National Center for Education Statistics

Number of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates enrolled and number and percentage of those awarded financial aid at Title IV institutions, by sector of institution: United States, academic years 2010-11 and 2011-12
	Academic year 2010-11			Academic year 2011-12
Sector of institution	Number enrolled	Number awarded financial aid	Percent awarded financial aid	Number enrolled	Number awarded financial aid	Percent awarded financial aid
Total students	3,070,592	2,536,189	82.6	2,932,322	2,445,878	83.4
Public 4-year	1,039,126	858,424	82.6	1,059,837	878,933	82.9
Public 2-year	799,991	589,092	73.6	739,931	564,931	76.3
Public less-than-2-year	28,424	17,851	62.8	24,358	17,005	69.8
Private nonprofit 4-year	504,737	451,021	89.4	499,919	445,152	89
Private nonprofit 2-year	15,831	14,226	89.9	15,122	14,153	93.6
Private nonprofit less-than-2-year	10,766	8,952	83.2	10,282	8,826	85.8
Private for-profit 4-year	112,706	102,000	90.5	112,969	102,357	90.6
Private for-profit 2-year	276,187	246,500	89.3	226,310	203,890	90.1
Private for-profit less-than-2-year	282,824	248,123	87.7	243,594	210,631	86.5

NOTE: 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. Although they are not Title IV eligible, four of the U.S. service academies are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Winter 2011-12 and Winter 2012-13, Student Financial Aid component (final data).