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Acknowledgments

The information presented in this publication was provided by either state coordinators for the 

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) or officials at individual institutions. 

In addition, these persons provided much assistance in resolving questions on the data, which 

resulted in more accurate information. Although it is not possible to list the names of all these 

people, their assistance was invaluable and is much appreciated. 

The U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), and the 

Office for Civil Rights, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, cooperate in 

the collection of racial/ethnic and gender information from all postsecondary institutions that 

participate in the Enrollment, Completions, and Fall Staff components. In this collaboration, data 

provided by postsecondary institutions are designated as Compliance Reports pursuant to the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964 (34 CFR 100.6(b)).

The authors are grateful to Paula Knepper and Dennis Carroll of the Postsecondary Studies 

Division, National Center for Education Statistics for their valuable comments during the review 

of this publication. We also appreciate the thoughtful review provided by Mary Schifferli, Office 

for Civil Rights; Barbara Lauren, Associate Director for Research, American Association of 

Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO); Ira Tyszler, Dean of Enrollment, 

Management, and Institutional Research, Touro College; Joe Marks, Director of Education Data 

Services, Southern Regional Education Board; and Ken Redd, Director of Research and Policy 

Analysis, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).

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Table of Contents

Page

Acknowledgments...........................................................................................................................iii

Summary..........................................................................................................................................1

Introduction...................................................................................................................................1

Characteristics of Enrolled Students.............................................................................................2

Characteristics of Students at Degree-Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Institutions..............3

Residence and Migration of First-Time Degree/Certificate-Seeking Undergraduate Students....3

Full-Time, First-Time Degree/Certificate-Seeking Undergraduate Financial Aid Recipients.....6

Revenues of Degree-Granting Institutions....................................................................................7

Graduation Rates.........................................................................................................................10

Compendium of Tables..................................................................................................................11

Survey Methodology......................................................................................................................71

Overview.....................................................................................................................................71

Terminology Used in the IPEDS Web Collection......................................................................71

Universe, Institutions Surveyed, and Response Rates................................................................71

Survey Procedures.......................................................................................................................77

Survey Components....................................................................................................................78

Edit Procedures...........................................................................................................................80

Imputation Procedures ................................................................................................................81

Data Perturbation and Confidentiality ........................................................................................85

Glossary of IPEDS Terms..............................................................................................................93

List of Figures

Page

Figure A. Tuition and fees revenues as a proportion of total revenues of Title IV degreegranting institutions, by level and control of institution: United States, fiscal 

year 2002.....................................................................................................................9

List of Tables

Page

Table A. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by student level, attendance status, gender, 

and race/ethnicity: United States and other areas, fall 2002.......................................2

Table B. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by degree-granting status, level and control 

of institution, attendance status, gender, and race/ethnicity: United States, 

fall 2002 ......................................................................................................................4
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Table C. Migration patterns of first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by state: Fall 2002...........5

Table D. Full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students enrolled 

and those who received financial aid in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by 

control and level of institution: United States, academic years 2000–01 and 

2001–02.......................................................................................................................6

Table E. Types and average amounts of financial aid received by full-time, first-time 

undergraduate students in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by control and 

level of institution: United States, academic year 2001–02........................................8

Table F. Graduation rates at Title IV institutions, by level and control of institution, 

gender, and race/ethnicity: United States, cohort years 1996 and 1999 ...................10

Enrollment

Table 1. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, gender, attendance status, 

and student level: United States and other areas, fall 2002 ......................................13

Table 1a. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, gender, attendance status, 

and student level: United States, fall 2002................................................................14

Table 2. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by gender, attendance status, geographic 

area, control of institution, and student level: United States and other areas, 

fall 2002 ....................................................................................................................15

Table 3. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by gender, attendance status, and state or 

other area: Fall 2002 .................................................................................................16

Table 4. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity and state or other area: 

Fall 2002 ...................................................................................................................18

Table 5. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by degree-granting status, attendance status, 

and state: Fall 2002 ...................................................................................................20

Table 6. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by degree-granting status, attendance status, 

level and control of institution, race/ethnicity, and gender: United States, 

fall 2002 ....................................................................................................................21

Table 7. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by gender, attendance 

status, control of institution, and student level: United States, fall 2002..................22

Table 8. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by gender, attendance 

status, level of institution, control of institution, and student level: United 

States, fall 2002.........................................................................................................23

Table 9. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting 4-year institutions, by gender, 

attendance status, and state: Fall 2002......................................................................24

Table 10. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting 2-year institutions, by gender, 

attendance status, and state: Fall 2002......................................................................25
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Table 11. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, control of 

institution, and student level: United States, fall 2002 .............................................26

Table 12. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, level of 

institution, control of institution, and student level: United States, fall 2002 ..........27

Table 13. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and state: 

Fall 2002 ...................................................................................................................28

Table 14. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting public institutions, by race/ethnicity and 

state: Fall 2002..........................................................................................................29

Table 15. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting, private not-for-profit institutions, by 

race/ethnicity and state: Fall 2002 ............................................................................30

Table 16. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting, private for-profit institutions, by 

race/ethnicity and state: Fall 2002 ............................................................................31

Table 17. Enrollment, residence, and migration of all first-time, degree/certificateseeking students enrolled in Title IV institutions, by state or other area: 

Fall 2002 ...................................................................................................................32

Table 18. Enrollment, residence, and migration of all first-time, degree/certificateseeking students graduating from high school in the past 12 months enrolled in 

Title IV institutions, by state or other area: Fall 2002 ..............................................34

Table 19. Enrollment, residence, and migration of all first-time, degree/certificateseeking students enrolled in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by state or 

other area: Fall 2002 .................................................................................................36

Table 20. Enrollment, residence, and migration of all first-time, degree/certificateseeking students graduating from high school in the past 12 months enrolled in 

Title IV degree-granting institutions, by state or other area: Fall 2002....................38

Student Financial Aid

Table 21. Full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students enrolled 

and those receiving financial aid in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by 

level of institution and state or other area: Academic year 2001–02........................40

Table 22. Full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students enrolled 

and those receiving financial aid in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by 

control of institution and state or other area: Academic year 2001–02 ....................42

Table 23. Types and average amounts of financial aid received by full-time, first-time 

degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in Title IV degree-granting 

institutions, by control and level of institution: United States, academic year 

2001–02.....................................................................................................................44
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Table 24. Types and average amounts of financial aid received by full-time, first-time 

degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in Title IV degree-granting 

public institutions, by level of institution and region: United States, academic 

year 2001–02.............................................................................................................45

Table 25. Types and average amounts of financial aid received by full-time, first-time 

degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in Title IV degree-granting 

private not-for-profit institutions, by level of institution and region: United 

States, academic year 2001–02 .................................................................................46

Table 26. Types and average amounts of financial aid received by full-time, first-time 

degree/ certificate-seeking undergraduate students in Title IV degree-granting 

private for-profit institutions, by level of institution and region: United States, 

academic year 2001–02.............................................................................................47

Finance

Table 27. Revenues of Title IV degree-granting public institutions, by level of institution, 

accounting standards utilized, and source of funds: United States, fiscal 

year 2002...................................................................................................................48

Table 28. Revenues of Title IV degree-granting private institutions, by level and control 

of institution, and source of funds: United States, fiscal year 2002 .........................50

Table 29. Expenditures/expenses of Title IV degree-granting public institutions, by level 

of institution, accounting standards utilized, and type of expenditure/expense: 

United States, fiscal year 2002..................................................................................51

Table 30. Expenses of Title IV degree-granting private institutions, by level and control 

of institution and type of expenditure/expense: United States, fiscal year 2002 ......53

Table 31. Scholarship and fellowship expenditures of Title IV degree-granting 

institutions, by level and control of institution, accounting standards utilized, 

and source of funds: United States, fiscal year 2002 ................................................54

Graduation Rates

Table 32. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, and gender: 

United States, cohort year 1996 ................................................................................55

Table 33. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by control of institution and 

gender: United States and other areas, cohort year 1996..........................................56

Table 34. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by gender and state or other 

area: Cohort year 1996..............................................................................................57

Table 35. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, control of 

institution, and Carnegie classification: United States, cohort year 1996 ................59

Table 36. Transfer-out rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by control of institution, 

gender, and mission of institution: United States, cohort year 1996 ........................62
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Table 37. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions for bachelor’s degree-seeking 

students, by control of institution, gender, and time to degree: United States, 

cohort year 1996........................................................................................................63

Table 38. Graduation rates at less-than-4-year Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, 

gender, and degree-granting status: United States, cohort year 1999.......................64

Table 39. Graduation rates at less-than-4-year Title IV institutions, by control of 

institution and gender: United States and other areas, cohort year 1999..................65

Table 40. Graduation rates at less-than-4-year Title IV institutions, by gender and state or 

other area: Cohort year 1999.....................................................................................66

Table 41. Graduation rates at less-than-4-year Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, 

control of institution, and Carnegie classification: United States, cohort 

year 1999...................................................................................................................68

Table 42. Transfer-out rates at less-than-4-year Title IV institutions, by control of 

institution, gender, and mission of institution: United States, cohort year 1999 ......69

Methodology

Table M1. Title IV institutions and offices responding to the IPEDS spring 2003 data 

collection, by survey component, degree-granting status, and level and control 

of institution: United States and other areas .............................................................73

Table M1a. Title IV institutions and offices responding to the IPEDS spring 2003 data 

collection, by survey component, degree-granting status, and level and control 

of institution: United States ......................................................................................75

Table M2. Fall enrollment and percentage imputed for all Title IV institutions, by control 

of institution, student level, attendance status, gender, and degree-granting 

status: United States, fall 2002..................................................................................86

Table M3. Unduplicated count and percentage imputed for all Title IV institutions, by 

control of institution, student level, gender, and degree-granting status: United 

States, 2001–02 .........................................................................................................86

Table M4. Instructional activities and percentage imputed for all Title IV institutions, by 

control of institution, degree-granting status, and type of instructional 

activities: United States, 2001–02.............................................................................87

Table M5. Revenues and expenditures/expenses, and the percentages imputed, for Title IV 

institutions, by control of institution and type of funds: United States, fiscal 

year 2002...................................................................................................................88

Table M6. Student counts (for graduation rates) and percentage imputed for all Title IV 

institutions, by control of institution: United States, cohort years 1996 and 1999...90
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Summary 

Introduction

This report is one of a series that presents findings from the Integrated Postsecondary Education 

Data System (IPEDS). Results of the spring 2003 data collection are included and display 

enrollment data for fall 2002, student financial aid data for the 2001–02 academic year (July 1, 

2001 through June 30, 2002), financial statistics for fiscal year 2002, and graduation rate 

information for students beginning college in 1996 at 4-year institutions and in 1999 at less-than4-year institutions. These data were collected through the IPEDS web-based data collection 

system. 

IPEDS began collecting data in 1985 from all postsecondary institutions in the United States (the 

50 states and the District of Columbia) and other areas.1 Prior to that, institutions of higher 

education provided data through the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), 

which began in 1966. IPEDS defines a postsecondary institution as an organization that is open 

to the public and has as its primary mission the provision of postsecondary education or training 

beyond the high school level. This includes institutions that offer academic, vocational, and 

continuing professional education programs and excludes institutions that offer only avocational 

(leisure) and adult basic education programs.

Since 1992, participation in IPEDS has been required for all postsecondary institutions and 

central or system offices that participate in the major student aid programs authorized under Title 

IV of the Higher Education Act, such as Pell Grants or Stafford Loans.2 During the 2002–03 

academic year, 6,508 institutions and 80 central or system offices were required to participate in 

IPEDS. Two of these institutions closed after the 2002–03 collection cycle began, thus 6,506 

institutions were expected to participate in the spring 2003 collection. Not all institutions are 

required to complete each survey; for example, Student Financial Aid (SFA) and Graduation 

Rates (GRS) are only required of institutions that have a cohort of full-time, first-time degree- or 

certificate-seeking undergraduate-level students. Overall response rates for the four component 

surveys conducted in spring 2003 were quite high, ranging from 97.2 percent for Finance (F) to 

99.2 percent for Enrollment (EF).

Tabulations in this report present selected data items collected from the 6,506 Title IV 

institutions in spring 2003. Additional detailed information is available through the various 

IPEDS web tools, such as the Peer Analysis System. 3 All institutions were asked to provide 

Enrollment and Finance data. In addition, institutions admitting full-time, first-time 

1

The other areas surveyed in IPEDS are American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall 

Islands, the Northern Marianas, Palau, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

2

Institutions participating in Title IV programs are accredited by an agency or organization recognized by the 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, have a program of over 300 clock hours or 8 credit hours, have been in 

business for at least 2 years, and have a signed Program Participation Agreement (PPA) with the Office of 

Postsecondary Education (OPE), U.S. Department of Education.

3

See http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds.
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undergraduate-level students were asked to submit Student Financial Aid and Graduation Rates 

data. Graduation Rates data are included for the first time in this publication.

Characteristics of Enrolled Students

In fall 2002, Title IV institutions enrolled 17.3 million students. Of these, 86.2 percent were 

enrolled in undergraduate programs, 11.9 percent were enrolled in graduate programs, and 1.9 

percent were enrolled in first-professional programs (table A). The majority of students, 60.6 

percent, were enrolled full time, while 39.4 percent were enrolled part time. 

Women accounted for 56.9 percent of all students enrolled in Title IV institutions in fall 2002. 

White, non-Hispanic students constituted 61.3 percent, while 11.3 percent were Black, nonHispanic, 10.8 percent were Hispanic, 5.8 percent were Asian or Pacific Islander, and only 1 

percent were American Indian or Alaska Native. The remaining enrollment in Title IV 

institutions was made up of students whose race/ethnicity was unknown and of nonresident 

aliens (6.4 percent and 3.4 percent, respectively).

Table A. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by student level, attendance status, 

gender, and race/ethnicity: United States and other areas, fall 2002

Student level, attendance status, United States and other areas United States

gender, and race/ethnicity Total students Percent Total students Percent

Total students 17,288,483 100.0 17,035,027 100.0

Student level

Undergraduate 14,909,530 86.2 14,679,617 86.2

Graduate 2,056,353 11.9 2,036,421 12.0

First-professional1322,600 1.9 318,989 1.9

Attendance status

Full time 10,469,915 60.6 10,272,756 60.3

Part time 6,818,568 39.4 6,762,271 39.7

Gender

Men 7,446,239 43.1 7,344,936 43.1

Women 9,842,244 56.9 9,690,091 56.9

Race/ethnicity

White, non-Hispanic 10,594,851 61.3 10,593,759 62.2

Black, non-Hispanic 1,952,500 11.3 1,950,905 11.5

Hispanic 1,862,632 10.8 1,624,726 9.5

Asian/Pacific Islander 1,009,507 5.8 999,739 5.9

American Indian/Alaska Native 160,413 0.9 160,406 0.9

Race/ethnicity unknown 1,114,092 6.4 1,111,747 6.5

Nonresident alien 594,488 3.4 593,745 3.5

1A first-professional student is one who is enrolled in any of the following degree programs: chiropractic, 

dentistry, law, medicine, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, theology, or veterinary 

medicine.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. The other areas include American Samoa, the 

Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Marianas, Palau, Puerto Rico, and 

the Virgin Islands.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary 

Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2003. 
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Characteristics of Students at Degree-Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Institutions 4

During fall 2002, 17 million students attended Title IV institutions located within the United 

States (table B). Almost all of these students (16.6 million) attended degree-granting institutions, 

while about 423,000 students attended non-degree-granting institutions. 

In both degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions, a majority of students attended 

school full time (59.9 percent and 77.1 percent, respectively); likewise, a majority of the students 

were women (56.6 percent and 66.3 percent, respectively). However, the proportion of students 

attending degree-granting or non-degree-granting institutions differed by race/ethnicity. Table B 

shows that 62.5 percent of the students attending degree-granting institutions were White, nonHispanic, 27.3 percent were other than White, and the remainder were either students whose 

race/ethnicity was unknown (6.5 percent) or nonresident aliens (3.5 percent). At non-degreegranting institutions, 48.1 percent of students were White, non-Hispanic, while 44.1 percent were 

other than White, 6.8 percent were students whose race/ethnicity was unknown, and 1.0 percent 

were nonresident aliens.

Residence and Migration of First-Time Degree/Certificate-Seeking Undergraduate 

Students

The spring 2003 IPEDS collection included enrollment by state of residence5 for all students 

(both full time and part time) who were considered first-time degree/certificate-seeking 

undergraduates (referred to here as “first-time undergraduates”) in fall 2002. Table C includes 

the percentage of a state’s enrollment of first-time undergraduates in Title IV degree-granting 

institutions who were residents of other states. The District of Columbia had the highest 

percentage of first-time undergraduates coming from other states (89.2 percent). Three states also 

had more than half of their undergraduates coming from other states: New Hampshire (51.3 

percent), Rhode Island (59.4 percent), and Vermont (62.9 percent). Four states—Alaska, 

California, New Jersey, and Texas—had less than 10 percent of their first-time undergraduate 

students coming from other states (8.3 percent, 8.6 percent, 8.4 percent, and 9.3 percent, 

respectively). In fall 2002, 16.5 percent of the 2.6 million first-time undergraduates attended a 

Title IV degree-granting institution outside of their home state of residence.6

Table C also includes the percentage of first-time undergraduate students who left their state of 

residence to attend a Title IV degree-granting institution in a different state. This percentage 

varied considerably by state, ranging from a low of 6.0 percent in Mississippi to a high of 

67.7 percent in the District of Columbia. Other states with less than 10 percent of their first-time 

undergraduates leaving to attend schools in other states were Alabama (9.6 percent), Arizona 

4Degree-granting institutions are those that grant associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, doctor’s, or first-professional 

degrees. Non-degree-granting institutions award only certificates of completion at any level; these institutions are 

primarily occupational/vocational schools that award certificates in such programs as cosmetology, nursing, 

mechanics, aviation systems, computer and information sciences, dental assistant, and law enforcement.

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The state identified by the student as his/her permanent address at the time of application to the institution. This 

may be the legal residence of a parent or guardian or the state in which the student has a driver’s license or is 

registered to vote. It is not necessarily the state in which the student’s high school is located.

6Data are from compendium table 19.
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(9.0 percent), California (7.2 percent), Florida (9.8 percent), Louisiana (9.0 percent), Michigan 

(9.4 percent), North Carolina (8.6 percent), Oklahoma (9.9 percent), Texas (8.8 percent), and 

Utah (7.1 percent). Besides the District of Columbia, only Vermont sent more than half of its 

first-time undergraduates (53.2 percent) elsewhere to attend college.

Table B. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by degree-granting status, level and control of 

institution, attendance status, gender, and race/ethnicity: United States, fall 2002

All institutions Degree-granting Non-degree-granting Level and control of 

institution, attendance 

status, gender, and 

race/ethnicity Total students Percent Total students Percent Total students Percent

Total students 17,035,027 100.0 16,611,711 100.0 423,316 100.0

Level of institution

4-year 10,083,252 59.2 10,082,332 60.7 920 0.2

2-year 6,640,516 39.0 6,529,379 39.3 111,137 26.3

Less-than-2-year 311,259 1.8 0 † 311,259 73.5

Control of institution

Public 12,883,071 75.6 12,751,993 76.8 131,078 31.0

Private not-for-profit 3,299,094 19.4 3,265,476 19.7 33,618 7.9

Private for-profit 852,862 5.0 594,242 3.6 258,620 61.1

Attendance status

Full time 10,272,756 60.3 9,946,359 59.9 326,397 77.1

Part time 6,762,271 39.7 6,665,352 40.1 96,919 22.9

Gender

Men 7,344,936 43.1 7,202,116 43.4 142,820 33.7

Women 9,690,091 56.9 9,409,595 56.6 280,496 66.3

Race/ethnicity

White, non-Hispanic 10,593,759 62.2 10,390,157 62.5 203,602 48.1

Black, non-Hispanic 1,950,905 11.5 1,865,660 11.2 85,245 20.1

Hispanic 1,624,726 9.5 1,545,166 9.3 79,560 18.8

Asian/Pacific Islander 999,739 5.9 982,108 5.9 17,631 4.2

American Indian/Alaska 

Native 160,406 0.9 156,225 0.9 4,181 1.0

Race/ethnicity unknown 1,111,747 6.5 1,082,789 6.5 28,958 6.8

Nonresident alien 593,745 3.5 589,606 3.5 4,139 1.0

†Not applicable.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003. 
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Table C. Migration patterns of first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students 

enrolled in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by state: Fall 2002

State Percent of out-of-state students enrolled1

Percent of resident students

enrolled in an out-of-state institution2

Alabama 19.1 9.6

Alaska 8.3 44.7

Arizona 27.5 9.0

Arkansas 15.0 12.2

California 8.6 7.2

Colorado 21.7 15.7

Connecticut 32.9 42.1

Delaware 44.9 27.2

District of Columbia 89.2 67.7

Florida 19.4 9.8

Georgia 14.8 13.7

Hawaii 32.2 30.4

Idaho 26.0 20.9

Illinois 10.5 18.9

Indiana 21.8 11.3

Iowa 26.1 10.9

Kansas 17.3 13.3

Kentucky 16.8 11.3

Louisiana 12.6 9.0

Maine 26.1 34.6

Maryland 24.1 31.9

Massachusetts 38.4 28.5

Michigan 10.3 9.4

Minnesota 17.1 17.6

Mississippi 18.9 6.0

Missouri 19.4 15.4

Montana 21.9 26.6

Nebraska 16.0 15.6

Nevada 15.4 18.7

New Hampshire 51.3 45.7

New Jersey 8.4 35.8

New Mexico 18.0 19.0

New York 19.8 16.7

North Carolina 19.5 8.6

North Dakota 36.3 28.6

Ohio 13.8 14.1

Oklahoma 15.2 9.9

Oregon 22.0 18.2

Pennsylvania 23.0 14.8

Rhode Island 59.4 32.9

South Carolina 17.6 10.2

South Dakota 29.7 26.5

Tennessee 22.8 16.6

Texas 9.3 8.8

Utah 24.4 7.1

Vermont 62.9 53.2

Virginia 26.4 20.7

Washington 14.0 20.1

West Virginia 27.5 15.6

Wisconsin 15.1 15.1

Wyoming 47.5 30.0

1Of all first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students enrolled in the state, the percentage that came from another 

state.

2Of all first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate student residents of the state, the percentage who enrolled out-of-state.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Full-Time, First-Time Degree/Certificate-Seeking Undergraduate Financial Aid Recipients

IPEDS collects information on a cohort of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking 

undergraduates who receive financial aid.7 In academic year 2001–02, there were 2 million fulltime, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in the cohort in Title IV 

degree-granting institutions located in the United States (table D). About 72.3 percent of these 

students received financial aid during the 2001–02 academic year. The proportion of the cohort 

that received financial aid varied by institution level and control. About 58.6 percent of 

undergraduates at public 2-year institutions and 72.9 percent of undergraduates at public 4-year 

institutions received financial aid, while larger proportions received aid at private institutions. 

About 82.7 percent of undergraduates at private not-for-profit 4-year institutions and 87.9 at 

private not-for-profit 2-year institutions received aid. Private for-profit 4-year institutions 

reported that 78.1 percent of their full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking students 

received aid, while private for-profit 2-year institutions reported that 87.2 percent received aid in 

academic year 2001–02.

Table D. Full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students enrolled and those 

who received financial aid in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by control and level 

of institution: United States, academic years 2000–01 and 2001–02

Academic year 2000–011 Academic year 2001–022

Control and level of institution

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial aid 

recipients

Percent 

who 

received 

financial 

aid

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial 

aid 

recipients

Percent 

who 

received 

financial 

aid

Total students 1,976,600 1,390,527 70.3 2,050,016 1,481,592 72.3

Public 1,333,236 872,109 65.4 1,389,913 932,201 67.1

4-year 804,793 573,430 71.3 822,905 599,743 72.9

2-year 528,443 298,679 56.5 567,008 332,458 58.6

Private not-for-profit 439,369 363,044 82.6 453,883 376,169 82.9

4-year 419,499 347,638 82.9 437,349 361,637 82.7

2-year 19,870 15,406 77.5 16,534 14,532 87.9

Private for-profit 203,995 155,374 76.2 206,220 173,222 84.0

4-year 81,075 51,739 63.8 72,647 56,747 78.1

2-year 122,920 103,635 84.3 133,573 116,475 87.2

1The numbers shown reflect those institutions that reported having financial aid recipients in academic year 2000–01.

2The numbers shown reflect those institutions that reported having financial aid recipients in academic year 2001–02.

NOTE: Student financial aid data are not imputed. The item response rates for all cells on this table range from 91.8 percent to 99.6 

percent.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2002 and Spring 2003.

7

Financial aid, as used here, includes federal grants, state and local grants, institutional grants, and student loans 

(that pass through the financial aid office); PLUS loans and other loans made directly to parents or students are not 

included.
7

Proportions of undergraduates receiving financial aid did not change dramatically between 

2000–01 and 2001–02. Overall, the percentage of undergraduates receiving financial aid rose 

from 70.3 percent in 2000–01 to 72.3 percent in 2001–02.

In addition to aggregate numbers of financial aid recipients, data were collected on four specific 

types of financial aid: federal grants, state and local government grants, institutional grants, and 

student loans. On average, 46.0 percent of financial aid recipients received one or more federal 

grants during the 2001–02 academic year (table E). This percentage varied somewhat by 

institutional control. Nearly 67.5 percent of undergraduate aid recipients attending private forprofit institutions received federal grants, compared to 46.6 percent attending public institutions 

and 34.8 percent of those attending private not-for-profit institutions. 

The proportions of undergraduates receiving each type of aid varied by institutional control. A 

higher percentage of undergraduate aid recipients attending public institutions received state and 

local grants than those attending private not-for-profit or private for-profit institutions (51.9 

percent compared to 39.3 percent and 20.0 percent, respectively). Aid recipients at 4-year private 

not-for-profit institutions were more likely to receive institutional grants (84.0) percent than aid 

recipients at other types of institutions—42.3 percent at 4-year public institutions and 13.4 

percent at 4-year private for-profit institutions. Undergraduate aid recipients at private for-profit 

institutions were more likely than those attending public or private not-for-profit institutions to 

borrow money to attend college; 83.4 percent of aid recipients at private for-profit institutions 

had student loans, compared to 46.1 percent at public institutions and 69.0 percent at private notfor-profit institutions.

Revenues of Degree-Granting Institutions

The Finance component of the spring 2003 IPEDS collected information on the revenues and 

expenditures of Title IV institutions during fiscal year 2002. Revenue data were collected by 

source of revenue, such as tuition and fees and government appropriations, while expenditure 

data were collected by purpose of expenditure, including instruction, research, and public 

service.

Figure A shows the proportion of revenue generated by tuition and fees for each level and 

control of institution. Private not-for-profit 4-year institutions received 39.6 percent of their 

revenues from tuition and fees, while private not-for-profit 2-year institutions received over half 

(57.3 percent) of their revenues from tuition and fees. Private for-profit institutions received 

virtually all of their revenues from tuition and fees, with private for-profit 4-year institutions 

receiving 89.6 percent and private for-profit 2-year institutions receiving 84.8 percent of their 

revenues from tuition and fees. Public institutions received a smaller proportion of their revenues 

from tuition and fees, 14.7 percent for 4-year institutions and 17.0 percent for 2-year institutions. 
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Table E. Types and average amounts of financial aid received by full-time, first-time 

undergraduate students in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by control and level of 

institution: United States, academic year 2001–02

Control and level of institution

Number of 

financial aid 

recipients 

Number

receiving

Percent 

receiving

Average

amount1

Number

receiving

Percent 

receiving

Average

amount1

Federal grants State/local grants

Total students 1,480,878 681,806 46.0 $2,739 665,972 44.9 $2,057

Public 931,828 434,011 46.6 2,665 483,523 51.9 1,740

4-year 599,370 223,548 37.3 2,826 314,447 52.4 2,117

2-year 332,458 210,463 63.3 2,494 169,076 50.9 1,040

Private not-for-profit 375,986 130,855 34.8 3,107 147,789 39.3 2,980

4-year 361,456 121,939 33.7 3,129 141,959 39.3 3,000

2-year 14,530 8,916 61.4 2,796 5,830 40.1 2,495

Private for-profit 173,064 116,940 67.5 2,603 34,660 20.0 2,539

4-year 56,674 34,967 61.6 2,638 13,345 23.5 2,732

2-year 116,390 81,973 70.4 2,588 21,315 18.3 2,418

Institutional grants Student loans2

Total students 1,480,878 645,292 43.6 $4,918 833,785 56.3 $3,970

Public 931,828 323,224 34.7 2,324 429,725 46.1 3,105

4-year 599,370 253,958 42.3 2,677 338,669 56.5 3,274

2-year 332,458 69,266 20.8 1,032 91,056 27.4 2,474

Private not-for-profit 375,986 308,481 82.0 7,782 259,517 69.0 4,251

4-year 361,456 303,652 84.0 7,859 250,255 69.2 4,263

2-year 14,530 4,829 33.2 2,906 9,262 63.7 3,905

Private for-profit 173,064 13,587 7.8 1,594 144,543 83.4 6,040

4-year 56,674 7,586 13.4 1,678 50,167 88.4 6,060

2-year 116,390 6,001 5.2 1,488 94,376 81.0 6,029

1Each average grant (or loan) value was calculated by dividing the total grants (or loans) awarded by the total number of recipients.

2Student loans include only loans made directly to students; federal loans to parents (PLUS) and other loans made directly to 

parents are not included.

NOTE: Student financial aid data are not imputed. The item response rates for all cells on this table range from 97.0 percent to 99.6 

percent. The numbers shown reflect only those institutions that reported the number of recipients by types of financial aid and the 

average amounts received. 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Figure A. Tuition and fees revenues as a proportion of total revenues of Title IV degreegranting institutions, by level and control of institution: United States, fiscal year 

2002

4-year Institutions 2-year Institutions

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.

Public Institutions

Revenues 

from other 

sources

85.3%

Tuition and 

fees 

revenues

14.7%

Private not-for-profit Institutions

Tuition and 

fees 

revenues

39.6%

Revenues 

from other 

sources

60.4%

Private for-profit Institutions

Revenues 

from other 

sources

10.4%

Tuition and 

fees 

revenues

89.6%

Public Institutions

Tuition and 

fees 

revenues

17.0%

Revenues 

from other 

sources

83.0%

Private not-for-profit Institutions

Revenues 

from other 

sources

42.7%

Tuition and 

fees 

revenues

57.3%

Private for-profit Institutions

Tuition and 

fees 

revenues

84.8%

Revenues 

from other 

sources

15.2%
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Graduation Rates

In the spring 2003 IPEDS collection, the Graduation Rates component was required for the first 

time from 4-year institutions. Please refer to the Methodology section (page 79) for a description 

of how graduation rates are calculated for this report. Graduation rates data were collected for 

students who entered 4-year institutions between September 1, 1996, and August 31, 1997. For 

less-than-4-year institutions, graduation rates data were collected for students who entered 

between September 1, 1999, and August 31, 2000. Graduation rates at 4-year institutions were 

somewhat higher than at less-than-4-year institutions (54.4 percent and 39.9 percent, 

respectively) (table F). Considering institution control, private not-for-profit 4-year institutions 

had higher graduation rates (62.4 percent) than either public or private for-profit 4-year 

institutions (50.6 percent and 43.6 percent, respectively). However, with a graduation rate of 

65.2 percent, private for-profit less-than-4-year institutions surpassed both public and private 

not-for-profit less-than-4-year institutions (26.9 percent and 51.1 percent, respectively). 

Considering racial/ethnic groups attending 4-year institutions, Asians/Pacific Islanders had the 

highest graduation rate, at 62.6 percent, and American Indians/Alaska Natives had the lowest 

graduation rate, at 36.7 percent.

Table F. Graduation rates at Title IV institutions, by level and control of institution, gender, and 

race/ethnicity: United States, cohort years 1996 and 1999

4-year institutions Less-than-4-year institutions Control of institution, 

gender, and race/ethnicity Adjusted 1996 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

Adjusted 1999 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

Total students 1,118,522 608,281 54.4 856,945 341,624 39.9

Control of institution

Public 703,614 355,996 50.6 555,756 149,725 26.9

Private not-for-profit 378,665 236,475 62.4 32,289 16,505 51.1

Private for-profit 36,243 15,810 43.6 268,900 175,394 65.2

Gender

Men 512,513 261,635 51.0 372,555 136,075 36.5

Women 606,009 346,646 57.2 484,390 205,549 42.4

Race/ethnicity

White, non-Hispanic 802,700 459,411 57.2 516,508 204,671 39.6

Black, non-Hispanic 124,493 47,519 38.2 135,816 49,264 36.3

Hispanic 66,622 29,868 44.8 107,094 46,649 43.6

Asian/Pacific Islander 62,894 39,383 62.6 35,663 16,007 44.9

American Indian/Alaska 

Native 8,778 3,218 36.7 10,500 3,630 34.6

Race/ethnicity unknown 31,700 16,514 52.1 40,029 17,338 43.3

Nonresident alien 21,335 12,368 58.0 11,335 4,065 35.9

NOTE: The adjusted cohort reflects changes made by the institution to the original cohort and exclusions to the cohort reported by 

the institution. 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003. 
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Compendium of Tables

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Table 1. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, gender, attendance status, and student 

level: United States and other areas, fall 2002

Gender, attendance status, 

and student level

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown 

Nonresident

alien 

Total students 17,288,483 10,594,851 1,952,500 1,862,632 1,009,507 160,413 1,114,092 594,488

Undergraduate 14,909,530 9,184,112 1,758,072 1,726,894 878,835 147,528 894,485 319,604

Graduate 2,056,353 1,196,852 170,487 117,302 93,828 10,753 200,509 266,622

First-professional 322,600 213,887 23,941 18,436 36,844 2,132 19,098 8,262

Full time 10,469,915 6,514,854 1,150,328 1,016,813 623,525 92,962 608,639 462,794

Undergraduate 9,244,199 5,845,923 1,064,338 951,106 539,886 86,279 502,234 254,433

Graduate 936,876 476,841 66,020 49,560 49,012 4,774 89,770 200,899

First-professional 288,840 192,090 19,970 16,147 34,627 1,909 16,635 7,462

Part time 6,818,568 4,079,997 802,172 845,819 385,982 67,451 505,453 131,694

Undergraduate 5,665,331 3,338,189 693,734 775,788 338,949 61,249 392,251 65,171

Graduate 1,119,477 720,011 104,467 67,742 44,816 5,979 110,739 65,723

First-professional 33,760 21,797 3,971 2,289 2,217 223 2,463 800

Total men 7,446,239 4,626,561 689,106 766,808 468,957 63,345 502,895 328,567

Undergraduate 6,428,444 4,045,346 629,660 715,683 408,528 58,481 409,395 161,351

Graduate 853,322 468,068 50,299 42,140 43,320 3,843 83,176 162,476

First-professional 164,473 113,147 9,147 8,985 17,109 1,021 10,324 4,740

Full-time men 4,684,327 2,967,136 426,433 417,691 293,788 38,023 282,466 258,790

Undergraduate 4,112,727 2,666,176 398,418 391,213 255,623 35,392 234,124 131,781

Graduate 424,822 199,581 20,564 18,591 22,240 1,714 39,397 122,735

First-professional 146,778 101,379 7,451 7,887 15,925 917 8,945 4,274

Part-time men 2,761,912 1,659,425 262,673 349,117 175,169 25,322 220,429 69,777

Undergraduate 2,315,717 1,379,170 231,242 324,470 152,905 23,089 175,271 29,570

Graduate 428,500 268,487 29,735 23,549 21,080 2,129 43,779 39,741

First-professional 17,695 11,768 1,696 1,098 1,184 104 1,379 466

Total women 9,842,244 5,968,290 1,263,394 1,095,824 540,550 97,068 611,197 265,921

Undergraduate 8,481,086 5,138,766 1,128,412 1,011,211 470,307 89,047 485,090 158,253

Graduate 1,203,031 728,784 120,188 75,162 50,508 6,910 117,333 104,146

First-professional 158,127 100,740 14,794 9,451 19,735 1,111 8,774 3,522

Full-time women 5,785,588 3,547,718 723,895 599,122 329,737 54,939 326,173 204,004

Undergraduate 5,131,472 3,179,747 665,920 559,893 284,263 50,887 268,110 122,652

Graduate 512,054 277,260 45,456 30,969 26,772 3,060 50,373 78,164

First-professional 142,062 90,711 12,519 8,260 18,702 992 7,690 3,188

Part-time women 4,056,656 2,420,572 539,499 496,702 210,813 42,129 285,024 61,917

Undergraduate 3,349,614 1,959,019 462,492 451,318 186,044 38,160 216,980 35,601

Graduate 690,977 451,524 74,732 44,193 23,736 3,850 66,960 25,982

First-professional 16,065 10,029 2,275 1,191 1,033 119 1,084 334

NOTE: The other areas include American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern 

Marianas, Palau, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 1a. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, gender, attendance status, and 

student level: United States, fall 2002

Gender, attendance status, 

and student level

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown 

Nonresident

alien 

Total students 17,035,027 10,593,759 1,950,905 1,624,726 999,739 160,406 1,111,747 593,745

Undergraduate 14,679,617 9,183,122 1,756,675 1,510,508 869,468 147,523 893,363 318,958

Graduate 2,036,421 1,196,767 170,289 99,365 93,431 10,751 199,286 266,532

First-professional 318,989 213,870 23,941 14,853 36,840 2,132 19,098 8,255

Full time 10,272,756 6,514,034 1,149,717 829,416 617,636 92,958 606,657 462,338

Undergraduate 9,059,908 5,845,168 1,063,740 775,163 534,076 86,277 501,449 254,035

Graduate 926,925 476,793 66,007 40,995 48,937 4,772 88,573 200,848

First-professional 285,923 192,073 19,970 13,258 34,623 1,909 16,635 7,455

Part time 6,762,271 4,079,725 801,188 795,310 382,103 67,448 505,090 131,407

Undergraduate 5,619,709 3,337,954 692,935 735,345 335,392 61,246 391,914 64,923

Graduate 1,109,496 719,974 104,282 58,370 44,494 5,979 110,713 65,684

First-professional 33,066 21,797 3,971 1,595 2,217 223 2,463 800

Total men 7,344,936 4,626,149 688,757 671,356 464,925 63,345 502,106 328,298

Undergraduate 6,335,087 4,044,982 629,344 627,548 404,608 58,481 409,015 161,109

Graduate 846,967 468,032 50,266 36,394 43,211 3,843 82,767 162,454

First-professional 162,882 113,135 9,147 7,414 17,106 1,021 10,324 4,735

Full-time men 4,604,930 2,966,851 426,293 342,033 291,315 38,023 281,801 258,614

Undergraduate 4,037,892 2,665,923 398,279 319,619 253,190 35,392 233,863 131,626

Graduate 421,555 199,561 20,563 15,802 22,203 1,714 38,993 122,719

First-professional 145,483 101,367 7,451 6,612 15,922 917 8,945 4,269

Part-time men 2,740,006 1,659,298 262,464 329,323 173,610 25,322 220,305 69,684

Undergraduate 2,297,195 1,379,059 231,065 307,929 151,418 23,089 175,152 29,483

Graduate 425,412 268,471 29,703 20,592 21,008 2,129 43,774 39,735

First-professional 17,399 11,768 1,696 802 1,184 104 1,379 466

Total women 9,690,091 5,967,610 1,262,148 953,370 534,814 97,061 609,641 265,447

Undergraduate 8,344,530 5,138,140 1,127,331 882,960 464,860 89,042 484,348 157,849

Graduate 1,189,454 728,735 120,023 62,971 50,220 6,908 116,519 104,078

First-professional 156,107 100,735 14,794 7,439 19,734 1,111 8,774 3,520

Full-time women 5,667,826 3,547,183 723,424 487,383 326,321 54,935 324,856 203,724

Undergraduate 5,022,016 3,179,245 665,461 455,544 280,886 50,885 267,586 122,409

Graduate 505,370 277,232 45,444 25,193 26,734 3,058 49,580 78,129

First-professional 140,440 90,706 12,519 6,646 18,701 992 7,690 3,186

Part-time women 4,022,265 2,420,427 538,724 465,987 208,493 42,126 284,785 61,723

Undergraduate 3,322,514 1,958,895 461,870 427,416 183,974 38,157 216,762 35,440

Graduate 684,084 451,503 74,579 37,778 23,486 3,850 66,939 25,949

First-professional 15,667 10,029 2,275 793 1,033 119 1,084 334

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 2. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by gender, attendance status, geographic area, control of 

institution, and student level: United States and other areas, fall 2002

Control of institution All students Men Women

and student level Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time 

 United States

Total students 17,035,027 10,272,756 6,762,271 7,344,936 4,604,930 2,740,006 9,690,091 5,667,826 4,022,265

Undergraduate 14,679,617 9,059,908 5,619,709 6,335,087 4,037,892 2,297,195 8,344,530 5,022,016 3,322,514

First-time, first-year 2,913,082 2,323,121 589,961 1,278,513 1,026,235 252,278 1,634,569 1,296,886 337,683

Other undergraduate 11,766,535 6,736,787 5,029,748 5,056,574 3,011,657 2,044,917 6,709,961 3,725,130 2,984,831

Graduate 2,036,421 926,925 1,109,496 846,967 421,555 425,412 1,189,454 505,370 684,084

First-professional 318,989 285,923 33,066 162,882 145,483 17,399 156,107 140,440 15,667

Public 12,883,071 7,137,109 5,745,962 5,574,603 3,235,870 2,338,733 7,308,468 3,901,239 3,407,229

Undergraduate 11,563,906 6,499,156 5,064,750 5,022,863 2,937,606 2,085,257 6,541,043 3,561,550 2,979,493

First-time, first-year 2,017,762 1,508,599 509,163 920,727 696,275 224,452 1,097,035 812,324 284,711

Other undergraduate 9,546,144 4,990,557 4,555,587 4,102,136 2,241,331 1,860,805 5,444,008 2,749,226 2,694,782

Graduate 1,186,871 511,770 675,101 487,075 236,609 250,466 699,796 275,161 424,635

First-professional 132,294 126,183 6,111 64,665 61,655 3,010 67,629 64,528 3,101

Private not-for-profit 3,299,094 2,426,785 872,309 1,413,180 1,069,872 343,308 1,885,914 1,356,913 529,001

Undergraduate 2,339,197 1,913,272 425,925 987,498 826,825 160,673 1,351,699 1,086,447 265,252

First-time, first-year 495,749 468,972 26,777 214,081 204,462 9,619 281,668 264,510 17,158

Other undergraduate 1,843,448 1,444,300 399,148 773,417 622,363 151,054 1,070,031 821,937 248,094

Graduate 774,210 354,514 419,696 327,990 159,607 168,383 446,220 194,907 251,313

First-professional 185,687 158,999 26,688 97,692 83,440 14,252 87,995 75,559 12,436

Private for-profit 852,862 708,862 144,000 357,153 299,188 57,965 495,709 409,674 86,035

Undergraduate 776,514 647,480 129,034 324,726 273,461 51,265 451,788 374,019 77,769

First-time, first-year 399,571 345,550 54,021 143,705 125,498 18,207 255,866 220,052 35,814

Other undergraduate 376,943 301,930 75,013 181,021 147,963 33,058 195,922 153,967 41,955

Graduate 75,340 60,641 14,699 31,902 25,339 6,563 43,438 35,302 8,136

First-professional 1,008 741 267 525 388 137 483 353 130

 Other areas

Total students 253,456 197,159 56,297 101,303 79,397 21,906 152,153 117,762 34,391

Undergraduate 229,913 184,291 45,622 93,357 74,835 18,522 136,556 109,456 27,100

First-time, first-year 80,690 74,750 5,940 33,996 31,478 2,518 46,694 43,272 3,422

Other undergraduate 149,223 109,541 39,682 59,361 43,357 16,004 89,862 66,184 23,678

Graduate 19,932 9,951 9,981 6,355 3,267 3,088 13,577 6,684 6,893

First-professional 3,611 2,917 694 1,591 1,295 296 2,020 1,622 398

Public 86,484 67,431 19,053 32,818 25,724 7,094 53,666 41,707 11,959

Undergraduate 79,095 62,469 16,626 30,380 23,992 6,388 48,715 38,477 10,238

First-time, first-year 17,334 16,084 1,250 7,101 6,558 543 10,233 9,526 707

Other undergraduate 61,761 46,385 15,376 23,279 17,434 5,845 38,482 28,951 9,531

Graduate 5,995 3,684 2,311 1,898 1,234 664 4,097 2,450 1,647

First-professional 1,394 1,278 116 540 498 42 854 780 74

Private not-for-profit 114,811 82,800 32,011 46,459 33,735 12,724 68,352 49,065 19,287

Undergraduate 100,448 76,644 23,804 41,586 31,517 10,069 58,862 45,127 13,735

First-time, first-year 22,379 21,110 1,269 9,262 8,699 563 13,117 12,411 706

Other undergraduate 78,069 55,534 22,535 32,324 22,818 9,506 45,745 32,716 13,029

Graduate 12,146 4,517 7,629 3,822 1,421 2,401 8,324 3,096 5,228

First-professional 2,217 1,639 578 1,051 797 254 1,166 842 324

Private for-profit 52,161 46,928 5,233 22,026 19,938 2,088 30,135 26,990 3,145

Undergraduate 50,370 45,178 5,192 21,391 19,326 2,065 28,979 25,852 3,127

First-time, first-year 40,977 37,556 3,421 17,633 16,221 1,412 23,344 21,335 2,009

Other undergraduate 9,393 7,622 1,771 3,758 3,105 653 5,635 4,517 1,118

Graduate 1,791 1,750 41 635 612 23 1,156 1,138 18

First-professional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE: The other areas include American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern 

Marianas, Palau, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 3. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by gender, attendance status, and state or other area: Fall 2002

All students Men Women State or other area

Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time 

United States 17,035,027 10,272,756 6,762,271 7,344,936 4,604,930 2,740,006 9,690,091 5,667,826 4,022,265

Alabama 247,805 166,360 81,445 104,658 71,492 33,166 143,147 94,868 48,279

Alaska 30,066 12,456 17,610 11,951 5,497 6,454 18,115 6,959 11,156

Arizona 409,157 221,969 187,188 182,598 105,294 77,304 226,559 116,675 109,884

Arkansas 132,194 88,792 43,402 53,934 37,271 16,663 78,260 51,521 26,739

California 2,538,700 1,241,705 1,296,995 1,117,572 548,245 569,327 1,421,128 693,460 727,668

Colorado 305,795 167,786 138,009 140,124 80,490 59,634 165,671 87,296 78,375

Connecticut 178,117 107,871 70,246 75,517 48,580 26,937 102,600 59,291 43,309

Delaware 49,927 31,605 18,322 19,646 13,077 6,569 30,281 18,528 11,753

District of Columbia 92,620 59,124 33,496 38,689 24,676 14,013 53,931 34,448 19,483

Florida 850,711 469,797 380,914 358,211 205,600 152,611 492,500 264,197 228,303

Georgia 406,171 265,403 140,768 168,372 113,756 54,616 237,799 151,647 86,152

Hawaii 66,071 40,210 25,861 28,235 17,279 10,956 37,836 22,931 14,905

Idaho 73,167 50,435 22,732 32,384 23,206 9,178 40,783 27,229 13,554

Illinois 788,613 435,372 353,241 339,374 199,927 139,447 449,239 235,445 213,794

Indiana 344,438 233,700 110,738 154,203 108,325 45,878 190,235 125,375 64,860

Iowa 203,923 143,171 60,752 91,066 66,873 24,193 112,857 76,298 36,559

Kansas 193,841 112,398 81,443 87,079 53,451 33,628 106,762 58,947 47,815

Kentucky 227,268 142,933 84,335 97,241 61,040 36,201 130,027 81,893 48,134

Louisiana 238,102 174,578 63,524 94,043 71,529 22,514 144,059 103,049 41,010

Maine 64,086 37,822 26,264 24,988 16,565 8,423 39,098 21,257 17,841

Maryland 309,052 164,619 144,433 127,888 74,363 53,525 181,164 90,256 90,908

Massachusetts 440,448 293,931 146,517 187,206 131,165 56,041 253,242 162,766 90,476

Michigan 615,527 347,396 268,131 263,345 154,757 108,588 352,182 192,639 159,543

Minnesota 325,370 207,292 118,078 142,534 93,784 48,750 182,836 113,508 69,328

Mississippi 148,211 111,707 36,504 58,778 45,655 13,123 89,433 66,052 23,381

Missouri 352,337 211,234 141,103 149,950 94,419 55,531 202,387 116,815 85,572

Montana 45,286 34,666 10,620 20,592 16,472 4,120 24,694 18,194 6,500

Nebraska 117,621 76,506 41,115 52,439 35,658 16,781 65,182 40,848 24,334

Nevada 96,883 42,957 53,926 41,389 18,523 22,866 55,494 24,434 31,060

New Hampshire 69,147 44,871 24,276 29,319 20,278 9,041 39,828 24,593 15,235

New Jersey 380,051 225,955 154,096 161,842 102,859 58,983 218,209 123,096 95,113

New Mexico 121,606 64,909 56,697 50,295 28,196 22,099 71,311 36,713 34,598

New York 1,136,922 785,691 351,231 478,345 349,478 128,867 658,577 436,213 222,364

North Carolina 449,841 286,023 163,818 184,017 122,782 61,235 265,824 163,241 102,583

North Dakota 46,068 35,857 10,211 22,484 18,177 4,307 23,584 17,680 5,904

Ohio 612,008 401,212 210,796 265,216 180,701 84,515 346,792 220,511 126,281

Oklahoma 210,375 135,407 74,968 93,108 62,368 30,740 117,267 73,039 44,228

Oregon 207,579 120,495 87,084 93,709 55,542 38,167 113,870 64,953 48,917

Pennsylvania 676,408 483,163 193,245 296,366 223,850 72,516 380,042 259,313 120,729

Rhode Island 79,489 55,216 24,273 34,164 25,144 9,020 45,325 30,072 15,253

South Carolina 203,288 134,718 68,570 80,174 57,163 23,011 123,114 77,555 45,559

South Dakota 47,919 31,919 16,000 20,886 15,139 5,747 27,033 16,780 10,253

Tennessee 274,833 196,051 78,782 116,214 85,585 30,629 158,619 110,466 48,153

Texas 1,184,082 672,802 511,280 518,172 305,360 212,812 665,910 367,442 298,468

Utah 186,079 117,345 68,734 94,515 60,675 33,840 91,564 56,670 34,894

Vermont 36,630 26,243 10,387 16,072 12,563 3,509 20,558 13,680 6,878

Virginia 414,639 246,412 168,227 175,647 108,338 67,309 238,992 138,074 100,918

Washington 346,078 216,721 129,357 150,508 97,844 52,664 195,570 118,877 76,693

West Virginia 97,221 71,635 25,586 42,953 33,194 9,759 54,268 38,441 15,827

Wisconsin 330,600 207,864 122,736 142,538 93,271 49,267 188,062 114,593 73,469

Wyoming 32,657 18,452 14,205 14,386 9,454 4,932 18,271 8,998 9,273

See notes at end of table.
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Table 3. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by gender, attendance status, and state or other area: Fall 

2002—Continued

All students Men Women State or other area Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time 

Other areas 253,456 197,159 56,297 101,303 79,397 21,906 152,153 117,762 34,391

American Samoa 1,367 634 733 568 284 284 799 350 449

Federated States of Micronesia 2,173 1,657 516 1,029 823 206 1,144 834 310

Guam 5,157 2,610 2,547 2,037 972 1,065 3,120 1,638 1,482

Marshall Islands 224 216 8 111 105 6 113 111 2

Northern Marianas 1,299 783 516 458 259 199 841 524 317

Palau 668 470 198 292 223 69 376 247 129

Puerto Rico 240,033 189,560 50,473 96,228 76,431 19,797 143,805 113,129 30,676

Virgin Islands 2,535 1,229 1,306 580 300 280 1,955 929 1,026

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 

Spring 2003.
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Table 4. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity and state or other area: Fall 2002

State or other area

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown 

Nonresident

alien 

United States 17,035,027 10,593,759 1,950,905 1,624,726 999,739 160,406 1,111,747 593,745

Alabama 247,805 160,292 68,909 2,779 3,028 1,820 4,844 6,133

Alaska 30,066 20,507 1,003 973 1,190 3,838 1,728 827

Arizona 409,157 223,317 14,306 59,129 11,891 13,851 74,048 12,615

Arkansas 132,194 98,801 23,082 1,951 1,725 1,300 2,467 2,868

California 2,538,700 1,029,622 174,358 566,974 414,279 22,476 251,759 79,232

Colorado 305,795 217,195 12,637 32,335 10,490 4,176 21,806 7,156

Connecticut 178,117 119,101 16,665 12,300 6,560 699 15,509 7,283

Delaware 49,927 33,689 8,353 1,391 1,210 159 3,837 1,288

District of Columbia 92,620 38,371 25,675 4,180 5,369 223 10,261 8,541

Florida 850,711 475,043 143,984 142,949 26,351 3,506 29,060 29,818

Georgia 406,171 241,060 120,591 8,406 13,729 1,129 8,821 12,435

Hawaii 66,071 16,235 1,611 1,815 38,088 316 2,340 5,666

Idaho 73,167 62,164 501 2,695 1,216 918 3,776 1,897

Illinois 788,613 497,571 103,712 87,882 44,415 2,307 25,924 26,802

Indiana 344,438 280,058 26,679 8,638 6,186 1,240 8,478 13,159

Iowa 203,923 166,918 6,123 4,065 4,033 959 13,654 8,171

Kansas 193,841 150,798 10,288 7,655 4,535 2,752 10,926 6,887

Kentucky 227,268 187,945 18,201 2,049 2,656 656 11,371 4,390

Louisiana 238,102 142,307 68,311 5,165 4,799 1,469 9,270 6,781

Maine 64,086 54,139 654 496 772 750 5,944 1,331

Maryland 309,052 175,533 77,362 10,203 18,263 1,185 13,022 13,484

Massachusetts 440,448 266,558 27,230 21,492 25,803 1,604 68,593 29,168

Michigan 615,527 445,699 71,265 14,280 19,906 4,637 35,541 24,199

Minnesota 325,370 229,056 13,085 4,392 10,691 3,240 55,078 9,828

Mississippi 148,211 86,464 54,960 931 1,161 549 2,124 2,022

Missouri 352,337 270,496 38,143 7,781 8,027 2,122 14,677 11,091

Montana 45,286 36,576 208 670 416 3,824 2,796 796

Nebraska 117,621 99,243 4,485 3,084 2,872 786 3,587 3,564

Nevada 96,883 58,510 6,056 10,249 8,281 1,376 10,035 2,376

New Hampshire 69,147 51,372 1,052 1,247 1,338 340 12,072 1,726

New Jersey 380,051 208,810 49,634 43,693 26,789 980 33,947 16,198

New Mexico 121,606 49,640 3,154 42,544 2,275 9,798 12,063 2,132

New York 1,136,922 628,988 147,986 114,064 74,929 3,810 104,190 62,955

North Carolina 449,841 304,341 102,754 8,710 10,160 5,283 7,127 11,466

North Dakota 46,068 40,221 545 394 388 2,959 109 1,452

Ohio 612,008 477,054 64,735 10,252 11,721 2,284 27,131 18,831

Oklahoma 210,375 147,824 18,153 6,784 5,114 19,916 2,838 9,746

Oregon 207,579 151,889 4,020 8,539 11,414 3,137 22,318 6,262

Pennsylvania 676,408 508,616 62,417 16,507 24,915 1,701 39,342 22,910

Rhode Island 79,489 54,633 4,241 4,212 2,864 292 10,463 2,784

South Carolina 203,288 132,844 55,097 2,605 2,713 824 5,307 3,898

South Dakota 47,919 38,996 513 415 400 3,415 2,770 1,410

Tennessee 274,833 204,911 48,492 3,840 4,786 979 6,062 5,763

Texas 1,184,082 623,363 136,941 288,974 57,895 6,080 23,023 47,806

Utah 186,079 153,433 1,207 6,370 4,603 1,780 13,057 5,629

Vermont 36,630 30,534 515 619 662 190 3,203 907

Virginia 414,639 278,813 78,489 12,738 20,890 2,483 9,447 11,779

Washington 346,078 236,479 13,005 15,415 28,525 5,941 36,385 10,328

West Virginia 97,221 84,928 4,695 780 1,028 368 3,181 2,241

Wisconsin 330,600 274,161 14,528 7,828 8,145 3,320 15,371 7,247

Wyoming 32,657 28,641 295 1,287 243 659 1,065 467

See notes at end of table.
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Table 4. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity and state or other area: Fall 2002—

Continued

State or other area

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown 

Nonresident

alien 

Other areas 253,456 1,092 1,595 237,906 9,768 7 2,345 743

American Samoa 1,367 11 1 0 1,072 0 142 141

Federated States of Micronesia 2,173 2 0 0 2,171 0 0 0

Guam 5,157 290 42 29 4,612 4 68 112

Marshall Islands 224 0 0 0 224 0 0 0

Northern Marianas 1,299 56 2 1 984 0 35 221

Palau 668 0 0 0 668 0 0 0

Puerto Rico 240,033 638 13 237,797 26 3 1,462 94

Virgin Islands 2,535 95 1,537 79 11 0 638 175

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 5. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by degree-granting status, attendance status, and 

state: Fall 2002

Degree-granting Non-degree-granting State All

institutions Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time

United States 17,035,027 16,611,711 9,946,359 6,665,352 423,316 326,397 96,919

Alabama 247,805 246,414 164,982 81,432 1,391 1,378 13

Alaska 30,066 29,546 12,030 17,516 520 426 94

Arizona 409,157 401,605 214,636 186,969 7,552 7,333 219

Arkansas 132,194 127,372 84,959 42,413 4,822 3,833 989

California 2,538,700 2,474,024 1,186,227 1,287,797 64,676 55,478 9,198

Colorado 305,795 286,556 159,857 126,699 19,239 7,929 11,310

Connecticut 178,117 171,558 103,046 68,512 6,559 4,825 1,734

Delaware 49,927 49,228 31,132 18,096 699 473 226

District of Columbia 92,620 91,014 57,700 33,314 1,606 1,424 182

Florida 850,711 792,079 425,653 366,426 58,632 44,144 14,488

Georgia 406,171 397,604 257,930 139,674 8,567 7,473 1,094

Hawaii 66,071 65,368 39,608 25,760 703 602 101

Idaho 73,167 72,072 49,389 22,683 1,095 1,046 49

Illinois 788,613 776,622 427,172 349,450 11,991 8,200 3,791

Indiana 344,438 342,064 231,794 110,270 2,374 1,906 468

Iowa 203,923 202,546 141,795 60,751 1,377 1,376 1

Kansas 193,841 188,049 109,503 78,546 5,792 2,895 2,897

Kentucky 227,268 225,489 141,411 84,078 1,779 1,522 257

Louisiana 238,102 232,140 168,904 63,236 5,962 5,674 288

Maine 64,086 63,308 37,091 26,217 778 731 47

Maryland 309,052 304,578 161,552 143,026 4,474 3,067 1,407

Massachusetts 440,448 431,224 286,581 144,643 9,224 7,350 1,874

Michigan 615,527 605,835 340,011 265,824 9,692 7,385 2,307

Minnesota 325,370 323,791 205,819 117,972 1,579 1,473 106

Mississippi 148,211 147,077 110,839 36,238 1,134 868 266

Missouri 352,337 348,146 207,475 140,671 4,191 3,759 432

Montana 45,286 45,111 34,491 10,620 175 175 0

Nebraska 117,621 116,737 75,669 41,068 884 837 47

Nevada 96,883 95,671 41,787 53,884 1,212 1,170 42

New Hampshire 69,147 68,523 44,510 24,013 624 361 263

New Jersey 380,051 361,733 212,881 148,852 18,318 13,074 5,244

New Mexico 121,606 120,997 64,327 56,670 609 582 27

New York 1,136,922 1,112,216 767,653 344,563 24,706 18,038 6,668

North Carolina 449,841 447,335 283,944 163,391 2,506 2,079 427

North Dakota 46,068 45,800 35,589 10,211 268 268 0

Ohio 612,008 587,996 386,884 201,112 24,012 14,328 9,684

Oklahoma 210,375 198,423 127,958 70,465 11,952 7,449 4,503

Oregon 207,579 204,565 117,548 87,017 3,014 2,947 67

Pennsylvania 676,408 654,826 466,295 188,531 21,582 16,868 4,714

Rhode Island 79,489 77,417 53,442 23,975 2,072 1,774 298

South Carolina 203,288 202,007 133,556 68,451 1,281 1,162 119

South Dakota 47,919 47,751 31,751 16,000 168 168 0

Tennessee 274,833 261,899 186,438 75,461 12,934 9,613 3,321

Texas 1,184,082 1,152,369 643,124 509,245 31,713 29,678 2,035

Utah 186,079 178,932 113,698 65,234 7,147 3,647 3,500

Vermont 36,630 36,537 26,158 10,379 93 85 8

Virginia 414,639 404,966 237,686 167,280 9,673 8,726 947

Washington 346,078 338,820 209,784 129,036 7,258 6,937 321

West Virginia 97,221 93,723 68,884 24,839 3,498 2,751 747

Wisconsin 330,600 329,443 206,792 122,651 1,157 1,072 85

Wyoming 32,657 32,605 18,414 14,191 52 38 14

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 6. Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by degree-granting status, attendance status, level and 

control of institution, race/ethnicity, and gender: United States, fall 2002

Level and control of institution, Degree-granting Non-degree-granting 

race/ethnicity, and gender

All

institutions Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time

Total students 17,035,027 16,611,711 9,946,359 6,665,352 423,316 326,397 96,919

Level and control of institution

4-year 10,083,252 10,082,332 7,390,323 2,692,009 920 885 35

Public 6,481,640 6,481,613 4,724,056 1,757,557 27 27 0

Private not-for-profit 3,219,008 3,218,389 2,364,851 853,538 619 584 35

Private for-profit 382,604 382,330 301,416 80,914 274 274 0

2-year 6,640,516 6,529,379 2,556,036 3,973,343 111,137 76,384 34,753

Public 6,326,524 6,270,380 2,333,312 3,937,068 56,144 31,721 24,423

Private not-for-profit 64,011 47,087 35,511 11,576 16,924 11,192 5,732

Private for-profit 249,981 211,912 187,213 24,699 38,069 33,471 4,598

Less-than-2-year 311,259 † † † 311,259 249,128 62,131

Public 74,907 † † † 74,907 47,993 26,914

Private not-for-profit 16,075 † † † 16,075 14,647 1,428

Private for-profit 220,277 † † † 220,277 186,488 33,789

Race/ethnicity

White, non-Hispanic 10,593,759 10,390,157 6,364,139 4,026,018 203,602 149,895 53,707

Black, non-Hispanic 1,950,905 1,865,660 1,079,758 785,902 85,245 69,959 15,286

Hispanic 1,624,726 1,545,166 764,362 780,804 79,560 65,054 14,506

Asian/Pacific Islander 999,739 982,108 603,135 378,973 17,631 14,501 3,130

American Indian/Alaska Native 160,406 156,225 89,949 66,276 4,181 3,009 1,172

Race/ethnicity unknown 1,111,747 1,082,789 585,764 497,025 28,958 20,893 8,065

Nonresident alien 593,745 589,606 459,252 130,354 4,139 3,086 1,053

Gender

Men 7,344,936 7,202,116 4,501,098 2,701,018 142,820 103,832 38,988

Women 9,690,091 9,409,595 5,445,261 3,964,334 280,496 222,565 57,931

†Not applicable. 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 7. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by gender, attendance status, control of 

institution, and student level: United States, fall 2002

Control of institution All students Men Women

and student level Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time 

Number enrolled

Total students 16,611,711 9,946,359 6,665,352 7,202,116 4,501,098 2,701,018 9,409,595 5,445,261 3,964,334

Undergraduate 14,257,077 8,734,252 5,522,825 6,192,390 3,934,168 2,258,222 8,064,687 4,800,084 3,264,603

First-time, first-year 2,570,611 2,053,065 517,546 1,170,609 945,938 224,671 1,400,002 1,107,127 292,875

Other undergraduate 11,686,466 6,681,187 5,005,279 5,021,781 2,988,230 2,033,551 6,664,685 3,692,957 2,971,728

Graduate 2,035,652 926,191 1,109,461 846,845 421,448 425,397 1,188,807 504,743 684,064

First-professional 318,982 285,916 33,066 162,881 145,482 17,399 156,101 140,434 15,667

Public 12,751,993 7,057,368 5,694,625 5,512,020 3,201,306 2,310,714 7,239,973 3,856,062 3,383,911

Undergraduate 11,432,855 6,419,442 5,013,413 4,960,291 2,903,053 2,057,238 6,472,564 3,516,389 2,956,175

First-time, first-year 1,923,564 1,449,362 474,202 878,398 672,148 206,250 1,045,166 777,214 267,952

Other undergraduate 9,509,291 4,970,080 4,539,211 4,081,893 2,230,905 1,850,988 5,427,398 2,739,175 2,688,223

Graduate 1,186,844 511,743 675,101 487,064 236,598 250,466 699,780 275,145 424,635

First-professional 132,294 126,183 6,111 64,665 61,655 3,010 67,629 64,528 3,101

Private not-for-profit 3,265,476 2,400,362 865,114 1,403,428 1,062,116 341,312 1,862,048 1,338,246 523,802

Undergraduate 2,306,091 1,887,326 418,765 977,815 819,123 158,692 1,328,276 1,068,203 260,073

First-time, first-year 473,273 452,028 21,245 206,670 198,837 7,833 266,603 253,191 13,412

Other undergraduate 1,832,818 1,435,298 397,520 771,145 620,286 150,859 1,061,673 815,012 246,661

Graduate 773,705 354,044 419,661 327,922 159,554 168,368 445,783 194,490 251,293

First-professional 185,680 158,992 26,688 97,691 83,439 14,252 87,989 75,553 12,436

Private for-profit 594,242 488,629 105,613 286,668 237,676 48,992 307,574 250,953 56,621

Undergraduate 518,131 427,484 90,647 254,284 211,992 42,292 263,847 215,492 48,355

First-time, first-year 173,774 151,675 22,099 85,541 74,953 10,588 88,233 76,722 11,511

Other undergraduate 344,357 275,809 68,548 168,743 137,039 31,704 175,614 138,770 36,844

Graduate 75,103 60,404 14,699 31,859 25,296 6,563 43,244 35,108 8,136

First-professional 1,008 741 267 525 388 137 483 353 130

Percent distribution

Total students 100.0 59.9 40.1 43.4 27.1 16.3 56.6 32.8 23.9

Undergraduate 100.0 61.3 38.7 43.4 27.6 15.8 56.6 33.7 22.9

First-time, first-year 100.0 79.9 20.1 45.5 36.8 8.7 54.5 43.1 11.4

Other undergraduate 100.0 57.2 42.8 43.0 25.6 17.4 57.0 31.6 25.4

Graduate 100.0 45.5 54.5 41.6 20.7 20.9 58.4 24.8 33.6

First-professional 100.0 89.6 10.4 51.1 45.6 5.5 48.9 44.0 4.9

Public 100.0 55.3 44.7 43.2 25.1 18.1 56.8 30.2 26.5

Undergraduate 100.0 56.1 43.9 43.4 25.4 18.0 56.6 30.8 25.9

First-time, first-year 100.0 75.3 24.7 45.7 34.9 10.7 54.3 40.4 13.9

Other undergraduate 100.0 52.3 47.7 42.9 23.5 19.5 57.1 28.8 28.3

Graduate 100.0 43.1 56.9 41.0 19.9 21.1 59.0 23.2 35.8

First-professional 100.0 95.4 4.6 48.9 46.6 2.3 51.1 48.8 2.3

Private not-for-profit 100.0 73.5 26.5 43.0 32.5 10.5 57.0 41.0 16.0

Undergraduate 100.0 81.8 18.2 42.4 35.5 6.9 57.6 46.3 11.3

First-time, first-year 100.0 95.5 4.5 43.7 42.0 1.7 56.3 53.5 2.8

Other undergraduate 100.0 78.3 21.7 42.1 33.8 8.2 57.9 44.5 13.5

Graduate 100.0 45.8 54.2 42.4 20.6 21.8 57.6 25.1 32.5

First-professional 100.0 85.6 14.4 52.6 44.9 7.7 47.4 40.7 6.7

Private for-profit 100.0 82.2 17.8 48.2 40.0 8.2 51.8 42.2 9.5

Undergraduate 100.0 82.5 17.5 49.1 40.9 8.2 50.9 41.6 9.3

First-time, first-year 100.0 87.3 12.7 49.2 43.1 6.1 50.8 44.2 6.6

Other undergraduate 100.0 80.1 19.9 49.0 39.8 9.2 51.0 40.3 10.7

Graduate 100.0 80.4 19.6 42.4 33.7 8.7 57.6 46.7 10.8

First-professional 100.0 73.5 26.5 52.1 38.5 13.6 47.9 35.0 12.9

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 8. Enrollment in Title IV de gree-granting institutions, by gender, attendance status, level of 

institution, control of institution, and student level: United States, fall 2002

Control of institution All students Men Women

and student level Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time 

4-year institutions

Total students 10,082,332 7,390,323 2,692,009 4,448,650 3,365,427 1,083,223 5,633,682 4,024,896 1,608,786

Undergraduate 7,727,879 6,178,220 1,549,659 3,438,985 2,798,499 640,486 4,288,894 3,379,721 909,173

First-time, first-year 1,403,918 1,326,299 77,619 637,387 603,864 33,523 766,531 722,435 44,096

Other undergraduate 6,323,961 4,851,921 1,472,040 2,801,598 2,194,635 606,963 3,522,363 2,657,286 865,077

Graduate 2,035,471 926,187 1,109,284 846,784 421,446 425,338 1,188,687 504,741 683,946

First-professional 318,982 285,916 33,066 162,881 145,482 17,399 156,101 140,434 15,667

Public 6,481,613 4,724,056 1,757,557 2,872,800 2,166,759 706,041 3,608,813 2,557,297 1,051,516

Undergraduate 5,162,656 4,086,134 1,076,522 2,321,132 1,868,508 452,624 2,841,524 2,217,626 623,898

First-time, first-year 886,297 839,210 47,087 404,076 383,522 20,554 482,221 455,688 26,533

Other undergraduate 4,276,359 3,246,924 1,029,435 1,917,056 1,484,986 432,070 2,359,303 1,761,938 597,365

Graduate 1,186,663 511,739 674,924 487,003 236,596 250,407 699,660 275,143 424,517

First-professional 132,294 126,183 6,111 64,665 61,655 3,010 67,629 64,528 3,101

Private not-for-profit 3,218,389 2,364,851 853,538 1,383,204 1,045,439 337,765 1,835,185 1,319,412 515,773

Undergraduate 2,259,004 1,851,815 407,189 957,591 802,446 155,145 1,301,413 1,049,369 252,044

First-time, first-year 455,376 436,417 18,959 198,216 191,162 7,054 257,160 245,255 11,905

Other undergraduate 1,803,628 1,415,398 388,230 759,375 611,284 148,091 1,044,253 804,114 240,139

Graduate 773,705 354,044 419,661 327,922 159,554 168,368 445,783 194,490 251,293

First-professional 185,680 158,992 26,688 97,691 83,439 14,252 87,989 75,553 12,436

Private for-profit 382,330 301,416 80,914 192,646 153,229 39,417 189,684 148,187 41,497

Undergraduate 306,219 240,271 65,948 160,262 127,545 32,717 145,957 112,726 33,231

First-time, first-year 62,245 50,672 11,573 35,095 29,180 5,915 27,150 21,492 5,658

Other undergraduate 243,974 189,599 54,375 125,167 98,365 26,802 118,807 91,234 27,573

Graduate 75,103 60,404 14,699 31,859 25,296 6,563 43,244 35,108 8,136

First-professional 1,008 741 267 525 388 137 483 353 130

2-year institutions

Total students 6,529,379 2,556,036 3,973,343 2,753,466 1,135,671 1,617,795 3,775,913 1,420,365 2,355,548

Undergraduate 6,529,198 2,556,032 3,973,166 2,753,405 1,135,669 1,617,736 3,775,793 1,420,363 2,355,430

First-time, first-year 1,166,693 726,766 439,927 533,222 342,074 191,148 633,471 384,692 248,779

Other undergraduate 5,362,505 1,829,266 3,533,239 2,220,183 793,595 1,426,588 3,142,322 1,035,671 2,106,651

Public 6,270,380 2,333,312 3,937,068 2,639,220 1,034,547 1,604,673 3,631,160 1,298,765 2,332,395

Undergraduate 6,270,199 2,333,308 3,936,891 2,639,159 1,034,545 1,604,614 3,631,040 1,298,763 2,332,277

First-time, first-year 1,037,267 610,152 427,115 474,322 288,626 185,696 562,945 321,526 241,419

Other undergraduate 5,232,932 1,723,156 3,509,776 2,164,837 745,919 1,418,918 3,068,095 977,237 2,090,858

Private not-for-profit 47,087 35,511 11,576 20,224 16,677 3,547 26,863 18,834 8,029

Undergraduate 47,087 35,511 11,576 20,224 16,677 3,547 26,863 18,834 8,029

First-time, first-year 17,897 15,611 2,286 8,454 7,675 779 9,443 7,936 1,507

Other undergraduate 29,190 19,900 9,290 11,770 9,002 2,768 17,420 10,898 6,522

Private for-profit 211,912 187,213 24,699 94,022 84,447 9,575 117,890 102,766 15,124

Undergraduate 211,912 187,213 24,699 94,022 84,447 9,575 117,890 102,766 15,124

First-time, first-year 111,529 101,003 10,526 50,446 45,773 4,673 61,083 55,230 5,853

Other undergraduate 100,383 86,210 14,173 43,576 38,674 4,902 56,807 47,536 9,271

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 9. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting 4-year institutions, by gender, attendance status, 

and state: Fall 2002

All students Men Women State Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time 

United States 10,082,332 7,390,323 2,692,009 4,448,650 3,365,427 1,083,223 5,633,682 4,024,896 1,608,786

Alabama 166,614 120,484 46,130 73,067 53,343 19,724 93,547 67,141 26,406

Alaska 28,206 11,886 16,320 11,110 5,269 5,841 17,096 6,617 10,479

Arizona 196,319 157,811 38,508 90,729 74,668 16,061 105,590 83,143 22,447

Arkansas 85,670 64,951 20,719 36,840 28,737 8,103 48,830 36,214 12,616

California 926,529 717,941 208,588 410,566 321,154 89,412 515,963 396,787 119,176

Colorado 194,657 128,693 65,964 91,268 63,074 28,194 103,389 65,619 37,770

Connecticut 124,365 87,883 36,482 54,943 39,902 15,041 69,422 47,981 21,441

Delaware 36,265 26,029 10,236 14,851 10,955 3,896 21,414 15,074 6,340

District of Columbia 91,014 57,700 33,314 38,215 24,218 13,997 52,799 33,482 19,317

Florida 443,526 295,420 148,106 193,894 130,781 63,113 249,632 164,639 84,993

Georgia 262,360 193,863 68,497 112,521 85,928 26,593 149,839 107,935 41,904

Hawaii 38,114 27,334 10,780 16,249 11,465 4,784 21,865 15,869 5,996

Idaho 60,294 43,333 16,961 28,130 20,765 7,365 32,164 22,568 9,596

Illinois 416,078 301,984 114,094 184,563 139,645 44,918 231,515 162,339 69,176

Indiana 272,432 202,166 70,266 124,245 96,150 28,095 148,187 106,016 42,171

Iowa 127,311 102,328 24,983 58,455 48,229 10,226 68,856 54,099 14,757

Kansas 111,792 80,783 31,009 51,040 38,418 12,622 60,752 42,365 18,387

Kentucky 144,445 103,754 40,691 61,083 45,536 15,547 83,362 58,218 25,144

Louisiana 181,446 141,467 39,979 73,709 60,417 13,292 107,737 81,050 26,687

Maine 51,828 31,582 20,246 19,793 13,736 6,057 32,035 17,846 14,189

Maryland 187,296 120,793 66,503 82,376 55,126 27,250 104,920 65,667 39,253

Massachusetts 343,518 249,923 93,595 150,954 112,828 38,126 192,564 137,095 55,469

Michigan 396,271 273,655 122,616 171,383 121,641 49,742 224,888 152,014 72,874

Minnesota 208,326 148,172 60,154 88,723 64,547 24,176 119,603 83,625 35,978

Mississippi 78,367 62,840 15,527 32,788 27,338 5,450 45,579 35,502 10,077

Missouri 254,715 163,349 91,366 112,724 75,455 37,269 141,991 87,894 54,097

Montana 37,301 29,832 7,469 17,554 14,447 3,107 19,747 15,385 4,362

Nebraska 76,533 58,358 18,175 34,500 27,292 7,208 42,033 31,066 10,967

Nevada 46,390 29,864 16,526 19,903 13,093 6,810 26,487 16,771 9,716

New Hampshire 53,165 39,699 13,466 22,420 17,830 4,590 30,745 21,869 8,876

New Jersey 221,274 145,301 75,973 98,234 67,446 30,788 123,040 77,855 45,185

New Mexico 60,046 42,723 17,323 26,041 19,390 6,651 34,005 23,333 10,672

New York 827,048 597,833 229,215 352,301 268,626 83,675 474,747 329,207 145,540

North Carolina 254,021 202,330 51,691 109,889 89,845 20,044 144,132 112,485 31,647

North Dakota 36,297 29,363 6,934 17,715 14,798 2,917 18,582 14,565 4,017

Ohio 402,368 307,181 95,187 180,459 142,825 37,634 221,909 164,356 57,553

Oklahoma 132,996 99,498 33,498 61,849 47,389 14,460 71,147 52,109 19,038

Oregon 108,837 82,463 26,374 49,906 38,430 11,476 58,931 44,033 14,898

Pennsylvania 505,416 393,484 111,932 225,894 182,683 43,211 279,522 210,801 68,721

Rhode Island 61,488 48,113 13,375 27,691 22,339 5,352 33,797 25,774 8,023

South Carolina 124,042 97,614 26,428 51,301 42,872 8,429 72,741 54,742 17,999

South Dakota 41,943 27,331 14,612 17,808 12,682 5,126 24,135 14,649 9,486

Tennessee 181,430 145,319 36,111 79,546 65,142 14,404 101,884 80,177 21,707

Texas 607,266 433,565 173,701 274,187 200,846 73,341 333,079 232,719 100,360

Utah 145,939 98,750 47,189 76,104 52,407 23,697 69,835 46,343 23,492

Vermont 30,946 24,900 6,046 14,191 11,903 2,288 16,755 12,997 3,758

Virginia 246,770 184,890 61,880 107,903 82,790 25,113 138,867 102,100 36,767

Washington 145,304 118,159 27,145 64,978 53,387 11,591 80,326 64,772 15,554

West Virginia 84,104 62,654 21,450 37,839 29,732 8,107 46,265 32,922 13,343

Wisconsin 210,905 166,104 44,801 90,600 73,494 17,106 120,305 92,610 27,695

Wyoming 12,745 8,871 3,874 5,618 4,414 1,204 7,127 4,457 2,670

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 10. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting 2-year institutions, by gender, attendance status, 

and state: Fall 2002

All students Men Women State Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time Total Full time Part time 

United States 6,529,379 2,556,036 3,973,343 2,753,466 1,135,671 1,617,795 3,775,913 1,420,365 2,355,548

Alabama 79,800 44,498 35,302 31,515 18,075 13,440 48,285 26,423 21,862

Alaska 1,340 144 1,196 601 67 534 739 77 662

Arizona 205,286 56,825 148,461 88,157 26,960 61,197 117,129 29,865 87,264

Arkansas 41,702 20,008 21,694 15,425 7,366 8,059 26,277 12,642 13,635

California 1,547,495 468,286 1,079,209 687,704 210,375 477,329 859,791 257,911 601,880

Colorado 91,899 31,164 60,735 37,671 13,201 24,470 54,228 17,963 36,265

Connecticut 47,193 15,163 32,030 17,963 6,655 11,308 29,230 8,508 20,722

Delaware 12,963 5,103 7,860 4,728 2,081 2,647 8,235 3,022 5,213

District of Columbia † † † † † † † † †

Florida 348,553 130,233 218,320 138,896 56,739 82,157 209,657 73,494 136,163

Georgia 135,244 64,067 71,177 54,563 26,694 27,869 80,681 37,373 43,308

Hawaii 27,254 12,274 14,980 11,678 5,588 6,090 15,576 6,686 8,890

Idaho 11,778 6,056 5,722 4,159 2,365 1,794 7,619 3,691 3,928

Illinois 360,544 125,188 235,356 149,538 55,939 93,599 211,006 69,249 141,757

Indiana 69,632 29,628 40,004 29,812 12,047 17,765 39,820 17,581 22,239

Iowa 75,235 39,467 35,768 32,533 18,566 13,967 42,702 20,901 21,801

Kansas 76,257 28,720 47,537 33,129 13,734 19,395 43,128 14,986 28,142

Kentucky 81,044 37,657 43,387 36,055 15,415 20,640 44,989 22,242 22,747

Louisiana 50,694 27,437 23,257 19,600 10,443 9,157 31,094 16,994 14,100

Maine 11,480 5,509 5,971 5,064 2,706 2,358 6,416 2,803 3,613

Maryland 117,282 40,759 76,523 44,047 18,047 26,000 73,235 22,712 50,523

Massachusetts 87,706 36,658 51,048 33,949 16,418 17,531 53,757 20,240 33,517

Michigan 209,564 66,356 143,208 89,628 31,000 58,628 119,936 35,356 84,580

Minnesota 115,465 57,647 57,818 53,536 28,989 24,547 61,929 28,658 33,271

Mississippi 68,710 47,999 20,711 25,805 18,183 7,622 42,905 29,816 13,089

Missouri 93,431 44,126 49,305 36,305 18,186 18,119 57,126 25,940 31,186

Montana 7,810 4,659 3,151 3,028 2,015 1,013 4,782 2,644 2,138

Nebraska 40,204 17,311 22,893 17,871 8,305 9,566 22,333 9,006 13,327

Nevada 49,281 11,923 37,358 21,256 5,203 16,053 28,025 6,720 21,305

New Hampshire 15,358 4,811 10,547 6,859 2,429 4,430 8,499 2,382 6,117

New Jersey 140,459 67,580 72,879 56,620 30,223 26,397 83,839 37,357 46,482

New Mexico 60,951 21,604 39,347 24,173 8,728 15,445 36,778 12,876 23,902

New York 285,168 169,820 115,348 118,292 75,361 42,931 166,876 94,459 72,417

North Carolina 193,314 81,614 111,700 73,824 32,667 41,157 119,490 48,947 70,543

North Dakota 9,503 6,226 3,277 4,762 3,372 1,390 4,741 2,854 1,887

Ohio 185,628 79,703 105,925 75,730 33,429 42,301 109,898 46,274 63,624

Oklahoma 65,427 28,460 36,967 26,417 12,628 13,789 39,010 15,832 23,178

Oregon 95,728 35,085 60,643 43,296 16,617 26,679 52,432 18,468 33,964

Pennsylvania 149,410 72,811 76,599 63,862 35,957 27,905 85,548 36,854 48,694

Rhode Island 15,929 5,329 10,600 5,968 2,337 3,631 9,961 2,992 6,969

South Carolina 77,965 35,942 42,023 28,790 14,216 14,574 49,175 21,726 27,449

South Dakota 5,808 4,420 1,388 3,065 2,444 621 2,743 1,976 767

Tennessee 80,469 41,119 39,350 31,121 16,722 14,399 49,348 24,397 24,951

Texas 545,103 209,559 335,544 235,168 95,994 139,174 309,935 113,565 196,370

Utah 32,993 14,948 18,045 16,014 7,201 8,813 16,979 7,747 9,232

Vermont 5,591 1,258 4,333 1,875 654 1,221 3,716 604 3,112

Virginia 158,196 52,796 105,400 65,780 23,729 42,051 92,416 29,067 63,349

Washington 193,516 91,625 101,891 83,534 42,551 40,983 109,982 49,074 60,908

West Virginia 9,619 6,230 3,389 3,454 2,287 1,167 6,165 3,943 2,222

Wisconsin 118,538 40,688 77,850 51,878 19,723 32,155 66,660 20,965 45,695

Wyoming 19,860 9,543 10,317 8,768 5,040 3,728 11,092 4,503 6,589

†Not applicable. State does not have any 2-year Title IV degree-granting institutions.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 11. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, control of institution, 

and student level: United States, fall 2002

Control of institution 

and student level

Total 

White,

 nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/ 

ethnicity 

unknown 

Nonresident

alien 

Number enrolled

Total students 16,611,711 10,390,157 1,865,660 1,545,166 982,108 156,225 1,082,789 589,606

Undergraduate 14,257,077 8,980,138 1,671,478 1,430,991 851,873 143,348 864,417 314,832

First-time, first-year 2,570,611 1,656,120 329,173 241,510 135,370 26,359 138,447 43,632

Other undergraduate 11,686,466 7,324,018 1,342,305 1,189,481 716,503 116,989 725,970 271,200

Graduate 2,035,652 1,196,156 170,241 99,322 93,395 10,745 199,274 266,519

First-professional 318,982 213,863 23,941 14,853 36,840 2,132 19,098 8,255

Public 12,751,993 8,051,561 1,432,310 1,310,648 789,320 133,282 640,763 394,109

Undergraduate 11,432,855 7,223,351 1,325,203 1,242,245 721,235 124,528 571,577 224,716

First-time, first-year 1,923,564 1,252,386 244,191 190,338 104,251 21,388 82,170 28,840

Other undergraduate 9,509,291 5,970,965 1,081,012 1,051,907 616,984 103,140 489,407 195,876

Graduate 1,186,844 734,487 98,207 62,625 52,495 7,579 64,018 167,433

First-professional 132,294 93,723 8,900 5,778 15,590 1,175 5,168 1,960

Private not-for-profit 3,265,476 2,090,900 334,252 173,184 168,154 18,797 299,251 180,938

Undergraduate 2,306,091 1,534,061 255,972 129,895 108,730 14,964 183,239 79,230

First-time, first-year 473,273 322,242 50,418 27,040 24,347 3,345 33,102 12,779

Other undergraduate 1,832,818 1,211,819 205,554 102,855 84,383 11,619 150,137 66,451

Graduate 773,705 437,229 63,339 34,304 38,286 2,882 102,247 95,418

First-professional 185,680 119,610 14,941 8,985 21,138 951 13,765 6,290

Private for-profit 594,242 247,696 99,098 61,334 24,634 4,146 142,775 14,559

Undergraduate 518,131 222,726 90,303 58,851 21,908 3,856 109,601 10,886

First-time, first-year 173,774 81,492 34,564 24,132 6,772 1,626 23,175 2,013

Other undergraduate 344,357 141,234 55,739 34,719 15,136 2,230 86,426 8,873

Graduate 75,103 24,440 8,695 2,393 2,614 284 33,009 3,668

First-professional 1,008 530 100 90 112 6 165 5

Percent distribution

Total students 100.0 62.5 11.2 9.3 5.9 0.9 6.5 3.5

Undergraduate 100.0 63.0 11.7 10.0 6.0 1.0 6.1 2.2

First-time, first-year 100.0 64.4 12.8 9.4 5.3 1.0 5.4 1.7

Other undergraduate 100.0 62.7 11.5 10.2 6.1 1.0 6.2 2.3

Graduate 100.0 58.8 8.4 4.9 4.6 0.5 9.8 13.1

First-professional 100.0 67.0 7.5 4.7 11.5 0.7 6.0 2.6

Public 100.0 63.1 11.2 10.3 6.2 1.0 5.0 3.1

Undergraduate 100.0 63.2 11.6 10.9 6.3 1.1 5.0 2.0

First-time, first-year 100.0 65.1 12.7 9.9 5.4 1.1 4.3 1.5

Other undergraduate 100.0 62.8 11.4 11.1 6.5 1.1 5.1 2.1

Graduate 100.0 61.9 8.3 5.3 4.4 0.6 5.4 14.1

First-professional 100.0 70.8 6.7 4.4 11.8 0.9 3.9 1.5

Private not-for-profit 100.0 64.0 10.2 5.3 5.1 0.6 9.2 5.5

Undergraduate 100.0 66.5 11.1 5.6 4.7 0.6 7.9 3.4

First-time, first-year 100.0 68.1 10.7 5.7 5.1 0.7 7.0 2.7

Other undergraduate 100.0 66.1 11.2 5.6 4.6 0.6 8.2 3.6

Graduate 100.0 56.5 8.2 4.4 4.9 0.4 13.2 12.3

First-professional 100.0 64.4 8.0 4.8 11.4 0.5 7.4 3.4

Private for-profit 100.0 41.7 16.7 10.3 4.1 0.7 24.0 2.5

Undergraduate 100.0 43.0 17.4 11.4 4.2 0.7 21.2 2.1

First-time, first-year 100.0 46.9 19.9 13.9 3.9 0.9 13.3 1.2

Other undergraduate 100.0 41.0 16.2 10.1 4.4 0.6 25.1 2.6

Graduate 100.0 32.5 11.6 3.2 3.5 0.4 44.0 4.9

First-professional 100.0 52.6 9.9 8.9 11.1 0.6 16.4 0.5

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 12. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, level of institution, 

control of institution, and student level: United States, fall 2002

Control of institution

and student level

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown 

Nonresident

alien 

4-year institutions

Total students 10,082,332 6,536,729 1,043,097 640,903 573,464 79,054 722,079 487,006

Undergraduate 7,727,879 5,126,868 848,927 526,732 443,232 66,177 503,710 212,233

First-time, first-year 1,403,918 953,479 155,645 93,772 83,231 11,646 79,150 26,995

Other undergraduate 6,323,961 4,173,389 693,282 432,960 360,001 54,531 424,560 185,238

Graduate 2,035,471 1,195,998 170,229 99,318 93,392 10,745 199,271 266,518

First-professional 318,982 213,863 23,941 14,853 36,840 2,132 19,098 8,255

Public 6,481,613 4,335,594 660,904 440,561 391,601 60,006 299,247 293,700

Undergraduate 5,162,656 3,507,542 553,809 372,162 323,519 51,252 230,064 124,308

First-time, first-year 886,297 616,442 97,590 61,219 57,144 8,612 32,428 12,862

Other undergraduate 4,276,359 2,891,100 456,219 310,943 266,375 42,640 197,636 111,446

Graduate 1,186,663 734,329 98,195 62,621 52,492 7,579 64,015 167,432

First-professional 132,294 93,723 8,900 5,778 15,590 1,175 5,168 1,960

Private not-for-profit 3,218,389 2,065,624 327,481 167,771 164,701 16,673 296,144 179,995

Undergraduate 2,259,004 1,508,785 249,201 124,482 105,277 12,840 180,132 78,287

First-time, first-year 455,376 312,911 47,593 24,872 23,058 2,536 31,941 12,465

Other undergraduate 1,803,628 1,195,874 201,608 99,610 82,219 10,304 148,191 65,822

Graduate 773,705 437,229 63,339 34,304 38,286 2,882 102,247 95,418

First-professional 185,680 119,610 14,941 8,985 21,138 951 13,765 6,290

Private for-profit 382,330 135,511 54,712 32,571 17,162 2,375 126,688 13,311

Undergraduate 306,219 110,541 45,917 30,088 14,436 2,085 93,514 9,638

First-time, first-year 62,245 24,126 10,462 7,681 3,029 498 14,781 1,668

Other undergraduate 243,974 86,415 35,455 22,407 11,407 1,587 78,733 7,970

Graduate 75,103 24,440 8,695 2,393 2,614 284 33,009 3,668

First-professional 1,008 530 100 90 112 6 165 5

2-year institutions

Total students 6,529,379 3,853,428 822,563 904,263 408,644 77,171 360,710 102,600

Undergraduate 6,529,198 3,853,270 822,551 904,259 408,641 77,171 360,707 102,599

First-time, first-year 1,166,693 702,641 173,528 147,738 52,139 14,713 59,297 16,637

Other undergraduate 5,362,505 3,150,629 649,023 756,521 356,502 62,458 301,410 85,962

Public 6,270,380 3,715,967 771,406 870,087 397,719 73,276 341,516 100,409

Undergraduate 6,270,199 3,715,809 771,394 870,083 397,716 73,276 341,513 100,408

First-time, first-year 1,037,267 635,944 146,601 129,119 47,107 12,776 49,742 15,978

Other undergraduate 5,232,932 3,079,865 624,793 740,964 350,609 60,500 291,771 84,430

Private not-for-profit 47,087 25,276 6,771 5,413 3,453 2,124 3,107 943

Undergraduate 47,087 25,276 6,771 5,413 3,453 2,124 3,107 943

First-time, first-year 17,897 9,331 2,825 2,168 1,289 809 1,161 314

Other undergraduate 29,190 15,945 3,946 3,245 2,164 1,315 1,946 629

Private for-profit 211,912 112,185 44,386 28,763 7,472 1,771 16,087 1,248

Undergraduate 211,912 112,185 44,386 28,763 7,472 1,771 16,087 1,248

First-time, first-year 111,529 57,366 24,102 16,451 3,743 1,128 8,394 345

Other undergraduate 100,383 54,819 20,284 12,312 3,729 643 7,693 903

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 13. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and state: Fall 2002

State 

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown

Nonresident

alien 

United States 16,611,711 10,390,157 1,865,660 1,545,166 982,108 156,225 1,082,789 589,606

Alabama 246,414 159,627 68,199 2,771 3,023 1,817 4,844 6,133

Alaska 29,546 20,262 963 949 1,167 3,671 1,707 827

Arizona 401,605 219,038 13,778 57,441 11,701 13,568 73,849 12,230

Arkansas 127,372 95,365 22,186 1,868 1,662 1,273 2,150 2,868

California 2,474,024 1,009,168 166,508 543,404 407,072 21,977 247,425 78,470

Colorado 286,556 205,526 10,933 28,140 9,877 3,822 21,584 6,674

Connecticut 171,558 115,543 15,336 11,258 6,494 690 14,973 7,264

Delaware 49,228 33,410 8,001 1,340 1,207 157 3,825 1,288

District of Columbia 91,014 38,350 24,976 3,552 5,324 223 10,261 8,328

Florida 792,079 450,093 129,515 127,028 25,287 3,317 27,293 29,546

Georgia 397,604 238,675 115,662 7,624 13,549 1,110 8,596 12,388

Hawaii 65,368 16,187 1,595 1,803 37,495 309 2,340 5,639

Idaho 72,072 61,214 490 2,613 1,206 889 3,763 1,897

Illinois 776,622 491,828 101,181 85,475 44,055 2,273 25,542 26,268

Indiana 342,064 278,507 26,059 8,562 6,173 1,238 8,370 13,155

Iowa 202,546 165,708 6,038 4,026 3,999 953 13,652 8,170

Kansas 188,049 146,977 9,669 7,037 4,365 2,704 10,412 6,885

Kentucky 225,489 186,526 17,915 2,038 2,601 652 11,367 4,390

Louisiana 232,140 139,434 65,788 5,045 4,681 1,450 8,980 6,762

Maine 63,308 53,627 647 493 765 744 5,703 1,329

Maryland 304,578 173,788 75,388 10,041 18,153 1,184 12,567 13,457

Massachusetts 431,224 262,635 25,956 20,665 25,521 1,586 65,732 29,129

Michigan 605,835 440,328 67,880 13,992 19,794 4,596 35,064 24,181

Minnesota 323,791 227,920 12,861 4,330 10,629 3,203 55,022 9,826

Mississippi 147,077 86,106 54,216 926 1,137 547 2,123 2,022

Missouri 348,146 267,510 37,066 7,738 7,995 2,113 14,634 11,090

Montana 45,111 36,419 208 666 416 3,812 2,794 796

Nebraska 116,737 98,427 4,448 3,065 2,867 781 3,586 3,563

Nevada 95,671 57,782 5,916 10,048 8,220 1,364 9,966 2,375

New Hampshire 68,523 50,817 1,022 1,235 1,322 340 12,063 1,724

New Jersey 361,733 201,350 44,314 40,356 26,344 929 32,319 16,121

New Mexico 120,997 49,397 3,139 42,230 2,270 9,768 12,061 2,132

New York 1,112,216 619,958 142,729 109,886 73,447 3,676 100,295 62,225

North Carolina 447,335 303,315 101,455 8,666 10,135 5,277 7,023 11,464

North Dakota 45,800 39,966 542 393 388 2,952 107 1,452

Ohio 587,996 459,558 61,398 10,037 11,493 2,138 24,593 18,779

Oklahoma 198,423 139,530 16,803 6,334 4,881 18,489 2,644 9,742

Oregon 204,565 149,619 3,856 8,372 11,249 3,082 22,129 6,258

Pennsylvania 654,826 495,684 57,564 15,578 24,495 1,644 37,112 22,749

Rhode Island 77,417 53,558 3,993 3,900 2,819 287 10,077 2,783

South Carolina 202,007 132,358 54,339 2,597 2,694 819 5,302 3,898

South Dakota 47,751 38,841 512 413 400 3,405 2,770 1,410

Tennessee 261,899 195,536 45,788 3,712 4,653 949 5,498 5,763

Texas 1,152,369 616,204 131,526 273,699 56,054 6,009 21,181 47,696

Utah 178,932 147,556 1,117 5,864 4,427 1,658 12,714 5,596

Vermont 36,537 30,449 515 619 662 190 3,195 907

Virginia 404,966 275,287 74,235 12,489 20,599 2,454 8,134 11,768

Washington 338,820 231,687 12,215 14,997 27,951 5,809 35,926 10,235

West Virginia 93,723 81,715 4,433 770 1,022 362 3,181 2,240

Wisconsin 329,443 273,196 14,493 7,800 8,125 3,306 15,276 7,247

Wyoming 32,605 28,596 294 1,281 243 659 1,065 467

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 14. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting public institutions, by race/ethnicity and state: 

Fall 2002

State

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown

Nonresident

alien 

United States 12,751,993 8,051,561 1,432,310 1,310,648 789,320 133,282 640,763 394,109

Alabama 217,883 146,303 55,156 2,565 2,819 1,704 3,575 5,761

Alaska 28,314 19,493 886 898 1,083 3,479 1,660 815

Arizona 307,496 192,331 10,849 51,266 10,251 12,156 21,636 9,007

Arkansas 113,509 85,381 20,384 1,689 1,550 1,165 1,123 2,217

California 2,121,106 849,785 145,071 495,369 362,343 19,199 194,946 54,393

Colorado 237,953 174,217 8,409 24,314 8,390 3,325 13,881 5,417

Connecticut 109,474 74,386 10,792 8,189 3,781 468 9,185 2,673

Delaware 37,344 26,869 6,365 1,076 991 134 659 1,250

District of Columbia 5,603 334 4,184 302 109 8 230 436

Florida 617,754 365,409 95,913 102,089 21,167 2,595 9,681 20,900

Georgia 317,180 200,642 87,482 6,133 10,853 878 1,877 9,315

Hawaii 48,163 11,100 525 1,003 31,773 162 849 2,751

Idaho 57,996 48,822 431 2,258 985 806 3,172 1,522

Illinois 554,093 357,201 74,834 67,925 29,820 1,611 9,011 13,691

Indiana 258,627 213,617 18,334 6,164 4,913 910 3,946 10,743

Iowa 145,798 121,502 4,054 2,872 2,933 767 7,473 6,197

Kansas 167,741 131,051 8,021 6,173 4,063 2,491 9,420 6,522

Kentucky 188,518 156,915 14,369 1,661 2,328 528 9,183 3,534

Louisiana 197,547 121,350 55,698 3,891 3,524 1,313 6,430 5,341

Maine 44,850 40,113 310 261 327 688 2,240 911

Maryland 251,101 137,994 67,861 8,803 15,504 1,053 9,590 10,296

Massachusetts 187,874 123,577 12,720 10,336 7,860 732 25,855 6,794

Michigan 495,676 365,144 52,171 11,410 17,446 4,107 24,484 20,914

Minnesota 235,513 159,488 8,534 2,878 7,762 2,576 46,661 7,614

Mississippi 134,130 78,692 49,152 834 1,030 516 2,049 1,857

Missouri 214,022 171,232 20,230 3,229 3,783 1,365 7,117 7,066

Montana 40,615 33,817 177 558 381 2,408 2,555 719

Nebraska 92,111 78,089 3,319 2,464 1,992 443 3,065 2,739

Nevada 89,547 56,165 5,594 9,762 8,057 1,321 6,432 2,216

New Hampshire 40,958 32,910 318 414 487 128 6,325 376

New Jersey 289,275 159,950 36,701 34,116 22,332 757 23,470 11,949

New Mexico 111,667 45,918 2,784 39,819 2,163 9,219 9,809 1,955

New York 615,702 353,250 90,440 69,519 41,611 2,289 29,823 28,770

North Carolina 367,861 250,977 84,033 6,730 8,227 4,904 4,595 8,395

North Dakota 41,134 36,152 498 340 366 2,398 0 1,380

Ohio 441,738 348,780 46,655 7,689 8,585 1,753 13,724 14,552

Oklahoma 171,369 122,182 14,180 5,179 4,035 17,171 1,242 7,380

Oregon 173,698 128,226 3,279 7,397 9,439 2,814 17,291 5,252

Pennsylvania 370,386 289,795 36,845 8,592 11,829 1,035 12,117 10,173

Rhode Island 38,867 26,786 1,887 2,238 967 172 6,419 398

South Carolina 167,563 112,921 41,732 2,304 2,469 717 3,951 3,469

South Dakota 37,760 31,018 209 247 250 2,831 2,447 758

Tennessee 194,202 147,354 34,759 2,490 3,436 741 1,837 3,585

Texas 1,006,549 536,000 113,152 250,504 50,443 5,164 9,417 41,869

Utah 135,778 113,482 895 4,469 3,187 1,351 8,383 4,011

Vermont 21,238 18,129 185 249 313 95 2,000 267

Virginia 337,286 233,086 56,779 10,866 19,051 2,133 5,304 10,067

Washington 293,007 199,680 10,724 13,095 24,539 5,193 31,622 8,154

West Virginia 79,741 70,349 3,736 671 911 304 2,077 1,693

Wisconsin 268,010 226,699 10,416 6,211 6,639 2,584 9,883 5,578

Wyoming 30,666 26,898 278 1,137 223 621 1,042 467

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 15. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting, private not-for-profit institutions, by race/ethnicity 

and state: Fall 2002

State

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown

Nonresident

alien 

United States 3,265,476 2,090,900 334,252 173,184 168,154 18,797 299,251 180,938

Alabama 23,702 10,905 10,750 191 157 93 1,234 372

Alaska 842 530 38 32 29 160 41 12

Arizona 13,248 6,296 383 935 390 287 3,908 1,049

Arkansas 13,092 9,697 1,496 173 105 107 863 651

California 263,284 133,271 14,893 31,613 33,977 2,105 27,889 19,536

Colorado 28,514 20,090 1,112 1,668 902 256 3,369 1,117

Connecticut 59,808 39,833 4,169 2,727 2,652 210 5,640 4,577

Delaware 11,884 6,541 1,636 264 216 23 3,166 38

District of Columbia 68,602 32,850 13,608 2,615 4,351 150 8,336 6,692

Florida 126,495 65,735 23,306 17,614 3,202 487 8,926 7,225

Georgia 64,330 32,652 20,978 1,113 2,282 167 4,333 2,805

Hawaii 14,831 4,799 999 747 4,845 137 427 2,877

Idaho 13,159 11,943 55 318 212 75 268 288

Illinois 195,127 122,217 19,447 13,535 12,474 593 14,507 12,354

Indiana 73,683 57,749 5,794 2,132 1,189 312 4,098 2,409

Iowa 51,387 42,142 1,768 1,098 1,021 181 3,204 1,973

Kansas 19,796 15,578 1,544 823 292 210 989 360

Kentucky 27,383 22,624 1,510 232 237 84 1,908 788

Louisiana 29,550 16,277 8,075 1,039 1,101 127 1,586 1,345

Maine 17,125 12,268 311 225 423 51 3,432 415

Maryland 49,588 34,435 6,207 1,159 2,589 129 2,037 3,032

Massachusetts 241,329 138,110 13,089 10,197 17,598 847 39,200 22,288

Michigan 104,613 74,028 15,214 2,547 2,317 482 6,847 3,178

Minnesota 65,857 54,062 1,822 966 2,219 376 4,438 1,974

Mississippi 11,702 7,184 4,055 91 102 31 74 165

Missouri 120,337 87,269 13,657 4,319 4,022 691 6,425 3,954

Montana 4,496 2,602 31 108 35 1,404 239 77

Nebraska 22,525 18,744 818 533 846 329 431 824

Nevada 579 283 13 14 9 6 254 0

New Hampshire 23,493 15,226 547 609 783 168 4,819 1,341

New Jersey 65,479 38,889 5,720 4,475 3,601 147 8,561 4,086

New Mexico 3,901 2,358 77 804 45 359 235 23

New York 452,062 252,516 40,211 30,278 29,628 1,231 65,905 32,293

North Carolina 77,378 51,127 16,691 1,898 1,873 369 2,352 3,068

North Dakota 4,575 3,803 44 53 22 554 27 72

Ohio 129,027 99,131 10,878 1,989 2,729 336 9,786 4,178

Oklahoma 22,431 14,939 2,159 831 750 1,170 487 2,095

Oregon 25,705 18,917 438 809 1,616 227 2,766 932

Pennsylvania 249,638 183,166 16,025 5,854 12,206 530 19,390 12,467

Rhode Island 38,550 26,772 2,106 1,662 1,852 115 3,658 2,385

South Carolina 32,845 18,694 11,799 275 215 99 1,340 423

South Dakota 7,042 5,969 186 118 114 527 72 56

Tennessee 59,243 43,681 7,841 1,090 1,143 185 3,130 2,173

Texas 123,517 74,160 14,644 17,701 4,856 778 6,234 5,144

Utah 36,561 31,076 166 1,055 1,098 240 1,413 1,513

Vermont 14,769 11,865 309 347 336 94 1,181 637

Virginia 55,924 37,514 12,629 1,148 1,163 285 1,535 1,650

Washington 37,963 27,207 1,105 1,622 2,840 527 2,820 1,842

West Virginia 11,069 8,676 506 94 105 52 1,092 544

Wisconsin 57,436 44,500 3,393 1,444 1,385 694 4,379 1,641

Wyoming † † † † † † † †

†Not applicable. State does not have any private not-for-profit Title IV degree-granting institutions.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 16. Enrollment in Title IV degree-granting, private for-profit institutions, by race/ethnicity 

and state: Fall 2002

State

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown

Nonresident

alien 

United States 594,242 247,696 99,098 61,334 24,634 4,146 142,775 14,559

Alabama 4,829 2,419 2,293 15 47 20 35 0

Alaska 390 239 39 19 55 32 6 0

Arizona 80,861 20,411 2,546 5,240 1,060 1,125 48,305 2,174

Arkansas 771 287 306 6 7 1 164 0

California 89,634 26,112 6,544 16,422 10,752 673 24,590 4,541

Colorado 20,089 11,219 1,412 2,158 585 241 4,334 140

Connecticut 2,276 1,324 375 342 61 12 148 14

Delaware † † † † † † † †

District of Columbia 16,809 5,166 7,184 635 864 65 1,695 1,200

Florida 47,830 18,949 10,296 7,325 918 235 8,686 1,421

Georgia 16,094 5,381 7,202 378 414 65 2,386 268

Hawaii 2,374 288 71 53 877 10 1,064 11

Idaho 917 449 4 37 9 8 323 87

Illinois 27,402 12,410 6,900 4,015 1,761 69 2,024 223

Indiana 9,754 7,141 1,931 266 71 16 326 3

Iowa 5,361 2,064 216 56 45 5 2,975 0

Kansas 512 348 104 41 10 3 3 3

Kentucky 9,588 6,987 2,036 145 36 40 276 68

Louisiana 5,043 1,807 2,015 115 56 10 964 76

Maine 1,333 1,246 26 7 15 5 31 3

Maryland 3,889 1,359 1,320 79 60 2 940 129

Massachusetts 2,021 948 147 132 63 7 677 47

Michigan 5,546 1,156 495 35 31 7 3,733 89

Minnesota 22,421 14,370 2,505 486 648 251 3,923 238

Mississippi 1,245 230 1,009 1 5 0 0 0

Missouri 13,787 9,009 3,179 190 190 57 1,092 70

Montana † † † † † † † †

Nebraska 2,101 1,594 311 68 29 9 90 0

Nevada 5,545 1,334 309 272 154 37 3,280 159

New Hampshire 4,072 2,681 157 212 52 44 919 7

New Jersey 6,979 2,511 1,893 1,765 411 25 288 86

New Mexico 5,429 1,121 278 1,607 62 190 2,017 154

New York 44,452 14,192 12,078 10,089 2,208 156 4,567 1,162

North Carolina 2,096 1,211 731 38 35 4 76 1

North Dakota 91 11 0 0 0 0 80 0

Ohio 17,231 11,647 3,865 359 179 49 1,083 49

Oklahoma 4,623 2,409 464 324 96 148 915 267

Oregon 5,162 2,476 139 166 194 41 2,072 74

Pennsylvania 34,802 22,723 4,694 1,132 460 79 5,605 109

Rhode Island † † † † † † † †

South Carolina 1,599 743 808 18 10 3 11 6

South Dakota 2,949 1,854 117 48 36 47 251 596

Tennessee 8,454 4,501 3,188 132 74 23 531 5

Texas 22,303 6,044 3,730 5,494 755 67 5,530 683

Utah 6,593 2,998 56 340 142 67 2,918 72

Vermont 530 455 21 23 13 1 14 3

Virginia 11,756 4,687 4,827 475 385 36 1,295 51

Washington 7,850 4,800 386 280 572 89 1,484 239

West Virginia 2,913 2,690 191 5 6 6 12 3

Wisconsin 3,997 1,997 684 145 101 28 1,014 28

Wyoming 1,939 1,698 16 144 20 38 23 0

†Not applicable. State does not have any private for-profit Title IV degree-granting institutions.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 17. Enrollment, residence, and migration of all first-time, degree/certificate-seeking students 

enrolled in Title IV institutions, by state or other area: Fall 2002

Migration of students

State or other area

Enrollment in

institutions

located in the

designated 

area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in any state or 

other area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in the same 

designated area

Into 

designated 

area

Out of

designated 

area 

Net

migration1

United States 2,913,082 2,836,043 2,400,883 512,199 435,160 77,039

Alabama 44,419 39,972 35,934 8,485 4,038 4,447

Alaska 3,172 4,987 2,950 222 2,037 -1,815

Arizona 52,263 42,142 38,505 13,758 3,637 10,121

Arkansas 26,419 25,680 22,769 3,650 2,911 739

California 334,215 323,600 303,650 30,565 19,950 10,615

Colorado 57,979 53,093 45,922 12,057 7,171 4,886

Connecticut 31,912 36,310 22,708 9,204 13,602 -4,398

Delaware 9,900 7,587 5,510 4,390 2,077 2,313

District of Columbia 12,001 4,437 1,697 10,304 2,740 7,564

Florida 165,560 148,380 136,194 29,366 12,186 17,180

Georgia 82,677 81,202 70,708 11,969 10,494 1,475

Hawaii 9,914 9,684 6,872 3,042 2,812 230

Idaho 13,964 13,325 10,557 3,407 2,768 639

Illinois 118,682 129,304 105,782 12,900 23,522 -10,622

Indiana 64,873 57,959 51,070 13,803 6,889 6,914

Iowa 45,184 37,795 33,595 11,589 4,200 7,389

Kansas 33,642 31,320 27,440 6,202 3,880 2,322

Kentucky 39,488 37,119 32,809 6,679 4,310 2,369

Louisiana 47,809 45,934 42,013 5,796 3,921 1,875

Maine 10,834 12,236 8,121 2,713 4,115 -1,402

Maryland 45,456 50,783 34,854 10,602 15,929 -5,327

Massachusetts 75,451 65,917 48,624 26,827 17,293 9,534

Michigan 95,564 94,960 86,283 9,281 8,677 604

Minnesota 65,633 66,059 54,413 11,220 11,646 -426

Mississippi 38,929 34,128 31,739 7,190 2,389 4,801

Missouri 53,158 50,993 43,319 9,839 7,674 2,165

Montana 8,033 8,625 6,308 1,725 2,317 -592

Nebraska 20,594 20,460 17,262 3,332 3,198 134

Nevada 11,437 12,227 9,818 1,619 2,409 -790

New Hampshire 12,913 11,763 6,484 6,429 5,279 1,150

New Jersey 72,058 94,745 65,386 6,672 29,359 -22,687

New Mexico 16,443 16,927 13,580 2,863 3,347 -484

New York 192,044 184,498 155,454 36,590 29,044 7,546

North Carolina 80,534 71,259 64,998 15,536 6,261 9,275

North Dakota 9,405 8,516 6,035 3,370 2,481 889

Ohio 122,134 121,509 106,760 15,374 14,749 625

Oklahoma 43,505 41,583 37,717 5,788 3,866 1,922

Oregon 30,007 28,381 23,350 6,657 5,031 1,626

Pennsylvania 149,042 135,690 117,303 31,739 18,387 13,352

Rhode Island 16,468 10,115 7,074 9,394 3,041 6,353

South Carolina 38,776 35,732 32,080 6,696 3,652 3,044

South Dakota 9,274 8,897 6,529 2,745 2,368 377

Tennessee 53,367 49,763 42,575 10,792 7,188 3,604

Texas 216,813 213,814 196,750 20,063 17,064 2,999

Utah 33,555 27,940 26,151 7,404 1,789 5,615

See notes at end of table.
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Table 17. Enrollment, residence, and migration of all first-time, degree/certificate-seeking students 

enrolled in Title IV institutions, by state or other area: Fall 2002—Continued

Migration of students

State or other area

Enrollment in

institutions

located in the

designated 

area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in any state or 

other area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in the same 

designated area

Into 

designated 

area

Out of

designated 

area 

Net

migration1

Vermont 6,673 5,415 2,523 4,150 2,892 1,258

Virginia 63,644 59,301 47,709 15,935 11,592 4,343

Washington 42,551 45,786 37,021 5,530 8,765 -3,235

West Virginia 19,842 17,515 14,906 4,936 2,609 2,327

Wisconsin 58,590 58,806 49,748 8,842 9,058 -216

Wyoming 6,282 4,827 3,324 2,958 1,503 1,455

State of residence unknown † 37,043 † † 37,043 -37,043

Other areas 80,690 81,203 78,779 1,911 2,424 -513

American Samoa 477 539 477 0 62 -62

Federated States of Micronesia 952 1,109 951 1 158 -157

Guam 756 559 374 382 185 197

Marshall Islands 224 102 0 224 102 122

Northern Marianas 241 178 144 97 34 63

Palau 103 126 85 18 41 -23

Puerto Rico 77,306 77,422 76,173 1,133 1,249 -116

Virgin Islands 631 1,168 575 56 593 -537

Foreign country2† 36,604 † † † †

Unknown/other3† 39,922 † † † †

†Not applicable.

1Net migration is the difference between the number of students entering the state/area to attend school (into) and the number of 

students who leave the state to attend school in another state/area (out of). A positive net migration indicates more students 

coming into the state than leaving to attend school in another state.

2Students who are citizens of foreign countries attending an institution in the United States.

3Students whose residence is unknown and who could be from the U.S., other areas, or a foreign country.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 18. Enrollment, residence, and migration of all first-time, degree/certificate-seeking students 

graduating from high school in the past 12 months enrolled in Title IV institutions, by 

state or other area: Fall 2002

Migration of students

State or other area

Enrollment in

institutions

located in the

designated 

area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in any state or 

other area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in the same 

designated area

Into

 designated 

area

Out of

designated 

area 

Net

migration1

United States 1,729,411 1,708,708 1,391,769 337,642 316,939 20,703

Alabama 25,627 22,961 20,233 5,394 2,728 2,666

Alaska 2,070 3,383 1,885 185 1,498 -1,313

Arizona 27,066 22,851 20,323 6,743 2,528 4,215

Arkansas 17,600 16,445 14,604 2,996 1,841 1,155

California 186,064 187,494 172,087 13,977 15,407 -1,430

Colorado 27,054 25,380 20,116 6,938 5,264 1,674

Connecticut 22,043 24,815 13,679 8,364 11,136 -2,772

Delaware 4,937 3,410 1,846 3,091 1,564 1,527

District of Columbia 9,168 2,778 1,066 8,102 1,712 6,390

Florida 84,740 78,986 70,749 13,991 8,237 5,754

Georgia 43,706 44,394 36,643 7,063 7,751 -688

Hawaii 6,181 6,856 4,562 1,619 2,294 -675

Idaho 8,074 7,614 5,631 2,443 1,983 460

Illinois 67,135 77,800 58,605 8,530 19,195 -10,665

Indiana 45,266 38,422 33,650 11,616 4,772 6,844

Iowa 28,003 23,720 20,621 7,382 3,099 4,283

Kansas 18,569 17,838 15,107 3,462 2,731 731

Kentucky 26,175 24,230 21,636 4,539 2,594 1,945

Louisiana 29,228 27,560 24,763 4,465 2,797 1,668

Maine 6,662 7,645 4,437 2,225 3,208 -983

Maryland 28,477 33,741 21,280 7,197 12,461 -5,264

Massachusetts 49,286 43,134 29,503 19,783 13,631 6,152

Michigan 57,056 59,030 52,542 4,514 6,488 -1,974

Minnesota 38,057 40,720 30,709 7,348 10,011 -2,663

Mississippi 19,420 17,696 16,481 2,939 1,215 1,724

Missouri 34,265 33,028 27,246 7,019 5,782 1,237

Montana 5,851 6,153 4,349 1,502 1,804 -302

Nebraska 13,445 13,615 11,103 2,342 2,512 -170

Nevada 6,217 6,815 5,219 998 1,596 -598

New Hampshire 8,896 8,476 4,476 4,420 4,000 420

New Jersey 38,805 60,183 35,375 3,430 24,808 -21,378

New Mexico 10,359 11,161 8,841 1,518 2,320 -802

New York 120,310 121,028 97,249 23,061 23,779 -718

North Carolina 52,650 45,523 41,341 11,309 4,182 7,127

North Dakota 7,463 6,314 4,616 2,847 1,698 1,149

Ohio 71,653 72,001 60,808 10,845 11,193 -348

Oklahoma 21,663 20,612 18,140 3,523 2,472 1,051

Oregon 16,691 16,238 12,465 4,226 3,773 453

Pennsylvania 95,529 83,350 69,103 26,426 14,247 12,179

Rhode Island 10,611 5,889 3,530 7,081 2,359 4,722

South Carolina 23,339 20,558 17,970 5,369 2,588 2,781

South Dakota 5,686 5,783 3,929 1,757 1,854 -97

Tennessee 32,366 30,528 25,178 7,188 5,350 1,838

Texas 125,257 128,753 115,846 9,411 12,907 -3,496

Utah 19,156 15,418 14,166 4,990 1,252 3,738

See notes at end of table.
35

Table 18. Enrollment, residence, and migration of all first-time, degree/certificate-seeking students 

graduating from high school in the past 12 months enrolled in Title IV institutions, by 

state or other area: Fall 2002—Continued

Migration of students

State or other area

Enrollment in

institutions

located in the

designated 

area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in any state or 

other area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in the same 

designated area

Into 

designated

 area

Out of

designated 

area

Net

migration1

Vermont 5,435 3,868 1,643 3,792 2,225 1,567

Virginia 44,284 41,244 32,541 11,743 8,703 3,040

Washington 25,942 27,321 21,553 4,389 5,768 -1,379

West Virginia 12,283 10,089 8,699 3,584 1,390 2,194

Wisconsin 38,649 38,369 31,245 7,404 7,124 280

Wyoming 4,942 3,436 2,380 2,562 1,056 1,506

State of residence unknown † 14,052 † † 14,052 -14,052

Other areas 41,162 42,354 41,084 78 1,270 -1,192

American Samoa 0 55 0 0 55 -55

Federated States of Micronesia 951 1,017 951 0 66 -66

Guam 98 226 73 25 153 -128

Marshall Islands 0 22 0 0 22 -22

Northern Marianas 71 77 55 16 22 -6

Palau 57 65 46 11 19 -8

Puerto Rico 39,985 40,506 39,959 26 547 -521

Virgin Islands 0 386 0 0 386 -386

Foreign country2† 19,511 † † † †

Unknown/other3† 0 † † † †

†Not applicable.

1Net migration is the difference between the number of students entering the state/area to attend school (into) and the number of 

students who leave the state to attend school in another state/area (out of). A positive net migration indicates more students 

coming into the state than leaving to attend school in another state.

2Students who are citizens of foreign countries attending an institution in the United States.

3Students whose residence is unknown and who could be from the U.S., other areas, or a foreign country.

NOTE: Some institutions did not report the number of enrollees who graduated from high school in the last 12 months.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
36

Table 19. Enrollment, residence, and migration of all first-time, degree/certificate-seeking students 

enrolled in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by state or other area: Fall 2002

Migration of students

State or other area

Enrollment in

institutions

located in the

designated 

area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in any state or 

other area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in the same 

designated area

Into

 designated 

area

Out of

designated 

area 

Net

migration1

United States 2,570,611 2,510,718 2,097,547 473,064 413,171 59,893

Alabama 43,065 38,541 34,845 8,220 3,696 4,524

Alaska 2,661 4,412 2,440 221 1,972 -1,751

Arizona 46,879 37,375 34,007 12,872 3,368 9,504

Arkansas 23,021 22,290 19,565 3,456 2,725 731

California 274,436 270,392 250,826 23,610 19,566 4,044

Colorado 45,624 42,376 35,728 9,896 6,648 3,248

Connecticut 26,680 30,910 17,895 8,785 13,015 -4,230

Delaware 9,299 7,046 5,126 4,173 1,920 2,253

District of Columbia 10,462 3,481 1,126 9,336 2,355 6,981

Florida 125,322 111,902 100,953 24,369 10,949 13,420

Georgia 75,130 74,177 64,023 11,107 10,154 953

Hawaii 9,211 8,975 6,249 2,962 2,726 236

Idaho 12,950 12,115 9,577 3,373 2,538 835

Illinois 110,013 121,365 98,429 11,584 22,936 -11,352

Indiana 62,691 55,296 49,029 13,662 6,267 7,395

Iowa 43,860 36,368 32,412 11,448 3,956 7,492

Kansas 29,271 27,921 24,215 5,056 3,706 1,350

Kentucky 37,998 35,632 31,614 6,384 4,018 2,366

Louisiana 43,149 41,441 37,724 5,425 3,717 1,708

Maine 10,287 11,628 7,603 2,684 4,025 -1,341

Maryland 41,501 46,276 31,500 10,001 14,776 -4,775

Massachusetts 67,654 58,293 41,651 26,003 16,642 9,361

Michigan 88,325 87,455 79,221 9,104 8,234 870

Minnesota 64,246 64,654 53,262 10,984 11,392 -408

Mississippi 37,841 32,648 30,702 7,139 1,946 5,193

Missouri 49,730 47,387 40,100 9,630 7,287 2,343

Montana 7,868 8,369 6,146 1,722 2,223 -501

Nebraska 19,928 19,833 16,740 3,188 3,093 95

Nevada 10,236 10,645 8,657 1,579 1,988 -409

New Hampshire 12,408 11,131 6,045 6,363 5,086 1,277

New Jersey 55,624 79,381 50,960 4,664 28,421 -23,757

New Mexico 15,834 16,029 12,983 2,851 3,046 -195

New York 172,618 166,213 138,513 34,105 27,700 6,405

North Carolina 78,576 69,176 63,235 15,341 5,941 9,400

North Dakota 9,149 8,167 5,830 3,319 2,337 982

Ohio 100,076 100,381 86,241 13,835 14,140 -305

Oklahoma 34,659 32,632 29,391 5,268 3,241 2,027

Oregon 27,112 25,869 21,160 5,952 4,709 1,243

Pennsylvania 131,518 118,962 101,306 30,212 17,656 12,556

Rhode Island 14,819 8,969 6,022 8,797 2,947 5,850

South Carolina 37,589 34,488 30,958 6,631 3,530 3,101

South Dakota 9,124 8,728 6,411 2,713 2,317 396

Tennessee 44,876 41,582 34,662 10,214 6,920 3,294

Texas 188,647 187,625 171,141 17,506 16,484 1,022

Utah 28,866 23,478 21,816 7,050 1,662 5,388

See notes at end of table.
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Table 19. Enrollment, residence, and migration of all first-time, degree/certificate-seeking students 

enrolled in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by state or other area: Fall 2002—

Continued

Migration of students

State or other area

Enrollment in

institutions

located in the

designated 

area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in any state or 

other area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in the same 

designated area

Into

designated

 area

Out of

designated 

area 

Net

migration1

Vermont 6,583 5,214 2,442 4,141 2,772 1,369

Virginia 56,031 52,058 41,262 14,769 10,796 3,973

Washington 36,549 39,319 31,433 5,116 7,886 -2,770

West Virginia 16,826 14,465 12,206 4,620 2,259 2,361

Wisconsin 57,559 57,587 48,893 8,666 8,694 -28

Wyoming 6,230 4,671 3,272 2,958 1,399 1,559

State of residence unknown † 35,390 † † 35,390 -35,390

Other areas 40,931 41,396 39,549 1,382 1,847 -465

American Samoa 477 537 477 0 60 -60

Federated States of Micronesia 952 1,089 951 1 138 -137

Guam 756 557 374 382 183 199

Marshall Islands 224 75 0 224 75 149

Northern Marianas 241 177 144 97 33 64

Palau 103 125 85 18 40 -22

Puerto Rico 37,547 37,702 36,943 604 759 -155

Virgin Islands 631 1,134 575 56 559 -503

Foreign country2† 35,418 † † † †

Unknown/other3† 24,010 † † † †

†Not applicable.

1Net migration is the difference between the number of students entering the state/area to attend school (into) and the number of 

students who leave the state to attend school in another state/area (out of). A positive net migration indicates more students 

coming into the state than leaving to attend school in another state.

2Students who are citizens of foreign countries attending an institution in the United States.

3Students whose residence is unknown and who could be from the U.S., other areas, or a foreign country.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 20. Enrollment, residence, and migration of all first-time, degree/certificate-seeking students 

graduating from high school in the past 12 months enrolled in Title IV degree-granting 

institutions, by state or other area: Fall 2002

Migration of students

State or other area

Enrollment in

institutions

located in the

designated 

area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in any state or 

other area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in the same 

designated area

Into 

designated

area

Out of

designated 

area 

Net

migration1

United States 1,680,426 1,659,810 1,346,818 333,608 312,992 20,616

Alabama 25,609 22,894 20,215 5,394 2,679 2,715

Alaska 2,033 3,333 1,848 185 1,485 -1,300

Arizona 26,028 21,915 19,427 6,601 2,488 4,113

Arkansas 17,255 16,101 14,291 2,964 1,810 1,154

California 180,900 182,266 166,943 13,957 15,323 -1,366

Colorado 26,615 24,976 19,739 6,876 5,237 1,639

Connecticut 20,995 23,528 12,796 8,199 10,732 -2,533

Delaware 4,860 3,322 1,780 3,080 1,542 1,538

District of Columbia 8,044 2,364 686 7,358 1,678 5,680

Florida 79,934 74,218 66,042 13,892 8,176 5,716

Georgia 42,165 42,870 35,149 7,016 7,721 -705

Hawaii 6,076 6,733 4,462 1,614 2,271 -657

Idaho 7,907 7,439 5,487 2,420 1,952 468

Illinois 65,455 76,378 57,252 8,203 19,126 -10,923

Indiana 44,991 38,023 33,388 11,603 4,635 6,968

Iowa 27,622 23,314 20,271 7,351 3,043 4,308

Kansas 18,004 17,342 14,636 3,368 2,706 662

Kentucky 25,987 24,050 21,481 4,506 2,569 1,937

Louisiana 28,382 26,677 23,924 4,458 2,753 1,705

Maine 6,560 7,524 4,341 2,219 3,183 -964

Maryland 28,017 32,851 20,911 7,106 11,940 -4,834

Massachusetts 48,668 42,482 28,982 19,686 13,500 6,186

Michigan 56,179 58,102 51,675 4,504 6,427 -1,923

Minnesota 37,421 40,062 30,088 7,333 9,974 -2,641

Mississippi 19,316 17,556 16,379 2,937 1,177 1,760

Missouri 33,770 32,463 26,757 7,013 5,706 1,307

Montana 5,830 6,115 4,328 1,502 1,787 -285

Nebraska 13,152 13,340 10,834 2,318 2,506 -188

Nevada 6,042 6,626 5,045 997 1,581 -584

New Hampshire 8,728 8,279 4,321 4,407 3,958 449

New Jersey 35,450 56,795 32,200 3,250 24,595 -21,345

New Mexico 10,304 11,081 8,786 1,518 2,295 -777

New York 116,679 117,743 94,209 22,470 23,534 -1,064

North Carolina 51,908 44,795 40,658 11,250 4,137 7,113

North Dakota 7,427 6,213 4,581 2,846 1,632 1,214

Ohio 70,511 70,804 59,696 10,815 11,108 -293

Oklahoma 20,605 19,491 17,096 3,509 2,395 1,114

Oregon 16,493 16,017 12,271 4,222 3,746 476

Pennsylvania 92,473 80,264 66,132 26,341 14,132 12,209

Rhode Island 9,979 5,612 3,269 6,710 2,343 4,367

South Carolina 23,274 20,474 17,905 5,369 2,569 2,800

South Dakota 5,657 5,757 3,906 1,751 1,851 -100

Tennessee 31,319 29,494 24,166 7,153 5,328 1,825

Texas 119,005 122,713 109,858 9,147 12,855 -3,708

Utah 18,253 14,537 13,299 4,954 1,238 3,716

See notes at end of table.
39

Table 20. Enrollment, residence, and migration of all first-time, degree/certificate-seeking students 

graduating from high school in the past 12 months enrolled in Title IV degree-granting 

institutions, by state or other area: Fall 2002—Continued

Migration of students

State or other area

Enrollment in

institutions

located in the

designated 

area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in any state or 

other area

Residents of 

designated 

area attending 

an institution 

in the same 

designated area

Into 

designated 

area

Out of

designated 

area

Net

migration1

Vermont 5,425 3,809 1,633 3,792 2,176 1,616

Virginia 42,577 39,207 30,921 11,656 8,286 3,370

Washington 25,376 26,792 21,058 4,318 5,734 -1,416

West Virginia 11,884 9,678 8,338 3,546 1,340 2,206

Wisconsin 38,340 38,017 30,978 7,362 7,039 323

Wyoming 4,942 3,424 2,380 2,562 1,044 1,518

State of residence unknown † 13,950 † † 13,950 -13,950

Other areas 20,540 21,683 20,462 78 1,221 -1,143

American Samoa 0 54 0 0 54 -54

Federated States of Micronesia 951 1,015 951 0 64 -64

Guam 98 226 73 25 153 -128

Marshall Islands 0 20 0 0 20 -20

Northern Marianas 71 77 55 16 22 -6

Palau 57 65 46 11 19 -8

Puerto Rico 19,363 19,848 19,337 26 511 -485

Virgin Islands 0 378 0 0 378 -378

Foreign country2† 19,473 † † † †

Unknown/other3† 0 † † † †

†Not applicable

1Net migration is the difference between the number of students entering the state/area to attend school (into) and the number of 

students who leave the state to attend school in another state/area (out of). A positive net migration indicates more students 

coming into the state than leaving to attend school in another state.

2Students who are citizens of foreign countries attending an institution in the United States.

3Students whose residence is unknown and who could be from the U.S., other areas, or a foreign country.

NOTE: Some institutions did not report the number of enrollees w ho graduated from high school in the last 12 months.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
40

Table 21. Full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students enrolled and those 

receiving financial aid in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by level of institution and 

state or other area: Academic year 2001–02

All institutions 4-year 2-year

State or other area

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial 

aid 

recipients

Percent 

receiving 

financial 

aid

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial 

aid 

recipients

Percent 

receiving 

financial 

aid

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial 

aid 

recipients

Percent 

receiving 

financial 

aid

United States 2,050,016 1,481,592 72.3 1,332,901 1,018,127 76.4 717,115 463,465 64.6

Alabama 35,254 24,458 69.4 21,151 15,382 72.7 14,103 9,076 64.4

Alaska 2,178 1,568 72.0 2,117 1,529 72.2 61 39 63.9

Arizona 43,839 30,629 69.9 23,631 15,042 63.7 20,208 15,587 77.1

Arkansas 19,145 15,615 81.6 13,288 11,214 84.4 5,857 4,401 75.1

California 193,054 115,694 59.9 99,890 65,717 65.8 93,164 49,977 53.6

Colorado 37,091 23,869 64.4 26,285 15,935 60.6 10,806 7,934 73.4

Connecticut 21,222 13,690 64.5 17,168 11,581 67.5 4,054 2,109 52.0

Delaware 6,260 4,493 71.8 4,792 3,802 79.3 1,468 691 47.1

District of Columbia 9,001 6,134 68.1 9,001 6,134 68.1 0 0 †

Florida 95,415 74,437 78.0 58,856 49,279 83.7 36,559 25,158 68.8

Georgia 52,579 45,618 86.8 34,212 30,240 88.4 18,367 15,378 83.7

Hawaii 6,348 3,213 50.6 3,209 1,768 55.1 3,139 1,445 46.0

Idaho 9,936 8,032 80.8 7,883 6,295 79.9 2,053 1,737 84.6

Illinois 80,985 53,958 66.6 50,706 39,482 77.9 30,279 14,476 47.8

Indiana 53,890 40,759 75.6 43,376 32,555 75.1 10,514 8,204 78.0

Iowa 32,508 26,602 81.8 20,411 17,798 87.2 12,097 8,804 72.8

Kansas 23,924 17,272 72.2 14,085 9,624 68.3 9,839 7,648 77.7

Kentucky 31,292 27,760 88.7 20,349 18,715 92.0 10,943 9,045 82.7

Louisiana 39,692 31,029 78.2 26,992 22,407 83.0 12,700 8,622 67.9

Maine 8,802 7,047 80.1 6,774 5,408 79.8 2,028 1,639 80.8

Maryland 30,564 19,417 63.5 19,591 13,789 70.4 10,973 5,628 51.3

Massachusetts 57,923 38,644 66.7 45,637 32,896 72.1 12,286 5,748 46.8

Michigan 65,682 50,422 76.8 49,998 40,978 82.0 15,684 9,444 60.2

Minnesota 50,608 38,058 75.2 29,650 23,784 80.2 20,958 14,274 68.1

Mississippi 28,123 22,329 79.4 9,045 7,402 81.8 19,078 14,927 78.2

Missouri 45,331 38,164 84.2 28,746 25,022 87.0 16,585 13,142 79.2

Montana 6,955 5,465 78.6 5,575 4,519 81.1 1,380 946 68.6

Nebraska 18,111 14,138 78.1 11,627 9,320 80.2 6,484 4,818 74.3

Nevada 8,064 6,729 83.4 4,880 4,094 83.9 3,184 2,635 82.8

New Hampshire 10,552 7,902 74.9 8,989 6,730 74.9 1,563 1,172 75.0

New Jersey 44,670 28,299 63.4 25,165 19,380 77.0 19,505 8,919 45.7

New Mexico 12,561 10,201 81.2 6,618 5,655 85.4 5,943 4,546 76.5

New York 153,965 122,744 79.7 106,063 85,668 80.8 47,902 37,076 77.4

North Carolina 58,603 37,684 64.3 39,082 27,997 71.6 19,521 9,687 49.6

North Dakota 7,743 6,348 82.0 5,639 4,654 82.5 2,104 1,694 80.5

Ohio 87,034 72,843 83.7 63,362 55,293 87.3 23,672 17,550 74.1

Oklahoma 28,664 22,378 78.1 18,135 14,868 82.0 10,529 7,510 71.3

Oregon 22,406 15,613 69.7 13,270 10,094 76.1 9,136 5,519 60.4

Pennsylvania 111,462 87,116 78.2 80,227 65,337 81.4 31,235 21,779 69.7

Rhode Island 12,938 9,422 72.8 11,010 8,679 78.8 1,928 743 38.5

South Carolina 29,486 22,845 77.5 19,372 15,795 81.5 10,114 7,050 69.7

South Dakota 7,368 6,503 88.3 5,577 5,072 90.9 1,791 1,431 79.9

Tennessee 40,453 26,038 64.4 25,902 16,641 64.2 14,551 9,397 64.6

Texas 132,731 85,366 64.3 72,414 51,151 70.6 60,317 34,215 56.7

Utah 21,788 13,626 62.5 16,988 10,034 59.1 4,800 3,592 74.8

See notes at end of table.
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Table 21. Full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students enrolled and those 

receiving financial aid in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by level of institution and 

state or other area: Academic year 2001–02—Continued

All institutions 4-year 2-year

State or other area

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial 

aid 

recipients

Percent 

receiving 

financial 

aid

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial 

aid 

recipients

Percent 

receiving 

financial 

aid

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial 

aid 

recipients

Percent 

receiving 

financial 

aid

Vermont 6,343 4,767 75.2 5,933 4,565 76.9 410 202 49.3

Virginia 48,733 31,496 64.6 37,314 25,063 67.2 11,419 6,433 56.3

Washington 32,838 18,967 57.8 17,903 12,002 67.0 14,935 6,965 46.6

West Virginia 15,303 11,655 76.2 12,749 9,484 74.4 2,554 2,171 85.0

Wisconsin 44,744 29,574 66.1 30,842 20,975 68.0 13,902 8,599 61.9

Wyoming 5,855 4,962 84.7 1,422 1,279 89.9 4,433 3,683 83.1

Other areas 39,397 34,249 86.9 31,214 26,751 85.7 8,183 7,498 91.6

American Samoa 274 252 92.0 0 0 † 274 252 92.0

Federated States of Micronesia 854 854 100.0 0 0 † 854 854 100.0

Guam 4151388193.5 4151388193.5 0 0 †

Marshall Islands 191 191 100.0 0 0 † 191 191 100.0

Northern Marianas 152 98 64.5 152 98 64.5 0 0 †

Palau 160 132 82.5 0 0 † 160 132 82.5

Puerto Rico 37,109 32,132 86.6 30,405 26,063 85.7 6,704 6,069 90.5

Virgin Islands 242 202 83.5 242 202 83.5 0 0 †

†Not applicable.

1The response rate for this item is 66.7 percent.

NOTE: Student financial aid data are not imputed and represent institutions surveyed in 2002–03. The item response rates for all cells 

on this table range from 85.7 percent to 100.0 percent, except where indicated. 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 22. Full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students enrolled and those 

receiving financial aid in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by control of institution and 

state or other area: Academic year 2001–02 

Public institutions Private not-for-profit institutions Private for-profit institutions

State or other area

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial 

aid 

recipients

Percent 

receiving 

financial 

aid

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial 

aid 

recipients

Percent 

receiving 

financial 

aid

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial 

aid 

recipients

Percent 

receiving 

financial 

aid

United States 1,389,913 932,201 67.1 453,883 376,169 82.9 206,220 173,222 84.0

Alabama 29,707 19,386 65.3 4,534 4,105 90.5 1,013 967 95.5

Alaska 1,931 1,366 70.7 84 80 95.2 163 122 74.8

Arizona 20,257 13,440 66.3 3,698 3,301 89.3 19,884 13,888 69.8

Arkansas 15,938 12,624 79.2 2,756 2,567 93.1 451 424 94.0

California 132,393 65,842 49.7 24,658 19,587 79.4 36,003 30,265 84.1

Colorado 25,674 14,918 58.1 3,980 2,976 74.8 7,437 5,975 80.3

Connecticut 12,021 7,245 60.3 8,628 6,024 69.8 573 421 73.5

Delaware 5,414 3,791 70.0 846 702 83.0 0 0 †

District of Columbia 486 297 61.1 8,301 5,766 69.5 214 71 33.2

Florida 59,351 44,464 74.9 14,911 12,920 86.6 21,153 17,053 80.6

Georgia 39,398 34,426 87.4 11,069 9,444 85.3 2,112 1,748 82.8

Hawaii 4,741 2,029 42.8 1,257 890 70.8 350 294 84.0

Idaho 7,146 5,747 80.4 2,207 1,763 79.9 583 522 89.5

Illinois 50,910 28,715 56.4 24,206 20,051 82.8 5,869 5,192 88.5

Indiana 35,149 24,495 69.7 13,317 11,309 84.9 5,424 4,955 91.4

Iowa 22,386 17,212 76.9 8,058 7,670 95.2 2,064 1,720 83.3

Kansas 21,130 14,617 69.2 2,500 2,386 95.4 294 269 91.5

Kentucky 23,595 20,733 87.9 4,930 4,746 96.3 2,767 2,281 82.4

Louisiana 30,491 22,913 75.1 5,055 4,336 85.8 4,146 3,780 91.2

Maine 5,415 4,597 84.9 2,945 2,069 70.3 442 381 86.2

Maryland 24,442 14,919 61.0 5,200 3,840 73.8 922 658 71.4

Massachusetts 23,923 13,321 55.7 33,231 24,645 74.2 769 678 88.2

Michigan 52,117 39,981 76.7 12,439 9,548 76.8 1,126 893 79.3

Minnesota 35,475 25,023 70.5 10,048 9,103 90.6 5,085 3,932 77.3

Mississippi 26,125 20,442 78.2 1,536 1,434 93.4 462 453 98.1

Missouri 26,388 21,234 80.5 9,915 8,800 88.8 9,028 8,130 90.1

Montana 6,228 4,786 76.8 727 679 93.4 0 0 †

Nebraska 12,530 9,417 75.2 4,251 3,536 83.2 1,330 1,185 89.1

Nevada 5,618 4,645 82.7 75 75 100.0 2,371 2,009 84.7

New Hampshire 5,677 4,502 79.3 3,883 2,852 73.4 992 548 55.2

New Jersey 34,678 20,032 57.8 7,840 6,303 80.4 2,152 1,964 91.3

New Mexico 10,916 8,979 82.3 547 472 86.3 1,0981750168.3

New York 84,336 64,498 76.5 58,013 47,785 82.4 11,616 10,461 90.1

North Carolina 44,762 26,034 58.2 13,325 11,165 83.8 516 485 94.0

North Dakota 6,844 5,466 79.9 853 838 98.2 46 44 95.7

Ohio 56,423 46,033 81.6 22,873 20,061 87.7 7,738 6,749 87.2

Oklahoma 22,623 16,891 74.7 3,919 3,541 90.4 2,122 1,946 91.7

Oregon 15,735 9,831 62.5 3,645 3,244 89.0 3,026 2,538 83.9

Pennsylvania 56,586 40,469 71.5 39,545 33,102 83.7 15,331 13,545 88.4

Rhode Island 4,939 3,003 60.8 7,999 6,419 80.2 0 0 †

South Carolina 21,993 16,123 73.3 6,673 5,979 89.6 820 743 90.6

South Dakota 5,94625,196287.4 1,218 1,140 93.6 204 167 81.9

Tennessee 26,038 13,610 52.3 9,522 7,814 82.1 4,893 4,614 94.3

Texas 104,937 60,981 58.1 16,955 14,828 87.5 10,839 9,557 88.2

Utah 13,956 8,383 60.1 5,771 3,447 59.7 2,061 1,796 87.1

See notes at end of table.
43

Table 22. Full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students enrolled and those 

receiving financial aid in Title IV degree-granting institutions, by control of institution and 

state or other area: Academic year 2001–02—Continued

Public institutions Private not-for-profit institutions Private for-profit institutions

State or other area

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial 

aid 

recipients

Percent 

receiving 

financial 

aid

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial 

aid 

recipients

Percent 

receiving 

financial 

aid

Number 

enrolled

Number of 

financial 

aid 

recipients

Percent 

receiving 

financial 

aid

Vermont 3,220 2,534 78.7 2,750 2,123 77.2 373 110 29.5

Virginia 35,571 20,224 56.9 10,004 8,594 85.9 3,158 2,678 84.8

Washington 25,993 12,983 49.9 4,212 3,759 89.2 2,633 2,225 84.5

West Virginia 12,040 8,625 71.6 1,812 1,697 93.7 1,45131,333391.9

Wisconsin 36,876 22,337 60.6 7,162 6,654 92.9 706 583 82.6

Wyoming 3,445 2,842 82.5 0 0 † 2,410 2,120 88.0

Other areas 15,893 12,521 78.8 18,185 17,234 94.8 5,319 4,494 84.5

American Samoa 274 252 92.0 0 0 † 0 0 †

Federated States of 

Micronesia 854 854 100.0 0 0 † 0 0 †

Guam 3974370493.2 18 18 100.0 0 0 †

Marshall Islands 191 191 100.0 0 0 † 0 0 †

Northern Marianas 152 98 64.5 0 0 † 0 0 †

Palau 160 132 82.5 0 0 † 0 0 †

Puerto Rico 13,623 10,422 76.5 18,167 17,216 94.8 5,319 4,494 84.5

Virgin Islands 242 202 83.5 0 0 † 0 0 †

†Not applicable.

1The response rate for this item is 83.3 percent.

2The response rate for this item is 84.6 percent.

3The response rate for this item is 81.8 percent.

4The response rate for this item is 50.0 percent.

NOTE: Student financial aid data are not imputed and represent institutions surveyed in 2002–03. The item response rates for all cells 

on this table range from 85.7 percent to 100 percent, except where indicated.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 23. Types and average amounts of financial aid received by full-time, first-time 

degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in Title IV degree-granting 

institutions, by control and level of institution: United States, academic year 2001–02

Control and level of institution

Number of 

financial aid 

recipients 

Number

receiving

Percent 

receiving

Average

amount1

Number

receiving

Percent 

receiving

Average

 amount1

Federal grants State/local grants

Total recipients 1,480,878 681,806 46.0 $2,739 665,972 45.0 $2,057

Public 931,828 434,011 46.6 2,665 483,523 51.9 1,740

4-year 599,370 223,548 37.3 2,826 314,447 52.5 2,117

2-year 332,458 210,463 63.3 2,494 169,076 50.9 1,040

Private not-for-profit 375,986 130,855 34.8 3,107 147,789 39.3 2,980

4-year 361,456 121,939 33.7 3,129 141,959 39.3 3,000

2-year 14,530 8,916 61.4 2,796 5,830 40.1 2,495

Private for-profit 173,064 116,940 67.6 2,603 34,660 20.0 2,539

4-year 56,674 34,967 61.7 2,638 13,345 23.5 2,732

2-year 116,390 81,973 70.4 2,588 21,315 18.3 2,418

Institutional grants Student loans2

Total recipients 1,480,878 645,292 43.6 $4,918 833,785 56.3 $3,970

Public 931,828 323,224 34.7 2,324 429,725 46.1 3,105

4-year 599,370 253,958 42.4 2,677 338,669 56.5 3,274

2-year 332,458 69,266 20.8 1,032 91,056 27.4 2,474

Private not-for-profit 375,986 308,481 82.0 7,782 259,517 69.0 4,251

4-year 361,456 303,652 84.0 7,859 250,255 69.2 4,263

2-year 14,530 4,829 33.2 2,906 9,262 63.7 3,905

Private for-profit 173,064 13,587 7.9 1,594 144,543 83.5 6,040

4-year 56,674 7,586 13.4 1,678 50,167 88.5 6,060

2-year 116,390 6,001 5.2 1,488 94,376 81.1 6,029

1Average grant (or loan) amounts were calculated by dividing the total grants (or loans) awarded by the total number of recipients.

2Student loans include only loans made directly to students; federal loans to parents (PLUS) and other loans made directly to 

parents are not included.

NOTE: Student financial aid data are not imputed. The item response rates for all cells on this table range from 96.5 percent to 99.6 

percent. The numbers shown differ from Tables 21 and 22 because they reflect only those institutions that reported the number of 

recipients by types of financial aid and the average amounts received. 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 24. Types and average amounts of financial aid received by full-time, first-time 

degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in Title IV degree-granting public 

institutions, by level of institution and region: United States, academic year 2001–02

Level of institution and region

Number of 

financial aid 

recipients 

Number 

receiving

Percent 

receiving

Average

amount1

Number 

receiving

Percent 

receiving

Average

 amount1

Federal grants State/local grants

Public institutions 931,621 433,956 46.6 $2,665 483,523 51.9 $1,740

4-year 599,163 223,493 37.3 2,826 314,447 52.5 2,117

New England 25,489 8,766 34.4 2,782 11,987 47.0 1,973

Mid East 93,146 40,564 43.5 2,832 58,709 63.0 2,139

Great Lakes 116,832 34,941 29.9 2,855 70,352 60.2 2,088

Plains 56,584 17,094 30.2 2,478 12,917 22.8 1,596

Southeast 162,140 60,466 37.3 2,845 93,232 57.5 2,298

Southwest 61,260 25,355 41.4 2,720 27,695 45.2 2,134

Rocky Mountains 26,198 9,785 37.4 2,620 9,584 36.6 1,793

Far West 57,514 26,522 46.1 3,154 29,971 52.1 1,951

2-year 332,458 210,463 63.3 2,494 169,076 50.9 1,040

New England 9,713 6,256 64.4 2,431 5,476 56.4 1,041

Mid East 50,653 35,977 71.0 2,448 31,905 63.0 1,207

Great Lakes 44,729 25,463 56.9 2,372 25,854 57.8 1,202

Plains 41,581 22,226 53.5 2,417 13,001 31.3 1,225

Southeast 97,091 62,882 64.8 2,446 42,720 44.0 990

Southwest 39,031 25,895 66.3 2,576 14,086 36.1 893

Rocky Mountains 10,478 6,340 60.5 2,226 3,287 31.4 1,278

Far West 39,182 25,424 64.9 2,861 32,747 83.6 778

Institutional grants Student loans2

Public institutions 931,621 323,224 34.7 $2,324 429,559 46.1 $3,104

4-year 599,163 253,958 42.4 2,677 338,503 56.5 3,274

New England 25,489 12,381 48.6 3,552 19,613 76.9 3,233

Mid East 93,146 31,274 33.6 2,708 59,910 64.3 3,471

Great Lakes 116,832 43,343 37.1 2,999 66,148 56.6 3,395

Plains 56,584 31,242 55.2 2,279 37,689 66.6 3,536

Southeast 162,140 57,440 35.4 2,842 82,005 50.6 3,077

Southwest 61,260 32,631 53.3 2,132 28,407 46.4 2,886

Rocky Mountains 26,198 11,910 45.5 2,027 13,179 50.3 3,238

Far West 57,514 33,737 58.7 2,755 31,552 54.9 3,237

2-year 332,458 69,266 20.8 1,032 91,056 27.4 2,474

New England 9,713 1,741 17.9 937 2,721 28.0 2,359

Mid East 50,653 5,094 10.1 904 18,166 35.9 2,200

Great Lakes 44,729 9,803 21.9 1,027 14,813 33.1 2,605

Plains 41,581 11,539 27.8 995 20,817 50.1 2,915

Southeast 97,091 20,884 21.5 1,137 17,640 18.2 2,234

Southwest 39,031 11,160 28.6 1,020 8,303 21.3 2,270

Rocky Mountains 10,478 4,399 42.0 1,111 4,425 42.2 2,013

Far West 39,182 4,646 11.9 789 4,171 10.6 2,984

1Average grant (or loan) amounts were calculated by dividing the total grants (or loans) awarded by the total number of recipients.

2Student loans include only loans made directly to students; federal loans to parents (PLUS) and other loans made directly to 

parents are not included.

NOTE: Student financial aid data are not imputed. The item response rates for all cells on this table range from 96.4 percent to 

100.0 percent. U.S. service schools are not included in this table; by definition, they are not included in any of the OBE regions. 

The numbers shown differ from Tables 21 and 22 because they reflect only those institutions that reported the number of recipients 

by types of financial aid and the average amounts received. 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 25. Types and average amounts of financial aid received by full-time, first-time 

degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in Title IV degree-granting private 

not-for-profit institutions, by level of institution and region: United States, academic 

year 2001–02

Level of institution and region

Number of 

financial aid 

recipients 

Number 

receiving

Percent 

receiving

Average 

amount1

Number 

receiving

Percent 

receiving

Average

 amount1

Federal grants State/local grants

Private not-for-profit 

institutions 375,986 130,855 34.8 $3,107 147,789 39.3 $2,980

4-year 361,456 121,939 33.7 3,129 141,959 39.3 3,000

New England 43,537 11,441 26.3 3,559 8,574 19.7 2,009

Mid East 94,246 30,448 32.3 3,347 38,346 40.7 3,036

Great Lakes 66,698 22,328 33.5 2,905 37,629 56.4 2,793

Plains 32,190 10,585 32.9 2,765 9,592 29.8 2,744

Southeast 71,318 29,547 41.4 3,052 33,290 46.7 2,865

Southwest 19,556 7,221 36.9 2,986 7,637 39.1 2,974

Rocky Mountains 8,562 2,630 30.7 2,231 1,144 13.4 1,386

Far West 25,349 7,739 30.5 3,516 5,747 22.7 7,155

2-year 14,530 8,916 61.4 2,796 5,830 40.1 2,495

New England 584 399 68.3 3,289 230 39.4 2,005

Mid East 3,092 1,295 41.9 2,595 2,011 65.0 2,777

Great Lakes 925 538 58.2 2,060 513 55.5 2,584

Plains 1,271 669 52.6 2,133 542 42.6 2,020

Southeast 3,483 2,024 58.1 2,672 2,051 58.9 2,323

Southwest 2,586 2,436 94.2 3,152 231 8.9 2,555

Rocky Mountains 303 152 50.2 1,873 18 5.9 195

Far West 2,286 1,403 61.4 3,102 234 10.2 3,078

Institutional grants Student loans2

Private not-for-profit 

institutions 375,986 308,481 82.0 $7,782 259,517 69.0 $4,251

4-year 361,456 303,652 84.0 7,859 250,255 69.2 4,263

New England 43,537 36,985 85.0 10,210 34,318 78.8 4,289

Mid East 94,246 82,154 87.2 8,678 68,612 72.8 4,383

Great Lakes 66,698 56,566 84.8 7,172 44,858 67.3 4,070

Plains 32,190 30,051 93.4 6,669 22,793 70.8 4,302

Southeast 71,318 53,631 75.2 6,765 46,449 65.1 4,129

Southwest 19,556 15,550 79.5 5,357 12,547 64.2 4,648

Rocky Mountains 8,562 6,742 78.7 5,588 3,939 46.0 3,351

Far West 25,349 21,973 86.7 9,378 16,739 66.0 4,485

2-year 14,530 4,829 33.2 2,906 9,262 63.7 3,905

New England 584 339 58.0 2,372 529 90.6 2,653

Mid East 3,092 914 29.6 3,154 1,136 36.7 3,678

Great Lakes 925 390 42.2 1,505 470 50.8 2,934

Plains 1,271 725 57.0 2,940 855 67.3 3,333

Southeast 3,483 1,809 51.9 2,242 2,204 63.3 3,550

Southwest 2,586 264 10.2 3,886 2,127 82.3 3,029

Rocky Mountains 303 109 36.0 1,053 120 39.6 3,378

Far West 2,286 279 12.2 8,702 1,821 79.7 6,417

1Average grant (or loan) amounts were calculated by dividing the total grants (or loans) awarded by the total number of recipients.

2Student loans include only loans made directly to students; federal loans to parents (PLUS) and other loans made directly to 

parents are not included.

NOTE: Student financial aid data are not imputed. The item response rates for all cells on this table range from 93.9 percent to 

100.0 percent. The numbers shown differ from Tables 21 and 22 because they reflect only those institutions that reported the 

number of recipients by types of financial aid and the average amounts received. 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
47

Table 26. Types and average amounts of financial aid received by full-time, first-time degree/ 

certificate-seeking undergraduate students in Title IV degree-granting private for-profit 

institutions, by level of institution and region: United States, academic year 2001–02

Level of institution and region

Number of 

financial aid 

recipients 

Number

receiving

Percent 

receiving

Average

amount1

Number

receiving

Percent 

receiving

Average

 amount1

Federal grants State/local grants

Private for-profit institutions 173,064 116,940 67.6 $2,603 34,660 20.0 $2,539

4-year 56,674 34,967 61.7 2,638 13,345 23.5 2,732

New England 822 322 39.2 2,943 93 11.3 2,018

Mid East 6,353 3,778 59.5 2,687 3,129 49.3 3,972

Great Lakes 5,753 2,620 45.5 2,838 1,145 19.9 2,007

Plains 6,488 3,750 57.8 2,022 2,435 37.5 2,782

Southeast 15,715 11,639 74.1 2,437 4,558 29.0 973

Southwest 5,900 3,455 58.6 2,447 201 3.4 1,208

Rocky Mountains 3,302 2,221 67.3 2,574 173 5.2 1,589

Far West 12,341 7,182 58.2 3,286 1,611 13.1 6,094

2-year 116,390 81,973 70.4 2,588 21,315 18.3 2,418

New England 1,316 798 60.6 2,738 232 17.6 2,022

Mid East 20,261 14,361 70.9 2,664 11,142 55.0 2,896

Great Lakes 12,619 9,104 72.1 2,612 3,613 28.6 1,778

Plains 8,959 6,670 74.5 2,516 1,491 16.6 2,758

Southeast 20,771 15,282 73.6 2,852 2,833 13.6 1,087

Southwest 20,241 14,191 70.1 2,606 737 3.6 1,781

Rocky Mountains 7,111 4,297 60.4 2,188 194 2.7 1,788

Far West 25,112 17,270 68.8 2,385 1,073 4.3 3,291

Institutional grants Student loans2

Private for-profit institutions 173,064 13,587 7.9 $1,594 144,543 83.5 $6,040

4-year 56,674 7,586 13.4 1,678 50,167 88.5 6,060

New England 822 167 20.3 1,670 765 93.1 7,963

Mid East 6,353 2,242 35.3 2,227 4,335 68.2 3,658

Great Lakes 5,753 1,138 19.8 1,494 5,055 87.9 5,420

Plains 6,488 628 9.7 1,503 5,608 86.4 6,188

Southeast 15,715 1,728 11.0 1,355 14,678 93.4 5,582

Southwest 5,900 514 8.7 1,464 5,326 90.3 6,493

Rocky Mountains 3,302 285 8.6 1,562 3,160 95.7 7,054

Far West 12,341 884 7.2 1,437 11,240 91.1 7,222

2-year 116,390 6,001 5.2 1,488 94,376 81.1 6,029

New England 1,316 166 12.6 1,710 1,035 78.6 7,308

Mid East 20,261 1,656 8.2 1,855 15,925 78.6 4,956

Great Lakes 12,619 292 2.3 1,472 9,461 75.0 6,289

Plains 8,959 985 11.0 603 7,144 79.7 5,529

Southeast 20,771 937 4.5 1,583 18,125 87.3 7,519

Southwest 20,241 950 4.7 1,996 17,064 84.3 6,044

Rocky Mountains 7,111 523 7.4 532 6,081 85.5 4,505

Far West 25,112 492 2.0 1,815 19,541 77.8 5,969

1Average grant (or loan) amounts were calculated by dividing the total grants (or loans) awarded by the total number of recipients.

2Student loans include only loans made directly to students; federal loans to parents (PLUS) and other loans made directly to parents 

are not included.

NOTE: Student financial aid data are not imputed. The item response rates for all cells on this table range from 90.8 percent to 100.0

percent. The numbers shown differ from Tables 21 and 22 because they reflect only those institutions that reported the number of 

recipients by types of financial aid and the average amounts received. 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
48

Table 27. Revenues of Title IV degree-granting public institutions, by level of institution, 

accounting standards utilized, and source of funds: United States, fiscal year 2002

4-year 2-year

Source of funds Revenues

 (in thousands) Percent

Revenues 

(in thousands) Percent

 Institutions using GASB 35 standards

Total revenues and other sources 1$139,006,248 100.0 $21,208,715 100.0

Operating revenues282,056,021 59.0 6,791,851 32.0

Tuition and fees (net of allowances and 

discounts) 19,637,540 14.1 3,554,055 16.8

Grants and contracts 223,966,829 17.2 1,723,922 8.1

Federal2 (excludes FDSL loans) 14,791,033 10.6 394,009 1.9

State 3,755,173 2.7 951,743 4.5

Local 5,420,624 3.9 378,170 1.8

Sales and services of auxiliary enterprises after 

deducting discounts and allowances 12,108,828 8.7 993,903 4.7

Sales and services of hospitals 14,725,164 10.6 269 #

Independent operations 600,250 0.4 21,415 0.1

Other operating revenues 11,017,410 7.9 498,287 2.3

Non-operating revenues 46,827,419 33.7 13,127,962 61.9

Federal appropriations 181,027 0.1 34,351 0.2

State appropriations 39,669,733 28.5 7,957,384 37.5

Local appropriations 159,226 0.1 3,547,894 16.7

Non-operating grants 1,034,949 0.7 1,008,760 4.8

Federal 810,462 0.6 725,225 3.4

State 208,222 0.1 246,510 1.2

Local 16,265 # 37,026 0.2

Gifts 3,051,726 2.2 97,332 0.5

Investment income 1,399,362 1.0 236,080 1.1

Other non-operating revenues 1,331,395 1.0 246,160 1.2

Total other revenues and additions 10,122,807 7.3 1,288,902 6.1

Capital appropriations 3,595,462 2.6 952,769 4.5

Capital grants and gifts 1,777,936 1.3 187,801 0.9

Additions to permanent endowments 719,585 0.5 -2,874 #

Other revenues and additions 4,029,824 2.9 151,205 0.7

 Institutions using pre-GASB 35 standards

Total current funds revenues 112,600,000 100.0 11,936,161 100.0

Tuition and fees 2,220,319 17.6 2,091,572 17.5

Government appropriations 4,787,516 38.0 6,544,150 54.8

Federal 1,053,019 8.4 70,176 0.6

State 3,705,594 29.4 3,848,115 32.2

Local 28,902 0.2 2,625,858 22.0

Government grants and contracts 21,826,372 14.5 1,703,647 14.3

Federal21,424,114 11.3 587,884 4.9

State 366,239 2.9 944,588 7.9

Local 36,018 0.3 171,175 1.4

Private gifts, grants and contracts 542,401 4.3 151,857 1.3

Endowment income 123,272 1.0 10,979 0.1

Sales and services of education activities 216,763 1.7 99,949 0.8

Auxiliary enterprises 1,149,970 9.1 716,422 6.0

Hospitals 1,485,480 11.8 0 0.0

Independent operations 7,911 0.1 70,041 0.6

Other sources 239,996 1.9 547,544 4.6

See notes at end of table.
49

Table 27. Revenues of Title IV degree-granting public institutions, by level of institution, 

accounting standards utilized, and source of funds: United States, fiscal year 2002—

Continued

4-year 2-year

Source of funds Revenues

 (in thousands) Percent

Revenues

 (in thousands) Percent

 Institutions using FASB standards

Total revenues and investment return $4,488,665 100.0 $58,614 100.0

Tuition and fees 1,092,759 24.3 13,553 23.1

Government appropriations 629,424 14.0 23,521 40.1

Federal 23,424 0.5 0 0.0

State 605,999 13.5 10,760 18.4

Local 0 0.0 12,761 21.8

Government grants and contracts 551,266 12.3 8,583 14.6

Federal 403,872 9.0 6,575 11.2

State 141,536 3.2 1,622 2.8

Local 5,858 0.1 387 0.7

Private gifts, grants and contracts 342,060 7.6 0 0.0

Contributions from affiliated entities 0 0.0 0 0.0

Investment return -17,696 -0.4 238 0.4

Sales and services of educational activities 43,950 1.0 0 0.0

Sales and services of auxiliary enterprises 325,556 7.3 595 1.0

Hospital revenue 1,371,507 30.6 0 0.0

Independent operations revenue 15,863 0.4 0 0.0

Other revenue 133,976 3.0 12,124 20.7

#Rounds to zero.

1Excludes Pell Grants. Federally supported student aid that is received through students is included under tuition and auxiliary 

enterprises.

NOTE: Public institutions reported to IPEDS based on the accounting standards followed for fiscal year 2002, thus the categories 

for reporting revenues and expenditures differ. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 28. Revenues of Title IV degree-granting private institutions, by level and control of 

institution, and source of funds: United States, fiscal year 2002

4-year 2-year

Source of funds Revenues

 (in thousands) Percent

Revenues

 (in thousands) Percent

 Private not-for-profit institutions

Total revenues and investment return $83,764,907 100.0 $581,745 100.0

Tuition and fees 33,165,965 39.6 333,156 57.3

Government appropriations 747,381 0.9 10,385 1.8

Federal 376,147 0.4 5,016 0.9

State 355,370 0.4 5,092 0.9

Local 15,863 # 278 #

Government grants and contracts 12,059,271 14.4 95,611 16.4

Federal 10,659,122 12.7 75,434 13.0

State 925,417 1.1 17,893 3.1

Local 474,733 0.6 2,284 0.4

Private gifts, grants, and contracts 14,451,382 17.3 55,211 9.5

Contributions from affiliated entities 877,592 1.0 10,168 1.7

Investment return -6,547,915 -7.8 2,585 0.4

Sales and services of educational activities 3,206,440 3.8 14,429 2.5

Sales and services of auxiliary enterprises 9,263,171 11.1 54,750 9.4

Hospital revenue 8,083,935 9.7 0 0.0

Independent operations revenue 3,673,314 4.4 1,203 0.2

Other revenue 4,784,371 5.7 4,246 0.7

 Private for-profit institutions

Total revenues and investment return $3,775,017 100.0 $2,406,889 100.0

Tuition and fees 3,382,888 89.6 2,041,061 84.8

Government appropriations, grants, and contracts 77,898 2.1 180,960 7.5

Federal 64,761 1.7 146,611 6.1

State and local 13,137 0.3 34,349 1.4

Private grants and contracts 2,809 0.1 2,881 0.1

Investment income and investment gains (losses) 10,691 0.3 6,436 0.3

Sales and services of educational activities 46,676 1.2 26,409 1.1

Sales and services of auxiliary enterprises 132,401 3.5 83,883 3.5

Other revenue 121,655 3.2 65,259 2.7

#Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Private institutions reported to IPEDS using different versions of the Finance form for fiscal year 2002, thus the categories 

for reporting revenues and expenditures differ. When reporting standards for private not-for-profit institutions changed under rules 

116 and 117 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), accounting for scholarships changed, requiring that most 

scholarships be netted against tuition revenue. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 29. Expenditures/expenses of Title IV degree-granting public institutions, by level of 

institution, accounting standards utilized, and type of expenditure/expense: United 

States, fiscal year 2002

4-year 2-year

Type of expenditure/expense Expenditures 

(in thousands) Percent

Expenditures 

(in thousands) Percent

 Institutions using GASB 35 standards

Total expenses and other deductions1$134,083,317 100.0 $22,336,238 100.0

Operating expenses1126,647,985 94.5 19,485,589 87.2

Instruction 34,962,245 26.1 8,757,404 39.2

Research 16,722,840 12.5 9,747 #

Public service 7,097,431 5.3 467,888 2.1

Academic support 8,860,353 6.6 1,678,320 7.5

Student services 4,782,744 3.6 1,925,871 8.6

Institutional support 9,364,675 7.0 3,101,683 13.9

Operation and maintenance of plant 7,507,779 5.6 1,932,572 8.7

Depreciation 6,205,886 4.6 794,544 3.6

Scholarships and fellowships2 (excluding discounts and 

allowances) 1,194,707 0.9 -407,787 -1.8

Auxiliary enterprises 11,056,118 8.2 1,054,007 4.7

Hospital services 13,964,657 10.4 0 0.0

Independent operations 440,798 0.3 19,867 0.1

Other operating expenses and deductions 4,487,750 3.3 151,473 0.7

Non-operating expenses 7,435,332 5.5 2,850,648 12.8

Interest 1,545,628 1.2 214,638 1.0

Other non-operating expenses and deductions 5,889,703 4.4 2,636,010 11.8

 Institutions using pre-GASB 35 standards

Total current fund expenditures and transfers1,2 $12,185,537 100.0 $11,471,756 100.0

Total educational and general expenditures and transfers1,2 9,787,807 80.3 10,609,425 92.5

Instruction 3,347,159 27.5 4,908,341 42.8

Research 1,316,195 10.8 15,753 0.1

Public service 519,943 4.3 278,786 2.4

Academic support 911,688 7.5 934,353 8.1

Student services 632,277 5.2 1,211,318 10.6

Institutional support 1,146,349 9.4 1,685,179 14.7

Operation and maintenance of plant 970,702 8.0 1,019,736 8.9

Scholarships and fellowships1514,086 4.2 446,021 3.9

Mandatory transfers 429,408 3.5 109,937 1.0

Auxiliary enterprises 21,078,348 8.8 798,162 7.0

Hospital services21,257,260 10.3 15 #

Independent operations27,573 0.1 19,956 0.2

Other operating expenses and deductions 54,549 0.4 44,199 0.4

See notes at end of table.
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Table 29. Expenditures/expenses of Title IV degree-granting public institutions, by level of 

institution, accounting standards utilized, and type of expenditure/expense: United 

States, fiscal year 2002—Continued

4-year 2-year

Type of expenditure/expense Expenditures 

(in thousands) Percent

Expenditures

(in thousands) Percent

 Institutions using FASB standards

Total expenses $4,452,982 100.0 $55,455 100.0

Instruction 1,133,312 25.5 17,426 31.4

Research 579,822 13.0 0 0.0

Public service 123,490 2.8 54 0.1

Academic support 356,114 8.0 4,355 7.9

Student services 152,131 3.4 5,120 9.2

Institutional support 270,482 6.1 9,799 17.7

Auxiliary enterprises 315,544 7.1 4,209 7.6

Net grant aid to students 12,270 0.3 2,521 4.5

Hospital services 1,448,682 32.5 0 0.0

Independent operations 13,616 0.3 0 0.0

Other expenses 47,519 1.1 11,969 21.6

#Rounds to zero.

1Excludes Pell Grants.

2Exludes nonmandatory transfers.

NOTE: Public institutions reported to IPEDS based on the accounting standards followed for fiscal year 2002, thus the categories 

for reporting revenues and expenditures differ. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 30. Expenses of Title IV degree-granting private institutions, by leve l and control of 

institution and type of expenditure/expense: United States, fiscal year 2002

4-year 2-year

Type of expenditure/expense Expenditures 

(in thousands) Percent

Expenditures

(in thousands) Percent

Private not-for-profit institutions

Total expenses $91,612,337 100.0 $579,960 100.0

Instruction 29,492,583 32.2 196,459 33.9

Research 10,035,394 11.0 86 #

Public service 1,658,781 1.8 7,102 1.2

Academic support 7,768,870 8.5 33,767 5.8

Student services 6,497,127 7.1 76,058 13.1

Institutional support 11,914,149 13.0 153,971 26.5

Auxiliary enterprises 9,470,557 10.3 45,271 7.8

Net grant aid to students 1,173,725 1.3 14,965 2.6

Hospital services 7,632,942 8.3 100 #

Independent operations 3,396,831 3.7 1,147 0.2

Other expenses 2,571,376 2.8 51,033 8.8

Private for-profit institutions

Total expenses $3,046,929 100.0 $2,040,363 100.0

Instruction 883,899 29.0 633,490 31.0

Research and public service 3,192 0.1 13,440 0.7

Academic support, student services, and institutional support 1,842,373 60.5 1,134,853 55.6

Auxiliary enterprises 134,741 4.4 78,455 3.8

Net grant aid to students 8,229 0.3 15,054 0.7

Other expenses 174,495 5.7 165,071 8.1

#Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Private not-for-profit and private for-profit institutions use different versions of the IPEDS Finance form, thus the categories 

differ. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 31. Scholarship and fellowship expenditures of Title IV degree-granting institutions, by 

level and control of institution, accounting standards utilized, and source of funds: 

United States, fiscal year 2002

4-year 2-year

Source of funds Amount

(in thousands) Percent

Amount

(in thousands) Percent

Public institutions (GASB 35)

Total scholarships and fellowships $9,481,166 100.0 $3,214,140 100.0

Federal government 3,719,926 39.2 2,416,027 75.2

Pell grants 3,043,641 32.1 2,180,060 67.8

Other federal 676,285 7.1 235,967 7.3

State government 1,729,195 18.2 479,612 14.9

Local government 14,706 0.2 34,920 1.1

Institutional grants from restricted resources 1,175,185 12.4 98,463 3.1

Institutional grants from unrestricted resources 2,842,154 30.0 185,118 5.8

Public institutions (pre-GASB 35)

Total scholarships and fellowships $808,590 100.0 $1,436,579 100.0

Federal government 337,746 41.8 1,074,056 74.8

Pell grants 294,504 36.4 990,558 69.0

Other federal 43,242 5.3 83,498 5.8

State government 199,502 24.7 195,311 13.6

Local government 796 0.1 4,323 0.3

Private 42,115 5.2 56,067 3.9

Institutional 228,431 28.3 106,822 7.4

Public institutions (FASB)

Total scholarships and fellowships $219,095 100.0 $4,076 100.0

Federal government 70,654 32.2 3,047 74.7

Pell grants 61,438 28.0 2,728 66.9

Other federal 9,216 4.2 319 7.8

State grants 14,533 6.6 539 13.2

Local grants 48 # 0 0.0

Institutional (funded) 41,531 19.0 491 12.0

Institutional (unfunded) 92,329 42.1 0 0.0

Private not-for-profit institutions

Total scholarships and fellowships $14,705,240 100.0 $141,687 100.0

Federal government 2,095,982 14.3 72,076 50.9

Pell grants 1,286,861 8.8 63,726 45.0

Other federal 809,121 5.5 8,349 5.9

State grants 1,291,156 8.8 37,865 26.7

Local grants 51,873 0.4 1,988 1.4

Institutional (funded) 2,904,701 19.8 10,954 7.7

Institutional (unfunded) 8,361,528 56.9 18,804 13.3

Private for-profit institutions

Total scholarships and fellowships $580,417 100.0 $669,823 100.0

Federal government 392,545 67.6 487,727 72.8

Pell grants 340,338 58.6 408,509 61.0

Other federal 52,207 9.0 79,218 11.8

State and local grants 143,952 24.8 169,290 25.3

Institutional 43,920 7.6 12,807 1.9

NOTE: Institutions reported to IPEDS based on the accounting standards followed for fiscal year 2002, thus the categories for 

reporting revenues and expenditures differ. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 32. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, and gender: United 

States, cohort year 1996

Degree-granting status and 

graduation rate component

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown 

Nonresident

alien 

All students

Adjusted cohort 1,118,522 802,700 124,493 66,622 62,894 8,778 31,700 21,335

Total completers 608,281 459,411 47,519 29,868 39,383 3,218 16,514 12,368

Graduation rate (%) 54.4 57.2 38.2 44.8 62.6 36.7 52.1 58.0

Men

Adjusted cohort 512,513 371,159 50,443 29,821 30,073 3,899 15,071 12,047

Total completers 261,635 200,185 16,283 12,106 17,657 1,337 7,389 6,678

Graduation rate (%) 51.0 53.9 32.3 40.6 58.7 34.3 49.0 55.4

Women

Adjusted cohort 606,009 431,541 74,050 36,801 32,821 4,879 16,629 9,288

Total completers 346,646 259,226 31,236 17,762 21,726 1,881 9,125 5,690

Graduation rate (%) 57.2 60.1 42.2 48.3 66.2 38.6 54.9 61.3

NOTE: The adjusted cohort reflects changes made by the institution to the original cohort and exclusions to the cohort reported by the 

institution. Perturbation procedures were applied to small cell sizes to protect the confidentiality of individuals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 33. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by control of institution and gender: 

United States and other areas, cohort year 1996

State or other area and 

graduation rate component Total Public

Private

 not-for-profit

Private

 for-profit

United States

All students

Adjusted cohort 1,118,522 703,614 378,665 36,243

Total completers 608,281 355,996 236,475 15,810

Graduation rate (%) 54.4 50.6 62.4 43.6

Men

Adjusted cohort 512,513 323,496 168,447 20,570

Total completers 261,635 151,924 100,803 8,908

Graduation rate (%) 51.0 47.0 59.8 43.3

Women

Adjusted cohort 606,009 380,118 210,218 15,673

Total completers 346,646 204,072 135,672 6,902

Graduation rate (%) 57.2 53.7 64.5 44.0

United States and other areas

All students

Adjusted cohort 1,148,921 719,072 392,052 37,797

Total completers 617,769 362,097 239,485 16,187

Graduation rate (%) 53.8 50.4 61.1 42.8

Men

Adjusted cohort 524,741 329,267 174,326 21,148

Total completers 264,429 153,752 101,679 8,998

Graduation rate (%) 50.4 46.7 58.3 42.5

Women

Adjusted cohort 624,180 389,805 217,726 16,649

Total completers 353,340 208,345 137,806 7,189

Graduation rate (%) 56.6 53.4 63.3 43.2

NOTE: The adjusted cohort reflects changes made by the institution to the original cohort and exclusions to the cohort reported by 

the institution. Perturbation procedures were applied to small cell sizes to protect the confidentiality of individuals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 34. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by gender and state or other area: Cohort year 

1996

All students Men Women

State or other area Adjusted 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

Adjusted 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

Adjusted 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

United States 1,118,522 608,281 54.4 512,513 261,635 51.0 606,009 346,646 57.2

Alabama 18,631 9,245 49.6 7,907 3,555 45.0 10,724 5,690 53.1

Alaska 840 336 40.0 374 133 35.6 466 203 43.6

Arizona 15,529 7,446 47.9 7,727 3,488 45.1 7,802 3,958 50.7

Arkansas 11,936 4,579 38.4 5,366 1,829 34.1 6,570 2,750 41.9

California 76,265 44,839 58.8 34,907 19,312 55.3 41,358 25,527 61.7

Colorado 19,425 10,373 53.4 10,010 5,218 52.1 9,415 5,155 54.8

Connecticut 14,238 8,903 62.5 6,746 3,917 58.1 7,492 4,986 66.6

Delaware 4,337 2,792 64.4 1,756 1,049 59.7 2,581 1,743 67.5

District of Columbia 6,575 4,492 68.3 2,628 1,790 68.1 3,947 2,702 68.5

Florida 37,200 19,237 51.7 16,952 8,189 48.3 20,248 11,048 54.6

Georgia 32,435 13,674 42.2 14,056 5,406 38.5 18,379 8,268 45.0

Hawaii 2,691 1,233 45.8 1,045 496 47.5 1,646 737 44.8

Idaho 6,084 2,617 43.0 2,766 900 32.5 3,318 1,717 51.7

Illinois 41,891 24,226 57.8 19,388 10,597 54.7 22,503 13,629 60.6

Indiana 38,563 20,958 54.3 18,245 9,587 52.5 20,318 11,371 56.0

Iowa 16,614 10,447 62.9 7,654 4,664 60.9 8,960 5,783 64.5

Kansas 12,007 5,988 49.9 5,749 2,615 45.5 6,258 3,373 53.9

Kentucky 17,948 7,649 42.6 8,062 3,075 38.1 9,886 4,574 46.3

Louisiana 24,868 9,320 37.5 10,861 3,585 33.0 14,007 5,735 40.9

Maine 5,943 3,415 57.5 2,706 1,537 56.8 3,237 1,878 58.0

Maryland 16,596 10,214 61.5 7,920 4,723 59.6 8,676 5,491 63.3

Massachusetts 41,329 27,118 65.6 18,802 11,676 62.1 22,527 15,442 68.5

Michigan 41,846 22,452 53.7 18,840 9,826 52.2 23,006 12,626 54.9

Minnesota 22,451 12,337 55.0 10,065 5,122 50.9 12,386 7,215 58.3

Mississippi 8,841 4,458 50.4 3,942 1,789 45.4 4,899 2,669 54.5

Missouri 25,658 13,705 53.4 11,900 5,975 50.2 13,758 7,730 56.2

Montana 5,331 2,241 42.0 2,643 1,041 39.4 2,688 1,200 44.6

Nebraska 10,431 5,230 50.1 4,821 2,230 46.3 5,610 3,000 53.5

Nevada 3,093 1,348 43.6 1,376 497 36.1 1,717 851 49.6

New Hampshire 8,092 5,078 62.8 3,656 2,255 61.7 4,436 2,823 63.6

New Jersey 22,003 13,252 60.2 10,270 5,639 54.9 11,733 7,613 64.9

New Mexico 5,014 2,054 41.0 2,426 869 35.8 2,588 1,185 45.8

New York 94,910 52,117 54.9 44,022 22,988 52.2 50,888 29,129 57.2

North Carolina 33,832 19,558 57.8 14,922 8,014 53.7 18,910 11,544 61.0

North Dakota 4,724 2,061 43.6 2,365 944 39.9 2,359 1,117 47.4

Ohio 52,796 28,452 53.9 24,769 12,317 49.7 28,027 16,135 57.6

Oklahoma 14,476 5,960 41.2 7,023 2,662 37.9 7,453 3,298 44.3

Oregon 10,928 5,730 52.4 4,990 2,462 49.3 5,938 3,268 55.0

Pennsylvania 70,941 44,157 62.2 33,057 19,553 59.1 37,884 24,604 64.9

Rhode Island 9,495 6,325 66.6 4,511 2,895 64.2 4,984 3,430 68.8

South Carolina 17,666 9,322 52.8 7,854 3,843 48.9 9,812 5,479 55.8

South Dakota 4,996 2,269 45.4 2,326 1,004 43.2 2,670 1,265 47.4

Tennessee 23,169 11,382 49.1 10,440 4,778 45.8 12,729 6,604 51.9

Texas 60,063 29,262 48.7 27,754 12,418 44.7 32,309 16,844 52.1

Utah 11,026 5,544 50.3 3,846 1,764 45.9 7,180 3,780 52.6

See notes at end of table.
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Table 34. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by gender and state or other area: Cohort year 

1996—Continued

All students Men Women

State or other area Adjusted 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

Adjusted 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

Adjusted 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

Vermont 5,727 3,504 61.2 2,888 1,688 58.4 2,839 1,816 64.0

Virginia 33,183 20,747 62.5 14,842 8,737 58.9 18,341 12,010 65.5

Washington 14,946 9,420 63.0 6,676 3,955 59.2 8,270 5,465 66.1

West Virginia 11,954 4,768 39.9 5,662 2,003 35.4 6,292 2,765 43.9

Wisconsin 27,782 15,794 56.8 12,425 6,736 54.2 15,357 9,058 59.0

Wyoming 1,203 653 54.3 575 290 50.4 628 363 57.8

Other areas 30,399 9,488 31.2 12,228 2,794 22.8 18,171 6,694 36.8

American Samoa † † † † † † † † †

Federated States of 

Micronesia † † † † † † † † †

Guam 359 126 35.1 145 44 30.3 214 82 38.3

Marshall Islands † † † † † † † † †

Northern Marianas 25 5 20.0 12 3 25.0 13 2 15.4

Palau † † † † † † † † †

Puerto Rico 29,692 9,229 31.1 11,987 2,727 22.7 17,705 6,502 36.7

Virgin Islands 323 128 39.6 84 20 23.8 239 108 45.2

†Not applicable. Area does not have any 4-year Title IV institutions.

NOTE: The adjusted cohort reflects changes made by the institution to the original cohort and exclusions to the cohort reported by the 

institution. Perturbation procedures were applied to small cell sizes to protect the confidentiality of individuals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 35. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, control of institution, and 

Carnegie classification: United States, cohort year 1996

Carnegie classification

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown 

Nonresident

alien 

All institutions

Doctoral/research 

universities—extensive 66.1 67.2 51.3 59.5 73.0 46.6 70.8 70.0

Doctoral/research 

universities—intensive 49.6 52.7 36.1 40.7 55.0 36.2 47.0 48.0

Master’s colleges and 

universities I 46.5 50.3 33.8 35.3 45.0 32.4 44.8 44.5

Master’s colleges and 

universities II 46.2 50.3 24.4 38.1 37.0 26.7 31.1 44.0

Baccalaureate colleges—

liberal arts 68.4 70.0 54.3 62.7 73.1 43.2 63.0 71.5

Baccalaureate colleges—

general 44.7 49.2 31.3 32.9 40.4 28.1 33.9 48.9

Baccalaureate/associate’s 

colleges 30.6 34.7 18.3 19.9 29.2 18.7 21.1 34.7

Other 4-year institutions 40.4 44.2 28.3 24.8 25.5 23.4 39.3 58.5

Associate’s colleges 41.4 42.7 37.6 40.7 42.7 26.2 35.6 56.5

Theological seminaries and 

other specialized faithrelated institutions 47.6 46.1 57.3 43.8 58.1 22.7 81.1 49.2

Other separate health 

profession schools 62.2 61.8 48.9 43.8 69.1 41.7 78.0 50.0

Schools of engineering and 

technology 49.6 53.9 28.5 50.1 62.7 33.0 48.4 47.3

Schools of business and 

management 41.7 48.0 28.9 52.6 37.7 40.0 23.3 71.3

Schools of art, music, and 

design 52.8 54.5 42.2 46.2 58.4 52.9 31.3 70.9

Teachers colleges 44.9 53.0 16.9 54.5 42.9 † 0.0 13.3

Other specialized institutions 65.0 76.3 42.4 35.3 65.1 68.6 58.5 69.5

Tribal colleges and 

universities 25.0 28.1 0.0 50.0 50.0 24.5 25.0 0.0

Public institutions

Doctoral/research 

universities—extensive 62.5 64.1 46.7 55.2 68.8 43.7 64.1 62.5

Doctoral/research 

universities—intensive 44.7 47.7 33.9 34.0 47.0 31.1 38.8 43.6

Master’s colleges and 

universities I 42.3 45.9 31.8 32.4 41.8 29.9 43.2 39.2

Master’s colleges and 

universities II 41.0 45.5 18.2 32.1 35.6 26.3 40.8 40.5

Baccalaureate colleges—

liberal arts 41.7 42.7 43.7 30.9 41.1 29.2 35.6 37.8

Baccalaureate colleges—

general 31.1 33.7 26.3 19.6 29.1 17.9 30.2 36.3

Baccalaureate/associate’s 

colleges 23.1 26.3 12.5 13.8 24.2 19.6 33.6 31.4

Other 4-year institutions 47.5 48.9 32.6 36.0 42.6 31.6 53.7 54.5

Associate’s colleges 26.9 28.3 16.1 24.5 18.1 16.6 21.7 24.1

See notes at end of table.
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Table 35. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, control of institution, and 

Carnegie classification: United States, cohort year 1996—Continued

Carnegie classification

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown 

Nonresident

alien 

Theological seminaries and 

other specialized faithrelated institutions † † † † † † † †

Other separate health 

profession schools † † † † † † † †

Schools of engineering and 

technology 45.8 48.0 29.7 47.3 44.7 25.0 31.0 28.6

Schools of business and 

management † † † † † † † †

Schools of art, music, and 

design 55.7 57.6 40.7 29.6 44.4 † 60.0 80.0

Teachers colleges 18.1 31.8 14.8 † 0.0 † † 0.0

Other specialized institutions 67.0 80.0 41.7 35.2 70.2 78.0 89.5 91.3

Tribal colleges and 

universities 23.1 20.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 23.5 25.0 0.0

Private not-for-profit institutions

Doctoral/research 

universities—extensive 81.2 81.9 73.0 76.2 85.8 67.3 80.5 80.0

Doctoral/research 

universities—intensive 63.6 68.9 44.1 56.3 67.5 59.6 53.6 52.9

Master’s colleges and 

universities I 57.1 61.0 42.1 43.3 54.0 45.4 47.6 50.8

Master’s colleges and 

universities II 51.3 54.4 36.8 43.8 38.2 27.9 28.2 50.1

Baccalaureate colleges—

liberal arts 72.2 74.0 55.0 68.2 77.7 54.8 68.5 72.3

Baccalaureate colleges—

general 49.6 54.3 33.7 40.7 45.5 34.5 37.2 50.9

Baccalaureate/associate’s 

colleges 35.7 39.7 19.9 30.4 36.0 14.0 12.5 37.3

Other 4-year institutions 47.7 42.0 39.3 39.8 41.7 30.8 85.6 58.0

Associate’s colleges 48.7 55.2 38.8 31.9 27.9 28.9 25.5 57.6

Theological seminaries and 

other specialized faithrelated institutions 47.6 46.1 57.3 44.5 58.1 22.7 81.1 49.2

Other separate health 

profession schools 61.9 61.2 50.4 41.9 69.1 41.7 78.0 50.0

Schools of engineering and 

technology 56.2 61.9 31.5 30.0 52.4 44.4 42.7 57.7

Schools of business and 

management 47.0 51.3 28.4 59.7 46.7 33.3 42.2 67.7

Schools of art, music, and 

design 55.1 55.4 46.7 47.5 58.7 44.8 50.9 62.2

Teachers colleges 50.5 54.4 20.0 54.5 50.0 † 0.0 22.2

Other specialized institutions 59.4 67.7 44.8 39.2 39.1 28.6 41.2 62.4

Tribal colleges and 

universities 36.1 40.9 † 100.0 † 32.7 † †

See notes at end of table.
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Table 35. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, control of institution, and 

Carnegie classification: United States, cohort year 1996—Continued

Carnegie classification

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown 

Nonresident

alien 

Private for-profit institutions

Doctoral/research 

universities—extensive † † † † † † † †

Doctoral/research 

universities—intensive † † † † † † † †

Master’s colleges and 

universities I 33.3 41.3 0.0 16.7 33.3 0.0 20.0 0.0

Master’s colleges and 

universities II 27.2 29.9 23.9 25.4 33.3 20.0 31.0 12.3

Baccalaureate colleges—

liberal arts † † † † † † † †

Baccalaureate colleges—

general 33.3 35.9 20.6 35.3 40.8 60.0 18.3 27.3

Baccalaureate/associate’s 

colleges 59.2 65.0 47.3 39.7 75.0 29.4 24.2 33.3

Other 4-year institutions 13.5 12.6 20.9 11.3 6.2 15.6 11.7 66.7

Associate’s colleges 51.4 54.9 44.0 48.8 56.1 50.8 46.7 70.9

Theological seminaries and 

other specialized faithrelated institutions † † † † † † † †

Other separate health 

profession schools 75.0 83.7 25.0 100.0 † † † †

Schools of engineering and 

technology 48.7 52.9 28.0 53.0 69.1 34.4 51.6 49.2

Schools of business and 

management 23.6 25.1 32.5 40.7 23.2 45.0 8.1 85.7

Schools of art, music, and 

design 50.2 53.0 38.0 46.3 59.1 56.2 17.7 83.1

Teachers colleges † † † † † † † †

Other specialized institutions 49.5 51.5 33.3 0.0 50.0 33.3 † 0.0

Tribal colleges and 

universities † † † † † † † †

†Not applicable. There are no institutions in the Carnegie classification, or the race/ethnicity category did not have any enrollees.

NOTE: Two Carnegie classifications have been deleted from this table—(1) Medical schools and medical centers and (2) Schools of 

law —because only one of these schools (a public medical school) has a baccalaureate cohort. Perturbation procedures were applied 

to small cell sizes to protect the confidentiality of individuals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 36. Transfer-out rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by control of institution, gender, and 

mission of institution: United States, cohort year 1996

Mission of institution and 

transfer-out rate component Total Public

Private

 not-for-profit

Private

 for-profit

All students

All institutions reporting transfers

Adjusted cohort 472,115 355,083 113,207 3,825

Total transfers out 92,383 73,762 18,178 443

Transfer-out rate 19.6 20.8 16.1 11.6

Institutions with transfer as part of their 

mission statement

Adjusted cohort 104,248 82,468 20,852 928

Total transfers out 17,185 14,018 3,151 16

Transfer-out rate 16.5 17.0 15.1 1.7

Men

All institutions reporting transfers

Adjusted cohort 211,332 160,050 49,408 1,874

Total transfers out 42,688 33,914 8,579 195

Transfer-out rate 20.2 21.2 17.4 10.4

Institutions with transfer as part of their 

mission statement

Adjusted cohort 48,531 38,495 9,340 696

Total transfers out 8,436 6,727 1,699 10

Transfer-out rate 17.4 17.5 18.2 1.4

Women

All institutions reporting transfers

Adjusted cohort 260,783 195,033 63,799 1,951

Total transfers out 49,695 39,848 9,599 248

Transfer-out rate 19.1 20.4 15.0 12.7

Institutions with transfer as part of their 

mission statement

Adjusted cohort 55,717 43,973 11,512 232

Total transfers out 8,749 7,291 1,452 6

Transfer-out rate 15.7 16.6 12.6 2.6

NOTE: Many institutions, in addition to community colleges, have transfer as part of their mission. For example, there are 3/2 

engineering programs where the first three years are taken in one institution and the student ‘transfers’ to another institution to 

complete the last two years of the programs. Institutions with transfer as part of their mission are required by the Student Right-toKnow legislation to report transfers out. The adjusted cohort reflects changes made by the institution to the original cohort and 

exclusions to the cohort reported by the institution. Perturbation procedures were applied to small cell sizes to protect the 

confidentiality of individuals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 37. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions for bachelor’s degree-seeking students, 

by control of institution, gender, and time to degree: United States, cohort year 1996

Graduation rate component and 

time to degree Total Public

Private

 not-for-profit

Private

 for-profit

All students

Adjusted bachelor’s-degree-seeking 

cohort 1,028,564 666,407 352,397 9,760

Completed bachelor’s degree in 4 

years or less 346,257 172,959 171,175 2,123

Completed bachelor’s degree in 5 

years or less 516,622 305,701 208,443 2,478

Completed bachelor’s degree in 6 

years or less 569,632 344,371 222,529 2,732

4-year graduation rate 33.7 26.0 48.6 21.8

5-year graduation rate 50.2 45.9 59.2 25.4

6-year graduation rate 55.4 51.7 63.1 28.0

Men

Adjusted bachelor’s-degree-seeking 

cohort 468,136 304,952 157,665 5,519

Completed bachelor’s degree in 4 

years or less 133,375 63,370 68,775 1,230

Completed bachelor’s degree in 5 

years or less 216,357 126,926 88,018 1,413

Completed bachelor’s degree in 6 

years or less 243,478 146,671 95,260 1,547

4-year graduation rate 28.5 20.8 43.6 22.3

5-year graduation rate 46.2 41.6 55.8 25.6

6-year graduation rate 52.0 48.1 60.4 28.0

Women

Adjusted bachelor’s-degree-seeking 

cohort 560,428 361,455 194,732 4,241

Completed bachelor’s degree in 4 

years or less 212,882 109,589 102,400 893

Completed bachelor’s degree in 5 

years or less 300,265 178,775 120,425 1,065

Completed bachelor’s degree in 6 

years or less 326,154 197,700 127,269 1,185

4-year graduation rate 38.0 30.3 52.6 21.1

5-year graduation rate 53.6 49.5 61.8 25.1

6-year graduation rate 58.2 54.7 65.4 27.9

NOTE: The adjusted cohort reflects changes made by the institution to the original cohort and exclusions to the cohort reported by 

the institution. Perturbation procedures were applied to small cell sizes to protect the confidentiality of individuals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 38. Graduation rates at less-than-4-year Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, gender, and 

degree-granting status: United States, cohort year 1999

Degree-granting status and 

graduation rate component

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific 

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown 

Nonresident

alien 

All students

All institutions

Adjusted cohort 856,945 516,508 135,816 107,094 35,663 10,500 40,029 11,335

Total completers 341,624 204,671 49,264 46,649 16,007 3,630 17,338 4,065

Graduation rate 39.9 39.6 36.3 43.6 44.9 34.6 43.3 35.9

Degree-granting 

Adjusted cohort 606,840 398,464 83,220 60,873 23,335 7,928 24,102 8,918

Total completers 177,538 122,434 19,394 16,411 7,198 1,989 7,674 2,438

Graduation rate 29.3 30.7 23.3 27.0 30.8 25.1 31.8 27.3

Non-degree-granting 

Adjusted cohort 250,105 118,044 52,596 46,221 12,328 2,572 15,927 2,417

Total completers 164,086 82,237 29,870 30,238 8,809 1,641 9,664 1,627

Graduation rate 65.6 69.7 56.8 65.4 71.5 63.8 60.7 67.3

Men

All institutions

Adjusted cohort 372,555 236,367 49,669 41,160 16,431 4,374 18,916 5,638

Total completers 136,075 86,470 15,783 15,805 6,694 1,405 8,052 1,866

Graduation rate 36.5 36.6 31.8 38.4 40.7 32.1 42.6 33.1

Degree-granting 

Adjusted cohort 288,970 195,614 34,458 26,542 11,669 3,533 12,616 4,538

Total completers 81,624 58,091 7,171 6,856 3,398 855 4,122 1,131

Graduation rate 28.2 29.7 20.8 25.8 29.1 24.2 32.7 24.9

Non-degree-granting 

Adjusted cohort 83,585 40,753 15,211 14,618 4,762 841 6,300 1,100

Total completers 54,451 28,379 8,612 8,949 3,296 550 3,930 735

Graduation rate 65.1 69.6 56.6 61.2 69.2 65.4 62.4 66.8

Women

All institutions

Adjusted cohort 484,390 280,141 86,147 65,934 19,232 6,126 21,113 5,697

Total completers 205,549 118,201 33,481 30,844 9,313 2,225 9,286 2,199

Graduation rate 42.4 42.2 38.9 46.8 48.4 36.3 44.0 38.6

Degree-granting 

Adjusted cohort 317,870 202,850 48,762 34,331 11,666 4,395 11,486 4,380

Total completers 95,914 64,343 12,223 9,555 3,800 1,134 3,552 1,307

Graduation rate 30.2 31.7 25.1 27.8 32.6 25.8 30.9 29.8

Non-degree-granting 

Adjusted cohort 166,520 77,291 37,385 31,603 7,566 1,731 9,627 1,317

Total completers 109,635 53,858 21,258 21,289 5,513 1,091 5,734 892

Graduation rate 65.8 69.7 56.9 67.4 72.9 63.0 59.6 67.7

NOTE: The adjusted cohort reflects changes made by the institution to the original cohort and exclusions to the cohort reported by the 

institution. Perturbation procedures were applied to small cell sizes to protect the confidentiality of individuals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 39. Graduation rates at less-than-4-year Title IV institutions, by control of institution and 

gender: United States and other areas, cohort year 1999

State or other area and 

graduation rate component Total Public

Private

 not-for-profit

Private

 for-profit

United States

All students

Adjusted cohort 856,945 555,756 32,289 268,900

Total completers 341,624 149,725 16,505 175,394

Graduation rate 39.9 26.9 51.1 65.2

Men

Adjusted cohort 372,555 264,355 13,092 95,108

Total completers 136,075 67,005 6,580 62,490

Graduation rate 36.5 25.3 50.3 65.7

Women

Adjusted cohort 484,390 291,401 19,197 173,792

Total completers 205,549 82,720 9,925 112,904

Graduation rate 42.4 28.4 51.7 65.0

United States and other areas

All students

Adjusted cohort 885,724 557,783 35,319 292,622

Total completers 358,597 150,467 18,723 189,407

Graduation rate 40.5 27.0 53.0 64.7

Men

Adjusted cohort 384,508 265,420 14,453 104,635

Total completers 143,010 67,439 7,622 67,949

Graduation rate 37.2 25.4 52.7 64.9

Women

Adjusted cohort 501,216 292,363 20,866 187,987

Total completers 215,587 83,028 11,101 121,458

Graduation rate 43.0 28.4 53.2 64.6

NOTE: The adjusted cohort reflects changes made by the institution to the original cohort and exclusions to the cohort reported by 

the institution. Perturbation procedures were applied to small cell sizes to protect the confidentiality of individuals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 40. Graduation rates at less-than-4-year Title IV institutions, by gender and state or other area: 

Cohort year 1999

All students Men Women

State or other area Adjusted 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

Adjusted 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

Adjusted 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

United States 856,945 341,624 39.9 372,555 136,075 36.5 484,390 205,549 42.4

Alabama 13,666 2,999 21.9 5,816 1,014 17.4 7,850 1,985 25.3

Alaska 310 238 76.8 234 184 78.6 76 54 71.1

Arizona 20,232 11,385 56.3 10,487 6,304 60.1 9,745 5,081 52.1

Arkansas 8,077 3,076 38.1 2,971 981 33.0 5,106 2,095 41.0

California 101,667 55,154 54.2 41,108 20,964 51.0 60,559 34,190 56.5

Colorado 11,811 4,851 41.1 5,232 2,050 39.2 6,579 2,801 42.6

Connecticut 7,865 3,447 43.8 3,815 1,624 42.6 4,050 1,823 45.0

Delaware 1,311 290 22.1 609 106 17.4 702 184 26.2

District of Columbia 823 537 65.2 205 138 67.3 618 399 64.6

Florida 65,924 29,068 44.1 29,183 12,419 42.6 36,741 16,649 45.3

Georgia 23,327 8,382 35.9 9,628 2,740 28.5 13,699 5,642 41.2

Hawaii 4,423 1,202 27.2 1,938 469 24.2 2,485 733 29.5

Idaho 2,388 875 36.6 843 211 25.0 1,545 664 43.0

Illinois 34,348 11,233 32.7 16,992 5,136 30.2 17,356 6,097 35.1

Indiana 9,174 2,861 31.2 4,189 1,125 26.9 4,985 1,736 34.8

Iowa 13,384 4,752 35.5 6,518 2,130 32.7 6,866 2,622 38.2

Kansas 11,484 4,768 41.5 5,781 2,320 40.1 5,703 2,448 42.9

Kentucky 11,965 3,931 32.9 4,858 1,530 31.5 7,107 2,401 33.8

Louisiana 15,159 6,997 46.2 5,097 2,038 40.0 10,062 4,959 49.3

Maine 1,842 786 42.7 830 350 42.2 1,012 436 43.1

Maryland 12,478 3,159 25.3 5,795 1,468 25.3 6,683 1,691 25.3

Massachusetts 16,774 5,489 32.7 6,374 1,436 22.5 10,400 4,053 39.0

Michigan 18,883 5,532 29.3 8,240 2,091 25.4 10,643 3,441 32.3

Minnesota 20,130 6,894 34.2 10,590 3,619 34.2 9,540 3,275 34.3

Mississippi 15,160 3,913 25.8 6,624 1,456 22.0 8,536 2,457 28.8

Missouri 14,647 6,539 44.6 5,307 1,904 35.9 9,340 4,635 49.6

Montana 1,466 487 33.2 616 196 31.8 850 291 34.2

Nebraska 6,115 2,728 44.6 2,879 1,373 47.7 3,236 1,355 41.9

Nevada 3,879 1,413 36.4 1,139 295 25.9 2,740 1,118 40.8

New Hampshire 1,641 746 45.5 709 283 39.9 932 463 49.7

New Jersey 30,442 10,304 33.8 14,259 4,354 30.5 16,183 5,950 36.8

New Mexico 5,302 857 16.2 2,357 350 14.8 2,945 507 17.2

New York 64,877 25,732 39.7 28,580 10,064 35.2 36,297 15,668 43.2

North Carolina 17,827 4,213 23.6 7,756 1,594 20.6 10,071 2,619 26.0

North Dakota 2,534 1,136 44.8 1,335 584 43.7 1,199 552 46.0

Ohio 28,014 11,752 42.0 11,313 4,242 37.5 16,701 7,510 45.0

Oklahoma 16,122 6,454 40.0 6,542 2,425 37.1 9,580 4,029 42.1

Oregon 9,649 3,474 36.0 3,977 1,058 26.6 5,672 2,416 42.6

Pennsylvania 35,281 18,467 52.3 16,812 8,745 52.0 18,469 9,722 52.6

Rhode Island 3,714 1,578 42.5 1,304 406 31.1 2,410 1,172 48.6

South Carolina 9,920 1,899 19.1 3,952 613 15.5 5,968 1,286 21.5

South Dakota 2,152 1,313 61.0 1,159 702 60.6 993 611 61.5

Tennessee 19,450 7,475 38.4 8,248 3,296 40.0 11,202 4,179 37.3

Texas 75,725 25,285 33.4 31,695 8,443 26.6 44,030 16,842 38.3

Utah 6,214 2,931 47.2 2,075 709 34.2 4,139 2,222 53.7

See notes at end of table.
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Table 40. Graduation rates at less-than-4-year Title IV institutions, by gender and state or other area: 

Cohort year 1999—Continued

All students Men Women

State or other area Adjusted 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

Adjusted 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

Adjusted 

cohort

Total 

completers

Graduation 

rate

Vermont 465 143 30.8 233 72 30.9 232 71 30.6

Virginia 14,777 5,133 34.7 5,768 1,554 26.9 9,009 3,579 39.7

Washington 18,958 8,142 42.9 7,878 2,769 35.1 11,080 5,373 48.5

West Virginia 5,357 3,007 56.1 2,247 1,280 57.0 3,110 1,727 55.5

Wisconsin 16,054 6,632 41.3 7,905 3,286 41.6 8,149 3,346 41.1

Wyoming 3,758 1,965 52.3 2,553 1,575 61.7 1,205 390 32.4

Other areas 28,779 16,973 59.0 11,953 6,935 58.0 16,826 10,038 59.7

American Samoa 274 54 19.7 117 17 14.5 157 37 23.6

Federated States of 

Micronesia 529 104 19.7 240 38 15.8 289 66 22.8

Guam 51 18 35.3 14 5 35.7 37 13 35.1

Marshall Islands 75 74 98.7 75 74 98.7 0 0 †

Northern Marianas † † † † † † † † †

Palau 108 13 12.0 56 6 10.7 52 7 13.5

Puerto Rico 27,742 16,710 60.2 11,451 6,795 59.3 16,291 9,915 60.9

Virgin Islands † † † † † † † † †

†Not applicable. Area does not have any less-than-4-year Title IV institutions.

NOTE: The adjusted cohort reflects changes made by the institution to the original cohort and exclusions to the cohort reported by the 

institution. Perturbation procedures were applied to small cell sizes to protect the confidentiality of individuals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 41. Graduation rates at less-than-4-year Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, control of 

institution, and Carnegie classification: United States, cohort year 1999

Carnegie classification

Total 

White, 

nonHispanic

Black, 

nonHispanic Hispanic 

Asian/ 

Pacific

Islander

American 

Indian/ 

Alaska 

Native 

Race/

ethnicity

unknown 

Nonresident

alien 

All institutions

Associate’s colleges 27.8 29.4 20.5 25.2 30.0 23.8 31.7 27.7

Other 2-year institutions 63.4 66.3 55.5 64.8 69.8 60.8 59.2 64.7

Tribal colleges and 

universities 23.1 26.5 15.0 2.4 0.0 26.2 11.8 †

Public institutions

Associate’s colleges 22.3 24.5 14.3 16.5 24.2 18.0 21.4 25.0

Other 2-year institutions 56.1 59.5 46.9 49.5 50.6 60.5 46.7 73.0

Tribal colleges and 

universities 16.1 20.9 100.0 † 0.0 14.9 0.0 †

Private not-for-profit 

institutions

Associate’s colleges 44.3 44.9 35.4 42.2 57.9 67.1 44.9 49.7

Other 2-year institutions 56.6 71.1 49.4 41.9 61.0 56.0 42.5 71.1

Tribal colleges and 

universities 32.3 42.6 0.0 2.4 0.0 46.0 20.0 †

Private for-profit institutions

Associate’s colleges 60.7 64.7 48.4 62.6 64.6 54.8 53.8 77.4

Other 2-year institutions 67.0 70.2 58.7 69.6 73.9 61.3 62.3 59.4

Tribal colleges and 

universities 25.0 100.0 † † † 0.0 † †

†Not applicable. Race/ethnicity category did not have any enrollees.

NOTE: Perturbation procedures were applied to small cell sizes to protect the confidentiality of individuals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table 42. Transfer-out rates at less-than-4-year Title IV institutions, by control of institution, 

gender, and mission of institution: United States, cohort year 1999

Mission of institution and 

transfer-out rate component Total Public

Private

 not-for-profit

Private

 for-profit

All students

All institutions reporting transfers

Adjusted cohort 504,699 433,574 11,238 59,887

Total transfers out 93,419 81,675 2,945 8,799

Transfer-out rate 18.5 18.8 26.2 14.7

Institutions with transfer as part of their 

mission statement

Adjusted cohort 386,301 374,179 3,900 8,222

Total transfers out 70,505 68,863 1,316 326

Transfer-out rate 18.3 18.4 33.7 4.0

Men

All institutions reporting transfers

Adjusted cohort 230,866 204,890 4,741 21,235

Total transfers out 45,861 41,104 1,415 3,342

Transfer-out rate 19.9 20.1 29.8 15.7

Institutions with transfer as part of their 

mission statement

Adjusted cohort 181,691 177,885 1,885 1,921

Total transfers out 35,638 34,823 724 91

Transfer-out rate 19.6 19.6 38.4 4.7

Women

All institutions reporting transfers

Adjusted cohort 273,833 228,684 6,497 38,652

Total transfers out 47,558 40,571 1,530 5,457

Transfer-out rate 17.4 17.7 23.5 14.1

Institutions with transfer as part of their 

mission statement

Adjusted cohort 204,610 196,294 2,015 6,301

Total transfers out 34,867 34,040 592 235

Transfer-out rate 17.0 17.3 29.4 3.7

NOTE: The adjusted cohort reflects changes made by the institution to the original cohort and exclusions to the cohort reported by 

the institution. Perturbation procedures were applied to small cell sizes to protect the confidentiality of individuals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.

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Survey Methodology

Overview

IPEDS defines a postsecondary institution as an organization that is open to the public and has a 

primary mission of providing education or training beyond the high school level. The primary 

focus of the IPEDS spring 2003 data collection was to collect data from Title IV institutions. 

These institutions have Program Participation Agreements (PPAs) with the Office of 

Postsecondary Education (OPE) within the U.S. Department of Education and thus are eligible to 

participate in Title IV student financial aid programs. There were 6,588 Title IV institutions1 and 

offices located in the United States and the other areas of the United States, such as Puerto Rico, 

in the 2002–03 academic year. 

IPEDS began collecting data from all postsecondary institutions in 1986, when it superseded the 

Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), which was directed at institutions of 

higher education only. HEGIS data were collected from 1966 through 1985. In 1992, the focus 

of IPEDS became the Title IV institutions, when the Higher Education Amendments made 

reporting to IPEDS mandatory for these institutions. In 2000, IPEDS implemented a web-based 

data collection system with the capability of tailoring data collection screens to each institution. 

Edits were also built into the system to give immediate feedback to the institutions when 

problems were detected. This system has allowed for earlier release of data to institutions and the

public, primarily through the IPEDS Peer Analysis System and College Opportunities On-Line.

The spring 2003 data collection was entirely web-based. Institutions in the universe were asked 

to enter their survey responses using the IPEDS data collection web site. The spring 2003 IPEDS 

data were collected between March 5 and May 4, 2003. The collection had four components: 

Enrollment, Student Financial Aid, Finance, and Graduation Rates.

Terminology Used in the IPEDS Web Collection

Please refer to the Glossary provided at the end of this document for definitions of various terms.

Universe, Institutions Surveyed, and Response Rates

The IPEDS universe is established during the fall collection period. For the 2002–03 cycle, 120 

institutions included in prior IPEDS data collections were declared to be outside the scope of 

IPEDS. This happened because (1) they were duplicates of other institutions on the file, (2) they 

closed or were merged with another institution, and thus were no longer a legitimate institution 

or branch, or (3) they no longer offered a full program of study at the postsecondary level. In 

addition, 158 institutions were added to the universe. These schools were identified from several

1

Includes 6,508 institutions and 80 central or system offices. The central and system offices are required to complete 

the Institutional Characteristics component in the fall, the Staff component in the winter (if they have more than 15 

full-time staff), and the Finance component in the spring (if they have their own separate budget).
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sources, including a universe review by state coordinators, a review of the data file maintained 

by the OPE, and information provided by the institutions themselves.

The full set of 6,588 institutions was validated by matching the IPEDS universe file with OPE’s 

Postsecondary Education Participation System (PEPS) file. Because most of the studies that use 

IPEDS data concentrate on the Title IV institutions, this group is the main focus of IPEDS. Also, 

according to Section 490 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (P.L. 102-325), IPEDS 

is mandatory for any institutions that participate in or are applicants for participation in any 

federal financial assistance program authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (20 USC 1094(a)(17)). Non–Title IV institutions are not required to respond but are 

encouraged to provide data.

The IPEDS database includes institutions that do not participate in Title IV financial aid 

programs. These institutions are invited to participate in the IPEDS program, and if they 

voluntarily respond to the surveys, the institutions are included in College Opportunities On-Line 

(IPEDS COOL). IPEDS COOL is a web site developed to help parents and students make 

informed decisions about postsecondary education. 

Not all 6,588 Title IV postsecondary institutions were required to participate in the spring data 

collection. For example, the Finance component applies to all institutions and central/system 

offices; however, 4 of the system/central offices were not required to respond because they do 

not have separate budgets to report. Also, the Student Financial Aid (SFA) component is 

applicable only to those institutions that have full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking 

undergraduate level students. See the discussion on survey components starting on page 77 for 

further details on which institutions were required to complete each component. 

Table M1 provides the number of Title IV institutions and the survey response rates by degreegranting status and by level and control of institution for the United States and other areas. 

Because Title IV institutions are the primary focus of IPEDS and they are required to respond, 

response rates for Title IV institutions in the spring 2003 IPEDS collection were quite high. The 

response rate for the Enrollment component was 99.2 percent, the response rate for the Student 

Financial Aid component was 97.6 percent, the response rate for the Finance component was 

97.2 percent, and the response rate for the Graduation Rates component was 97.6 percent. For all 

four components, less-than-2-year institutions had lower response rates than other institutions. 

Public institutions had the highest response rates for all components, except Finance, while 

private for-profit institutions had slightly lower response rates. 

Table M1a provides the number of Title IV institutions and the survey response rates by degreegranting status and by level and control of institution for those institutions located in the United

States (excluding the other areas). 

Normally, the potential for nonresponse bias for all institutions (including those in the other 

areas) is analyzed for domains for which the response rate is less than 90 percent. As shown in 

table M1, nonresponse bias analysis was not necessary because the response rates for all spring 

2003 IPEDS components exceeded 90 percent for all domains defined by level, control, and 

degree-granting status (except for the domain consisting of 4-year non-degree-granting 
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Table M1. Title IV institutions and offices responding to the IPEDS spring 2003 data collection, 

by survey component, degree-granting status, and level and control of institution: 

United States and other areas

Enrollment Student Financial Aid Degree-granting status and 

level and control of ins titution Final universe

Number 

responded

Response 

rate (%) Final universe

Number 

responded

Response 

rate (%)

All institutions 6,497 6,442 99.2 5,945 5,803 97.6

Public 2,079 2,074 99.8 2,009 1,996 99.4

Private not-for-profit 1,968 1,956 99.4 1,616 1,590 98.4

Private for-profit 2,450 2,412 98.4 2,320 2,217 95.6

4-year 2,550 2,536 99.5 2,118 2,099 99.1

Public 650 648 99.7 591 589 99.7

Private not-for-profit 1,593 1,584 99.4 1,273 1,259 98.9

Private for-profit 307 304 99.0 254 251 98.8

2-year 2,194 2,183 99.5 2,137 2,096 98.1

Public 1,166 1,165 99.9 1,161 1,155 99.5

Private not-for-profit 254 253 99.6 230 221 96.1

Private for-profit 774 765 98.8 746 720 96.5

Less-than-2-year 1,753 1,723 98.3 1,690 1,608 95.1

Public 263 261 99.2 257 252 98.1

Private not-for-profit 121 119 98.3 113 110 97.3

Private for-profit 1,369 1,343 98.1 1,320 1,246 94.4

Degree-granting 4,250 4,231 99.6 3,820 3,778 98.9

4-year 2,526 2,513 99.5 2,116 2,097 99.1

Public 649 648 99.8 591 589 99.7

Private not-for-profit 1,573 1,564 99.4 1,272 1,258 98.9

Private for-profit 304 301 99.0 253 250 98.8

2-year 1,724 1,718 99.7 1,704 1,681 98.7

Public 1,092 1,091 99.9 1,089 1,084 99.5

Private not-for-profit 130 130 100.0 126 123 97.6

Private for-profit 502 497 99.0 489 474 96.9

Non-degree-granting 2,247 2,211 98.4 2,125 2,025 95.3

4-year 24 23 95.8 2 2 100.0

Public 1 0 0.0 0 0 †

Private not-for-profit 20 20 100.0 1 1 100.0

Private for-profit 3 3 100.0 1 1 100.0

2-year 470 465 98.9 433 415 95.8

Public 74 74 100.0 72 71 98.6

Private not-for-profit 124 123 99.2 104 98 94.2

Private for-profit 272 268 98.5 257 246 95.7

Less-than-2-year 1,753 1,723 98.3 1,690 1,608 95.1

Public 263 261 99.2 257 252 98.1

Private not-for-profit 121 119 98.3 113 110 97.3

Private for-profit 1,369 1,343 98.1 1,320 1,246 94.4

See notes at end of table.
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Table M1. Title IV institutions and offices responding to the IPEDS spring 2003 data collection, 

by survey component, degree-granting status, and level and control of institution: 

United States and other areas—Continued

Finance Graduation Rates Degree-granting status and 

level and control of institution Final universe

Number 

responded

Response 

rate (%) Final universe

Number 

responded

Response 

rate (%)

All institutions 6,550 6,366 97.2 5,746 5,610 97.6

Public 2,145 2,098 97.8 1,991 1,969 98.9

Private not-for-profit 1,963 1,924 98.0 1,594 1,570 98.5

Private for-profit 2,442 2,344 96.0 2,161 2,071 95.8

4-year 2,592 2,565 99.0 2,037 2,018 99.1

Public 689 686 99.6 585 582 99.5

Private not-for-profit 1,595 1,574 98.7 1,255 1,243 99.0

Private for-profit 308 305 99.0 197 193 98.0

2-year 2,215 2,164 97.7 2,108 2,083 98.8

Public 1,195 1,175 98.3 1,161 1,156 99.6

Private not-for-profit 248 237 95.6 230 223 97.0

Private for-profit 772 752 97.4 717 704 98.2

Less-than-2-year 1,743 1,637 93.9 1,601 1,509 94.3

Public 261 237 90.8 245 231 94.3

Private not-for-profit 120 113 94.2 109 104 95.4

Private for-profit 1,362 1,287 94.5 1,247 1,174 94.1

Degree-granting 4,321 4,264 98.7 3,717 3,684 99.1

4-year 2,571 2,545 99.0 2,035 2,017 99.1

Public 688 686 99.7 585 582 99.5

Private not-for-profit 1,578 1,557 98.7 1,254 1,242 99.0

Private for-profit 305 302 99.0 196 193 98.5

2-year 1,750 1,719 98.2 1,682 1,667 99.1

Public 1,121 1,104 98.5 1,088 1,085 99.7

Private not-for-profit 129 127 98.4 127 124 97.6

Private for-profit 500 488 97.6 467 458 98.1

Non-degree-granting 2,229 2,102 94.3 2,029 1,926 94.9

4-year 21 20 95.2 2 1 50.0

Public 1 0 0.0 0 0 †

Private not-for-profit 17 17 100.0 1 1 100.0

Private for-profit 3 3 100.0 1 0 0.0

2-year 465 445 95.7 426 416 97.7

Public 74 71 95.9 73 71 97.3

Private not-for-profit 119 110 92.4 103 99 96.1

Private for-profit 272 264 97.1 250 246 98.4

Less-than-2-year 1,743 1,637 93.9 1,601 1,509 94.3

Public 261 237 90.8 245 231 94.3

Private not-for-profit 120 113 94.2 109 104 95.4

Private for-profit 1,362 1,287 94.5 1,247 1,174 94.1

†Not applicable.

NOTE: For the Finance component response rates, administrative units are included in the counts according to the level of the 

institution(s) they serve because they complete the Finance component. The other areas include American Samoa, the Federated 

States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Marianas, Palau, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table M1a. Title IV institutions and offices responding to the IPEDS spring 2003 data collection, 

by survey component, degree-granting status, and level and control of institution: 

United States

Enrollment Student Financial Aid Degree-granting status and 

level and control of institution Final universe

Number 

responded

Response 

rate (%) Final universe

Number 

responded

Response 

rate (%)

All institutions 6,343 6,290 99.2 5,801 5,665 97.7

Public 2,050 2,046 99.8 1,981 1,969 99.4

Private not-for-profit 1,920 1,908 99.4 1,574 1,548 98.3

Private for-profit 2,373 2,336 98.4 2,246 2,148 95.6

4-year 2,489 2,475 99.4 2,064 2,045 99.1

Public 632 630 99.7 574 572 99.7

Private not-for-profit 1,557 1,548 99.4 1,243 1,229 98.9

Private for-profit 300 297 99.0 247 244 98.8

2-year 2,170 2,160 99.5 2,113 2,073 98.1

Public 1,155 1,155 100.0 1,150 1,145 99.6

Private not-for-profit 251 250 99.6 227 218 96.0

Private for-profit 764 755 98.8 736 710 96.5

Less-than-2-year 1,684 1,655 98.3 1,624 1,547 95.3

Public 263 261 99.2 257 252 98.1

Private not-for-profit 112 110 98.2 104 101 97.1

Private for-profit 1,309 1,284 98.1 1,263 1,194 94.5

Degree-granting 4,167 4,149 99.6 3,744 3,703 98.9

4-year 2,465 2,452 99.5 2,062 2,043 99.1

Public 631 630 99.8 574 572 99.7

Private not-for-profit 1,537 1,528 99.4 1,242 1,228 98.9

Private for-profit 297 294 99.0 246 243 98.8

2-year 1,702 1,697 99.7 1,682 1,660 98.7

Public 1,081 1,081 100.0 1,078 1,074 99.6

Private not-for-profit 127 127 100.0 123 120 97.6

Private for-profit 494 489 99.0 481 466 96.9

Non-degree-granting 2,176 2,141 98.4 2,057 1,962 95.4

4-year 24 23 95.8 2 2 100.0

Public 1 0 0.0 0 0 †

Private not-for-profit 20 20 100.0 1 1 100.0

Private for-profit 3 3 100.0 1 1 100.0

2-year 468 463 98.9 431 413 95.8

Public 74 74 100.0 72 71 98.6

Private not-for-profit 124 123 99.2 104 98 94.2

Private for-profit 270 266 98.5 255 244 95.7

Less-than-2-year 1,684 1,655 98.3 1,624 1,547 95.3

Public 263 261 99.2 257 252 98.1

Private not-for-profit 112 110 98.2 104 101 97.1

Private for-profit 1,309 1,284 98.1 1,263 1,194 94.5

See notes at end of table.
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Table M1a. Title IV institutions and offices responding to the IPEDS spring 2003 data collection, 

by survey component, degree-granting status, and level and control of institution: 

United States—Continued

Finance Graduation Rates Degree-granting status and 

level and control of institution Final universe

Number 

responded

Response 

rate (%) Final universe

Number 

responded

Response 

rate (%)

All institutions 6,394 6,218 97.2 5,606 5,481 97.8

Public 2,115 2,070 97.9 1,963 1,942 98.9

Private not-for-profit 1,914 1,876 98.0 1,552 1,529 98.5

Private for-profit 2,365 2,272 96.1 2,091 2,010 96.1

4-year 2,529 2,502 98.9 1,984 1,966 99.1

Public 670 667 99.6 568 566 99.6

Private not-for-profit 1,558 1,537 98.7 1,225 1,213 99.0

Private for-profit 301 298 99.0 191 187 97.9

2-year 2,191 2,142 97.8 2,086 2,061 98.8

Public 1,184 1,166 98.5 1,150 1,145 99.6

Private not-for-profit 245 234 95.5 227 220 96.9

Private for-profit 762 742 97.4 709 696 98.2

Less-than-2-year 1,674 1,574 94.0 1,536 1,454 94.7

Public 261 237 90.8 245 231 94.3

Private not-for-profit 111 105 94.6 100 96 96.0

Private for-profit 1,302 1,232 94.6 1,191 1,127 94.6

Degree-granting 4,236 4,181 98.7 3,642 3,610 99.1

4-year 2,508 2,482 99.0 1,982 1,965 99.1

Public 669 667 99.7 568 566 99.6

Private not-for-profit 1,541 1,520 98.6 1,224 1,212 99.0

Private for-profit 298 295 99.0 190 187 98.4

2-year 1,728 1,699 98.3 1,660 1,645 99.1

Public 1,110 1,095 98.6 1,077 1,074 99.7

Private not-for-profit 126 124 98.4 124 121 97.6

Private for-profit 492 480 97.6 459 450 98.0

Non-degree-granting 2,158 2,037 94.4 1,964 1,871 95.3

4-year 21 20 95.2 2 1 50.0

Public 1 0 0.0 0 0 †

Private not-for-profit 17 17 100.0 1 1 100.0

Private for-profit 3 3 100.0 1 0 0.0

2-year 463 443 95.7 426 416 97.7

Public 74 71 95.9 73 71 97.3

Private not-for-profit 119 110 92.4 103 99 96.1

Private for-profit 270 262 97.0 250 246 98.4

Less-than-2-year 1,674 1,574 94.0 1,536 1,454 94.7

Public 261 237 90.8 245 231 94.3

Private not-for-profit 111 105 94.6 100 96 96.0

Private for-profit 1,302 1,232 94.6 1,191 1,127 94.6

†Not applicable.

NOTE: For the Finance component response rates, administrative units are included in the counts according to the level of the 

institution(s) they serve because they complete the Finance component. 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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institutions). Within the 4-year non-degree-granting domain, the one public institution (that 

should have responded) did not respond to either the Enrollment or Finance components and the 

one private for-profit institution (that should have responded) did not respond to the Graduation 

Rates component. 

Survey Procedures

The spring 2003 IPEDS data collection was conducted using the IPEDS web-based data collection 

system. Each institution designated a keyholder, who was the person responsible for ensuring that 

survey data submitted by the institution were correct. The keyholder could generate UserIDs and 

passwords for up to six additional survey respondents who could also enter and review data. For 

many institutions, keyholders were also required to edit and “lock” the data; locking is equivalent to 

submitting completed data to NCES. Additionally, many states or systems had one or more 

coordinators who were also responsible for reviewing the data and applying subsequent locks. 

Coordinators are individuals who take responsibility for a specified group of institutions to ensure 

that all data were entered correctly. Some coordinators may be responsible for a system of 

institutions (e.g., SUNY—the State University of New York); others may coordinate all or some 

institutions in a state. Also, coordinators may elect to provide different levels of review. For 

example, some may only view data provided by their institutions, while others may upload, review, 

and lock data for their institutions.

For the 2002–03 IPEDS data collections, keyholders were asked to register prior to the fall 2002 data 

collection. Registration information, including UserIDs and passwords, was e-mailed to existing 

keyholders in mid-July. Also in mid-July, letters were sent to chief executive officers (CEOs) at 

institutions without pre-registered keyholders, requesting that they appoint a keyholder for the 

2002–03 collection year. The package included a letter for the keyholder and a registration 

certificate with the institution’s UserID and password for the entire 2002–03 collection period. 

Subsequent registration mailings were sent to CEOs at institutions at which a keyholder had still not 

been registered, in mid-August, mid-September, mid-December, and mid-March. At the beginning 

of the winter, and spring collections, in late November, and early March, respectively, e-mail 

messages were sent to registered keyholders and coordinators requesting that they update or confirm 

their registration contact information when the collections opened. Schools were allowed to 

designate a new keyholder at any time during the collection year, if needed. As with previous IPEDS 

studies, follow-up for nonresponse was conducted with CEOs, coordinators, and keyholders via 

mail, e-mail, and telephone throughout all three collection periods.

The web-based survey instruments offered many features designed to improve the quality and 

timeliness of the data. As indicated above, survey respondents were required to register before 

entering 2002–03 data to ensure a point of contact between NCES/IPEDS and the institution. Online 

data entry forms were tailored to each institution based on characteristics such as degree-granting 

status, public vs. private control, and length of longest program offered. 

When data from previous years were available for an institution, they were preloaded on the 

customized forms for easy reference and comparison purposes. Once the 2002–03 data were entered, 

either manually or through file upload, the keyholders were required to run edit checks and resolve 
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all errors before they were able to lock their data. Once data were locked, they were considered 

“submitted,” regardless of whether or not the coordinator had reviewed the submission.

Once the data were complete and all locks were applied, IPEDS help desk staff conducted a final 

review. If any additional problems were detected, the help desk staff contacted the institutions to 

resolve any remaining questions. Once data were reviewed, and, if necessary, problems resolved, 

most data were migrated to the Peer Analysis System (PAS), where they were made available to 

other responding institutions for comparison purposes. Because of confidentiality issues, Student 

Financial Aid and Graduation Rates data were not immediately available in the PAS.

Survey Components

Enrollment—This component of the web-based survey has six separate parts. Parts A, B, C, and 

D data are reported as of the institution’s official fall reporting date (or October 15, 2002) for the 

spring 2003 data collection. Part A collects summary data on the number of students enrolled in 

the fall, including the number of first-time, first-year, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate 

(freshmen) students; the total number of degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates; total 

undergraduates; total graduate students; and total first-professional students—all by 

race/ethnicity, gender, and enrollment status (full or part time). Part B (which was optional for 

the spring 2003 collection) collects summary data on the number of students enrolled in the fall 

in each student level (undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional) by age category, gender, 

and enrollment status. Part C collects summary data on the residence of first-time, first-year 

degree/certificate-seeking (undergraduate-level) students and the number of those students 

enrolled in the fall who completed high school in the last 12 months, by state of residence. Part D 

collects data on the total number of undergraduate students that entered the institution for the 

first time in the fall term. This includes both full-time and part-time undergraduate students, 

whether degree/certificate-seeking or not, and any students who transferred into the institution. 

Parts E and F collect data for a 12-month reporting period in the previous year; institutions must 

indicate the 12-month period for which they are reporting—either July 1, 2001, through June 30, 

2002, or September 1, 2001, through August 31, 2002. Part E collects total unduplicated student 

counts by race/ethnicity, gender, and student level for those students enrolled during the 

reporting period. Part F collects data on the total amount of instructional activity for those 

students. 

Student Financial Aid—This component of the web-based survey has two parts: a section on 

student counts and a section on financial aid. Data are collected based on the 2001–02 academic 

year, for those institutions that are part of the IPEDS surveys in 2002–03. Student counts are 

collected based on fall 2001 enrollment, and public institutions are asked to provide counts by indistrict, in-state, and out-of-state students. The number of full-time, first-time, degree/certificateseeking undergraduate students who received financial aid is collected by type of aid. For each 

type of aid, the average amount of aid received by those students for the entire academic year is 

also collected. Types of aid include federal grants (grants/educationa l assistance funds), 

state/local grants (grants/scholarships/waivers), institutional grants (scholarships/fellowships), 

and loans to students. 
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Finance—This component of the web-based survey collects summary data on each institution’s 

financial status in fiscal year 2002. The Finance component has different versions of the form 

based mainly on control of the institution: public, private not-for-profit, and private for-profit. 

This year public institutions were allowed to choose among several versions of the survey 

depending on which standards were used for their internal accounting: (1) Government 

Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement 35 reporting standards; (2) GASB reporting 

standards prior to Statement 35; or (3) Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) reporting 

standards. The institutions that chose GASB reporting standards prior to Statement 35 will be 

required to implement GASB Statement 35 reporting standards by fiscal year 2004. Note that 

survey sections or “Parts” are not identified by consecutive indicators (A, B, C, etc.), some Parts 

are no longer applicable (e.g., Part I) in some versions.

For public institutions that used GASB Statement 35 reporting standards to prepare their 

financial statements, data are collected on statement of net assets, plant, property, and equipment 

(Part A), revenues and other additions (Part B), expenses and other deductions (Part C), 

summary of changes in net assets (Part D), scholarships and fellowships (Part E), component unit 

using FASB standards (Part F), and component unit using GASB standards (Part G). 

Additionally, certain data are collected for the U.S. Bureau of the Census, including revenue data 

(Part J), expenditure data (Part K), and debt and assets (Part L). 

For public institutions that used GASB reporting standards prior to Statement 35 to prepare their 

financial statements, data are collected on current funds revenues by source (Part A), current 

funds expenditures by function (Part B), scholarship and fellowship expenditures (Part E), 

indebtedness on physical plant (Part G), details of endowment assets (Part H), hospital revenues 

(Part J), and physical plant assets (Part K). Additionally, certain data are collected for the U.S. 

Bureau of the Census, including fiscal year interest earnings and cash and security (Part L), fiscal 

year tax receipts and capital outlay expenditures (Part M, for local public institutions only), and 

fiscal year revenue, expenditure, and indebtedness (Part N, for state public institutions only). 

Private not-for-profit institutions and public institutions that used FASB reporting standards to 

prepare their financial statements report data on their statement of financial position (Part A), 

summary of changes in net assets (Part B), student grants (Part C), revenues and investment 

return (Part D), and expenses by functional and natural classification (Part E). A shortened 

version of the not-for-profit form was developed for private for-profit institutions, and data are 

collected on balance sheet information (Part A), summary of changes in equity (Part B), student 

grants (Part C), revenues and investment return (Part D), and expenses by function (Part E).

Graduation Rates—This component collects the number of students entering the institution as 

full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking students (cohort) in a particular year, by 

race/ethnicity and gender; the number completing within 150% of normal time to program 

completion; the number that transferred to other institutions; the number of students in the cohort 

receiving athletically related student aid; and the number of athletes completing within 150% of 

normal time. Worksheets that calculate graduation and transfer out rates are created by the 

system to help institutions comply with requirements of the Student Right-to-Know legislation. 

Graduation rates are calculated as the number of completers within 150% of normal time divided 

by the revised cohort minus any exclusions. For 4-year institutions the cohort includes students 
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who first started in the 1996–97 academic year, and for 2-year and less-than-2-year institutions 

the cohort is that starting in the 1999–2000 academic year.

The 2002–03 survey forms and a fuller description of the rate calculations are available at 

http://www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/survey2002.asp. 

Edit Procedures

Edit checks were built into the web-based instrument to detect major reporting errors. The 

system automatically generated percentages and totals on each component (as required), and edit 

checks compared current responses to previously reported data. The edit checks could be run at 

any time during the collection, and all edit failures were required to be resolved before the 

keyholder could lock the data. As survey respondents ran the edit checks, they were notified of 

any errors detected by the system. Data could be corrected, or, if data were entered correctly but 

failed the edit checks, the survey respondents were asked to either confirm that the data were 

correct as entered, or explain why the data appeared to be out of the expected range. Some edit 

failures were “fatal,” and in these cases, the data had to be corrected rather than confirmed or 

explained. For the Graduation Rates component, respondents were permitted to change (revise) 

the initial cohort (previously reported numbers brought forward from responses to the 

Enrollment component) if the data were incorrectly reported. Survey respondents were also 

provided with a caveats box on each survey component and were encouraged to use this area to 

explain any special circumstances that might not be evident in their reported data. Finally, the 

data were manually reviewed for additional inconsistencies by coordinators and the IPEDS help 

desk staff. When necessary, keyholders were contacted to verify the accuracy of the data.

Several examples of automated edit checks in the Enrollment survey include: The number of 

full-time, first-time, first-year, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students had to be less 

than or equal to the total number of students. Current year data were compared to data from 

previous years and large discrepancies had to be justified in the edit explanations. Student 

counts, by level, were compared to activity hours to ensure hours were reported if students were 

reported at the undergraduate and graduate levels. For this collection cycle, Part B data were 

optional; however, if provided, total students in Part A (reported by race/ethnicity) had to equal 

total students in Part B (reported by age). Total first-time, first-year, degree/certificate-seeking 

undergraduate students in Part A (reported by race/ethnicity) had to equal the number reported in 

Part C (reported by state of residence, U.S. territory, or foreign country). If the system detected 

discrepancies in the numbers reported in Parts A, B, and C, balance amounts were generated and 

values were entered into “unknown” fields. This resulted in some negative numbers in the 

“unknown” fields, which were subsequently corrected prior to data cleaning and imputation. 

Edits also were applied to the Student Financial Aid component of the survey. For example, the 

number of full-time, first-time students had to be less than or equal to the total number of 

undergraduate students enrolled. The number of full-time, first-time students who received any 

financial aid during the full academic year had to be less than or equal to the number of full-time, 

first-time undergraduate students. For public institutions only, the sum of in-district, in-state, and 

out-of-state full-time, first-time undergraduate students could not exceed the number of full-time, 

first-time undergraduate students. The number of full-time, first-time undergraduate students 
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receiving federal grants could not exceed the number of full-time, first-time undergraduate 

students who received any financial aid during the full academic year. The same criteria applied 

to state/local grants, institutional grants, and loans to students. 

For the Finance component, current year data were compared to the previous year’s data and 

large discrepancies had to be justified in the edit explanations. In the version of the Finance 

survey for private, for-profit institutions, total net assets had to equal total unrestricted net assets 

plus total restricted net assets. Total ne t assets also had to equal total assets minus total liabilities. 

For all versions of the finance survey, selected fields—such as other sources of revenue, other 

expenses, and long-term debt outstanding at the end of the fiscal year—were generated by the 

computer using predetermined formulas. Institutions were instructed to compare the generated 

totals to the information in their financial statement and resolve any data entry errors. 

For the Graduation Rates component, individual cells were added to ensure that they did not 

exceed the revised cohort for any race/ethnicity or gender classification. Additionally, counts for 

athletic subcohorts were summed to ensure that they did not exceed the total cohort for any 

race/ethnicity or gender classification. Finally, if cohort members were reported for either section 

of the Graduation Rates component (bachelor’s-seeking or other-than-bachelor’s-seeking), at 

least one cell had to be completed in each applicable section. 

Imputation Procedures

The Enrollment data, Finance data, and Graduation Rates data were subject to imputation for 

nonresponse—both total (unit) nonresponse and partial (item) nonresponse. In addition, the 

imputation base was restricted to institutions satisfying all of the following conditions:

• The institution must participate in Title IV student financial aid programs.

• The institution must be currently active2 in IPEDS. 

• The institution must not be an administrative unit.

• The institution must not be a child3 institution (a child institution’s data are reported by 

another institution, referred to as the “parent”). 

• For the Finance and Graduation Rates components and Parts E and F of the Enrollment 

component, the institution must not be new to the IPEDS universe.

• For the Graduation Rates component, the institution must have enrolled any full-time, 

first-time students for the cohort year.

For Part A of the Enrollment component, 38 imputation groups were formed primarily based on 

institutional sector and undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional offerings.

For the Finance component, Parts A through E of the public GASB Statement 35 reporting form, 

Parts A, B, E, G, H, J, and K of the public GASB pre-Statement 35 reporting form, and Parts A 

through E for both private not-for-profit (or public FASB) and private for-profit forms were 

subject to imputation. The imputation groups were created separately for public, private not-forprofit, and private for-profit institutions. Twenty-seven imputation groups were formed based

primarily on institutional sector, graduate or first-professional offering, medical degree offering, 

FIPS code (for public only), and religious affiliation (for private not-for-profit only).
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2

Institutions that did not respond were verified as currently active (open for business) prior to imputation through 

telephone calls and e-mail. 

3A child has all of its data reported by the parent institution.

The following variables were used to define imputation groups for the Graduation Rates 

component:

• Sector;

• Medical offering;

• First-professional offering; 

• Graduate offering;

• At least 2 but less than 4 years or bachelor’s degree (LEVEL4=1 or LEVEL5=1); and 

• Less than 1 year or at least 1 but less than 2 years or associate’s degree (LEVEL1=1 or 

LEVEL2=1 or LEVEL3=1).

Each combination of the above criteria formed a unique imputation group. Imputation groups for 

institutions in sector 9 were also defined by the combination of LEVEL1 and LEVEL2. A donor 

was selected from the same imputation group as the imputee.

Enrollment 

The following imputation methods were used to impute missing data in enrollment Part A, Part 

E, and Part F:

• Carry Forward—Reported 2001 (or 2000) enrollment data were carried forward to the 

current year. The number of students reported in 2001 (or 2000) was used as the base

value for the imputation. This base value was then multiplied by either the ratio of current 

year to past year median part-time students or the ratio of current year to past year 

median full-time students (whichever was applicable) within the imputation group to 

adjust for year-to-year change. Medians were determined within imputation groups.

• Nearest Neighbor Fall Enrollment Part A—Reported 2002 enrollment Part A data were 

used in defining the distance measure for this method. In particular, the distance between 

two institutions was defined as the maximum relative difference in enrollment count 

among the levels of study (undergraduate, graduate, first-professional). The nearest 

neighbor of the imputee was selected from the responding institutions in the same 

imputation group as the donor. The donor’s unduplicated enrollment counts (or 

instructional activity hours) were multiplied by the ratio of the imputee’s fall enrollment 

count to the donor’s fall enrollment count to adjust for the difference between the two 

institutions. These adjusted values were used as the imputed values.

• Nearest Neighbor Completions—The completions data for the academic year 2002–03 

were used in defining the distance measure for this method. In particular, the distance 

between two institutions was defined as the maximum relative difference in award count 

among the levels of study (undergraduate, graduate, first-professional). The nearest 
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neighbor of the imputee was selected from the responding institutions in the same 

imputation group as the donor. The donor’s fall enrollment counts (or unduplicated 

enrollment counts or instructional activity hours) were multiplied by the ratio of the 

imputee’s award count to the donor’s award count to adjust for the difference between the 

two institutions. These adjusted values were used as the imputed values. The identified 

donor’s award counts were used to impute for Part A and Part E data simultaneously, 

where applicable.

• Ratio Adjustment Based on Part A Data—The Fall Enrollment Part A dataset for the 

academic year 2002–03 was used to determine the median contact or credit hours per 

full-time equivalent (FTE) student. This ratio was calculated for each collapsed 

imputation group for undergraduate credit hours, undergraduate contact hours, and 

graduate credit hours. An institution’s FTE, based on the institution’s Part A data, is 

equal to an institution’s full-time students plus one-third its part-time students. The 

median ratio for each collapsed imputation was applied to the Part F nonrespondent’s 

Part A enrollment. For institutions that had undergraduate offerings, the institution’s 

calendar year indicator determined whether the imputed activity hours were assigned to 

contact or credit hours.

• Group Median—For each imputation group, the median enrollment count of all 

responding institutions was calculated. The responding institution that had the closest 

enrollment count to this median was designated as the “median” institution. Enrollment 

counts were imputed using the values from the median institution. For public institutions, 

if there were at least three donors from the imputee’s state, the median institution was 

chosen from the institutions within the same state as the imputee. Otherwise, the median 

institution was chosen from the entire imputation group. The median institution used to 

impute for enrollment counts was used to impute for the unduplicated enrollment counts 

and the instructional activity hours, where applicable.

For total nonrespondents, if there were past enrollment data then the Carry Forward method was 

used. Alternately, if there were past completions data, the Nearest Neighbor method was used. 

Otherwise the Group Median method was used. Partial nonresponse was determined by 

comparison with the existing past fall enrollment data. The following three types of partial 

nonrespondents were imputed using the Carry Forward method:

• Missing a whole level—institutions missing all the lines for undergraduate, graduate, or 

first-professional offering.

• Missing a half level—full-time data were present but part-time data were missing, or 

part-time data were present and full-time data were missing. 

• Missing data within undergraduate level—first-time, first-year data were present, but 

total undergraduates data were missing, or total undergraduates data were present, but 

first-time, first-year data were missing.
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Finance 

The following imputation methods were used to impute missing data in the Finance component 

of the survey:

• Carry Forward—Reported prior finance data were carried forward to the current ye ar. 

The values were then multiplied by a median inflation adjustment from within the 

imputation group and, for some variables deemed proportional to enrollment, such as 

total tuition and fees or total student grants, by full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment 

ratios to adjust for year-to-year change.

• Nearest Neighbor FTE—Data from a nearest neighbor of the imputee based on previous 

years’ FTE enrollment values within the imputation group were used as the imputed 

values. An imputee/donor FTE adjustment for variables closely related to FTE was made 

to the imputed values. For public imputees, only institutions within the same state as the 

imputee were considered as potential donors. If there were no potential donors within the 

same state, then this restriction did not apply. 

• Nearest Neighbor EAP (Employees by Assigned Position)—Data from a nearest neighbor 

of the imputee based on the current or previous year EAP data within the imputation 

group were used as the imputed values. The number of total employees reported in the 

EAP dataset was used in defining the distance measure. An imputee/donor adjustment 

was made to the imputed values. For public imputees, only institutions within the same 

state as the imputee were considered as potential donors. If there were no potential 

donors within the same state, then this restriction did not apply. 

For total nonrespondents, if there were past finance data, then the Carry Forward method was 

used. Alternately, if there were past FTE data, the Nearest Neighbor FTE method was used. If 

there were current or past EAP data, the Nearest Neighbor EAP method was used. Partial 

nonresponse was determined by comparison with the existing past data. Partial nonrespondents 

were imputed by Carry Forward imputation only.

Since no information was available on whether they actually adopted GASB (Statement 35 or 

pre-Statement 35) or FASB to prepare their financial statements, public imputees were imputed 

using data from public GASB (Statement 35 or pre-Statement 35) donors. Private not-for-profit 

imputees were imputed using data from private not-for-profit donors, not from public FASB 

donors.

Graduation Rates

The following imputation methods were used to impute missing data in the Graduation Rate 

component of the survey:

• Carry Forward—The imputed school’s previous year’s data were used as the donor 

values.
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• Nearest Neighbor—The responding institution with the nearest “distance” to the imputee 

within the imputee’s imputation group was used as the donor. The distance was 

calculated from a predicted graduation rate and either the Completions data or the Fall 

Enrollment data. 

• Group Median—A median institution in each imputation group was determined and used 

as a donor for imputees in that imputation group. 

When previous year’s data were not available, the nearest neighbor imputation method was used 

if sufficient data were available. Otherwise, the group median imputation procedure was used. 

Group median and nearest neighbor imputations were performed within imputation groups. 

Table M2 provides the fall enrollment counts (reported and imputed) and percentages that were 

imputed for all Title IV institutions in the United States, by control of institution, student level, 

attendance status, gender, and degree-granting status. 

Table M3 provides the unduplicated headcount data (reported and imputed) and percentages that 

were imputed for all Title IV institutions in the United States, by control of institution, student 

level, gender, and degree-granting status. 

Table M4 provides the instructional activities (reported and imputed) and percentages that were 

imputed for all Title IV institutions in the United States, by control of institution, degree-granting 

status, and type of instructional activities.

Table M5 provides the revenues and expenditures/expenses (reported and imputed) as well as the 

percentages of these amounts that were imputed for all Title IV institutions in the United States, 

by control of institution and type of funds.

Table M6 provides the student counts (reported and imputed) and percentages that were imputed 

for all Title IV institutions in the United States, by control of institution. 

Data Perturbation and Confidentiality 

Five laws cover protection of the confidentiality of individually identifiable information 

collected by NCES - the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the E-Government Act of 2002, the 

Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, and the US Patriot Act of 2001. Therefore,

Under law, public use data collected and distributed by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) may be used only for statistical purposes. Any effort 

to determine the identity of any reported case by public-use data users is 

prohibited by law. Violations are subject to Class E felony charges of a fine up to 

$250,000 and/or a prison term up to 5 years.

In order to preserve the confidentiality of information regarding individuals’ financial aid and 

graduation rates, the Student Financial Aid and Graduation Rates data files were perturbed. All 

student financial aid and graduation rate statistics in this report are based on the perturbed data.
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Table M2. Fall enrollment and percentage imputed for all Title IV institutions, by control of institution, student 

level, attendance status, gender, and degree-granting status: United States, fall 2002

Total Public Private not-for-profit Private for-profit

Imputed Imputed Imputed Imputed

Student level, attendance 

status, gender, and 

degree-granting status

Fall 

enrollment Number Percent

Fall 

enrollment Number Percent

Fall 

enrollment Number Percent

Fall 

enrollment Number Percent

All students 17,035,027 36,752 0.2 12,883,071 4,189 # 3,299,094 22,796 0.7 852,862 9,767 1.1

Undergraduate 14,679,617 31,422 0.2 11,563,906 3,721 # 2,339,197 17,996 0.8 776,514 9,705 1.2

First-time, first-year 2,913,082 10,143 0.3 2,017,762 1,005 # 495,749 3,722 0.8 399,571 5,416 1.4

Other undergraduate 11,766,535 21,279 0.2 9,546,144 2,716 # 1,843,448 14,274 0.8 376,943 4,289 1.1

Graduate 2,036,421 4,342 0.2 1,186,871 152 # 774,210 4,128 0.5 75,340 62 0.1

First-professional 318,989 988 0.3 132,294 316 0.2 185,687 672 0.4 1,008 0 0.0

Full time 10,272,756 17,329 0.2 7,137,109 1,585 # 2,426,785 9,216 0.4 708,862 6,528 0.9

Part time 6,762,271 19,423 0.3 5,745,962 2,604 # 872,309 13,580 1.6 144,000 3,239 2.2

Men 7,344,936 13,845 0.2 5,574,603 1,591 # 1,413,180 8,951 0.6 357,153 3,303 0.9

Women 9,690,091 22,907 0.2 7,308,468 2,598 # 1,885,914 13,845 0.7 495,709 6,464 1.3

Degree-granting 16,611,711 30,733 0.2 12,751,993 3,232 # 3,265,476 21,450 0.7 594,242 6,051 1.0

Non-degree-granting 423,316 6,019 1.4 131,078 957 0.7 33,618 1,346 4.0 258,620 3,716 1.4

#Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Table is restricted to U.S. institutions only. For institutions in other areas, no students were imputed.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 

2003.

Table M3. Unduplicated count and percentage imputed for all Title IV institutions, by control of institution, student 

level, gender, and degree-granting status: United States, 2001–02

Total Public Private not-for-profit Private for-profit

Imputed Imputed Imputed Imputed

Student level, gender, 

and degree-granting 

status

Unduplicated 

count Number %

Unduplicated 

count Number %

Unduplicated 

count Number %

Unduplicated 

count Number %

All students 23,010,948 71,063 0.3 17,755,304 33,605 0.2 4,007,071 29,887 0.7 1,248,573 7,571 0.6

Undergraduate 19,849,866 59,232 0.3 16,006,111 33,578 0.2 2,733,157 18,087 0.7 1,110,598 7,567 0.7

Graduate 2,838,370 11,142 0.4 1,615,940 27 # 1,085,758 11,111 1.0 136,672 4 #

First-professional 322,712 689 0.2 133,253 0 0.0 188,156 689 0.4 1,303 0 0.0

Men 10,013,639 27,761 0.3 7,777,537 12,162 0.2 1,706,223 13,017 0.8 529,879 2,582 0.5

Women 12,997,309 43,302 0.3 9,977,767 21,443 0.2 2,300,848 16,870 0.7 718,694 4,989 0.7

Degree-granting 22,393,771 65,719 0.3 17,540,783 33,185 0.2 3,962,491 29,567 0.7 890,497 2,967 0.3

Non-degree-granting 617,177 5,344 0.9 214,521 420 0.2 44,580 320 0.7 358,076 4,604 1.3

#Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Table is restricted to U.S. institutions only. For institutions in other areas, 502 students were imputed.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 

2003.
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Table M4. Instructional activities and percentage imputed for all Title IV institutions, by control of institution, 

degree-granting status, and type of instructional activities: United States, 2001–02

Total Public Private not-for-profit Private for-profit

Imputed Imputed Imputed Imputed

Degree-granting status 

and type of instructional 

activities Total amount Amount % Total amount Amount % Total amount Amount % Total amount Amount %

All institutions 1,109,123,670 4,191,377 0.4 593,600,231 65,908 # 126,369,751 252,151 0.2 389,153,688 3,873,318 1.0

Credit hour activity 386,860,592 352,741 0.1 276,174,034 59,366 # 86,463,758 250,712 0.3 24,222,800 42,663 0.2

Undergraduate 343,581,261 278,337 0.1 254,599,771 59,348 # 66,253,252 176,326 0.3 22,728,238 42,663 0.2

Graduate 43,279,331 74,404 0.2 21,574,263 18 # 20,210,506 74,386 0.4 1,494,562 0 0.0

Contact hour activity 722,263,078 3,838,636 0.5 317,426,197 6,542 # 39,905,993 1,439 # 364,930,888 3,830,655 1.0

Degree-granting 764,389,851 3,079,336 0.4 516,113,463 64,236 # 102,987,811 246,105 0.2 145,288,577 2,768,995 1.9

Credit hour activity 381,764,580 306,651 0.1 275,954,002 59,366 # 86,062,565 246,105 0.3 19,748,013 1,180 #

Undergraduate 338,584,110 232,247 0.1 254,380,484 59,348 # 65,907,245 171,719 0.3 18,296,381 1,180 #

Graduate 43,180,470 74,404 0.2 21,573,518 18 # 20,155,320 74,386 0.4 1,451,632 0 0.0

Contact hour activity 382,625,271 2,772,685 0.7 240,159,461 4,870 # 16,925,246 0 0.0 125,540,564 2,767,815 2.2

Non-degree-granting 344,733,819 1,112,041 0.3 77,486,768 1,672 # 23,381,940 6,046 # 243,865,111 1,104,323 0.5

Credit hour activity 5,096,012 46,090 0.9 220,032 0 0.0 401,193 4,607 1.1 4,474,787 41,483 0.9

Undergraduate 4,997,151 46,090 0.9 219,287 0 0.0 346,007 4,607 1.3 4,431,857 41,483 0.9

Graduate 98,861 0 0.0 745 0 0.0 55,186 0 0.0 42,930 0 0.0

Contact hour activity 339,637,807 1,065,951 0.3 77,266,736 1,672 # 22,980,747 1,439 # 239,390,324 1,062,840 0.4

#Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Table is restricted to U.S. institutions only. For institutions in other areas, 4,692 hours of credit hour activity (undergraduate), 64,396 hours of 

credit hour activity (graduate), and 0 hours of contact hour activity were imputed.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 

2003.
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Table M5. Revenues and expenditures/expenses, and the percentages imputed, for Title IV 

institutions, by control of institution and type of funds: United States, fiscal year 2002

[Amounts are in thousands of dollars]

Total Public (GASB 35)1 Public (pre-GASB 35)2

Type of funds Imputed Imputed Imputed

Total funds Amount % Total funds Amount % Total funds Amount %

Total revenues and 

investment 

returns $286,778,185 $1,789,369 0.6 $162,389,802 $176,490 0.1 $25,866,760 $667,943 2.6

Tuition and fees 69,973,233 323,812 0.5 23,357,606 41,322 0.2 4,416,835 60,790 1.4

Government 

appropriations, grants, 

and contracts 110,587,306 674,275 0.6 79,893,549 114,754 0.1 16,013,059 521,603 3.3

Federal 32,206,274 77,900 0.2 16,982,365 11,958 0.1 3,218,432 33,795 1.1

State and local 78,381,031 596,375 0.8 62,911,185 102,796 0.2 12,794,627 487,808 3.8

Private gifts, grants, and 

contracts 18,747,384 154,331 0.8 3,153,369 3,199 0.1 695,813 8,577 1.2

Endowment income 134,251 188 0.1 † † † 134,251 188 0.1

Sales and services of 

educational activities 3,845,350 11,074 0.3 † † † 326,977 3,458 1.1

Auxiliary enterprises 24,927,264 73,277 0.3 13,133,146 22,620 0.2 1,886,635 17,114 0.9

Hospitals 25,960,624 426,824 1.6 14,730,677 0 0.0 1,485,487 0 0.0

Contributions from 

affiliated entities 899,229 13,405 1.5 † † † † † †

Investment return -4,876,540 9,961 -0.2 1,641,079 2,598 0.2 † † †

Independent operations 

revenue 4,395,087 18,428 0.4 624,255 0 0.0 78,246 17,332 22.2

Other revenue 32,184,999 83,795 0.3 25,856,119 -8,003 # 829,457 38,882 4.7

Total expenditures $292,338,020 $1,755,643 0.6 $162,416,130 $179,589 0.1 $24,978,932 $659,026 2.6

Instruction 86,521,440 509,181 0.6 44,094,806 70,259 0.2 9,063,074 312,656 3.4

Research and public 

service 38,903,006 43,974 0.1 24,305,593 7,130 # 2,138,580 8,193 0.4

Academic support, 

student services, and 

institutional support 67,915,290 445,567 0.7 29,907,259 51,449 0.2 6,774,427 238,941 3.5

Operation and 

maintenance of plant 11,662,884 69,586 0.6 9,528,934 17,715 0.2 2,133,949 51,871 2.4

Scholarships and 

fellowships/aid 8,280,772 59,987 0.7 6,038,572 24,550 0.4 1,000,466 23,673 2.4

Mandatory transfers 562,469 1,990 0.4 † † † 562,469 1,990 0.4

Auxiliary enterprises 24,126,009 79,060 0.3 12,136,393 20,012 0.2 1,901,282 19,112 1.0

Hospitals 24,626,192 464,732 1.9 13,978,935 0 0.0 1,257,283 0 0.0

Independent operations 3,904,184 3,521 0.1 462,515 0 0.0 27,657 1,356 4.9

Other expenditures 25,835,775 78,046 0.3 21,963,121 -11,527 -0.1 119,745 1,235 1.0

See notes at end of table.
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Table M5. Revenues and expenditures/expenses, and the percentages imputed, for Title IV 

institutions, by control of institution and type of funds: United States, fiscal year 

2002—Continued

[Amounts are in thousands of dollars]

Public (FASB)3 Private not-for-profit Private for-profit

Type of funds Imputed Imputed Imputed

Total funds Amount % Total funds Amount % Total funds Amount %

Total revenues and 

investment 

returns $4,548,759 $0 0.0 $85,308,122 $824,201 1.0 $8,664,743 $120,735 1.4

Tuition and fees 1,106,971 0 0.0 33,682,732 132,831 0.4 7,409,088 88,869 1.2

Government 

appropriations, grants, 

and contracts 1,213,226 0 0.0 13,001,240 22,235 0.2 466,231 15,684 3.4

Federal 434,153 0 0.0 11,174,383 18,402 0.2 396,941 13,744 3.5

State and local 779,073 0 0.0 1,826,857 3,832 0.2 69,290 1,939 2.8

Private gifts, grants, and 

contracts 342,060 0 0.0 14,544,168 141,987 1.0 11,972 567 4.7

Endowment income † † † † † † † † †

Sales and services of 

educational activities 43,950 0 0.0 3,265,348 940 # 209,075 6,676 3.2

Auxiliary enterprises 326,226 0 0.0 9,331,647 25,345 0.3 249,610 8,198 3.3

Hospitals 1,371,507 0 0.0 8,372,952 426,824 5.1 † † †

Contributions from 

affiliated entities 0 0 † 899,229 13,405 1.5 † † †

Investment return -17,458 0 0.0 -6,538,157 6,842 -0.1 37,995 521 1.4

Independent operations 

revenue 15,863 0 0.0 3,676,723 1,096 # † † †

Other revenue 146,413 0 0.0 5,072,239 52,696 1.0 280,771 220 0.1

Total expenditures $4,510,242 $0 0.0 $93,237,970 $805,932 0.9 $7,194,747 $111,095 1.5

Instruction 1,152,078 0 0.0 29,967,148 90,413 0.3 2,244,333 35,854 1.6

Research and public 

service 703,366 0 0.0 11,712,144 27,169 0.2 43,324 1,481 3.4

Academic support, 

student services, and 

institutional support 798,294 0 0.0 26,621,560 117,560 0.4 3,813,749 37,616 1.0

Operation and 

maintenance of plant † † † † † † † † †

Scholarships and 

fellowships/aid 14,791 0 0.0 1,191,192 11,284 0.9 35,750 480 1.3

Mandatory transfers † † † † † † † † †

Auxiliary enterprises 319,753 0 0.0 9,524,476 26,889 0.3 244,104 13,048 5.3

Hospitals 1,448,682 0 0.0 7,941,293 464,732 5.9 † † †

Independent operations 13,616 0 0.0 3,400,395 2,164 0.1 † † †

Other expenditures 59,661 0 0.0 2,879,761 65,720 2.3 813,486 22,617 2.8

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

1Public institutions that use Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement 35 standards to prepare their financial 

statements.

2Public institutions that use Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) standards prior to Statement 35 to prepare their 

fiscal year 2002 financial statements. These institutions will be required to implement GASB Statement 35 standards by fiscal year 

2004.

3Public institutions that use Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) standards to prepare their financial statements.

NOTE: All public FASB data are reported and not imputed since public imputees are imputed using data from public GASB 35 or 

pre-GASB 35 donors. Table is restricted to U.S. institutions only. Revenues of $2,939,864 and expenditures of $240,350 were 

imputed for institutions in other areas.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Table M6. Student counts (for graduation rates) and percentage imputed for all Title IV 

institutions, by control of institution: United States, cohort years 1996 and 1999

Total Public

Student level Imputed Imputed

Students Number Percent Students Number Percent

Section I—Establishing cohorts

Revised cohort 1,983,656 13,846 0.7 1,264,241 4,242 0.3

Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking subcohort 1,032,911 3,365 0.3 668,685 1,215 0.2

Other than bachelor's degree-seeking subcohort 950,745 10,481 1.1 595,556 3,027 0.5

Section II—Bachelor’s degree-seeking

Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking subcohort 1,032,911 3,365 0.3 668,685 1,215 0.2

Total exclusions 4,347 10 0.2 2,278 9 0.4

Adjusted bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking subcohort 1,028,564 3,355 0.3 666,407 1,206 0.2

Total completers within 150% 574,832 2,212 0.4 346,285 443 0.1

Completers of programs of <2 years 989 76 7.7 180 0 0.0

Completers of programs of 2<4 years 4,211 23 0.5 1,734 8 0.5

Completers of bachelor’s or equivalent degrees 569,632 2,113 0.4 344,371 435 0.1

Completed the program in 4 years or less 346,257 519 0.1 172,959 175 0.1

Completed the program in 5 years 170,365 378 0.2 132,742 202 0.2

Completed the program in 6 years 53,010 1,216 2.3 38,670 58 0.1

Total transfer-out students (non-completers) 85,216 147 0.2 68,311 68 0.1

Non-completers enrolled and non-completers not enrolled 368,516 1,292 0.4 251,811 696 0.3

Still enrolled in programs of 5 years or longer 1,129 0 0.0 738 0 0.0

Other non-completers1367,387 1,292 0.4 251,073 696 0.3

Section III—Other than bachelor’s degree-seeking

Other than bachelor’s degree-seeking subcohort 950,745 10,481 1.1 595,556 3,027 0.5

Total exclusions 3,842 136 3.5 2,593 14 0.5

Adjusted other than bachelor’s degree-seeking subcohort 946,903 10,495 1.1 592,963 3,013 0.5

Total completers within 150% 375,073 8,068 2.2 159,436 1,173 0.7

Completers of programs of <2 years 238,492 6,153 2.6 59,237 1,013 1.7

Completers of programs of 2<4 years 131,345 1,216 0.9 97,419 105 0.1

Completers of bachelor’s or equivalent degrees 5,236 699 13.3 2,780 55 2.0

Completed the program in 4 years or less 2,175 250 11.5 784 3 0.4

Completed the program in 5 years 1,950 243 12.5 1,293 29 2.2

Completed the program in 6 years 1,111 206 18.5 703 23 3.3

Total transfer-out students (non-completers) 100,586 669 0.7 87,126 132 0.2

Non-completers enrolled and non-completers not enrolled 471,244 5,738 1.2 346,401 2,741 0.8

Still enrolled in programs of 5 years or longer 112 18 16.1 80 18 22.5

Still enrolled in programs of 3 years or longer 628 0 0.0 196 0 0.0

Other non-completers1470,504 5,720 1.2 346,125 2,723 0.8

Section V—Total number of students receiving 

athletically related student aid

Total students receiving athletically related student aid 172,624 70 # 101,775 69 0.1

Football 30,837 0 0.0 21,098 0 0.0

Basketball 27,110 17 0.1 15,252 17 0.1

Baseball 20,857 0 0.0 12,284 0 0.0

Cross-country/track 20,104 2 # 12,334 2 #

All other sports 73,716 51 0.1 40,807 50 0.1

Section VI—Subcohort of students receiving 

athletically related student aid (all sports are 

grouped together)

Athletic subcohort 47,613 133 0.3 29,278 114 0.4

Total exclusions 177 0 0.0 83 0 0.0

Adjusted athletic subcohort 47,436 133 0.3 29,195 114 0.4

Total completers within 150% 23,176 36 0.2 12,983 26 0.2

Completers of programs of <2 years 577 0 0.0 457 0 0.0

Completers of programs of 2<4 years 4,076 14 0.3 3,398 14 0.4

Completers of bachelor’s or equivalent degrees 18,523 22 0.1 9,128 12 0.1

Total transfer-out student (non-completers) 5,115 7 0.1 3,867 7 0.2

Non-completers and completers>150% 19,145 90 0.5 12,345 81 0.7

See notes at end of table.
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Table M6. Student counts (for graduation rates) and percentage imputed for all Title IV 

institutions, by control of institution: United States, cohort years 1996 and 1999—

Continued

Private not-for-profit Private for-profit

Student level Imputed Imputed

Students Number Percent Students Number Percent

Section I—Establishing cohorts

Revised cohort 413,798 3,763 0.9 305,617 5,841 1.9

Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking subcohort 354,445 2,150 0.6 9,781 0 0.0

Other than bachelor's degree-seeking subcohort 59,353 1,613 2.7 295,836 5,841 2.0

Section II—Bachelor’s degree-seeking

Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking subcohort 354,445 2,150 0.6 9,781 0 0.0

Total exclusions 2,048 1 # 21 0 0.0

Adjusted bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking subcohort 352,397 2,149 0.6 9,760 0 0.0

Total completers within 150% 225,367 1,681 0.7 3,180 88 2.8

Completers of programs of <2 years 607 0 0.0 202 76 37.6

Completers of programs of 2<4 years 2,231 4 0.2 246 11 4.5

Completers of bachelor’s or equivalent degrees 222,529 1,677 0.8 2,732 1 #

Completed the program in 4 years or less 171,175 343 0.2 2,123 1 #

Completed the program in 5 years 37,268 176 0.5 355 0 0.0

Completed the program in 6 years 14,086 1,158 8.2 254 0 0.0

Total transfer-out students (non-completers) 16,763 54 0.3 142 25 17.6

Non-completers enrolled and non-completers not enrolled 110,267 479 0.4 6,438 117 1.8

Still enrolled in programs of 5 years or longer 391 0 0.0 0 0 †

Other non-completers1109,876 479 0.4 6,438 117 1.8

Section III—Other than bachelor’s degree-seeking

Other than bachelor’s degree-seeking subcohort 59,353 1,613 2.7 295,836 5,841 2.0

Total exclusions 796 118 14.8 453 4 0.9

Adjusted other than bachelor’s degree-seeking subcohort 58,557 1,599 2.7 295,383 5,883 2.0

Total completers within 150% 27,613 1,440 5.2 188,024 5,455 2.9

Completers of programs of <2 years 14,092 195 1.4 165,163 4,945 3.0

Completers of programs of 2<4 years 11,285 601 5.3 22,641 510 2.3

Completers of bachelor’s or equivalent degrees 2,236 644 28.8 220 0 0.0

Completed the program in 4 years or less 1,224 247 20.2 167 0 0.0

Completed the program in 5 years 627 214 34.1 30 0 0.0

Completed the program in 6 years 385 183 47.5 23 0 0.0

Total transfer-out students (non-completers) 4,360 207 4.7 9,100 330 3.6

Non-completers enrolled and non-completers not enrolled 26,584 886 3.3 98,259 2,111 2.1

Still enrolled in programs of 5 years or longer 32 0 0.0 0 0 †

Still enrolled in programs of 3 years or longer 20 0 0.0 412 0 0.0

Other non-completers126,532 886 3.3 97,847 2,111 2.2

Section V—Total number of students receiving 

athletically related student aid

Total students receiving athletically related student aid 70,349 1 # 500 0 0.0

Football 9,739 0 0.0 0 0 †

Basketball 11,723 0 0.0 135 0 0.0

Baseball 8,437 0 0.0 136 0 0.0

Cross-country/track 7,760 0 0.0 10 0 0.0

All other sports 32,690 1 # 219 0 0.0

See notes at end of table.
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Table M6. Student counts (for graduation rates) and percentage imputed for all Title IV 

institutions, by control of institution: United States, cohort years 1996 and 1999—

Continued

Private not-for-profit Private for-profit

Student level Imputed Imputed

Students Number Percent Students Number Percent

Section VI—Subcohort of students receiving 

athletically related student aid (all sports are 

grouped together)

Athletic subcohort 18,168 19 0.1 167 0 0.0

Total exclusions 94 0 0.0 0 0 †

Adjusted athletic subcohort 18,074 19 0.1 167 0 0.0

Total completers within 150% 10,124 10 0.1 69 0 0.0

Completers of programs of <2 years 104 0 0.0 16 0 0.0

Completers of programs of 2<4 years 635 0 0.0 43 0 0.0

Completers of bachelor’s or equivalent degrees 9,385 10 0.1 10 0 0.0

Total transfer-out student (non-completers) 1,240 0 0.0 8 0 0.0

Non-completers and completers>150% 6,710 9 0.1 90 0 0.0

†Not applicable

#Rounds to zero

1This line is calculated from the numbers in the table. It is not represented in the dataset.

NOTE: Table is restricted to U.S. institutions only. For institutions in other areas; in section II, the cohort includes 109 imputed 

students and there are 63 imputed completers; in section III, the cohort includes 780 imputed students and there are 1,491 imputed 

completers. The adjusted cohort reflects changes made by the institution to the original cohort and exclusions to the cohort reported 

by the institution. 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 

System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.
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Glossary of IPEDS Terms

2-year institution: A postsecondary institution that offers programs of at least 2 but less than 4 

years’ duration. Includes occupational and vocational schools with programs of at least 1,800 

hours and academic institutions with programs of less than 4 years. Does not include bachelor’s 

degree-granting institutions where the baccalaureate program can be completed in 3 years.

4-year institution: A postsecondary institution that offers programs of at least 4 years’ duration or 

one that offers programs at or above the baccalaureate level. Includes schools that offer 

postbaccalaureate certificates only or those that offer graduate programs only. Also includes 

free-standing medical, law, or other first-professional schools.

Adjusted cohort: In the Graduation Rates (GRS) component of IPEDS, an institution’s revised 

cohort minus any allowable exclusions. For GRS purposes, allowable exclusions include 

students who died or were totally and permanently disabled; those who left school to serve in the 

armed forces; those who left to serve with a foreign aid service of the federal government, such 

as the Peace Corps; and those who left to serve on official church mission.

Affiliation: Refers to control of institution, primarily with respect to the private not-for-profit 

institutions that are supported by religious organizations. 

Allowable exclusions: Those students who may be removed (deleted) from the GRS cohort 

according to the Student Right-to-Know legislation. These include students who died or were 

totally and permanently disabled; those who left school to serve in the armed forces; those who 

left to serve with a foreign aid service of the federal government, such as the Peace Corps; and 

those who left to serve on official church mission.

American Indian/Alaska Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North 

America and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community 

recognition.

Asian/Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, 

Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and Pacific Islands. This includes people from China, 

Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, American Samoa, India, and Vietnam.

Athletically related student aid: Any scholarship, grant, or other form of financ ial assistance, 

offered by an institution, the terms of which require the recipient to participate in a program of 

intercollegiate athletics in order to be eligible to receive such assistance.

Black, non-Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa (except 

those of Hispanic origin).

Child institution: An institution that has its data reported by another institution, known as the 

“parent institution.”

Cohort: A specific group of students established for tracking purposes.
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Control (of institution): A classification of whether an institution is operated by publicly elected 

or appointed officials (public control) or by privately elected or appointed officials and derives 

its major source of funds from private sources (private control).

Coordinator: The person who ensures that all data have been entered correctly by each institution 

under their jurisdiction. Coordinators can be designated for any group of institutions.

Degree/certificate-seeking students: Students enrolled in courses for credit who are recognized 

by the institution as seeking a degree or other formal award. At the undergraduate level, this is 

intended to include students enrolled in vocational or occupational programs.

Degree-granting institution: An institution offering either an associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, 

doctor’s, or first-professional degree.

Donor institution: A responding institution whose values are assigned to the imputee.

Expenses: The outflow or other using up of assets or incurrence of liabilities (or a combination of 

both) from delivering or producing goods, rendering services, or carrying out other activities that 

constitute the institution’s ongoing major or central operations or in generating revenues. 

Alternatively, expenses may be thought of as the costs of goods and services used to produce the 

educational services provided by the institution. Expenses result in a reduction of net assets.

First-professional degree: An award that requires completion of a program that meets all of the 

following criteria: (1) completion of the academic requirements to begin practice in the 

profession; (2) at least 2 years of college work prior to entering the program; and (3) a total of at 

least 6 academic years of college work to complete the degree program, including prior required 

college work plus the length of the professional program itself. First-professional degrees may be 

awarded in the following 10 fields:

Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)

Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)

Law (L.L.B. or J.D.) Podiatry (D.P.M., D.P., or Pod.D.)

Medicine (M.D.) Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ordination)

Optometry (O.D.) Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.)

First-professional student: A student enrolled in any of the following degree programs: 

chiropractic, dentistry, law, medicine, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, 

theology, or veterinary medicine.

First-time, first-year student: A student attending any institution for the first time at the 

undergraduate level. Includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended college for the first 

time in the prior summer term. Also includes students who entered with advanced standing 

(college credits earned before graduation from high school).

Full-time student:
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Undergraduate—A student enrolled for 12 or more semester credits or 12 or more quarter 

credits or 24 or more contact hours a week each term.

Graduate—A student enrolled for 9 or more semester credits or 9 or more quarter credits, 

or a student involved in thesis or dissertation preparation who is considered full time by 

the institution. 

First-professional—As defined by the institution.

Graduate student: A student who holds a bachelor’s or first-professional degree, or equivalent, 

and is taking courses at the post-baccalaureate level. These students may or may not be enrolled 

in graduate programs.

Graduation rate: The rate required for disclosure and/or reporting purposes under Student Rightto-Know. This rate is calculated as the total number of completers within 150% of normal time 

divided by the revised cohort minus any allowable exclusions.

Hispanic: A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other 

Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

Initial cohort: A specific group of individuals established for tracking purposes. For the 

Graduation Rates component of IPEDS, the initial cohort is defined as all students who enter an 

institution as full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking students during either (1) the fall 

term of a given academic year, or (2) between September 1st and August 31st of the following 

year.

Imputation: A method of estimating data for an entity that did not respond to a data item or 

survey.

Imputee: A nonresponding institution that has its values imputed.

Keyholder: The person designated by an official institutional representative to have in their 

possession the necessary UserID and password to gain access to the Integrated Postsecondary 

Education Data System (IPEDS) data collection system to complete the survey. The keyholder is 

responsible for entering data and locking the site by each survey completion date. 

Less-than-2-year institution: A postsecondary institution that offers programs below the 

baccalaureate level of less than 2 years’ duration. Includes occupational and vocational schools 

with programs that do not exceed 1,800 contact hours.

Level of institution: A classification of whether an institution’s programs are 4 years or higher (4 

year), at least 2 but less than 4 years (2 year), or less than 2 years.

Migration (students): Refers to the movement of students from their home state of residence to 

another state to attend a postsecondary institution.
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Normal time to completion: The amount of time necessary for a student to complete all 

requirements for a degree or certificate according to the institution's catalog. This is typically 4 

years (8 semesters or trimesters, or 12 quarters, excluding summer terms) for a bachelor's degree 

in a standard term-based institution; 2 years (4 semesters or trimesters, or 6 quarters, excluding 

summer terms) for an associate's degree in a standard term-based institution; and the various 

scheduled times for certificate programs.

Non-degree-granting institution: An institution offering only postbaccalaureate, post-master’s, or 

first-professional certificates, or certificates or diplomas of 4 years or less.

Nonresident alien: A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in 

this country on a visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely.

OPE: Office of Postsecondary Education

Parent institution: An institution that reports data for another institution, known as the child 

institution.

PEPS: Postsecondary Education Participation System (used by OPE for Title IV federal student 

financial aid programs).

Postsecondary education: The provision of a formal instructional program whose curriculum is 

designed primarily for students who are beyond the compulsory age for high school. This 

includes programs whose purpose is academic, vocational, and continuing professional education 

and excludes avocational and adult basic education programs.

Postsecondary institution: An institution that has as its sole purpose or one of its primary 

missions the provision of postsecondary education. 

Program Participation Agreement (PPA): A written agreement between a postsecondary 

institution and the Secretary of Education. This agreement allows institutions to participate in 

any of the Title IV student assistance programs other than the Leveraging Educational Assistance 

Partnership (LEAP) and the National Early Intervention Scholarship and Partnership (NEISP) 

programs. The PPA conditions the initial and continued participation of an eligible institution in 

any Title IV program upon compliance with the General Provisions regulations, the individual 

program regulations, and any additional conditions specified in the program participation 

agreement that the Department of Education requires the institution to meet. Institutions with 

such an agreement are referred to as “Title IV institutions.”

Race/ethnicity: Categories used to describe groups to which individuals belong, identify with, or 

belong in the eyes of the community. The categories do not denote scientific definitions of 

anthropological origins. A person may be counted in only one group. The groups used to 

categorize U.S. citizens, resident aliens, and other eligible non-citizens are as follows: Black, 

non-Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, White, nonHispanic.
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Race/ethnicity unknown: The category used to report students or employees whose race/ethnicity 

is not known.

Revenues: The inflow of resources or other enhancement of net assets (or fund balance) of an 

institution or settlements of its liabilities (or a combination of both) from delivering or producing 

goods, rendering services, or other activities that constitute the institution’s ongoing major or 

central operations. Included are revenues from fees and charges, appropriations, auxiliary 

enterprises, and contributions and other nonexchange transactions. Revenues are reported net of 

discounts and allowances (that is, the revenue reported is reduced by the amount of discounts and 

allowances) for FASB institutions and for GASB institutions that have implemented GASB 35.

Sector: One of nine institutional categories resulting from dividing the universe according to 

control and level. Control categories are public, private not-for-profit, and private for-profit. 

Level categories are 4-year and higher (4-year), at least 2- but less than 4-year (2-year), and lessthan-2-year. For example: public 4-year institutions.

Title IV institution: An institution that has a written agreement with the Secretary of Education 

that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance 

programs (other than the State Student Incentive Grant [SSIG] and the National Early 

Intervention Scholarship and Partnership [NEISP] programs).

Undergraduate: A student enrolled in a 4- or 5-year bachelor’s degree program, an associate’s 

degree program, or a vocational or technical program below the baccalaureate.

UserID: A series of numbers possibly with an alpha prefix that is created for a specific user to be 

able to access a system. Each user is required to have a UserID and a password in order to access 

the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) data collection system for security 

purposes.

White, non-Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North 

Africa, or the Middle East (except those of Hispanic origin).