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Table 167.Enrollment and staff in, and degrees conferred by, institutions of higher education and noncollegiate postsecondary institutions: 1993-94 and fall 1993 and 1994

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                          |           |          Institutions of higher education               |    Noncollegiate postsecondary institutions
 Level of institutional,  |    All    |---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------
   type of degree, and    |   post-   |           |           |            Private              |            |        |            Private
      sex of student      | secondary |   Total   |  Public   |---------------------------------|   Total    | Public |------------------------------
                          |           |           |           |  Total   |Nonprofit |Proprietary|            |        | Total  |Nonprofit|Proprietary
--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|-----------|------------|--------|--------|---------|-----------
            1             |     2     |     3     |     4     |    5     |    6     |     7     |     8      |   9    |   10   |   11    |    12
--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|-----------|------------|--------|--------|---------|-----------
                          |                                    Enrollment, fall 1994
                          |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Total\1\ .................|15,160,426 |14,278,790 |11,133,680 |3,145,110 |2,910,107 |   235,003 |    881,636 |314,924 |566,712 | 173,425 |   393,287
  4-year institutions ....| 8,854,892 | 8,749,080 | 5,825,213 |2,923,867 |2,824,500 |    99,367 |    105,812 |    427 |105,385 |  88,316 |    17,069
    Men ..................| 4,115,579 | 4,048,695 | 2,703,415 |1,345,280 |1,287,138 |    58,142 |     66,884 |    188 | 66,696 |  57,318 |     9,378
    Women ................| 4,700,863 | 4,700,385 | 3,121,798 |1,578,587 |1,537,362 |    41,225 |        478 |    239 |    239 |  30,998 |     7,691
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  2-year institutions\1\ .| 5,797,246 | 5,502,081 | 5,308,467 |  193,614 |   85,351 |   108,263 |    295,165 |155,556 |139,609 |  38,108 |   101,501
    Men ..................| 2,434,214 | 2,310,607 | 2,226,653 |   83,954 |   32,392 |    51,562 |    123,607 | 75,004 | 48,603 |  12,788 |    35,815
    Women ................| 3,363,032 | 3,191,474 | 3,081,814 |  109,660 |   52,959 |    56,701 |    171,558 | 80,552 | 91,006 |  25,320 |    65,686
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  Less than 2-year .......|   508,288 |    27,629 |       --- |   27,629 |      256 |    27,373 |    480,659 |158,941 |321,718 |  47,001 |   274,717
    Men ..................|   186,377 |    12,596 |       --- |   12,596 |      186 |    12,410 |    173,781 | 70,891 |102,890 |  20,743 |    82,147
    Women ................|   321,911 |    15,033 |       --- |   15,033 |       70 |    14,963 |    306,878 | 88,050 |218,828 |  26,258 |   192,570
                          |===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|===========|============|========|========|=========|===========
                          |                                        Staff, fall 1993 *
                          |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total ....................| 2,727,504 | 2,602,612 | 1,812,513 |  790,099 |  766,723 |    23,376 |    124,892 | 31,554 | 93,338 |  34,348 |    58,990
  Professional staff .....| 1,777,843 | 1,687,287 | 1,193,284 |  494,003 |  476,257 |    17,746 |     90,556 | 23,076 | 67,480 |  22,408 |    45,072
    Administrative .......|   160,638 |   143,675 |    81,209 |   62,466 |   59,867 |     2,599 |     16,963 |  1,652 | 15,311 |   4,041 |    11,270
    Faculty ..............|   973,289 |   915,474 |   650,434 |  265,040 |  254,130 |    10,910 |     57,815 | 18,142 | 39,673 |  12,485 |    27,188
    Faculty assistants ...|   203,049 |   202,819 |   173,678 |   29,141 |   28,065 |     1,076 |        230 |     22 |    208 |     189 |        19
    Other professionals ..|   440,867 |   425,319 |   287,963 |  137,356 |  134,195 |     3,161 |     15,548 |  3,260 | 12,288 |   5,693 |     6,595
  Nonprofessional staff ..|   949,661 |   915,325 |   619,229 |  296,096 |  290,466 |     5,630 |     34,336 |  8,478 | 25,858 |  11,940 |    13,918
Student/staff ratio ..... |       5.6 |       5.5 |       6.2 |      3.9 |      3.7 |       9.9 |        7.4 |    9.0 |    6.9 |     4.5 |       8.3
                          |===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|===========|============|========|========|=========|===========
                          |                                    Degrees conferred, 1993-94
                          |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 1-year awards   |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
 and 1- to 4-year awards .|   763,428 |   224,597 |   165,490 |   59,107 |   13,671 |    45,436 |    538,831 |166,820 |372,011 |  46,964 |   325,047
  4-year institutions ....|    25,539 |    18,834 |     8,805 |   10,029 |    8,268 |     1,761 |      6,705 |    --- |  6,705 |   6,531 |       174
    Men ..................|    13,366 |     8,578 |     4,394 |    4,184 |    3,276 |       908 |      4,788 |    --- |  4,788 |   4,754 |        34
    Women ................|    12,173 |    10,256 |     4,411 |    5,845 |    4,992 |       853 |      1,917 |    --- |  1,917 |   1,777 |       140
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  2-year institutions ....|   318,136 |   176,219 |   156,685 |   19,534 |    5,077 |    14,457 |    141,917 | 77,377 | 64,540 |  14,448 |    50,092
    Men ..................|   138,446 |    76,234 |    67,707 |    8,527 |    2,142 |     6,385 |     62,212 | 37,034 | 25,178 |   4,767 |    20,411
    Women ................|   179,690 |    99,985 |    88,978 |   11,007 |    2,935 |     8,072 |     79,705 | 40,343 | 39,362 |   9,681 |    29,681
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  Less than 2-year .......|   419,753 |    29,544 |       --- |   29,544 |      326 |    29,218 |    390,209 | 89,443 |300,766 |  25,985 |   274,781
    Men ..................|   160,783 |    13,806 |       --- |   13,806 |      242 |    13,564 |    146,977 | 42,785 |104,192 |  12,198 |    91,994
    Women ................|   258,970 |    15,738 |       --- |   15,738 |       84 |    15,654 |    243,232 | 46,658 |196,574 |  13,787 |   182,787
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Associate\1\ .............|   562,993 |   542,449 |   456,190 |   86,259 |   48,493 |    37,766 |     20,544 |  3,097 | 17,447 |   3,034 |    14,413
  4-year .................|    78,991 |    77,396 |    38,520 |   38,876 |   29,939 |     8,937 |      1,595 |    --- |  1,595 |     920 |       675
    Men ..................|    34,270 |    33,503 |    15,840 |   17,663 |   11,799 |     5,864 |        767 |    --- |    767 |     471 |       296
    Women ................|    44,721 |    43,893 |    22,680 |   21,213 |   18,140 |     3,073 |        828 |    --- |    828 |     449 |       379
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  2-year .................|   483,902 |   465,053 |   417,670 |   47,383 |   18,554 |    28,829 |     18,849 |  3,097 | 15,752 |   2,088 |    13,664
    Men ..................|   195,844 |   187,487 |   166,538 |   20,949 |    7,248 |    13,701 |      8,357 |  1,573 |  6,784 |   1,377 |     5,407
    Women ................|   288,058 |   277,566 |   251,132 |   26,434 |   11,306 |    15,128 |     10,492 |  1,524 |  8,968 |     711 |     8,257
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  Less than 2-year .......|       100 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |        100 |    --- |    100 |      26 |        74
    Men ..................|        43 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |         43 |    --- |     43 |      17 |        26
    Women ................|        57 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |         57 |    --- |     57 |       9 |        48
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Bachelor's\1\ ............| 1,177,157 | 1,169,275 |   789,148 |  380,127 |  371,561 |     8,566 |      7,882 |      6 |  7,876 |   6,487 |     1,389
    Men ..................|   536,357 |   532,422 |   360,796 |  171,626 |  166,729 |     4,897 |      3,935 |      3 |  3,932 |   3,082 |       850
    Women ................|   640,800 |   636,853 |   428,352 |  208,501 |  204,832 |     3,669 |      3,947 |      3 |  3,944 |   3,405 |       539
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Master's\1\ ............. |   390,415 |   387,070 |   221,428 |  165,642 |  162,751 |     2,891 |      3,345 |      7 |  3,338 |   2,116 |     1,222
    Men ..................|   178,026 |   176,085 |    97,139 |   78,946 |   77,288 |     1,658 |      1,941 |      1 |  1,940 |   1,175 |       765
    Women ................|   212,389 |   210,985 |   124,289 |   86,696 |   85,463 |     1,233 |      1,404 |      6 |  1,398 |     941 |       457
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Doctor's\1\ ..............|    43,863 |    43,185 |    28,524 |   14,661 |   14,418 |       243 |        678 |    --- |    678 |     278 |       400
    Men ..................|    27,059 |    26,552 |    17,689 |    8,863 |    8,765 |        98 |        507 |    --- |    507 |     228 |       279
    Women ................|    16,804 |    16,633 |    10,835 |    5,798 |    5,653 |       145 |        171 |    --- |    171 |      50 |       121
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
First-professional\1\ ....|    77,131 |    75,418 |    29,842 |   45,576 |   45,051 |       525 |      1,713 |     82 |  1,631 |   1,384 |       247
    Men ..................|    45,841 |    44,707 |    17,040 |   27,667 |   27,364 |       303 |      1,134 |     50 |  1,084 |     915 |       169
    Women ................|    31,290 |    30,711 |    12,802 |   17,909 |   17,687 |       222 |        579 |     32 |    547 |     469 |        78
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\1\Includes noncollegiate institutions that offer non-accredited degree programs.

---Not applicable.

NOTE.--Enrollment data are preliminary.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment," "Staff," and "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared July 1996.)


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