Tables: Postsecondary/College


Table P195. Number and percentage distribution of Title IV postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution: United States, 2006–07 to 2017–18
Control and level of institution 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
                         
Total count, all institutions 6,536 6,551 6,632 6,742 7,021 7,234 7,253 7,236 7,151 7,021 6,606 6,502
                         
All public institutions 2,009 2,004 1,997 1,989 2,015 2,011 1,981 1,980 1,964 1,965 1,958 1,955
Public 4-year 644 654 653 673 679 683 690 692 701 710 737 751
Public 2-year 1,148 1,132 1,127 1,094 1,083 1,072 1,035 1,028 1,020 1,007 981 969
Public less-than-2-year 217 218 217 222 253 256 256 260 243 248 240 235
                         
All private nonprofit institutions 1,848 1,815 1,809 1,809 1,812 1,830 1,820 1,834 1,827 1,859 1,823 1,826
Private nonprofit 4-year 1,548 1,547 1,551 1,553 1,556 1,566 1,566 1,597 1,596 1,602 1,588 1,597
Private nonprofit 2-year 211 181 183 176 174 185 176 162 158 171 158 154
Private nonprofit less-than-2-year 89 87 75 80 82 79 78 75 73 86 77 75
                         
All private for-profit institutions 2,679 2,732 2,826 2,944 3,194 3,393 3,452 3,422 3,360 3,197 2,825 2,721
Private for-profit 4-year 453 490 530 564 650 734 782 761 726 700 514 488
Private for-profit 2-year 844 857 893 963 1,018 1,048 1,030 1,019 954 881 830 782
Private for-profit less-than-2-year 1,382 1,385 1,403 1,417 1,526 1,611 1,640 1,642 1,680 1,616 1,481 1,451
                         
Percentage distribution, all institutions 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
                         
All public institutions 30.7 30.6 30.1 29.5 28.7 27.8 27.3 27.4 27.5 28.0 29.6 30.1
Public 4-year 9.9 10.0 9.8 10.0 9.7 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.8 10.1 11.2 11.6
Public 2-year 17.6 17.3 17.0 16.2 15.4 14.8 14.3 14.2 14.3 14.3 14.9 14.9
Public less-than-2-year 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6
                         
All private nonprofit institutions 28.3 27.7 27.3 26.8 25.8 25.3 25.1 25.3 25.5 26.5 27.6 28.1
Private nonprofit 4-year 23.7 23.6 23.4 23.0 22.2 21.6 21.6 22.1 22.3 22.8 24.0 24.6
Private nonprofit 2-year 3.2 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.4
Private nonprofit less-than-2-year 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2
                         
All private for-profit institutions 41.0 41.7 42.6 43.7 45.5 46.9 47.6 47.3 47.0 45.5 42.8 41.8
Private for-profit 4-year 6.9 7.5 8.0 8.4 9.3 10.1 10.8 10.5 10.2 10.0 7.8 7.5
Private for-profit 2-year 12.9 13.1 13.5 14.3 14.5 14.5 14.2 14.1 13.3 12.5 12.6 12.0
Private for-profit less-than-2-year 21.1 21.1 21.2 21.0 21.7 22.3 22.6 22.7 23.5 23.0 22.4 22.3
NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. The four U.S. service academies that are not Title IV eligible are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe and in this table because they are federally funded and open to the public. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Institutional Characteristics (IC) component, 2006–07 through 2017–18.