National Center for Education Statistics

Table 01. 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 2016–17 and 2017–18
Sector of institution		Academic year 2016–17				Academic year 2017–18
		Number enrolled	Number awarded financial aid	Percent awarded financial aid		Number enrolled	Number awarded financial aid	Percent awarded financial aid
Full-time, first-time    undergraduates		2,718,406	2,245,092	82.6		2,677,432	2,227,576	83.2
Public 4-year		1,160,208	965,117	83.2		1,183,534	993,916	84
Public 2-year		620,502	461,974	74.5		612,051	464,200	75.8
Public less-than-2-year		19,015	12,025	63.2		16,946	11,676	68.9
Private nonprofit 4-year		508,500	454,983	89.5		516,590	464,438	89.9
Private nonprofit 2-year		61,657	57,540	93.3		34,764	33,294	95.8
Private nonprofit less-than-2-year		9,146	7,183	78.5		7,070	5,527	78.2
Private for-profit 4-year		57,680	49,045	85		52,371	43,364	82.8
Private for-profit 2-year		140,912	119,628	84.9		117,971	98,206	83.2
Private for-profit less-than-2-year		140,786	117,597	83.5		136,135	112,955	83

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The four U.S. service academies that are not Title IV eligible are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public. However, these four U.S. service academies are not included in this table. Percentages in the columns of this table use the corresponding count in the respective academic year "Number enrolled" column as the denominator. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the collection year’s archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2018.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Winter 2017–18 and Winter 2018–19, Student Financial Aid component (final data).