Table 317.40.

Number of degree-granting postsecondary institutions and enrollment, by enrollment size, control, and classification of institution: Fall 2021

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	3,777	492	419	444	867	597	470	292	94	102	18,621,073	50,697	139,726	323,594	1,447,831	2,127,403	3,372,996	4,061,926	2,300,697	4,796,203
Research university, very high2	146	0	0	0	1	0	8	31	43	63	4,343,748	0	0	0	2,397	0	61,696	461,389	1,073,744	2,744,522
Research university, high3	131	0	0	0	3	6	38	58	16	10	1,945,062	0	0	0	6,349	24,385	310,838	838,807	381,306	383,377
Doctoral/research university4	186	0	1	9	26	62	46	32	3	7	1,541,792	0	473	7,060	48,652	223,612	322,772	417,268	69,347	452,608
Master's5	645	7	13	40	210	182	128	48	9	8	3,367,193	744	4,738	30,806	364,362	637,705	908,182	647,199	223,186	550,271
Baccalaureate6	696	61	81	136	250	91	40	23	8	6	1,869,092	7,170	29,472	103,394	397,787	313,254	282,840	302,890	200,138	232,147
Special-focus 4-year7	701	277	157	119	95	40	11	1	1	0	541,214	27,007	49,200	82,699	144,176	129,902	70,060	10,426	27,744	0
2-year	1,257	143	160	137	280	217	199	99	14	8	5,012,972	15,776	55,843	99,635	484,108	798,545	1,416,608	1,383,947	325,232	433,278
Public	1,574	16	24	74	349	347	367	233	79	85	13,531,871	2,184	8,661	56,835	610,471	1,282,731	2,653,516	3,254,749	1,939,551	3,723,173
Research university, very high2	107	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	34	57	3,581,078	0	0	0	0	0	25,840	195,992	855,542	2,503,704
Research university, high3	91	0	0	0	2	0	22	44	14	9	1,526,231	0	0	0	4,396	0	181,741	652,790	338,738	348,566
Doctoral/research university4	30	0	0	0	0	2	7	18	2	1	388,870	0	0	0	0	7,207	57,450	235,424	45,331	43,458
Master's5	238	0	0	0	26	66	98	36	7	5	1,872,145	0	0	0	52,779	245,485	709,281	483,706	174,570	206,324
Baccalaureate6	201	0	0	12	60	56	37	23	8	5	1,266,359	0	0	9,612	98,556	207,558	259,762	302,890	200,138	187,843
Special-focus 4-year7	49	3	7	11	15	10	3	0	0	0	83,959	461	2,441	7,522	22,602	32,515	18,418	0	0	0
Arts, music, or design	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3,026	0	0	0	3,026	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering and other        technology-related	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	131	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Law	15	0	0	0	3	9	3	0	0	0	52,999	0	0	0	4,901	29,680	18,418	0	0	0
Medical schools and centers	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2,396	0	0	1,256	1,140	0	0	0	0	0
Other health professions	9	0	0	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	13,894	0	0	1,591	9,468	2,835	0	0	0	0
Tribal colleges	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,884	0	1,238	646	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other special focus	15	2	4	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	9,629	330	1,203	4,029	4,067	0	0	0	0	0
2-year	858	13	17	51	246	213	197	99	14	8	4,813,229	1,723	6,220	39,701	432,138	789,966	1,401,024	1,383,947	325,232	433,278
High transfer institutions8	296	1	4	15	55	56	92	60	8	5	2,273,605	179	1,732	11,954	91,705	216,157	665,021	853,506	186,921	246,430
Mixed transfer/career and technical        institutions9	313	1	4	13	111	80	70	27	5	2	1,667,563	50	1,585	9,889	196,204	298,706	494,697	393,699	117,462	155,271
High career and technical        institutions10	225	1	2	19	78	76	35	12	1	1	859,159	33	779	14,823	140,617	272,433	241,306	136,742	20,849	31,577
Special-focus 2-year7	24	10	7	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	12,902	1,461	2,124	3,035	3,612	2,670	0	0	0	0
Health professions	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,083	335	0	748	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tribal colleges	15	7	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5,302	958	1,489	1,330	1,525	0	0	0	0	0
Other programs	6	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6,517	168	635	957	2,087	2,670	0	0	0	0
Private nonprofit	1,587	310	208	238	440	224	91	54	11	11	4,105,687	32,066	68,899	176,437	721,581	761,952	633,353	740,338	260,770	710,291
Research university, very high2	39	0	0	0	1	0	5	18	9	6	762,670	0	0	0	2,397	0	35,856	265,397	218,202	240,818
Research university, high3	40	0	0	0	1	6	16	14	2	1	418,831	0	0	0	1,953	24,385	129,097	186,017	42,568	34,811
Doctoral/research university4	142	0	0	7	24	59	37	14	0	1	794,117	0	0	5,880	46,139	212,743	252,802	181,844	0	94,709
Master's5	376	6	10	37	176	110	27	8	0	2	1,285,280	549	3,549	28,170	299,128	372,760	178,395	107,080	0	295,649
Baccalaureate6	425	44	62	105	180	32	1	0	0	1	538,255	5,518	22,757	80,129	283,227	96,460	5,860	0	0	44,304
Special-focus 4-year7	480	220	106	79	55	16	4	0	0	0	274,792	21,911	33,237	55,844	85,496	52,939	25,365	0	0	0
Arts, music, or design	43	11	11	9	9	2	1	0	0	0	37,535	1,059	4,051	6,949	13,582	6,524	5,370	0	0	0
Business and management	13	4	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	12,524	282	934	1,496	6,128	3,684	0	0	0	0
Engineering and other        technology-related	10	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	10,968	210	382	0	10,376	0	0	0	0	0
Faith-related	236	158	52	17	4	4	1	0	0	0	68,777	15,295	15,168	11,321	7,695	11,757	7,541	0	0	0
Law	19	3	5	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	11,653	389	1,504	5,162	4,598	0	0	0	0	0
Medical schools and centers	23	0	2	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	42,351	0	822	5,287	11,729	24,513	0	0	0	0
Other health professions	115	30	28	34	21	1	1	0	0	0	77,739	3,433	8,802	23,552	31,388	3,260	7,304	0	0	0
Tribal colleges	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,137	191	946	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other special focus	18	11	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	12,108	1,052	628	2,077	0	3,201	5,150	0	0	0
2-year	85	40	30	10	3	1	1	0	0	0	31,742	4,088	9,356	6,414	3,241	2,665	5,978	0	0	0
High transfer institutions8	10	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	6,788	308	1,205	501	2,109	2,665	0	0	0	0
Mixed transfer/career and technical        institutions9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	258	0	258	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
High career and technical        institutions10	14	3	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,272	371	1,993	2,908	0	0	0	0	0	0
Special-focus 2-year7	60	34	19	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	19,424	3,409	5,900	3,005	1,132	0	5,978	0	0	0
Health professions	25	13	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	12,052	1,321	2,406	1,215	1,132	0	5,978	0	0	0
Tribal colleges	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	420	123	297	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other programs	33	20	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,952	1,965	3,197	1,790	0	0	0	0	0	0
Private for-profit	616	166	187	132	78	26	12	5	4	6	983,515	16,447	62,166	90,322	115,779	82,720	86,127	66,839	100,376	362,739
Doctoral/research university4	14	0	1	2	2	1	2	0	1	5	358,805	0	473	1,180	2,513	3,662	12,520	0	24,016	314,441
Master's5	31	1	3	3	8	6	3	4	2	1	209,768	195	1,189	2,636	12,455	19,460	20,506	56,413	48,616	48,298
Baccalaureate6	70	17	19	19	10	3	2	0	0	0	64,478	1,652	6,715	13,653	16,004	9,236	17,218	0	0	0
Special-focus 4-year7	172	54	44	29	25	14	4	1	1	0	182,463	4,635	13,522	19,333	36,078	44,448	26,277	10,426	27,744	0
Arts, music, or design	21	11	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	11,183	1,087	1,677	1,329	1,261	0	5,829	0	0	0
Business and management	32	11	10	2	4	3	1	1	0	0	36,755	818	3,143	1,499	6,098	9,536	5,235	10,426	0	0
Engineering and other        technology-related	5	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,524	188	298	1,038	0	0	0	0	0	0
Law	6	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,974	24	762	1,188	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medical schools and centers	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2,092	0	0	636	1,456	0	0	0	0	0
Other health professions	101	25	24	20	18	11	2	0	1	0	127,679	2,308	7,642	13,643	26,217	34,912	15,213	0	27,744	0
Other special focus	5	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1,256	210	0	0	1,046	0	0	0	0	0
2-year11	314	90	113	76	31	3	1	0	0	0	168,001	9,965	40,267	53,520	48,729	5,914	9,606	0	0	0
High transfer institutions8	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	797	285	512	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mixed transfer/career and technical        institutions9	65	21	25	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	26,862	2,273	8,286	8,453	7,850	0	0	0	0	0
High career and technical        institutions10	259	70	93	66	27	2	1	0	0	0	140,342	7,407	31,469	45,067	40,879	5,914	9,606	0	0	0
Special-focus 2-year7	170	37	65	55	12	1	0	0	0	0	85,758	4,017	22,880	37,731	18,225	2,905	0	0	0	0
Health professions	89	33	28	11	15	1	1	0	0	0	54,584	3,390	8,589	7,336	22,654	3,009	9,606	0	0	0
Other programs	72	27	21	11	12	1	0	0	0	0	35,376	2,379	6,433	7,374	16,181	3,009	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 http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/. This table excludes 122 institutions with missing data on Carnegie classifications, with 38,778 students enrolled.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2022, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2023.)