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Table 183. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution, age, and attendance status of student: 2005
Age of student and attendance status All institutions Public institutions Private (not-for-profit and for-profit) institutions Private not-for-profit institutions only
Total 4-year 2-year Total 4-year 2-year Total 4-year 2-year Total 4-year 2-year
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
All students 17,487,475 10,999,420 6,488,055 13,021,834 6,837,605 6,184,229 4,465,641 4,161,815 303,826 3,454,692 3,411,170 43,522
Under 18 566,823 191,533 375,290 500,345 128,219 372,126 66,478 63,314 3,164 60,445 59,337 1,108
18 and 19 3,727,670 2,334,209 1,393,461 2,886,238 1,544,977 1,341,261 841,432 789,232 52,200 751,205 740,808 10,397
20 and 21 3,508,086 2,421,578 1,086,508 2,658,958 1,625,096 1,033,862 849,128 796,482 52,646 740,958 733,662 7,296
22 to 24 2,912,566 2,013,534 899,032 2,242,198 1,395,581 846,617 670,368 617,953 52,415 530,606 524,642 5,964
25 to 29 2,410,710 1,572,796 837,914 1,701,928 919,158 782,770 708,782 653,638 55,144 501,217 495,254 5,963
30 to 34 1,352,487 822,899 529,588 935,432 437,473 497,959 417,055 385,426 31,629 268,359 264,609 3,750
35 to 39 945,787 541,327 404,460 651,699 268,313 383,386 294,088 273,014 21,074 184,772 181,940 2,832
40 to 49 1,292,761 708,032 584,729 905,775 343,391 562,384 386,986 364,641 22,345 251,022 247,232 3,790
50 to 64 592,741 306,794 285,947 434,650 155,726 278,924 158,091 151,068 7,023 109,897 108,554 1,343
65 and over 71,918 16,111 55,807 65,666 10,128 55,538 6,252 5,983 269 4,950 4,868 82
Age unknown 105,926 70,607 35,319 38,945 9,543 29,402 66,981 61,064 5,917 51,261 50,264 997
                         
Full-time 10,797,011 8,150,209 2,646,802 7,408,761 5,021,745 2,387,016 3,388,250 3,128,464 259,786 2,563,732 2,534,793 28,939
Under 18 156,279 92,374 63,905 116,765 55,244 61,521 39,514 37,130 2,384 34,181 33,767 414
18 and 19 3,187,406 2,235,893 951,513 2,369,888 1,467,707 902,181 817,518 768,186 49,332 734,713 725,369 9,344
20 and 21 2,856,016 2,253,466 602,550 2,048,315 1,493,009 555,306 807,701 760,457 47,244 714,373 708,578 5,795
22 to 24 1,922,734 1,574,159 348,575 1,380,262 1,076,897 303,365 542,472 497,262 45,210 427,418 423,394 4,024
25 to 29 1,220,032 948,889 271,143 744,383 519,489 224,894 475,649 429,400 46,249 308,024 304,567 3,457
30 to 34 557,219 410,152 147,067 310,466 188,884 121,582 246,753 221,268 25,485 128,682 126,754 1,928
35 to 39 331,983 236,367 95,616 171,142 92,220 78,922 160,841 144,147 16,694 74,845 73,491 1,354
40 to 49 383,582 270,389 113,193 189,238 93,362 95,876 194,344 177,027 17,317 88,512 86,925 1,587
50 to 64 136,105 96,715 39,390 65,467 31,404 34,063 70,638 65,311 5,327 33,569 33,047 522
65 and over 5,533 3,530 2,003 2,892 1,082 1,810 2,641 2,448 193 1,644 1,611 33
Age unknown 40,122 28,275 11,847 9,943 2,447 7,496 30,179 25,828 4,351 17,771 17,290 481
                         
Part-time 6,690,464 2,849,211 3,841,253 5,613,073 1,815,860 3,797,213 1,077,391 1,033,351 44,040 890,960 876,377 14,583
Under 18 410,544 99,159 311,385 383,580 72,975 310,605 26,964 26,184 780 26,264 25,570 694
18 and 19 540,264 98,316 441,948 516,350 77,270 439,080 23,914 21,046 2,868 16,492 15,439 1,053
20 and 21 652,070 168,112 483,958 610,643 132,087 478,556 41,427 36,025 5,402 26,585 25,084 1,501
22 to 24 989,832 439,375 550,457 861,936 318,684 543,252 127,896 120,691 7,205 103,188 101,248 1,940
25 to 29 1,190,678 623,907 566,771 957,545 399,669 557,876 233,133 224,238 8,895 193,193 190,687 2,506
30 to 34 795,268 412,747 382,521 624,966 248,589 376,377 170,302 164,158 6,144 139,677 137,855 1,822
35 to 39 613,804 304,960 308,844 480,557 176,093 304,464 133,247 128,867 4,380 109,927 108,449 1,478
40 to 49 909,179 437,643 471,536 716,537 250,029 466,508 192,642 187,614 5,028 162,510 160,307 2,203
50 to 64 456,636 210,079 246,557 369,183 124,322 244,861 87,453 85,757 1,696 76,328 75,507 821
65 and over 66,385 12,581 53,804 62,774 9,046 53,728 3,611 3,535 76 3,306 3,257 49
Age unknown 65,804 42,332 23,472 29,002 7,096 21,906 36,802 35,236 1,566 33,490 32,974 516
  Percentage distribution
All students 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 3.2 1.7 5.8 3.8 1.9 6.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.7 1.7 2.5
18 and 19 21.3 21.2 21.5 22.2 22.6 21.7 18.8 19.0 17.2 21.7 21.7 23.9
20 and 21 20.1 22.0 16.7 20.4 23.8 16.7 19.0 19.1 17.3 21.4 21.5 16.8
22 to 24 16.7 18.3 13.9 17.2 20.4 13.7 15.0 14.8 17.3 15.4 15.4 13.7
25 to 29 13.8 14.3 12.9 13.1 13.4 12.7 15.9 15.7 18.1 14.5 14.5 13.7
30 to 34 7.7 7.5 8.2 7.2 6.4 8.1 9.3 9.3 10.4 7.8 7.8 8.6
35 to 39 5.4 4.9 6.2 5.0 3.9 6.2 6.6 6.6 6.9 5.3 5.3 6.5
40 to 49 7.4 6.4 9.0 7.0 5.0 9.1 8.7 8.8 7.4 7.3 7.2 8.7
50 to 64 3.4 2.8 4.4 3.3 2.3 4.5 3.5 3.6 2.3 3.2 3.2 3.1
65 and over 0.4 0.1 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Age unknown 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.9 1.5 1.5 2.3
                         
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 1.1 2.4 1.6 1.1 2.6 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.4
18 and 19 29.5 27.4 35.9 32.0 29.2 37.8 24.1 24.6 19.0 28.7 28.6 32.3
20 and 21 26.5 27.6 22.8 27.6 29.7 23.3 23.8 24.3 18.2 27.9 28.0 20.0
22 to 24 17.8 19.3 13.2 18.6 21.4 12.7 16.0 15.9 17.4 16.7 16.7 13.9
25 to 29 11.3 11.6 10.2 10.0 10.3 9.4 14.0 13.7 17.8 12.0 12.0 11.9
30 to 34 5.2 5.0 5.6 4.2 3.8 5.1 7.3 7.1 9.8 5.0 5.0 6.7
35 to 39 3.1 2.9 3.6 2.3 1.8 3.3 4.7 4.6 6.4 2.9 2.9 4.7
40 to 49 3.6 3.3 4.3 2.6 1.9 4.0 5.7 5.7 6.7 3.5 3.4 5.5
50 to 64 1.3 1.2 1.5 0.9 0.6 1.4 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.3 1.3 1.8
65 and over 0.1 # 0.1 # # 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Age unknown 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.9 0.8 1.7 0.7 0.7 1.7
                         
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 6.1 3.5 8.1 6.8 4.0 8.2 2.5 2.5 1.8 2.9 2.9 4.8
18 and 19 8.1 3.5 11.5 9.2 4.3 11.6 2.2 2.0 6.5 1.9 1.8 7.2
20 and 21 9.7 5.9 12.6 10.9 7.3 12.6 3.8 3.5 12.3 3.0 2.9 10.3
22 to 24 14.8 15.4 14.3 15.4 17.6 14.3 11.9 11.7 16.4 11.6 11.6 13.3
25 to 29 17.8 21.9 14.8 17.1 22.0 14.7 21.6 21.7 20.2 21.7 21.8 17.2
30 to 34 11.9 14.5 10.0 11.1 13.7 9.9 15.8 15.9 14.0 15.7 15.7 12.5
35 to 39 9.2 10.7 8.0 8.6 9.7 8.0 12.4 12.5 9.9 12.3 12.4 10.1
40 to 49 13.6 15.4 12.3 12.8 13.8 12.3 17.9 18.2 11.4 18.2 18.3 15.1
50 to 64 6.8 7.4 6.4 6.6 6.8 6.4 8.1 8.3 3.9 8.6 8.6 5.6
65 and over 1.0 0.4 1.4 1.1 0.5 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3
Age unknown 1.0 1.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.5
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2006. (This table was prepared August 2006.)

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