Table 311.33.

Selected statistics for degree-granting postsecondary institutions that primarily offer online programs, by control of institution and selected characteristics: Fall 2020 and 2019-20

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 20203	3,928	422	10.7	141	195	86	3,506	1,445	1,443	618
Fall 2020 enrollment
Total enrollment	18,991,798	2,785,737	14.7	1,603,093	678,435	504,209	16,206,061	12,264,146	3,422,584	519,331
Full-time	11,591,353	1,566,296	13.5	845,424	455,534	265,338	10,025,057	7,044,770	2,616,178	364,109
Males	4,980,417	596,931	12.0	347,424	165,213	84,294	4,383,486	3,122,575	1,129,879	131,032
Females	6,610,936	969,365	14.7	498,000	290,321	181,044	5,641,571	3,922,195	1,486,299	233,077
Part-time	7,400,445	1,219,441	16.5	757,669	222,901	238,871	6,181,004	5,219,376	806,406	155,222
Males	2,889,128	453,912	15.7	295,260	83,206	75,446	2,435,216	2,092,260	306,334	36,622
Females	4,511,317	765,529	17.0	462,409	139,695	163,425	3,745,788	3,127,116	500,072	118,600
Undergraduate	15,851,906	2,282,347	14.4	1,471,988	463,444	346,915	13,569,559	10,849,158	2,279,505	440,896
Full-time	9,829,742	1,300,330	13.2	783,351	325,511	191,468	8,529,412	6,274,237	1,917,766	337,409
Part-time	6,022,164	982,017	16.3	688,637	137,933	155,447	5,040,147	4,574,921	361,739	103,487
Postbaccalaureate	3,139,892	503,390	16.0	131,105	214,991	157,294	2,636,502	1,414,988	1,143,079	78,435
Full-time	1,761,611	265,966	15.1	62,073	130,023	73,870	1,495,645	770,533	698,412	26,700
Part-time	1,378,281	237,424	17.2	69,032	84,968	83,424	1,140,857	644,455	444,667	51,735
White	9,797,525	1,103,664	11.3	503,337	374,537	225,790	8,693,861	6,544,279	1,952,308	197,274
Black	2,382,445	473,229	19.9	199,398	105,077	168,754	1,909,216	1,404,660	383,350	121,206
Hispanic	3,689,651	726,865	19.7	570,210	95,165	61,490	2,962,786	2,426,814	408,164	127,808
Asian	1,342,013	245,712	18.3	192,114	37,487	16,111	1,096,301	820,650	246,647	29,004
Pacific Islander	48,648	11,209	23.0	4,632	3,079	3,498	37,439	26,219	7,818	3,402
American Indian/Alaska Native	121,025	19,858	16.4	11,373	4,348	4,137	101,167	82,171	13,962	5,034
Two or more races	761,832	107,893	14.2	63,286	24,104	20,503	653,939	506,675	126,503	20,761
Nonresident alien4	848,659	97,307	11.5	58,743	34,638	3,926	751,352	452,678	283,832	14,842
4-year institutions	14,078,015	2,137,068	15.2	983,778	669,996	483,294	11,940,947	8,180,804	3,398,771	361,372
Full-time	9,781,782	1,318,955	13.5	624,354	447,647	246,954	8,462,827	5,653,204	2,597,607	212,016
Part-time	4,296,233	818,113	19.0	359,424	222,349	236,340	3,478,120	2,527,600	801,164	149,356
2-year institutions	4,913,783	648,669	13.2	619,315	8,439	20,915	4,265,114	4,083,342	23,813	157,959
Full-time	1,809,571	247,341	13.7	221,070	7,887	18,384	1,562,230	1,391,566	18,571	152,093
Part-time	3,104,212	401,328	12.9	398,245	552	2,531	2,702,884	2,691,776	5,242	5,866
Degrees conferred, 2019-20
Associate's	1,018,233	150,201	14.8	117,891	13,672	18,638	868,032	784,885	38,022	45,125
Males	393,079	57,176	14.5	46,556	2,830	7,790	335,903	306,281	14,373	15,249
Females	625,154	93,025	14.9	71,335	10,842	10,848	532,129	478,604	23,649	29,876
Bachelor's	2,038,431	297,976	14.6	154,249	87,564	56,163	1,740,455	1,208,526	491,347	40,582
Males	861,263	114,166	13.3	62,640	31,059	20,467	747,097	530,387	202,919	13,791
Females	1,177,168	183,810	15.6	91,609	56,505	35,696	993,358	678,139	288,428	26,791
Master's	843,449	144,692	17.2	36,535	64,719	43,438	698,757	356,217	319,198	23,342
Males	325,664	47,171	14.5	12,516	22,770	11,885	278,493	144,434	127,136	6,923
Females	517,785	97,521	18.8	24,019	41,949	31,553	420,264	211,783	192,062	16,419
Doctor's5	190,178	14,380	7.6	2,799	6,779	4,802	175,798	92,734	79,409	3,655
Males	85,225	5,555	6.5	1,246	2,917	1,392	79,670	43,161	35,183	1,326
Females	104,953	8,825	8.4	1,553	3,862	3,410	96,128	49,573	44,226	2,329
First-time students' graduation      and retention rates from      first institution attended
Among full-time bachelor's degree-      seekers starting at 4-year      institutions in 2014, percent      earning bachelor’s degree
Within 4 years after start	46.6	37.0	†	31.8	56.9	5.7	47.5	43.2	56.8	38.1
Within 5 years after start	60.5	52.9	†	54.4	64.0	10.2	61.3	59.5	65.8	42.1
Within 6 years after start	64.0	57.9	†	61.8	65.8	12.3	64.6	63.2	68.2	44.3
Among full-time degree/certificate-      seekers starting at 2-year      institutions in 2017, percent      completing credential within      150 percent of normal time	33.7	29.3	†	27.0	42.7	53.9	34.3	29.6	56.9	61.9
Among degree-seekers starting in      2019, percent returning in 2020
Full-time entrants	75.9	72.9	†	73.2	74.8	52.2	76.2	75.0	80.8	67.7
Part-time entrants	41.8	41.4	†	40.9	46.2	40.4	41.9	41.9	42.6	48.8

†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 2020.

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 2021, Fall Enrollment component; IPEDS, Fall 2020, Completions component; and IPEDS, Winter 2020-21, Graduation Rates component. (This table was prepared March 2022.)