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Table 301.10. Enrollment, staff, and degrees/certificates conferred in degree-granting and non-degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution, sex of student, type of staff, and level of degree: Fall 2013, Fall 2014, and 2013-14
Level of institution, sex of student, type of staff, and level of degree Total1 Degree-granting institutions Non-degree-granting institutions
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 2014                      
Total 20,663,464 20,207,369 14,655,015 5,552,354 3,996,089 1,556,265 456,095 110,858 345,237 19,005 326,232
4-year institutions 13,493,388 13,492,884 8,257,250 5,235,634 3,965,724 1,269,910 504 0 504 504 0
Males 5,903,390 5,903,282 3,747,975 2,155,307 1,692,461 462,846 108 0 108 108 0
Females 7,589,998 7,589,602 4,509,275 3,080,327 2,273,263 807,064 396 0 396 396 0
                       
2-year institutions 6,845,040 6,714,485 6,397,765 316,720 30,365 286,355 130,555 59,967 70,588 8,922 61,666
Males 2,955,965 2,893,779 2,790,959 102,820 11,264 91,556 62,186 33,635 28,551 2,397 26,154
Females 3,889,075 3,820,706 3,606,806 213,900 19,101 194,799 68,369 26,332 42,037 6,525 35,512
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 325,036 325,036 50,891 274,145 9,579 264,566
Males 90,670 90,670 23,811 66,859 3,853 63,006
Females 234,366 234,366 27,080 207,286 5,726 201,560
                       
Staff, fall 2013                      
Total 3,969,226 3,896,053 2,527,284 1,368,769 1,156,998 211,771 73,173 22,452 50,721 4,394 46,327
Faculty (instruction/research/public
      service)
1,582,360 1,545,381 968,734 576,647 449,072 127,575 36,979 11,606 25,373 2,015 23,358
Instruction 1,474,768 1,437,789 899,741 538,048 410,675 127,373 36,979 11,606 25,373 2,015 23,358
Research 81,670 81,670 51,478 30,192 30,080 112
Public service 25,922 25,922 17,515 8,407 8,317 90
Graduate assistants 363,416 363,416 287,852 75,564 75,113 451
Librarians, curators, and archivists 44,906 44,677 24,759 19,918 18,318 1,600 229 79 150 42 108
Student and academic affairs and
      other education services
165,006 158,653 105,772 52,881 39,793 13,088 6,353 2,640 3,713 438 3,275
Management 259,646 252,615 139,745 112,870 96,421 16,449 7,031 1,305 5,726 468 5,258
Business and financial operations 196,073 193,065 127,211 65,854 58,637 7,217 3,008 461 2,547 137 2,410
Computer, engineering, and science 232,338 231,714 158,570 73,144 70,416 2,728 624 340 284 25 259
Community, social service, legal,
      arts, design, entertainment,
      sports, and media
167,955 167,466 101,142 66,324 58,422 7,902 489 314 175 42 133
Healthcare practitioners and
      technicians
118,310 117,576 76,793 40,783 40,530 253 734 450 284 130 154
Service occupations 244,521 241,064 160,420 80,644 78,358 2,286 3,457 1,636 1,821 491 1,330
Sales and related occupations 17,813 15,400 4,994 10,406 4,540 5,866 2,413 32 2,381 37 2,344
Office and administrative support 480,789 470,167 301,625 168,542 142,976 25,566 10,622 2,901 7,721 526 7,195
Natural resources, construction, and
      maintenance
76,412 75,401 55,470 19,931 19,404 527 1,011 509 502 33 469
Production, transportation, and
       material moving
19,681 19,458 14,197 5,261 4,998 263 223 179 44 10 34
                       
Degrees/certificates conferred,
      2013-14
                     
Total 4,774,644 4,470,351 2,925,339 1,545,012 1,030,018 514,994 304,293 65,501 238,792 12,526 226,266
Less-than-1-year and 1- to less-
      than-4-year certificates
969,353 665,118 510,757 154,361 18,204 136,157 304,235 65,501 238,734 12,526 226,208
4-year institutions 104,754 104,690 61,227 43,463 12,637 30,826 64 0 64 64 0
Males 42,457 42,450 29,169 13,281 5,044 8,237 7 0 7 7 0
Females 62,297 62,240 32,058 30,182 7,593 22,589 57 0 57 57 0
                       
2-year institutions 632,683 560,428 449,530 110,898 5,567 105,331 72,255 33,198 39,057 4,198 34,859
Males 282,548 251,434 216,893 34,541 1,918 32,623 31,114 15,938 15,176 1,280 13,896
Females 350,135 308,994 232,637 76,357 3,649 72,708 41,141 17,260 23,881 2,918 20,963
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 231,916 231,916 32,303 199,613 8,264 191,349
Males 65,789 65,789 13,727 52,062 3,608 48,454
Females 166,127 166,127 18,576 147,551 4,656 142,895
                       
Associate's degrees 1,003,422 1,003,364 793,180 210,184 53,127 157,057 58 0 58 0 58
4-year institutions 287,076 287,076 140,109 146,967 46,679 100,288 0 0 0 0 0
Males 111,085 111,085 55,701 55,384 17,323 38,061 0 0 0 0 0
Females 175,991 175,991 84,408 91,583 29,356 62,227 0 0 0 0 0
                       
2-year institutions 716,290 716,288 653,071 63,217 6,448 56,769 2 0 2 0 2
Males 279,721 279,720 257,568 22,152 2,356 19,796 1 0 1 0 1
Females 436,569 436,568 395,503 41,065 4,092 36,973 1 0 1 0 1
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 56 56 0 56 0 56
Males 14 14 0 14 0 14
Females 42 42 0 42 0 42
                       
Bachelor's degrees 1,869,814 1,869,814 1,186,397 683,417 544,213 139,204 0 0 0 0 0
Males 801,692 801,692 522,295 279,397 223,439 55,958 0 0 0 0 0
Females 1,068,122 1,068,122 664,102 404,020 320,774 83,246 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Master's degrees 754,475 754,475 346,101 408,374 333,580 74,794 0 0 0 0 0
Males 302,807 302,807 142,365 160,442 134,906 25,536 0 0 0 0 0
Females 451,668 451,668 203,736 247,932 198,674 49,258 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Doctor's degrees 177,580 177,580 88,904 88,676 80,894 7,782 0 0 0 0 0
Males 85,587 85,587 43,737 41,850 38,927 2,923 0 0 0 0 0
Females 91,993 91,993 45,167 46,826 41,967 4,859 0 0 0 0 0
†Not applicable.
1 Includes both degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions.
NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Degree-granting institutions grant degrees at the associate's or higher level, while non-degree-granting institutions grant only awards below that level. The non-degree-granting classification includes some institutions transitioning to higher level program offerings, though still classified at a lower level; therefore, a small number of associate's degrees are shown as awarded by non-degree-granting institutions. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2014, Human Resources component; Spring 2015, Fall Enrollment component; and Fall 2014, Completions component. (This table was prepared April 2016.)

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