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 2021 and 2020-21

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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 2021 and 2020-21
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
				Total	Nonprofit	For-profit			Total	Nonprofit	For-profit
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Enrollment, fall 2021
Total	19,036,612	18,659,851	13,543,524	5,116,327	4,113,104	1,003,223	376,761	112,004	264,757	13,185	251,572
4-year institutions	13,977,470	13,977,255	9,065,752	4,911,503	4,085,530	825,973	215	†	215	215	†
Males	5,847,061	5,847,010	3,906,914	1,940,096	1,682,888	257,208	51	†	51	51	†
Females	8,130,409	8,130,245	5,158,838	2,971,407	2,402,642	568,765	164	†	164	164	†
2-year institutions	4,777,305	4,682,596	4,477,772	204,824	27,574	177,250	94,709	52,276	42,433	5,657	36,776
Males	1,972,352	1,922,466	1,849,847	72,619	8,419	64,200	49,886	31,568	18,318	1,260	17,058
Females	2,804,953	2,760,130	2,627,925	132,205	19,155	113,050	44,823	20,708	24,115	4,397	19,718
Less-than-2-year institutions	281,837	†	†	†	†	†	281,837	59,728	222,109	7,313	214,796
Males	90,152	†	†	†	†	†	90,152	31,504	58,648	3,039	55,609
Females	191,685	†	†	†	†	†	191,685	28,224	163,461	4,274	159,187
Staff, fall 2021
Total	3,874,123	3,817,214	2,508,734	1,308,480	1,201,350	107,130	56,909	21,496	35,413	2,969	32,444
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	1,529,604	1,499,186	944,925	554,261	488,861	65,400	30,418	11,696	18,722	1,514	17,208
Instruction	1,400,631	1,370,213	864,806	505,407	440,077	65,330	30,418	11,696	18,722	1,514	17,208
Research	95,895	95,895	59,811	36,084	36,044	40	†	†	†	†	†
Public service	33,078	33,078	20,308	12,770	12,740	30	†	†	†	†	†
Graduate assistants	392,270	392,270	306,157	86,113	85,802	311	†	†	†	†	†
Librarians, curators, and archivists	37,440	37,304	21,867	15,437	14,842	595	136	35	101	30	71
Student and academic affairs and other education services	177,773	172,906	114,455	58,451	48,381	10,070	4,867	2,304	2,563	267	2,296
Management	271,536	266,041	157,331	108,710	100,031	8,679	5,495	1,381	4,114	377	3,737
Business and financial operations	230,110	227,757	153,781	73,976	70,042	3,934	2,353	572	1,781	138	1,643
Computer, engineering, and science	239,662	239,165	162,825	76,340	74,703	1,637	497	311	186	43	143
Community, social service, legal, arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media	192,273	191,671	116,117	75,554	72,597	2,957	602	364	238	38	200
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	115,562	115,214	78,599	36,615	36,471	144	348	219	129	17	112
Service occupations	220,293	218,124	146,905	71,219	69,580	1,639	2,169	1,335	834	130	704
Sales and related occupations	12,348	10,434	3,586	6,848	3,317	3,531	1,914	92	1,822	65	1,757
Office and administrative support	370,128	363,221	240,625	122,596	114,978	7,618	6,907	2,415	4,492	312	4,180
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	67,919	66,976	49,091	17,885	17,403	482	943	552	391	29	362
Production, transportation, and material moving	17,205	16,945	12,470	4,475	4,342	133	260	220	40	9	31
Degrees/certificates conferred, 2020-21
Total	5,155,215	4,918,693	3,440,980	1,477,713	1,129,651	348,062	236,522	60,159	176,363	7,928	168,435
Less-than-1-year and 1- to less- than-4-year certificates	991,381	754,864	636,061	118,803	19,236	99,567	236,517	60,159	176,358	7,923	168,435
4-year institutions	206,628	206,596	164,218	42,378	12,582	29,796	32	†	32	32	†
Males	89,808	89,803	76,498	13,305	5,214	8,091	5	†	5	5	†
Females	116,820	116,793	87,720	29,073	7,368	21,705	27	†	27	27	†
2-year institutions	595,888	548,268	471,843	76,425	6,654	69,771	47,620	25,280	22,340	2,531	19,809
Males	260,790	239,633	213,119	26,514	2,160	24,354	21,157	13,180	7,977	580	7,397
Females	335,098	308,635	258,724	49,911	4,494	45,417	26,463	12,100	14,363	1,951	12,412
Less-than-2-year institutions	188,865	†	†	†	†	†	188,865	34,879	153,986	5,360	148,626
Males	58,661	†	†	†	†	†	58,661	14,872	43,789	2,359	41,430
Females	130,204	†	†	†	†	†	130,204	20,007	110,197	3,001	107,196
Associate's degrees	1,036,431	1,036,431	918,657	117,774	50,880	66,894	0	0	0	0	0
4-year institutions	347,633	347,633	264,379	83,254	39,700	43,554	0	†	0	0	†
Males	127,936	127,936	98,667	29,269	14,737	14,532	0	†	0	0	†
Females	219,697	219,697	165,712	53,985	24,963	29,022	0	†	0	0	†
2-year institutions	688,798	688,798	654,278	34,520	11,180	23,340	0	0	0	0	0
Males	255,093	255,093	243,921	11,172	1,850	9,322	0	0	0	0	0
Females	433,705	433,705	410,357	23,348	9,330	14,018	0	0	0	0	0
Less-than-2-year institutions	0	†	†	†	†	†	0	0	0	0	0
Males	0	†	†	†	†	†	0	0	0	0	0
Females	0	†	†	†	†	†	0	0	0	0	0
Bachelor's degrees	2,066,445	2,066,445	1,385,237	681,208	579,167	102,041	0	0	0	0	0
Males	860,764	860,764	593,484	267,280	232,207	35,073	0	0	0	0	0
Females	1,205,681	1,205,681	791,753	413,928	346,960	66,968	0	0	0	0	0
Master's degrees	866,899	866,894	405,209	461,685	391,235	70,450	5	0	5	5	0
Males	330,703	330,700	161,152	169,548	149,783	19,765	3	0	3	3	0
Females	536,196	536,194	244,057	292,137	241,452	50,685	2	0	2	2	0
Doctor's degrees	194,059	194,059	95,816	98,243	89,133	9,110	0	0	0	0	0
Males	85,367	85,367	43,630	41,737	38,857	2,880	0	0	0	0	0
Females	108,692	108,692	52,186	56,506	50,276	6,230	0	0	0	0	0
†Not applicable.
¹Includes 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 2022, Fall Enrollment component; Spring 2022, Human Resources component; and Fall 2021, Completions component. (This table was prepared May 2023.)

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