Table 311.33.

Selected statistics for degree-granting postsecondary institutions that primarily offer online programs, by control of institution and selected characteristics: 2016

Selected characteristic	All institu-tions	Primarily online institutions1					Other institutions1
		Total	Percent of all institutions	Public	Nonprofit	For-profit	Total	Public	Nonprofit	For-profit
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Number of institutions, fall 20162	4,358	80	1.8	6	24	50	4,278	1,617	1,657	1,004
Fall 2016 enrollment
Total enrollment	19,841,014	717,408	3.6	67,528	164,093	485,787	19,123,606	14,515,444	3,913,704	694,458
Full-time	12,126,325	417,805	3.4	16,913	109,383	291,509	11,708,520	8,310,637	2,949,794	448,089
Males	5,473,169	134,402	2.5	6,563	33,943	93,896	5,338,767	3,871,255	1,296,415	171,097
Females	6,653,156	283,403	4.3	10,350	75,440	197,613	6,369,753	4,439,382	1,653,379	276,992
Part-time	7,714,689	299,603	3.9	50,615	54,710	194,278	7,415,086	6,204,807	963,910	246,369
Males	3,162,530	121,016	3.8	23,763	23,661	73,592	3,041,514	2,611,839	363,262	66,413
Females	4,552,159	178,587	3.9	26,852	31,049	120,686	4,373,572	3,592,968	600,648	179,956
Undergraduate	16,869,212	508,766	3.0	52,155	134,602	322,009	16,360,446	13,088,931	2,678,167	593,348
Full-time	10,430,542	303,315	2.9	14,821	86,185	202,309	10,127,227	7,504,563	2,208,653	414,011
Part-time	6,438,670	205,451	3.2	37,334	48,417	119,700	6,233,219	5,584,368	469,514	179,337
Postbaccalaureate	2,971,802	208,642	7.0	15,373	29,491	163,778	2,763,160	1,426,513	1,235,537	101,110
Full-time	1,695,783	114,490	6.8	2,092	23,198	89,200	1,581,293	806,074	741,141	34,078
Part-time	1,276,019	94,152	7.4	13,281	6,293	74,578	1,181,867	620,439	494,396	67,032
White	10,712,903	384,885	3.6	45,114	103,992	235,779	10,328,018	7,740,517	2,311,041	276,460
Black	2,588,211	194,850	7.5	6,294	32,616	155,940	2,393,361	1,733,292	465,972	194,097
Hispanic	3,426,756	78,275	2.3	9,642	14,669	53,964	3,348,481	2,808,923	398,199	141,359
Asian	1,253,267	19,051	1.5	2,722	5,004	11,325	1,234,216	953,086	247,922	33,208
Pacific Islander	53,186	4,469	8.4	277	930	3,262	48,717	34,279	9,632	4,806
American Indian/Alaska Native	142,282	6,055	4.3	477	1,215	4,363	136,227	110,197	19,282	6,748
Two or more races	666,374	24,018	3.6	2,263	5,191	16,564	642,356	502,358	120,722	19,276
Nonresident alien	998,035	5,805	0.6	739	476	4,590	992,230	632,792	340,934	18,504
4-year institutions	13,750,769	697,673	5.1	67,528	147,682	482,463	13,053,096	8,674,368	3,879,558	499,170
Full-time	9,816,107	402,822	4.1	16,913	96,366	289,543	9,413,285	6,218,297	2,923,304	271,684
Part-time	3,934,662	294,851	7.5	50,615	51,316	192,920	3,639,811	2,456,071	956,254	227,486
2-year institutions	6,090,245	19,735	0.3	0	16,411	3,324	6,070,510	5,841,076	34,146	195,288
Full-time	2,310,218	14,983	0.6	0	13,017	1,966	2,295,235	2,092,340	26,490	176,405
Part-time	3,780,027	4,752	0.1	0	3,394	1,358	3,775,275	3,748,736	7,656	18,883
Earned degrees conferred, 2015-16
Associate's	1,008,314	32,404	3.2	821	7,065	24,518	975,910	847,347	49,528	79,035
Males	392,152	11,040	2.8	517	1,510	9,013	381,112	336,779	18,083	26,250
Females	616,162	21,364	3.5	304	5,555	15,505	594,798	510,568	31,445	52,785
Bachelor's	1,920,718	74,908	3.9	7,995	14,803	52,110	1,845,810	1,232,410	545,949	67,451
Males	821,779	29,673	3.6	3,439	5,524	20,710	792,106	540,834	225,810	25,462
Females	1,098,939	45,235	4.1	4,556	9,279	31,400	1,053,704	691,576	320,139	41,989
Master's	785,595	53,103	6.8	3,578	8,356	41,169	732,492	360,948	342,365	29,179
Males	320,444	17,261	5.4	1,465	3,043	12,753	303,183	154,003	139,221	9,959
Females	465,151	35,842	7.7	2,113	5,313	28,416	429,309	206,945	203,144	19,220
Doctor's3	177,867	4,408	2.5	56	130	4,222	173,459	89,730	79,914	3,815
Males	84,089	1,603	1.9	14	36	1,553	82,486	43,643	37,504	1,339
Females	93,778	2,805	3.0	42	94	2,669	90,973	46,087	42,410	2,476
First-time students' rates of graduation from and retention at first institution attended
Among full-time bachelor's degree- seekers starting at 4-year institutions in 2010, percent earning bachelor’s degree
Within 4 years after start	40.6	4.5	†	‡	39.0	3.0	41.0	35.5	53.5	23.5
Within 5 years after start	55.8	9.9	†	‡	43.7	8.5	56.2	53.8	63.7	28.2
Within 6 years after start	59.8	11.3	†	‡	46.5	9.8	60.3	58.9	65.9	30.4
Among full-time degree/certificate- seekers starting at 2-year institutions in 2013, percent completing credential within 150 percent of normal time	30.3	‡	†	†	†	51.8	29.6	23.6	55.7	59.8
Among degree-seekers starting in 2015, percent returning in 2016
Full-time entrants	75.3	51.4	†	69.4	70.8	36.7	75.4	74.0	81.3	65.1
Part-time entrants	44.9	42.6	†	48.1	77.1	39.6	44.9	45.0	46.7	38.5

† Not applicable.

‡ 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 2016.

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 2017, Fall Enrollment component; IPEDS, Fall 2016, Completions component; and IPEDS, Winter 2016-17, Graduation Rates component. (This table was prepared June 2018.)