How many degree granting colleges and universities are in the USA?
Based on the most recent IPED dataset of 2020, there are currently 4,250 degree granting institutes in the USA. There are 1,358 institutes that offer only associate's level degrees. There are 750 institutes that offer degrees upto bachelor's level. Furthermore, 886 institutes offer degrees upto master's level. Finally 1,256 institutes offer degrees upto doctoral level.
How many public, private nonprofit and private for-profit degree granting institutions are in the USA?
Based on the most recent IPED dataset of 2020, there are 1720 degree granting public institutes, 1766 degree granting private nonprofit institutes, and 764 degree granting private for-profit institutes.
How many degree granting Historically Black Colleges or Universities are in the USA?
Based on the latest available IPEDS data of 2020, there are 102 Historically Black colleges and universities in the USA.
How many degree granting institutes offer all programs completely via distance learning?
Based on the latest available IPEDS data of 2020-21 for distance education, 57 degree granting institutes offer all programs completely via distance learning.
How many degree granting colleges and universities in the USA have 'open admission policy'?
Out of 4250 degree granting institutes, 1825 institutes have 'open admission policy' where all applicants who have high school diploma are admitted.
How many medical degree granting institutes are in the USA?
Based on the most recent IPED dataset of 2020, there are 202 medical degree granting institutes in the USA. 112 are public institutes, 86 are private nonprofit and 4 private for-profit institutes.
How many medical degree-granting institutes in the USA have hospital?
Based on the most recent IPED dataset of 2020, there are 67 medical degree granting institutes in the USA that have hospital.
How many students are currently enrolled in all US colleges and universities?
Based on the latest available enrollment data (2020), there are currently 26,092,999 students enrolled in all US colleges and universities. There are 22,200,465 undergraduate students and 3,892,534 graduate students.
How many applicants apply every year and what percent get admitted to degree granting institutes?
During the year 2020, 11,590,604 applicants applied for admission and 60.7% of these applicants were admitted to degree granting institutes in the USA.
What percent of men and women applicants get admitted to the degree granting institute?
During the year 2020, 4,908,325 men applied for the admission and 2,852,360 were admitted to the degree granting institutes. No. of women applicant and successful candidates was 6,627,662 and 4,150,611 respectively.
How many applicants submit SAT scores when applying to degree granting institutes?
How many applicants submit ACT scores when applying to degree granting institutes?
How many students are currently enrolled in 2-year associate's level degrees at degree granting institutes?
Based on the most recent IPED enrollment data of 2020-21, there are currently 4,935,967 students enrolled in associate's level degrees.
What is the average graduation rate of degree granting institutes in the USA?
The average graduation rate of 4-year degree granting institutes is 59.7% while the average graduation rate of 2-year degree granting institutes is 33.7%.
What is the average graduation rate of degree granting Historically Black colleges or universities in the USA?
The average graduation rate of 4-year Historical Black degree granting institutes is 37.6% while the average graduation rate of 2-year Historical Black degree granting institutes is 21.6%
What is the average graduation rate of bachelor's seeking students enrolled in degree granting institutes?
The average graduation rate of bachelor's seeking students who completed the degree in 4 years is 46.6%, while the average graduation rate of students who took 6 years to complete the degree is 64%.
How many degrees are awarded by all degree granting institutes every year?
During 2019-20 (latest data available), all degree granting institutes combined awarded 4,135,499 degrees. During 2018-19 and 2017-18 this no. was 4,116,063 and 4,022,806 respectively. No. of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees awarded during 2019-20 was 2,032,949, 849,488 and 191,700 respectively.
What are the top 5 most popular fields of study by no. of degrees awarded?
Following are the top 5 fields of the study based on the no. of degrees awarded in the year 2020:
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Degrees awarded: 698,169)
- Health Professions and Related Programs (Degrees awarded: 658,965)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Degrees awarded: 448,328)
- Education (Degrees awarded: 266,820)
- Social Sciences (Degrees awarded: 184,643)
What are the 5 least popular fields of study by no. of degrees awarded?
Following are the 5 least popular fields of the study based on the no. of degrees awarded in the year 2020:
- Military Technologies and Applied Sciences (Degrees awarded: 3,515)
- Library Science (Degrees awarded: 5,878)
- Science Technologies/Technicians (Degrees awarded: 7,295)
- Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies (Degrees awarded: 13,198)
- Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services (Degrees awarded: 13,231)
What is the gender and race distribution among full-time instructional staff at all degree granting institutes?
Based on the latest available IPEDS data of 2020, all degree granting institutes combined have 734,599 full-time instructional staff. There are 382,162 (52.1%) male and 352,437 (47.9%) female full-time instructional staff. Full-time instructional staff count for Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic and White is 75,387, 43,777, 44,503 and 510,898 respectively.
What are the top 10 degree granting institutes by full-time instructional staff count in the USA?
- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Full-time instructional staff count: 6,678)
- The Pennsylvania State University (Full-time instructional staff count: 5,929)
- New York University (Full-time instructional staff count: 5,908)
- University of Washington-Seattle Campus (Full-time instructional staff count: 4,720)
- University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus (Full-time instructional staff count: 4,610)
- Ohio State University - Main Campus (Full-time instructional staff count: 4,451)
- Columbia University in the City of New York (Full-time instructional staff count: 4,327)
- University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus (Full-time instructional staff count: 4,261)
- University of California - Los Angeles (Full-time instructional staff count: 4,153)
- Duke University (Full-time instructional staff count: 4,074)
Which degree granting institutes in the USA have the highest no. of Black or African American full-time instructional staff?
- Howard University (Full-time Black/African American: 600)
- Western Governors University (Full-time Black/African American: 452)
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Full-time Black/African American: 378)
- New York University (Full-time Black/African American: 291)
- Texas Southern University (Full-time Black/African American: 271)
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Full-time Black/African American: 246)
- Southern University and A & M College (Full-time Black/African American: 228)
- Prairie View A & M University (Full-time Black/African American: 224)
- Houston Community College (Full-time Black/African American: 219)
- Baylor College of Medicine (Full-time Black/African American: 217)
What percent of first-time full-time undergraduate students are awarded Pell grants?
What percent of first-time full-time undergraduate students are awarded Federal grants?
What is the average amount awarded under Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits and Department of Defense Tuition Assistance Program?
Which degree granting institutes have the highest no. of physical books in their library?
Following are the top 10 institutes by the no. of physical books:
- Harvard University (No. of physical books: 14,351,850)
- University of California - Los Angeles (No. of physical books: 14,054,297)
- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (No. of physical books: 11,920,962)
- Columbia University in the City of New York (No. of physical books: 10,898,758)
- Stanford University (No. of physical books: 9,858,435)
- Yale University (No. of physical books: 8,589,982)
- University of California - Berkeley (No. of physical books: 7,828,872)
- Princeton University (No. of physical books: 7,755,544)
- University of Kansas (No. of physical books: 5,780,860)
- University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign (No. of physical books: 5,501,427)
Which degree granting institutes have the highest no. of electronic/digital books in its library?
Following are the top 10 institutes by the no. of electronic/digital books:
- Carolina University (No. of digital books: 32,626,058)
- Institute of Technology (No. of digital books: 25,063,961)
- Living Arts College (No. of digital books: 25,000,000)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio (No. of digital books: 6,316,000)
- Life Pacific University (No. of digital books: 5,840,293)
- University of Colorado Boulder (No. of digital books: 4,933,423)
- Oklahoma State University - Main Campus (No. of digital books: 4,455,026)
- United States Coast Guard Academy (No. of digital books: 4,313,773)
- Earlham College (No. of digital books: 4,302,813)
- Stanford University (No. of digital books: 4,161,176)
Which degree granting institutes have the highest no. of full-time equivalent (FTE) library staff?
Following are the top 10 institutes by the no. full-time equivalent (FTE) library staff:
- Saint Augustine College (FTE library staff: 2,921)
- Harvard University (FTE library staff: 878)
- Lake Michigan College (FTE library staff: 628)
- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (FTE library staff: 619)
- The Pennsylvania State University (FTE library staff: 588)
- Yale University (FTE library staff: 550)
- University of California - Berkeley (FTE library staff: 488)
- University of California - Los Angeles (FTE library staff: 454)
- Columbia University in the City of New York(FTE library staff: 431)
- The University of Texas at Austin (FTE library staff: 410)
Data Sources
- https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds
- https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/SummaryTables