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Table 311.33. | Selected statistics for degree-granting postsecondary institutions that primarily offer online programs, by control of institution and selected characteristics: 2015 |
Selected characteristic | All institu-tions | Primarily online institutions1 | Other institutions1 | |||||||
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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 20152 | 4,562 | 67 | 1.5 | 6 | 16 | 45 | 4,495 | 1,614 | 1,682 | 1,199 |
Fall 2015 enrollment | ||||||||||
Total enrollment | 19,977,270 | 734,736 | 3.7 | 58,822 | 137,556 | 538,358 | 19,242,534 | 14,509,281 | 3,925,816 | 807,437 |
Full-time | 12,290,829 | 438,093 | 3.6 | 14,295 | 85,058 | 338,740 | 11,852,736 | 8,340,380 | 2,964,074 | 548,282 |
Males | 5,560,535 | 144,052 | 2.6 | 5,781 | 30,382 | 107,889 | 5,416,483 | 3,892,395 | 1,303,354 | 220,734 |
Females | 6,730,294 | 294,041 | 4.4 | 8,514 | 54,676 | 230,851 | 6,436,253 | 4,447,985 | 1,660,720 | 327,548 |
Part-time | 7,686,441 | 296,643 | 3.9 | 44,527 | 52,498 | 199,618 | 7,389,798 | 6,168,901 | 961,742 | 259,155 |
Males | 3,160,868 | 121,799 | 3.9 | 21,258 | 23,137 | 77,404 | 3,039,069 | 2,597,974 | 363,508 | 77,587 |
Females | 4,525,573 | 174,844 | 3.9 | 23,269 | 29,361 | 122,214 | 4,350,729 | 3,570,927 | 598,234 | 181,568 |
Undergraduate | 17,036,778 | 528,525 | 3.1 | 46,316 | 113,490 | 368,719 | 16,508,253 | 13,099,404 | 2,705,684 | 703,165 |
Full-time | 10,604,992 | 320,741 | 3.0 | 12,964 | 67,270 | 240,507 | 10,284,251 | 7,540,768 | 2,233,890 | 509,593 |
Part-time | 6,431,786 | 207,784 | 3.2 | 33,352 | 46,220 | 128,212 | 6,224,002 | 5,558,636 | 471,794 | 193,572 |
Postbaccalaureate | 2,940,492 | 206,211 | 7.0 | 12,506 | 24,066 | 169,639 | 2,734,281 | 1,409,877 | 1,220,132 | 104,272 |
Full-time | 1,685,837 | 117,352 | 7.0 | 1,331 | 17,788 | 98,233 | 1,568,485 | 799,612 | 730,184 | 38,689 |
Part-time | 1,254,655 | 88,859 | 7.1 | 11,175 | 6,278 | 71,406 | 1,165,796 | 610,265 | 489,948 | 65,583 |
White | 10,937,058 | 387,086 | 3.5 | 39,460 | 89,811 | 257,815 | 10,549,972 | 7,873,588 | 2,347,443 | 328,941 |
Black | 2,675,352 | 205,623 | 7.7 | 5,937 | 25,226 | 174,460 | 2,469,729 | 1,764,509 | 477,114 | 228,106 |
Hispanic | 3,292,156 | 73,302 | 2.2 | 8,001 | 11,747 | 53,554 | 3,218,854 | 2,681,369 | 383,585 | 153,900 |
Asian | 1,228,310 | 18,396 | 1.5 | 2,337 | 4,361 | 11,698 | 1,209,914 | 931,174 | 242,277 | 36,463 |
Pacific Islander | 55,529 | 4,613 | 8.3 | 244 | 711 | 3,658 | 50,916 | 35,584 | 9,881 | 5,451 |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 146,171 | 5,711 | 3.9 | 489 | 1,059 | 4,163 | 140,460 | 113,289 | 19,596 | 7,575 |
Two or more races | 659,584 | 34,305 | 5.2 | 1,675 | 4,181 | 28,449 | 625,279 | 482,679 | 115,174 | 27,426 |
Nonresident alien | 983,110 | 5,700 | 0.6 | 679 | 460 | 4,561 | 977,410 | 627,089 | 330,746 | 19,575 |
4-year institutions | 13,486,342 | 730,594 | 5.4 | 58,822 | 137,556 | 534,216 | 12,755,748 | 8,293,615 | 3,875,767 | 586,366 |
Full-time | 9,779,608 | 435,202 | 4.5 | 14,295 | 85,058 | 335,849 | 9,344,406 | 6,067,198 | 2,928,007 | 349,201 |
Part-time | 3,706,734 | 295,392 | 8.0 | 44,527 | 52,498 | 198,367 | 3,411,342 | 2,226,417 | 947,760 | 237,165 |
2-year institutions | 6,490,928 | 4,142 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 4,142 | 6,486,786 | 6,215,666 | 50,049 | 221,071 |
Full-time | 2,511,221 | 2,891 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 2,891 | 2,508,330 | 2,273,182 | 36,067 | 199,081 |
Part-time | 3,979,707 | 1,251 | # | 0 | 0 | 1,251 | 3,978,456 | 3,942,484 | 13,982 | 21,990 |
Earned degrees conferred, 2014-15 | ||||||||||
Associate's | 1,013,971 | 35,704 | 3.5 | 835 | 4,529 | 30,340 | 978,267 | 821,039 | 54,093 | 103,135 |
Males | 396,613 | 12,777 | 3.2 | 553 | 1,438 | 10,786 | 383,836 | 325,122 | 19,421 | 39,293 |
Females | 617,358 | 22,927 | 3.7 | 282 | 3,091 | 19,554 | 594,431 | 495,917 | 34,672 | 63,842 |
Bachelor's | 1,894,934 | 76,110 | 4.0 | 6,985 | 12,529 | 56,596 | 1,818,824 | 1,202,453 | 541,005 | 75,366 |
Males | 812,669 | 29,504 | 3.6 | 3,026 | 4,815 | 21,663 | 783,165 | 529,227 | 223,055 | 30,883 |
Females | 1,082,265 | 46,606 | 4.3 | 3,959 | 7,714 | 34,933 | 1,035,659 | 673,226 | 317,950 | 44,483 |
Master's | 758,708 | 51,550 | 6.8 | 2,827 | 6,638 | 42,085 | 707,158 | 348,292 | 329,544 | 29,322 |
Males | 306,590 | 17,263 | 5.6 | 1,203 | 2,497 | 13,563 | 289,327 | 146,165 | 132,923 | 10,239 |
Females | 452,118 | 34,287 | 7.6 | 1,624 | 4,141 | 28,522 | 417,831 | 202,127 | 196,621 | 19,083 |
Doctor's3 | 178,547 | 3,803 | 2.1 | 39 | 116 | 3,648 | 174,744 | 90,213 | 79,976 | 4,555 |
Males | 84,921 | 1,316 | 1.5 | 12 | 39 | 1,265 | 83,605 | 44,040 | 37,860 | 1,705 |
Females | 93,626 | 2,487 | 2.7 | 27 | 77 | 2,383 | 91,139 | 46,173 | 42,116 | 2,850 |
First-time students' rates of graduation from and retention at first institution attended |
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Among full-time bachelor's degree- seekers starting at 4-year institutions in 2009, percent earning bachelor’s degree |
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Within 4 years after start | 39.8 | 5.9 | † | ‡ | 16.0 | 5.5 | 40.1 | 34.8 | 53.1 | 15.7 |
Within 5 years after start | 55.3 | 9.9 | † | ‡ | 18.5 | 9.6 | 55.6 | 53.5 | 63.3 | 21.6 |
Within 6 years after start | 59.4 | 12.1 | † | ‡ | 21.5 | 11.7 | 59.8 | 58.6 | 65.7 | 25.0 |
Among full-time degree/certificate- seekers starting at 2-year institutions in 2012, percent completing credential within 150 percent of normal time |
29.1 | ‡ | † | † | † | 46.8 | 29.0 | 21.9 | 56.1 | 60.2 |
Among degree-seekers starting in 2014, percent returning in 2015 |
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Full-time entrants | 74.5 | 40.4 | † | 70.0 | 74.9 | 35.9 | 74.7 | 73.2 | 81.0 | 65.3 |
Part-time entrants | 43.6 | 40.7 | † | 44.5 | ‡ | 40.3 | 43.6 | 43.8 | 41.4 | 39.8 |
†Not applicable. | ||||||||||
#Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||
‡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 2015. | ||||||||||
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 2016, Fall Enrollment component; IPEDS, Fall 2015, Completions component; and IPEDS, Spring 2016, Graduation Rates component. (This table was prepared April 2017.) |