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Number of U.S. Colleges and Universities and Degrees Awarded, 2005

	Number	Enrollment
Public 4-year institutions	629	6,837,605
Private 4-year institutions	1,845	4,161,815
Public 2-year institutions	1,070	6,184,229
Private 2-year institutions	596	303,826
Total	4,140	17,487,475
Undergraduate		14,473,884
Graduate		2,097,511
Professional		329,076

	Number		Number
Degrees awarded:
Associate	696,660	Doctorate	52,631
Bachelor's	1,439,264	Professional	87,289
Master's	574,618

Enrollment highlights:
Women	57.4%	Minority	30.9%
Full-time	61.7%	Foreign	3.3%

Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2006.

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