Table 317.40.

Number of degree-granting postsecondary institutions and enrollment in these institutions, by enrollment size, control, and classification of institution: Fall 2020

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	3,733	472	387	466	832	594	465	308	105	104	18,915,692	49,007	129,461	340,337	1,398,325	2,114,734	3,316,341	4,245,816	2,540,089	4,781,582
Research university, very high2	131	0	0	0	1	0	7	25	36	62	3,971,203	0	0	0	2,240	0	53,977	373,896	899,291	2,641,799
Research university, high3	130	0	0	0	3	8	37	57	16	9	1,887,600	0	0	0	5,527	30,614	296,343	825,939	395,262	333,915
Doctoral/research university4	138	0	1	2	14	45	34	29	8	5	1,390,799	0	295	1,664	27,425	171,196	249,944	381,483	183,628	375,164
Master's5	639	10	7	31	180	187	136	65	11	12	3,803,432	1,076	2,523	25,009	322,304	664,547	962,735	878,805	262,582	683,851
Baccalaureate6	687	32	65	146	270	93	43	24	9	5	1,943,345	3,730	22,714	110,783	434,187	313,678	296,891	321,939	225,300	214,123
Special-focus7 4-year	776	304	167	138	108	44	11	3	1	0	636,669	30,665	53,020	97,205	171,047	147,703	68,922	38,626	29,481	0
2-year	1,215	125	142	141	254	216	197	105	24	11	5,269,665	13,328	48,967	100,340	433,067	784,031	1,387,529	1,425,128	544,545	532,730
Public	1,575	13	30	71	330	344	359	252	88	88	13,858,079	1,571	10,511	54,984	576,534	1,257,182	2,567,120	3,485,230	2,135,150	3,769,797
Research university, very high2	94	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	28	57	3,291,432	0	0	0	0	0	9,300	129,846	702,793	2,449,493
Research university, high3	88	0	0	0	1	2	19	44	14	8	1,460,531	0	0	0	2,127	7,385	152,815	648,298	352,452	297,454
Doctoral/research university4	28	0	0	0	0	1	6	16	5	0	378,656	0	0	0	0	3,165	47,850	212,730	114,911	0
Master's5	245	0	0	0	21	59	94	55	8	8	2,215,779	0	0	0	43,542	227,215	682,106	747,289	195,149	320,478
Baccalaureate6	210	0	1	10	63	59	40	24	9	4	1,322,333	0	395	7,847	108,016	212,569	276,625	321,939	225,300	169,642
Special-focus7 4-year	52	3	10	10	16	10	3	0	0	0	87,157	411	3,349	7,614	25,779	31,985	18,019	0	0	0
Arts, music, or design	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2,964	0	0	0	2,964	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering and other     technology-related	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2,475	0	0	0	2,475	0	0	0	0	0
Law	5	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3,209	0	663	1,520	1,026	0	0	0	0	0
Medical schools and centers	23	0	0	3	7	10	3	0	0	0	64,845	0	0	2,767	12,074	31,985	18,019	0	0	0
Other health professions	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2,654	89	760	632	1,173	0	0	0	0	0
Tribal colleges	15	2	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	8,913	322	1,926	2,695	3,970	0	0	0	0	0
Other special focus	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2,097	0	0	0	2,097	0	0	0	0	0
2-year	858	10	19	51	229	213	196	105	24	11	5,102,191	1,160	6,767	39,523	397,070	774,863	1,380,405	1,425,128	544,545	532,730
High transfer institutions8	301	2	5	13	60	55	89	57	15	5	2,334,572	221	2,142	10,036	100,633	199,252	643,853	793,634	335,100	249,701
Mixed transfer/career and     technical institutions9	331	1	3	16	99	91	74	33	9	5	1,892,449	33	1,220	12,952	172,213	336,527	514,015	437,796	209,445	208,248
High career and technical     institutions10	203	0	3	17	68	66	33	15	0	1	861,718	0	1,124	13,015	120,393	236,170	222,537	193,698	0	74,781
Special-focus7 2-year	23	7	8	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	13,452	906	2,281	3,520	3,831	2,914	0	0	0	0
Health professions	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,921	178	548	1,195	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tribal colleges	13	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4,661	728	1,451	843	1,639	0	0	0	0	0
Other programs	5	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6,870	0	282	1,482	2,192	2,914	0	0	0	0
Private nonprofit	1,576	295	202	251	435	224	95	51	13	10	4,085,690	30,738	67,314	187,710	716,619	770,814	673,948	687,984	301,755	648,808
Research university, very high2	37	0	0	0	1	0	6	17	8	5	679,771	0	0	0	2,240	0	44,677	244,050	196,498	192,306
Research university, high3	42	0	0	0	2	6	18	13	2	1	427,069	0	0	0	3,400	23,229	143,528	177,641	42,810	36,461
Doctoral/research university4	102	0	0	2	14	43	28	12	2	1	679,827	0	0	1,664	27,425	164,602	202,094	150,220	40,473	93,349
Master's5	356	3	3	28	151	124	37	7	1	2	1,348,511	393	1,135	22,927	265,110	423,166	243,691	87,904	21,974	282,211
Baccalaureate6	412	18	49	114	199	30	1	0	0	1	558,797	2,325	17,823	87,745	312,928	87,878	5,617	0	0	44,481
Special-focus7 4-year	551	241	122	96	65	21	4	2	0	0	359,213	24,534	38,461	67,407	101,486	71,939	27,217	28,169	0	0
Arts, music, or design	51	12	12	12	11	2	1	1	0	0	59,760	931	4,165	9,057	17,226	7,485	6,631	14,265	0	0
Business and management	19	3	6	2	5	2	1	0	0	0	23,909	256	1,950	1,484	8,412	5,881	5,926	0	0	0
Engineering and other     technology-related	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	17,950	281	1,021	754	1,990	0	0	13,904	0	0
Faith-related	277	181	58	27	7	3	1	0	0	0	82,124	18,486	17,496	17,236	12,327	9,420	7,159	0	0	0
Law	19	3	5	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	11,615	431	1,435	6,269	3,480	0	0	0	0	0
Medical schools and centers	28	0	2	6	12	8	0	0	0	0	53,095	0	674	4,329	18,624	29,468	0	0	0	0
Other health professions	122	27	30	35	25	4	1	0	0	0	95,789	3,137	9,567	24,731	38,189	12,664	7,501	0	0	0
Tribal colleges	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,085	173	326	586	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other special focus	23	11	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	13,886	839	1,827	2,961	1,238	7,021	0	0	0	0
2-year	76	33	28	11	3	0	1	0	0	0	32,502	3,486	9,895	7,967	4,030	0	7,124	0	0	0
High transfer institutions8	9	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4,307	280	2,029	947	1,051	0	0	0	0	0
Mixed transfer/career and     technical institutions9	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2,663	0	0	834	1,829	0	0	0	0	0
High career and technical     institutions10	9	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3,688	280	2,258	0	1,150	0	0	0	0	0
Special-focus7 2-year	56	29	17	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	21,844	2,926	5,608	6,186	0	0	7,124	0	0	0
Health professions	24	12	7	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	13,719	1,365	2,234	2,996	0	0	7,124	0	0	0
Tribal colleges	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	558	141	417	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other programs	30	16	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,567	1,420	2,957	3,190	0	0	0	0	0	0
Private for-profit	582	164	155	144	67	26	11	5	4	6	971,923	16,698	51,636	97,643	105,172	86,738	75,273	72,602	103,184	362,977
Doctoral/research university4	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	332,316	0	295	0	0	3,429	0	18,533	28,244	281,815
Master's5	38	7	4	3	8	4	5	3	2	2	239,142	683	1,388	2,082	13,652	14,166	36,938	43,612	45,459	81,162
Baccalaureate6	65	14	15	22	8	4	2	0	0	0	62,215	1,405	4,496	15,191	13,243	13,231	14,649	0	0	0
Special-focus7 4-year	173	60	35	32	27	13	4	1	1	0	190,299	5,720	11,210	22,184	43,782	43,779	23,686	10,457	29,481	0
Arts, music, or design	29	15	5	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	20,265	1,409	1,722	2,973	4,800	3,692	5,669	0	0	0
Business and management	38	14	10	3	4	5	1	1	0	0	47,474	1,222	2,967	2,096	7,008	16,283	7,441	10,457	0	0
Engineering and other     technology-related	6	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,856	215	0	2,641	0	0	0	0	0	0
Law	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,345	223	564	558	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medical schools and centers	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1,332	0	0	0	1,332	0	0	0	0	0
Other health professions	88	24	17	18	19	7	2	0	1	0	115,079	2,359	5,608	12,609	30,642	23,804	10,576	0	29,481	0
Other special focus	6	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,948	292	349	1,307	0	0	0	0	0	0
2-year11	281	82	95	79	22	3	0	0	0	0	134,972	8,682	32,305	52,850	31,967	9,168	0	0	0	0
High transfer institutions8	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	678	0	678	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mixed transfer/career and     technical institutions9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2,965	0	0	0	0	2,965	0	0	0	0
High career and technical     institutions10	60	20	19	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	27,678	2,099	6,566	10,274	5,794	2,945	0	0	0	0
Special-focus7 2-year	235	63	79	71	20	2	0	0	0	0	116,630	6,791	27,003	47,912	28,701	6,223	0	0	0	0
Health professions	162	34	60	57	10	1	0	0	0	0	80,175	4,066	20,881	37,562	14,152	3,514	0	0	0	0
Other programs	73	29	19	14	10	1	0	0	0	0	36,455	2,725	6,122	10,350	14,549	2,709	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 40 percent or less of their awards in career and technical programs.

9 Institutions that award 41 to 59 percent of their awards in career and technical programs.

10 Institutions that award 60 percent or more of their awards in career and technical programs.

11 Based on the level of institution as defined by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, which may occasionally differ from the Carnegie classification’s definition of 2-year institutions.

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. Relative levels of research activity for research universities were determined by an analysis of research and development expenditures, science and engineering research staffing, and doctor's degrees conferred, by field. Further information on the research index ranking may be obtained from https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/. This table excludes 195 institutions with missing data on Carnegie classifications, with 76,106 students enrolled.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2021, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2021.)