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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 2017 and 2016-17
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 2017                      
Total 20,138,477 19,765,598 14,560,155 5,205,443 4,106,477 1,098,966 372,879 109,399 263,480 16,813 246,667
4-year institutions 13,823,919 13,823,640 8,853,477 4,970,163 4,058,087 912,076 279 5 274 274 0
Males 6,004,627 6,004,570 3,988,930 2,015,640 1,707,724 307,916 57 4 53 53 0
Females 7,819,292 7,819,070 4,864,547 2,954,523 2,350,363 604,160 222 1 221 221 0
                       
2-year institutions 6,057,268 5,941,958 5,706,678 235,280 48,390 186,890 115,310 60,129 55,181 5,696 49,485
Males 2,623,571 2,563,062 2,488,990 74,072 12,716 61,356 60,509 35,196 25,313 1,493 23,820
Females 3,433,697 3,378,896 3,217,688 161,208 35,674 125,534 54,801 24,933 29,868 4,203 25,665
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 257,290 257,290 49,265 208,025 10,843 197,182
Males 79,776 79,776 23,954 55,822 3,838 51,984
Females 177,514 177,514 25,311 152,203 7,005 145,198
                       
Staff, fall 2017                      
Total 3,976,901 3,914,542 2,564,974 1,349,568 1,209,311 140,257 62,359 22,290 40,069 3,885 36,184
Faculty (instruction/research/public
   service)
1,575,699 1,543,569 971,183 572,386 486,183 86,203 32,130 11,912 20,218 1,706 18,512
Instruction 1,457,188 1,425,058 896,737 528,321 442,256 86,065 32,130 11,912 20,218 1,706 18,512
Research 89,445 89,445 54,731 34,714 34,620 94
Public service 29,066 29,066 19,715 9,351 9,307 44
Graduate assistants 377,156 377,156 295,798 81,358 80,946 412
Librarians, curators, and archivists 41,668 41,497 23,608 17,889 16,874 1,015 171 44 127 52 75
Student and academic affairs and
   other education services
187,318 181,731 119,178 62,553 51,128 11,425 5,587 2,496 3,091 378 2,713
Management 265,913 259,986 149,283 110,703 100,152 10,551 5,927 1,264 4,663 436 4,227
Business and financial operations 217,145 214,461 144,115 70,346 65,006 5,340 2,684 545 2,139 143 1,996
Computer, engineering, and science 236,232 235,674 161,842 73,832 71,728 2,104 558 345 213 32 181
Community, social service, legal,
   arts, design, entertainment,
   sports, and media
185,158 184,650 111,867 72,783 67,294 5,489 508 304 204 44 160
Healthcare practitioners and
   technicians
110,470 109,889 74,699 35,190 34,909 281 581 385 196 78 118
Service occupations 244,162 241,200 161,481 79,719 77,576 2,143 2,962 1,540 1,422 473 949
Sales and related occupations 15,231 13,210 4,755 8,455 4,386 4,069 2,021 83 1,938 75 1,863
Office and administrative support 426,485 418,537 278,567 139,970 129,505 10,465 7,948 2,618 5,330 428 4,902
Natural resources, construction, and
   maintenance
74,977 74,000 54,501 19,499 18,938 561 977 507 470 27 443
Production, transportation, and
    material moving
19,287 18,982 14,097 4,885 4,686 199 305 247 58 13 45
                       
Degrees/certificates conferred,
   2016-17
                     
Total 4,892,714 4,643,736 3,172,249 1,471,487 1,087,671 383,816 248,978 61,386 187,592 12,344 175,248
Less-than-1-year and 1- to less-
   than-4-year certificates
944,940 696,019 568,715 127,304 22,832 104,472 248,921 61,386 187,535 12,344 175,191
4-year institutions 140,313 140,266 98,273 41,993 11,514 30,479 47 5 42 42 0
Males 60,517 60,507 47,651 12,856 4,451 8,405 10 4 6 6 0
Females 79,796 79,759 50,622 29,137 7,063 22,074 37 1 36 36 0
                       
2-year institutions 620,449 555,753 470,442 85,311 11,318 73,993 64,696 33,109 31,587 2,585 29,002
Males 288,741 258,691 232,379 26,312 3,524 22,788 30,050 16,188 13,862 794 13,068
Females 331,708 297,062 238,063 58,999 7,794 51,205 34,646 16,921 17,725 1,791 15,934
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 184,178 184,178 28,272 155,906 9,717 146,189
Males 55,455 55,455 11,344 44,111 3,735 40,376
Females 128,723 128,723 16,928 111,795 5,982 105,813
                       
Associate's degrees 1,005,706 1,005,649 861,859 143,790 56,563 87,227 57 0 57 0 57
4-year institutions 291,497 291,497 191,928 99,569 44,868 54,701 0 0 0 0 0
Males 111,294 111,294 76,345 34,949 17,079 17,870 0 0 0 0 0
Females 180,203 180,203 115,583 64,620 27,789 36,831 0 0 0 0 0
                       
2-year institutions 714,152 714,152 669,931 44,221 11,695 32,526 0 0 0 0 0
Males 282,865 282,865 267,971 14,894 2,877 12,017 0 0 0 0 0
Females 431,287 431,287 401,960 29,327 8,818 20,509 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 57 57 0 57 0 57
Males 3 3 0 3 0 3
Females 54 54 0 54 0 54
                       
Bachelor's degrees 1,956,032 1,956,032 1,275,756 680,276 566,379 113,897 0 0 0 0 0
Males 836,045 836,045 559,822 276,223 232,487 43,736 0 0 0 0 0
Females 1,119,987 1,119,987 715,934 404,053 333,892 70,161 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Master's degrees 804,684 804,684 374,387 430,297 360,352 69,945 0 0 0 0 0
Males 326,892 326,892 159,463 167,429 145,315 22,114 0 0 0 0 0
Females 477,792 477,792 214,924 262,868 215,037 47,831 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Doctor's degrees 181,352 181,352 91,532 89,820 81,545 8,275 0 0 0 0 0
Males 84,646 84,646 44,169 40,477 37,639 2,838 0 0 0 0 0
Females 96,706 96,706 47,363 49,343 43,906 5,437 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 2018, Fall Enrollment component; Spring 2018, Human Resources component; and Fall 2017, Completions component. (This table was prepared April 2019.)

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