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Table 173. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by level, sex, age, and attendance status of student: 2003
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Age of student  |           All levels         |          Undergraduate       |    First-professional  |           Graduate
and attendance  |______________________________|______________________________|________________________|___________________________
status          |     Total|    Males|  Females|     Total|    Males|  Females|   Total|  Males|Females|    Total|  Males|  Females
________________|__________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_________|_______|_________
1               |         2|        3|        4|         5|        6|        7|       8|      9|     10|       11|     12|       13
________________|__________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_________|_______|_________
   All students |16,900,471|7,255,551|9,644,920|14,473,884|6,224,381|8,249,503| 329,076|166,227|162,849|2,097,511|864,943|1,232,568
                |__________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_________|_______|_________
Under 18 .......|   489,432|  200,173|  289,259|   489,070|  200,040|  289,030|      54|     16|     38|      308|    117|      191
18 and 19 ......| 3,561,264|1,586,075|1,975,189| 3,559,120|1,585,299|1,973,821|   1,695|    621|  1,074|      449|    155|      294
20 and 21 ......| 3,381,988|1,521,779|1,860,209| 3,355,792|1,512,370|1,843,422|  10,691|  3,652|  7,039|   15,505|  5,757|    9,748
22 to 24 .......| 2,804,788|1,295,683|1,509,105| 2,332,274|1,106,531|1,225,743| 121,485| 54,971| 66,514|  351,029|134,181|  216,848
25 to 29 .......| 2,268,599|  990,031|1,278,568| 1,527,208|  655,898|  871,310| 123,168| 66,763| 56,405|  618,223|267,370|  350,853
30 to 34 .......| 1,355,883|  566,266|  789,617|   947,386|  369,379|  578,007|  34,579| 20,289| 14,290|  373,918|176,598|  197,320
35 to 39 .......|   911,932|  346,731|  565,201|   679,814|  241,802|  438,012|  14,488|  8,338|  6,150|  217,630| 96,591|  121,039
40 to 49 .......| 1,307,286|  444,722|  862,564|   982,992|  326,908|  656,084|  14,599|  7,554|  7,045|  309,695|110,260|  199,435
50 to 64 .......|   558,904|  193,624|  365,280|   401,301|  141,105|  260,196|   5,922|  2,656|  3,266|  151,681| 49,863|  101,818
65 and over ....|    74,744|   30,002|   44,742|    68,327|   26,949|   41,378|     678|    393|    285|    5,739|  2,660|    3,079
Age unknown ....|   185,651|   80,465|  105,186|   130,600|   58,100|   72,500|   1,717|    974|    743|   53,334| 21,391|   31,943
                |          |         |         |          |         |         |        |       |       |         |       |
Full-time ..... |10,311,814|4,631,735|5,680,079| 9,034,891|4,044,145|4,990,746| 296,364|148,874|147,490|  980,559|438,716|  541,843
  Under 18 .....|   142,588|   55,626|   86,962|   142,450|   55,573|   86,877|      51|     15|     36|       87|     38|       49
  18 and 19 ....| 3,050,417|1,352,411|1,698,006| 3,048,473|1,351,702|1,696,771|   1,668|    609|  1,059|      276|    100|      176
  20 and 21 ....| 2,750,265|1,244,824|1,505,441| 2,727,721|1,236,592|1,491,129|  10,081|  3,390|  6,691|   12,463|  4,842|    7,621
  22 to 24 .....| 1,843,205|  889,388|  953,817| 1,482,078|  738,977|  743,101| 117,203| 52,887| 64,316|  243,924| 97,524|  146,400
  25 to 29 .....| 1,119,187|  523,030|  596,157|   678,677|  306,835|  371,842| 114,156| 61,908| 52,248|  326,354|154,287|  172,067
  30 to 34 .....|   531,926|  233,412|  298,514|   341,578|  133,428|  208,150|  28,451| 16,740| 11,711|  161,897| 83,244|   78,653
  35 to 39 .....|   296,856|  115,979|  180,877|   208,577|   72,500|  136,077|  10,399|  5,980|  4,419|   77,880| 37,499|   40,381
  40 to 49 .....|   359,836|  128,652|  231,184|   258,098|   87,626|  170,472|   9,190|  4,789|  4,401|   92,548| 36,237|   56,311
  50 to 64 .....|   118,701|   44,658|   74,043|    76,925|   28,889|   48,036|   3,307|  1,468|  1,839|   38,469| 14,301|   24,168
  65 and over ..|     5,468|    2,691|    2,777|     3,795|    1,856|    1,939|     522|    327|    195|    1,151|    508|      643
  Age unknown ..|    93,365|   41,064|   52,301|    66,519|   30,167|   36,352|   1,336|    761|    575|   25,510| 10,136|   15,374
                |          |         |         |          |         |         |        |       |       |         |       |
Part-time ..... | 6,588,657|2,623,816|3,964,841| 5,438,993|2,180,236|3,258,757|  32,712| 17,353| 15,359|1,116,952|426,227|  690,725
  Under 18 .....|   346,844|  144,547|  202,297|   346,620|  144,467|  202,153|       3|      1|      2|      221|     79|      142
  18 and 19 ....|   510,847|  233,664|  277,183|   510,647|  233,597|  277,050|      27|     12|     15|      173|     55|      118
  20 and 21 ....|   631,723|  276,955|  354,768|   628,071|  275,778|  352,293|     610|    262|    348|    3,042|    915|    2,127
  22 to 24 .....|   961,583|  406,295|  555,288|   850,196|  367,554|  482,642|   4,282|  2,084|  2,198|  107,105| 36,657|   70,448
  25 to 29 .....| 1,149,412|  467,001|  682,411|   848,531|  349,063|  499,468|   9,012|  4,855|  4,157|  291,869|113,083|  178,786
  30 to 34 .....|   823,957|  332,854|  491,103|   605,808|  235,951|  369,857|   6,128|  3,549|  2,579|  212,021| 93,354|  118,667
  35 to 39 .....|   615,076|  230,752|  384,324|   471,237|  169,302|  301,935|   4,089|  2,358|  1,731|  139,750| 59,092|   80,658
  40 to 49 .....|   947,450|  316,070|  631,380|   724,894|  239,282|  485,612|   5,409|  2,765|  2,644|  217,147| 74,023|  143,124
  50 to 64 .....|   440,203|  148,966|  291,237|   324,376|  112,216|  212,160|   2,615|  1,188|  1,427|  113,212| 35,562|   77,650
  65 and over ..|    69,276|   27,311|   41,965|    64,532|   25,093|   39,439|     156|     66|     90|    4,588|  2,152|    2,436
  Age unknown ..|    92,286|   39,401|   52,885|    64,081|   27,933|   36,148|     381|    213|    168|   27,824| 11,255|   16,569
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                |                                                  Percentage distribution
                |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   All students |     100.0|    100.0|    100.0|     100.0|    100.0|    100.0|   100.0|  100.0|  100.1|    100.0|  100.0|    100.0
                |__________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_________|_______|_________
Under 18 .......|       2.9|      2.8|      3.0|       3.4|      3.2|      3.5|      # |     # |     # |       # |     # |       #
18 and 19 ......|      21.1|     21.9|     20.5|      24.6|     25.5|     23.9|     0.5|    0.4|    0.7|       # |     # |       #
20 and 21 ......|      20.0|     21.0|     19.3|      23.2|     24.3|     22.3|     3.2|    2.2|    4.3|      0.7|    0.7|      0.8
22 to 24 .......|      16.6|     17.9|     15.6|      16.1|     17.8|     14.9|    36.9|   33.1|   40.8|     16.7|   15.5|     17.6
25 to 29 .......|      13.4|     13.6|     13.3|      10.6|     10.5|     10.6|    37.4|   40.2|   34.6|     29.5|   30.9|     28.5
30 to 34 .......|       8.0|      7.8|      8.2|       6.5|      5.9|      7.0|    10.5|   12.2|    8.8|     17.8|   20.4|     16.0
35 to 39 .......|       5.4|      4.8|      5.9|       4.7|      3.9|      5.3|     4.4|    5.0|    3.8|     10.4|   11.2|      9.8
40 to 49 .......|       7.7|      6.1|      8.9|       6.8|      5.3|      8.0|     4.4|    4.5|    4.3|     14.8|   12.7|     16.2
50 to 64 .......|       3.3|      2.7|      3.8|       2.8|      2.3|      3.2|     1.8|    1.6|    2.0|      7.2|    5.8|      8.3
65 and over ....|       0.4|      0.4|      0.5|       0.5|      0.4|      0.5|     0.2|    0.2|    0.2|      0.3|    0.3|      0.2
Age unknown ....|       1.1|      1.1|      1.1|       0.9|      0.9|      0.9|     0.5|    0.6|    0.5|      2.5|    2.5|      2.6
                |          |         |         |          |         |         |        |       |       |         |       |
Full-time ......|     100.0|    100.0|    100.0|     100.0|    100.0|    100.0|   100.0|  100.0|  100.0|    100.0|  100.0|    100.0
  Under 18 .....|       1.4|      1.2|      1.5|       1.6|      1.4|      1.7|      # |     # |     # |       # |     # |       #
  18 and 19 ....|      29.6|     29.2|     29.9|      33.7|     33.4|     34.0|     0.6|    0.4|    0.7|       # |     # |       #
  20 and 21 ....|      26.7|     26.9|     26.5|      30.2|     30.6|     29.9|     3.4|    2.3|    4.5|      1.3|    1.1|      1.4
  22 to 24 .....|      17.9|     19.2|     16.8|      16.4|     18.3|     14.9|    39.5|   35.5|   43.6|     24.9|   22.2|     27.0
  25 to 29 .....|      10.9|     11.3|     10.5|       7.5|      7.6|      7.5|    38.5|   41.6|   35.4|     33.3|   35.2|     31.8
  30 to 34 .....|       5.2|      5.0|      5.3|       3.8|      3.3|      4.2|     9.6|   11.2|    7.9|     16.5|   19.0|     14.5
  35 to 39 .....|       2.9|      2.5|      3.2|       2.3|      1.8|      2.7|     3.5|    4.0|    3.0|      7.9|    8.5|      7.5
  40 to 49 .....|       3.5|      2.8|      4.1|       2.9|      2.2|      3.4|     3.1|    3.2|    3.0|      9.4|    8.3|     10.4
  50 to 64 .....|       1.2|      1.0|      1.3|       0.9|      0.7|      1.0|     1.1|    1.0|    1.2|      3.9|    3.3|      4.5
  65 and over ..|       0.1|      0.1|       # |        # |       # |       # |     0.2|    0.2|    0.1|      0.1|    0.1|      0.1
  Age unknown ..|       0.9|      0.9|      0.9|       0.7|      0.7|      0.7|     0.5|    0.5|    0.4|      2.6|    2.3|      2.8
                |          |         |         |          |         |         |        |       |       |         |       |
Part-time ......|     100.0|    100.0|    100.0|     100.0|    100.0|    100.0|   100.0|  100.0|  100.0|    100.0|  100.0|    100.0
  Under 18 .....|       5.3|      5.5|      5.1|       6.4|      6.6|      6.2|      # |     # |     # |       # |     # |       #
  18 and 19 ....|       7.8|      8.9|      7.0|       9.4|     10.7|      8.5|     0.1|    0.1|    0.1|       # |     # |       #
  20 and 21 ....|       9.6|     10.6|      8.9|      11.5|     12.6|     10.8|     1.9|    1.5|    2.3|      0.3|    0.2|      0.3
  22 to 24 .....|      14.6|     15.5|     14.0|      15.6|     16.9|     14.8|    13.1|   12.0|   14.3|      9.6|    8.6|     10.2
  25 to 29 .....|      17.4|     17.8|     17.2|      15.6|     16.0|     15.3|    27.5|   28.0|   27.1|     26.1|   26.5|     25.9
  30 to 34 .....|      12.5|     12.7|     12.4|      11.1|     10.8|     11.3|    18.7|   20.5|   16.8|     19.0|   21.9|     17.2
  35 to 39 .....|       9.3|      8.8|      9.7|       8.7|      7.8|      9.3|    12.5|   13.6|   11.3|     12.5|   13.9|     11.7
  40 to 49 .....|      14.4|     12.0|     15.9|      13.3|     11.0|     14.9|    16.5|   15.9|   17.2|     19.4|   17.4|     20.7
  50 to 64 .....|       6.7|      5.7|      7.3|       6.0|      5.1|      6.5|     8.0|    6.8|    9.3|     10.1|    8.3|     11.2
  65 and over ..|       1.1|      1.0|      1.1|       1.2|      1.2|      1.2|     0.5|    0.4|    0.6|      0.4|    0.5|      0.4
  Age unknown ..|       1.4|      1.5|      1.3|       1.2|      1.3|      1.1|     1.2|    1.2|    1.1|      2.5|    2.6|      2.4
________________|__________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_________|_______|_________
#Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2004. (This table was prepared June 2005.)


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