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Undergraduate Instructional Program Classification


Distribution of Institutions and enrollments by classification category

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Category Institutions Percent Total Enrollment Percent Average Enrollment
Assoc: Associate's 1,689 38.5 % 6,666,168 37.9 % 3,947
Assoc-Dom: Associate's Dominant 159 3.6 % 344,982 2.0 % 2,170
A&S-F/NGC: Arts & sciences focus, no graduate coexistence 95 2.2 % 135,389 0.8 % 1,425
A&S-F/SGC: Arts & sciences focus, some graduate coexistence 46 1.0 % 174,008 1.0 % 3,783
A&S-F/HGC: Arts & sciences focus, high graduate coexistence 21 0.5 % 285,617 1.6 % 13,601
A&S+Prof/NGC: Arts & sciences plus professions, no graduate coexistence 75 1.7 % 122,124 0.7 % 1,628
A&S+Prof/SGC: Arts & sciences plus professions, some graduate coexistence 89 2.0 % 457,982 2.6 % 5,146
A&S+Prof/HGC: Arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence 48 1.1 % 909,306 5.2 % 18,944
Bal/NGC: Balanced arts & sciences/professions, no graduate coexistence 121 2.8 % 204,188 1.2 % 1,688
Bal/SGC: Balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence 293 6.7 % 1,707,441 9.7 % 5,827
Bal/HGC: Balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence 94 2.1 % 2,026,091 11.5 % 21,554
Prof+A&S/NGC: Professions plus arts & sciences, no graduate coexistence 130 3.0 % 211,295 1.2 % 1,625
Prof+A&S/SGC: Professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence 305 6.9 % 1,856,917 10.6 % 6,088
Prof+A&S/HGC: Professions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence 67 1.5 % 1,164,480 6.6 % 17,380
Prof-F/NGC: Professions focus, no graduate coexistence 71 1.6 % 99,828 0.6 % 1,406
Prof-F/SGC: Professions focus, some graduate coexistence 98 2.2 % 463,131 2.6 % 4,726
Prof-F/HGC: Professions focus, high graduate coexistence 19 0.4 % 77,226 0.4 % 4,065
(Special focus institution) 806 18.4 % 570,470 3.2 % 708
(Not applicable) 15 0.3 % 17,758 0.1 % 1,184
(Not classified) 150 3.4 % 76,168 0.4 % 508
All Institutions 4,391 100.0 % 17,570,569 100.0 % 4,001
SOURCE: 2005 Carnegie Classification; National Center for Educations Statistics, IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2004).

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 Instructional Program 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
Assoc: Associate's 1,067 125 497 63.2% 7.4% 29.4%
Assoc-Dom: Associate's Dominant 42 44 73 26.4% 27.7% 45.9%
A&S-F/NGC: Arts & sciences focus, no graduate coexistence 5 89 1 5.3% 93.7% 1.1%
A&S-F/SGC: Arts & sciences focus, some graduate coexistence 8 38 0 17.4% 82.6% 0.0%
A&S-F/HGC: Arts & sciences focus, high graduate coexistence 7 12 2 33.3% 57.1% 9.5%
A&S+Prof/NGC: Arts & sciences plus professions, no graduate coexistence 13 61 1 17.3% 81.3% 1.3%
A&S+Prof/SGC: Arts & sciences plus professions, some graduate coexistence 36 53 0 40.4% 59.6% 0.0%
A&S+Prof/HGC: Arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence 29 18 1 60.4% 37.5% 2.1%
Bal/NGC: Balanced arts & sciences/professions, no graduate coexistence 28 92 1 23.1% 76.0% 0.8%
Bal/SGC: Balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence 129 162 2 44.0% 55.3% 0.7%
Bal/HGC: Balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence 70 21 3 74.5% 22.3% 3.2%
Prof+A&S/NGC: Professions plus arts & sciences, no graduate coexistence 29 97 4 22.3% 74.6% 3.1%
Prof+A&S/SGC: Professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence 125 169 11 41.0% 55.4% 3.6%
Prof+A&S/HGC: Professions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence 48 16 3 71.6% 23.9% 4.5%
Prof-F/NGC: Professions focus, no graduate coexistence 12 53 6 16.9% 74.6% 8.5%
Prof-F/SGC: Professions focus, some graduate coexistence 10 66 22 10.2% 67.3% 22.4%
Prof-F/HGC: Professions focus, high graduate coexistence 2 10 7 10.5% 52.6% 36.8%
(Special focus institution) 45 594 167 5.6% 73.7% 20.7%
(Not applicable) 2 12 1 13.3% 80.0% 6.7%
(Not classified) 30 13 107 20.0% 8.7% 71.3%
All Institutions 1,737 1,745 909 39.6% 39.7% 20.7%
SOURCE: 2005 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 Instructional Program 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
Assoc: Associate's 6,343,372 48,079 274,717 5,945 385 553
Assoc-Dom: Associate's Dominant 175,697 85,105 84,180 4,183 1,934 1,153
A&S-F/NGC: Arts & sciences focus, no graduate coexistence 10,371 124,670 348 2,074 1,401 348
A&S-F/SGC: Arts & sciences focus, some graduate coexistence 63,726 110,282 0 7,966 2,902 NA
A&S-F/HGC: Arts & sciences focus, high graduate coexistence 147,489 136,752 1,376 21,070 11,396 688
A&S+Prof/NGC: Arts & sciences plus professions, no graduate coexistence 37,287 84,467 370 2,868 1,385 370
A&S+Prof/SGC: Arts & sciences plus professions, some graduate coexistence 275,099 182,883 0 7,642 3,451 NA
A&S+Prof/HGC: Arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence 669,415 238,379 1,512 23,083 13,243 1,512
Bal/NGC: Balanced arts & sciences/professions, no graduate coexistence 81,240 122,731 217 2,901 1,334 217
Bal/SGC: Balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence 1,073,084 631,933 2,424 8,318 3,901 1,212
Bal/HGC: Balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence 1,723,002 299,978 3,111 24,614 14,285 1,037
Prof+A&S/NGC: Professions plus arts & sciences, no graduate coexistence 86,240 124,067 988 2,974 1,279 247
Prof+A&S/SGC: Professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence 1,156,166 635,793 64,958 9,249 3,762 5,905
Prof+A&S/HGC: Professions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence 1,051,180 107,866 5,434 21,900 6,742 1,811
Prof-F/NGC: Professions focus, no graduate coexistence 20,868 76,270 2,690 1,739 1,439 448
Prof-F/SGC: Professions focus, some graduate coexistence 40,259 207,040 215,832 4,026 3,137 9,811
Prof-F/HGC: Professions focus, high graduate coexistence 10,628 31,884 34,714 5,314 3,188 4,959
(Special focus institution) 74,341 326,125 170,004 1,652 549 1,018
(Not applicable) 5,539 11,624 595 2,770 969 595
(Not classified) 36,216 3,526 36,426 1,207 271 340
All Institutions 13,081,219 3,589,454 899,896 7,531 2,057 990
SOURCE: 2005 Carnegie Classification; National Center for Educations Statistics, IPEDS Institutional Characteristics and Fall Enrollment (2004).

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.