Tables: Postsecondary/College
Table P200. Number of undergraduate credentials awarded by Title IV postsecondary institutions, by credential level, level of institution, and control of institution: United States, 2005–06 to 2016–17 |
Credential level, level of institution, and control of institution |
2005–06 |
2006–07 |
2007–08 |
2008–09 |
2009–10 |
2010–11 |
2011–12 |
2012–13 |
2013–14 |
2014–15 |
2015–16 |
2016–17 |
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Total, all institutions |
2,913,349 |
2,980,664 |
3,062,379 |
3,193,403 |
3,434,614 |
3,690,045 |
3,802,998 |
3,815,137 |
3,844,641 |
3,870,508 |
3,868,311 |
3,907,881 |
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Subbaccalaureate credentials |
1,428,245 |
1,455,935 |
1,498,639 |
1,592,004 |
1,784,695 |
1,973,992 |
2,010,835 |
1,974,756 |
1,974,491 |
1,975,539 |
1,947,561 |
1,951,767 |
Certificate |
714,790 |
728,315 |
748,354 |
804,620 |
935,719 |
1,030,477 |
989,061 |
967,214 |
969,278 |
961,146 |
939,291 |
946,023 |
Associate's degree |
713,455 |
727,620 |
750,285 |
787,384 |
848,976 |
943,515 |
1,021,774 |
1,007,542 |
1,005,213 |
1,014,393 |
1,008,270 |
1,005,744 |
Bachelor's degree |
1,485,104 |
1,524,729 |
1,563,740 |
1,601,399 |
1,649,919 |
1,716,053 |
1,792,163 |
1,840,381 |
1,870,150 |
1,894,969 |
1,920,750 |
1,956,114 |
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Level of institution |
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4-year institutions |
1,673,813 |
1,741,277 |
1,798,421 |
1,873,524 |
1,972,387 |
2,091,037 |
2,195,493 |
2,233,012 |
2,262,067 |
2,288,785 |
2,340,469 |
2,387,954 |
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Subbaccalaureate credentials |
188,709 |
216,559 |
234,687 |
272,126 |
322,473 |
374,984 |
403,338 |
392,631 |
391,919 |
393,823 |
419,721 |
431,869 |
Certificate |
40,502 |
52,529 |
56,221 |
58,301 |
73,154 |
85,539 |
85,148 |
94,067 |
104,816 |
111,380 |
130,875 |
140,446 |
Associate's degree |
148,207 |
164,030 |
178,466 |
213,825 |
249,319 |
289,445 |
318,190 |
298,564 |
287,103 |
282,443 |
288,846 |
291,423 |
Bachelor's degree |
1,485,104 |
1,524,718 |
1,563,734 |
1,601,398 |
1,649,914 |
1,716,053 |
1,792,155 |
1,840,381 |
1,870,148 |
1,894,962 |
1,920,748 |
1,956,085 |
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2-year institutions |
1,010,702 |
1,014,615 |
1,043,389 |
1,091,470 |
1,202,218 |
1,320,156 |
1,343,412 |
1,339,215 |
1,350,922 |
1,368,269 |
1,338,338 |
1,335,689 |
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Subbaccalaureate credentials |
1,010,702 |
1,014,604 |
1,043,383 |
1,091,469 |
1,202,213 |
1,320,156 |
1,343,404 |
1,339,215 |
1,350,920 |
1,368,262 |
1,338,336 |
1,335,660 |
Certificate |
445,506 |
451,017 |
471,683 |
517,932 |
602,633 |
666,086 |
639,855 |
630,239 |
632,866 |
636,364 |
618,933 |
621,396 |
Associate's degree |
565,196 |
563,587 |
571,700 |
573,537 |
599,580 |
654,070 |
703,549 |
708,976 |
718,054 |
731,898 |
719,403 |
714,264 |
Bachelor's degree |
0 |
11 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
29 |
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Less-than-2-year institutions |
228,834 |
224,772 |
220,569 |
228,409 |
260,009 |
278,852 |
264,093 |
242,910 |
231,652 |
213,454 |
189,504 |
184,238 |
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Subbaccalaureate credentials |
228,834 |
224,772 |
220,569 |
228,409 |
260,009 |
278,852 |
264,093 |
242,910 |
231,652 |
213,454 |
189,504 |
184,238 |
Certificate |
228,782 |
224,769 |
220,450 |
228,387 |
259,932 |
278,852 |
264,058 |
242,908 |
231,596 |
213,402 |
189,483 |
184,181 |
Associate's degree |
52 |
3 |
119 |
22 |
77 |
0 |
35 |
2 |
56 |
52 |
21 |
57 |
Bachelor's degree |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Control of institution |
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Public institutions |
1,883,384 |
1,931,370 |
1,975,171 |
2,045,770 |
2,161,881 |
2,305,326 |
2,413,654 |
2,482,040 |
2,558,135 |
2,634,600 |
2,703,641 |
2,768,656 |
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Subbaccalaureate credentials |
928,014 |
955,467 |
978,402 |
1,025,249 |
1,112,702 |
1,216,604 |
1,281,769 |
1,318,424 |
1,371,393 |
1,425,136 |
1,463,218 |
1,493,046 |
Certificate |
370,570 |
389,244 |
399,741 |
428,849 |
472,428 |
519,711 |
525,264 |
545,446 |
576,468 |
602,904 |
615,137 |
631,076 |
Associate's degree |
557,444 |
566,223 |
578,661 |
596,400 |
640,274 |
696,893 |
756,505 |
772,978 |
794,925 |
822,232 |
848,081 |
861,970 |
Bachelor's degree |
955,370 |
975,903 |
996,769 |
1,020,521 |
1,049,179 |
1,088,722 |
1,131,885 |
1,163,616 |
1,186,742 |
1,209,464 |
1,240,423 |
1,275,610 |
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Private nonprofit institutions |
550,079 |
556,038 |
569,951 |
575,222 |
585,589 |
601,322 |
613,225 |
622,522 |
628,118 |
658,246 |
657,439 |
658,375 |
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Subbaccalaureate credentials |
82,382 |
77,985 |
78,929 |
78,869 |
82,325 |
88,501 |
87,203 |
86,564 |
83,865 |
104,703 |
96,605 |
91,768 |
Certificate |
35,909 |
34,195 |
33,915 |
31,939 |
35,652 |
36,534 |
32,856 |
30,913 |
30,738 |
46,090 |
40,010 |
35,281 |
Associate's degree |
46,473 |
43,790 |
45,014 |
46,930 |
46,673 |
51,967 |
54,347 |
55,651 |
53,127 |
58,613 |
56,595 |
56,487 |
Bachelor's degree |
467,697 |
478,053 |
491,022 |
496,353 |
503,264 |
512,821 |
526,022 |
535,958 |
544,253 |
553,543 |
560,834 |
566,607 |
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Private for-profit institutions |
479,886 |
493,256 |
517,257 |
572,411 |
687,144 |
783,397 |
776,119 |
710,575 |
658,388 |
577,662 |
507,231 |
480,850 |
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Subbaccalaureate credentials |
417,849 |
422,483 |
441,308 |
487,886 |
589,668 |
668,887 |
641,863 |
569,768 |
519,233 |
445,700 |
387,738 |
366,953 |
Certificate |
308,311 |
304,876 |
314,698 |
343,832 |
427,639 |
474,232 |
430,941 |
390,855 |
362,072 |
312,152 |
284,144 |
279,666 |
Associate's degree |
109,538 |
117,607 |
126,610 |
144,054 |
162,029 |
194,655 |
210,922 |
178,913 |
157,161 |
133,548 |
103,594 |
87,287 |
Bachelor's degree |
62,037 |
70,773 |
75,949 |
84,525 |
97,476 |
114,510 |
134,256 |
140,807 |
139,155 |
131,962 |
119,493 |
113,897 |
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. Credential counts are based on the Completions file reference year, which is the year prior to the data collection year (e.g., 2016–17 for collection year 2017–18). Because of changes to institutional characteristics between the reference year and collection year, institutions may report awards that are not consistent with their current levels of offering (e.g., two-year institutions in the collection year may report awarding bachelor’s degrees in the reference year, or less-than-2-year institutions in the collection year may report awarding associate’s degrees in the reference year). |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Institutional Characteristics (IC) and Completions components, 2006–07 through 2017–18. |