Research conducted in 2002 by Professor Fwu Bih-jen of NTU's Center for Teacher Education illustrates the division of labor among the US's 3116 institutions of higher learning--261 (8 %) are research universities, 1215 (39 %) are four-year colleges, and 1640 (53 %) are community colleges offering two-year degrees.
根據 2002 年台大教育學程中心教授符碧真對美國大學分類分工情形的研究，美國 3116 所高教機構中，研究型大學僅佔 261 所（8％），1215 所（39％）為教學型大學，1640 所（53％）為 2 年制社區學院。