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1999 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Issue of the Digest

Table 173  Enrollment and staff in, and degrees conferred by, degree-granting and non-degree-granting Title IV eligible institutions: Fall 1997 and 1995 and 1996-97

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                          |           |    2-year and 4-year degree-granting institutions\2\    |        Non-degree-granting institutions\3\
  Level of institution,   |    All    |_________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________
   type of degree, and    | Title IV  |           |           |            Private              |            |        |            Private
      sex of student      |eligible\1\|   Total   |  Public   |_________________________________|   Total    | Public |______________________________
                          |           |           |           |  Total   |Nonprofit |Proprietary|            |        | Total  |Nonprofit|Proprietary
__________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|___________|____________|________|________|_________|___________
            1             |     2     |     3     |     4     |    5     |    6     |     7     |     8      |   9    |   10   |   11    |    12
__________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|___________|____________|________|________|_________|___________
                          |                                    Enrollment, fall 1997
                          |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total ....................|14,900,416 |14,502,334 |11,196,119 |3,306,215 |2,977,614 |   328,601 |    398,082 |174,636 |223,446 |  34,492 |   188,954
  4-year institutions ....| 8,898,653 | 8,896,765 | 5,835,433 |3,061,332 |2,905,820 |   155,512 |      1,888 |     84 |  1,804 |   1,386 |       418
    Men ..................| 4,006,810 | 4,006,317 | 2,638,168 |1,368,149 |1,282,876 |    85,273 |        493 |     37 |    456 |     336 |       120
    Women ................| 4,891,843 | 4,890,448 | 3,197,265 |1,693,183 |1,622,944 |    70,239 |      1,395 |     47 |  1,348 |   1,050 |       298
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  2-year institutions ....| 5,751,851 | 5,605,569 | 5,360,686 |  244,883 |   71,794 |   173,089 |    146,282 | 96,612 | 49,670 |  12,965 |    36,705
    Men ..................| 2,453,763 | 2,389,711 | 2,286,019 |  103,692 |   29,542 |    74,150 |     64,052 | 47,008 | 17,044 |   3,516 |    13,528
    Women ................| 3,298,088 | 3,215,858 | 3,074,667 |  141,191 |   42,252 |    98,939 |     82,230 | 49,604 | 32,626 |   9,449 |    23,177
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  Less than 2-year .......|   249,912 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |    249,912 | 77,940 |171,972 |  20,141 |   151,831
    Men ..................|    83,294 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |     83,294 | 36,355 | 46,939 |   8,353 |    38,586
    Women ................|   166,618 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |    166,618 | 41,585 |125,033 |  11,788 |   113,245
                          |===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|===========|============|========|========|=========|===========
                          |                                        Staff, fall 1995\4\
                          |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total ....................| 2,770,704 | 2,662,075 | 1,865,930 |  796,145 |  769,698 |    26,447 |    108,629 | 31,327 | 77,302 |  24,941 |    52,361
  Professional staff .....| 1,831,016 | 1,744,867 | 1,230,006 |  514,861 |  493,375 |    21,486 |     86,149 | 23,384 | 62,765 |  19,004 |    43,761
    Administrative .......|   163,314 |   147,445 |    82,396 |   65,049 |   62,541 |     2,508 |     15,869 |  2,320 | 13,549 |   3,385 |    10,164
    Faculty ..............|   988,441 |   931,706 |   656,833 |  274,873 |  260,900 |    13,973 |     56,735 | 17,597 | 39,138 |  12,705 |    26,433
    Faculty assistants ...|   219,218 |   215,909 |   181,743 |   34,166 |   33,129 |     1,037 |      3,309 |  1,394 |  1,915 |     494 |     1,421
    Other professionals ..|   460,043 |   449,807 |   309,034 |  140,773 |  136,805 |     3,968 |     10,236 |  2,073 |  8,163 |   2,420 |     5,743
  Nonprofessional staff ..|   939,688 |   917,208 |   635,924 |  281,284 |  276,323 |     4,961 |     22,480 |  7,943 | 14,537 |   5,937 |     8,600
Student/staff ratio ..... |       5.5 |       5.4 |       5.9 |      4.0 |      3.8 |       9.1 |        7.8 |    8.9 |    7.4 |     7.3 |       7.4
                          |===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|===========|============|========|========|=========|===========
                          |                                    Degrees conferred, 1996-97
                          |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Less than 1-year awards   |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
 and 1- to 4-year awards .|   598,924 |   249,212 |   191,054 |   58,158 |   13,614 |    44,544 |    349,712 |135,633 |214,079 |  21,946 |   192,133
  4-year institutions ....|    24,082 |    23,457 |    11,708 |   11,749 |    8,751 |     2,998 |        625 |     23 |    602 |     602 |       ---
    Men ..................|    10,714 |    10,584 |     5,556 |    5,028 |    3,504 |     1,524 |        130 |      5 |    125 |     125 |       ---
    Women ................|    13,368 |    12,873 |     6,152 |    6,721 |    5,247 |     1,474 |        495 |     18 |    477 |     477 |       ---
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  2-year institutions ....|   330,245 |   225,755 |   179,346 |   46,409 |    4,863 |    41,546 |    104,490 | 71,229 | 33,261 |   7,063 |    26,198
    Men ..................|   140,202 |    95,467 |    78,353 |   17,114 |    2,036 |    15,078 |     44,735 | 33,711 | 11,024 |   1,980 |     9,044
    Women ................|   190,043 |   130,288 |   100,993 |   29,295 |    2,827 |    26,468 |     59,755 | 37,518 | 22,237 |   5,083 |    17,154
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  Less than 2-year .......|   244,597 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |    244,597 | 64,381 |180,216 |  14,281 |   165,935
    Men ..................|    84,484 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |     84,484 | 30,210 | 54,274 |   6,061 |    48,213
    Women ................|   160,113 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |    160,113 | 34,171 |125,942 |   8,220 |   117,722
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Associate ................|   572,936 |   571,226 |   465,494 |  105,732 |   49,168 |    56,564 |      1,710 |     16 |  1,694 |     517 |     1,177
  4-year .................|    82,123 |    81,912 |    37,042 |   44,870 |   31,377 |    13,493 |        211 |    --- |    211 |     211 |       ---
    Men ..................|    34,744 |    34,665 |    14,921 |   19,744 |   11,431 |     8,313 |         79 |    --- |     79 |      79 |       ---
    Women ................|    47,379 |    47,247 |    22,121 |   25,126 |   19,946 |     5,180 |        132 |    --- |    132 |     132 |       ---
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  2-year .................|   490,813 |   489,314 |   428,452 |   60,862 |   17,791 |    43,071 |      1,499 |     16 |  1,483 |     306 |     1,177
    Men ..................|   189,992 |   189,283 |   163,785 |   25,498 |    6,797 |    18,701 |        709 |     16 |    693 |     166 |       527
    Women ................|   300,821 |   300,031 |   264,667 |   35,364 |   10,994 |    24,370 |        790 |    --- |    790 |     140 |       650
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  Less than 2-year .......|       --- |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
    Men ..................|       --- |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
    Women ................|       --- |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Bachelor's ............   | 1,173,697 | 1,172,879 |   776,677 |  396,202 |  384,086 |    12,116 |        818 |      3 |    815 |     815 |       ---
    Men ..................|   520,926 |   520,515 |   348,325 |  172,190 |  165,342 |     6,848 |        411 |      2 |    409 |     409 |       ---
    Women ................|   652,771 |   652,364 |   428,352 |  224,012 |  218,744 |     5,268 |        407 |      1 |    406 |     406 |       ---
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Master's .............    |   419,625 |   419,401 |   233,237 |  186,164 |  181,104 |     5,060 |        224 |    --- |    224 |     181 |        43
    Men ..................|   181,062 |   180,947 |    97,830 |   83,117 |   80,466 |     2,651 |        115 |    --- |    115 |     101 |        14
    Women ................|   238,563 |   238,454 |   135,407 |  103,047 |  100,638 |     2,409 |        109 |    --- |    109 |      80 |        29
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Doctor's .................|    45,953 |    45,876 |    29,838 |   16,038 |   15,694 |       344 |         77 |    --- |     77 |      14 |        63
    Men ..................|    27,191 |    27,146 |    17,745 |    9,401 |    9,254 |       147 |         45 |    --- |     45 |      13 |        32
    Women ................|    18,762 |    18,730 |    12,093 |    6,637 |    6,440 |       197 |         32 |    --- |     32 |       1 |        31
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
First-professional .......|    78,792 |    78,730 |    31,243 |   47,487 |   47,029 |       458 |         62 |    --- |     62 |      62 |       ---
    Men ..................|    45,617 |    45,564 |    17,216 |   28,348 |   28,090 |       258 |         53 |    --- |     53 |      53 |       ---
    Women ................|    33,175 |    33,166 |    14,027 |   19,139 |   18,939 |       200 |          9 |    --- |      9 |       9 |       ---
__________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|___________|____________|________|________|_________|___________

\1\Includes non-degree-granting institutions with non-accredited degree programs.
\2\Preliminary data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\3\Preliminary data are for institutions that did not offer accredited 4-year or 2-year degree programs, but were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes some schools with non-accredited degree programs.
\4\Staff data for degree-granting institutions are for institutions of higher education. Data for non-degree granting institutions are for noncollegiate institutions.
---Not available or not applicable.

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 October 1999.)


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