
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 404,351 404,351 70,847 333,504 15,163 318,341
Males 113,722 113,722 29,720 84,002 5,610 78,392
Females 290,629 290,629 41,127 249,502 9,553 239,949
                       
Staff, fall 2011                      
Total 3,920,836 3,840,980 2,484,820 1,356,160 1,118,046 238,114 79,856 24,000 55,856 5,080 50,776
Professional staff 2,986,568 2,923,961 1,865,269 1,058,692 843,740 214,952 62,607 17,977 44,630 3,791 40,839
Administrative 248,982 238,718 112,473 126,245 104,010 22,235 10,264 1,430 8,834 753 8,081
Faculty 1,565,504 1,523,615 953,230 570,385 432,733 137,652 41,889 14,716 27,173 2,309 24,864
Graduate assistants 355,916 355,916 285,905 70,011 69,376 635 0 0 0 0 0
Other professionals 816,166 805,712 513,661 292,051 237,621 54,430 10,454 1,831 8,623 729 7,894
Nonprofessional staff 934,268 917,019 619,551 297,468 274,306 23,162 17,249 6,023 11,226 1,289 9,937
                       
Degrees/certificates conferred,                      
2010-11                      
Total 4,582,206 4,212,620 2,658,452 1,554,168 975,390 578,778 369,586 67,500 302,086 16,006 286,080
Less-than-1-year and 1- to less-
   than-4-year certificates
1,029,557 659,980 452,179 207,801 20,507 187,294 369,577 67,491 302,086 16,006 286,080
4-year institutions 85,532 85,441 42,214 43,227 10,609 32,618 91 0 91 91 0
Males 33,727 33,713 21,035 12,678 4,455 8,223 14 0 14 14 0
Females 51,805 51,728 21,179 30,549 6,154 24,395 77 0 77 77 0
                       
2-year institutions 665,139 574,539 409,965 164,574 9,898 154,676 90,600 32,344 58,256 5,245 53,011
Males 279,816 240,141 193,503 46,638 2,771 43,867 39,675 15,104 24,571 1,525 23,046
Females 385,323 334,398 216,462 117,936 7,127 110,809 50,925 17,240 33,685 3,720 29,965
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 278,886 278,886 35,147 243,739 10,670 233,069
Males 78,140 78,140 14,009 64,131 4,334 59,797
Females 200,746 200,746 21,138 179,608 6,336 173,272
                       
Associate's degrees 942,336 942,327 696,788 245,539 51,969 193,570 9 9 0 0 0
4-year institutions 289,435 289,435 119,360 170,075 44,587 125,488 0 0 0 0 0
Males 108,751 108,751 47,340 61,411 16,286 45,125 0 0 0 0 0
Females 180,684 180,684 72,020 108,664 28,301 80,363 0 0 0 0 0
                       
2-year institutions 652,901 652,892 577,428 75,464 7,382 68,082 9 9 0 0 0
Males 252,565 252,558 223,044 29,514 2,593 26,921 7 7 0 0 0
Females 400,336 400,334 354,384 45,950 4,789 41,161 2 2 0 0 0
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 0 0 0 0 0 0
Males 0 0 0 0 0 0
Females 0 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Bachelor's degrees 1,715,913 1,715,913 1,088,297 627,616 513,106 114,510 0 0 0 0 0
Males 734,133 734,133 476,785 257,348 211,018 46,330 0 0 0 0 0
Females 981,780 981,780 611,512 370,268 302,088 68,180 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Master's degrees 730,635 730,635 339,250 391,385 313,200 78,185 0 0 0 0 0
Males 291,551 291,551 137,618 153,933 126,799 27,134 0 0 0 0 0
Females 439,084 439,084 201,632 237,452 186,401 51,051 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Doctor's degrees 163,765 163,765 81,938 81,827 76,608 5,219 0 0 0 0 0
Males 79,654 79,654 40,056 39,598 37,529 2,069 0 0 0 0 0
Females 84,111 84,111 41,882 42,229 39,079 3,150 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 2011-12, Human Resources component; Spring 2010, Enrollment component; and Fall 2011, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2012.)

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