Enrollment and Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2015; and Financial Statistics and Academic Libraries, Fiscal Year 2015. First Look (Provisional Data). NCES 2017-024
Author: Ginder, Scott A.
Date: 2017-02-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Postsecondary Education,Enrollment,Educational Finance,Human Resources,School Personnel,Academic Libraries,Tables (Data),Student Characteristics,Undergraduate Students,Graduate Students,Public Colleges,Private Colleges,Proprietary Schools,Two Year Colleges,Library Materials,Electronic Libraries,Income,Expenditures

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) collects institution-level data from postsecondary institutions in the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia) and other U.S. jurisdictions. This &quot;First Look&quot; presents findings from the provisional data of the IPEDS spring 2016 data collection, which included four survey components: Enrollment at postsecondary institutions during fall 2015; Finance for the 2015 fiscal year; Human Resources at postsecondary institutions during fall 2015, and Academic Libraries for the 2015 fiscal year. Data for all components were collected through the IPEDS web-based data collection system. A brief summary of the spring 2016 survey components is included in this report, and detailed information about the study methodology can be found at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2016111. This &quot;First Look&quot; provides users with access to fully reviewed, edited, and imputed IPEDS data. Final data, including revisions to the provisional data submitted by institutions after the close of data collection, will be available during the next collection year (2016-17). The purpose of this report is to introduce new data through tables containing descriptive information. The findings presented demonstrate the range of information available through IPEDS; they include only a sample of the information collected and are not meant to emphasize any particular issue. While only a few of the data included in the spring 2016 collection are displayed in this &quot;First Look,&quot; all data from the spring 2016 collection are publicly available through the IPEDS Data Center, found at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter. Select findings in this report included: (1) Characteristics of Enrolled Students: (a) In fall 2015, Title IV institutions enrolled approximately 17.4 million undergraduate and about 2.9 million graduate students (table 1). Of the approximately 17.4 million undergraduates, about 60 percent were enrolled in 4-year institutions, nearly 38 percent in 2-year institutions, and almost 2 percent in less-than-2-year institutions; and (b) In fall 2015, women accounted for most college students, constituting 55 percent of all students at public Title IV institutions, approximately 58 percent of all students at private nonprofit institutions, and 65 of students enrolled at private for-profit institutions; (2) Revenues and Expenses of Title IV Entities: (a) In fiscal year 2015, public 4-year institutions and administrative offices received about 22 percent of their revenues from tuition and fees, compared with nearly 35 percent at private nonprofit entities and just over 90 percent at private for-profit entities; and (b) During the same period, about 29 percent of expenses at public 4-year entities were for instruction, compared with approximately 43 percent at public 2-year entities and nearly 52 percent at public less-than-2-year entities; (3) Employees in Postsecondary Institutions: Title IV institutions and administrative offices reported employing approximately 4.0 million individuals in fall 2015 (table 3). Of the 4.0 million individuals, about 2.6 million were employed full-time and about 1.4 million were employed part-time; and (4) Academic Library Collections: Eligible Title IV degree-granting institutions reported approximately 1.3 billion items in physical library collections (books and media) and about 839 million items in electronic library collections (digital/electronic books, databases, and digital electronic media). The following are appended: (1) Data Collection Procedures; and (2) Glossary of IPEDS Terms.