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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 | ||||||||
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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 |
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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.) |