Table 311.33.

Selected statistics for degree-granting postsecondary institutions that primarily offer online programs, by control of institution and selected characteristics: Fall 2017 and 2016-17

Selected characteristic	All institutions	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 20172	4,298	103	2.4	9	31	63	4,195	1,617	1,656	922
Fall 2017 enrollment
Total enrollment	19,765,598	823,068	4.2	75,669	270,107	477,292	18,942,530	14,484,486	3,836,370	621,674
Full-time	12,077,304	428,223	3.5	19,269	158,580	250,374	11,649,081	8,308,804	2,923,706	416,571
Males	5,424,575	139,413	2.6	7,408	49,523	82,482	5,285,162	3,850,537	1,279,473	155,152
Females	6,652,729	288,810	4.3	11,861	109,057	167,892	6,363,919	4,458,267	1,644,233	261,419
Part-time	7,688,294	394,845	5.1	56,400	111,527	226,918	7,293,449	6,175,682	912,664	205,103
Males	3,143,057	145,369	4.6	25,978	44,158	75,233	2,997,688	2,593,997	347,286	56,405
Females	4,545,237	249,476	5.5	30,422	67,369	151,685	4,295,761	3,581,685	565,378	148,698
Undergraduate	16,760,331	580,744	3.5	57,715	212,461	310,568	16,179,587	13,043,238	2,604,556	531,793
Full-time	10,370,665	311,200	3.0	16,421	124,013	170,766	10,059,465	7,499,634	2,175,332	384,499
Part-time	6,389,666	269,544	4.2	41,294	88,448	139,802	6,120,122	5,543,604	429,224	147,294
Postbaccalaureate	3,005,267	242,324	8.1	17,954	57,646	166,724	2,762,943	1,441,248	1,231,814	89,881
Full-time	1,706,639	117,023	6.9	2,848	34,567	79,608	1,589,616	809,170	748,374	32,072
Part-time	1,298,628	125,301	9.6	15,106	23,079	87,116	1,173,327	632,078	483,440	57,809
White	10,510,784	455,265	4.3	49,940	172,455	232,870	10,055,519	7,591,295	2,229,243	234,981
Black	2,545,916	211,886	8.3	6,742	50,546	154,598	2,334,030	1,716,102	446,051	171,877
Hispanic	3,540,584	86,705	2.4	11,401	26,227	49,077	3,453,879	2,912,342	406,514	135,023
Asian	1,277,733	23,625	1.8	3,143	7,524	12,958	1,254,108	971,955	251,999	30,154
Pacific Islander	52,015	4,889	9.4	283	1,383	3,223	47,126	33,339	9,154	4,633
American Indian/Alaska Native	137,632	6,648	4.8	556	1,913	4,179	130,984	107,333	17,665	5,986
Two or more races	700,212	28,100	4.0	2,866	8,949	16,285	672,112	527,970	125,275	18,867
Nonresident alien	1,000,722	5,950	0.6	738	1,110	4,102	994,772	624,150	350,469	20,153
4-year institutions	13,823,640	800,346	5.8	75,195	251,544	473,607	13,023,294	8,778,282	3,806,543	438,469
Full-time	9,849,327	408,638	4.1	19,060	140,969	248,609	9,440,689	6,291,428	2,900,227	249,034
Part-time	3,974,313	391,708	9.9	56,135	110,575	224,998	3,582,605	2,486,854	906,316	189,435
2-year institutions	5,941,958	22,722	0.4	474	18,563	3,685	5,919,236	5,706,204	29,827	183,205
Full-time	2,227,977	19,585	0.9	209	17,611	1,765	2,208,392	2,017,376	23,479	167,537
Part-time	3,713,981	3,137	0.1	265	952	1,920	3,710,844	3,688,828	6,348	15,668
Earned degrees conferred, 2016-17
Associate's	1,005,649	25,951	2.6	743	4,888	20,320	979,698	861,116	51,675	66,907
Males	394,159	10,363	2.6	448	1,772	8,143	383,796	343,868	18,184	21,744
Females	611,490	15,588	2.5	295	3,116	12,177	595,902	517,248	33,491	45,163
Bachelor's	1,956,032	91,230	4.7	8,957	25,691	56,582	1,864,802	1,266,799	540,688	57,315
Males	836,045	33,607	4.0	3,793	8,941	20,873	802,438	556,029	223,546	22,863
Females	1,119,987	57,623	5.1	5,164	16,750	35,709	1,062,364	710,770	317,142	34,452
Master's	804,684	62,305	7.7	4,425	15,301	42,579	742,379	369,962	345,051	27,366
Males	326,892	19,787	6.1	1,795	5,505	12,487	307,105	157,668	139,810	9,627
Females	477,792	42,518	8.9	2,630	9,796	30,092	435,274	212,294	205,241	17,739
Doctor's3	181,352	4,991	2.8	48	221	4,722	176,361	91,484	81,324	3,553
Males	84,646	1,661	2.0	7	60	1,594	82,985	44,162	37,579	1,244
Females	96,706	3,330	3.4	41	161	3,128	93,376	47,322	43,745	2,309
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 2011, percent    earning bachelor’s degree
Within 4 years after start	41.6	6.5	†	10.3	38.4	4.0	42.0	36.9	54.3	19.5
Within 5 years after start	56.5	10.6	†	19.2	43.1	8.0	57.1	55.0	64.2	24.1
Within 6 years after start	60.4	12.0	†	20.5	43.9	9.5	61.0	59.7	66.5	26.2
Among full-time degree/certificate-    seekers starting at 2-year    institutions in 2014, percent    completing credential within    150 percent of normal time	31.6	‡	†	29.8	64.8	37.1	30.6	25.1	57.3	61.2
Among degree-seekers starting in    2016, percent returning in 2017
Full-time entrants	75.5	47.5	†	74.5	61.3	33.8	75.6	74.3	81.3	65.3
Part-time entrants	45.4	43.9	†	50.8	43.4	42.5	45.4	45.6	44.4	38.1

†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 2017.

3 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees that were classified as first-professional degrees prior to 2010-11.

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 2018, Fall Enrollment component; IPEDS, Fall 2017, Completions component; and IPEDS, Winter 2017-18, Graduation Rates component. (This table was prepared May 2019.)