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 2016 and 2015-16

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 2016
Total	20,224,069	19,841,014	14,582,972	5,258,042	4,077,797	1,180,245	383,055	110,016	273,039	18,018	255,021
4-year institutions	13,751,054	13,750,769	8,741,896	5,008,873	4,027,240	981,633	285	0	285	285	0
Males	5,999,244	5,999,177	3,958,861	2,040,316	1,702,784	337,532	67	0	67	67	0
Females	7,751,810	7,751,592	4,783,035	2,968,557	2,324,456	644,101	218	0	218	218	0
2-year institutions	6,206,013	6,090,245	5,841,076	249,169	50,557	198,612	115,768	59,449	56,319	5,728	50,591
Males	2,696,935	2,636,522	2,554,559	81,963	14,497	67,466	60,413	34,328	26,085	1,288	24,797
Females	3,509,078	3,453,723	3,286,517	167,206	36,060	131,146	55,355	25,121	30,234	4,440	25,794
Less-than-2-year institutions	267,002	†	†	†	†	†	267,002	50,567	216,435	12,005	204,430
Males	82,702	†	†	†	†	†	82,702	24,892	57,810	4,310	53,500
Females	184,300	†	†	†	†	†	184,300	25,675	158,625	7,695	150,930
Staff, fall 2016
Total	3,991,160	3,926,580	2,577,303	1,349,277	1,195,513	153,764	64,580	23,180	41,400	3,935	37,465
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	1,581,424	1,548,732	976,710	572,022	476,973	95,049	32,692	11,880	20,812	1,757	19,055
Instruction	1,463,082	1,430,390	901,221	529,169	434,307	94,862	32,692	11,880	20,812	1,757	19,055
Research	89,627	89,627	55,680	33,947	33,862	85	†	†	†	†	†
Public service	28,715	28,715	19,809	8,906	8,804	102	†	†	†	†	†
Graduate assistants	376,043	376,043	294,798	81,245	80,874	371	†	†	†	†	†
Librarians, curators, and archivists	42,212	42,036	23,729	18,307	17,207	1,100	176	48	128	39	89
Student and academic affairs and other education services	185,434	179,164	114,612	64,552	50,132	14,420	6,270	2,861	3,409	433	2,976
Management	265,316	259,267	149,279	109,988	98,330	11,658	6,049	1,264	4,785	395	4,390
Business and financial operations	213,318	210,577	141,660	68,917	63,892	5,025	2,741	544	2,197	152	2,045
Computer, engineering, and science	234,310	233,765	161,962	71,803	69,877	1,926	545	326	219	26	193
Community, social service, legal, arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media	181,234	180,609	111,208	69,401	64,210	5,191	625	365	260	66	194
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	116,711	115,891	77,870	38,021	37,753	268	820	555	265	77	188
Service occupations	248,315	245,379	166,483	78,896	76,703	2,193	2,936	1,563	1,373	440	933
Sales and related occupations	14,953	12,965	4,816	8,149	3,829	4,320	1,988	66	1,922	74	1,848
Office and administrative support	436,825	428,493	285,104	143,389	131,980	11,409	8,332	2,884	5,448	436	5,012
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	75,329	74,337	54,812	19,525	18,950	575	992	497	495	24	471
Production, transportation, and material moving	19,736	19,322	14,260	5,062	4,803	259	414	327	87	16	71
Degrees/certificates conferred, 2015-16
Total	4,831,779	4,578,307	3,096,783	1,481,524	1,074,864	406,660	253,472	61,146	192,326	13,297	179,029
Less-than-1-year and 1- to less- than-4-year certificates	939,243	685,813	553,898	131,915	26,754	105,161	253,430	61,146	192,284	13,297	178,987
4-year institutions	131,091	131,051	93,972	37,079	11,728	25,351	40	0	40	40	0
Males	57,007	57,002	45,485	11,517	4,476	7,041	5	0	5	5	0
Females	74,084	74,049	48,487	25,562	7,252	18,310	35	0	35	35	0
2-year institutions	618,789	554,762	459,926	94,836	15,026	79,810	64,027	32,200	31,827	3,006	28,821
Males	283,355	254,061	225,684	28,377	3,908	24,469	29,294	15,698	13,596	814	12,782
Females	335,434	300,701	234,242	66,459	11,118	55,341	34,733	16,502	18,231	2,192	16,039
Less-than-2-year institutions	189,363	†	†	†	†	†	189,363	28,946	160,417	10,251	150,166
Males	56,306	†	†	†	†	†	56,306	11,903	44,403	3,897	40,506
Females	133,057	†	†	†	†	†	133,057	17,043	116,014	6,354	109,660
Associate's degrees	1,008,356	1,008,314	848,168	160,146	56,593	103,553	42	0	42	0	42
4-year institutions	288,861	288,861	182,114	106,747	45,500	61,247	0	0	0	0	0
Males	107,704	107,704	71,833	35,871	16,430	19,441	0	0	0	0	0
Females	181,157	181,157	110,281	70,876	29,070	41,806	0	0	0	0	0
2-year institutions	719,474	719,453	666,054	53,399	11,093	42,306	21	0	21	0	21
Males	284,468	284,448	265,463	18,985	3,163	15,822	20	0	20	0	20
Females	435,006	435,005	400,591	34,414	7,930	26,484	1	0	1	0	1
Less-than-2-year institutions	21	†	†	†	†	†	21	0	21	0	21
Males	5	†	†	†	†	†	5	0	5	0	5
Females	16	†	†	†	†	†	16	0	16	0	16
Bachelor's degrees	1,920,718	1,920,718	1,240,405	680,313	560,752	119,561	0	0	0	0	0
Males	821,779	821,779	544,273	277,506	231,334	46,172	0	0	0	0	0
Females	1,098,939	1,098,939	696,132	402,807	329,418	73,389	0	0	0	0	0
Master's degrees	785,595	785,595	364,526	421,069	350,721	70,348	0	0	0	0	0
Males	320,444	320,444	155,468	164,976	142,264	22,712	0	0	0	0	0
Females	465,151	465,151	209,058	256,093	208,457	47,636	0	0	0	0	0
Doctor's degrees	177,867	177,867	89,786	88,081	80,044	8,037	0	0	0	0	0
Males	84,089	84,089	43,657	40,432	37,540	2,892	0	0	0	0	0
Females	93,778	93,778	46,129	47,649	42,504	5,145	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 2017, Fall Enrollment component; Spring 2017, Human Resources component; and Fall 2016, Completions component. (This table was prepared May 2018.)