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Table 317.40. Number of degree-granting postsecondary institutions and enrollment in these institutions, by enrollment size, control, and classification of institution: Fall 2017
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 4,298 687 619 501 822 610 498 340 120 101 19,765,598 71,097 206,404 363,936 1,377,551 2,165,922 3,548,425 4,699,722 2,958,258 4,374,283
Research university, very high2 115 0 0 0 1 0 4 21 33 56 3,478,145 0 0 0 2,238 0 28,690 305,673 842,859 2,298,685
Research university, high3 104 0 0 0 1 3 24 45 23 8 1,692,499 0 0 0 1,913 13,126 186,210 651,501 570,530 269,219
Doctoral/research university4 109 0 6 2 10 16 27 29 11 8 1,381,369 0 2,352 1,485 18,509 62,722 205,737 377,915 255,929 456,720
Master's5 742 14 17 36 173 216 176 84 14 12 4,393,610 1,556 5,997 27,740 314,594 768,982 1,228,747 1,134,755 328,783 582,456
Baccalaureate6 849 72 117 154 311 108 43 31 6 7 2,211,990 8,129 39,991 116,254 502,677 371,796 298,389 430,787 155,210 288,757
Special-focus7 4-year 899 360 216 157 110 40 12 3 1 0 666,027 35,988 70,379 110,279 169,759 131,227 81,942 39,354 27,099 0
2-year 1,480 241 263 152 216 227 212 127 32 10 5,941,958 25,424 87,685 108,178 367,861 818,069 1,518,710 1,759,737 777,848 478,446
                                         
Public 1,626 14 39 69 294 357 380 284 106 83 14,560,155 1,864 14,117 54,516 506,686 1,283,877 2,713,802 3,948,751 2,628,244 3,408,298
Research university, very high2 81 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 26 51 2,844,803 0 0 0 0 0 7,674 54,812 675,371 2,106,946
Research university, high3 74 0 0 0 0 0 12 34 21 7 1,366,233 0 0 0 0 0 98,917 506,884 525,547 234,885
Doctoral/research university4 38 0 0 0 1 1 5 19 9 3 628,300 0 0 0 2,213 3,490 42,998 259,326 211,820 108,453
Master's5 271 0 1 0 16 58 105 73 12 6 2,487,434 0 387 0 31,666 215,977 734,506 979,758 282,448 242,692
Baccalaureate6 234 0 4 20 65 63 41 29 6 6 1,433,586 0 1,919 15,312 107,975 224,493 285,004 406,797 155,210 236,876
Special-focus7 4-year 52 3 9 11 14 11 4 0 0 0 93,121 341 3,140 8,326 21,118 34,203 25,993 0 0 0
Arts, music, or design 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3,078 0 0 0 3,078 0 0 0 0 0
Business and management 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 327 0 327 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Engineering and other
   technology-related
2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3,387 0 0 609 0 2,778 0 0 0 0
Law 6 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2,825 195 1,026 576 1,028 0 0 0 0 0
Medical schools and centers 25 1 0 5 6 10 3 0 0 0 63,586 35 0 4,578 10,150 31,425 17,398 0 0 0
Other health professions 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3,621 0 1,242 0 2,379 0 0 0 0 0
Tribal colleges 10 1 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 7,702 111 545 2,563 4,483 0 0 0 0 0
Other special focus 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8,595 0 0 0 0 0 8,595 0 0 0
2-year 876 11 25 38 198 224 212 126 32 10 5,706,678 1,523 8,671 30,878 343,714 805,714 1,518,710 1,741,174 777,848 478,446
High transfer institutions8 336 1 7 5 57 70 99 70 20 7 2,901,287 54 2,444 4,069 102,604 255,000 717,240 1,005,414 482,814 331,648
Mixed transfer/career and
   technical institutions9
302 0 1 16 76 75 77 43 11 3 1,945,571 0 420 13,356 128,753 261,414 552,519 571,935 270,376 146,798
High career and technical
   institutions10
212 2 4 16 61 79 36 13 1 0 845,035 210 1,675 12,746 103,670 289,300 248,951 163,825 24,658 0
Special-focus7 2-year 26 8 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 14,785 1,259 4,132 707 8,687 0 0 0 0 0
Health professions 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3,613 0 1,320 0 2,293 0 0 0 0 0
Tribal colleges 17 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5,700 1,259 2,495 0 1,946 0 0 0 0 0
Other programs 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5,472 0 317 707 4,448 0 0 0 0 0
                                         
Private nonprofit 1,687 328 248 244 461 229 104 51 11 11 4,106,477 33,142 80,865 178,787 771,468 797,620 730,443 680,970 256,580 576,602
Research university, very high2 34 0 0 0 1 0 3 18 7 5 633,342 0 0 0 2,238 0 21,016 250,861 167,488 191,739
Research university, high3 30 0 0 0 1 3 12 11 2 1 326,266 0 0 0 1,913 13,126 87,293 144,617 44,983 34,334
Doctoral/research university4 54 0 1 1 7 13 20 9 2 1 442,414 0 267 957 13,791 50,479 149,966 107,801 44,109 75,044
Master's5 413 7 6 27 145 154 62 9 0 3 1,596,806 773 2,525 20,902 263,446 541,045 425,083 119,428 0 223,604
Baccalaureate6 461 23 54 111 232 39 0 1 0 1 668,707 2,796 19,057 85,140 373,610 124,205 0 12,018 0 51,881
Special-focus7 4-year 597 258 146 91 73 20 7 2 0 0 390,552 25,610 46,192 62,274 112,944 68,765 47,085 27,682 0 0
Arts, music, or design 57 14 14 13 12 1 2 1 0 0 63,158 1,521 4,675 8,629 19,725 3,648 11,797 13,163 0 0
Business and management 21 6 3 4 3 4 1 0 0 0 32,130 499 1,062 2,709 5,756 14,233 7,871 0 0 0
Engineering and other
   technology-related
6 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 18,237 98 639 736 2,245 0 0 14,519 0 0
Faith-related 300 190 76 22 9 2 1 0 0 0 85,020 18,423 23,084 14,219 16,651 6,164 6,479 0 0 0
Law 21 4 5 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 12,763 484 1,660 6,089 4,530 0 0 0 0 0
Medical schools and centers 30 3 2 5 11 9 0 0 0 0 53,319 492 532 3,367 16,554 32,374 0 0 0 0
Other health professions 133 30 36 32 31 2 2 0 0 0 104,345 3,195 12,192 21,905 45,211 6,029 15,813 0 0 0
Tribal colleges 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,557 0 600 1,957 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other special focus 24 10 6 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 19,023 898 1,748 2,663 2,272 6,317 5,125 0 0 0
2-year 98 40 41 14 2 0 0 1 0 0 48,390 3,963 12,824 9,514 3,526 0 0 18,563 0 0
High transfer institutions8 9 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,142 47 294 4,801 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mixed transfer/career and
   technical institutions9
4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4,423 0 265 632 3,526 0 0 0 0 0
High career and technical
   institutions10
14 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,318 748 2,728 842 0 0 0 0 0 0
Special-focus7 2-year 71 34 31 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 34,507 3,168 9,537 3,239 0 0 0 18,563 0 0
Health professions 29 14 11 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 24,971 1,403 3,248 1,757 0 0 0 18,563 0 0
Tribal colleges 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 465 90 375 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other programs 40 19 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,071 1,675 5,914 1,482 0 0 0 0 0 0
                                         
Private for-profit 985 345 332 188 67 24 14 5 3 7 1,098,966 36,091 111,422 130,633 99,397 84,425 104,180 70,001 73,434 389,383
Doctoral/research university4 17 0 5 1 2 2 2 1 0 4 310,655 0 2,085 528 2,505 8,753 12,773 10,788 0 273,223
Master's5 58 7 10 9 12 4 9 2 2 3 309,370 783 3,085 6,838 19,482 11,960 69,158 35,569 46,335 116,160
Baccalaureate6 154 49 59 23 14 6 2 1 0 0 109,697 5,333 19,015 15,802 21,092 23,098 13,385 11,972 0 0
Special-focus7 4-year 250 99 61 55 23 9 1 1 1 0 182,354 10,037 21,047 39,679 35,697 28,259 8,864 11,672 27,099 0
Arts, music, or design 63 20 17 18 5 2 0 1 0 0 47,745 1,444 6,145 13,141 8,010 7,333 0 11,672 0 0
Business and management 52 27 10 6 5 3 1 0 0 0 37,743 2,670 3,281 4,572 8,329 10,027 8,864 0 0 0
Engineering and other
   technology-related
7 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3,417 222 696 1,372 1,127 0 0 0 0 0
Law 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,147 328 1,255 564 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medical schools and centers 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 878 99 0 779 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other health professions 114 44 27 26 12 4 0 0 1 0 88,555 4,906 9,023 18,397 18,231 10,899 0 0 27,099 0
Other special focus 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,869 368 647 854 0 0 0 0 0 0
2-year 506 190 197 100 16 3 0 0 0 0 186,890 19,938 66,190 67,786 20,621 12,355 0 0 0 0
High transfer institutions8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 474 117 357 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mixed transfer/career and
   technical institutions9
5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5,329 220 423 0 0 4,686 0 0 0 0
High career and technical
   institutions10
154 56 60 32 5 1 0 0 0 0 58,369 6,208 20,124 21,502 5,834 4,701 0 0 0 0
Special-focus7 2-year 345 130 135 68 11 1 0 0 0 0 122,718 13,393 45,286 46,284 14,787 2,968 0 0 0 0
Health professions 231 77 91 55 7 1 0 0 0 0 86,864 7,793 31,336 36,379 8,388 2,968 0 0 0 0
Other programs 114 53 44 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 35,854 5,600 13,950 9,905 6,399 0 0 0 0 0
1 Excludes institutions with no enrollment reported separately from the enrollment of an associated main campus.
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 research/scholarship 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 and fewer than 20 doctor's degrees per year.
6 Institutions that primarily emphasize undergraduate education. In addition to institutions that primarily award bachelor's degrees, also includes institutions classified as 4-year in the IPEDS system, but classified as 2-year baccalaureate/associate's colleges in the Carnegie Classification 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 2018, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2018.)

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