Size of enrollment of degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution: Fall 1999

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Table 215.

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                               |                                    Enrollment size
      Control and type of      |________________________________________________________________________________________________________
          institution          |           | Under | 200 to |   500   |  1,000   | 2,500 to | 5,000 to |10,000 to |20,000 to |30,000 or
                               |   Total   |  200  |  499   | to 999  | to 2,499 |  4,999   |  9,999   |  19,999  |  29,999  |   more
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               1               |     2     |   3   |   4    |    5    |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |    10    |    11
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                               |                                 Number of institutions
                               |________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total .......................|     3,958 |   479 |    588 |     526 |      894 |      613 |      454 |      276 |       92 |       36
Research I universities\1\ ....|        89 |     1 |      0 |       0 |        1 |        1 |        9 |       22 |       31 |       24
Research II universities\1\ ...|        37 |     0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |        2 |        2 |       17 |       13 |        3
Doctoral universities  ........|       113 |     1 |      0 |       2 |        5 |       16 |       29 |       46 |       11 |        3
Master's  .....................|       557 |     0 |      4 |      17 |      117 |      164 |      167 |       77 |       10 |        1
Baccalaureate  ................|       880 |    69 |     95 |     201 |      378 |      115 |       19 |        2 |        1 |        0
Associate of arts\2\ ..........|     1,659 |   226 |    319 |     178 |      295 |      281 |      221 |      109 |       25 |        5
Specialized institutions\3\ ...|       623 |   182 |    170 |     128 |       98 |       34 |        7 |        3 |        1 |        0
                               |           |       |        |         |          |          |          |          |          |
Public ........................|     1,646 |    18 |     57 |     103 |      348 |      398 |      365 |      239 |       84 |       34
  Research I universities\1\ ..|        59 |     0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |        1 |        0 |        9 |       26 |       23
  Research II universities\1\ .|        27 |     0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |       14 |       11 |        2
  Doctoral universities  ......|        65 |     0 |      0 |       1 |        1 |        3 |       13 |       33 |       11 |        3
  Master's  ...................|       277 |     0 |      0 |       0 |       15 |       65 |      116 |       70 |       10 |        1
  Baccalaureate  ..............|       123 |     0 |      1 |      10 |       54 |       41 |       14 |        2 |        1 |        0
  Associate of arts\2\ ........|     1,037 |    16 |     50 |      78 |      258 |      276 |      220 |      109 |       25 |        5
  Specialized institutions\3\ .|        58 |     2 |      6 |      14 |       20 |       12 |        2 |        2 |        0 |        0
                               |           |       |        |         |          |          |          |          |          |
Private .......................|     2,312 |   461 |    531 |     423 |      546 |      215 |       89 |       37 |        8 |        2
  Research I universities\1\ ..|        30 |     1 |      0 |       0 |        1 |        0 |        9 |       13 |        5 |        1
  Research II universities\1\ .|        10 |     0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |        2 |        2 |        3 |        2 |        1
  Doctoral universities  ......|        48 |     1 |      0 |       1 |        4 |       13 |       16 |       13 |        0 |        0
  Master's  ...................|       280 |     0 |      4 |      17 |      102 |       99 |       51 |        7 |        0 |        0
  Baccalaureate  ..............|       757 |    69 |     94 |     191 |      324 |       74 |        5 |        0 |        0 |        0
  Associate of arts\2\ ........|       622 |   210 |    269 |     100 |       37 |        5 |        1 |        0 |        0 |        0
  Specialized institutions\3\ .|       565 |   180 |    164 |     114 |       78 |       22 |        5 |        1 |        1 |        0
                               |           |       |        |         |          |          |          |          |          |
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                               |                                 Enrollment of institutions
                               |________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total .......................|14,791,224 |54,738 |194,477 | 380,145 |1,475,076 |2,141,256 |3,200,497 |3,825,942 |2,189,551 |1,329,542
Research I universities\1\ ....| 2,100,946 |   142 |      0 |       0 |    1,889 |    3,491 |   74,048 |  326,156 |  775,928 |  919,292
Research II universities\1\ ...|   658,834 |     0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |    8,801 |   14,009 |  246,721 |  289,082 |  100,221
Doctoral universities  ........| 1,290,702 |    39 |      0 |   1,568 |    8,435 |   59,949 |  215,567 |  655,887 |  254,878 |   94,379
Master's  .....................| 3,274,314 |     0 |  1,416 |  13,305 |  205,771 |  585,302 |1,157,143 |1,034,217 |  247,149 |   30,011
Baccalaureate  ................| 1,333,796 | 6,815 | 34,607 | 149,084 |  600,850 |  368,522 |  125,269 |   28,587 |   20,062 |        0
Associate of arts\2\ ..........| 5,592,699 |28,141 |103,417 | 123,397 |  500,531 |  995,540 |1,572,477 |1,503,001 |  580,556 |  185,639
Specialized institutions\3\ .. |   539,933 |19,601 | 55,037 |  92,791 |  157,600 |  119,651 |   41,984 |   31,373 |   21,896 |        0
                               |           |       |        |         |          |          |          |          |          |
Public ........................|11,309,399 | 2,720 | 19,120 |  77,165 |  602,853 |1,422,580 |2,590,174 |3,335,844 |1,999,264 |1,259,679
  Research I universities\1\ ..| 1,692,395 |     0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |    3,491 |        0 |  155,305 |  651,439 |  882,160
  Research II universities\1\ .|   516,140 |     0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |  203,470 |  245,180 |   67,490
  Doctoral universities  ......|   944,830 |     0 |      0 |     671 |    1,765 |   12,020 |  103,372 |  477,745 |  254,878 |   94,379
  Master's  ...................| 2,318,580 |     0 |      0 |       0 |   26,700 |  242,641 |  825,672 |  946,407 |  247,149 |   30,011
  Baccalaureate  ..............|   373,971 |     0 |    337 |   8,095 |   88,940 |  141,373 |   86,577 |   28,587 |   20,062 |        0
  Associate of arts\2\ ........| 5,339,449 | 2,531 | 16,560 |  57,746 |  448,477 |  981,090 |1,563,849 |1,503,001 |  580,556 |  185,639
  Specialized institutions\3\ .|   124,034 |   189 |  2,223 |  10,653 |   36,971 |   41,965 |   10,704 |   21,329 |        0 |        0
                               |           |       |        |         |          |          |          |          |          |
Private .......................| 3,481,825 |52,018 |175,357 | 302,980 |  872,223 |  718,676 |  610,323 |  490,098 |  190,287 |   69,863
  Research I universities\1\ ..|   408,551 |   142 |      0 |       0 |    1,889 |        0 |   74,048 |  170,851 |  124,489 |   37,132
  Research II universities\1\ .|   142,694 |     0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |    8,801 |   14,009 |   43,251 |   43,902 |   32,731
  Doctoral universities  ......|   345,872 |    39 |      0 |     897 |    6,670 |   47,929 |  112,195 |  178,142 |        0 |        0
  Master's  ...................|   955,734 |     0 |  1,416 |  13,305 |  179,071 |  342,661 |  331,471 |   87,810 |        0 |        0
  Baccalaureate  ..............|   959,825 | 6,815 | 34,270 | 140,989 |  511,910 |  227,149 |   38,692 |        0 |        0 |        0
  Associate of arts\2\ ........|   253,250 |25,610 | 86,857 |  65,651 |   52,054 |   14,450 |    8,628 |        0 |        0 |        0
  Specialized institutions\3\ .|   415,899 |19,412 | 52,814 |  82,138 |  120,629 |   77,686 |   31,280 |   10,044 |   21,896 |        0
_______________________________|___________|_______|________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________

\1\Research institutions are committed to graduate education through the doctorate, and give high priority to research. Research I institutions receive $40 million or more annually in federal support. Research II institutions receive between $15.5 million and $40 million annually.
\2\Includes tribally controlled 2-year institutions. Tribally controlled colleges are located on reservations. They are members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
\3\Specialized institutions award baccalaureate or higher level degrees in specific fields of study. Also includes tribally controlled 4-year institutions. Tribally controlled colleges are located on reservations. They are members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.

NOTE: Data imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment, 1999" survey. (This table was prepared July 2001.)

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