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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 2015 and 2014-15
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 2015                      
Total 20,389,307 19,977,270 14,568,103 5,409,167 4,063,372 1,345,795 412,037 110,167 301,870 22,556 279,314
4-year institutions 13,486,699 13,486,342 8,352,437 5,133,905 4,013,323 1,120,582 357 0 357 357 0
Males 5,905,304 5,905,237 3,791,433 2,113,804 1,705,689 408,115 67 0 67 67 0
Females 7,581,395 7,581,105 4,561,004 3,020,101 2,307,634 712,467 290 0 290 290 0
                       
2-year institutions 6,611,111 6,490,928 6,215,666 275,262 50,049 225,213 120,183 58,982 61,201 6,410 54,791
Males 2,876,760 2,816,166 2,725,975 90,191 14,692 75,499 60,594 33,482 27,112 1,551 25,561
Females 3,734,351 3,674,762 3,489,691 185,071 35,357 149,714 59,589 25,500 34,089 4,859 29,230
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 291,497 291,497 51,185 240,312 15,789 224,523
Males 87,451 87,451 24,654 62,797 5,360 57,437
Females 204,046 204,046 26,531 177,515 10,429 167,086
                       
Staff, fall 2015                      
Total 3,983,177 3,915,918 2,547,536 1,368,382 1,194,249 174,133 67,259 22,366 44,893 4,459 40,434
Faculty (instruction/research/public
      service)
1,585,749 1,551,015 970,022 580,993 472,366 108,627 34,734 11,943 22,791 2,039 20,752
Instruction 1,471,076 1,436,342 896,150 540,192 431,713 108,479 34,734 11,943 22,791 2,039 20,752
Research 87,142 87,142 55,082 32,060 31,964 96
Public service 27,531 27,531 18,790 8,741 8,689 52
Graduate assistants 369,590 369,590 291,623 77,967 77,633 334
Librarians, curators, and archivists 42,814 42,627 23,994 18,633 17,400 1,233 187 40 147 47 100
Student and academic affairs and
      other education services
177,699 171,551 112,306 59,245 46,039 13,206 6,148 2,492 3,656 251 3,405
Management 263,293 256,888 146,135 110,753 97,749 13,004 6,405 1,279 5,126 527 4,599
Business and financial operations 206,787 203,890 135,812 68,078 62,712 5,366 2,897 523 2,374 183 2,191
Computer, engineering, and science 232,488 231,957 159,906 72,051 69,816 2,235 531 308 223 32 191
Community, social service, legal,
      arts, design, entertainment,
      sports, and media
175,289 174,694 106,769 67,925 62,338 5,587 595 312 283 60 223
Healthcare practitioners and
      technicians
121,899 121,135 75,971 45,164 44,928 236 764 554 210 55 155
Service occupations 246,965 243,833 162,956 80,877 78,842 2,035 3,132 1,525 1,607 481 1,126
Sales and related occupations 15,982 13,873 4,494 9,379 4,408 4,971 2,109 60 2,049 73 1,976
Office and administrative support 449,736 441,222 288,407 152,815 136,387 16,428 8,514 2,652 5,862 681 5,181
Natural resources, construction, and
      maintenance
75,013 74,041 54,803 19,238 18,571 667 972 448 524 22 502
Production, transportation, and
       material moving
19,873 19,602 14,338 5,264 5,060 204 271 230 41 8 33
                       
Degrees/certificates conferred,
      2014-15
                     
Total 4,807,379 4,526,205 3,013,430 1,512,775 1,057,911 454,864 281,174 62,162 219,012 16,601 202,411
Less-than-1-year and 1- to less-
      than-4-year certificates
961,167 680,045 540,747 139,298 29,481 109,817 281,122 62,148 218,974 16,601 202,373
4-year institutions 111,174 111,118 70,460 40,658 13,144 27,514 56 0 56 56 0
Males 44,624 44,613 32,849 11,764 5,194 6,570 11 0 11 11 0
Females 66,550 66,505 37,611 28,894 7,950 20,944 45 0 45 45 0
                       
2-year institutions 636,591 568,927 470,287 98,640 16,337 82,303 67,664 31,212 36,452 3,130 33,322
Males 287,646 258,386 229,143 29,243 4,937 24,306 29,260 14,756 14,504 779 13,725
Females 348,945 310,541 241,144 69,397 11,400 57,997 38,404 16,456 21,948 2,351 19,597
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 213,402 213,402 30,936 182,466 13,415 169,051
Males 62,396 62,396 13,446 48,950 4,698 44,252
Females 151,006 151,006 17,490 133,516 8,717 124,799
                       
Associate's degrees 1,014,023 1,013,971 821,874 192,097 58,622 133,475 52 14 38 0 38
4-year institutions 282,213 282,213 147,451 134,762 48,252 86,510 0 0 0 0 0
Males 108,988 108,988 58,609 50,379 17,651 32,728 0 0 0 0 0
Females 173,225 173,225 88,842 84,383 30,601 53,782 0 0 0 0 0
                       
2-year institutions 731,758 731,758 674,423 57,335 10,370 46,965 0 0 0 0 0
Males 287,625 287,625 267,066 20,559 3,208 17,351 0 0 0 0 0
Females 444,133 444,133 407,357 36,776 7,162 29,614 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 52 52 14 38 0 38
Males 21 21 2 19 0 19
Females 31 31 12 19 0 19
                       
Bachelor's degrees 1,894,934 1,894,934 1,209,438 685,496 553,534 131,962 0 0 0 0 0
Males 812,669 812,669 532,253 280,416 227,870 52,546 0 0 0 0 0
Females 1,082,265 1,082,265 677,185 405,080 325,664 79,416 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Master's degrees 758,708 758,708 351,119 407,589 336,182 71,407 0 0 0 0 0
Males 306,590 306,590 147,368 159,222 135,420 23,802 0 0 0 0 0
Females 452,118 452,118 203,751 248,367 200,762 47,605 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Doctor's degrees 178,547 178,547 90,252 88,295 80,092 8,203 0 0 0 0 0
Males 84,921 84,921 44,052 40,869 37,899 2,970 0 0 0 0 0
Females 93,626 93,626 46,200 47,426 42,193 5,233 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2016, Human Resources component; Spring 2016, Fall Enrollment component; and Fall 2015, Completions component. (This table was prepared February 2017.)

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