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Table 303.55. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution, attendance status, and age of student: 2013
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 20,375,789 13,407,050 6,968,739 14,745,558 8,120,417 6,625,141 5,630,231 3,974,004 3,941,806 32,198 1,656,227 1,344,827 311,400
Under 18 879,127 334,268 544,859 784,851 242,341 542,510 94,276 87,653 86,567 1,086 6,623 5,360 1,263
18 and 19 4,265,853 2,772,740 1,493,113 3,349,706 1,897,376 1,452,330 916,147 827,262 820,904 6,358 88,885 54,460 34,425
20 and 21 4,085,724 2,891,038 1,194,686 3,104,101 1,964,543 1,139,558 981,623 843,177 837,621 5,556 138,446 88,874 49,572
22 to 24 3,430,650 2,411,652 1,018,998 2,578,656 1,623,182 955,474 851,994 634,494 629,283 5,211 217,500 159,187 58,313
25 to 29 2,857,056 1,926,534 930,522 1,924,172 1,061,062 863,110 932,884 589,145 584,295 4,850 343,739 281,177 62,562
30 to 34 1,642,431 1,072,826 569,605 1,045,697 515,868 529,829 596,734 324,730 321,792 2,938 272,004 235,166 36,838
35 to 39 1,034,148 661,681 372,467 635,424 288,689 346,735 398,724 205,447 203,392 2,055 193,277 169,600 23,677
40 to 49 1,346,655 848,170 498,485 806,633 339,431 467,202 540,022 279,423 276,837 2,586 260,599 231,902 28,697
50 to 64 717,300 423,897 293,403 443,952 165,536 278,416 273,348 147,356 146,041 1,315 125,992 112,320 13,672
65 and over 66,161 25,645 40,516 52,893 12,924 39,969 13,268 8,483 8,399 84 4,785 4,322 463
Age unknown 50,684 38,599 12,085 19,473 9,465 10,008 31,211 26,834 26,675 159 4,377 2,459 1,918
                           
Full-time 12,597,112 9,764,196 2,832,916 8,464,809 5,934,852 2,529,957 4,132,303 2,986,053 2,961,998 24,055 1,146,250 867,346 278,904
Under 18 185,718 107,901 77,817 144,572 68,134 76,438 41,146 36,507 36,278 229 4,639 3,489 1,150
18 and 19 3,548,294 2,613,729 934,565 2,664,990 1,769,079 895,911 883,304 805,019 799,185 5,834 78,285 45,465 32,820
20 and 21 3,244,414 2,649,081 595,333 2,319,772 1,774,886 544,886 924,642 812,014 807,240 4,774 112,628 66,955 45,673
22 to 24 2,239,397 1,855,491 383,906 1,557,129 1,229,558 327,571 682,268 519,576 515,636 3,940 162,692 110,297 52,395
25 to 29 1,499,143 1,172,231 326,912 879,668 611,829 267,839 619,475 379,028 375,585 3,443 240,447 184,817 55,630
30 to 34 725,416 543,366 182,050 378,545 230,709 147,836 346,871 166,037 164,050 1,987 180,834 148,607 32,227
35 to 39 409,512 297,621 111,891 194,469 104,477 89,992 215,043 90,843 89,490 1,353 124,200 103,654 20,546
40 to 49 484,308 346,005 138,303 211,633 99,682 111,951 272,675 110,234 108,662 1,572 162,441 137,661 24,780
50 to 64 226,606 151,934 74,672 100,890 38,761 62,129 125,716 51,254 50,476 778 74,462 62,697 11,765
65 and over 9,133 6,181 2,952 3,985 1,469 2,516 5,148 2,535 2,478 57 2,613 2,234 379
Age unknown 25,171 20,656 4,515 9,156 6,268 2,888 16,015 13,006 12,918 88 3,009 1,470 1,539
                           
Part-time 7,778,677 3,642,854 4,135,823 6,280,749 2,185,565 4,095,184 1,497,928 987,951 979,808 8,143 509,977 477,481 32,496
Under 18 693,409 226,367 467,042 640,279 174,207 466,072 53,130 51,146 50,289 857 1,984 1,871 113
18 and 19 717,559 159,011 558,548 684,716 128,297 556,419 32,843 22,243 21,719 524 10,600 8,995 1,605
20 and 21 841,310 241,957 599,353 784,329 189,657 594,672 56,981 31,163 30,381 782 25,818 21,919 3,899
22 to 24 1,191,253 556,161 635,092 1,021,527 393,624 627,903 169,726 114,918 113,647 1,271 54,808 48,890 5,918
25 to 29 1,357,913 754,303 603,610 1,044,504 449,233 595,271 313,409 210,117 208,710 1,407 103,292 96,360 6,932
30 to 34 917,015 529,460 387,555 667,152 285,159 381,993 249,863 158,693 157,742 951 91,170 86,559 4,611
35 to 39 624,636 364,060 260,576 440,955 184,212 256,743 183,681 114,604 113,902 702 69,077 65,946 3,131
40 to 49 862,347 502,165 360,182 595,000 239,749 355,251 267,347 169,189 168,175 1,014 98,158 94,241 3,917
50 to 64 490,694 271,963 218,731 343,062 126,775 216,287 147,632 96,102 95,565 537 51,530 49,623 1,907
65 and over 57,028 19,464 37,564 48,908 11,455 37,453 8,120 5,948 5,921 27 2,172 2,088 84
Age unknown 25,513 17,943 7,570 10,317 3,197 7,120 15,196 13,828 13,757 71 1,368 989 379
  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 4.3 2.5 7.8 5.3 3.0 8.2 1.7 2.2 2.2 3.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
18 and 19 20.9 20.7 21.4 22.7 23.4 21.9 16.3 20.8 20.8 19.7 5.4 4.0 11.1
20 and 21 20.1 21.6 17.1 21.1 24.2 17.2 17.4 21.2 21.2 17.3 8.4 6.6 15.9
22 to 24 16.8 18.0 14.6 17.5 20.0 14.4 15.1 16.0 16.0 16.2 13.1 11.8 18.7
25 to 29 14.0 14.4 13.4 13.0 13.1 13.0 16.6 14.8 14.8 15.1 20.8 20.9 20.1
30 to 34 8.1 8.0 8.2 7.1 6.4 8.0 10.6 8.2 8.2 9.1 16.4 17.5 11.8
35 to 39 5.1 4.9 5.3 4.3 3.6 5.2 7.1 5.2 5.2 6.4 11.7 12.6 7.6
40 to 49 6.6 6.3 7.2 5.5 4.2 7.1 9.6 7.0 7.0 8.0 15.7 17.2 9.2
50 to 64 3.5 3.2 4.2 3.0 2.0 4.2 4.9 3.7 3.7 4.1 7.6 8.4 4.4
65 and over 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1
Age unknown 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.6
                           
Full-time 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 18 1.5 1.1 2.7 1.7 1.1 3.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.4
18 and 19 28.2 26.8 33.0 31.5 29.8 35.4 21.4 27.0 27.0 24.3 6.8 5.2 11.8
20 and 21 25.8 27.1 21.0 27.4 29.9 21.5 22.4 27.2 27.3 19.8 9.8 7.7 16.4
22 to 24 17.8 19.0 13.6 18.4 20.7 12.9 16.5 17.4 17.4 16.4 14.2 12.7 18.8
25 to 29 11.9 12.0 11.5 10.4 10.3 10.6 15.0 12.7 12.7 14.3 21.0 21.3 19.9
30 to 34 5.8 5.6 6.4 4.5 3.9 5.8 8.4 5.6 5.5 8.3 15.8 17.1 11.6
35 to 39 3.3 3.0 3.9 2.3 1.8 3.6 5.2 3.0 3.0 5.6 10.8 12.0 7.4
40 to 49 3.8 3.5 4.9 2.5 1.7 4.4 6.6 3.7 3.7 6.5 14.2 15.9 8.9
50 to 64 1.8 1.6 2.6 1.2 0.7 2.5 3.0 1.7 1.7 3.2 6.5 7.2 4.2
65 and over 0.1 0.1 0.1 # # 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1
Age unknown 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.6
                           
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 8.9 6.2 11.3 10.2 8.0 11.4 3.5 5.2 5.1 10.5 0.4 0.4 0.3
18 and 19 9.2 4.4 13.5 10.9 5.9 13.6 2.2 2.3 2.2 6.4 2.1 1.9 4.9
20 and 21 10.8 6.6 14.5 12.5 8.7 14.5 3.8 3.2 3.1 9.6 5.1 4.6 12.0
22 to 24 15.3 15.3 15.4 16.3 18.0 15.3 11.3 11.6 11.6 15.6 10.7 10.2 18.2
25 to 29 17.5 20.7 14.6 16.6 20.6 14.5 20.9 21.3 21.3 17.3 20.3 20.2 21.3
30 to 34 11.8 14.5 9.4 10.6 13.0 9.3 16.7 16.1 16.1 11.7 17.9 18.1 14.2
35 to 39 8.0 10.0 6.3 7.0 8.4 6.3 12.3 11.6 11.6 8.6 13.5 13.8 9.6
40 to 49 11.1 13.8 8.7 9.5 11.0 8.7 17.8 17.1 17.2 12.5 19.2 19.7 12.1
50 to 64 6.3 7.5 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.3 9.9 9.7 9.8 6.6 10.1 10.4 5.9
65 and over 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3
Age unknown 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.0 1.4 1.4 0.9 0.3 0.2 1.2
#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 2014, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2014.)

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