Table 311.33.

Selected statistics for degree-granting postsecondary institutions that primarily offer online programs, by control of institution and selected characteristics: 2014

Selected characteristic	All institu- tions	Primarily online institutions1					Other institutions1
		Total	Percent of all insti- tutions	Public	Nonprofit	For-profit	Total	Public	Nonprofit	For-profit
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Number of institutions, fall 20142	4,614	68	1.5	6	17	45	4,546	1,615	1,649	1,282
Fall 2014 enrollment
Total enrollment	20,207,369	802,835	4.0	58,317	121,417	623,101	19,404,534	14,596,698	3,874,672	933,164
Full-time	12,453,975	483,622	3.9	11,928	71,736	399,958	11,970,353	8,385,791	2,931,475	653,087
Males	5,619,391	157,233	2.8	4,944	27,465	124,824	5,462,158	3,909,685	1,294,634	257,839
Females	6,834,584	326,389	4.8	6,984	44,271	275,134	6,508,195	4,476,106	1,636,841	395,248
Part-time	7,753,394	319,213	4.1	46,389	49,681	223,143	7,434,181	6,210,907	943,197	280,077
Males	3,177,670	127,992	4.0	22,448	22,246	83,298	3,049,678	2,601,857	359,380	88,441
Females	4,575,724	191,221	4.2	23,941	27,435	139,845	4,384,503	3,609,050	583,817	191,636
Undergraduate	17,292,787	594,132	3.4	47,457	99,683	446,992	16,698,655	13,197,380	2,671,658	829,617
Full-time	10,783,802	359,220	3.3	10,513	56,178	292,529	10,424,582	7,597,455	2,213,419	613,708
Part-time	6,508,985	234,912	3.6	36,944	43,505	154,463	6,274,073	5,599,925	458,239	215,909
Postbaccalaureate	2,914,582	208,703	7.2	10,860	21,734	176,109	2,705,879	1,399,318	1,203,014	103,547
Full-time	1,670,173	124,402	7.4	1,415	15,558	107,429	1,545,771	788,336	718,056	39,379
Part-time	1,244,409	84,301	6.8	9,445	6,176	68,680	1,160,108	610,982	484,958	64,168
White	11,237,436	412,654	3.7	39,630	79,414	293,610	10,824,782	8,079,866	2,365,612	379,304
Black	2,791,865	227,805	8.2	6,679	23,358	197,768	2,564,060	1,832,980	466,317	264,763
Hispanic	3,191,699	73,422	2.3	7,008	9,624	56,790	3,118,277	2,573,381	359,386	185,510
Asian	1,213,616	17,772	1.5	2,301	3,872	11,599	1,195,844	916,271	239,658	39,915
Pacific Islander	58,832	5,027	8.5	298	611	4,118	53,805	37,445	9,264	7,096
American Indian/Alaska Native	152,911	6,862	4.5	466	811	5,585	146,049	117,373	19,813	8,863
Two or more races	642,100	53,035	8.3	1,319	3,252	48,464	589,065	451,770	107,200	30,095
Nonresident alien	918,910	6,258	0.7	616	475	5,167	912,652	587,612	307,422	17,618
4-year institutions	13,492,884	789,999	5.9	58,317	121,417	610,265	12,702,885	8,198,933	3,844,307	659,645
Full-time	9,793,247	475,756	4.9	11,928	71,736	392,092	9,317,491	6,000,778	2,908,697	408,016
Part-time	3,699,637	314,243	8.5	46,389	49,681	218,173	3,385,394	2,198,155	935,610	251,629
2-year institutions	6,714,485	12,836	0.2	0	0	12,836	6,701,649	6,397,765	30,365	273,519
Full-time	2,660,728	7,866	0.3	0	0	7,866	2,652,862	2,385,013	22,778	245,071
Part-time	4,053,757	4,970	0.1	0	0	4,970	4,048,787	4,012,752	7,587	28,448
Earned degrees conferred, 2013-14
Associate's	1,003,364	43,002	4.3	823	2,289	39,890	960,362	792,357	50,838	117,167
Males	390,805	14,162	3.6	539	981	12,642	376,643	312,730	18,698	45,215
Females	612,559	28,840	4.7	284	1,308	27,248	583,719	479,627	32,140	71,952
Bachelor's	1,869,814	80,119	4.3	6,092	10,922	63,105	1,789,695	1,180,305	533,291	76,099
Males	801,692	30,465	3.8	2,644	4,496	23,325	771,227	519,651	218,943	32,633
Females	1,068,122	49,654	4.6	3,448	6,426	39,780	1,018,468	660,654	314,348	43,466
Master's	754,475	53,646	7.1	2,265	6,316	45,065	700,829	343,836	327,264	29,729
Males	302,807	18,368	6.1	1,023	2,357	14,988	284,439	141,342	132,549	10,548
Females	451,668	35,278	7.8	1,242	3,959	30,077	416,390	202,494	194,715	19,181
Doctor's3	177,580	3,685	2.1	35	111	3,539	173,895	88,869	80,783	4,243
Males	85,587	1,257	1.5	1	40	1,216	84,330	43,736	38,887	1,707
Females	91,993	2,428	2.6	34	71	2,323	89,565	45,133	41,896	2,536
First-time students' rates of graduation       from and retention at first       institution attended
Among full-time bachelor's degree-       seekers starting at 4-year       institutions in 2008, percent       earning bachelor's degree
Within 4 years after start	39.8	8.7	†	‡	20.8	6.3	39.9	34.4	52.8	19.2
Within 5 years after start	55.3	15.5	†	‡	32.9	12.0	55.5	53.1	63.3	24.6
Within 6 years after start	59.6	18.1	†	‡	37.7	14.1	59.9	58.5	65.5	28.4
Among full-time degree/certificate-       seekers starting at 2-year       institutions in 2011, percent       completing credential within       150 percent of normal time	27.9	‡	†	‡	‡	‡	27.9	20.0	51.9	58.5
Among degree-seekers starting in       2013, percent returning in 2014
Full-time entrants	73.9	46.5	†	‡	57.8	41.5	74.1	72.5	81.2	64.8
Part-time entrants	43.6	38.3	†	44.6	38.3	38.0	43.6	43.8	41.6	37.6

†Not applicable.

‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases for a reliable estimate).

1 Primarily online institutions have more than 90 percent of their students attending classes exclusively online. Other institutions may have some online offerings, but they are not primarily online.

2 Includes only institutions reporting enrollment data in fall 2014.

3 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Includes most degrees formerly classified as first-professional, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2015, Fall Enrollment component; IPEDS, Fall 2014, Completions component; and IPEDS, Spring 2015, Graduation Rates component. (This table was prepared February 2016.)