How many colleges & universities are there by student population size, i.e.
there might be 100 colleges & universities that have a student
population of 1,000 students.  If possible, please include for both
2-year & 4-year colleges/universities.  Thanks!

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Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 08 May 2003 04:02 PDT

Dear jancm,  
 
Thank you for your question. 

However, researching material for a quality answer is time consuming,
and I am not sure that a significant research on the (possibly)
tousands of universities and colleges could be conducted for $3.75
(the Researcher's earnings from a $5 question). You might want to
reconsider your pricing, using the pricing guide:
http://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html

Jancm --

The place to find education statistics is the National Center for
Education Statistics, which collects information on K-12 and higher
education.  The best single report is the Digest of Education
Statistics for 2001.  The most-recent report was released in the
Spring of 2002.

The information that you seek is in Table 215:
NCES
"Digest of Education Statistics, 2001" -- Chapter 3. Postsecondary
Education (March 1, 2002)
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/digest2001/tables/dt215.asp

This report includes 3,958 institutions of higher education, about
half of which are 2-year and half are 4-year institutions.  It lists
the number of institutions and the total enrollment for these
categories:
* under 200
*  200-499
*  500-999
*  1,000-2,499
*  2,500-4,999
*  5,000-9,999
*  10,000-19,999
*  20,000-29,999
*  30,000 or more

Google search strategy:
I actually consulted an almanac first to see what the best data
sources were for higher education, then used the following Google
search:
NCES + "higher education"

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

Hi Omnivorous,
This is great.  It's exactly what I needed.  The note of the almanac
is very helpful.
THANK YOU!