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Undergraduate Profile Classification


Distribution of institutions and enrollments by classification category

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Category Institutions Percent Total Enrollment Percent Average Enrollment
PT2: Higher part-time two-year 450 9.7 % 3,988,046 19.2 % 8,862
Mix2: Mixed part/full-time two-year 535 11.5 % 2,863,752 13.8 % 5,353
MFT2: Medium full-time two-year 357 7.7 % 635,764 3.1 % 1,781
FT2: Higher full-time two-year 479 10.3 % 297,582 1.4 % 621
PT4: Higher part-time four-year 232 5.0 % 1,394,139 6.7 % 6,009
MFT4/I: Medium full-time four-year, inclusive 213 4.6 % 923,660 4.5 % 4,336
MFT4/S/LTI: Medium full-time four-year, selective, lower transfer-in 37 0.8 % 229,934 1.1 % 6,214
MFT4/S/HTI: Medium full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in 114 2.5 % 1,312,151 6.3 % 11,510
FT4/I: Full-time four-year, inclusive 418 9.0 % 1,526,221 7.4 % 3,651
FT4/S/LTI: Full-time four-year, selective, lower transfer-in 283 6.1 % 1,177,913 5.7 % 4,162
FT4/S/HTI: Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in 286 6.2 % 2,351,591 11.3 % 8,222
FT4/MS/LTI: Full-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in 273 5.9 % 2,122,377 10.2 % 7,774
FT4/MS/HTI: Full-time four-year, more selective, higher transfer-in 66 1.4 % 1,229,700 5.9 % 18,632
(Special focus institution) 850 18.3 % 652,589 3.1 % 768
(Not applicable) 23 0.5 % 19,032 0.1 % 827
(Not classified) 18 0.4 % 3,209 0.0 % 178
All Institutions 4,634 100.0 % 20,727,660 100.0 % 4,473
SOURCE: 2010 Carnegie Classification; National Center for Educations Statistics, IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2009).

NOTES
  1. Branch campuses are counted separately if reported separately in IPEDS.
  2. Fall enrollment does not necessarily reflect the total number of students served over the course of a year.
  3. Percentage details may not sum to 100 due to rounding.


Undergraduate Profile Classification

Distribution of institutions by classification category and control

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Institutions Percentage Distribution
Category Public Private, not-for-profit Private, for-profit Public Private, not-for-profit Private, for-profit
PT2: Higher part-time two-year 410 21 19 91.1% 4.7% 4.2%
Mix2: Mixed part/full-time two-year 485 14 36 90.7% 2.6% 6.7%
MFT2: Medium full-time two-year 138 30 189 38.7% 8.4% 52.9%
FT2: Higher full-time two-year 5 36 438 1.0% 7.5% 91.4%
PT4: Higher part-time four-year 53 79 100 22.8% 34.1% 43.1%
MFT4/I: Medium full-time four-year, inclusive 86 72 55 40.4% 33.8% 25.8%
MFT4/S/LTI: Medium full-time four-year, selective, lower transfer-in 9 27 1 24.3% 73.0% 2.7%
MFT4/S/HTI: Medium full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in 71 39 4 62.3% 34.2% 3.5%
FT4/I: Full-time four-year, inclusive 106 199 113 25.4% 47.6% 27.0%
FT4/S/LTI: Full-time four-year, selective, lower transfer-in 53 227 3 18.7% 80.2% 1.1%
FT4/S/HTI: Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in 147 137 2 51.4% 47.9% 0.7%
FT4/MS/LTI: Full-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in 49 222 2 17.9% 81.3% 0.7%
FT4/MS/HTI: Full-time four-year, more selective, higher transfer-in 46 20 0 69.7% 30.3% 0.0%
(Special focus institution) 41 568 241 4.8% 66.8% 28.4%
(Not applicable) 3 19 1 13.0% 82.6% 4.3%
(Not classified) 2 4 12 11.1% 22.2% 66.7%
All Institutions 1,704 1,714 1,216 36.8% 37.0% 26.2%
SOURCE: 2010 Carnegie Classification; National Center for Educations Statistics, IPEDS Institutional Characteristics.

NOTES
  1. Branch campuses are counted separately if reported separately in IPEDS.
  2. Percentage distribution in rows; details may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
  3. "Public" includes tribally-controlled institutions.


Undergraduate Profile Classification

Enrollment by classification category and control

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Total Enrollment Average Enrollment
Category Public Private, not-for-profit Private, for-profit Public Private, not-for-profit Private, for-profit
PT2: Higher part-time two-year 3,967,577 8,659 11,810 9,677 412 622
Mix2: Mixed part/full-time two-year 2,839,306 5,623 18,823 5,854 402 523
MFT2: Medium full-time two-year 495,689 14,056 126,019 3,592 469 667
FT2: Higher full-time two-year 2,810 16,458 278,314 562 457 635
PT4: Higher part-time four-year 617,361 281,356 495,422 11,648 3,561 4,954
MFT4/I: Medium full-time four-year, inclusive 675,352 161,380 86,928 7,853 2,241 1,581
MFT4/S/LTI: Medium full-time four-year, selective, lower transfer-in 86,952 141,349 1,633 9,661 5,235 1,633
MFT4/S/HTI: Medium full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in 1,100,770 206,760 4,621 15,504 5,302 1,155
FT4/I: Full-time four-year, inclusive 560,381 381,930 583,910 5,287 1,919 5,167
FT4/S/LTI: Full-time four-year, selective, lower transfer-in 515,787 612,191 49,935 9,732 2,697 16,645
FT4/S/HTI: Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in 1,959,656 386,492 5,443 13,331 2,821 2,722
FT4/MS/LTI: Full-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in 951,560 1,168,780 2,037 19,420 5,265 1,019
FT4/MS/HTI: Full-time four-year, more selective, higher transfer-in 1,053,458 176,242 0 22,901 8,812 NA
(Special focus institution) 77,417 346,953 228,219 1,888 611 947
(Not applicable) 4,151 14,218 663 1,384 748 663
(Not classified) 0 3,209 0 NA 802 NA
All Institutions 14,908,227 3,925,656 1,893,777 8,749 2,290 1,557
SOURCE: 2010 Carnegie Classification; National Center for Educations Statistics, IPEDS Institutional Characteristics and Fall Enrollment (2009).

NOTES
  1. Branch campuses are counted separately if reported separately in IPEDS.
  2. Fall enrollment does not necessarily reflect the total number of students served over the course of a year.
  3. "Public" includes tribally-controlled institutions.