Table 311.33.

Selected statistics for degree-granting postsecondary institutions that primarily offer online programs, by control of institution and selected characteristics: Fall 2019 and 2018-19

Selected characteristic	All insti-tutions	Primarily online institutions1					Other institutions2
		Total	Percent of all insti-tutions	Public	Nonprofit	For-profit	Total	Public	Nonprofit	For-profit
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Number of institutions, fall 20193	3,947	98	2.5	10	35	53	3,849	1,591	1,623	635
Fall 2019 enrollment
Total enrollment	19,637,499	956,751	4.9	138,764	346,011	471,976	18,680,748	14,362,293	3,799,252	519,203
Full-time	11,966,494	495,620	4.1	36,219	217,142	242,259	11,470,874	8,184,076	2,919,946	366,852
Males	5,276,895	158,719	3.0	12,123	69,390	77,206	5,118,176	3,718,693	1,263,361	136,122
Females	6,689,599	336,901	5.0	24,096	147,752	165,053	6,352,698	4,465,383	1,656,585	230,730
Part-time	7,671,005	461,131	6.0	102,545	128,869	229,717	7,209,874	6,178,217	879,306	152,351
Males	3,085,995	159,875	5.2	39,339	48,380	72,156	2,926,120	2,554,665	332,922	38,533
Females	4,585,010	301,256	6.6	63,206	80,489	157,561	4,283,754	3,623,552	546,384	113,818
Undergraduate	16,565,066	693,109	4.2	113,597	261,804	317,708	15,871,957	12,887,946	2,543,074	440,937
Full-time	10,219,934	361,170	3.5	27,924	163,629	169,617	9,858,764	7,370,567	2,149,865	338,332
Part-time	6,345,132	331,939	5.2	85,673	98,175	148,091	6,013,193	5,517,379	393,209	102,605
Postbaccalaureate	3,072,433	263,642	8.6	25,167	84,207	154,268	2,808,791	1,474,347	1,256,178	78,266
Full-time	1,746,560	134,450	7.7	8,295	53,513	72,642	1,612,110	813,509	770,081	28,520
Part-time	1,325,873	129,192	9.7	16,872	30,694	81,626	1,196,681	660,838	486,097	49,746
White	10,141,692	518,145	5.1	82,974	217,492	217,679	9,623,547	7,284,859	2,147,026	191,662
Black	2,474,168	245,418	9.9	20,953	63,434	161,031	2,228,750	1,675,036	428,280	125,434
Hispanic	3,783,415	112,267	3.0	22,183	37,443	52,641	3,671,148	3,102,237	442,915	125,996
Asian	1,327,233	28,392	2.1	4,956	10,157	13,279	1,298,841	1,004,714	265,551	28,576
Pacific Islander	50,966	5,640	11.1	644	1,800	3,196	45,326	32,782	9,000	3,544
American Indian/Alaska Native	129,859	7,680	5.9	1,070	2,421	4,189	122,179	101,447	16,023	4,709
Two or more races	756,083	34,943	4.6	5,471	11,792	17,680	721,140	565,703	135,063	20,374
Nonresident alien4	974,083	4,266	0.4	513	1,472	2,281	969,817	595,515	355,394	18,908
4-year institutions	14,038,455	903,124	6.4	113,116	327,613	462,395	13,135,331	8,989,842	3,773,006	372,483
Full-time	9,911,369	465,036	4.7	30,547	199,787	234,702	9,446,333	6,320,504	2,899,396	226,433
Part-time	4,127,086	438,088	10.6	82,569	127,826	227,693	3,688,998	2,669,338	873,610	146,050
2-year institutions	5,599,044	53,627	1.0	25,648	18,398	9,581	5,545,417	5,372,451	26,246	146,720
Full-time	2,055,125	30,584	1.5	5,672	17,355	7,557	2,024,541	1,863,572	20,550	140,419
Part-time	3,543,919	23,043	0.7	19,976	1,043	2,024	3,520,876	3,508,879	5,696	6,301
Degrees conferred, 2018-19
Associate's	1,036,662	29,588	2.9	3,187	11,049	15,352	1,007,074	911,824	43,383	51,867
Males	407,219	10,935	2.7	1,522	2,262	7,151	396,284	362,498	16,480	17,306
Females	629,443	18,653	3.0	1,665	8,787	8,201	610,790	549,326	26,903	34,561
Bachelor's	2,012,854	107,029	5.3	13,414	38,871	54,744	1,905,825	1,326,733	536,715	42,377
Males	857,545	38,874	4.5	5,071	13,407	20,396	818,671	581,349	221,801	15,521
Females	1,155,309	68,155	5.9	8,343	25,464	34,348	1,087,154	745,384	314,914	26,856
Master's	833,706	75,160	9.0	7,227	25,794	42,139	758,546	378,939	355,091	24,516
Males	326,186	22,798	7.0	2,138	8,582	12,078	303,388	155,101	140,590	7,697
Females	507,520	52,362	10.3	5,089	17,212	30,061	455,158	223,838	214,501	16,819
Doctor's5	187,568	5,319	2.8	207	1,078	4,034	182,249	94,356	84,628	3,265
Males	85,769	1,675	2.0	63	371	1,241	84,094	44,726	38,281	1,087
Females	101,799	3,644	3.6	144	707	2,793	98,155	49,630	46,347	2,178
First-time students' graduation and     retention rates from first institution attended
Among full-time bachelor's degree-     seekers starting at 4-year     institutions in 2013, percent     earning bachelor’s degree
Within 4 years after start	45.3	7.6	†	2.1	23.9	5.2	45.7	40.7	56.5	29.8
Within 5 years after start	59.9	11.6	†	3.3	26.6	9.6	60.5	58.2	66.1	34.4
Within 6 years after start	63.4	14.0	†	4.1	27.6	12.5	63.9	62.4	68.1	36.4
Among full-time degree/certificate-     seekers starting at 2-year     institutions in 2015, percent     completing credential within     150 percent of normal time	33.5	58.8	†	18.7	58.7	65.1	32.3	28.2	58.7	61.1
Among degree-seekers starting in     2018, percent returning in 2019
Full-time entrants	76.2	58.7	†	65.7	63.9	44.5	76.3	74.8	81.7	68.9
Part-time entrants	45.0	39.9	†	33.6	43.7	41.7	45.2	45.2	43.4	45.9

†Not applicable.

1 Primarily online institutions have more than 90 percent of students enrolled in exclusively distance education courses in the fall term.

2 Other institutions may offer distance education courses without being primarily online institutions.

3 Includes only institutions reporting enrollment data in fall 2019.

4 Race/ethnicity not collected.

5 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: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 2020, Fall Enrollment component; IPEDS, Fall 2019, Completions component; and IPEDS, Winter 2019-20, Graduation Rates component. (This table was prepared March 2021.)