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Digest of Education Statistics: 2010
Digest of Education Statistics: 2010

NCES 2011-015
April 2011


Table 201. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution, age, and attendance status of student: 2009
Age of student and attendance status All institutions Public institutions Private (not-for-profit and for-profit) institutions
Total Private not-for-profit institutions Private for-profit institutions
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 14
All students 20,427,711 12,906,305 7,521,406 14,810,642 7,709,197 7,101,445 5,617,069 3,765,083 3,730,316 34,767 1,851,986 1,466,792 385,194
Under 18 757,239 252,415 504,824 685,380 183,963 501,417 71,859 66,151 65,185 966 5,708 3,267 2,441
18 and 19 4,300,248 2,645,704 1,654,544 3,373,060 1,776,382 1,596,678 927,188 805,278 797,161 8,117 121,910 72,161 49,749
20 and 21 4,003,222 2,759,078 1,244,144 3,025,002 1,848,966 1,176,036 978,220 802,555 797,197 5,358 175,665 112,915 62,750
22 to 24 3,315,227 2,286,382 1,028,845 2,480,545 1,523,533 957,012 834,682 584,991 580,104 4,887 249,691 182,745 66,946
25 to 29 2,961,851 1,943,572 1,018,279 1,989,236 1,051,400 937,836 972,615 571,923 566,735 5,188 400,692 325,437 75,255
30 to 34 1,635,355 1,021,005 614,350 1,050,454 484,567 565,887 584,901 294,681 291,397 3,284 290,220 245,041 45,179
35 to 39 1,128,666 683,089 445,577 708,505 295,880 412,625 420,161 201,567 199,136 2,431 218,594 188,073 30,521
40 to 49 1,449,671 841,913 607,758 920,345 349,801 570,544 529,326 265,064 262,089 2,975 264,262 230,023 34,239
50 to 64 734,572 402,822 331,750 490,101 173,439 316,662 244,471 132,392 131,049 1,343 112,079 98,334 13,745
65 and over 69,844 21,108 48,736 60,362 12,200 48,162 9,482 6,475 6,381 94 3,007 2,527 480
Age unknown 71,816 49,217 22,599 27,652 9,066 18,586 44,164 34,006 33,882 124 10,158 6,269 3,889
                           
Full-time 12,722,782 9,474,059 3,248,723 8,530,344 5,649,713 2,880,631 4,192,438 2,806,645 2,783,162 23,483 1,385,793 1,041,184 344,609
Under 18 177,445 102,344 75,101 141,497 68,954 72,543 35,948 31,430 31,142 288 4,518 2,248 2,270
18 and 19 3,640,621 2,511,562 1,129,059 2,745,734 1,670,996 1,074,738 894,887 787,103 779,858 7,245 107,784 60,708 47,076
20 and 21 3,249,604 2,553,166 696,438 2,326,319 1,691,938 634,381 923,285 776,054 771,655 4,399 147,231 89,573 57,658
22 to 24 2,198,573 1,780,300 418,273 1,526,568 1,171,760 354,808 672,005 476,179 472,910 3,269 195,826 135,630 60,196
25 to 29 1,540,444 1,177,157 363,287 885,635 592,049 293,586 654,809 356,612 353,624 2,988 298,197 231,484 66,713
30 to 34 725,901 524,974 200,927 370,602 211,183 159,419 355,299 145,411 143,620 1,791 209,888 170,171 39,717
35 to 39 447,946 314,580 133,366 208,973 103,389 105,584 238,973 84,126 82,846 1,280 154,847 128,345 26,502
40 to 49 501,869 345,535 156,334 223,623 97,945 125,678 278,246 95,665 94,198 1,467 182,581 153,392 29,189
50 to 64 207,365 141,374 65,991 90,567 36,710 53,857 116,798 41,109 40,459 650 75,689 64,205 11,484
65 and over 6,642 4,290 2,352 3,010 1,067 1,943 3,632 1,690 1,648 42 1,942 1,575 367
Age unknown 26,372 18,777 7,595 7,816 3,722 4,094 18,556 11,266 11,202 64 7,290 3,853 3,437
                           
Part-time 7,704,929 3,432,246 4,272,683 6,280,298 2,059,484 4,220,814 1,424,631 958,438 947,154 11,284 466,193 425,608 40,585
Under 18 579,794 150,071 429,723 543,883 115,009 428,874 35,911 34,721 34,043 678 1,190 1,019 171
18 and 19 659,627 134,142 525,485 627,326 105,386 521,940 32,301 18,175 17,303 872 14,126 11,453 2,673
20 and 21 753,618 205,912 547,706 698,683 157,028 541,655 54,935 26,501 25,542 959 28,434 23,342 5,092
22 to 24 1,116,654 506,082 610,572 953,977 351,773 602,204 162,677 108,812 107,194 1,618 53,865 47,115 6,750
25 to 29 1,421,407 766,415 654,992 1,103,601 459,351 644,250 317,806 215,311 213,111 2,200 102,495 93,953 8,542
30 to 34 909,454 496,031 413,423 679,852 273,384 406,468 229,602 149,270 147,777 1,493 80,332 74,870 5,462
35 to 39 680,720 368,509 312,211 499,532 192,491 307,041 181,188 117,441 116,290 1,151 63,747 59,728 4,019
40 to 49 947,802 496,378 451,424 696,722 251,856 444,866 251,080 169,399 167,891 1,508 81,681 76,631 5,050
50 to 64 527,207 261,448 265,759 399,534 136,729 262,805 127,673 91,283 90,590 693 36,390 34,129 2,261
65 and over 63,202 16,818 46,384 57,352 11,133 46,219 5,850 4,785 4,733 52 1,065 952 113
Age unknown 45,444 30,440 15,004 19,836 5,344 14,492 25,608 22,740 22,680 60 2,868 2,416 452
  Percentage distribution
All students 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 18 3.7 2.0 6.7 4.6 2.4 7.1 1.3 1.8 1.7 2.8 0.3 0.2 0.6
18 and 19 21.1 20.5 22.0 22.8 23.0 22.5 16.5 21.4 21.4 23.3 6.6 4.9 12.9
20 and 21 19.6 21.4 16.5 20.4 24.0 16.6 17.4 21.3 21.4 15.4 9.5 7.7 16.3
22 to 24 16.2 17.7 13.7 16.7 19.8 13.5 14.9 15.5 15.6 14.1 13.5 12.5 17.4
25 to 29 14.5 15.1 13.5 13.4 13.6 13.2 17.3 15.2 15.2 14.9 21.6 22.2 19.5
30 to 34 8.0 7.9 8.2 7.1 6.3 8.0 10.4 7.8 7.8 9.4 15.7 16.7 11.7
35 to 39 5.5 5.3 5.9 4.8 3.8 5.8 7.5 5.4 5.3 7.0 11.8 12.8 7.9
40 to 49 7.1 6.5 8.1 6.2 4.5 8.0 9.4 7.0 7.0 8.6 14.3 15.7 8.9
50 to 64 3.6 3.1 4.4 3.3 2.2 4.5 4.4 3.5 3.5 3.9 6.1 6.7 3.6
65 and over 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
Age unknown 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.0
                           
Full-time 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 18 1.4 1.1 2.3 1.7 1.2 2.5 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.3 0.2 0.7
18 and 19 28.6 26.5 34.8 32.2 29.6 37.3 21.3 28.0 28.0 30.9 7.8 5.8 13.7
20 and 21 25.5 26.9 21.4 27.3 29.9 22.0 22.0 27.7 27.7 18.7 10.6 8.6 16.7
22 to 24 17.3 18.8 12.9 17.9 20.7 12.3 16.0 17.0 17.0 13.9 14.1 13.0 17.5
25 to 29 12.1 12.4 11.2 10.4 10.5 10.2 15.6 12.7 12.7 12.7 21.5 22.2 19.4
30 to 34 5.7 5.5 6.2 4.3 3.7 5.5 8.5 5.2 5.2 7.6 15.1 16.3 11.5
35 to 39 3.5 3.3 4.1 2.4 1.8 3.7 5.7 3.0 3.0 5.5 11.2 12.3 7.7
40 to 49 3.9 3.6 4.8 2.6 1.7 4.4 6.6 3.4 3.4 6.2 13.2 14.7 8.5
50 to 64 1.6 1.5 2.0 1.1 0.6 1.9 2.8 1.5 1.5 2.8 5.5 6.2 3.3
65 and over 0.1 # 0.1 # # 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Age unknown 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 1.0
                           
Part-time 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 18 7.5 4.4 10.1 8.7 5.6 10.2 2.5 3.6 3.6 6.0 0.3 0.2 0.4
18 and 19 8.6 3.9 12.3 10.0 5.1 12.4 2.3 1.9 1.8 7.7 3.0 2.7 6.6
20 and 21 9.8 6.0 12.8 11.1 7.6 12.8 3.9 2.8 2.7 8.5 6.1 5.5 12.5
22 to 24 14.5 14.7 14.3 15.2 17.1 14.3 11.4 11.4 11.3 14.3 11.6 11.1 16.6
25 to 29 18.4 22.3 15.3 17.6 22.3 15.3 22.3 22.5 22.5 19.5 22.0 22.1 21.0
30 to 34 11.8 14.5 9.7 10.8 13.3 9.6 16.1 15.6 15.6 13.2 17.2 17.6 13.5
35 to 39 8.8 10.7 7.3 8.0 9.3 7.3 12.7 12.3 12.3 10.2 13.7 14.0 9.9
40 to 49 12.3 14.5 10.6 11.1 12.2 10.5 17.6 17.7 17.7 13.4 17.5 18.0 12.4
50 to 64 6.8 7.6 6.2 6.4 6.6 6.2 9.0 9.5 9.6 6.1 7.8 8.0 5.6
65 and over 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.9 0.5 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3
Age unknown 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.8 2.4 2.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.1
#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, 2009 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2010. (This table was prepared September 2010.)