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Table 303.45. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of enrollment, sex, attendance status, and age of student: 2009, 2011, and 2013
Attendance status and age of student Fall 2009 Fall 2011 Fall 2013
All levels All levels All levels Undergraduate Postbaccalaureate
Total 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 14
All students 20,313,594 21,010,590 9,034,256 11,976,334 20,375,789 8,860,786 11,515,003 17,474,835 7,659,626 9,815,209 2,900,954 1,201,160 1,699,794
Under 18 758,719 796,322 330,026 466,296 879,127 363,634 515,493 878,960 363,571 515,389 167 63 104
18 and 19 4,291,786 4,291,189 1,935,116 2,356,073 4,265,853 1,920,939 2,344,914 4,264,764 1,920,536 2,344,228 1,089 403 686
20 and 21 3,995,409 4,161,496 1,874,220 2,287,276 4,085,724 1,852,000 2,233,724 4,051,605 1,839,026 2,212,579 34,119 12,974 21,145
22 to 24 3,300,898 3,434,603 1,574,540 1,860,063 3,430,650 1,580,020 1,850,630 2,812,445 1,331,251 1,481,194 618,205 248,769 369,436
25 to 29 2,934,931 3,045,652 1,329,306 1,716,346 2,857,056 1,259,180 1,597,876 1,949,698 859,923 1,089,775 907,358 399,257 508,101
30 to 34 1,614,852 1,759,975 726,923 1,033,052 1,642,431 695,841 946,590 1,166,637 482,591 684,046 475,794 213,250 262,544
35 to 39 1,113,548 1,125,125 427,973 697,152 1,034,148 403,714 630,434 756,185 288,377 467,808 277,963 115,337 162,626
40 to 49 1,432,883 1,503,908 526,491 977,417 1,346,655 483,480 863,175 988,078 351,076 637,002 358,577 132,404 226,173
50 to 64 728,033 760,089 253,539 506,550 717,300 252,559 464,741 518,914 186,574 332,340 198,386 65,985 132,401
65 and over 69,679 65,122 27,123 37,999 66,161 28,065 38,096 55,195 23,056 32,139 10,966 5,009 5,957
Age unknown 72,856 67,109 28,999 38,110 50,684 21,354 29,330 32,354 13,645 18,709 18,330 7,709 10,621
                           
Full-time 12,605,355 13,002,531 5,792,818 7,209,713 12,597,112 5,682,166 6,914,946 10,938,494 4,949,572 5,988,922 1,658,618 732,594 926,024
Under 18 176,567 181,159 72,371 108,788 185,718 74,583 111,135 185,631 74,555 111,076 87 28 59
18 and 19 3,630,783 3,571,443 1,597,775 1,973,668 3,548,294 1,585,220 1,963,074 3,547,315 1,584,855 1,962,460 979 365 614
20 and 21 3,240,417 3,311,201 1,495,119 1,816,082 3,244,414 1,472,318 1,772,096 3,213,421 1,460,365 1,753,056 30,993 11,953 19,040
22 to 24 2,183,499 2,257,755 1,072,259 1,185,496 2,239,397 1,066,976 1,172,421 1,743,151 861,461 881,690 496,246 205,515 290,731
25 to 29 1,513,822 1,607,135 745,669 861,466 1,499,143 705,540 793,603 923,550 434,039 489,511 575,593 271,501 304,092
30 to 34 705,835 793,229 342,108 451,121 725,416 325,394 400,022 491,630 212,248 279,382 233,786 113,146 120,640
35 to 39 433,345 459,050 176,259 282,791 409,512 164,713 244,799 295,425 114,157 181,268 114,087 50,556 63,531
40 to 49 485,700 550,606 195,769 354,837 484,308 182,654 301,654 355,343 132,126 223,217 128,965 50,528 78,437
50 to 64 201,201 232,693 79,027 153,666 226,606 89,774 136,832 162,457 67,040 95,417 64,149 22,734 41,415
65 and over 6,502 8,387 3,586 4,801 9,133 4,082 5,051 5,931 2,599 3,332 3,202 1,483 1,719
Age unknown 27,684 29,873 12,876 16,997 25,171 10,912 14,259 14,640 6,127 8,513 10,531 4,785 5,746
                           
Part-time 7,708,239 8,008,059 3,241,438 4,766,621 7,778,677 3,178,620 4,600,057 6,536,341 2,710,054 3,826,287 1,242,336 468,566 773,770
Under 18 582,152 615,163 257,655 357,508 693,409 289,051 404,358 693,329 289,016 404,313 80 35 45
18 and 19 661,003 719,746 337,341 382,405 717,559 335,719 381,840 717,449 335,681 381,768 110 38 72
20 and 21 754,992 850,295 379,101 471,194 841,310 379,682 461,628 838,184 378,661 459,523 3,126 1,021 2,105
22 to 24 1,117,399 1,176,848 502,281 674,567 1,191,253 513,044 678,209 1,069,294 469,790 599,504 121,959 43,254 78,705
25 to 29 1,421,109 1,438,517 583,637 854,880 1,357,913 553,640 804,273 1,026,148 425,884 600,264 331,765 127,756 204,009
30 to 34 909,017 966,746 384,815 581,931 917,015 370,447 546,568 675,007 270,343 404,664 242,008 100,104 141,904
35 to 39 680,203 666,075 251,714 414,361 624,636 239,001 385,635 460,760 174,220 286,540 163,876 64,781 99,095
40 to 49 947,183 953,302 330,722 622,580 862,347 300,826 561,521 632,735 218,950 413,785 229,612 81,876 147,736
50 to 64 526,832 527,396 174,512 352,884 490,694 162,785 327,909 356,457 119,534 236,923 134,237 43,251 90,986
65 and over 63,177 56,735 23,537 33,198 57,028 23,983 33,045 49,264 20,457 28,807 7,764 3,526 4,238
Age unknown 45,172 37,236 16,123 21,113 25,513 10,442 15,071 17,714 7,518 10,196 7,799 2,924 4,875
  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 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.3 4.1 4.5 5.0 4.7 5.3 # # #
18 and 19 21.1 20.4 21.4 19.7 20.9 21.7 20.4 24.4 25.1 23.9 # # #
20 and 21 19.7 19.8 20.7 19.1 20.1 20.9 19.4 23.2 24.0 22.5 1.2 1.1 1.2
22 to 24 16.2 16.3 17.4 15.5 16.8 17.8 16.1 16.1 17.4 15.1 21.3 20.7 21.7
25 to 29 14.4 14.5 14.7 14.3 14.0 14.2 13.9 11.2 11.2 11.1 31.3 33.2 29.9
30 to 34 7.9 8.4 8.0 8.6 8.1 7.9 8.2 6.7 6.3 7.0 16.4 17.8 15.4
35 to 39 5.5 5.4 4.7 5.8 5.1 4.6 5.5 4.3 3.8 4.8 9.6 9.6 9.6
40 to 49 7.1 7.2 5.8 8.2 6.6 5.5 7.5 5.7 4.6 6.5 12.4 11.0 13.3
50 to 64 3.6 3.6 2.8 4.2 3.5 2.9 4.0 3.0 2.4 3.4 6.8 5.5 7.8
65 and over 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Age unknown 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.6 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 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.9 # # #
18 and 19 28.8 27.5 27.6 27.4 28.2 27.9 28.4 32.4 32.0 32.8 0.1 # 0.1
20 and 21 25.7 25.5 25.8 25.2 25.8 25.9 25.6 29.4 29.5 29.3 1.9 1.6 2.1
22 to 24 17.3 17.4 18.5 16.4 17.8 18.8 17.0 15.9 17.4 14.7 29.9 28.1 31.4
25 to 29 12.0 12.4 12.9 11.9 11.9 12.4 11.5 8.4 8.8 8.2 34.7 37.1 32.8
30 to 34 5.6 6.1 5.9 6.3 5.8 5.7 5.8 4.5 4.3 4.7 14.1 15.4 13.0
35 to 39 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.9 3.3 2.9 3.5 2.7 2.3 3.0 6.9 6.9 6.9
40 to 49 3.9 4.2 3.4 4.9 3.8 3.2 4.4 3.2 2.7 3.7 7.8 6.9 8.5
50 to 64 1.6 1.8 1.4 2.1 1.8 1.6 2.0 1.5 1.4 1.6 3.9 3.1 4.5
65 and over 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Age unknown 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.7 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 7.6 7.7 7.9 7.5 8.9 9.1 8.8 10.6 10.7 10.6 # # #
18 and 19 8.6 9.0 10.4 8.0 9.2 10.6 8.3 11.0 12.4 10.0 # # #
20 and 21 9.8 10.6 11.7 9.9 10.8 11.9 10.0 12.8 14.0 12.0 0.3 0.2 0.3
22 to 24 14.5 14.7 15.5 14.2 15.3 16.1 14.7 16.4 17.3 15.7 9.8 9.2 10.2
25 to 29 18.4 18.0 18.0 17.9 17.5 17.4 17.5 15.7 15.7 15.7 26.7 27.3 26.4
30 to 34 11.8 12.1 11.9 12.2 11.8 11.7 11.9 10.3 10.0 10.6 19.5 21.4 18.3
35 to 39 8.8 8.3 7.8 8.7 8.0 7.5 8.4 7.0 6.4 7.5 13.2 13.8 12.8
40 to 49 12.3 11.9 10.2 13.1 11.1 9.5 12.2 9.7 8.1 10.8 18.5 17.5 19.1
50 to 64 6.8 6.6 5.4 7.4 6.3 5.1 7.1 5.5 4.4 6.2 10.8 9.2 11.8
65 and over 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.5
Age unknown 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2010, 2012, and 2014, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2014.)

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