Table 2-7
Title IV Institutions, by distance education status, control, and level of institution: 2011–12
 
Institutional control and level All No
distance
education
Some
distance
education
Exclusively
distance
education
 
All 2- and 4-year institutions 5,288 1,966 3,292 30
Public 1,755 138 1,616 1
2-year 1,072 74 998 0
4-year 683 64 618 1
Private nonprofit 1,751 823 921 7
2-year 185 149 36 0
4-year 1,566 674 885 7
Private for-profit 1,782 1,005 755 22
2-year 1,048 811 235 2
4-year 734 194 520 20
 

NOTES: Title IV institutions are those with 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. Data are for institutions surveyed during 2011–12.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Fall 2011, Institutional Characteristics Component; NCES, 2013. Characteristics of Exclusively Distance Education Institutions, by State: 2011–12. NCES 2013-172. Washington DC. http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2013/2013172.pdf. Accessed 17 September 2013.

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