Skip Navigation
Digest of Education Statistics
2012 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest


Table 227. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by control and level of institution, attendance status and age of student: 2011
Attendance status and age of student All institutions Public institutions Private (nonprofit and For-profit) institutions
Total Nonprofit institutions 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 20,994,113 13,494,131 7,499,982 15,110,196 8,047,729 7,062,467 5,883,917 3,927,186 3,887,322 39,864 1,956,731 1,559,080 397,651
Under 18 796,375 295,719 500,656 716,755 218,614 498,141 79,620 74,933 74,094 839 4,687 3,011 1,676
18 and 19 4,290,986 2,726,282 1,564,704 3,355,573 1,844,906 1,510,667 935,413 825,362 817,796 7,566 110,051 63,580 46,471
20 and 21 4,160,288 2,877,940 1,282,348 3,155,201 1,945,063 1,210,138 1,005,087 832,657 825,418 7,239 172,430 107,459 64,971
22 to 24 3,433,234 2,370,465 1,062,769 2,569,360 1,582,511 986,849 863,874 612,418 606,433 5,985 251,456 181,521 69,935
25 to 29 3,042,737 2,007,910 1,034,827 2,037,332 1,086,788 950,544 1,005,405 596,049 589,544 6,505 409,356 331,578 77,778
30 to 34 1,756,934 1,107,752 649,182 1,119,853 522,608 597,245 637,081 318,010 313,922 4,088 319,071 271,222 47,849
35 to 39 1,122,631 692,572 430,059 691,413 295,626 395,787 431,218 202,771 199,980 2,791 228,447 196,966 31,481
40 to 49 1,500,023 905,362 594,661 913,423 360,190 553,233 586,600 280,655 277,500 3,155 305,945 267,672 38,273
50 to 64 757,586 436,307 321,279 477,358 173,044 304,314 280,228 141,202 139,776 1,426 139,026 123,487 15,539
65 and over 65,158 22,419 42,739 53,533 11,680 41,853 11,625 6,867 6,780 87 4,758 3,959 799
Age unknown 68,161 51,403 16,758 20,395 6,699 13,696 47,766 36,262 36,079 183 11,504 8,625 2,879
                           
Full-time 13,001,457 9,841,421 3,160,036 8,665,740 5,889,009 2,776,731 4,335,717 2,937,819 2,907,240 30,579 1,397,898 1,045,172 352,726
Under 18 181,834 114,404 67,430 146,661 80,917 65,744 35,173 31,800 31,585 215 3,373 1,902 1,471
18 and 19 3,569,445 2,575,717 993,728 2,669,518 1,726,074 943,444 899,927 803,277 796,502 6,775 96,650 53,141 43,509
20 and 21 3,309,527 2,640,358 669,169 2,364,191 1,760,324 603,867 945,336 802,816 796,542 6,274 142,520 83,492 59,028
22 to 24 2,256,745 1,830,622 426,123 1,563,169 1,203,388 359,781 693,576 500,869 496,203 4,666 192,707 131,031 61,676
25 to 29 1,607,021 1,222,567 384,454 935,023 623,607 311,416 671,998 377,437 372,672 4,765 294,561 226,288 68,273
30 to 34 793,548 568,028 225,520 415,228 234,308 180,920 378,320 159,117 156,274 2,843 219,203 177,446 41,757
35 to 39 459,830 320,561 139,269 218,248 108,414 109,834 241,582 88,333 86,342 1,991 153,249 125,805 27,444
40 to 49 551,741 380,672 171,069 244,409 108,326 136,083 307,332 107,830 105,809 2,021 199,502 166,537 32,965
50 to 64 232,535 158,198 74,337 100,412 40,208 60,204 132,123 46,322 45,462 860 85,801 72,528 13,273
65 and over 8,656 5,303 3,353 3,852 1,285 2,567 4,804 1,892 1,841 51 2,912 2,177 735
Age unknown 30,575 24,991 5,584 5,029 2,158 2,871 25,546 18,126 18,008 118 7,420 4,825 2,595
                           
Part-time 7,992,656 3,652,710 4,339,946 6,444,456 2,158,720 4,285,736 1,548,200 989,367 980,082 9,285 558,833 513,908 44,925
Under 18 614,541 181,315 433,226 570,094 137,697 432,397 44,447 43,133 42,509 624 1,314 1,109 205
18 and 19 721,541 150,565 570,976 686,055 118,832 567,223 35,486 22,085 21,294 791 13,401 10,439 2,962
20 and 21 850,761 237,582 613,179 791,010 184,739 606,271 59,751 29,841 28,876 965 29,910 23,967 5,943
22 to 24 1,176,489 539,843 636,646 1,006,191 379,123 627,068 170,298 111,549 110,230 1,319 58,749 50,490 8,259
25 to 29 1,435,716 785,343 650,373 1,102,309 463,181 639,128 333,407 218,612 216,872 1,740 114,795 105,290 9,505
30 to 34 963,386 539,724 423,662 704,625 288,300 416,325 258,761 158,893 157,648 1,245 99,868 93,776 6,092
35 to 39 662,801 372,011 290,790 473,165 187,212 285,953 189,636 114,438 113,638 800 75,198 71,161 4,037
40 to 49 948,282 524,690 423,592 669,014 251,864 417,150 279,268 172,825 171,691 1,134 106,443 101,135 5,308
50 to 64 525,051 278,109 246,942 376,946 132,836 244,110 148,105 94,880 94,314 566 53,225 50,959 2,266
65 and over 56,502 17,116 39,386 49,681 10,395 39,286 6,821 4,975 4,939 36 1,846 1,782 64
Age unknown 37,586 26,412 11,174 15,366 4,541 10,825 22,220 18,136 18,071 65 4,084 3,800 284
  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 3.8 2.2 6.7 4.7 2.7 7.1 1.4 1.9 1.9 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.4
18 and 19 20.4 20.2 20.9 22.2 22.9 21.4 15.9 21.0 21.0 19.0 5.6 4.1 11.7
20 and 21 19.8 21.3 17.1 20.9 24.2 17.1 17.1 21.2 21.2 18.2 8.8 6.9 16.3
22 to 24 16.4 17.6 14.2 17.0 19.7 14.0 14.7 15.6 15.6 15.0 12.9 11.6 17.6
25 to 29 14.5 14.9 13.8 13.5 13.5 13.5 17.1 15.2 15.2 16.3 20.9 21.3 19.6
30 to 34 8.4 8.2 8.7 7.4 6.5 8.5 10.8 8.1 8.1 10.3 16.3 17.4 12.0
35 to 39 5.3 5.1 5.7 4.6 3.7 5.6 7.3 5.2 5.1 7.0 11.7 12.6 7.9
40 to 49 7.1 6.7 7.9 6.0 4.5 7.8 10.0 7.1 7.1 7.9 15.6 17.2 9.6
50 to 64 3.6 3.2 4.3 3.2 2.2 4.3 4.8 3.6 3.6 3.6 7.1 7.9 3.9
65 and over 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2
Age unknown 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7
                           
Full-time 100.0 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 18 1.4 1.2 2.1 1.7 1.4 2.4 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.4
18 and 19 27.5 26.2 31.4 30.8 29.3 34.0 20.8 27.3 27.4 22.2 6.9 5.1 12.3
20 and 21 25.5 26.8 21.2 27.3 29.9 21.7 21.8 27.3 27.4 20.5 10.2 8.0 16.7
22 to 24 17.4 18.6 13.5 18.0 20.4 13.0 16.0 17.0 17.1 15.3 13.8 12.5 17.5
25 to 29 12.4 12.4 12.2 10.8 10.6 11.2 15.5 12.8 12.8 15.6 21.1 21.7 19.4
30 to 34 6.1 5.8 7.1 4.8 4.0 6.5 8.7 5.4 5.4 9.3 15.7 17.0 11.8
35 to 39 3.5 3.3 4.4 2.5 1.8 4.0 5.6 3.0 3.0 6.5 11.0 12.0 7.8
40 to 49 4.2 3.9 5.4 2.8 1.8 4.9 7.1 3.7 3.6 6.6 14.3 15.9 9.3
50 to 64 1.8 1.6 2.4 1.2 0.7 2.2 3.0 1.6 1.6 2.8 6.1 6.9 3.8
65 and over 0.1 # 0.1 # # 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Age unknown 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 # 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7
                           
Part-time 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 18 7.7 5.0 10.0 8.8 6.4 10.1 2.9 4.4 4.3 6.7 0.2 0.2 0.5
18 and 19 9.0 4.1 13.2 10.6 5.5 13.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 8.5 2.4 2.0 6.6
20 and 21 10.6 6.5 14.1 12.3 8.6 14.1 3.9 3.0 2.9 10.4 5.4 4.7 13.2
22 to 24 14.7 14.8 14.7 15.6 17.6 14.6 11.0 11.3 11.2 14.2 10.5 9.8 18.4
25 to 29 18.0 21.5 15.0 17.1 21.5 14.9 21.5 22.1 22.1 18.7 20.5 20.5 21.2
30 to 34 12.1 14.8 9.8 10.9 13.4 9.7 16.7 16.1 16.1 13.4 17.9 18.2 13.6
35 to 39 8.3 10.2 6.7 7.3 8.7 6.7 12.2 11.6 11.6 8.6 13.5 13.8 9.0
40 to 49 11.9 14.4 9.8 10.4 11.7 9.7 18.0 17.5 17.5 12.2 19.0 19.7 11.8
50 to 64 6.6 7.6 5.7 5.8 6.2 5.7 9.6 9.6 9.6 6.1 9.5 9.9 5.0
65 and over 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1
Age unknown 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.4 1.8 1.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
#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, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2012, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared September 2012.)

2012 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest