Selected statistics for degree-granting postsecondary institutions that primarily offer online programs, by control of institution and selected characteristics: Fall 2022 and academic year 2021-22

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Table 311.33.Selected statistics for degree-granting postsecondary institutions that primarily offer online programs, by control of institution and selected characteristics: Fall 2022 and academic year 2021-22
Selected characteristic	All insti- tutions	Primarily online institutions¹					Other institutions²
Selected characteristic	All insti- tutions	Total	Percent of all insti- tutions	Public	Private nonprofit	Private for-profit	Total	Public	Private nonprofit	Private for-profit
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Number of institutions, fall 2022³	3,894	143	3.7	18	65	60	3,751	1,580	1,549	622
Fall 2022 enrollment
Total enrollment	18,580,026	1,124,509	6.1	224,226	443,561	456,722	17,455,517	13,270,111	3,664,083	521,323
Full-time	11,286,150	565,254	5.0	64,976	257,826	242,452	10,720,896	7,516,374	2,833,414	371,108
Male	4,904,706	191,317	3.9	22,924	91,098	77,295	4,713,389	3,358,769	1,219,482	135,138
Female	6,381,444	373,937	5.9	42,052	166,728	165,157	6,007,507	4,157,605	1,613,932	235,970
Part-time	7,293,876	559,255	7.7	159,250	185,735	214,270	6,734,621	5,753,737	830,669	150,215
Male	2,909,830	204,357	7.0	63,708	70,515	70,134	2,705,473	2,357,937	312,541	34,995
Female	4,384,046	354,898	8.1	95,542	115,220	144,136	4,029,148	3,395,800	518,128	115,220
Undergraduate	15,397,482	831,703	5.4	181,912	335,165	314,626	14,565,779	11,720,986	2,402,870	441,923
Full-time	9,425,316	413,783	4.4	52,480	185,880	175,423	9,011,533	6,640,051	2,032,755	338,727
Part-time	5,972,166	417,920	7.0	129,432	149,285	139,203	5,554,246	5,080,935	370,115	103,196
Postbaccalaureate	3,182,544	292,806	9.2	42,314	108,396	142,096	2,889,738	1,549,125	1,261,213	79,400
Full-time	1,860,834	151,471	8.1	12,496	71,946	67,029	1,709,363	876,323	800,659	32,381
Part-time	1,321,710	141,335	10.7	29,818	36,450	75,067	1,180,375	672,802	460,554	47,019
American Indian/Alaska Native	121,140	10,647	8.8	2,991	3,695	3,961	110,493	90,719	14,499	5,275
Asian	1,371,132	42,056	3.1	11,563	15,215	15,278	1,329,076	1,007,404	289,506	32,166
Black	2,322,852	262,004	11.3	33,371	80,740	147,893	2,060,848	1,534,900	405,930	120,018
Hispanic	3,780,255	162,911	4.3	40,445	60,394	62,072	3,617,344	2,998,853	479,235	139,256
Pacific Islander	44,434	6,200	14.0	805	2,078	3,317	38,234	27,063	7,776	3,395
White	9,207,656	588,158	6.4	122,828	262,040	203,290	8,619,498	6,488,680	1,948,061	182,757
Two or more races	764,660	44,080	5.8	9,881	15,755	18,444	720,580	558,268	139,447	22,865
Nonresident⁴	967,897	8,453	0.9	2,342	3,644	2,467	959,444	564,224	379,629	15,591
4-year institutions	13,922,561	1,040,766	7.5	165,931	436,708	438,127	12,881,795	8,874,149	3,644,974	362,672
Full-time	9,670,899	524,549	5.4	47,692	251,172	225,685	9,146,350	6,107,182	2,818,371	220,797
Part-time	4,251,662	516,217	12.1	118,239	185,536	212,442	3,735,445	2,766,967	826,603	141,875
2-year institutions	4,657,465	83,743	1.8	58,295	6,853	18,595	4,573,722	4,395,962	19,109	158,651
Full-time	1,615,251	40,705	2.5	17,284	6,654	16,767	1,574,546	1,409,192	15,043	150,311
Part-time	3,042,214	43,038	1.4	41,011	199	1,828	2,999,176	2,986,770	4,066	8,340
Degrees conferred, 2021-22
Associate's	1,008,285	46,753	4.6	14,670	13,646	18,437	961,532	877,875	35,960	47,697
Male	375,498	17,260	4.6	6,262	3,043	7,955	358,238	329,678	12,689	15,871
Female	632,787	29,493	4.7	8,408	10,603	10,482	603,294	548,197	23,271	31,826
Bachelor's	2,015,035	132,274	6.6	21,618	53,928	56,728	1,882,761	1,323,972	514,654	44,135
Male	835,316	48,198	5.8	8,338	19,895	19,965	787,118	564,112	209,290	13,716
Female	1,179,719	84,076	7.1	13,280	34,033	36,763	1,095,643	759,860	305,364	30,419
Master's	880,249	94,159	10.7	15,185	37,100	41,874	786,090	405,661	355,356	25,073
Male	328,894	28,258	8.6	5,189	11,994	11,075	300,636	157,200	136,598	6,838
Female	551,355	65,901	12.0	9,996	25,106	30,799	485,454	248,461	218,758	18,235
Doctor's⁵	203,884	5,976	2.9	374	1,303	4,299	197,908	100,428	92,868	4,612
Male	87,772	1,654	1.9	80	372	1,202	86,118	44,874	39,670	1,574
Female	116,112	4,322	3.7	294	931	3,097	111,790	55,554	53,198	3,038
First-time students' graduation and retention rates from first institution attended
Among full-time bachelor's degree-seekers starting at 4-year institutions in 2016, percent earning bachelor’s degree
Within 4 years after start	49.1	12.9	†	16.7	32.3	6.0	49.3	45.3	58.3	38.7
Within 5 years after start	61.8	18.6	†	21.0	37.0	12.1	62.1	60.1	67.0	42.7
Within 6 years after start	64.6	20.9	†	23.9	38.4	14.6	65.0	63.5	68.9	44.0
Among full-time degree/certificate-seekers starting at 2-year institutions in 2019, percent completing credential within 150 percent of normal time	34.1	45.6	†	26.1	49.6	50.0	33.8	30.2	60.3	55.7
Among degree-seekers starting in 2021, percent returning in 2022
Full-time entrants	76.7	58.1	†	69.2	64.5	47.8	76.9	75.7	81.4	66.2
Part-time entrants	44.5	41.5	†	43.2	40.1	40.5	44.7	44.5	40.8	58.4
†Not applicable.
¹Primarily online institutions have more than 90 percent of students enrolled in exclusively distance education courses in the fall term.
²Other institutions may offer distance education courses without being primarily online institutions.
³Includes only institutions reporting enrollment data in fall 2022.
⁴Race/ethnicity not collected.
⁵Includes 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. Data are for degree-granting institutions and U.S. service academies. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Enrollment data for students not reported by race/ethnicity were prorated based on the known racial/ethnic composition of the institution each of these students was enrolled in. Degree counts are limited to degree-granting institutions as classified in the fall following the reported data year. A small number of current non-degree-granting institutions could have awarded associate’s degrees to students in the prior year, but these counts are excluded from this table. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall Enrollment component, Spring 2023 (provisional data); Completions component, Fall 2022 (provisional data); and Graduation Rates component, Winter 2022-23 (provisional data). (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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