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Table 173. Enrollment, staff, and degrees conferred in postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs, by level and control of institution, sex of student, and type of degree: 2004–05 and fall 2005
Level of institution, type of degree, sex of student, and type of staff All Title IV participating institutions1  Degree-granting institutions2  Non-degree-granting institutions3 
Total Public Private Total Public Private
Total Not-for-profit For-profit Total Not-for-profit For-profit
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Enrollment, fall 2005                      
Total 17,921,804 17,487,475 13,021,834 4,465,641 3,454,692 1,010,949 434,329 93,343 340,986 29,321 311,665
4-year institutions 10,999,924 10,999,420 6,837,605 4,161,815 3,411,170 750,645 504 36 468 468 0
Males 4,775,697 4,775,557 3,019,831 1,755,726 1,448,647 307,079 140 13 127 127 0
Females 6,224,227 6,223,863 3,817,774 2,406,089 1,962,523 443,566 364 23 341 341 0
                       
2-year institutions 6,613,596 6,488,055 6,184,229 303,826 43,522 260,304 125,541 50,719 74,822 16,456 58,366
Males 2,740,996 2,680,368 2,569,392 110,976 15,652 95,324 60,628 27,081 33,547 4,154 29,393
Females 3,872,600 3,807,687 3,614,837 192,850 27,870 164,980 64,913 23,638 41,275 12,302 28,973
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 308,284 308,284 42,588 265,696 12,397 253,299
Males 76,370 76,370 15,490 60,880 4,304 56,576
Females 231,914 231,914 27,098 204,816 8,093 196,723
Staff, fall 2005                      
Total 3,428,811 3,379,087 2,267,687 1,111,400 971,425 139,975 49,724 23,594 26,130 3,618 22,512
Professional staff 2,496,068 2,459,885 1,640,704 819,181 700,202 118,979 36,183 15,841 20,342 2,590 17,752
Administrative 201,571 196,324 101,011 95,313 85,125 10,188 5,247 1,292 3,955 388 3,567
Faculty 1,314,506 1,290,426 841,188 449,238 361,523 87,715 24,080 11,114 12,966 1,768 11,198
Faculty assistants 317,146 317,141 257,952 59,189 59,061 128 5 2 3 0 3
Other professionals 662,845 655,994 440,553 215,441 194,493 20,948 6,851 3,433 3,418 434 2,984
Nonprofessional staff 932,743 919,202 626,983 292,219 271,223 20,996 13,541 7,753 5,788 1,028 4,760
Student/staff ratio 5.2 5.2 5.7 4.0 3.6 7.2 8.7 4.0 13.0 8.1 13.8
Degrees conferred, 2004–05                      
Less-than-1-year awards and 1- to 4-year awards 710,873 401,714 307,659 94,055 12,735 81,320 309,159 63,024 246,135 23,233 222,902
4-year institutions 35,145 35,040 13,236 21,804 9,177 12,627 105 0 105 105 0
Males 13,134 13,108 6,071 7,037 3,300 3,737 26 0 26 26 0
Females 22,011 21,932 7,165 14,767 5,877 8,890 79 0 79 79 0
                       
2-year institutions 440,826 366,674 294,423 72,251 3,558 68,693 74,152 33,065 41,087 10,983 30,104
Males 185,679 154,394 131,631 22,763 1,901 20,862 31,285 15,988 15,297 3,153 12,144
Females 255,147 212,280 162,792 49,488 1,657 47,831 42,867 17,077 25,790 7,830 17,960
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 234,902 234,902 29,959 204,943 12,145 192,798
Males 60,448 60,448 11,615 48,833 5,211 43,622
Females 174,454 174,454 18,344 156,110 6,934 149,176
                       
Associate's degrees 696,754 696,660 547,519 149,141 45,344 103,797 94 87 7 0 7
4-year institutions 139,550 139,550 55,672 83,878 35,335 48,543 0 0 0 0 0
Males 59,261 59,261 22,282 36,979 12,777 24,202 0 0 0 0 0
Females 80,289 80,289 33,390 46,899 22,558 24,341 0 0 0 0 0
                       
2-year institutions 557,170 557,110 491,847 65,263 10,009 55,254 60 55 5 0 5
Males 208,294 208,275 180,007 28,268 3,836 24,432 19 15 4 0 4
Females 348,876 348,835 311,840 36,995 6,173 30,822 41 40 1 0 1
                       
Less-than-2-year institutions 34 34 32 2 0 2
Males 7 7 5 2 0 2
Females 27 27 27 0 0 0
                       
Bachelor's degrees 1,439,264 1,439,264 932,443 506,821 457,963 48,858 0 0 0 0 0
Males 613,000 613,000 399,462 213,538 188,220 25,318 0 0 0 0 0
Females 826,264 826,264 532,981 293,283 269,743 23,540 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Master's degrees 574,618 574,618 291,505 283,113 248,031 35,082 0 0 0 0 0
Males 233,590 233,590 117,439 116,151 102,384 13,767 0 0 0 0 0
Females 341,028 341,028 174,066 166,962 145,647 21,315 0 0 0 0 0
                       
First-professional degrees 87,289 87,289 35,768 51,521 51,259 262 0 0 0 0 0
Males 43,849 43,849 17,175 26,674 26,540 134 0 0 0 0 0
Females 43,440 43,440 18,593 24,847 24,719 128 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Doctor's degrees 52,631 52,631 31,743 20,888 19,552 1,336 0 0 0 0 0
Males 26,973 26,973 17,024 9,949 9,497 452 0 0 0 0 0
Females 25,658 25,658 14,719 10,939 10,055 884 0 0 0 0 0
†Not applicable.
1 Includes degree granting and non-degree-granting institutions.
2 Data are for degree-granting institutions, which grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
3 Data are for institutions that did not offer accredited 4-year or 2-year degree programs, but were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes some schools with nonaccredited degree programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2004–05 and fall 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2006, Winter 2005–06, and Fall 2005. (This table was prepared September 2006.)

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