Number of Title IV postsecondary undergraduate institutions, overall, and those awarding career education credentials, and percentage of Title IV postsecondary undergraduate institutions awarding career education credentials, by control and level of institution: United States, 1997 to 2006

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Table P71. Number of Title IV postsecondary undergraduate institutions, overall, and those awarding career education credentials, and percentage of Title IV postsecondary undergraduate institutions awarding career education credentials, by control and level of institution: United States, 1997 to 2006
Control and level of institution	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006

Total, all postsecondary undergraduate institutions	6,594	6,330	6,343	6,438	6,422	6,344	6,379	6,350	6,432	6,502

Public 4-year	622	603	610	619	623	628	629	634	635	638
Public 2-year	1,236	1,209	1,194	1,197	1,165	1,154	1,162	1,143	1,154	1,148
Public less-than-2-year	305	261	310	261	305	273	250	244	218	217
Private not-for-profit 4-year	1,562	1,500	1,512	1,548	1,540	1,534	1,539	1,518	1,528	1,523
Private not-for-profit 2-year	346	312	272	288	269	255	233	225	219	211
Private not-for-profit less-than-2-year	99	106	78	84	105	111	116	107	96	89
Private for-profit 4-year	173	196	268	281	321	300	349	368	406	450
Private for-profit 2-year	811	810	804	811	779	766	783	793	821	844
Private for-profit less-than-2-year	1,440	1,333	1,295	1,349	1,315	1,323	1,318	1,318	1,355	1,382

Total, all postsecondary undergraduate institutions
awarding career education credentials	5,573	5,608	5,363	5,759	5,569	5,753	5,865	5,941	6,048	6,120

Public 4-year	578	578	566	588	589	596	601	605	613	615
Public 2-year	1,147	1,158	1,133	1,157	1,127	1,122	1,129	1,125	1,139	1,128
Public less-than-2-year	211	243	233	247	271	261	249	244	218	217
Private not-for-profit 4-year	1,164	1,187	1,176	1,234	1,227	1,233	1,253	1,256	1,258	1,254
Private not-for-profit 2-year	292	264	228	253	222	223	209	205	200	194
Private not-for-profit less-than-2-year	81	85	57	73	85	101	110	103	94	87
Private for-profit 4-year	125	149	170	188	211	240	287	328	372	418
Private for-profit 2-year	723	752	705	770	709	729	753	773	811	835
Private for-profit less-than-2-year	1,252	1,192	1,095	1,249	1,128	1,248	1,274	1,302	1,343	1,372

Percentage of postsecondary undergraduate insti-
tutions awarding career education credentials	84.5	88.6	84.5	89.5	86.7	90.7	91.9	93.6	94.0	94.1

Public 4-year	92.9	95.9	92.8	95.0	94.5	94.9	95.5	95.4	96.5	96.4
Public 2-year	92.8	95.8	94.9	96.7	96.7	97.2	97.2	98.4	98.7	98.3
Public less-than-2-year	69.2	93.1	75.2	94.6	88.9	95.6	99.6	100.0	100.0	100.0
Private not-for-profit 4-year	74.5	79.1	77.8	79.7	79.7	80.4	81.4	82.7	82.3	82.3
Private not-for-profit 2-year	84.4	84.6	83.8	87.8	82.5	87.5	89.7	91.1	91.3	91.9
Private not-for-profit less-than-2-year	81.8	80.2	73.1	86.9	81.0	91.0	94.8	96.3	97.9	97.8
Private for-profit 4-year	72.3	76.0	63.4	66.9	65.7	80.0	82.2	89.1	91.6	92.9
Private for-profit 2-year	89.1	92.8	87.7	94.9	91.0	95.2	96.2	97.5	98.8	98.9
Private for-profit less-than-2-year	86.9	89.4	84.6	92.6	85.8	94.3	96.7	98.8	99.1	99.3
NOTE: This table shows, for example, that in 1997, there were 622 public 4-year undergraduate institutions; that 578 public 4-year undergraduate institutions awarded career education credentials; and that 92.9 percent of all public 4-year undergraduate institutions awarded career education credentials. This table excludes institutions that award only graduate or first-professional credentials. There are no standard errors for this table because it is based on population counts. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions and Institutional Characteristics (IC) data files, various years (e.g., report year 2006 uses IC 2006–07 and Completions 2005–06).

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