Table 317.40.

Number of degree-granting postsecondary institutions and enrollment in these institutions, by enrollment size, control, and classification of institution: Fall 2015

Control and classification of institution	Number of institutions, by enrollment size of institution1										Enrollment, by enrollment size of institution
	Total	Under 200	200 to 499	500 to 999	1,000 to 2,499	2,500 to 4,999	5,000 to 9,999	10,000 to 19,999	20,000 to 29,999	30,000 or more	Total	Under 200	200 to 499	500 to 999	1,000 to 2,499	2,500 to 4,999	5,000 to 9,999	10,000 to 19,999	20,000 to 29,999	30,000 or more
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Total	4,562	676	807	527	868	625	500	329	139	91	19,977,270	74,100	271,786	377,820	1,442,235	2,232,702	3,593,923	4,564,556	3,410,443	4,009,705
Research university, very high2	115	0	0	0	1	0	5	22	38	49	3,366,295	0	0	0	2,255	0	37,021	326,258	985,070	2,015,691
Research university, high3	104	0	0	0	1	3	24	44	25	7	1,687,240	0	0	0	2,136	13,316	186,901	631,526	620,009	233,352
Doctoral/research university4	109	0	3	4	9	17	30	26	12	8	1,414,814	0	1,161	2,344	15,602	62,552	224,698	338,110	265,046	505,301
Master’s5	739	7	10	33	177	232	171	81	16	12	4,385,616	883	3,847	24,128	312,802	828,812	1,213,533	1,102,057	358,964	540,590
Baccalaureate6	934	85	188	170	324	103	37	17	3	7	1,928,700	10,009	65,254	123,508	523,237	349,683	244,423	240,302	79,570	292,714
Special-focus7  4-year	984	350	291	168	119	41	11	3	1	0	703,677	37,173	95,100	120,690	178,444	139,178	70,441	39,401	23,250	0
2-year	1,577	234	315	152	237	229	222	136	44	8	6,490,928	26,035	106,424	107,150	407,759	839,161	1,616,906	1,886,902	1,078,534	422,057
Public	1,620	11	34	70	289	364	385	271	121	75	14,568,103	1,447	12,111	54,740	509,097	1,329,985	2,796,627	3,787,756	2,987,418	3,088,922
Research university, very high2	81	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	30	46	2,757,513	0	0	0	0	0	6,954	72,244	788,210	1,890,105
Research university, high3	74	0	0	0	0	0	13	32	23	6	1,356,186	0	0	0	0	0	109,204	475,921	571,178	199,883
Doctoral/research university4	38	0	0	0	1	1	6	17	10	3	610,463	0	0	0	2,222	4,465	52,183	228,507	220,630	102,456
Master’s5	271	0	1	0	13	63	109	67	12	6	2,458,338	0	429	0	24,844	237,440	788,042	908,987	273,086	225,510
Baccalaureate6	198	0	1	20	58	61	34	16	2	6	1,087,190	0	493	15,161	99,094	216,570	222,614	228,567	55,780	248,911
Special-focus7  4-year	48	2	10	10	12	13	1	0	0	0	82,747	176	3,443	8,288	20,129	44,382	6,329	0	0	0
Arts, music, or design	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2,960	0	0	970	1,990	0	0	0	0	0
Business and management	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	416	0	416	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering and other        technology-related	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3,230	0	0	0	0	3,230	0	0	0	0
Law	6	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,654	159	927	1,568	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medical schools and centers	25	1	0	5	6	12	1	0	0	0	61,998	17	0	4,310	10,190	41,152	6,329	0	0	0
Other health professions	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4,524	0	1,117	0	3,407	0	0	0	0	0
Tribal colleges	8	0	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	6,965	0	983	1,440	4,542	0	0	0	0	0
2-year	910	9	22	40	205	226	221	135	44	8	6,215,666	1,271	7,746	31,291	362,808	827,128	1,611,301	1,873,530	1,078,534	422,057
High transfer institutions8	352	0	7	6	52	74	104	74	29	6	3,206,667	0	2,653	4,613	97,292	269,828	770,253	1,051,901	711,312	298,815
Mixed transfer/career and        technical institutions9	315	0	0	11	89	73	80	47	13	2	2,126,402	0	0	8,834	153,698	268,342	593,639	656,436	322,211	123,242
High career and technical        institutions10	215	1	3	19	61	78	37	14	2	0	866,438	114	1,388	15,500	105,534	286,289	247,409	165,193	45,011	0
Special-focus7  2-year	28	8	12	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	16,159	1,157	3,705	2,344	6,284	2,669	0	0	0	0
Health professions	5	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3,162	196	1,164	0	1,802	0	0	0	0	0
Tribal colleges	19	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6,810	961	2,541	1,081	2,227	0	0	0	0	0
Other programs	4	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6,187	0	0	1,263	2,255	2,669	0	0	0	0
Private nonprofit	1,698	310	271	235	466	240	103	51	13	9	4,063,372	33,076	89,984	171,387	764,471	828,490	715,498	688,305	313,897	458,264
Research university, very high2	34	0	0	0	1	0	4	18	8	3	608,782	0	0	0	2,255	0	30,067	254,014	196,860	125,586
Research university, high3	30	0	0	0	1	3	11	12	2	1	331,054	0	0	0	2,136	13,316	77,697	155,605	48,831	33,469
Doctoral/research university4	54	0	1	0	5	15	22	8	2	1	443,003	0	276	0	8,491	54,578	156,174	98,574	44,416	80,494
Master’s5	406	5	4	21	143	163	57	10	0	3	1,551,759	719	1,670	15,359	254,209	571,280	392,471	141,139	0	174,912
Baccalaureate6	469	22	60	103	242	39	1	0	1	1	688,483	2,686	21,386	78,535	386,403	122,823	9,057	0	23,790	43,803
Special-focus7  4-year	599	244	159	95	71	20	8	2	0	0	390,242	25,232	50,969	66,356	105,559	66,493	50,032	25,601	0	0
Arts, music, or design	59	13	16	15	11	2	1	1	0	0	61,611	1,364	5,660	10,394	18,668	8,375	5,289	11,861	0	0
Business and management	24	7	5	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	31,458	694	1,671	2,897	4,609	8,943	12,644	0	0	0
Engineering and other        technology-related	8	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	18,529	266	769	1,400	2,354	0	0	13,740	0	0
Faith-related	296	176	82	25	10	2	1	0	0	0	88,830	17,725	24,544	16,989	16,539	6,454	6,579	0	0	0
Law	21	3	5	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	13,867	482	1,678	5,811	5,896	0	0	0	0	0
Medical schools and centers	27	1	4	2	11	9	0	0	0	0	50,091	165	1,625	1,651	15,711	30,939	0	0	0	0
Other health professions	130	28	37	33	27	3	2	0	0	0	98,059	3,218	12,399	23,244	37,176	8,923	13,099	0	0	0
Tribal colleges	5	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,744	0	824	1,920	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other special focus	29	14	6	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	25,053	1,318	1,799	2,050	4,606	2,859	12,421	0	0	0
2-year	106	39	47	16	3	0	0	1	0	0	50,049	4,439	15,683	11,137	5,418	0	0	13,372	0	0
High transfer institutions8	13	2	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	8,030	257	943	5,201	1,629	0	0	0	0	0
Mixed transfer/career and        technical institutions9	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4,819	0	334	696	3,789	0	0	0	0	0
High career and technical        institutions10	19	6	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,086	905	3,760	1,421	0	0	0	0	0	0
Special-focus7  2-year	70	31	32	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	31,114	3,277	10,646	3,819	0	0	0	13,372	0	0
Health professions	28	12	12	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	20,223	1,379	3,623	1,849	0	0	0	13,372	0	0
Tribal colleges	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	642	200	442	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other programs	39	17	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,249	1,698	6,581	1,970	0	0	0	0	0	0
Private for-profit	1,244	355	502	222	113	21	12	7	5	7	1,345,795	39,577	169,691	151,693	168,667	74,227	81,798	88,495	109,128	462,519
Doctoral/research university4	17	0	2	4	3	1	2	1	0	4	361,348	0	885	2,344	4,889	3,509	16,341	11,029	0	322,351
Master’s5	62	2	5	12	21	6	5	4	4	3	375,519	164	1,748	8,769	33,749	20,092	33,020	51,931	85,878	140,168
Baccalaureate6	267	63	127	47	24	3	2	1	0	0	153,027	7,323	43,375	29,812	37,740	10,290	12,752	11,735	0	0
Special-focus7  4-year	337	104	122	63	36	8	2	1	1	0	230,688	11,765	40,688	46,046	52,756	28,303	14,080	13,800	23,250	0
Arts, music, or design	75	25	12	17	17	2	1	1	0	0	72,023	2,592	3,689	13,532	24,301	7,222	6,887	13,800	0	0
Business and management	63	24	24	5	5	4	1	0	0	0	44,984	2,605	7,878	4,051	8,190	15,067	7,193	0	0	0
Engineering and other        technology-related	65	16	38	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	22,453	2,163	13,395	6,895	0	0	0	0	0	0
Law	7	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,825	140	697	2,988	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medical schools and centers	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	632	0	0	632	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other health professions	119	37	42	25	12	2	0	0	1	0	82,897	4,095	13,794	17,948	17,796	6,014	0	0	23,250	0
Other special focus	7	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3,874	170	1,235	0	2,469	0	0	0	0	0
2-year	561	186	246	96	29	3	1	0	0	0	225,213	20,325	82,995	64,722	39,533	12,033	5,605	0	0	0
High transfer institutions8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	821	397	424	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mixed transfer/career and        technical institutions9	17	9	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	9,418	935	2,006	0	1,936	4,541	0	0	0	0
High career and technical        institutions10	162	55	67	29	8	2	1	0	0	0	71,962	6,352	22,078	19,285	11,150	7,492	5,605	0	0	0
Special-focus7  2-year	378	119	172	67	20	0	0	0	0	0	143,012	12,641	58,487	45,437	26,447	0	0	0	0	0
Health professions	247	74	113	49	11	0	0	0	0	0	95,009	7,955	39,058	33,174	14,822	0	0	0	0	0
Other programs	131	45	59	18	9	0	0	0	0	0	48,003	4,686	19,429	12,263	11,625	0	0	0	0	0

1 Excludes 21 institutions that had no enrollment.

2 Research universities with a very high level of research activity.

3 Research universities with a high level of research activity.

4 Institutions that award at least 20 doctor’s degrees per year, but did not have a high level of research activity.

5 Institutions that award at least 50 master’s degrees per year.

6 Institutions that primarily emphasize undergraduate education. Also includes institutions classified as 4-year under the IPEDS system, which had been classified as baccalaureate/associate’s colleges in the Carnegie system because they primarily award associate’s degrees.

7 Institutions that award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering.

8 Institutions that award less than 30 percent of their awards in career and technical programs.

9 Institutions that award 30 to 49 percent of their awards in career and technical programs.

10 Institutions that award 50 percent or more of their awards in career and technical programs.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Relative levels of research activity for research universities were determined by an analysis of research and development expenditures, science and engineering research staffing, and doctoral degrees conferred, by field. Further information on the research index ranking may be obtained from http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2016, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2016.)