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/certificate: Fall 2020 and 2019-20

Level of institution, sex of student, type of staff, and level of degree/certificate	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 2020
Total	19,355,811	18,991,798	13,867,239	5,124,559	4,101,019	1,023,540	364,013	106,980	257,033	12,487	244,546
4-year institutions	14,078,240	14,078,015	9,164,582	4,913,433	4,068,767	844,666	225	†	225	225	†
Males	5,892,300	5,892,248	3,954,464	1,937,784	1,674,819	262,965	52	†	52	52	†
Females	8,185,940	8,185,767	5,210,118	2,975,649	2,393,948	581,701	173	†	173	173	†
2-year institutions	5,007,935	4,913,783	4,702,657	211,126	32,252	178,874	94,152	50,151	44,001	5,943	38,058
Males	2,026,302	1,977,297	1,903,055	74,242	9,813	64,429	49,005	30,580	18,425	1,298	17,127
Females	2,981,633	2,936,486	2,799,602	136,884	22,439	114,445	45,147	19,571	25,576	4,645	20,931
Less-than-2-year institutions	269,636	†	†	†	†	†	269,636	56,829	212,807	6,319	206,488
Males	86,096	†	†	†	†	†	86,096	29,269	56,827	2,826	54,001
Females	183,540	†	†	†	†	†	183,540	27,560	155,980	3,493	152,487
Staff, fall 2020
Total	3,867,952	3,811,104	2,510,401	1,300,703	1,193,256	107,447	56,848	21,467	35,381	2,943	32,438
Faculty (instruction/research/public      service)	1,519,335	1,489,415	941,367	548,048	482,119	65,929	29,920	11,334	18,586	1,480	17,106
Instruction	1,393,174	1,363,254	862,853	500,401	434,557	65,844	29,920	11,334	18,586	1,480	17,106
Research	95,021	95,021	59,423	35,598	35,555	43	†	†	†	†	†
Public service	31,140	31,140	19,091	12,049	12,007	42	†	†	†	†	†
Graduate assistants	377,459	377,459	294,047	83,412	83,103	309	†	†	†	†	†
Librarians, curators, and archivists	38,638	38,510	22,685	15,825	15,176	649	128	38	90	38	52
Student and academic affairs and      other education services	179,365	174,314	115,378	58,936	48,719	10,217	5,051	2,527	2,524	229	2,295
Management	269,299	263,786	157,096	106,690	98,183	8,507	5,513	1,365	4,148	367	3,781
Business and financial operations	230,659	228,241	155,016	73,225	69,542	3,683	2,418	561	1,857	146	1,711
Computer, engineering, and science	239,905	239,356	163,095	76,261	74,641	1,620	549	347	202	48	154
Community, social service, legal,      arts, design, entertainment,      sports, and media	187,884	187,246	113,431	73,815	70,766	3,049	638	355	283	65	218
Healthcare practitioners and      technicians	116,027	115,654	78,904	36,750	36,486	264	373	250	123	21	102
Service occupations	227,032	224,901	150,746	74,155	72,421	1,734	2,131	1,318	813	131	682
Sales and related occupations	12,471	10,568	3,732	6,836	3,334	3,502	1,903	96	1,807	68	1,739
Office and administrative support	381,981	375,059	251,187	123,872	116,512	7,360	6,922	2,461	4,461	290	4,171
Natural resources, construction, and      maintenance	70,318	69,302	50,968	18,334	17,846	488	1,016	573	443	52	391
Production, transportation, and      material moving	17,579	17,293	12,749	4,544	4,408	136	286	242	44	8	36
Degrees/certificates conferred,      2019-20
Total	5,053,638	4,838,030	3,395,159	1,442,871	1,117,458	325,413	215,608	56,733	158,875	8,147	150,728
Less-than-1-year and 1- to less-      than-4-year certificates	963,330	747,739	641,323	106,416	16,748	89,668	215,591	56,733	158,858	8,147	150,711
4-year institutions	197,691	197,636	159,017	38,619	10,841	27,778	55	†	55	55	†
Males	87,826	87,821	75,491	12,330	4,411	7,919	5	†	5	5	†
Females	109,865	109,815	83,526	26,289	6,430	19,859	50	†	50	50	†
2-year institutions	596,509	550,103	482,306	67,797	5,907	61,890	46,406	25,071	21,335	2,614	18,721
Males	275,403	254,345	230,677	23,668	2,223	21,445	21,058	13,131	7,927	573	7,354
Females	321,106	295,758	251,629	44,129	3,684	40,445	25,348	11,940	13,408	2,041	11,367
Less-than-2-year institutions	169,130	†	†	†	†	†	169,130	31,662	137,468	5,478	131,990
Males	54,310	†	†	†	†	†	54,310	12,946	41,364	2,446	38,918
Females	114,820	†	†	†	†	†	114,820	18,716	96,104	3,032	93,072
Associate's degrees	1,018,250	1,018,233	902,776	115,457	51,694	63,763	17	0	17	0	17
4-year institutions	329,751	329,751	247,964	81,787	40,095	41,692	0	†	0	0	†
Males	124,458	124,458	95,650	28,808	14,751	14,057	0	†	0	0	†
Females	205,293	205,293	152,314	52,979	25,344	27,635	0	†	0	0	†
2-year institutions	688,482	688,482	654,812	33,670	11,599	22,071	0	0	0	0	0
Males	268,621	268,621	257,187	11,434	2,452	8,982	0	0	0	0	0
Females	419,861	419,861	397,625	22,236	9,147	13,089	0	0	0	0	0
Less-than-2-year institutions	17	†	†	†	†	†	17	0	17	0	17
Males	1	†	†	†	†	†	1	0	1	0	1
Females	16	†	†	†	†	†	16	0	16	0	16
Bachelor's degrees	2,038,431	2,038,431	1,362,775	675,656	578,911	96,745	0	0	0	0	0
Males	861,263	861,263	593,027	268,236	233,978	34,258	0	0	0	0	0
Females	1,177,168	1,177,168	769,748	407,420	344,933	62,487	0	0	0	0	0
Master's degrees	843,449	843,449	392,752	450,697	383,917	66,780	0	0	0	0	0
Males	325,664	325,664	156,950	168,714	149,906	18,808	0	0	0	0	0
Females	517,785	517,785	235,802	281,983	234,011	47,972	0	0	0	0	0
Doctor's degrees	190,178	190,178	95,533	94,645	86,188	8,457	0	0	0	0	0
Males	85,225	85,225	44,407	40,818	38,100	2,718	0	0	0	0	0
Females	104,953	104,953	51,126	53,827	48,088	5,739	0	0	0	0	0

†Not applicable.

1 Includes both degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 2021, Fall Enrollment component; Spring 2021, Human Resources component; and Fall 2020, Completions component. (This table was prepared March 2022.)